Item 1: Ordinance on Downtown and Mixed Use Development

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ATTACHMENT B vehicle capacity increasing transportation system improvements until existing constraints can be overcome or develop an alternative mix of strategies (such as: land use measures, TDM, short-term safety improvements) to address the problem. Policy F.15 of the Eugene-Springfield Area Metropolitan Plan, is amended as follows: F.15 Motor vehicle level of service policy: a.Use motor vehicle level of service standards to maintain acceptable and reliable performance on the roadway system. These standards shall be used for: (1) Identifying capacity deficiencies on the roadway system. (2) Evaluating the impacts on roadways of amendments to transportation plans, acknowledged comprehensive plans and land-use regulations, pursuant to the TPR (OAR 660-12-0060). (3) Evaluating development applications for consistency with the land-use regulations of the applicable local government jurisdiction. b. Acceptable and reliable performance is defined by the following levels of service under peak hour traffic conditions: (1) Level of Service F within Eugene’s Downtown Traffic Impact Analysis Exempt Area; (2) Level of Service E within the portion of Eugene’s Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) area[,] that is not within Eugene’s Downtown Traffic Impact Analysis Exempt Area; and (3) Level of Service D elsewhere. c. Performance standards from the OHP shall be applied on state facilities in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. In some cases, the level of service on a facility may be substandard. The local government jurisdiction may find that transportation system improvements to bring performance up to standard within the planning horizon may not be feasible, and safety will not be compromised, and broader community goals would be better served by allowing a substandard level of service. The limitation on the feasibility of a transportation system improvement may arise from severe constraints including but not limit to environmental conditions, lack of public agency financial resources, or land use constraint factors. It is not the intent of TSI Roadway Policy #2: Motor Vehicle Level of Service to require deferral of development in such cases. The intent is to defer motor vehicle capacity increasing transportation system improvements until existing constraints can be overcome or develop an alternative mix of strategies (such as: land use measures, TDM, short-term safety improvements) to address the problem. Section 13. The findings set forth in Exhibit E attached to this Ordinance are adopted as findings in support of this Ordinance. Section 14. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the City Attorney, is authorized to administratively correct any reference errors contained herein or in Ordinance - Page 16 of 17