AUG 0 3 1987 

ORDINANCE NO.159898 

CITY OF PORTLAND

BUREAU QE planning

 An Ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan Designation and zoning for:

Lots 1 and 2, Block 6, John Irving's 1 st Addition from R2 to C2 and C2B

 The City of Portland ordains:

 Section 1. The Council finds:

 1.  The Planning Commission recommends a change from R2, multifamily residential, to C2, general commercial and C2B, general commercial with a buffer overlay zone, for Lots 1 and 2, Block 6, John Irving's 1st Addition as proposed in the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan, adopted by the Planning Commission on May 12,1987.

2.  The subject property, at the northwest comer of NF, 21st and Weidler, is privately owned and in the same ownership and developed with the adjacent lots to the north which front on NF, Broadway and 21st.

3.   Commercial uses and parking have occupied the subject property since before 1959.

4.   Between 1959 and 1981, the zoning on the subject property was C2 under the existing building and AOP, high-density multifamily with a parking overlay, on the remainder of the site.

5.  On January 1, 1987, with the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the subject property was downzoned to R2, low-density multifamily.

6.The proposal for zone change and Comprehensive Plan amendment are consistent with and supportive of the Comprehensive Plan goals and policies as described in the Report to City Council on the Planning Commission Recommended Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan and specifically Policy 10.4:

• a.The proposed zone change and Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to commercial are compatible with the established land use pattern and map because the property directly north across NE 21st has the same commercial depth;

• b.It is in the public interest that the Comprehensive Plan Map and zoning be amended to correct the error made at the time of the Comprehensive Plan adoption; and 
  
  C.The public interest is best served by granting the zone change and Comprehensive Plan Amendment at this time because its inclusion in the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan is appropriate and timely.

7.The proposal is consistent with the criteria for rezoning set forth in Comprehensive Plan Policy 10.8:

·       Appropriate initiation, filing, notification and hearing procedures were followed;

·       The proposed rezoning is to the same classification as the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment;

• Urban services are already installed and adequate; and

·       Findings to approve the zone change are included in the Report of Planning Commission on the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan.

8.The proposal to establish the buffer zone overlay along the south 15 feet of the subject property is consistent with the Buffering Policy (2.21) of the Comprehensive Plan Urban Development Goal and Policies.

9.This proposal was initiated by a member of the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan steering committee and was supported by the neighborhood association board.

10.The zone change and Comprehensive Plan Amendment are not intended to set any precedent for new commercial zoning and uses on NE Weidler but instead to reflect the continuous commercial use of the subject site and correct the erroneous downzoning of the Comprehensive Plan.

11.The Planning Commission considered the proposed zone change and plan amendment within the context of the Sullivan's Gulch Neighborhood Action Plan at a public hearing on May 12,1987. At that meeting, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended to City Council adoption of the neighborhood plan.

12.Public notice of the May 12, 1987 hearing which included specific language about the rezoning of the subject site was sent to all property owners within the Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood boundary as well as to property owners along the north side of NF, Broadway between NE 15th and 33rd.

13.     Requirements for notification of the City Council July 8,1987 hearing have been met.