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ATTACHMENT A ORDINANCE NO. _______ AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING BUILDING HEIGHT IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA; READOPTING PROVISIONS FROM ORDINANCE NO. 20418 IN RESPONSE TO REMAND; AMENDING SECTION 9.2751 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A SUNSET DATE. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (3) of Section 9.2751 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to revise subsection (a) and to add a subsection (c) as follows: 9.2751 Special Development Standards for Table 9.2750. (3)Building Height. (a) Except as provided below, in the R-3 and R-4 zone, the maximum building height shall be limited to 30 feet for that portion of the building located within 50 feet from the abutting boundary of, or directly across an alley from, land zoned R-1. (c) For that area bound by Hilyard Street to the west, Agate Street to the thth east, East 18 Avenue to the north and East 20 Avenue to the south: 1. In the R-3 zone, the maximum building height shall be limited to 35 feet for that portion of the building located within 160 feet from the abutting boundary of, or directly across an alley from, land zoned R-1. 2. In the R-4 zone, the maximum building height shall be limited to 35 feet for that portion of the building located within 50 feet from the abutting boundary of, or directly across an alley from, land zoned R-1. It shall be limited to 50 feet for that portion of the building located within 175 feet from land zoned R-3, and shall be limited to 75 feet for that portion of the building located within 176 feet and 225 feet of land zoned R-3. Section 2. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the City Attorney, is authorized to administratively correct any reference errors contained herein or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971 to the provisions added, amended, or repealed herein. Section 3. The legislative findings to address the June 12, 2009 remand from the Land Use Board of Appeals, attached as Exhibit A hereto, are adopted in support of this Ordinance.