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hips, gables, entry porches, covered balconies, residential style doors and <br />windows, all serve to provide resonance with the neighborhood’s residential <br />character. Allowable height in the R3 zone is 50 feet. The project will be about <br />36 feet tall and has been designed to compliment the streetscape and <br />neighborhood. Security and safety details include: well-lit, covered parking area, <br />well-lit, private entry door for each unit at grade level in highly visible locations, <br />locked rooms for bicycle storage, and fire sprinklers. The lack of common use <br />stairs and corridors is meant to discourage vandalism. <br /> <br /> 2.2.8 Number of units designed for home ownership. No units are <br />designed for home ownership. <br /> <br /> 2.2.9 Solicitation of comments from relevant neighborhood associations. <br />The West University Neighborhood Association voted unanimously to support the <br />proposed project. <br /> <br /> 2.3 The project will be monitored through the City’s regular processes with <br />respect to planning, permit and building and safety requirements to insure compliance <br />with all local regulations; <br /> <br /> 2.4 Currently, two dwellings occupy the site. They were built in 1905 and <br />1948 but are not listed as historic structures. They are both vacant and uninhabitable and <br />will be demolished; and <br /> <br /> 2.5 The owner has stated in the application and provided evidence that the <br />project as proposed, including the quality and quantity of sustainability features planned, <br />would not be feasible without the tax exemption. <br /> <br />3. <br /> A display ad soliciting recommendations or comments from the public regarding <br />this project was published in the Register-Guard on November 20, 2008. The period for <br />comment expired on December 22, 2008. One comment was received from Don Bowers <br />who opined that he was opposed to multiple-unit property tax exemptions. <br /> <br />Therefore, <br /> based upon the above findings, the project is or will be, at the time of <br />completion, in conformance with all applicable local plans and provisions of the Eugene Code, <br />1971, planning regulations, the Metropolitan Area General Plan, and the criteria set forth in the <br />City’s adopted Standards and Guidelines for Multiple-Unit Housing Property Tax Exemption, <br />and I recommend that the application be approved. <br /> <br />Dated this _____ day of January, 2009. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> _________________________________ <br /> Executive Director, Planning & Development <br />Department, City of Eugene <br />00217120.DOC;1 <br /> <br />Report and Recommendation / Exhibit B to Resolution No. _____ -- Page 3 of 3 <br />