CONTE - EXHIBIT D <br />AM <br />• Planning <br />Memorandum <br />Date: April 12, 2017 <br />To: Eugene Planning Commission <br />99 west 1011 Avenue <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />Phone: 541-682-5377 <br />Fax: 541-682-5572 <br />www.eugene-or.gov/planning <br />From: Erik Berg-Johansen, Associate Planner, City of Eugene Planning Division <br />Subject: Oakleigh Cohousing Remand (PDT 13-1) - Open Record Period Staff Memo <br />Oakleieh Lane - Street Standards <br />The City's current street design standards, the "Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene <br />Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways," were adopted by the City Council in 1999. They <br />are located in Attachment A of the Eugene Arterial & collector Street Plan (ACSP). The Design <br />Standards and Guidelines document includes design guidelines and requirements for local <br />streets, which are split up into 3 types depending on the volume of traffic expected to use the <br />street (measured in Average Daily Trips, or ADT). The three types are: access lane, low-volume <br />residential, and medium-volume residential. Oakleigh Lane fits into the low-volume residential <br />type. Low-volume streets are further split up into different types. One type, referred to as a <br />"queuing" street is described as follows: <br />On local residential streets with traffic volumes less than 750 vehicles per day, a <br />single 14' traffic lane may be permitted for both directions of vehicular travel. <br />The single traffic lane is intended to create a "queuing street"; such that when <br />opposing vehicles meet, one of the vehicles must yield by pulling into a vacant <br />portion of the adjacent parking lane. This queuing effect has been found to be an <br />effective and safe method to reduce speeds and non-local traffic (Exhibit A to the <br />ACSP, Street Design Standards, Page 36). <br />The concept creates a safe and efficient environment by utilizing intermittent on-street parking <br />(or other lane reductions) to achieve a built in traffic calming effect. This concept is applied <br />City-wide for new local street construction. <br />The City Attorney's office completed additional research to determine whether or not the Fire <br />Code "overrides" the City's adopted street standards. As detailed in an email from the City <br />Attorney (see Attachment A), the City's locally adopted street width standards override the Fire <br />Code recommendations for clear widths. A memo from Public Works staff discussing Local <br />Access Roads (LARs), right-of-way width, and parking is also included as Attachment B. Fire <br />