Capital Hill PUD Page 39 of 63 <br />Planned Unit Development Application - Tentative Stage - Written Statement <br />March 3, 2017 <br />Cars exiting Street A at that intersection and traveling south have clear visibility for any <br />cars coming from the terminus of Capital Drive. <br />(2) Offsets The minimum intersection offset shall be 100 feet on a local street, 200 feet on a <br />collector street. And 400 feet from and arterial street unless adjusted through the process for <br />adjustments to standards EC 9.8030 (12)(c) Offsets shall be measured from the center lines of <br />the two intersecting streets. <br />Capital Drive and Crests de Ruta are both local streets. The intersection of Capital and Street <br />A is well over 100 feet apart. The northern most and southern most intersections of Capital <br />Drive and Street A are well over 500 feet from each other. <br />EC 9.6835 Public Accessways <br />(1) The city shall require within the development site the dedication to the public and improvement <br />of accessways for pedestrians and bicyclist use to connect the development site to adjacent <br />cul-de-sacs or to an adjacent site that is undeveloped, publicly owned, or developed with an <br />accessway that connects to the subject site, provided the city makes findings to demonstrate <br />consistency with constitutional requirements. <br />None of these conditions exist on this site. Therefore, there is no need for public dedication of <br />accessways for pedestrian and bicyclist use. <br />EC 9.6840 Reserve Strips. <br />The city manager may require the developer to dedicate a reserve strip controlling the access to a <br />street or alley when a reserve strip is necessary to address one or more of the following: <br />(1) To prevent access to abutting land at the end of the street in order to assure the proper <br />extension of the street pattern and the orderly development of land lying beyond the street. <br />This condition does not exist. <br />(2) To prevent access to the side of a street on the side where additional width is required to meet <br />right-of-way standards provided in Table 9.6870 Right-of-Way and Paving Widths. <br />This condition does not exist. <br />(3) To prevent access to land abutting a street of the development, but not within the development <br />itself. <br />There may or may not need to be a reserve strip dedicated at the terminus of Capital Drive. <br />One was not found when researching the records, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. <br />(4) To prevent access to land unsuitable for development. <br />This condition does not exist. <br />(5) To prevent access prior to payment of street improvement assessments or connection <br />charges. <br />No known street improvement assessment or connection charges will be required as a result of <br />this development. <br />(6) To prevent access to an arterial or collector street when such access would be inconsistent <br />with EC 7.420. <br />Capital Drive is a local street. <br />EC 9.6845 Special Safety Requirements. <br />Except for applications proposing needed housing, where necessary to insure safety, reduce traffic <br />hazards and promote the welfare of the general public, pedestrians, bicyclists and residents of the <br />subject area, the planning director or public works director may require that local streets and alleys <br />be designed to discourage their use by non-local motor vehicle traffic and encourage their use by <br />local motor vehicle traffic, pedestrians, bicyclists, and residents of the area. <br />Capital Drive is proposed to be improved in the existing right of way. Street A is a looped street that <br />connects to Capital Drive at 2 intersections. This development does not create, encourage, or <br />Schirmer Satre Group . 375 West 4 `h Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 . (541) 686-4540 <br />