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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. ________(GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SPRINGFIELD URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY; THE
EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN (METRO PLAN) TEXT
AND DIAGRAM TO AMEND THE METRO PLAN BOUNDARY, ADOPT THE SPRINGFIELD
2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (2030 PLAN) ECONOMIC AND URBANIZATION
POLICY ELEMENTS AND ASSIGN PLAN DESIGNATIONS TO NEWLY URBANIZABLE
LANDS; THE SPRINGFIELD ZONING MAP TO ASSIGN NEW ZONING; THE
SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADD SECTIONS 3.2-915 – 3.2-930
ESTABLISHING THE AGRICULTURE-URBAN HOLDING AREA LAND USE ZONING
DISTRICT (AG); ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield and Lane County adopted a coordinated population forecast
(City of Springfield Ordinance No. 6248 on October 19, 2009; Lane County Ordinance No. PA-
1261 on October 28, 2009) that estimated the City of Springfield’s population including the
Metro Urban Area East of Interstate 5 to be 81,608 in 2030; and
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield and Lane County adopted a separate Springfield Urban
Growth Boundary (City of Springfield Ordinance No. 6268 on June 20, 2011; Lane County
Ordinance PA-096018 on July 6, 2011); and
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield and Lane County adopted an amendment to the Metro Plan
Diagram to reflect a new Metro Plan Boundary that is coterminous with the City of Springfield
Urban Growth Boundary east of Interstate 5 (City of Springfield Ordinance No. 6288 on March
18, 2013; Lane County Ordinance No. PA-1281 on June 4, 2013); and
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield, Lane County and the City of Eugene adopted amendments
to the Metro Plan that provide a process for amending the Metro Plan to allow each city to
determine the extent to which particular sections in the Metro Plan will apply to an individual
City, as each jurisdiction establishes its own Urban Growth Boundary, 20-year land supply and
city-specific comprehensive plan (City of Springfield Ordinance No. 6332 on December 1, 2014;
Lane County Ordinance No. PA 1313 on November 12, 2014; and City of Eugene Ordinance No.
20545 on November 25, 2014); and
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield commissioned ECONorthwest to prepare the Commercial and
Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory and Economic Opportunities Analysis outlining Springfield’s
employment needs for the next 20-year planning period ending in 2030, attached as Exhibit B-
2; and
WHEREAS, the Springfield Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory, Economic
Opportunities Analysis and Economic Development Objectives and Implementation Strategies
determined that the City of Springfield has a deficit of industrial and commercial mixed-use
employment sites larger than 5 acres and that deficit requires an expansion of the Urban
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Growth Boundary of 223 suitable acres to accommodate the employment needs for the 20-year
planning period ending 2030; and
WHEREAS, the acknowledged 2011 Springfield Residential Land & Housing Needs Analysis
determined that Springfield had a deficit of 300 acres of public/semi-public land to meet Parks
and Open Space needs for the 20-year planning period ending 2030; and
WHEREAS, timely and sufficient notice of the public hearings, pursuant to Springfield
Development Code Section 5.2-115, has been provided; and
WHEREAS, the Springfield and Lane County Planning Commissions conducted joint public
hearings on the Metro Plan and 2030 Plan amendments on February 17, 2010, March 16, 2010
and May 4, 2010, and forwarded recommendations to the Springfield City Council and Lane
County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Springfield Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on December 18,
2013 and forwarded recommendations to both the Springfield City Council and Lane County
Board of Commissioners on the proposed AG Land Use Zoning District; and
WHEREAS, the Springfield City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners held joint a
public hearing on these amendments on September 12, 2016 and; and is now ready to take
action based on the above recommendations and evidence and testimony already in the record
as well as the evidence and testimony presented at the joint elected official’s public hearing;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield provided several opportunities for public involvement
including but not limited to open houses, citizen advisory committees and technical advisory
committees; and
WHEREAS, substantial evidence exists within the record demonstrating that the proposal
meets the requirements of the Metro Plan, Springfield Development Code the Lane Code and
applicable state and local law as described in the findings attached as Exhibit F, and which are
adopted in support of this Ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE, THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Springfield Urban Growth Boundary is amended to satisfy Springfield’s
established need by adding 257 acres of suitable employment land on 273 gross acres in the
North Gateway and Mill Race expansion areas, designating 53 acres of land located within the
FEMA Floodway in the North Gateway expansion area as Natural Resource and also expanding
the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary to include 455 acres of existing Public, Parks and Open
Space Land as depicted in Exhibits A-2, C-1, and C-2 attached hereto and incorporated by this
reference.
Section 2. The Metro Plan text and diagram are hereby amended to adopt the “Urban
Holding Area- Employment” (UHA-E) Plan Designation and to assign the UHA- E plan
designation to 273 of acres of land; to assign the “Public/Semi Public” plan designation to 455
acres of land; and to assign the “Natural Resource” plan designation to the 53 acres of land
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located in the FEMA Floodway in the North Gateway expansion area as Natural Resource and as
set out in Exhibit A-2 and D attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
Section 3. Pursuant to Statewide Planning Goal 9, the Metro Plan is amended to adopt
Springfield’s city-specific Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan Economic Element including
Economic Development Goals, Policies and Implementation Strategies as well as its Technical
Supplement the Springfield Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory, Economic
Opportunities Analysis, which will replace the Springfield Commercial Lands Study, as set out in
Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
Section 4. Pursuant to Statewide Planning Goal 14, the Metro Plan is amended to adopt
Springfield’s city-specific Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan Urbanization Element including
Urbanization Goals, Policies and Implementation Strategies as set out in Exhibit C, attached
hereto and incorporated here by this reference.
Section 5. The Metro Plan text is amended to (1) reflect that in Chapter II, Section C:
Growth Management; Chapter II, Section E: Urban and Urbanizable Land; Chapter III, Section
B: Economic Element no longer apply to Springfield and have been replaced by the city-specific
Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan Economic and Urbanization Elements; (2) in Chapter II
Section G to add the UHA-E land use designation, remove the Springfield specific reference to
the Natron Special Heavy Industrial (SHI) site and change footnotes 11 and 12 to add a
reference for this ordinance; and (3) amend the Preface to correct scrivener’s error in
ordinance numbers and to list adopted elements of Springfield’s city-specific comprehensive
plan; as contained in Exhibit D attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
Section 6. The Metro Plan Diagram is hereby amended to move the Metro Plan
Boundary to be coterminous with the amended Springfield Urban Growth Boundary.
Section 7. The Springfield Development Code is hereby amended to adopt the
“Agriculture- Urban Holding Area” (AG) Land Use Zoning District as reflected in Exhibit E
attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
Section 8. The Springfield Zoning Map is hereby amended to assign “Agriculture- Urban
Holding Area” (AG) zoning to 328 acres of land and “Public Land and Open Space” (PLO) to 455
acres of land as reflected in Exhibit A-3 attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
Section 9. The findings set forth in Exhibit F are adopted as findings in support of this
Ordinance.
Section 10. The prior policies and plan designations changed by this Ordinance remain
in full force and effect to authorize prosecution of persons in violation thereof prior to the
effective date of this Ordinance.
Section 11. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such portion constitutes a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof.
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Section 12. The effective date of this Ordinance as provided in the Chapter IX of the
Springfield Charter and Section 2.110 of the Springfield Municipal Code, 30 days from the date
of passage by the Council and approval by the Mayor or upon the date that an ordinance is
enacted by the Lane County Board of Commissioners approving the same amendments as
described in Sections 1- 9 of this Ordinance, whichever is later.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this ___ day of _____, ____,
by a vote of _____ for and ____ against.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Springfield this ______ day of _________, ____.
_______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Recorder
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