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S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone Revised
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The fundamental purpose of the S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone is to provide for activities and uses that complement the research and educational functions of the Oregon State System of Higher Education in general and the University of Oregon in particular. It is expressly intended that industrial, commercial, and general or professional offices which have no correlation with those research or educational functions and which could be located within other zones in the city not constitute the primary form of development within the Riverfront Park Special Area Zone. Within the context of this fundamental purpose, the objectives of the Riverfront Park Special Area Zone may be more specifically described as follows:

(1) To carry out the policies of the Riverfront Park Study and other applicable plans.

(2) To encourage a range of primary uses that complement the research and educational activities of the Oregon State System of Higher Education in general and the University of Oregon in particular.

(3) To provide for supporting manufacturing and accessory uses incidental to the primary uses permitted.

(4) To recognize the natural amenities of the site, balancing the opportunity for development to use those amenities with the public’s interest in proper protection and, where appropriate, use of them.

(5) To provide a regulatory context that allows development of a successful research and development park of benefit to both the University of Oregon and the metropolitan area.

(6) To provide a review process that encourages a design characterized by diversity of building mass and other features which foster a sense of interest in and excitement about the development and which complement the Willamette River and the Millrace.

(Section 9.3700, see chart at front of Chapter 9 for legislative history from 2/26/01 through 6/1/02.)