UO Next Generation Housing Development Plan February 10, 2026 <br />Land Use Applications <br />Refinement Plan Amendments <br /> <br /> <br /> Page 12 <br />II. Land Use – General Policies <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />This section examines how land within the special study area should be used and shared by the <br />institutions, businesses, and housing and how the residential uses should be protected and upgraded <br />so that their coexistence and compatibility with other uses is ensured. <br /> <br />The Fairmount Special Study Area is situated between a wide variety of land uses: its edges are <br />Hendricks Park to the east, the University’s Hayward Field and athletic fields to the west, commercial <br />activities along Franklin Boulevard to the north, and single-family residential uses south of 19th Avenue. <br />Generally, the University ownership extends from Agate Street to Villard Street and from about 14th <br />Avenue to about 18th Avenue. The area between 15th and 17th avenues, and Agate and Moss streets <br />consists of institutional University uses and parking, with the University ownership between Moss Street <br />and Villard Street being primarily devoted to residential uses. The area east of Moss Street and south <br />of 17th Avenue is primarily devoted to single-family residential development. The land between 15th <br />Avenue and Franklin Boulevard is generally devoted to University uses, parking, residential uses, <br />and commercial uses. University uses include Matthew Knight Arena, and Ford Alumni Center. <br />Residential uses include the East Campus Graduate Village, Orchard Crossing Apartments, and <br />other smaller apartment buildings. commercial enterprises and includes Williams• Bakery and <br />Romania Chevrolet. There are some non-residential uses on the south side of 15th Avenue; these are <br />Tommy Williams Florist at 15th Avenue and Walnut Street and Maude Kerns Art Center at 15th Avenue <br />and Villard Street. The State Department of Transportation owns land east of Walnut Street and north <br />of 15th Avenue, and this land contains the East Eugene office of the State Department of Motor <br />Vehicles, the Eugene office of the Oregon State Police, the District Engineer’s office, and the <br />maintenance facility of the Highway Division. Condon/Magnet Arts Elementary School lies south of 17th <br />Avenue fronting on Agate Street. South of Condon Agate Hall at the 19th Avenue and Agate Street <br />intersection is a neighborhood commercial node which contains food services, as well as other <br />neighborhood-oriented businesses. Agate Playground, a University park and open space area, is <br />located on Agate Street between Agate Hall and commercial businesses on 19th Avenue. There <br />is a small City park (called Fairmount Park) at the southwest corner of 15th Avenue and Fairmount <br />Boulevard. <br />Update 2: Updates the Introduction to Section II. Land Use – General Policies: <br />• Reflect the current uses and ownership of properties between 15th Avenue and Franklin <br />Boulevard.