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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6143 11/07/2005 . . . , ., ORDINANCE NO. 6143 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE METRO PLAN DIAGRAM BY REDESIGNATING 3.6 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH 32ND STREET AND BOOTH-KELLY ROAD FROM LIGHT MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. The City Council of the City of Springfield finds that: A. Article 7 of the Springfield Development Code sets forth criteria for Metro Plan Diagram amendments. B. On May 23, 2005, the applicants, Dale Kast and Jim and Kris Redmond initiated a Metro Plan Diagram Amendment, City Case Number 2005-00020. C. On September 20, 2005, the Springfield Planning Commission held a public hearing to accept testimony and hear comments on this land use proposal. After the close of the public hearing, the Planning Commission considered the testimony provided, including the staff report and all material submitted in the application. The Planning Commission voted six in favor, none opposed and one absent to forward a recommendation of approval to the Springfield Council. D. On February October 17, 2005, the Springfield City Council held a public hearing to accept testimony and hear comments on this proposal. E. On November 7, 2005 the Springfield City Council considered the testimony provided, including the staff report and all material submitted in the application voted to approve the ordinance. F. Evidence exists within the record and the findings attached hereto (Exhibit A) that the proposal meets the requirements of Article 7 of the Springfield Development Code. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: . Section 1: The Metropolitan Area General Plan is hereby amended to redesignate 3.6 acres of Light Medium Industrial designated property to Low Density Residential. Section 2: The above findings (A through F), and the findings set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference are hereby adopted in support of the Metro Plan amendment. Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent Page I of2 . jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and that holding shall not affeCt the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield by a vote of ~ For and 0 against on this 7th day of November, 2005. r Attest: City=~ . REVIEWED & APPROVED FOR . Page 2 of2 Ordinance No. 6143 EXHIBIT A 1 . Exhibit A Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Section 7.070 (3) of the Springfield Development Code lists the following criteria for approval of plan amendments: a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The proposed amendment is consistent with relevant policies in the Eugene-Springfield' Metro Area General Plan, as well as applicable statewide planning goals and administrative rules as follows: 4.1 Consistency with Metro Plan Policies The Eugene-Springfield Metro Plan is a policy document for the metropolitan area, and the land use designations shown on the Plan Diagram are depicted at a metropolitan scale. The Plan acknowledges local phlns and policies as the basis for these land use designations: . "They (land use designations) are not intended to invalidate local zoning or land uses which are not sufficiently intensive or large enough to be included on the diagram." (p. II-E-2) Finding: The Metro Plan Diagram provides policy direction for appropriate urbanization of vacant parcels ofland at a generalized scale, reflects local plans and policies, and is not intended to preempt local zoning. Therefore, if it can be shown that existing zoning for the subjectproperty is consistent with the Metro Plan, an amendment to the Plan Diagram is appropriate. An adequate supply of industrial and commercial land is a major underpinning of the Metro Plan's economic policies: "Policy III-B-12: Discourage future Metropolitan Area General Plan amendments that would change development-ready industrial lands (sites defined as short-term in the Metropolitan Industrial Lands Special Study, 1991) to non-industrial designations." (p. III-B-5) . Finding: On the Site Evaluation Matrix of the 1991 Metropolitan Industrial Lands Special Study, the subject site (#37) is included on a list of "Sites Not Appropriate for Industrial Use" (see Technical Report 1). "Adjacent Residential Use" is listed as the reason that industrial use is not appropriate. Since the subject property is not considered suitable for inclusion in the City's buildable industrial lands inventory, changing the plan designation to 2 . residential use is consistent with Metro Plan policy and supports existing zoning of the property. The Metro Plan also addresses land use compatibility with this policy statement: "Policy I1I-B-15: Encourage compatibility between industrially zoned lands and adjacent areas in local planning programs." (p. III-B-5) Finding: The most compelling justification for changing the Metro Plan Diagram for this property is the fact that industrial use for the subject property would not be compatible with the adjoining middle school and playfields, with the Springfield Sports Center to the north, and with the low density residential neighborhood to the east of 320d Street. This incompatibility is acknowledged in the Industrial Lands Special Study, listing the site as not appropriate for industrial use due to adjacent residential use. It is therefore concluded that current zoning for the property is appropriate and consistent with Metro Plan policy, and therefore the Plan Diagram should be changed to reflect this more compatible land use designation. . 4.2 Consistency with Statewide Planning Goals . Oregon's planning laws place strong emphasis on consistency between local comprehensive plans and plan amendments and statewide planning goals, administrative rules, standards, and guidelines. The proposed plan amendment is found to be consistent with applicable statewide goals, rules, and policies as follows. GOAL 1 - CITIZEN INVOL VEMENT The City of Springfield's citizen involvement program and process for citizen input on all proposed plan changes are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal} requirements for citizens to have ample opportunities to participate in local planning decisions. Finding: Opportunities for citizen influence will be available at all stages of this proposed amendment, and any concerns raised by the property owners, adjacent neighbors, and/or the general p':lblic will be addressed with findings of fact and conclusions. Ample public notice will be provided. GOAL 2 - LAND USE PLANNING Statewide Planning Goal 2 provides for minor changes to comprehensive plans, which must be based on special studies or other information that will serve as the factual basis to support the change. The public need and justification for the change must be established. Finding: The Metro Plan and the Springfield Code and applicable statewide planning goals provide policies and criteria for evaluating plan amendments, and compliance with these measures will assure an adequate factual basis for reviewing the applicant's proposed Metro Plan amendment. Findings of fact are provided as a part of this application. . This finding of fact is also corroborated by the 1991 Metropolitan Industrial Lands Special Study, which concluded that the subject site was not appropriate for industrial use due to the 3 . adjacent residential use. (see findings for Statewide Planning Goal 9: Economic Development and Metro Plan consistency). GOAL 3 - AGRICULTURAL LANDS Not applicable; subject property is located within the Urban Growth Boundary GOAL4-FORESTLANDS Not applicable; subject property is located within the Urban Growth Boundary GOAL 5 - NA TURAL RESOURCES, SCENIC AND HISTORIC AREAS, AND OPEN SPACES Statewide Planning Goal 5 requires inventory and protection of a variety of open space, scenic, historic, and natural resource values. Findings: The Springfield Local Wetland Inventory map does not show inventoried wetlands on the subject site. There are no inventoried natural resources and no known threatened or endangered species on the site. The existing fann homestead was present as early as 1936 (Omnicon Environmental Management: Gorrie Estate Environmental Assessment, 1995). The dwelling is not listed on the City of Springfield's list of Historic Landmarks, and there are no inventoried archeological sites. . GOAL 6 - AIR, WA TER, AND LAND RESOURCE QUALITY Statewide Planning Goal 6 provides for maintaining and improving air, water, and land quality, while assuring development reflects the community's desires for a quality environment and a healthy economy. Finding: Low-density residential use ofthis site would be significantly more compatible and create a more hannonious environment with the adjacent school and neighborhood residential use than would industrial use as designated on the existing Metro Plan Diagram. Finding: According to the City of Springfield's WaterQuality Limited Watercourse Map, no watercourses exist on or adjacent to the site. GOAL 7 - AREAS SUBJECT TO NA TURAL HAZARDS Statewwide Planning Goal 7 requires protection of people and property from natural hazards, and for future development tobe located in areas that are free from dangers of hazards. Finding: The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Map shows the subject property is in Zone X and outside the 500-year flood hazard area (FIRM # 41039Cl161 F). No other known hazards exist on the site. GOAL 8 - RECREATIONAL NEEDS Statewide Planning Goal 8 provides for local government to meet the recreational needs of citizens and visitors, and to develop recreation land use plans for types and locations of recreation areas, facilities, and opportunities. . Finding: Recently, the City of Springfield amended the Metro Plan Diagram, the Mid- Springfield Refinement Plan Diagram, and the Springfield Zoning Code Map to re-designate 4 . and rezone approximately 29 acres from industrial to park and open space use in order to accommodate the nearby Springfield Sports Center. Re-designation of industrial lands and subsequent Sports Center development within close proximity of the subject property gives further justification for continued amendment of the Metro Plan to enhance the recreational, educational, and residential character and qualities of the surrounding neighborhood. GOAL 9 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Statewide Planning Goal 9 requires cities to maintain adequate supplies of buildable lands for projected industrial use, and to diversity and improve the economy of the state. Finding: The Springfield Sports Center site, immediately north of the subject property, was . recently re-designated on the Plan Diagram from industrial to park and open space use. As applicant, the City of Springfield noted the 1993 Metropolitan Industrial Lands Inventory found that an ample supply of "constraint-free" Light Medium Industrial and Special Light Industrial sites exist in Springfield (see Technical Report 1). The City also found "an oversupply of industrial lands anecdotally reflected in the fact that the Arlie property [Sports Center site] has been designated heavy and light-medium industrial use since 1983, but has remained vacant not only through the 1980's but also through the 1990's - a period of very strong regional and local economic growth." . Finding: The 1993 Industrial Lands Survey (see Technical Report I) concluded that highway access is a constraint for industrial sites served by Main Street due to distance from limited access highways. Therefore it is concluded that removing the 3.6-acre Redmond property from the industrial lands inventory would have little or no effect on buildable acres that are designated Light Medium Industrial (LMI) in the Metro Plan. GOAL 10: HOUSING Statewide Planning Goal 10 requires cities to maintain adequate supplies of buildable lands for housing with price ranges and rent levels that are commensurate with financial capabilities of Oregon households and allow forthe flexibility of housing location, type, and density. Finding: The proposed Plan re-designation of the subject property to Low Density Residential Use (LDR) will add several acres to the City's supply of buildable lands for housing. Residential use will also contribute to the land use integrity and livability of the neighborhood. GOAL 11 - PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES This goal requires the timely, orderly, and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban development. . Finding: All urban services are available to provide for public facilities and services that would be required for housing on the subject property including fire and police protection, parks, sanitary and stonn sewers, transit, schools, and urban and arterial streets. Water and electricity service - Springfield Utility Board 5 . Sanitmy service - Douglas Gardens Drainage Basin (within the "ultimate service area" according to the Springfield Sewer Master Plan, 1980) Storm Sewer - South 320d Street stonn sewer trunk line has excess capacity GOAL 12 - TRANSPORTA nON Statewide Planning Goal 12 requires cities to plan and provide for a safe, convenient, and economic transportation system. Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) implements Goal 12, and requires mitigation measures for plan amendments that "significantly impact a transportation facility." Branch Engineering evaluated potential traffic impacts associated with changing the Metro Plan Diagram for the subject site from Light Medium Industrial to Low Density designation (see Technical Report 2). Assuming "reasonable worst case development scenarios" for both LMI and LDR development on the site, Branch estimated trip generation rates based on infonnation presented in Trip Generation, Seventh Edition, published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 2003. The City of Springfield Development Code was also referenced to detennine possible reasonable worst-case development scenarios for the two planning designations. . For LMI development on the subject site, a potential site plan could accommodate 2.2 acres (95,800 sf) of building, 1.0 acre of parking, and 0.36 acres oflandscaping setback. Applying a trip rate for General Light Industrial from the trip generation manual, potential PM peak hour trip generation would be 94 trips. Applying the manual's trip rate for single family detached houses, using a maximum of 10 units/acre (35 units for the subject site), a maximum of 35 trips would be generated during the PM peak hour from low density residential development on the site. Table 3 summarizes these trip generation estimates. Table 3. Trip Generation Comparisons for LMI and LDR Development Redmond Site Development Scenario Trip Rate (from ITE Manual) Trip Generation Estimate (PM Peak Hour) LMI Site 0.98 trips/1 000 sf floor area 1.01 trips/housing unit 94 trips 35 trips LDR Site Finding: Based on the Branch Traffic Impact Analysisin Technical Report 2, if the subject site was developed as a relatively intense industrial use it is estimated that it would generate significantly more trips than the most intensive LDR development allowed by the Springfield Development Code. Therefore, a change in land use designation from LMI to LOR would not have a significant effect on a transportation facility as defined by OAR 660-12 - 60(2). . GOAL 13 - ENERGY CONSERVA nON Goal compliance to conserve energy is accomplished through efforts of local, state, and federal agencies that regulate energy providers. Future proposals for development on this 6 . property will rely on energy efficient building codes, fixtures and appliances, which are current requirements. Finding: Goal!3 provides little guidance for site-specific Plan Diagram changes. However, proximity of future housing near adjacent and nearby schools and parks, as well as the Springfield Sports Center, could potentially reduce automobile dependency and contribute to more compact urban growth as infilling. GOAL 14 - URBANlZA nON This goal requires cities to provide for transitioning from rural to urbanland use. Finding: The subject site is within the Metro Area Urban Growth Boundary, within the city limits of Springfield, and within the fully developed and serviced urbanized area of the community. The proposed re-designation is intended to facilitate efficient use of the site for urban uses, thereby facilitating a compact urban growth fonn that is the objective of Statewide Planning Goal 14. GOAL 15 - WILLAMETTE GREENWA Y Not applicable; subject property is not located within the greenway boundaries. GOALS 16-19 - COASTAL GOALS Not applicable as these goals relate to Coastal lands. . .