.{ <br /> FINDINGS OF HEARINGS OFFICIAL <br /> Child Care, Inc. (WG 96 -2) <br /> Tax Lots 700 and 800 -- Assessor's Map 17- 04 -25 -13 <br /> Tax Lot 3100 -- Assessor's Map 17- 04 -25 -12 <br /> Located north of Thomason Lane and east of River Road, with access <br /> from Fir Lane. <br /> Request is to allow development of a day care facility on property <br /> located in the Willamette Greenway. The site is zoned RA Suburban <br /> Residential and PL Public Land zoning district. <br /> Applicant: City of Eugene Parks Service of the Public Works <br /> Department and Child Care, Inc. <br /> The following findings of fact and conclusions of law are based <br /> upon testimony presented at the public hearing of April 3, 1996 and <br /> materials and documents submitted and made part of the planning <br /> department file through the close of the record. <br /> DECISION DATE: April 15, 1996 <br /> APPEAL DEADLINE: April 25, 1996 <br /> CONCLUSION: A Willamette Greenway permit is granted to allow <br /> location of a day care facility within the Willamette Greenway. <br /> DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS <br /> A. Findings of Fact <br /> This development site which includes Tax Lots 700 and 800 upon <br /> which the facility itself will be located and Tax Lot 3100 where <br /> there is an existing parking lot for Maurie Jacobs Memorial Park, <br /> is located within the Willamette Greenway. The Greenway in this <br /> area extends west to River Road encompassing the park land and <br /> residential development along Thomason Lane, Fir Lane, Lombard <br /> Lane, and Briarcliff Lane. The west bank of the Willamette River <br /> is located approximately 600 feet to the east and northeast from <br /> the northerly boundary of the subject development site. Maurie <br /> Jacobs Memorial Park is between the use and the river and in this <br /> area is landscaped as part of the park. The vegetation on the <br /> development site is of marginal quality and primarily located along <br /> the perimeters of the development site. <br /> 1 - FINDINGS OF HEARINGS OFFICIAL (WG 96 -2) <br /> C: \FINDINGS \APRIL \WG -96 -2.403 (cjm) <br />