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Eugene planners propose easing limits in E1, E2 employment zones to spur job development
Summary
Planning staff proposed expanding where E2 zoning can be sited and loosening limits on secondary commercial uses in E1 and E2 zones — increasing nonprimary use caps to 50% of a development site while keeping per‑establishment and total caps — to address slow industrial/employment development.
Planning staff presented proposed code amendments on Dec. 9 that would make Eugene’s E1 and E2 employment zones more flexible to encourage job growth and redevelopment. The changes include expanding where E2 can be established and adjusting how commercial “nonprimary” uses are measured and capped.
Elena Domingo, associate planner, described the rezoning change as a geographic expansion: “We’re proposing to expand where E2 zoning can be sited … to allow property within a half mile of an arterial street measured along the public right of way to be zoned E2.” That change would allow certain E1 or other parcels within that distance to seek rezoning to E2 without requiring arterial frontage or direct contiguity to existing E2/C2…
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