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Proposed Property Line Adjustment- USA Bakery
Case No. SUB2008-00047
Staff Report and Notice of Decision
October 31, 2008
Applicant/Owner
Jerry Boness'
USA Bakery
2000 Nugget Way
Eugene, OR 97403
Tract I (Map No. and Tax Lot) USA Bakery
18-03~03-12 TL 700
18-03-03-11 TL 1100, 1200, 3800, 3900,
4000.
TL 1200 is directly affected buy the
adi ustment.
Lot Size for TL 1200
Current: 152,024 sq. ft. (3.49 ac)
Applicant's Representative
Jonathan Oakes
Poage Engineering and Surveying
P.O. Box 2527
Eugene, OR 97402
Tract 2 (Map No. and Tax Lot) Paved Vacant Lot
18-03-03-11 TL 3700, 3600
18-03-03-14 TL 1300.
TL 3600 is directly affected by the adjustment.
Lot.Size for TL 3600
Current: 125,017 sq. ft. (2.87 ac)
Adjusted: 197,484 sq. ft. (4.53 ac)
Adjusted: 85,329 sq. ft. (1.96 acres)
Zoning
Light-Medium Industrial
Date Received: 10/17/2008
Date Accepted as Complete: 10/30/2008
Date of the Director's Decision: 10/31/2008
I. Executive Summary
The USA Bakery seeks to adjust the common boundary line between two abutting properties
under its collective ownership for the purpose of place the. access drive and railroad spur that is
currently located within Tract 2, within Tract I.
Tract 1 and Tract 2 are each composed of several taxlots (see the table above). The two tax lots
directly affected by the boundary change are 18~03_03-11 TL'1200 (Tract I) and 18-03-03-11 TL
3600 (Tract 2). The adjustment would consolidate street and rail spur access for USA Bakery on
Tract I. Rail and street access are currently achieved by crossing Tract 2.
Tract 2 is a paved vacant lot that was formerly used as a storage yard.' A proposed 57' X 60'
private access easement will maintain access for Tract 2 to Newman Street. Attachment I, the
Preliminary Property Line Adjustment Survey, shows the affected tax lots and the proposed
property line adjustment.
A review of the application materials by the City Surveyor revealed some minor errors in the
legal descriptions and preliminary Property Line Adjustment Survey. The applicant's
representative submitted corrected versions of these materials on October 31,2008. This Staff
Report and Decision is an analysis ofthe revised materials.
Based on a review of the proposed property line adjustment using the approval criteria for found
in Section 5.16-125 of the Springfield Development Code (SDC), staff finds that the proposal is
in compliance with applicable standards. The application is approved as conditioned.
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II. Procedural Requirements
Property line adjustments are a "Type I (Ministerial)" process. Section 5.1-125 of the SDC states
that Type I decisions may be made by the Director "without public notice and without public
hearing." Type I applications are to be reviewed for completeness and for conformance with the
applicable criteria for approval of the proposal stated in the Development Code. Although not
required, the proposed property line adjustment was submitted for review by the Springfield City
Surveyor. Based on the Director's review, a decision is issued, which is the final decision' ofthe
City.
Staff has reviewed the applicant's submittal for completeness requirements found in Section 5.16-
120 of the SOC. Stafffound the applicant's submission complete on October 30,2008. A review'
of the application materials by the City Surveyor revealed some minor errors in the legal .
descriptions and Preliminary Property Line Adjustment Survey. The applicant's representative
submitted corrected versions of these materials on October 31, 2008. This Staff Report and
Decision is an analysis of the revised materials received on October 31, 2008.
III. Criteria for Approval
Section 5.16-125 of the SDC lists the criteria to be used for approving a property line
adjustment. The code section states that property line adjustment shall not:
A. Create a new lot/parcel;
B. Create a landlocked lot/parcel;
C. Reduce an existing lot/parcel below the minimum size standard or reduce setbacks
below the minimum established by the applicable zoning districts in this Code;
D. Violate any previous conditions the Approval Authority may have imposed on the
lots/parcels involved in the application.
E. Detrimentally alter the availability of existing public and/or private utilities to each
lot/parcel in the application or to abutting lots/parcds; or
F. Increase the degree of non-conformity of each lot, parcel, or structure that is non-
conforming at the time of application.
The section below evaluates the proposed property line adjustment against the approval
criteria listed above.
Shall not...
A. Create a new lot/parcel;
Finding 1: The proposal does not create a new parcel. The proposed property line
adjustment modifies the boundary between tax lots 1200 (Tract I) anct'3600 (Tract 2).
No new lot is created by the proposed action.
B. Create a landlocked lot/parcel;
Finding 2: The proposed property line adjustment as conditioned below will not create a
landlocked parcel. Rail and street access to Newman Street for TL 1200 (Tract I)
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currently crosses TL 3600 (Tract 2). The proposed adjustment will create direct access to
the rail spur and to Newman Street for TL 1200 (Tract I) without crossing TL 3600
(Tract 2). The Preliminary Property Line Adjustment Survey shows a proposed 57'X 60'
Private Access Easement that will guarantee access to Newman Street from TL 3600
(Tract 2). .
Condition of Approval #1. A Joint Access Agreement shall be prepared providing TL 3600
with a 57ft. X 60ft. wide access point across TL 1200 to Newman Street, as shown on the
preliminary Property Line Adjustment. The agreement shall be prepared and submitted with the
Property Line Adjustment Survey for recording.
C. Reduce an existing lot/parcel below the minimum size standard 'or reduce setbacks'
below the minimum established by the applicable zoning districts in this Code;
Finding 3: The Springfield Zoning Map shows that the zoning for the subject lots is
Light-Medium Industrial (LMI).
Finding 4: Section 3.2-420 ofthe Springfield Development Code (SDC) shows that the
minimum lot size in the LMI zoning district is 10,000 square feet.
Finding 5: The property line adjustment will increase Tax Lot 1200 to 197,484 square
feet. Tax Lot 3600 will be reduced to 85,329 square feet in size.
Finding 6: Under the proposed property line adjustment, both Tax Lots 1200 and 3600
will be larger than the 10,000 sq. ft. minimum lot size for the LM! zoning district. The
lot line adjustment does not create a substandard lot, nor does it reduce nearby setbacks.
D. Violate any previous conditions the Approval Authority may have imposed on the
lots/parcels involved in the applicatil!n;
Finding 7: A review of a current title report issued by the Chicago Title Insurance
Company of Oregon on the subject parcels shows that no knoWIi conditions have been
imposed by the City of Springfield, Lane County, or any other authority that would be
violated by the proposed property line adjustment.
E. Detrimentally alter the availability of existing public and/or private utilities to each
lot/parcel in the application or to abutting lots/parcels; or
Finding 8: The property line adjustment does not affect the provision of services to the
existing lots and does not prevent the extension of services to other parcels.
F. Increase the degree of non-conformity of each lot, parcel, or structure that is non-'
conforming at the time of application.
FiJ~ding 9: Both Tax Lot 1200 and Tax Lot 3600 conform with existing zoning standards
for the LMI zone, and will continue to do so if the property line adjustment is approved.
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Conc.lusion and Decision of the Director
The findings of fact with respect to the stated criteria for approval found in Section 5.16-
125 of the SDC, demonstrate that the proposed property line adjustment is consistent with
those criteria. The proposed property line adjustment is approved.
III. Next Steps
Please return three copies of the recorded map and the Joint Access Agreement as
described in Condition of Approval #1, to Mark Metzger in Development Services.
Mark Metzger, Planner III
726-3775
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