Opportunity for public feedback on draft master plan!
Please review the draft master plan map and the draft goals and make your comments by filling out the questionnaire.

The City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division is currently developing a Master Plan for a large segment of the Ridgeline Park system.

In 2008, using funding from the 2006 Parks and Open Space Bond, the POS Division purchased 200 acres of land in Southeast Eugene from Arlie & Company for expansion of the Ridgeline Park.  This very significant acquisition will eventually enable the existing 12 mile long Ridgeline Trail to extend another several miles eastward to Lane Community College.
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OVERVIEW

Planning Commission Subcommittee Draft Project Definition
Infill development is new residential construction in established areas of the city. Infill can be accomplished by developing a remnant vacant or redevelopable lot, by dividing an existing lot into smaller pieces such as flag lots or alley access lots, or by developing additional housing units on an existing developed lot. Infill compatibility standards are tools that can regulate the amount, form, and appearance of new residential development in established areas. Regulations will codify clear and objective infill standards based on public involvement, technical analysis, and policy direction.

Infill Compatibility Standards Draft Challenge Statement
Infill Compatibility Standards (ICS) is a project aimed at addressing the impacts of residential infill development. The city’s neighborhoods differ in such characteristics as development pattern, street pattern, block and lot layout, topography, natural environment, distance from the urban core, access to transportation options, surrounding land uses, and predominant architectural style. However, with a few exceptions in Special Area Zones, infill in most neighborhoods is regulated by base zone standards (setbacks, height limits, lot coverage limits) that may not fully address the neighborhood’s defining characteristics. As a result, some infill projects have been built that are described by neighboring property owners as having negative impacts on nearby residents. The project includes describing, categorizing, and addressing those impacts in the most effective way possible and demonstrating positive infill examples, while considering the impacts on the city’s growth pattern as a whole.

Growth Management Policies

"The applicant requests a change in zoning from R-1, Low-Density Residential to R-2, Medium
Density Residential & R-4, High Density Residential."

Please see attached documents for more information.

See also these earlier Willow Creek Area Metro Plan documents.

This page is dedicated to the coming improvements to the Videra Park.

Videra Park Forum

Videra Park - Neighborhood Workshop #1 Report

Videra Workshop #2 Report

Proposed Renovations (2)

Timberline Hills Planned Unit Development

Public notice for ST 06-33 was mailed on 3/12/07, and the public comment period is open for 14 days (this applies to all Type II land use applications such as subdivisions). The formal comment period closed on 3/26/07, so the City cannot consider testimony submitted after this date.

Please note that the Timberline Hills development has gone through a number of previous land use approvals, all of which were send to adjoining neighbors and the neighborhood group for comment. The proposal received tentative PUD (Planned Unit Development) approval in November of 2005 (PDT 05-2), and final PUD (PDF 06-5) approval in September 2006. ST 06-33 is actually for phases 2-13, as ST 06-5, approved in August 2006, was the subdivision for Phase 1-2. Notice was provided and public comment was received for all of these applications. The Hearings Official and Planning Director approvals can be provided upon request.

The PUD approval essentially conceptually approved the layout for the development, and the subdivision applications now are being reviewed against the subdivision approval criteria, and for conformance with the approved PUD. Essentially, if the applicant conforms to the previous approvals (which it appears they do) and subdivision approval criteria, the City is obligated to approve the subdivision as submitted.

Aerie Park (VEI 06-3)

City files: PDT 04 -3, PDF 05-7, ST 05-25 and SF 06-13. 

Aerie Park PUD forum

Valley Investments

The request to partition the one lot into two, which with the zoning of R-1 will allow the applicant to either sell it, or build another single family home if it is approved. The applicant is requesting to create a new lot on the northern side of the existing house (turning the large backyard into a lot). They propose to pave the access way back to the new lot. Although typically this isn't required until a building permit for a home is applied for. The new lot is proposed as a "flag lot" which allows for less street frontage (area of the lot along a street) than a standard lot. The minimum is 15 feet for a flag lot as opposed to 50 feet for a standard lot. This allows someone to create a pole access to a lot that is a minimum of 15' wide. The flag lot minimum lot area is 6000 square feet not counting the access pole. Two most common areas of concern with flag lots are:

> -Compatibility with the neighborhood (sometimes large new homes are built in areas with typically older and smaller dwellings) this may not necessarily fit into what people feel is the character of their neighborhood.
> -Privacy (neighbors directly adjacent to the property may now have a home with windows looking into their back yard or driveways where they weren't before)

> The city has a current effort underway to address some of these issues http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=0&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=228&PageID=1783

Other aspects of a land division such as this.
> -Affordable housing - In general having more land available for building (especially smaller infill lots) helps keep the housing market reasonable.
> -Infill v. sprawl - Infill development such as this helps increase density within the Urban Growth Boundary lessening the pressure to expand it thereby preserving natural resources.
> -Efficient use of services - Infill development usually makes use of existing infrastructure which is an efficient use of resources.