1st Open Record Period: Staff Memos with attachments

Memorandum Date: March 21, 2018 To: Virginia Gustafson Lucker, Eugene Hearings Official From: Nicholas Gioello, Associate Planner, Eugene Planning Division Subject: Open Record Memo for Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17-1) ___________________________________________________________________________________ In accordance with the open record period established following the public hearing held on March 7, 2018, staff provides the following information in response to a request by Bill Kloos, Attorney for the applicant. At the hearing, he requested clarification from staff on how the proposal can be developed with two additional units under Needed Housing code provisions as referenced in the initial Staff Report (see page 5). He also requested confirmation that the PUD site is identified as a Goal 5 area and depicted on the Scenic Areas map (Figure H 2). provided below. March 3, 2017), a letter was submitted by the In this letter it is asserted that: objective. Under the Needed Housing track, the code prohibits any grading on slopes of 20% or steeper. Under the Needed Housing track, the code limits development above the 900-foot elevation to just one dwelling unit on any legal lot that existed on August 1, 2001, per EC 9.8325(12)(a). The area above the 900-foot contour may not be subdivided for housing. He also states the following: The applicant requests a determination from the Hearing Official that, by direct operation of the statute, the City is prohibited from applying any standards that are not clear and objective. This statutory prohibition applies to the full range of standards listed under the General standards track in EC 9.8320. ressed it in the initial February 2018 Staff Report as follows: