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certainlimitations.Onesuchlimitation,underEC9.2451(4)requiresconveniencestores(upto <br />5,000squarefeet)intheI2zonetobelocatedondevelopmentsiteswithfrontageonan <br />arterialstreet(majororminor).However,thissitedoesnotfrontanarterialstreet.Railroad <br />Boulevard,thehighestclassificationstreetfrontingthesubjectproperty,isclassifiedasamajor <br />collector.Therefore,acannotbereasonablybeconsideredasanallowed <br />useonthesubjectpropertyaspartoftheTPRassumptions. <br />Thetrafficengineerprovidedrevisedreasonableworstcasescenariofindingson <br />March1,2021(SandowEngineeringTPRTripCapMemorandum).Therevised <br />assumptionseliminatedtheconveniencestoreuseanddecreasedthepercentageoflot <br />coveragecommittedtolandscaping,stormwaterfacilities,andsetbacks.Theapplicantalso <br />addedrepair,paint,andbodyasaproposedusewhichispermittedintheI2zone. <br />Therevisedworstcasepeakhourtripgenerationcountdecreasedfrom453PMpeakhourtrips <br />to328PMpeakhourtrips.Therevisionstothereasonableworstcasescenarioundercurrent <br />zoningmoreaccuratelyreflectareasonableworstcasescenarioconsideringtheI2permitted <br />usesanddevelopmentstandards.Thetrafficengineerfurtherdefendstherevised <br />assumptionsbycomparinglocalprecedentsintheirMarch15,2021memorandum. <br />Theproposedamendmentsandzonechangecontinuetoresultinaunder <br />OAR6600120060(1)(c)(C)duetoimpacttotheintersectionatRiverRoadandRailroad <br />Boulevard(alsoNWExpressway)andRailroadBoulevardandPolkStreet,asdiscussedfurther <br />below. <br />TheCityusesLevelofService(LOS)asourperformancestandardtodeterminesignificanteffect <br />andtheadoptedperformancestandardisaminimumLOSE,atallintersectionsoutsideofthe <br />downtownarea.LOScanbegenerallydescribedasameasureoftheamountoftimedelay <br />expectedatagivenintersection.LOSrangesfromAtoF,withAindicatingthemostdesirable <br />conditionandFindicatingthemostunsatisfactorycondition.Thetrafficstudy <br />identifiedtwointersectionswithinthestudyareathatdonotmeettheminimumLOSstandard <br />attheendoftheplanningperiodforthecurrentdesignationortheamendeddesignation.The <br />intersectionofRiverRoadandRailroadBoulevard(alsoNWExpressway)isprojectedto <br />performatLOSattheendoftheplanningperiod.TheintersectionofRailroadBoulevard <br />alsoprojectedtoperformatLOSattheendoftheplanningperiod. <br />andPolkStreetis <br />Therefore,theincreasednumberofvehicletripsgeneratedbytheproposedamendmentwill <br />furtherdegradetheperformanceofanexistingfacilitysuchthatitwouldnotmeetthe <br />performancestandardsidentifiedintheTSP.Basedonthesefacts,therequestedchange <br />triggersasignificanteffectunderTPRsubsection(1)(c)(C).Whenasignificanteffectis <br />determined,aremedytomitigateincreaseddegradationisrequiredtoensurecompliancewith <br />thesubsection(2). <br />OAR6600120060(2)Ifalocalgovernmentdeterminesthattherewouldbeasignificant <br />effect,thenthelocalgovernmentmustensurethatallowedlandusesareconsistentwith <br />theidentifiedfunction,capacity,andperformancestandardsofthefacilitymeasuredat <br />Findings <br />MA202/RA202/Z208 <br /> <br />