DRAFT WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY DESIGN PLAN <br />1.3 DESIGN PLAN COMPONENTS <br />Attachment 1.A <br />This document constitutes the Design Plan narrative, which is accompanied by code amendments that <br />implement both an administrative review procedure and clear and objective approval criteria for the review <br />of housing development within the Greenway boundary. The Design Plan does not contain any provisions <br />directly applicable to development. Rather, it provides the necessary background information and findings <br />to support the new clear and objective approval criteria and administrative review procedure consistent <br />with the requirements of Goal 15. <br />(illamette River Greenwav (Goal 15) <br />Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 15: Willamette River Greenway was adopted by the Land Conservation <br />and Development Commission (LCDC) on December 6, 1975.2 Goal 15 required local jurisdictions to adopt <br />Greenway boundaries, to specify uses permitted within those boundaries, and to indicate areas of potential <br />acquisition. On November 22, 1976, the City of Eugene approved Resolution No. 2592, which included the <br />following sections: <br />• Boundaries of the Willamette River Greenway for areas within the city limits shown as maps attached to <br />the resolution. <br />• Intent to review private development to insure adequate provision for public access, consistency with <br />plans and policies, preservation of the natural vegetative fringe, and Greenway objectives. <br />• Use categories within the Greenway, including public and private uses. <br />• Contemplation of public acquisition of two sites, Goodpasture Island Ponds and the west bank of the <br />Willamette River between the Belt Line Bridge and Skinner's Butte Park. <br />• Direction to forward the resolution to Lane County for adoption of the Greenway boundaries for those <br />areas within its jurisdiction. <br />Ordinance No. 18932 concerning Land Development and the Willamette Greenway was adopted in 1982. <br />The ordinance amended the Eugene Code (1971) to adopt a new code section pertaining to the Willamette <br />Greenway (EC 9.260). The ordinance included the following Willamette Greenway provisions: <br />• Development review in accordance with Planned Unit Development Regulations or Conditional Use <br />Permit procedures, <br />• Approval criteria and findings of compliance with the text of OAR 660-015-0005 F.3(b)(1) and 2). <br />• Public hearing and notice requirements. <br />• Provisions for the imposition of conditions of approval. <br />Ordinance No. 19422 concerning the Willamette River Greenway was adopted in 1986. The ordinance <br />included the following components: <br />• Additional and expanded approval criteria. <br />• Modified public hearing and notice requirements. <br />Ordinance No. 20224 concerning Land Use Regulations was adopted in 2001. The ordinance repealed prior <br />sections of the Eugene Code pertaining to review of development within the Greenway and included a new <br />Willamette Greenway Permit application process required for intensification of uses, changes in use, or <br />development within the Greenway boundaries. The code provisions include the following sections: <br />2 Gunderson, LLC v. City of Portland, 352 Or 648, 650-53 (2012). <br /> - 49 of 125 <br />WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY CODE AMENDMENTS Page 11 <br />