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

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apparent conflicts or inconsistencies exist. Approval of the zone change is dependent upon approval of the Metro Plan diagram amendment to re-designate 28.46 acres of the 79.28 Lane Memorial Gardens Cemetery from the Parks and Open Space designation to Low Density Residential. The zone change is not changing the existing base zoning of Low-Density Residential (R-1) but rather, only adding the /SR site review overlay. Some of the policies addressed in the Metro Plan amendment findings are applicable here and to the extent they are applicable the findings under EC 9.7730(3)(b), above, are incorporated herein by reference as demonstration of consistency with applicable Metro Plan policies. (2) The proposed zone change is consistent with applicable adopted refinement plans. In the event of inconsistencies between these plans and the Metro Plan, the Metro Plan controls. Approval of the zone change is dependent upon approval of the Metro Plan diagram amendment to re-designate 28.46 acres of the 79.28 Lane Memorial Gardens Cemetery from the Parks and Open Space designation to Low Density Residential. As noted at EC 9.7750(4), when a Metro Plan amendment is enacted that requires an amendment to a refinement plan diagram or map for consistency, the Metro Plan diagram amendment automatically amends the refinement plan map diagram or map if no plan text is involved. In this application, the applicable refinement plan is the Willow Creek Special Area Study. No text in the refinement plan needs to be amended, so if the Metro Plan diagram amendment is approved it would automatically amend Map E, Future Land Use on page 29 of the Willow Creek Special Study. The proposal will then be consistent with the corresponding land use diagram in the Willow Creek Special Area Study. The applicable refinement plan policies are further addressed as follows: Willow Creek Special Area Study Land Use Map E reflects land-use arrangements for the Willow Creek Basin and shall become one basis for future implementation through zoning or other applicable land use measures. (Policy 3, Page 7) As noted above, approval of the Metro Plan amendment will automatically amend Map E in the Willow Creek Special Area Study to show the subject area as being designated for Low-Density Residential use, consistent with this policy. The City of Eugene shall apply its planned unit development (PUD), cluster subdivision or site review procedures (as appropriate) in the Willow Creek Basin in at least three cases: (Policy 4, Page 7) a.Properties with elevation and slope, soil and geologic conditions which fit criteria identified in Eugene’s South Hills Study for applying PUD procedures; Findings – Lane Memorial Gardens (MA 08-1and Z 09-1) Page 18