Item 5: Action - Ord. on Land Use Code Amend - Infill Standards

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4.Recycling and Garbage The goal is to reduce safety concerns around garbage and recycling areas citywide by allowing the enclosures to be 9.6740 Screening less screened to increase visibility. 9.6745(8) Recycling and garbage areas serving multi-family developments, as well as commercial and industrial uses are required to be fully screened on all sides with a 100 percent site-obscuring fence, a minimum of 6 feet high and made with wood, metal, masonry or other permanent materials. While these standards provide attractive and secure enclosures, neighbors have expressed concern with respect to safety issues due to lack of visibility for residents and employees entering the enclosure. To improve safety, this amendment would allow, but not require, storage areas to be partially screened on the pedestrian entrance side, and allow but not require the lower 12 inches to be screened with mesh or chain link fencing to allow for greater visibility. 5.Compatible Transition The goal is to increase compatibility between the single-family homes and new apartments in south university. 9.2750 between high density 9.2751(8) residential and low Although the maximum building height for R-3 and R-4 zoned properties in the south university area was recently density residential in lowered, the building mass and scale of new apartments in proximity to R-1 zones have the potential to be out of South University scale with the single-family homes in this area. To address compatibility, this amendment would apply to R-3/R-4 zoned properties in the south university area th located along the R-1 zoning boundary (generally located along the south side of 19 Avenue between Hilyard and Agate Streets), and would require a 10 foot property line setback (instead of 5 feet) and a sloped setback along the R-1 boundary. 6.Bicycle Parking The goal is to make the bike parking requirements clearer and easier to meet. 9.6105 Standards The Eugene Code includes requirements for bicycle parking areas, including the location, dimensions, and number of required spaces. Envision Eugene and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Mater Plan have identified several barriers within these standards that could be resolved to improve to requirements. These city-wide amendments would increase flexibility and provide more clarity about how and where required bicycle parking can be provided citywide for all uses. Amendments include:  clarifying that parking spaces must be hard surfaced,  allowing bike parking on upper floors in conjunction with multi-family developments with elevators, and  allowing short term parking to be provided in rights-of-way with revocable permit. April 6, 2012 2