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design standards are specifically crafted to incorporate buildings with windows and openings that support an active pedestrian environment. Buildings are required to be built near the front property line and parking is located to the side and rear, further enhancing the pedestrian envi- ronment. These design standards would be very difficult to meet for some uses, such as a typical big -box retail store. If such a building type were to be allowed within Walnut Station, it would have to go through the Design Review approval process. Is so doing, the development would have to be consistent with the Design Review approval criteria. Having design standards for Walnut Station also allows for some uses, such as gas stations which are commonly prohibited from mixed use centers, as long as the design standards are met. The S -WS Walnut Station Special Area Zone allows any type of residential or commercial use to locate anywhere within the plan boundary. Institutional uses, including those associated with the University, are also allowed. The result is that uses that are currently allowed are still per- mitted without development standards that have acted as barriers to mixed use development. While the original approach to the form based code was to eliminate all requirements for Site Review and Conditional Use Permit (CUP) applications, the requirement for a Conditional Use Permit requirement for some uses. There are still significantly fewer land use requirements than within the current code. Permitted uses have remained a concern for the Fairmount neighborhood, and of particular con- cern is the question of "University or College" as a use category. The Eu- gene Code allows "University of Col- lege" as a permitted use category in the C -2 and C -3 zones. Because the Walnut Station allows any commercial or resi- dential use permit- ted in the code, it h is permitted in the new form based ` code. The category:A '- 4 }1i. of University use S ; was proposed for F• `, the )Matthew Knight Arena, and under 15th Avenue looking east from the University of Oregon appeal by the neighborhood, the Land Use Board of Appeals found that because an arena .is listed in the code as a separate use requiring a CUP, a CUP would be required for the University Arena. This history has created some tensions in the neighborhood with regards to future uses the Univer- sity might propose. While the question of University or College use is not specific to the Walnut Station Special Area Zone, the area adjacent to the University of Oregon has more potential to be impacted by University development. While it is recognized that question of University or College use is not specific to the Walnut Station Special Area Zone and is rather an allowance in the Eugene Code applied to all C -2 and C -3 zones, the area adjacent to the University of Oregon has more potential to be impacted by University development. As such, the following policy is adopted: 23