Item 2: Ordinance on South Willamette Metro Plan

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th (CATS), CATS is not applicable to this site. The SWS extends south to 24 Place, while the southern th boundary of CATS is 19 Avenue. The SWS was adopted as a refinement to the Metro Plan, although it originated out of CATS. The proposed amendment will amend the SWS text (“Recommendations” page 7) and land use diagram (Map A-3) to change the High Density Residential designation of the subject property to General Office. The specific amendments are discussed further below. Eugene Code (EC) Section 9.8424 requires that the following criteria (in bold and italics) be applied to a Refinement Plan amendment: (1)(a) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with the Statewide planning goals. The findings under EC 9.7730(3)(a), above, are incorporated herein by reference. Based on those findings, the amendment is consistent with this approval criterion. (1)(b) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with the applicable provisions of the Metro Plan. Applicable provisions of the Metro Plan are evaluated under EC 9.7730(3)(b), above with respect to the proposed refinement plan amendments and Metro Plan amendment. The findings under EC 9.7730(3)(b) are incorporated herein by reference. Further, the proposed refinement plan land use diagram amendment from High Density Residential to General Office is consistent with the proposed Metro Plan land use diagram amendments from High Density Residential to Commercial. Based on the above findings, the amendment is consistent with this approval criterion. (1)(c) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with the remaining portions of the refinement plan. The proposal to amend the SWS text and land use diagram to re-designate the subject property from a designation of High Density Residential to General Office is determined to be consistent with remaining portions of the refinement plan. The basis of this conclusion is addressed in more detail below. The SWS contains eight recommendations that are specific to geographic areas of the South Willamette sub-area, and not all are directly applicable to the proposed amendment. However, nothing in the proposal would directly conflict with remaining recommendations. The applicable recommendations are discussed below. th Recommendation #1: Rezone the lot on the east side of Willamette, south of 24 Place th from C-2 to General Office, to support the transition from residential north of 24 Place to commercial south of the subject lot. Findings – South Willamette Properties Page 11 of 16