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Home My WebLink AboutItem 21 Council Initiation of an Amendment to the Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram - Low Density Residential (LDR) Plan Designation to Medium Density Residential (MDR) Plan Designation Meeting Date: Meeting Type: Department: Staff Contact: Staff Phone No: Estimated Time: April 21st, 2008 Regular Development ~c~ David Reesotyr<c:?'r D~'t 726-3783 .~ 10 Minutes AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL ITEM TITLE: ACTION REQUESTED: ISSUE STATEMENT: ATTACHMENTS: DISCUSSION/ FINANCIAL IMPACT: COUNCIL INITIATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN DIAGRAM - LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (LDR) PLAN DESIGNATION TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR) PLAN DESIGNATION Approve / Not approve the following motion: Move to initiate an Amendment to the Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram on subject properties. The current Metro Plan Diagram designates properties in the subject area as LDR, while the existing zoning and much of the development of the area is primarily MDR. This Plan/Zone conflict is the result of the adoption of the present Metro Plan diagram (c. 2004) which designates these properties LDR even though all previous actions by the City Council established MDR as the appropriate designation for this area Attachment 1: Springfield Zoning Map Attachment 2: Metro Plan Diagram Attachment 3: Enlarged Plan Diagram of Subject Area This Plan/Zone conflict was brought before the Planning Commission dUring a work session on April 1 st, 2008. This issue came to the City's attention when a property owner in the subject area-inquired about future development potential of his property. The Planning Commission and staff discussed the planning history of this area including previous actions that resulted in upzoning property from LDR to MDR and the subsequent MDR development that followed. Staff mentioned that these earlier zone changes were based on Plan diagram interpretations that this area was designated MDR albeit with a Plan diagram that was replaced in 2004. The designation of this area became an issue because the new Plan diagram is decidedly more precise in appearance and projects more locational certainty than previous Plan diagrams. In particular, it would be difficult to conclude that Rainbow Drive is not the east-west dividing line between, MDR and LDR designations even though past land use actions, including MDR development west of Rainbow, contradict such a conclusion. The former Plan diagram was vague about the relationship between Rainbow and an MDR/LDR dividing line, but the Council at that time was persuaded that the diagram, the text and the circumstances present in that area supported an MDR determination west of Rainbow Drive. There is no reason to believe that the new Plan diagram was created with the purpose of delineating MDR/LDR along Rainbow; past land use decisions and development do not support such an action; there have been no requests by property owners to down-zone this area; there are no service or structural limitations that support LDR in favor of MDR. The most likely explanation, and one for which we accept responsibility, is that the graphic artists at LCOG wanted to create more defmitive Plan map shapes because the Plan is evolving into a more site-specific document. We did not catch the implications inherent in such a shift and are now attempting to reconcile this situation including a recommendation that the Council, rather than the property owner initiate the amendment. We cannot promise that other similar discrepancies do not exist; however, as we update our land use data records during the lIB 3337 inventory work we will provide the Council with a number of options for reconciling any plan/zone conflicts that may exist regardless of location or plan category. Given the history of past development and zone change approvals in the area, Staff requests that Council initiate an Amendment to the Plan Diagram from LDR to MDR for the subject area. I I I _SI;..QuoiA )) - T- ~- II Z .::i 1E ii=~~ ~ ~,' Spr~ngfield ,~Zonlng Map I III I 1&111 J I I R: ' ~[]]IJIIJ W Idll _0:: 0... I R,. H,W III I I I , I - 1ll I I I f II I I I .-- r--- i.....- - I I Tl f-- f--1-- I-- -z- I. I I Ii 'C r I I I~! 111)1'1 - '---- ~~ --=~ __ I !:! 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Commercial Overlays: ~ ~ ftJj D ~ Major Retail Centers Heavy Industrial Special Heavy Industrial D Light Medium Industrial Agriculture ~ Campus Industrial D Forest land [J University Research Rural Residential D Government and Education ~ Rural Commercial II Parks and Open Space 0 Rural Industrial Natural Resource ~ Airport Reserve D Sand and Gravel I VALID AT 11X17 SCALE ONLY ~ 4/08/04 ~ c.,_Pio._ ~__~ '!'~-,,' "l....~~ w'f 12" , NlclltNZ\, , I ~ /-~--~ ,I ~_._'_'J . '. > ,. The information on this map was derived from digital databases on Lane COlUlCil of Governments' regional geographic information system. Care was taken in 1 the creation of this map, but it is provided "as is". LCOG cannot accept any responsibility for errors. omissions. or positional accuracy in the digital data or the underlying records. CWTent plan designation, zoning, etc.. for specific parcels should be confirmed with the appropriate governmental entity - Eugene. 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[If BRIDGE RD r'" ~ L J ~-~ _:~ ~ Subject Area West of Rainbow Drive South of M Street n G-SPR HW'; Estimated location of Rainbow Drive r- OO :r: f- ~LO EST ... . -...- ATTACHMENT 3-1