Item 1: Ordinance on EWEB Downtown Riverfront Property

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EWEB DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT LAND USE COMPONENTS F.2 Support application of the nodal development strategy in designated areas through information, technical assistance, or incentives. F.3 Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, including higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major transit corridors and near transit stations; medium- and high-density residential development within ¼ mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development and redevelopment in designated areas that are or could be well served by existing or planned transit. F.4 Require improvements that encourage transit, bicycles, and pedestrians in new commercial, public, mixed use, and multi-unit residential development. F.5 Within three years of TransPlan adoption, apply the ND, Nodal Development, designation to areas selected by each jurisdiction, adopt and apply measures to protect designated nodes from incompatible development and adopt a schedule for completion of nodal plans and implementing ordinances. Sixteen (16) of the twenty-one (21) parcels that comprise the subject property are designated ND th Nodal Development. Five (5) parcels located north of 4 Avenue are not designated ND. The proposed amendments apply the ND designation to those specific parcels, resulting in all properties within the Downtown Riverfront having the ND designation. The proposed S-DR Zone (Exhibit B S- DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone) is designed to implement Nodal Development growth management policies and to foster mixed-use development. The subject site is located within the th downtown core and in proximity to the 5 Street commercial corridor and major transit corridors. The proposal involves reconstruction and relocation of the Riverbank Trail, implementation of pedestrian-friendly street designs, and development standards proposed through the S-DR Zone encourage transit, bicycle, and pedestrian use within the mixed-use development. The land use components are the basis for the implementing ordinance for the designated ND area. Therefore, proposed amendments and zone change are consistent with Policies F.1 through F.5. Transportation Demand Management F.7 Increase the use of motor vehicle parking management strategies in selected areas throughout the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. F.8 Implement TDM strategies to manage demand at congested locations. As outlined in findings for Goal 10 under EC 9.7730(3)(a), redevelopment scenarios for the subject site were tested and analyzed as part of the Master Plan process. A mixed-use development scenario, which is what the S-DR Zone (Exhibit B S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone) has been designed to produce, was calculated to provide for an additional 404 dwelling units. Pursuant to EC 9.3165, parking requirements of the proposed S-DR Zone for residential use are between 0.5 and 2.25 spaces per unit. There are no minimum or maximum parking requirements for commercial uses. Accordingly, the mixed-use development scenario referenced above would provide between 202-909 parking spaces for 19.3 acres of development resulting in 10-47 spaces per acre. The parking spaces per acre density requirements of the /ND designation are 12 spaces Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL | December 5, 2012 {00091176;1 }