HomeMy WebLinkAboutTestimony Rec'd at Plng Comm Appeal PH 10-20-2015 Exhibit #4Eugene Planning Commission
c/o City of Eugene Planning and Development
99 West 10th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
RE: Laurel Ridge Zone Change (City file Z15-5)
Appellant's Hearing Statement
Given by Weltzin B. Blix for LHVC
Refer to LHVC Appeal Issue #1
Received in Public Hearing
City of Euaene Planning & Development
OCT 2 0 2015
File Z I S-9
Exhibit l~
The Hearings Official erred in omitting from his final decision adequate
attention to the blue dashed City Limit Line in relation to Spring Blvd. This
line can be seen in the applicant's ZC-2 map and wrongly located in their
ZC-4 map. They replaced ZC-4 with a subsequent map labeled ZC-4 L
which conveniently obscures the City Limit Line (also see Exhibit HE #4).
This issue is not incidental!
Although the City Limit line does not appear on the Metro Plan Diagram as
such, the location of Spring Blvd is clearly shown and labeled. This
location is depicted by a shape that is unique and easily identifiable - a
roughly north-south green finger attached to a green block. The finger
represents a City Trail that goes from 30th Avenue at the Spring Blvd
overpass north to Central Blvd. The junction of these two shapes forms a
corner, or'L', one leg of which runs approximately south to north and the
other of which runs approximately west to east. This 'L' is contiguous with
the City Limit Line as mentioned in Exhibit HE #4 and can easily be seen in
maps such as the Eugene Zoning Map (the Appellant's Attachment #6).
Fitting the blue dashed City Limit Line of the applicant's ZC-2 overlay into
the Spring Blvd corner shown on the applicant's ZC-3 (an enlargement of
the Metro Plan) is not only easy but it is a correct and unequivocal way to
locate the applicant's property. This fit can be seen in the appellant's
LHVC Sheet 9/2/15-04.
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The Hearings Official said "...and it is difficult to determine where the
boundary is." Further he said "There is no exact correct answer." But there
is if one recognizes the Spring Blvd green area for what it is - a very
definable and recognizable reference on the Metro Plan Diagram of 2004.
It isn't reasonable to allow a zone change based on best guesses when
accurate information, readily at hand, is excluded.