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ORDINANCE NO. 20315 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIEkD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN DIAGRAM TO ADD THE ND SYMBOL TO THE EUGENE DOWNTOWN PLAN AR~A; REDESIGNATING THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE SITE FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL; ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: On September 10, 2001 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 20234 that effected amendments to the transportation element of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), related changes to the Plan text, and adopted revisions to TransPlan. Included in the text amendments was the addition of a new section entitled "Nodal Development Area (Node)," and ~nclusion of ~%FD - Nodal Development" to the text for the Legend Block on the Metro Plan Diagram. B. The Metro Plan, in describing the Nodal Development Area designation states that "[a]reas identified as nodal development areas in TransPlan are considered to have potential for this type of land use pattern." Page II-E-4. The TransPlan Map entitled Potential Nodal Development Areas identifies the Eugene Downtown Plan Area as an area for nodal development. See areas identified as l-E, 1-D and 1-F. C. Chapter IV of the Metro Plan sets forth procedures fbr amendment of the Metro Ptan~ which for the City of Eugene are implemented by the provisions of Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC). D. These proceedings have been initiated by the City of Eugene pursuant to procedures for amendment and refinement of the Metro Plan, which requires approval of the Eugene City Council for Type II Metro Plan diagram amendments located inside the incmporated city limits of Eugene. Since a revised Eugene Downtown Plan is being processed to concurrently redesignate property, the proceedings are following a Type V process. E. On May 16, 2003, notice of the proposed amendments was delivered to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development as required by ORS 197.610. No comments were received in response to the notice. F. On May 30, 2003, notice of the Planning Commission hearing was mailed to all owners of property within the Eugene Downtown Plan area and within 300 feet of the Eugene Downtown Plan area, mad was previously provided to neighborhood groups, and other interested pm'ties. Notice was published in the Register-Guard, a daily newspaper of general circulation, on June 11, 2003. The notice included a description of all proposed actions and approval criteria. Ordinance- 1