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representative, a Planning Commissioner, an Architect, three neighborhood resident Task Team or <br />committee members, and two city staff members. <br /> <br />This group debated the methods of measuring building height and different values for maximum <br />height in various geographic sub-areas over a period of three months. It was very difficult for the <br />group to come to agreement on a single set of recommendations. The group reported back to the <br />th <br />Planning Commission on September 14 that they were making progress, had agreement in most of <br />the sub-areas, and would hold another meeting to attempt to gain agreement on what to recommend <br />th <br />for the public hearing scheduled for October 20th. At their September 28 meeting, B-HIT agreed <br />to forward three options to the Planning Commission, including Alternate A, favored by most of the <br />neighborhood representatives as a compromise they could live with, and Alternate B, the “minority <br />report” favored by builders as a compromise they could live with. Alternate C was included at the <br />request of West University representatives to address areas further away from the university. <br /> <br />Summary of Building Height Alternatives <br /> Area Covered Maximum Height (ft) <br />Alternate A SUNA R-3 Zone: 35 <br />thth <br />18/Patterson/20/Agate R-4 Zone: 50 up to <br /> 65/75* <br /> <br />WUN 13 th R-4 Zone: 65/75* <br />th <br />Alley/Hilyard/18/Kincaid <br />Alternate B SUNA R-3 Zone: 35 <br />thth <br />18/Patterson/20/Agate R-4 Zone: 50 up to <br /> 75/90* <br />WUN 13 th R-4 Zone: 75/90* <br />th <br />Alley/Hilyard/18/Kincaid <br />Alternate C SUNA R-3 Zone: 35 <br />thth <br />18/Patterson/20/Agate R-4 Zone: 50 up to <br /> 65/75* <br />WUN All R-4 property R-4 Zone: 65/75/90* <br /> *Depending on size of development site <br /> <br />The concept of tying building height to site size was introduced during the B-HIT process by Steve <br />Baker from WUN. Staff included the 65/75 foot formula in the R-4 zones for both WUN and SUNA <br />in Options A and C, to provide consistent code where the affected property is across the street from <br />the University of Oregon campus and does not abut an R-1 zone. SUNA representatives do not <br />favor this approach and support an absolute limit of 65 feet in the R-4 zone. <br /> <br />th <br />The Planning Commission held a public hearing on October 20 and heard testimony in support of <br />all three Alternatives (7 individuals that were primarily from the SUNA neighborhood for Alternate <br />A, 5 individuals that primarily represented builders for Alternate B, and 2 WUN neighbors for <br />th <br />Alternate C). In considering the 18 Avenue/Alder Street subarea, the commission noted support for <br />th <br />facilitating architectural variety along the 18 Avenue edge, and found that Alternate B <br />