Agenda Packet 5-20-19 Work Session

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May 7, 2019 Clear & Objective Update – Draft Land Use Code Language Page 9 of 32 4.Recommendations, if any, for additional geotechnical analysis for future buildings or improvements on the development site. 5.Recommendations, if any, for additional geotechnical analysis for future buildings or improvements on proposed lots or parcels. If [a statement]certification is submitted under (6)(bc), the application shall include the applicant’s statement that it will develop in accordance with the Engineer’s [statement]certification. This change implements COS-13 (Geotechnical Requirement). The revised code language adds additional risk factors to be considered and clarifies specific items the professional certification must address. A new Eugene Landslide Hazard Map—based on the recently released Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) landslide hazard maps—will be adopted as part of the proposed code amendments. Changes to this section also relate to COS-03 (20 Percent Slope Grading Prohibition) and the recommendation to remove the prohibition on grading and instead rely on the geotechnical review. The proposed change includes adding 20 percent or greater slopes as an indicator of potential stability problems and specifically requires review and recommendations of the proposed lot layout and street locations. 9.6810 Block Length. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, b[B]lock length for local streets shall not exceed 600 feet.[,] (12)Applications not proposing housing to be reviewed with clear and objective approval criteria, [unless an exception is] may be exempt from the block length requirements in subsection (1)[granted] based on one or more of the following: (2a) Physical conditions preclude a block length 600 feet or less. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, topography or the existence of natural resource areas such as wetlands, ponds, streams, channels, rivers, lakes or upland wildlife habitat area, or a resource on the National Wetland Inventory or under protection by state or federal law. (3b) Buildings or other existing development on adjacent lands, including previously subdivided but vacant lots or parcels, physically preclude a block length 600 feet or less, considering the potential for redevelopment. (4c) An existing public street or streets terminating at the boundary of the development site have a block length exceeding 600 feet, or are situated such that the extension of the street(s) into the development site would create a block length exceeding 600 feet. In such cases, the block length shall be as close to 600 feet as practicable. (5d) As part of a Type II or Type III process, the developer demonstrates that a strict application of the 600-foot requirement would result in a street network that is no more beneficial to vehicular, pedestrian or bicycle traffic than the proposed street network and that the proposed street network will accommodate necessary emergency access. (23)Applications proposing housing to be reviewed with clear and objective approval criteria, must comply with the block length requirements in subsection (1) unless existing slopes would result in a street grade that exceeds the grade allowed under current adopted street design standards when measured along the centerline of the proposed streets to the existing grade of the subdivision boundary or abutting property under separate ownership. (4)Block length may be adjusted in accordance with EC 9.8030(37) for applications proposing housing to be reviewed with clear and objective approval criteria. May 20, 2019, Work Session – Item 2