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setbacks, provided these structures are screened as per EC 9.6210(6) Full Screen Fence Landscape Standard (L -6) and provided vision clearance is maintained in accordance with the requirements of EC 9.6780 Vision Clearance Area Exceptions shall be made for such features as transformers, back flow prevention devices and closures, which already have a low visual impact. Section 11 . Subsection (8) of Section 9.8030 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended, and a new subsection (30) is added, to provide as follows: 9.8030 Adjustment Review - Approval Criteria The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny an adjustment review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with the following applicable criteria. (8) Multiple - Family Standards Adjustment. Where this land use code provides that the multiple - family standards may be adjusted, the standards may be adjusted upon finding that the design achieves all of the following: (a) Maximum Building Dimension The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(6)(a) may be adjusted if the proposal creates building massing and /or facades that: 1. Create a vibrant street facade with visual detail. 2. Provide multiple entrances to building or yards. (b) Building Articulation The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(7) may be adjusted if the proposed building design: 1. Utilizes architectural masses, features or details to distinguish elements of the building. 2. Defines entryways in appropriate scales. (c) Open Space The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(9), except for the amount of open space required per Table 9.5500(9) Open Space Requirements may be adjusted if the applicant demonstrates consistency with all of the following: 1. The requested adjustment will allow the project to achieve an equivalent or higher quality design of open space than would result from strict adherence to the standards through: a. Enhanced public and private spaces that contribute positively to the site, streetscape, and adjoining properties. Design elements for this purpose may include high quality materials, outdoor seating, enhanced pedestrian space, pedestrian - scaled lighting, canopy trees and other landscape materials and other user amenities; and b. An overall site design that promotes safety, security and privacy, and reduces visual, noise, and lighting impacts of development on adjacent properties. 2. When abutting property is zoned R -1 Low - Density Residential, the design provides an appropriate combination of setbacks, landscaping and screening to buffer between the multiple family development and the adjacent Low - Density Residential zone. (d) Block Requirement The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(10) may be adjusted if the proposal achieves at least one of the following: Ordinance - Page 14 of 16