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Willamette Street was opened to twoWway traffic between 11th and 13th Avenues in December, 19Sfi. The project included a pedestrian/bicycle crossing at 12th Avenue. The South Willamette subarea study was published as Appendix A of the February 198 Craft Central Area Transportation Study, It is intended to address ail four items in the above recommendation: to consider the land use impacts of the conversion, particularly in the 18th to loth areas, and on adjoining neighborhoods to~identify safe bicycle and pedestrian crossings and tv ~dent~fy the financ~ai impacts of converting Willamette Street to two-way traffic. The Stud Area The area studied in this land use study was generally a block deep on each side of Willamette from 17th Avenue to 24th Place. Staff examined existing uses, existing zoning, and planned uses as called for in the ~Ietropoiitan Area General Plan Diagram. Existing use was compared with existing zoning and with planned use, and existing zoning was compared with planned use, Land use application activity was researched for the area over the last twenty years. In general, it was found that there was conformance between existing uses, existing zoningaand planned uses. .Results of the study, a summary of the analysis scenarios and recommendations are given below. Exi sti n zoni n zoning along the Willamette Street corridor is gevgraphicaliy separated into two.general groupings: commercial and office zoning north of 19th, and res~dent~al.zon~ng south of 19th. The mayor exceptions to this generalization are the C~v~c Stadium/ School District 4-,l bus garage which is zoned Public Lands ~ PLC ,and ,the Parkway Wi i l a~nette complex immediately south of Ci vi c Stadium which ~s zoned for office use {G4~. Commercial zoning begins again south of 24th P1 ace ~C-2~ . The zoning along Clive Street is for low-density residential uses ~R-1~. North of 11th, along Clive the zoning provides for higher uses {R-~ and R-4~. The zoning along DakeStreet between Zoth and 19th is primarily law-density residen- t~al ~R-1}. Moving north along Oak, north of 19th on both sides of the street for a half block is medium density residential zoning ~R-3}. The half block south of 18th is for office uses ~GD~, and property along Oak north of 18th is commercially zones ~C-Z~. Please refer to Map Al for current zoning. Ex~ sti ~tg L,and, Use --^i for - u- Existing 1 and use parall e1 s zoning fairly c1 ose1y with few non-conforming uses. There have been eight conditional use permits approved within this stud area sine y e 19b7, three of these have been on the same parcel. The west side of Willamette between 19th and 24th Avenue is in residential use. The block vn.the west side between 24th Avenue and 24th Place is a dental clinic, somewhat residential in character. on the west side, north of 19th s there exists a grouping of office uses in former residential units, and a single lot commercial use at 18th Avenue. The character north of 18th is predominantly mixed commercial and office. Page 3