Item 3: Ordinance on Lane Memorial Metro Plan and Refinement Plan Amendment

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Public Hearing: An Ordinance to Redesignate “Lane Memorial Gardens” for Low Density Residential Use by: Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram; and Amending the Willow Creek Special Area Study Diagram. (City Files MA 08-1 and Z 09-1) Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 3 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Steve Ochs www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5453 ISSUE STATEMENT This public hearing is for a proposal to amend the Metro Plan and Willow Creek Special Area Study land use diagrams. Approval of the applicant’s request would re-designate the subject property from Parks and Open Space to Low Density Residential use and make the adopted plan designations consistent with the existing R-1, Low Density Residential zoning of the subject property. Approval of the requests would allow future residential development but does not include a specific development proposal at this time. BACKGROUND The area of this request is the southernmost 28.26 acres of the Lane Memorial Gardens Cemetery, on th Tax Lot 600 of Assessor’s Map 17-04-33-32, located at 5300 West 11 Avenue. The location of the subject property is shown in Exhibits A and B of the attached ordinance. th The northern portion of the property fronting on West 11 Avenue is developed with a cemetery, and the southern portion proposed for Low Density Residential use is currently undeveloped. A needs analysis recently conducted by the applicant indicated that the portion of the property already developed for cemetery use will be sufficient to address cemetery needs for well over the next one hundred years. Available information indicates that the Parks and Open Space designation was originally applied to the property as part of the Metro Plan process in 1982, due to its pre-existing cemetery use. The proposed re-designation will allow the surplus portion of the cemetery property to be developed with residential uses, consistent with its existing R-1 zoning. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the applicant’s request December 8, 2009, and received public testimony from the applicant and applicant’s representatives in favor of the proposal. No opposing testimony was presented. On January 11, 2010, the Planning Commission met for deliberations and voted unanimously to recommend approval of the plan amendments, without the addition of site review overlay zoning. The applicant initially included a zone change request to add site review overlay zoning, but further analysis of the approval criteria showed that there was no policy basis or requirement to add the overlay in this instance. The applicant has also proposed limitations on future Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100216\S1002163.doc