Item 4: Ord. on Rexius-Amazon Meadows Metro Plan Amend

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: An Ordinance to Redesignate and Rezone “The Rexius Site” by Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram and Amending the Eugene Zoning Map (City Files MA 11-2 and Z 11-4) Meeting Date: March 12, 2012 Agenda Item Number: 4 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Steve Ochs www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5453 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is scheduled to take action on the request for a Metro Plan amendment and concurrent zone change for the “Rexius Site.” BACKGROUND The area subject to this request includes 27.9 acres of the 40-acre development site which is th located south of West 11 Avenue between Bailey Hill Road and Wallis Street (see Attachment A). The northern portion of the property is currently developed with the Rexius Sustainable Solutions green recycling facilities, and the southern portion of the site adjacent to residential uses, is undeveloped. The request is to change the plan designation and zoning on the subject property from Light- Medium Industrial with I-2 zoning to a combination of Low-Density Residential designation with R-1 zoning (2.49 acres), Medium-Density Residential designation with R-2 zoning (22.2 acres), and Commercial designation with C-2 zoning (3.2 acres).The applicant also proposes to add the /PD Planned Unit Development overlay to the R-2 and C-2 areas, and to retain the existing /WP Waterside Protection overlay along the Amazon Channel. The remaining 8.79 acres of R-1 Low Density Residential land along the south border of the development site, and 3.55 acres of existing I-2 Light-Medium Industrial land along Wallis Street, will retain their current zoning and Metro Plan designation and are not part of this application. On February 21, 2012, the City Council held a public hearing on this proposal. At the public hearing, the applicant and his representative spoke in favor of the proposal; no other testimony was received. After the hearing, a map was requested to show the zoning of the surrounding area along with more information about the relationship of the remaining 3.55-acre industrial parcel near the northwest corner of the site along Wallis Street, to adjacent residential and commercial properties. A zoning map from the record, depicting the site, surrounding area, and 3.55-acre industrial site, is included as Attachment B. The 3.55-acre site is currently designated and zoned for industrial use. Given the applicant’s desire to maintain this site for industrial use, the applicant did not include this parcel in the proposed application. This existing industrial parcel S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M120312\S1203124.doc