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Chapter 7 of this code. Additionally, all developments shall make and be served by the following infrastructure improvements: (3) Streets and Alleys. (a) The developer shall grade and pave all streets and alleys in the development site. All paving shall be to the width specified in EC 9.6870 Street Width and provide for drainage of all such streets and alleys, and construct curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street trees and street lights within the development site according to the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways and standards and specifications adopted pursuant to Chapter 7 of this code and other adopted plans and policies. [Private streets and alleys are prohibited unless the developer can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the planning director that a public street is not necessary for compliance with this land use code and EC 9.6815 Connectivity for Streets. Private streets shall be designed and constructed according to the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways and standards and specifications adopted pursuant to Chapter 7 of this code.] (b) The developer shall pave streets and alleys adjacent to the development site to the width specified in EC 9.6870 Street Width, unless such streets and alleys are already paved to that width, provided the City makes findings to demonstrate consistency with constitutional requirements. All paving shall provide for drainage of all such streets and alleys, and construct curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street trees and street lights adjacent to the development site according to the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways and standards and specifications adopted pursuant to Chapter 7 of this code and other adopted plans and policies. (c) The standard at (3)(b) may be adjusted if consistent with the criteria of EC 9.8030(19). Section 4 . Section 9.6703 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is added to provide as follows: 9.6703 Driveways and Internal Circulation (1) Unless otherwise permitted in this code, driveways abutting an arterial or major collector street that serve a commercial, industrial or multi- family development shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide. (2) If eight or more single-family or duplex dwellings will share one access connection, the driveway shall be designed and constructed as a private street in accordance with EC 9.6875. (3) Development sites that will generate 100 or more peak hour vehicular trips in any peak hour per the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s Trip Generation shall comply with all of the following: (a) All driveways shall have a minimum 50-foot internal vehicle stacking area. The internal vehicle stacking area is measured from the back of the sidewalk to centerline of the first internal circulation driveway or parking aisle, and is designed to queue vehicles exiting the development site and to prevent vehicles entering the development site from blocking the flow of traffic on Ordinance - Page 3 of 15