<br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE <br />Eugene Hearings Official <br />Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – 5:30 p.m. <br />Harris Hall – Lane County Public Service Building <br />125 East 8 th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> <br />You are receiving this notice so that you will have a chance to comment on land use changes being <br />proposed in your area. This information is being sent to you because you are already listed as an <br />interested party, own/occupy property near the subject property, or are otherwise entitled to notice. <br />You may also want to share this information with others in your neighborhood. <br /> <br />Application Details <br /> <br />File Name/Number: Laurel Ridge (Z 15-5) <br /> <br />Request: Zone change from AG Agricultural with /WR Water Resources <br />Conservation overlay to R-1 Low Density Residential and PRO Parks <br />Recreation and Open Space with /PD Planned Unit Development and <br />/WR Water Resource Conservation overlays. <br /> <br />Applicant/Owner: Steve King, Environ-Metal Properties, LLC <br /> <br />Applicant’s Representative: Richard Satre, Schirmer Satre Group <br /> <br />th <br />Location: End of Riverview Street, north of 30 Avenue, west of Moon Mountain <br /> <br />Assessor’s Map/Tax Lots: Map: 18-03-10-00 / Tax Lots: 701 and 703 <br /> <br />Lead City Staff: Erik Berg-Johansen, Assistant Planner <br /> Telephone: (541) 682-5437 <br /> E-mail: erik.berg@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />Background <br />The Laurel Ridge zone change application (Z 15-5) was originally submitted on May 27, 2015. An initital <br />public hearing was held on August 26, 2015, and the zone change was conditionally approved by the <br />Eugene Hearings Official on September 24, 2015. On October 6, 2015, Weltzin (Bill) Blix filed an appeal <br />on behalf of the Laurel Hill Valley Citizens (LHVC) neighborhood group. The appeal was focused on the <br />location of the boundary line between the proposed Low-Density Residental zoning and Park, Recreation <br />and Open Space zoning. On October 20, 2015, the Eugene Planning Commission held a public hearing on <br />the appeal, and concluded their deliberations on October 26, 2015. The Planning Comission agreed with <br />the Hearings Official’s decision and affirmed the zone change approval on October 29, 2015. <br /> <br />Both sides appealed the Planning Commission’s decision to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals <br />(LUBA). In that appeal, LUBA decided to send the case back (or “remand”) to the City to allow the <br />Hearings Official to consider certain maps that he allegedly declined to consider because he believed <br /> <br /> <br />