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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 the public street or causing unsafe conflicts with the on-site circulation. (b) The development site shall provide internal circulation to accommodate emergency and delivery vehicles accessing the development site. (4) The standard at (3)(a) may be adjusted if consistent with the criteria of EC 9.8030(26). Section 5 . Section 9.6735 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: . 9.6735 Public Access Required (1) Except as otherwise provided in this land use code, no building or structure shall be erected or altered except on a lot fronting or abutting on a public street or having access to a public street over a private street or easement of record approved in accordance with provisions contained in this land use code. (2) Access from a public street to a development site shall be located in accordance with EC 7.420 Access Connections – Location. If a development will increase the development site’s peak hour trip generation by less than 50% and will generate less than 20 additional peak hour trips, the development site’s existing access connections are exempt from this standard. (3) The standard at (2) may be adjusted if consistent with the criteria of EC 9.8030(27). Ordinance - Page 3 of 12