Capital Hill PUD Page 30 of 67 <br />Planned Unit Development Application - Tentative Stage - Written Statement <br />March 3. 2017 Revised:June 19. 2017 <br />The current natural characteristics of the South Hills includes elements of the forest, as well as <br />elements of human occupancy. <br />This development will have little to no impact on the view into the site from the valley floor and will <br />have very little impact to the continuity of the tree cover that is currently visible when looking into <br />the site. As stated previously, the existing properties to the west of this development site have <br />extensive mature vegetation that will continue to screen the future homes from view. <br />The buildings will not be seen beyond the property, except by immediate neighbors directly across <br />Capital Drive. The existing trees on the developed lots directly west of the property on both Capital <br />Drive and Cresta De Ruta are very mature and serve to screen the development site from views <br />into the site. Very few of the existing trees on the site, near the existing house (shown in pink on <br />the Site Plan) and Lots 1,2 and 3 make up the existing view into the site as a result of the mature <br />vegetation to the west. <br />We have not been able to visually locate (with the naked eye) the existing 2 story and in some <br />places 3 story pink house on Lot 23 (it is painted pink) from the valley floor. This should be visible if <br />anything up there is. This house sits at the highest point on the development site (elevation 924). <br />Practically speaking the only proposed and vacant lots that orient to the valley floor are Lots 1,2,3, <br />21,22,24,25 and 26. <br />Lot 22 contains very few trees and has a large portion of the property that requires no tree removal <br />for development. <br />Lots 1 and 2 contain a few of the health douglas firs and yet existing trees across the street and <br />existing homes will prevent views into the site (from off site) to see these homes. <br />Lot 3 contains very few significant trees and is also screened from view by existing mature trees to <br />the west and existing homes. <br />Lot 21 configuration "forces" the buildable area around to the eastern portion of the lot away from <br />Capital Drive. It too is screened by mature off-site vegetation and existing homes. <br />Lot 24 contains the carriage house (garage) for the house on Lot 23. It is already a 2 story structure <br />and cannot be viewed from off-site. It is the perfect place to construct a new home. We have not <br />been able to locate this structure from off-site either as a result of existing mature off-site trees and <br />homes that screen the view. <br />Lot 25 and 26 have generous buildable areas and preservation of some of the tree could be <br />possible. Not all trees are in good condition. <br />Of the 32 lots only 8 have the potential to be viewed from beyond the property to the west and it is <br />highly unlikely they will be as a result of the mature trees off-site and directly west. <br />The proposed Cupola Drive (private drive) has been located as closely as is practical in the existing <br />footprint of the vehicular circulation that was previously created on site in the past for the owner to <br />get around the property and maintain it. In this manner cut and fill has been minimized to the <br />greatest extent practical. The private drive could not be viewed from off-site and the removal of <br />those trees required to install the drive is minimal. <br />There is a thick border of preservation area on the eastern portion of the site. This area is in <br />addition to the existing vegetation on city owner property to the east. The topography on the <br />eastern boundary of the property is quite steep and the city owner property contains various <br />topographic outcroppings which makes views into the site form the Ribbon Trail challenging. One <br />Schirmer Satre Group • 375 West 4 m Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 • (541) 686-4540 <br />