Item 5: Ordinance Implementing Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center

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Amendment Summary The following actions are necessary to implement the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center: ? Amendments to the Metro Plan land use diagram to re-designate ten properties to commercial, resulting in all properties within the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center having a commercial designation (with the exception of two City-owned park properties; a narrow strip along the south side of the Mill Race and Franklin Park, which will remain designated Parks and Open Space), and add both the Nodal Development Overlay designation and the Mixed-Use Overlay designation to all properties in the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center. ? Adoption of Walnut Station Specific Area Plan, including a land use diagram and policies to establish the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center. This plan serves as the refinement plan for this area. ? Amendments to the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study text and land use diagram to remove the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center from the boundaries of the study/refinement plan. ? Amendments to the text of the Riverfront Park Study to clarify that the Riverfront Park zoning and development standards do not apply within the Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center. ? Amendments to the land use code to establish the S-WS Walnut Station Special Area zone, establish a design review land use process and criteria, add the Walnut Station Specific Area Plan as an adopted plan, and revisions to other development standards and criteria for consistency with the Walnut Station Special Area zone. ? Re-zoning of all properties within the Walnut Station Mixed-use Center to S-WS Walnut Station Special Area Zone. The /SR Site Review Overlay Zone will be removed from one property. All properties that have the existing /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone will retain that overlay. APPLICABLE CRITERIA A draft Ordinance is included as Attachment A, and preliminary findings addressing the required approval criteria have been prepared by staff and are attached as Exhibit I to Attachment A. RELATED CITY POLICIES Findings addressing consistency with related City policies, including provisions of the Metro Plan, adopted Refinement Plans, and the Eugene Code, are included as an exhibit to the draft ordinance (Exhibit I of Attachment A). The Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center is consistent with and directly implements Growth Management Policies 1, 2, 4, 6, 8-12 and 15. This project implements one of the Nodal Development Areas identified in TransPlan. COUNCIL OPTIONS No action is required at this time as these items are scheduled for public hearing only. Staff will provide options to the City Council at the July 26, 2010, meeting. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100621\S1006215.doc