Staff is recommending approval.

City of Springfield

Development Code and Refinement Plan Amendments - Springfield Development Code 5.6.115 - Criteria 

A. In reaching a decision on the adoption or amendment of refinement plans and this code’s text, the City Council shall adopt findings that demonstrate conformance to the following:

     1. The Metro Plan and Springfield Comprehensive Plan;

     2. Applicable State statutes; and

     3. Applicable State-wide Planning Goals and Administrative Rules.

B. Applications specified in SDC 5.6.105 may require co-adoption by the Lane County Board of Commissioners.

Comprehensive Plan Amendments - Springfield Development Code 5.14.135 - Criteria
A Metro (Comprehensive) Plan amendment may be approved only if the Springfield City Council and other applicable governing body or bodies find that the proposal conforms to the following criteria:

A. The amendment shall be consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals; and

B. Plan inconsistency:

     1. In those cases where the Metro Plan applies, adoption of the amendment shall not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent.

     2. In cases where Springfield Comprehensive Plan applies, the amendment shall be consistent with the Springfield Comprehensive Plan.

Zoning Map Amendments - Springfield Development Code 5.22.115 - Criteria
B. Legislative Zoning Map Amendments. The Planning Commission or Hearings Official may make a recommendation to the City Council to approve, approve with conditions or deny Zoning Map amendments and Springfield Comprehensive Plan Map amendments based upon approval criteria in subsection (C)(1) through (4) below. The City Council shall make the final local decision on all Zoning Map amendments involving a Springfield Comprehensive Plan Map amendment.

C. Zoning Map Amendment Criteria of Approval.
     1. Consistency with applicable Springfield Comprehensive Plan policies and the Springfield Comprehensive Plan Map;

     2. Consistency with applicable Refinement Plans, Plan District maps, Conceptual Development Plans and functional plans;

     3. The property is presently provided with adequate public facilities, services and transportation networks to support the use, or these facilities, services and transportation networks are planned to be provided concurrently with the development of the property;

     4. Meet the approval criteria specified in SDC 5.14.100 when involving a Springfield Comprehensive Plan Map amendment; and
     5. Compliance with Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 660-012-0060, where applicable.

Lane County
 
Zoning, Rezoning, and Amendments to Requirements - Lane Code 10.315-20 - Criteria
Zonings, rezonings and changes in the requirements of this chapter shall be enacted to achieve the general purpose of this chapter and shall not be contrary to the public interest. In addition, zonings and rezonings shall be consistent with the specific purposes of the Zone District classification proposed, applicable Comprehensive Plan elements and components, and Statewide Planning Goals for any portion of Lane County which has not been acknowledged for compliance with the Statewide Planning Goals by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Any zoning or rezoning may be effected by Ordinance or Order of the Board of County Commissioners, the Planning Commission or the Hearings Official in accordance with the procedures in this section.  

Springfield Urban Growth Boundary - Lane Code 10.600-10 
The City of Springfield shall have the responsibility and the authority to administer its land use regulations on urbanizable land within the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary. For the purpose of this subsection, the following words and phrases shall mean: Lane Code June 2025 10-816
(1) Springfield Urban Growth Boundary. All land within the Urban Growth Boundary, as defined by the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan on November 21, 1989, or as amended thereafter on the effective date of any Plan amendment enacted by Lane County, east of Interstate Five (I-5).
(2) Urbanizable Land. Urbanizable lands, as defined by the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Plan, are those unincorporated lands between the Springfield City Limits and the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary.

Applicable Land Use Regulations - Lane Code 10-600-15
Lane County has adopted the following land use regulations to be applied by Springfield on urbanizable land within the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary.
(1) The Springfield Development Code adopted by the Lane County Board of Commissioners as part of Ordinance No. 16-86, and amended by Ordinance Nos. 5-89, 18-90, 9-91, 13-91, 14-92, 5-93, 13- 94, 3-97, 7-99, 10-00, 13-04, 2-05, 2-06, 16-07, 4-09, 7-11, 3-12, 13-05, 13-07, 14-13, 14-15, 16-05, 18-06, 19-05, 21-08, 22-03, 23-08, 23-07, 24-04, 25-03, and 26-03.
(2) Copies of these applicable land use regulations shall be on file at the Lane County Land Management Division.  

Metro Plan Amendment Criteria - Lane Code 12.300.030 - Criteria
The following criteria will be applied by the Board of Commissioners and other applicable governing body or bodies in approving or denying a Metro Plan amendment application: 
A. The proposed amendment is consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals; and 
B. The proposed amendment does not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent.