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DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT
<br />LAND USE COMPONENTS
<br />CA 19-1, RA 19-1, Z 19-5, WG 19-3, ST 19-3, and SDR 19-2
<br />19,2019
<br />downtown area. Therefore, the proposed amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal
<br />13.
<br />Goal 14 - Urbanization: To provide and orderly and efficient transition from rural to
<br />urban land use, to accommodate urban population and urban employment inside
<br />urban growth boundaries, and to provide for livable communities.
<br />The proposed amendments are site specific to land already subject to urban uses and do not affect the
<br />transition from rural to urban land use, as the entirety of subject property is within the City limits.
<br />Therefore, the proposed amendments and zone change are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal
<br />14.
<br />Goal 15 - Willamette River Greenwav: to protect, conserve, enhance and maintain the
<br />natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, economic, and recreational qualities of lands
<br />along the Willamette River as the Willamette River Greenway.
<br />Goal 15 aims to protect, conserve, enhance, and maintain the natural scenic, historical, agricultural,
<br />economic, and recreational qualities of lands along the Willamette River. As illustrated on Sheet R1.0
<br />Regulatory Plan (Exhibit B.1), 19.75 acres of the subject site are located within the Willamette River
<br />Greenway. The proposal involves a concurrent request for approval of a Willamette Greenway permit
<br />to allow development envisioned by the Downtown Riverfront Concept Plan.
<br />As illustrated on Sheets L1.0 and L1.1 Site Plan (Exhibit B.1), the proposal involves the establishment
<br />of a Willamette Greenway setback line to keep structures separated from the river and to protect,
<br />maintain, preserve, and enhance the natural, scenic, historic, and recreational qualities of the
<br />Willamette Greenway. The proposed setback line is site specific, context sensitive, and responds to
<br />existing conditions and the redevelopment vision. The proposed Greenway setback varies in width
<br />from 25 feet to 125 feet adjacent the Willamette River, as delineated from the top-of-bank. The
<br />setback's variable width responds to existing site conditions and anticipated redevelopment consistent
<br />with the Downtown Riverfront Concept Plan vision. In total the proposed Willamette Greenway
<br />Setback will protect 3.67 acres of the subject site. Adoption of the setback ensures that only park-
<br />related development will be allowed between the setback and the river, that adequate public access is
<br />provided along the river frontage, that limited existing habitat is protected, and that the remaining
<br />natural vegetative fringe is protected.
<br />The findings under EC 9.8815 demonstrate compliance with applicable approval criteria and
<br />standards for proposed development within Willamette Greenway. Compliance with applicable Metro
<br />Plan Willamette Greenway Policies is demonstrated in the findings for EC 9.8065(2) below. Based on
<br />these findings, and incorporated by reference herein, the proposed amendments are compliant with
<br />Statewide Planning Goal 15.
<br />Goal 16-19 - Estuarine Resources. Coastal Shoreland. Beaches and Dune, and Ocean
<br />Resources:
<br />There are no estuarine, coastal, ocean, or beach and dune resources on the subject property or
<br />otherwise affected by the proposed amendments and zone change. Therefore, Statewide Planning
<br />Goals 16 through 19 do not apply.
<br />The preceding findings demonstrate that the proposed amendments (and zone change) are consistent
<br />with all relevant Statewide Planning Goals. Based on these findings, EC 9.8065(1) is satisfied.
<br />City of Eugene FINAL SUBMITTAL 26
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