Retain Current Zoning <br />Further developments by Cascade Manor require greater scrutiny, not less as proposed <br />in the S-SW Zone. The Manor has demonstrated an inability to carryout its projects <br />without annoying its neighbors and violating land use and building codes. It has also <br />shown the capacity to file successful land use applications. A primary public purpose for <br />wholesale rezoning is to assist small developers to assemble parcels and reduce their <br />risk. Cascade Manor is not a small developer. It's the largest apartment developer <br />active within the proposed S-SW Zone with two apartment buildings completed and one <br />more under construction. So, parcels owned by Cascade Manor and the adjoining and <br />adjacent parcels should be removed from the S-SW Zone, retaining their current Metro <br />Plan designation of Medium Density Residential along with their current R-1 and R-2 <br />zoning. To protect neighbors, Cascade Manor should be required to file its own land <br />use applications that show detailed plans plus adequate construction staging areas. <br />Rowhouses on West 30th Avenue <br />Cascade Manor's request should be rejected to allow 4-story row houses along West <br />30th Avenue. That scale of redevelopment next door at 2976 Portland Street on what <br />are currently R-1 lots would be such a fundamental change that it would drive me from <br />my home. I don't want commercial scale construction on these low density lots or high <br />density next door. Redevelopment as allowed on an R-1 lot is acceptable or Cascade <br />Manor may file a land use application and show the neighbors what they want to build. <br />2494 Portland Street <br />I also support Will Shaver's request for more separation between his home at 2494 <br />Portland Street and the proposed S-SW/MU zoning across the street. Mixed use zoning <br />would allow entertainment-oriented uses generating late-night noise that are <br />incompatible with residential uses. The special stepdown height transition should also <br />be extended to the property across from his home. Incompatible adjacent zoning such <br />as this is widespread throughout the S-SW Zone. <br />Land Use Application Signage <br />I find it outrageous that a large city-initiated land use application doesnʼt require any <br />signs alerting neighborhoods of rezoning, but private applications as small as one <br />parcel require a 2x3 foot sign. The S-SW Zone is enormous with 474 parcels totaling <br />122 acres affecting thousands of people. Simply understanding the proposal has taken <br />me months of research, and I have a graduate education in public administration. <br />Complete Revision <br />Please send the S-SW zone land application back to planners for a complete revision. <br />The high densities proposed would fundamentally degrade the area by exceeding the <br />capacity of road right-of-ways as has already happened on Portland Street. And, <br />Cascade Manor wants to build more units on my street. The application does not <br />sufficiently consider the numerous and extensive impacts on existing residents. It's a <br />big developer's wish list without the necessary balancing needed to maintain livability. <br />Finally, I deeply resent the City of Eugeneʼs alliance with Cascade Manor to drive me <br />from my affordable home. <br />6/8/15 Statement in Opposition to S-SW Zone for Eugene Planning Commission by Brian Wanty <br />- 2 -