PH-1 Pre-Hearing Exhibit #1 <br />Staff also notes -1, Low-Density Residential Zone implements, and is consistent <br />with, the low-density residential land use designation for the subject property in the Metro Plan. <br />The subject property is zoned R-1, and the proposed PUD is therefore subject to the applicable R-1 <br />zoning provisions as discussed throughout the following approval criteria and related standards. <br />To the extent that the PUD is found to be consistent with those applicable zoning provisions and <br />the PUD approval criteria, as is the case here, it is also consistent with the more general policies of <br />the Metro Plan and the approval criterion here at EC 9.8320(1). <br /> <br />EC 9.8320(2): The PUD is consistent with applicable adopted refinement plan policies. <br /> <br />The River Road / Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan (RR/SC UFP) serves as the applicable adopted <br />refinement plan for the area included in this tentative PUD proposal. The property is designated Low- <br />Density Residential on the Land Use Diagram in the refinement plan. Based on the prior findings at EC <br />9.8320(1), which are incorporated here by reference, the proposed development complies with the <br />applicable plan designation as implemented through the R-1 zone. The applicant has also addressed <br />several RR/SC UFP policies (pages 23 through 25 of th <br />To the extent those polices are applicable or relevant to this request, staff generally concurs with the <br /> <br /> <br />Further, the Residential Land Use Element Policy 2.0 provides for a diversity of housing types; the <br />related action suggested by the RR/SC UFP at 2.1 calls for innovative residential development, such as <br />planned unit developments, for new residential development on larger parcels (page 2-14). Based on <br />the above findings, the PUD is consistent with the applicable criterion here, at EC 9.8320(2). <br /> <br />EC 9.8320(3): The PUD will provide adequate screening from surrounding properties including, <br />but not limited to, anticipated building locations, bulk, and height. <br /> <br />Surrounding properties are primarily developed with single-family dwellings on individual lots. The <br />abutting lands to the west and north are vacant lots designated for low-density residential use. <br />City parkland abuts the east property boundary, which is zoned with the /WR Water Resource <br />overlay that establishes a conservation area abutting the Willamette River, farther to the east. <br /> <br />West Property Line With regard to building locations and screening along the west property <br />toward the midpoint of the property with a recycling building, and flanked to the north and south <br />by gravel parking spaces. The residential development standards at EC 9.2750 require structures <br />to be setback five feet from property lines and 10 feet between structures. The parking area <br />standards at EC 9.6420 require vehicle parking spaces to be on a durable, dust-free surface, with a <br />seven-foot wide landscape strip abutting the property line. <br /> <br />The applicant states that their proposed gravel parking spaces will be durable and dust-free <br />because the gravel will be placed over drainage fabric, rather than dirt. Instead of a building <br />, a continuous eight-foot tall <br />concrete wall with espaliered trees every ten feet, along the west property line. Since the <br />proposed wall is over six feet in height, it is also considered a structure that is subject to the <br />setback requirement. The proposed design requires a modification to code standards, which is <br /> <br />Staff Report: Oakleigh Meadows Cohousing September 2013 Page 6 <br /> <br /> <br />