HomeMy WebLinkAbout3051 AMND Zoning Map - Ped Place Overlay ORDINANCE NO. 5 I
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ASHLAND ZONING MAP
TO ADD A PEDESTRIAN PLACE OVERLAY
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WHEREAS, Article 2. Section l.of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the City The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and
common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow
municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those
powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing; and, in addition thereto,
shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall
have perpetual succession.
WHEREAS, the above referenced grant of power has been interpreted as affording all
legislative powers home rule constitutional provisions reserved to Oregon Cities. City of
Beaverton v. International Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 1660, Beaverton Shop 20 Or. App. 293;
531 P 2d 730, 734 (1975); and
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland is projected to grow by approximately 3,250 residents by 2030
and 2,000 employees by 2027, and the City Council reaffirmed the long-standing policy of
accommodating growth within the Ashland Urban Growth Boundary rather than growing
outward into surrounding farm and forest lands in the Greater Bear Creek Valley Regional
Problem Solving(RPS) planning process; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland seeks to balance projected population and employment growth
with the community goal of retaining a district boundary and preventing sprawling development,
and to this end examines opportunities to use land more efficiently for housing and businesses;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland continues the community's tradition of integrating land use
and transportation planning, and using sustainable development measures such as encouraging a
mix and intensity of uses on main travel corridors to support transit service and use, integrating
affordable housing opportunities, and reducing carbon emissions by providing a variety of
transportation options; and
WHEREAS, the City conducted a planning process involving a series of public workshops, on-
line forum, key participant meetings and study sessions from October 2010 through September
2011 involving a three-step process in which participants identified the qualities that make a
successful pedestrian place, developed vision statements for the three study areas, and reviewed
and revised plans illustrating an example of what development might look like in a key location;
and
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WHEREAS, the final report for the Pedestrian Place project included recommended
amendments to the zoning map and land use ordinance which would support the development of
the Pedestrian Places envisioned in the planning process being small walkable nodes that provide
concentrations of housing and businesses grouped in a way to encourage more walking, cycling
and transit use; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland Planning Commission considered the above-referenced
recommended amendments to the Ashland Zoning Map at a duly advertised public hearing on
October 11, 2011, and following deliberations, recommended approval of the amendments by a
unanimous vote; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland conducted a duly advertised public hearing
on the-above-referenced amendments on November 1, 2011, following the close of the public
hearing and record, deliberated and conducted first and second readings approving adoption of
the Ordinance in accordance with Article X of the Ashland City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland has determined that in order to protect and
benefit the health, safety and welfare of existing and future residents of the City, it is necessary
to amend the Ashland Zoning Map in manner proposed, that an adequate factual base exists for
the amendments, the amendments are consistent with the comprehensive plan and that such
amendments are fully supported by the record of this proceeding.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitations are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this
reference.
SECTION 2. The officially adopted City of Ashland Zoning Map, adopted and incorporated by
Ashland Municipal Code Section 18.12.030, is hereby amended to add a Pedestrian Place (PP)
Overlay designation to approximately 72 acres of land within the City limits, said overlay
amendment is reflected on the revised Zoning Map, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and made a
part hereof by this reference.
SECTION'3. Severability. The sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses of this ordinance
are severable. The invalidity of one section, subsection, paragraph, or clause shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses.
SECTION 4. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City
Comprehensive Plan and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section",
or another word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered, and
amendments — including map amendments, combined, provided however that any Whereas
clauses and boilerplate provisions and text descriptions of the map amendments (i.e. Sections 1,
2-8, 9-10) need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-
references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X,
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Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the /day of 12011,
and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this day of // , 2011.
Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this AG day of 2011.
tJStromberg, Mayor
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David Lohman, City Attorney
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