Item 2: Ordinances on Minor Code Amendments (MiCAP Remand)

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1these neighborhoods, (2) the existence of some evidence that trips will not materially 2increase, and (3) petitioner’s complete failure to identify which transportation facilities it 3believes will be significantly affected, we do not agree that the city’s findings are inadequate 4to establish that Ordinance 20418 will not significantly affect West and South University 5Neighborhood transportation facilities. 6This subassignment of error is denied. B.Metro Plan and TransPlan Policies 7 8TransPlan, which was adopted to comply with Statewide Planning Goal 12 9(Transportation) and the TPR, calls for the city to designate nodes and to implement a nodal 10development strategy to reduce automobile dependence and increase use of other forms of 11transportation. Petitioner contends Ordinance 20418 violates a number of TransPlan 12Policies. Land Use Policy #1: Nodal Development. 13“ 14“Apply the nodal development strategy in areas selected by each jurisdiction 15that have identified potential for this type of transportation-efficient land use 16pattern.” 17Areas within the West and South University Neighborhoods are identified in TransPlan as 18potential nodes. Land Use Policy #3: Transit-Supportive Land Use Patterns 19“. 20“Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, including 21higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major transit corridors 22and near transit stations; medium- and high-density residential development 23within ¼ mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, 24and downtown areas; and development and redevelopment in designated areas 25that are or could be well served by existing or planned transit.” 26Petitioner contends that the additional off-street parking mandated by Ordinance 20418 is the 27antithesis of “higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major transit corridors.” “Land Use Policy #5: Implementation of Nodal Development 28 Page 27