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"Increase the amount of undeveloped land coned for light industrial and <br />commercial uses correlating the effective supply in terms of suitability and <br />availability with the projections of demand." (Policy fi, page IIIwB-5~ <br />The proposed amendment would increase the supply of undeveloped commercial <br />land by 1D.4 acres. This increase also works to address an underallocation <br />of commercial land by the Metro Plan. <br />Based upon the above analysis, the proposed Plan amendment is consistent <br />with the fundamental principles and applicable pal i ci es of the Metro Plan . <br />3. The Plan amendment is found to address one or more of the following: <br />~a~ An error in the publication of the Plan; ar <br />(b~ Circumstances have changed in a substantia! manner that was not <br />anticipated in the Plan; or <br />~c~ Incorporation into the Plan, following acknowledgment, or newly <br />inventoried material which relates to a Statewide Planning Goal; or <br />(d~ A change in public policy. <br />The proposed Plan amendment is necessary due to substantially changed <br />circumstances not anticipated by the Metro Plan. This change in <br />circumstance i Huai ves the issue of noise emissions on the subject <br />property. when the Metro Plan was adopted in 198, a planned unit <br />residential development ~PUD~ had been approved for the subject <br />property. As a part of this approval, an 18~faot high, 235~foot long <br />sound wall was required an the western edge of the development, This <br />buffering feature narrowly allowed the development to meet the City`s <br />existing Hai se standards. Subsequent to this time, the City made its <br />noise standards mare stringent, As a resul t of this revision, the <br />design e1 ements of the buffering wa11 were not able to comply with the <br />City noise regulations and the ability of the property to provide a <br />desirable residential living environment appears to be unlikely. The <br />proposed commercial development would operate to buffer the existing <br />and p1 anned medi umwdensi ty resi denti a1 1 and to the east f ram the noise <br />source ~ Eugene Sand and Gravel pl anti . <br />Based upon the above analysis, circumstances have changed in a <br />substantial manner that was not anticipated in the Plan and a <br />commercial designation is found to be more appropriate for the subject <br />property than medium-density residenti a1. <br />pl jcban <br />Page 5 <br />