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Table 2 Recommended Code and Development Standard Amendment Concepts June 2009 RASOR PARK AND GREENWAY Implement the Rasor Park Master Plan and consider refinements. Consider implement the LCOG's recommendations from the Green way Corridor Enhancement Analysis. Consider a number of specific facilities and park functions that were identified during the public workshops: community gardens; children's play area; gardens; public forum space; sound barrier. Address the issue of unpredictability and uncertainty in Willamette Greenway permitting created for both the multiple property owners and the neighborhood. Typically Willamette Greenway permits are considered on a site by site basis and permitting criteria are very general. Take advantage of a district based Willamette Greenway permitting process to address a number of corridor-wide issues including pedestrian/bicycle connectivity from River Road to the bike path, and view corridors to the river. Code and Development Standard Amendment • The existing Master Plan that emphasizes preservation as a natural resource area should be implemented. • Consider refinements to the plan that address parking location and design, pedestrian interface along River Road, and location and design of pathways and their relationship to abutting properties. • Issues, opportunities and recommendations are identified in the Greenway Corridor Enhancement Analysis for: o Regulatory factors, o Public facilities and recreation, o Natural Resources and water quality, and o Views and visual quality. • Develop a public process to consider public sites within the study area but outside of Rasor Park for community gardens, public assembly areas, and playground areas. • Coordinate this process with the implementation of the Rasor Park Master Plan. • Prepare a single Willamette Greenway permit for the entire area that would streamline development approvals and clarify requirements. • Involve the City, property owners and the neighborhood. • The Greenway Corridor Enhancement Analysis includes a number of elements to be addressed in a single greenway permit. These elements should include pedestrian and bicycle connections between River Road and the West Bank Bike Path. • Encourage property owners to grant conservation easements as an incentive. • Provide incentives for private property owners to restore riparian areas. • Adopt the recommendation from the River Road Conceptual Design Plan for signalized intersections and pedestrian crossings on River Road, and for connections to the river. • Utilize a single Willamette Greenway permit application as the method to assure the connections are implemented as development of private property occurs. • Provide incentives for private property owners to dedicate public access easements and make improvements in advance of development. Develop standards for pedestrian/bike connections. • Establish funding priorities for river connections located on public properties. • Identify opportunities for view corridors from River Road to the river. Incorporate view corridor requirements into design guidelines and standards for private developments. GENERAL-APPLY THROUGHOUT THE AREA Replace the NO Overlay with a Special Area Zone and focus mixed use and nodal development standards on commercial and residential areas. • Remove the ND Overlay. • Adopt a new Special Area Zone with boundaries that include currently zoned R-2, C-1, C-2 and GO areas within the Study Area. Also include R-1 parcels that front River Road.