LaurelRidge Page 3 of 11 <br />Zone Change Application – Written Statement <br />May 15, 2015 <br />B. Planning Context <br />The LaurelRidge property has a split Metro Plan land use designation of Low Density Residential <br />23 <br />(LDR) and Parks and Open Space (POS), is currently zoned Agricultural (AG) and is <br />undeveloped. The property is subject to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan <br />(Metro Plan), the Laurel Hill Refinement Plan, the South Hills Study and the Eugene Code, in <br />particular Chapter 9 which governs land use. <br />C. Additional Existing Conditions Information Deemed Pertinent to the Zone Change <br />1. Property Annexation Decision, October 4, 2007 <br />The subject property (Tax Lot 701 and Tax <br />4 <br />Lot 703) was annexed to the City of <br />Eugene in 2007 (File C EU 07-37, Final <br />Order 1318, Approved October 4, 2007 and <br />Effective November 19, 2007). The <br />annexation request was to include property <br />between the then-current city limits and the <br />Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The <br />annexation was routine except for the need <br />to define the specific location of the UGB. <br />Eugene, Lane County and the property <br />owner worked together and ultimately <br />agreed on a UGB location. <br />Two of the Findings within the Final Order <br />that are pertinent at this time include: <br />#5. The land use designation for the <br />annexation area was low density <br />residential in the Eugene-Springfield <br />Exhibit B <br />Annexation C EU 07-37 <br />Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro <br />Illustrating Agreed Upon UGB Location <br />Plan). <br />#17. The City of Eugene indicated that the required services outlined in Metro Plan Policy <br />8, page II-C-4 and defined on page V-3 were either available or could be provided in a <br />timely manner. <br />Relevant to this Finding regarding service provision, Metro Plan Policy 8 on page II-C- <br />4 states that: <br />“Land within the UGB may be converted from urbanizable to urban only through <br />annexation to a city when it is found that: a. A minimum level of key urban facilities <br />and services can be provided to the area in an orderly and efficient manner.” <br />(Emphasis added.) <br />Further, the Metro Plan on page V-3 defines key urban facilities and services as <br />including: <br />2 The adopted Metro Plan Diagram is not tax lot specific, nor are the boundaries between different land use designations. <br />3 <br /> The property was annexed to the city of Eugene in 2007. The zoning was not changed at that time and thus remains Agricultural <br />(AG). Zoning will need to be changed either before or concurrent with development approval. Given a Metro Plan designation of <br />Low Density Residential (LDR) and Parks and Open Space (POS), changing the zoning to a base zone of Low Density <br />Residential (R-1) and Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PRO) is appropriate. <br />4 <br /> At the time of the annexation Tax Lot 703 was part of a larger Tax Lot 702. Following the annexation, Tax Lot 703 was <br />partitioned from 702 to its current configuration. <br />Schirmer Satre Group 375 West 4 th Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 686-4540 <br />