Draft EUG Master Plan Update, February 2010

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BACKGROUND AND INVENTORY CHAPTER 1 4.4 Land Use and Urban Growth Land use planning in the environs of the Airport protects the Airport and airport-related uses. Incompatible land uses can limit the Airport’s development potential, and can represent a potential safety threat. Local planning and zoning authority provides essential land use tools to preserve airport and airport-related functions, and protect against incompatibility. Both the City of Eugene and Exhibits 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8 Lane County have zoning which affects the airport. and show City and County zoning. Incompatible land uses have the potential to develop near the Airport. Agricultural and rural/industrial land is east of the Airport, and large to mid-sized residential lots and hobby farms are to the west. Development near Fir Butte Road and Clear Lake Road, zoned by Lane County for residential use, may be a concern, as it is ¾ mile south of Runway End 34L. Development along Green Hill Road, near Barger Drive may also be a concern, as it is 2 miles south of Runway End 34R. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) contains policies relating to the Airport, and depicts generalized land use designations for the Airport and environs. Parcels within the airport boundaries are subject to Metro Plan land use designations, and to specific uses allowed in Lane County zoning districts, as outlined in Chapter 16 of the Lane Code. The Land County Code and Eugene Land Use Code include provisions for a Commercial Airport Safety Combining Zone (CAS-RCP) and Commercial Airport Safety Overlay Zone (/CAS), respectively. These zoning overlay districts allow Lane County and the City of Eugene to regulate the scope of development near EUG that may pose a hazard to air navigation. This zoning classification is place on top of existing zoning, so that in the event of diverging standards, the more stringent regulations apply. The City of Eugene's jurisdiction covers development not only within the city limits proper, but within all areas inside the city's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)." The Airport is entirely outside the UGB of Eugene and is subject to County zoning. The Airport is zone AO (Airport Operations) and the regulations for that zone are contained in Land Code Chapter 16. The purpose of this zone is to recognize those areas devoted to or most suitable for the immediate operational facilities necessary for commercial and noncommercial aviation. In addition, the AO zone is intended to provide areas of certain open space uses for airfield ground maintenance and as a buffer to minimize potential dangers from and conflicts with, the use of aircraft. Within the CAS-RCP and CAS zones are FAA-defined imaginary surfaces for protecting air navigation. These surfaces regulate the height of structures surrounding the airfield. Generally, the nearer a structure is to the runway, the more limited its height. 1-21 Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (February 2010)