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Version A: <br />Attachment C <br />-- appeal of design review to be considered by Hearing <br />Official. <br /> <br />With the adoption of the Walnut Station Specific Area Plan, the City Council <br />removed from the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study most of the <br />th <br />area north of East 15 Avenue. The Land Use Diagram (Map 6) reflects the <br />Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study boundaries after the removal <br /> <br />In moving these properties from the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area <br />Study to the Walnut Station Specific Plan and Special Area Zone, careful <br />consideration was given to the Metro Plan Diagram as refined by the <br />Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study and to the zoning conditions <br />th <br />at that time. As East 15 Avenue acts as a transition from primarily commercial <br />th <br />zoning and uses, special emphasis was placed on East 15 Avenue as a transition <br />edge. Development standards adopted for the Walnut Station Special Area Zone <br />th <br />include a height step-down to three stories along East 15 Avenue, and an <br />and design standards were included to provide a residential scale. Policies <br />relevant to these properties were also included in the Walnut Station Specific Area <br /> <br />Plan. <br /> (c) <br /> <br /> <br />In 2010, a portion of the area originally included in the Fairmount/University of <br />th <br />Oregon Special Area Study between Franklin Boulevard and East 15 Avenue (the <br />Walnut Station area) was removed from the boundaries of the Study because that <br />area was included in a new refinement plan and special area zone. <br /> <br /> (d) <br /> tion of Section is <br />amended to provide: <br /> <br />2. and <br />Land Use Diagram) [and 3) the Department o <br />Use Diagram)], non-residential zoning shall not be expanded in the study area. <br /> <br /> (e) <br />amended to provide: <br /> <br />3. With the exception of [1) that portion of the ODOT lands designated for residential <br />use, and 2)] <br />commercial intensity are not supported by this plan. [This policy allows the <br />opportunity for future residential development on the ODOT lands (approximate <br />density for residential development on the ODOT lands will be addressed by <br />selection of one of the alternative policy statements found in the Oregon Department <br />of Transportation Section - Section D).] <br /> <br /> (f) <br /> <br />Ordinance - Page 3 of 17 <br />