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

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(b) Abutting lots may share a driveway provided such a driveway is allowed under Chapter 7 of this code. When shared driveways are provided, no additional driveways are permitted on that street frontage for either lot sharing the driveway. (c) Except for a driveway and associated parking area shared by two adjoining lots (“shared driveway”), no driveway or associated parking area shall be located in the interior yard setback adjacent to a property line, except in an interior yard setback that is adjacent only to an alley. (d) Consistent with the standards in this subsection, a driveway and associated parking area may be located between any structure and the street or alley. (e) When a driveway and associated parking area is provided from an alley, the driveway and associated parking area shall not extend further than the street facing façade of the building closest to the street. (f) Except for shared driveways and as provided in (h) below, when a driveway and associated parking area is accessed from a street, the driveway and associated parking area shall not exceed 22 feet in width. Shared driveways and associated parking areas shall not exceed 24 feet in width. (g) Except as provided in (h) below, a driveway and associated parking area accessed from a street shall be a minimum of 18 feet in depth and a maximum of 33 feet in depth, measured from the front lot line. The driveway and associated parking area shall be perpendicular to the adjacent street. (h) When a parking area is provided behind the structure and accessed from a street, the driveway shall be perpendicular to the street until it serves the associated parking area and shall not exceed 20 feet in width. (i) All portions of required front yard setbacks not otherwise covered by a legal driveway shall be landscaped and maintained with living plant material, except that a pedestrian path, not to exceed 4 feet in width, may be allowed from the street to the entrance of a dwelling. The pedestrian path shall be separated from any vehicle use areas by a minimum of 3 feet. The area between the vehicle use area and the pedestrian path shall be landscaped and maintained with living plant material. (j) No parking shall occur in the landscaped portion of the required front yard setback. (See Figure 9.2751(15)) Section 4. The following entries in Table 9.3125 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide as follows: 9.3125 S-CN Chase Node Special Area Zone Development Standards. Ordinance - Page 4 of 18