Item 3: Ordinance on Lane Memorial Metro Plan and Refinement Plan Amendment

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performance of this transportation facility. th 3. The intersection of West 11 Ave. at Beltline currently exceeds v/c 0.80 in the PM peak hour; the proposed amendment will worsen the performance of this transportation facility. Pursuant to OAR 660-012-0060(2), when a local government determines that a development would significantly affect an existing or planned transportation facility, the local government must put in place measures as provided in OAR 660-012-0060(2) to assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the identified function, capacity and performance standards (level of service, volume to capacity ratio, etc.) of the facility. If it is found that there are no measures that will assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the identified function, capacity and performance standards of the facility, the City could still approve the proposed amendment if the applicant demonstrates compliance with OAR 660-012- 0060(3). OAR 660-012-0060(3) states that a local government may approve a development that would significantly affect an existing transportation facility without an applicant assuring that the allowed land uses are consistent with the function, capacity and performance standards if the applicant can demonstrate that: (a) the transportation facility is already performing below minimum acceptable performance standards on the date the amendment application is submitted; (b) the planned transportation facilities will not be adequate to achieve consistency with the performance standard of the facility by the end of the planning period; (c) the development resulting from the proposed amendment mitigate the impacts of the amendment in a manner that avoid further degradation of the transportation facility by the time of development; (d) the amendment does not involve property located in an interchange area; and (e) for affected state highways, ODOT has provided a written statement that the proposed funding and timing for the identified mitigation improvements or measures, are at a minimum sufficient to avoid further degradation of the performance of the affected state highway. The applicant proposes compliance with the TPR pursuant to OAR 660-012-0060(3). Specifically, the applicant proposes to prevent further degradation of the significantly affected transportation facilities with the imposition of a trip cap that limits the residential units allowed on the subject property. The proposed trip cap would limit the number of residential units allowed on the subject property to 29 single family residences or 50 condominiums. Based on the analysis below, the applicant’s proposed trip cap is consistent with OAR 660-012-0060(3). OAR 660-012-0060(3)(a)The facility is already performing below the minimum acceptable performance standard identified in the TSP or comprehensive plan on the date the amendment application is submitted; th Consistent with this subsection, the identified West 11 Ave. intersections are currently performing below the acceptable performance standard of 0.80 v/c, as demonstrated in the Findings – Lane Memorial Gardens (MA 08-1and Z 09-1) Page 9