October 23, 2020 <br /> <br />1400 CROSS STREET LLC <br />Zone Change <br />Map 17-04-25-41, Lot 07000 and Map 17-04-25-42, Lot 00100 <br /> <br />WRITTEN STATEMENT <br />In accordance with EC 9.8850 through EC 9.8865, Zone Change, the applicant, 1400 Cross Street LLC, <br />is requesting that the City of Eugene review this Zone Change <br />Map 17-04-25-41 and Tax L-04-25-42. The applicant requests the City <br />determine that the proposal complies with the approval criteria and approve this application. To aid <br />Eugene staff in their review, the following information is provided. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Existing <br />Local long-range land use is governed by the <br />Base Zone <br />Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan <br /> <br />(Metro Plan), often supplemented with more specific <br /> <br />refinement plans, and then followed by site-specific <br /> <br /> <br />zoning. In this instance, the Whiteaker Refinement <br /> <br />Plan is the applicable refinement plan. Applicable <br /> <br />zoning includes Light-Medium Industrial (LMI) for <br /> <br />the base zone, with Site Review (/SR) as an overlay <br /> <br /> <br />zone for a portion of the subject property. Further <br /> <br />information regarding individual tax lots is available <br /> <br />in the table below. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Existing Existing <br />Overlay Zone Special Area <br />Zone <br />Map and Tax Lot Zoning (Existing) Zoning (Proposed) <br />17-04-25-41 / 7000 Base: Light Medium Industrial Base: Whiteaker Special Area <br />Overlay: Portions of the site zoned Site Overlay: Site Review <br />Review <br />17-04-25-42 / 100 Base: Light Medium Industrial Base: Whiteaker Special Area <br />Overlay: None Overlay: Site Review <br /> <br />In 1948, the City of Eugene adopted its first comprehensive zoning ordinance. In Whiteaker, <br />a wide swath of land flanking the railroad was zoned industrial including land to the west and <br />south of the subject properties. The industrial zoning reflected the mixture of industrial uses <br />such as mills and related lumber yards, freight companies, building supply sites, and the <br />subject properties former owner, Chef Francisco, a frozen soup processing plant. <br /> <br />In May 1978, the Eugene City Council adopted the Whiteaker Refinement Plan and <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />