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1400 Cross Street LLCPage 9of 14 Zone Change Map 17-04-25-41, Tax Lot 7000; Map 17-04-25-42, Tax Lot 100 October 23, 2020 (a) Use the land-use diagram and policies of this plan along with other City policies in making land-use decisions for the Whiteaker community. (Policy 1) (b) In areas designed for medium- or high-density residential use, allow single-family housing that can be rehabilitated to help maintain a variety of dwelling unit types and densities. (Policy 3) (c) Guide the use of public land in a manner that recognizes the needs of the public agency and yet also helps ensure compatibility between adjoining land uses. (Policy 6) (d) Recognize that about 3,000 residents live within one quarter mile of the railroad and are directly impacted by railroad operations and practices. (Policy 7) (e) Recognize the important link Monroe Street serves between residential portions of the Blair and Sladden neighborhoods, and encourage preservation of its mixed-use character. (Policy 8) (f) Recognize the important link the 3rd/4th Avenue serves between the residential areas around Skinner Butte and encourage surrounding land uses that will preserve natural, scenic, and historic resources in the area and prevent the road from becoming a high-speed thoroughfare. (Policy 9) (g) Increase efforts to preserve and rehabilitate existing housing resources, and minimize conversion to non-residential uses or demolition. (Policy 10) (h) Explore and implement ways to increase owner-occupied housing within those portions of Whiteaker designated for residential use. Increase options/opportunities for purchase or home ownership to interested low-income renters. (Policy 11) This project is consistent with Policy 1 because: The Whiteaker land use diagram was consulted when siting this site for Whiteaker Special Area since parcels to the southeast of the subject property are currently zones Whiteaker Special Area, as are additional properties further to the east and south, so the proposed rezoning would be compatible and contiguous with existing zoning. In fact, the properties that Emerald Village now sits on were redesignated to mixed-use in 1987 by Chef Francisco so they could add 100 employees to the Eugene facility located at 1400 Cross Street (See RA-87-1). And a Refinement Plan Amendment and Zone Change to Whiteaker Special Area from Public Land was approved for the former Whiteaker #2 fire station in 2001 (See RA-01-2, Z-01-21). The Staff Report for the Refinement Plan Amendment and Zone Change found that the applications were compatible with the Metro Plan Diagram: The subject property is on the edge between two designations on the Metro Plan Diagram. st The area to the west on the north side of West 1 Avenue is designated as Medium Density Residential with Mixed Use on the Metro Plan Land Use Diagram. The existing apartments, st and industrial development reflects this designation. The area to the east along West 1 Avenue is designated Low Density Residential. This designation is primarily intended for residential development through ten units per acre. The Metro Plan Diagram is not intended to be site specific. Given the long-term non-residential use of the subject site as a fire station, aligns with the Medium Density Residential with Mixed Use Designation of the Metro Plan Diagram \[emphasis added\]. The 1400 Cross Street Property is also on the edge of three zoning districts. To the northwest of the 1400 Cross Street is industrial, to the northeast is residential, to the southeast is mixed-use. Similar to the Whiteaker #2 fire station, this site has been a long-term non-residential use, is adjacent to Railroad Boulevard (a major collector) and is adjacent to property already zoned mixed use in the Whiteaker land use diagram. th The Satre Group -www.satregroup.com