PD 84-1 Archive - Laserfiche WebLink

Mr. James Spickerman September 3, 1994 Page 3 4. Maintenance problems associated with invasive roots and plant droppings. The Maple trees (Acer macrophyllum) are intended to be maintained. It is possible that the one in the extreme southwest corner of the site may conflict with the construction of the required perimeter sidewalk. An effort will be made later in the project process to determine if it is possible to preserve this tree or not. Furthermore, the intent of the proposed site landscape plan for the development is to significantly enhance the site with appropriate vegetation. In particular we propose to add a substantial number of trees throughout. These trees would be placed to provide screening, shading (as allowed by the solar code) and visual and environmental relief from the buildings on the site and be of a species compatible with multi - family development. We believe that the loss of the requested vegetation will be more than offset by the additions proposed and will be within both the spirit and intent of the tentative approval provided on August 24, 1984. Given the previous tentative approval of the PUD, the allowed density of the proposed building site. The restrictions of the solar code and concerns for the health, safety and welfare of future residents of the proposed project, it is requested that the developer of the site be allowed to remove all blackberries and cottonwood trees from the site and the restrictions described in your 19 May 1994 memorandum be modified to reflect this change. Concurrent with this request we have submitted a plan and application to the Building Department for a permit to begin site grading. In order to complete this work prior to the rains, we would appreciate your consideration of our request and modification of the memo of May 19 to allow us to remove the Blackberries and Cottonwood trees as a part of our grading work. The second issue is the building height limitation as specified in the Eugene Zoning Code Section 9.534 (a) Residential 1, which limits the height of the main buildings in an R -2 district to 25 feet. This limitation is not a problem for the majority of the proposed structures being considered for the site. Our proposed one bedroom units on the second floor (in 12 of the 144 units) contain a loft over a small portion of the living room. A small addition that adds substantially to the livable space of these units. The roof over the loft area exceeds the 25' limitation. The raised area comprises 32% of the total roof area of the three buildings in question. Our preliminary design section studies indicate that this unit will require a minimum building height of approximately thirty feet, as defined by section 9.015. We have reviewed a set of PUD documents for a similar project on Goodpasture Lakes Loop Road, the Forest Hills Apartments and found their building heights to be approximately thirty feet as well. We therefore request that this project be granted an adjustment from the current height limitation of twenty -five feet to a height of thirty feet. On behalf of the project design team and the property owners, thank you for consideration of these requests. Sincerely, T ERBERGER BENSON PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS PC Dou as A. nson - 2.