ANIN, <br />Q~ <br />• - - Planning Commission <br />FINAL ORDER OF THE EUGENE PLANNING COMMISSION <br />ON APPEAL OF THE HEARINGS OFFICIAL'S TENTATIVE APPROVAL FOR <br />LOMBARD APARTMENTS WILLAMETTE GREENWAY PERMIT, SITE REVIEW, AND <br />ADJUSTMENT REVIEW (WG 18-3/SR 18-3/ARA 18-8) <br />1. INTRODUCTION <br />This final order concerns an appeal of a decision by the Eugene Hearings Official approving a <br />Willamette Greenway Permit, Site Review and Adjustment Review to construct 94 market-rate <br />residential apartment units. The subject property is an approximately 3.59-acre, undeveloped <br />site in an area of residential uses located between River Road and the Willamette River. The <br />site is located at the northern terminus of Lombard Street, with frontage along River Road to <br />the west. The entire site is zoned R-2 Medium-Density Residential with /ND Nodal Development <br />overlay. The southern portion of the site has a /SR Site Review overlay. The entire property is <br />located within the bounds of the Willamette Greenway. <br />Lombard Apartments, LCC (Applicant) filed applications for a Willamette Greenway Permit, a <br />Needed Housing Site Review and an Adjustment Review to construct 94 apartments in four <br />buildings, as well as a leasing office, maintenance building, and associated site improvements <br />such as parking areas. The main entrance would be from River Road. The proposal would also <br />extend Lombard Street to the northern boundary of the subject property. <br />The Eugene Hearings Official held the initial public hearing on this request on June 27, 2018. <br />Following the hearing and extended open record period, on August 7, 2018 the Hearings Official <br />approved the Needed Housing Site Review and Adjustment Review, and Willamette Greenway <br />Permit applications. However, the Hearings Official also determined that that the Willamette <br />River Greenway Permit criteria are not clear and objective and therefore cannot be applied to <br />the Applicant's proposed housing). Following the decision, Rob Handy, Julie Hulme, H. M. <br />Sustaita, and Loren Schein (Appellants) filed a timely appeal of the applications, with the River <br />Road Community Organization joining the appeal for the purpose of assisting neighbors in <br />exercising their Oregon Land Use Goal One citizen involvement right. The appeal includes <br />eleven (11) appeal issues. <br />City staff issued written notice of the appeal hearing on August 24, 2018, consistent with land <br />use code requirements. The Planning Commission held the public hearing on the appeal on <br />September 5, 2018. At the public hearing, Andrew Brand, Hans Christiansen, and attorneys <br />Michael Reeder and Bill Kloos provided testimony in support of the application and the <br />Hearings Official's approval. Appellants Julie Hulme, Rob Handy, H. M. Sustaita, Loren Schein, <br />Glen Mandzak and attorney Charles Woodward IV provided testimony in opposition as <br />Appellants. One individual provided neutral testimony on behalf of the River Road Community <br />Final Order: Lombard Apartments (WG 18-3 / SR 18-3 / ARA 18-8) Page 1 <br />