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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 20181 ORDINANCE NO. 20181 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS; AMENDING SECTION 9.045 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; REPEALING THE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 19922 AND ADOPTING THE NOVEMBER 1999 STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP; ADOPTING THE NOVEMBER 1999 EUGENE STREET CLASSIFICATION MAP; AND ADOPTING THE NOVEMBER 1999 EUGENE ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREET PLAN AS FINDINGS. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The 1986 TransPlan adopted by the City Council is the current long-range transportation plan for the Eugene-Springfield area and is the basis for the transportation elements in the adopted and acknowledged Metro Plan. B. In Eugene, as in other cities, a large portion of the public right-of-way is devoted to transportation facilities such as streets, sidewalks, bikeways, and access ways used by automobiles, trucks, transit vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. C. In order to ensure the safe and efficient use and operation of each of these facilities and the judicious use of the public right-of-way, City staff has developed the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan , a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C, hereto. The Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan is consistent with adopted City policy, and has been reviewed by and recommended for approval by the Eugene Planning Commission. D. Included as a component of the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan is a map entitled November 1999 Street Classification Map that depicts the classification of major streets within the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary, that is consistent with TransPlan and the Metro Plan, and implements the goals and policies contained therein. The classification of streets into Major Arterials, Minor Arterials, Major Collectors, and Neighborhood Collectors represents a reasonable basis for classification, and the criteria to be used in determining the specific widths for right-of-way and paving, and provides reasonable guidance to the public, Council, and City administrative staff. Local Streets, as described in the Eugene Local Street Plan, are shown on the November 1999 Street Classification Map for purposes of general context, but Local Streets are not being classified herein. The November 1999 Street Classification Map attached as Exhibit A hereto should therefore be adopted, and to the extent any conflict exists with the Eugene Local Street Plan, the descriptions in the Eugene Local Street Plan should control. E. The Citys current Street Right-of-Way Map was adopted by Ordinance No. 19922 on = Ordinance - 1 June 21, 1993. Adoption of the November 1999 Street Classification Map attached as Exhibit A will introduce inconsistencies between the November 1999 Street Classification Map and the adopted Street Right-of-Way Map that must be addressed through amendments to the Street Right-of-Way Map. The Street Right-of-Way Map should therefore be amended as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto. F. The Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan attached as Exhibit C contains findings that the actions proposed herein are consistent with TransPlan and the Metro Plan, and implements the goals and policies contained therein, and should be adopted in support of such action. Now, therefore, based on the above findings, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b)3.b. of Section 9.045 of the Eugene Code, 1971 are amended as follows: 9.045 Platting Standards - Streets and Roads. (2) Street Width. (a) Street right-of-way map. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 20181, the council has adopted the Street Right-of-Way Map designating the widths of street right-of-way and street paving for specific street segments. Any street segment for which no widths are designated on this map shall have the maximum widths for its classification as set forth in subparagraph (b)3.b. of this section. Hereafter the Street Right-of-Way Map may be amended or modified as provided in paragraph (2)(b) hereof. (b) Procedures to amend right-of-way map. Widths for proposed new streets or specific street segments as shown on the Street Right-of-Way Map may be determined, amended or modified using any one of the following procedures: 3. When entering an order concerning the Street Right-of-Way Map under subparagraph (b)2. above the following criteria shall be considered: b. The following general determination of widths by type of street: Type of Street Right-of-Way Width Paving Width* Major Arterials 100' - 120' 68' - 94' Minor Arterials 65' - 100' 34' - 70' Major Collector 60' - 75' 32' - 44' Ordinance - 2 Neighborhood Collector 40' - 55' 20' - 43' Local Streets: Alleys 20' 12' - 16' Access Lane 40' - 55' 21' - 28' Low Volume Residential 45' - 55' 20' - 28' Medium Volume Residential 50' - 60' 20' - 34' Commercial and industrial 55' - 70' 30' - 44' * Measured from face to face of curb. Section 2. The November 1999 Street Classification Map attached as Exhibit A hereto is hereby adopted. To the extent any street classification contained in Exhibit A conflicts with a classification contained in any other ordinance, resolution, order or plan, except local streets in the Eugene Local Street Plan, the classification in Exhibit A controls. Section 3. The Street Right-of-Way Map adopted by Ordinance No. 19922 on June 21, 1993 is hereby repealed, and the November 1999 Street Right-of-Way Map attached as Exhibit B hereto is hereby adopted. Section 4. The Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan, including Appendices A through F, attached as Exhibit C hereto is hereby adopted as findings in support of the actions taken herein. Section 5. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the City Attorney, may administratively correct any reference errors contained herein, or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971 to the provisions added, amended, or repealed herein. Passed by the City Council this Approved by the Mayor this 22nd day of November, 1999. 22nd day of November, 1999 /s/ Warren G. Wong /s/ James D. Torrey City Recorder Mayor Ordinance - 3 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-06-01-F of the City Manager ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CRITERIA FOR EXCEPTIONS IN THE ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREET DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES SECTION OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR EUGENE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS AND ACCESS WAYS AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 4608. The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Access Ways ("Design Standards and Guidelines") were adopted by Resolution No. 4608 of the City Council on November 22, 1999. The Design Standards and Guidelines included a section that allowed for exceptions to the Design Standards and Guidelines and provided a list of six Criteria for Exceptions. This Criteria for Exceptions section was also set forth in the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan also adopted on November 22, 1999, as findings in support of Ordinance No. 20181. B. Section 2 of Resolution 4608 specifically authorizes that the adopted Design Standards and Guidelines may be amended in accordance with Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971, (authorizing the City Manager to adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration or enforcement of provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971), and Section 7.085 of the Eugene Code, 1971, (authorizing the City Engineer to prepare standards and standard specifications for construction, reconstruction, or repair of public improvements). C. Pursuant to that authority, on February 28, 2006 I issued Administrative Order No. 58-06-01, and notified the Mayor and City Councilors that I intended to amend the Criteria for Exceptions subsection of the Arterial and Collector Street Design Standards and the Guidelines section of the Design Standards and Guidelines by adding an additional (seventh) exception in order to meet design contingencies not addressed by the current exceptions as recommended by the City Engineer. D. The Notice was also published in the Register Guard, a newspaper of general circulation within the City on March 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 2006. The Notice provided that written comments would be received thereon for a period of 15 days from the first date of publication. No comments were received within the time and manner set forth in the Notice. Now, therefore, based on the above findings, and the findings in Administrative Order No. 58-06-01, I hereby order as follows: Administrative Order - 1 1. The Criteria for Exceptions subsection of the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Access Ways, adopted by Resolution No. 4608 is hereby amended by adding an exception 7) so that the subsection provides in its entirety as follows: Arterial and Collector Street Design Standards and Guidelines Criteria for Exceptions Design standards in this chapter must be met except when an exception can be justified through consideration of the following: 1) Topography or slope constraints; 2) Significant trees or other vegetation; 3) Other natural resource constraints, including wetlands, wildlife habitat, etc.; 4) Historic resources; 5) Insufficient right-of-way, and inability to obtain additional right-of-way at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time frame for the proj ect; 6) Adopted Council policies, including those found in neighborhood plans; 7) For a city-initiated project, the Council decides not to approve a proposed project design that meets the standards of this chapter, but, after a design process that includes input from affected property owners and interested persons, the Council approves a design that the City Engineer determines is safe and functional. 2. The City Recorder is requested to append a copy of this Administrative Order to Resolution No. 4608 and to Ordinance No. 20181 (which adopted the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan as findings) and to note their amendment on the City's indexes of Resolutions and Ordinances. ~ Dated and effective this \0 day of Dennis M. Taylor City Manager Administrative Order - 2 RESOLUTION NO. 4919 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING STREETS WIDTHS IN THE CREST DRIVE AREA, AND AMENDING THE CITY'S DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR EUGENE STREETS SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS AND ACCESSW A YS, THE EUGENE ARTERIAL & COLLECTOR STREET PLAN, AND THE EUGENE LOCAL STREET PLAN. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The City Council adopted the November 1999 Eugene Street Classification Map by Ordinance No. 20181 on November 22, 1999, with the streets in the Crest Drive Area left unclassified pending a study to determine the appropriate classifications and design standards for the neighborhood. B. Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways (Design Standards and Guidelines) were also adopted by the City Council on November 22, 1999 by Resolution No. 4608. These Design Standards and Guidelines are also set forth in the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan adopted as findings in support of Ordinance No. 20181, and street width recommendations are reflected in the Eugene Local Street Plan adopted as findings in support of Ordinance No. 20056. The minimum width allowed under the design standards for local streets and neighborhood streets is 20 feet. C. The City Council directed the City Manager to implement the Crest Drive Neighborhood context sensitive solutions (CSS) process on May 8, 2006, with CSS defined as: Context sensitive solutions is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project development approach that involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that fits its physical setting while maintaining safety and mobility for all users, and reflecting community needs. The goal of CSS is to create early, open, honest, and continuous communication and sharing of information and knowledge throughout the design process. D. The City conducted a topographic survey of all of the streets under consideration, including all of the trees within the public right-of-way. The City's survey crew surveyed over 15,000 data points including the existing edge of pavement, property comers, public and private utilities, structures and trees. All of this survey information was used to generate a set of maps to aid in the street design process. E. The design process involved City staff working with five separate street teams on five separate street segments - Upper Crest, Middle Crest, Lower Crest, Storey and Friendly. Each street team presented its conceptual design to the entire Crest Drive Community Team (CDCT). As part of the design process, each street team evaluated its design using the Themes and Values developed and approved by the CDCT. Resolution - 1 F. Over the course of two meetings on June 28 and July 13, the CDCT reached consensus on the conceptual design for all five street segments. However, the CDCT did not reach agreement on the overall design concept because of an outstanding issue regarding the minimum street width. Through a consensus-based decision process, the CDCT determined there were compelling reasons to support a minimum street width of 18 feet (two nine-foot travel lanes). Reasons supporting the recommendation included the CDCT's themes and values regarding preserved neighborhood livability, reduction of traffic speeds, efficient use of urban land in a rural setting, increased safety for all modes of use, and focus on a footprint that fits the neighborhood's character. As such, an 18-foot street width was perceived to be more consistent with the CDCT's adopted themes and values than a 20-foot street width. Based on those collaboratively developed values, it was the consensus recommendation of the CDCT to pursue a legislative change to the minimum street width (18 feet rather than the prescribed minimum of 20 feet) prior to making a decision on the overall design concept. G. Resolution No. 4608 adopting the Design Standards and Guidelines contains a provision authorizing administrative amendments to the Design Standards and Guidelines. The proposal to approve a minimum street width of 18 feet encompasses a wide range of community interests that are more appropriate for the City Council to resolve, including safety, efficiency, impacts to adjacent and surrounding residents, and costs assessed to affected property owners. Therefore city staff referred this matter to the City Council. H. The City Council held work sessions on the requested amendment to the street width in the Crest Drive Neighborhood on September 19, 2007 and October 8, 2007, a public hearing on October 15, 2007, and based on the above findings and the testimony presented at the public hearing, is now ready to take action. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. The Design Standards and Guidelines for Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways adopted by Resolution No. 4608 of the City Council is amended by adding the following paragraph as subsection (3) to the Vehicle Travel Lane Width Design Standards provision set forth on page 7, and as subsection (5) to paragraph A, the Vehicle Lanes provision of the Local Street Design Standards set forth on page 36: The minimum travel lane width on streets in the area identified as the Crest Drive Area on the Eugene Street Classification Map is 9'. Section 2. The City Recorder is requested to append a copy of this Resolution to Resolution No. 4608, Ordinance No. 20181 and Ordinance No. 20056. To the extent any of the provisions contained therein conflict with the amendment set forth in Section 1 of this Resolution, the amendment contained herein shall prevail. Resolution - 2 Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. The foregoing Resolution adopted the 220d day of October, 2007. Resolution - 3 RESOLUTION NO. 4927 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SIDEWALK WIDTHS IN THE CREST DRIVE AREA, AND AMENDING THE CITY'S DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR EUGENE STREETS SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS AND ACCESSWAYS, THE EUGENE ARTERIAL & COLLECTOR STREET PLAN, AND THE EUGENE LOCAL STREET PLAN. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The City Council adopted the November 1999 Eugene Street Classification Map by Ordinance No. 20181 on November 22, 1999, with the streets in the Crest Drive Area left unclassified pending a study to determine the appropriate classifications and design standards for the neighborhood. B. Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways (Design Standards and Guidelines) were also adopted by the City Council on November 22, 1999 by Resolution No. 4608. These Design Standards and Guidelines are also set forth in the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan adopted as findings in support of Ordinance No. 20181, and street width recommendations are reflected in the Eugene Local Street Plan adopted as findings in support of Ordinance No. 20056. The minimum sidewalk width allowed under the design standards for local streets and neighborhood streets is five feet. C. The City Council directed the City Manager to implement the Crest Drive Neighborhood context sensitive solutions (CSS) process on May 8, 2006, with CSS defined as: Context sensitive solutions is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project development approach that involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that fits its physical setting while maintaining safety and mobility for all users, and reflecting community needs. The goal of CSS is to create early, open, honest, and continuous communication and sharing of information and knowledge throughout the design process. D. The Crest Drive Community Team believes that a sidewalk width of four feet better meets the themes and values identified as part of the context sensitive solutions process. E. The City Council held work sessions on the requested amendment to the sidewalk width in the Crest Drive Neighborhood on January 23, 2008, and a public hearing on February 19, 2008, and based on the above findings and the testimony presented at the public hearing, is now ready to take action. Resolution - 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. The Design Standards and Guidelines for Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways adopted by Resolution No. 4608 of the City Council is amended by adding the following paragraph as subsection (5) to the Sidewalks Design Standards provision set forth on page 10, and as subsection (6) to paragraph F, the Sidewalks provision of the Local Street Design Standards set forth on pages 37 and 38: The minimum sidewalk width in the area identified as the Crest Drive Area on the Eugene Street Classification Map is four feet. Section 2. The City Recorder is requested to append a copy of this Resolution to Resolution No. 4608, Ordinance No. 20181 and Ordinance No. 20056. To the extent any of the provisions contained in Resolution No. 4608 conflict with the amendment set forth in Section 1 of this Resolution, the amendment contained herein shall prevail. Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. The foregoing Resolution adopted the 14th day of April, 2008. _VV\{C~ City Recorder Resolution - 2