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DECISION OF THE HEARINGS OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON ZONE CHANGE REQUEST Applicant/File Name (Number): Don Furtick (Z 16-5) Application Summary: Zone change request for 1.65-acre property from AG (Agricultural) to R-1 (Low Density Residential) Applicant's Representative: Renee Clough; Branch Engineering, Inc. Lead City Staff: Nicholas R. Gioello, Associate Planner The following findings and conclusions are based upon testimony presented at the public hearing held on March 8, 2017, and all documents in the Eugene City planning file for the proposed Furtick Zone Change Request, including documents submitted before and at the public hearing.' For reference, the hearing official has also taken official notice of and reviewed the record of the annexation proceeding for the subject property (A 16-10), and the deed, recorded December 7, 1994, conveying Tax Lot 301, adjacent to the subject property, from Lane County to the City of Eugene. Conclusion: The applicant's request for a zone change from AG (Agricultural) to R-1 (Low Density Residential) is approved. DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS: A. Background A zone change application for the'subject property was submitted to the City on November 30, 2016, and deemed complete on February 2, 2017. Following public notice, a public hearing was held on March 8, 2017. The public hearing began with the hearing official's explanation of the ' On March 15, 2017, the Hearing Official was notified that one document that was timely submitted into the record before the March 8, 2017,public hearing was inadvertently not included in City's electronic record or the packet of materials provided to the Hearing Official at the hearing. The Hearing Official received that document via email on, March 15, 2017. That document was submitted to the City via email from Kathleen Dixon on January 23, 2017 with the subject line "Public Process" and states it was submitted in opposition to the Annexation for the subject property. That document is properly part of the record of this zone change request. Hearings Official Decision (ZC 16-5)