Item B: South Willamette Concept Plan Update

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South Willamette Concept Plan APPENDIX A ENVISION EUGENE PILLARS The South Willamette Concept Plan implements many of the guiding principles, or pillars, of Envision Eugene. The following is a brief summary of some of the key functions of the plan as they relate to each pillar. For more information about Envision Eugene, please visit www.envisioneugene.org. Provide Ample Economic Opportunities for all Community Members • Supports the strategy for locating new jobs along existing corridors within the urban growth boundary (UGB). • Reinforces the existing business community with balance of travel modes, continuation of existing business and support for revitalization. Promote Compact Urban Development and Efficient Transportation Options • Increases opportunities for more housing and jobs near key transit corridors, defined as: • "...streets that have, or are planned to have, frequent transit service (approximately every 15 minutes or less). This frequent transit service is often accompanied by nearby amenities such as parks, commercial attractions or employment centers, and higher density housing that enable shorter trips and less reliance on the automobile." • Plans for more compact urban development, including housing and commercial uses, on key transit corridors. Uses Area Planning as a key strategy to meet multiple interacting goals. This pilot project explores important concepts of area planning, including creating a clear vision for compact development and livable community that also allows for flexibility; gradual implementation; and new tools to ensure compatible design. • Envision Eugene describes how "Area Planning considers all the features, natural and built, of special places along key transit corridors and in core commercial centers, to create a vision to foster vital and sustainable redevelopment in areas with the potential to become active centers for living and working." Implements the goals of Opportunity Siting through the use of the visioning process to identify good places for denser housing supported through the community process of area planning. Implements the goals of Infill Compatibility Standards by designing for transitions between buildings and uses. Plans for codes and zones that implement design based redevelopment, enhancing the district as a long term stable, attractively landscaped, livable neighborhood. Urban design provides for compatible building transitions Make compact development easier with Community Investment Program of assistance and incentives. Creation of concept plan for South Willamette Street to better serve all travel modes, support transit and set stage for future vision. Protect, Repair and Enhance Neighborhood Livability • Community participation in developing plan and urban design concept • Urban design provides for compatible building transitions • Provide greater access to parks for multiple family housing residents by locating denser housing close to Amazon Park. Provide Housing Affordable to All Income Levels • Plan emphasizes compact and affordable housing • Identification of new zones to implement single housing options, such as cluster, courtyard and row houses and removing code barriers to developing these housing types. 64 ■ City of Eugene