Capital Hill PUD Page 39 of 67 <br />Planned Unit Development Application - Tentative Stage - Written Statement <br />March 3, 2017 Revised:June 19, 2017 <br />ponds, streams, channels, rivers, lakes or upland wildlife habitat area, or a resource on the <br />National Wetland Inventory or under protection by state or federal law. <br />Capital Drive is already dedicated as a public street and terminates at the north property line <br />that abuts Hendricks Park. By definition, there are no blocks in this area as the land is not <br />surrounded on all sides by public street right-of-way, either existing or proposed. <br />Moreover, physical conditions preclude the connection of the existing right-of-way to any other <br />existing right-of-way. To the west is existing and fully improved lots, to the north is Hendricks <br />Park (public land), to the south are fully improved lots, and to the east are slopes greater than <br />or equal to 30% and the Ribbon Trail property (public land). <br />Therefore an exception is requested. <br />(2) Buildings or other existing development on adjacent lands, including previously subdivided but <br />vacant lots or parcels, physically preclude a block length of 600 feet or less considering the <br />potential for development. <br />See response to (1) above. <br />(4) As part of a Type II or Type III process, the developer demonstrates that a strict application of <br />the 600 foot requirement would result in a street network that is no more beneficial to vehicular, <br />pedestrian or bicycle traffic than the proposed street network and that the proposed street <br />network will accommodate necessary emergency access. <br />See answer to (1) above. <br />EC 9.6815 Connectivity for Streets <br />(2) Street Connectivity Standards <br />(a) All streets and alleys shall be public unless the developer demonstrates that a public street <br />or alley is not necessary for compliance with this land use code or the street connectivity <br />standards of subparagraphs (b) to (e) of this subsection. <br />Capital Drive is already a public street. Cupola Drive is proposed as a private drive. <br />Numerous discussions with Public Works staff has supported designating and building <br />Cupola Drive as a private drive. The smaller footprint of a private drive versus a public <br />street will reduce the impact of the street construction on the development site. <br />(b) The proposed development shall include street connections in the direction of all existing <br />or planned streets within mile of the development site. The proposed development shall <br />also include street connections to any streets that abut, are adjacent to, or terminate at the <br />development site. <br />Capital Drive terminates at the north boundary of the property, which is the south boundary <br />of Hendricks Park. No right-of-way exists in Hendricks Park, but Capital Drive creates a <br />connection in that direction as required by the connectivity standards. <br />A street connection is not proposed to abut the east property line (west property line of the <br />Ribbon Trail), as the topography is too steep to propose a road. In all practicality, there will <br />likely never be a connection from Capital Drive through the Ribbon Trail property. <br />(c) The proposed development shall include streets that extend to undeveloped or partially <br />developed land that is adjacent to the development site or that is separated from the <br />development site by a drainage channel, transmission easement, survey gap or similar <br />property condition. The streets shall be in locations that will enable adjoining properties to <br />connect to the proposed development's street system. <br />Capital Drive currently exists as a 50' wide dedicated public right-of-way that extends north <br />to the place where it abuts into the south property line of Hendricks Park. Although it might <br />appear in map view that a connection could be made at the terminus of Capital Drive at <br />Hendricks Park to the terminus of Highland Drive, it would require installing a road across <br />park property and on a slope of over 30%. (see attached Traffic Safety Study) <br />Schirmer Satre Group • 375 West 4 m Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 • (541) 686-4540 <br />