Attachment 1 <br />9. Scenic qualities and viewpoints, as identified in the Metro Plan Natural Assets and Constraints <br />Working Paper shall be preserved. <br />According to the Metro Plan's Natural Assets and Constraints Working Paper for Scenic Sites (April 12, 1978), <br />ridgelines and water areas provide the greatest concentrations of scenic sites in the Eugene-Springfield Metro <br />area. These scenic sites include the Willamette River as well as several prominent viewpoints and areas of park <br />land such as Skinner's Butte Park and Alton Baker Park. Areas of prominent and plentiful vegetation are also <br />identified along the Willamette River. The vast majority of scenic areas located within the Greenway are <br />protected as public park land. These Code Amendments will ensure continued protection of identified scenic <br />qualities and views within the Greenway as required by this use management standard. The new clear and <br />objective standards for the review of proposed housing within the Greenway protect the scenic qualities of the <br />Greenway and views to and from the river by prohibiting structures other than pedestrian paths within the <br />Greenway Setback, requiring native landscape buffering between development and the edge of the Greenway <br />setback, limiting on walls and fencing near the river, and requiring tree preservation, with greater preservation <br />required closer to the river. The Code Amendments also require compliance with tree preservation standards for <br />Willamette Greenway Permits reviewed under the discretionary track. <br />In addition to the findings above related to the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments' consistency with <br />specific use management standards, the City Council finds that the Willamette River Greenway Code <br />Amendments are consistent with the WAP because they do not amend the WAP or alter the applicability of WAP <br />use management standards to Willamette Greenway Permit applications. The WAP's Greenway use <br />management standards are only directly applicable as approval criteria for Willamette River Greenway Permits in <br />the context of a discretionary track application for a property located within the WAP area, pursuant to EC <br />9.8815(4). The proposed Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments will not amend the WAP or alter the <br />applicability of WAP use management standards to Willamette Greenway Permit applications (the WAP use <br />management standards will continue to apply to Willamette Greenway Permit applications for properties located <br />within the WAP and reviewed under discretionary review track). <br />For all the reasons stated above, the City Council finds that the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments <br />are consistent with the WAP. <br />Riverfront Park Study <br />The Riverfront Park Study (1986) is an adopted refinement plan that includes land within the Willamette River <br />Greenway and extends along the south bank of the river from Interstate 5 (1-5) to the Ferry Street Bridge, <br />bounded to the north by the Willamette River, and to the south by Franklin Boulevard. This plan area includes a <br />substantial amount of land owned by the University of Oregon, and as described in the plan, the area was <br />studied for its potential to help diversify the local economy by developing a previously industrial area into an <br />area that would support and utilize research activities of the University of Oregon. <br />As the plan describes, this potential for economic development was focused on the substantial amount of <br />University-owned land within the study area. One outcome of the plan includes the establishment of a <br />corresponding special area zone, the S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone (S-RP) which is codified at EC <br />9.3700-9.3730. This special area zone incorporates discretionary Willamette River Greenway Permit approval <br />criteria that are specific to lands within the Greenway in the S-RP zone, including Greenway setback <br />requirements that have been incorporated into the clear and objective standards proposed as part of the <br />Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments. The only amendments proposed to the S-RP zone as part of this <br />process include incorporation of the newly established clear and objective review option for any Willamette <br />River Greenway Permits that may propose multiple-unit housing as an allowable accessory or supporting use <br />within the zone. <br />Page 34 of 125 29 <br />