LCOG - Metropolitan Planning

The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, or Metro Plan, is this metropolitan area’s comprehensive plan. Metro Plan policies and the Metro Plan Diagram provide guidance on how land use, natural resources, public facilities, and the local economy should be developed, designed, and/or conserved over time, based on a broad range of citizen input. In essence, the Metro Plan contains the vision for the future of the Eugene-Springfield community.

The Metro Plan planning process is an inter-jurisdictional effort among the Cities of Eugene and Springfield and Lane County. LCOG maintains the Metro Plan and related metropolitan planning documents, and provides coordination and technical assistance and project management of special studies and the metropolitan Periodic Review process.

Contact:
Megan Banks, Senior Planner
(541) 682-7413; mbanks@lcog.org

Related Committees:
Metropolitan Policy Committee
Joint Planning Commissions Committee

Metro Planning Documents
To obtain copies of these documents, please contact LCOG at (541) 682-4283 or Megan Banks at (541) 682-7413 or mbanks@lcog.org.

Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) (1.36Mb PDF)*

Metro Plan Diagram
To determine the Plan designation of a specific parcel, please contact the planning division in the city or county where the property is located.

Metro Plan Appendices

Appendix A: Public Facility Plan Project Lists and Maps for Water, Storm Sewers, Sanitary Sewers, and Transportation (see links to PFSP and TransPlan, below)

Appendix B: List of Refinement and Functional Plans and Map of Refinement Plan Boundaries (not adopted; update now in progress)

Appendix C: List of Exceptions and Maps of Site-Specific Exception Area Boundaries
Not available online - contact LCOG at (541) 682-4283 for copy

Appendix D:
Auxiliary Maps Showing the Following:

Fire Station Locations (1 MB PDF)* (not adopted)

Solid Waste Site

Urban Growth Boundary (305kb PDF)*
Refer to Metro Plan page II-E-21 for key to map

Greenway Boundary (GIS application now in progress)

Schools (1 MB PDF)* (not adopted)

Parks (1.2 MB PDF)* (not adopted)

Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP) (158 pages, 1.77mb PDF)*

TransPlan: Eugene-Springfield Transportation System Plan

Special Metro Planning Studies
The following documents provide factual basis for Metro Plan policies and designations, but they are not adopted as part of the Metro Plan:

Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities Plan Technical Background Report: Existing Conditions and Alternatives (81 pages, 4.87mb PDF)*

Urban Reserve Analysis and Alternatives Report (243kb PDF)*

The following studies are not available online. Please contact LCOG at (541) 682-4283 to obtain information on how to review or purchase them.

Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Land and Housing Study

Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Land and Housing Study, Draft Supply and Demand Technical Analysis

Metropolitan Industrial Lands Inventory Report

Metropolitan Industrial Lands Policy Report

Metro Plan Periodic Review
The following Draft Metro Plan amendments are currently being processed as part of Periodic Review of the Metro Plan. These documents are subject to an approval process currently underway. The final documents will be posted to the website when they have received final approval.

Exhibit A: Metro Plan Housekeeping Revisions, Draft April 6, 2004 (463kb PDF)*

Exhibit B: Metro Plan Chapter III-C. Environmental Resources Element (112kb PDF)*

Exhibit C: Proposed Metro Plan Diagram

Periodic Review is the process used in Oregon to update long-range, comprehensive land use plans. State law requires that plans are current, consistent with new state laws and administrative rules, and responsive to changing local conditions. The metropolitan Periodic Review process is outlined in the Periodic Review Work Program which was approved by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) on May 25, 1995. Metro Plan text amendments and Metro Plan Diagram amendments (to remove Urban Reserves) are now being proposed to comply with Periodic Review. These periodic review text and diagram amendments were funded in part by the Department of Land Conservation and Development.

Metro Plan Diagram amendments are also being proposed to make housekeeping changes. Refinement plan-related amendments are intended to reflect previously adopted plans and new, previously approved developments, not to initiate new amendments that differ from previous plans.

The amendments to the Metro Plan (22kb PDF)* text are proposed to bring the Metro Plan into compliance with Statewide Planning Goals (Goals), state administrative rules (OAR), and housekeeping changes required by the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) as part of the Periodic Review of the Metro Plan.

Natural Resources Study Documents:
Lane County Ordinance Adopting Amendments to Riparian Protection Provisions (9kb PDF)*
Findings Regarding Amendments to Riparian Protection Provisions (44kb PDF)*
Statewide Planning Goal 5 Compliance for Wetland, Riparian Corridor, and Wildlife Habitat (47kb PDF)*
Goal 5 Significant Riparian Corridors Map (837kb PDF)*
Goal 5 Wetlands Map (914kb PDF)*
Previous Natural Resources Study Documents

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