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18686 f. Strip or Street - Oriented Commercial Facilities. Largely oriented to automobile traffic, the need for this type of facility has diminished with the increasing popularity of neighborhood, community, and regional shopping centers with self-contained, off-street parking facilities. Strip commercial areas are characterized by commercial zoning or, at least,, commercial uses along major arterials; i .e. , portions of River Road, West 11th Avenue, part of Willamette Street, Highway 99N. , Franklin Boulevard in Eugene, Main Street in Springfield, and others. Such uses often create congestion in adjacent travel lanes, are generally incompatible with abutting noncommercial uses, and are not as vital to the community as previously because of the existence of retail, office, and service complexes with off-street parking facilities. They should be limited to existing locations and transformed into more desirable commercial patterns, if possible. To mitigate negative external characteristics, unless it is not in the interest of the public, efforts should be made in connection with existing strip commercial areas to (1) Landscape perimeters, especially when adjacent to residential properties. (2) Direct lights and signs away from residential areas. (3). Control -and consolidate points of access and off-street parking to minimize safety hazards and congestion in connection with adjacent streets, 3. Industrial: This designation includes the following, only the first four being shown on the Plan Diagram: a. Heavy Industrial . This category is often character i zed ' by uses that can be hazardous, offensive, obnoxious or unsightly_ . These industries are generally involved i n the (primary) processing of raw materials into refined materials in large volumes, which often require large energy supplies and large volumes of raw materials. , Processing usually generates liquid or sol id wastes, - air pol 1 utants, and other emi ssions, such as noise, vibration, heat and light. Raw materials and refined products require heavy transportations rail, and truck. Labor force size is normally large. Examples of such uses are lumber and wood products, paper, chemicals and primary metal manu- facturing, large scale storage of hazardous materials (flammable liquids, explosives, unstable chemicals, etc.), power plants and railroad yards. Since-heavy industrial demand projections indicate no need for additional acres., this designation generally reflects existing II -E -6