Admin Order 58-21-23 -- Removing and Modifying Parking Owen Loop South

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Administrative Order -- Page 2 of 5 approximately 22 feet of roadway for two-way travel in a commercial industrial business park. Sidewalks are present on both sides of the street. ii. There were no crashes reported on Owen South Loop between 2007 and 2019. (b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission or their successors. i. There are no such standards, limitations or rules that apply. (c) Other recognized traffic control standards. i. The City will apply the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for size, type, and location for sign installation. (d) The city’s adopted transportation-related plans and policies. i. Roadway and Parking Policy No. 1 of the City’s 2035 Transportation System Plan, a “Complete Streets Policy,” is to “Design, construct, maintain, and operate all streets to provide comprehensive and integrated transportation networks that serve people of all ages and abilities, promote commerce, and support the comprehensive land use plan’s vision for growth and development in a responsible and efficient manner. A “complete street” allows safe travel for automobiles and emergency responders, bicycles, walking, transit, and freight. In addition to fulfilling a street’s basic transportation functions and providing access to properties, streets and sidewalks should be designed to be attractive, safe, accessible, sustainable, and healthy components of the City's environment.” (e) Existing state and local laws regulating use of public ways. ii. The use of the City’s public ways for parking is regulated at the local level. EC 5.040(1)(h)(5) and EC 5.040(1)(p) establish authority to manage parking. (f) The efficient use of the public way by the public. i. Removal and modification of parking allowances on Owen Loop South is needed to ensure there is adequate clearance for traffic access to and from adjacent commercial and industrial uses. (g) The use of abutting property. i. The abutting land use is industrial, including manufacturing and offices. (h) The intensity of use of the street by vehicles and pedestrians. i. By Ordinance No. 20181, the City Council adopted the Street Classification Map that designated Owen Loop South as a local street. By Resolution 4608, the City Council adopted the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Access Ways. Parking is an optional feature on streets. ii. Pedestrian facilities on Owen Loop South from Ed Cone Boulevard to Ed Cone Boulevard include sidewalks on both sides of the street. This order will not impact, and may improve, accessibility of use by pedestrians.