between the Willamette River and Franklin Boulevard.” EC 9.3705(2) continues, “In accordance <br />with the Riverfront Park Study, the S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone is intended for <br />application to property owned by the Oregon State System of Higher Education within the <br />designated area; it may be applied to other properties within the area at the property owner’s <br />request.” <br />EC 9.3725 requires that “the master plan for developments proposed within the S-RP zone shall <br />be reviewed through the conditional use permit process.” (Emphasis added.) The applicant <br />submitted a memorandum from the City Attorney opining that multiple master plans may not be <br />consistent with the City’s S-RP zone rules. In fact, by its terms, EC 9.3725 requires one master <br />plan for “developments” within this very specific zone. This is consistent with the purpose of the <br />S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area zone, specified in EC 9.3700, to “provide for activities and <br />uses that complement the research and educational functions” of the UO. That fundamental <br />purpose is further articulated in six objectives, all of which lend themselves to the coordinated <br />type of development that can be achieved through master planning. To the extent the S-RP zone <br />contemplates and requires that that the entire area within that zone be subject to a Master Plan, a <br />single master plan is appropriate to achieve that objective. <br />Moreover, regardless of whether the applicant could have submitted either two separate master <br />plans or a single master plan as two separate conditional use permits, it did not do so. The <br />request for a single Master Plan under a single conditional use permit is specifically authorized <br />under EC 9.3725; and the opponents’ desire to segregate the areas provides no legal basis to <br />require two master plans or two conditional use permits. <br />E. Evaluation of Request <br />Conditional Use Permit <br />9.3725 S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone Review Procedures. The master site plan <br />for developments proposed within the S-RP zone shall be reviewed through the conditional <br />use permit process provided in this land use code. For the purpose of this review, the <br />following criteria shall be applied in lieu of the criteria provided in EC 9.8090 Conditional <br />Use Permit Approval Criteria - General: <br />(1) Criteria for all Development. <br />(a) The proposed development shall be consistent with the Metropolitan Area <br />General Plan, Riverfront Park Study, and other applicable policy documents or <br />functional plans. <br />The application addresses how the proposed Master Plan complies with the Metro Plan and the <br />Riverfront Park Plan. It does not identify any “other applicable policy documents or functional <br />plans” with which it believes the proposed Master Plan must comply. <br />Metro Plan <br />The application includes a description of how the requested Master Plan is consistent with 27 <br />policies identified in the Metro Plan. However, as the city staff correctly explain, most of those <br />Hearings Official Decision (CU 18-1; WG 18-2) 6 <br /> <br />