Item 1: Ordinance on Downtown and Mixed Use Development

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Exhibit E Transportation and Parking Policy: 1.The adverse effects of motor vehicle movement and parking shall be mitigated as much as possible. A portion of the Downtown Plan falls within the boundaries of the West University Refinement Plan. This area has unique characteristics that lessen the need to mitigate motor vehicle movement through a traffic impact analysis. These unique characteristics include lower adopted mobility standards than all other areas in the city; an established grid pattern of interconnected streets; multiple lower and higher order streets that enter and exit the downtown core; numerous options for distribution and assignments of projected trips; generally lower speeds; ample transit facilities; infrastructure to support alternate modes of travel; access management standards to control new driveway locations; and the unlikeliness that new intersections, new street alignments or widths or additional lanes would be proposed or exacted given the existing development patterns. The traffic impact analysis will remain applicable to all other areas within the West University Refinement Plan. Land Use, Housing and Commerce Policy: 9.The City will encourage residential uses in all parts of the plan area. The intent of this policy is to provide housing opportunities in all zoning districts in the plan area, but not to the exclusion of other uses in non-residential areas. To the extent that this policy constitutes mandatory approval criteria, the code amendments are consistent in that the amendments allow for, but do not mandate, additional housing opportunities in the C-2 Community Commercial zone. Willakenzie Area Plan (1992) Although there are no policies in this refinement plan that directly address the amendments or constitute mandatory approval criteria, the following land use policy lends general support for the amendments: 7. Mixed use developments that combine living, working and shopping opportunities shall be encouraged in the study area. Based on the above findings, the proposal is consistent with and supported by the applicable provisions of these adopted plans. (3) The amendment is consistent with EC 9.3020 Criteria for Establishment of an S Special Area Zone, in the case of establishment of a special area zone. The amendments do not establish a special area zone. Therefore, this criterion does not apply to these amendments. Findings - 13