HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19008ORDINANCE N0. ~~ '~
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING COUNCIL ACTION ON CHANGES
IN ZONING DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT REGULATIONS;
AMENDING SECTION 9.682 OF THE EUGENE CODES 1971;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
THE CITY of EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection ~.2 } of Section 9.6 82 of the Eugene Code,
1971, is hereby amended to read and provide:
9.682 Action of the Council.
~2} At such public hearing and after such notice is
given, the cauncil shall make specific affirmative findings
that:
~.a} The proposed change is consistent with and
promotes the objectives of the General Plan and of the
Zoning Ordinance of the city;
fib} There is a public need for a change of the
kind in question. It must be demonstrated that:
1. Land already available in the zoning
classification proposed is unable to be served
by adequate public facilities and services, or
2. What land is available and served is
inadequate or improperly zonedto satisfy the
current need for commercial, industrials or in-
stitutional uses or for an affordable and desir-
able housing inventory, as the case may be; and
~c} The location of the proposed change:
1. Can be adequately served through the
orderly extension of public facilities and ser~
vices and
2. Is consistent with the principle of
compact and sequential urban growth.
The property owner who desires to have his property reclassi-
fied has the burden of establishing to the council that the
requested classification meets these requirements.
Section 2. That the provisions contained herein concern the
public welfare, and in order to insure that City regulations are
uniformly and consistently applied, an emergency is hereby declared
to exist, and this Ordinance shall became effective immediately upon
its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
Passed by the City Council this Approved by the Mayor this
28 h ay of July, 982 ay of Jul 1982
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