<br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 <br />Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning <br /> <br />November 28, 2023 <br /> <br />Eugene Planning Commission <br />Lane County Planning Commission <br /> <br /> <br />Sent Via email: RRSCPlan@eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />RE: RRSC Plan – code criteria and existing buildings/businesses <br /> <br /> <br />Attached is a document depicting all C-2 properties in the RRSC Plan area and their uses. I thought it might be <br />helpful for you to see in an air photo and know all of the businesses / building owners that will not be able to <br />comply with the proposed draft code criteria for development (new buildings or building additions) of the <br />property. <br /> <br />Except for Attachment E-2 the air photos match up with the pages in the other submittal (RRSC PLab – C-2 <br />abutting R-1) <br /> <br />The first code criterion is part of the land use code (Chapter 9) and is not included in the review of this draft <br />code. It should be considered in the context of this review. The applicability of this criterion can be arbitrary and <br />subjective, and it will be important to provide clarity about how it may or may not apply to any building additions. <br /> <br />EC 9.1230 Legal Nonconforming Structure. A structure that was legally established but no longer conforms <br />to all development standards of this land use code (such as height or setbacks). <br />(2) A legal nonconforming structure may be altered to bring the structure closer to compliance <br />with existing regulations, but shall not be altered in a manner that increases its <br />nonconformity. <br /> <br />If the building can clear the ‘legal non-conforming structure’ hurdle it will be difficult for any building addition to <br />clear the maximum setback hurdle. So may of the buildings/businesses were developed under prior code criteria <br />that allowed buildings to be setback from the street and parking areas to front the street. <br /> <br />Here is the relevant draft code criteria that will affect these businesses. <br /> <br />EC 9.2170 Commercial Zone Development Standards <br />(4) Setbacks <br />(4)(b) Minimum front yard setback stated in Table 9.2170 Commercial Zone General <br />Building Height and Setback Standards, shall apply only to new buildings and any <br />building addition that increases the length of the building facade facing a street, <br />internal accessway, private drive, or shopping street . . .by at least 100%. <br /> <br />Maximum front yard setback . . . . . shall apply only to new buildings and any <br />building addition that increases the length of the building facade facing a street, <br />internal accessway, private drive, or shopping street . .by at least 100%. <br /> <br />(4)(c)3. On properties zoned C-2 and located with the city limits of City of Eugene and the <br />RR-SC Neighborhood Plan Area . . . a minimum of 80% of all street facing facades <br />must be within maximum front yard setback or orientation to internal accessway, <br />private drive, or shopping street . . . <br /> <br />(13) River Road/Santa Clara Specific Standards. The following standards apply to new <br />buildings and any building additions on properties zoned C-2 and located within the city <br />limits of the City of Eugene and the RR-SC Neighborhood Plan Area . . <br /> <br />52