The Eugene Planning Commission has tentatively granted the University a permit to build the East Campus Children’s Center.
At a meeting Monday morning, the commission upheld the initial decision by hearings official Virginia Gustafson to grant the University its conditional use permit.
City Planner Kent Kullby said the commission will meet Nov. 12 to officially decide the fate of the permit and discuss possible modifications that include adding additional parking spaces to construction plans.
The University needs the permit in order to break ground on the site, located on the southeast of campus at the corner of East 17th Avenue and Moss Street.
Toby Grant and Jeff Osanka filed the original appeal against the University’s conditional-use permit Sept. 30. The two appealed because they said the structure would not mesh with the medium-density residential-style housing in the area and that building the center would generate too much traffic.
The commission will hold its Nov. 12 meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Sloat Room of the Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave.
— Jillian Daley