Capital Hill PUD Page 21 of 67 <br />Planned Unit Development Application - Tentative Stage - Written Statement <br />March 3, 2017 (Revised:June 19, 2017, August 22, 2017) <br />Education/Recreation <br />• 1 mile from the University of Oregon <br />• Recreation right out your front door: Hendricks Park directly abuts the north property <br />line of the development site <br />• Less than 1 mile from a public golf course (Laurelwood Golf course) <br />• 1 % miles to Roosevelt Middle School <br />• 2 miles from South Eugene High School <br />• 1 mile from Edison Elementary School <br />Transportation Systems <br />• Interstate 5 is 2 % miles from the development site and is a major north-south <br />transportation corridor for the Eugene/Springfield area. <br />• 30th Avenue and Amazon Parkway, major connectors through the city of Eugene, are <br />2 % miles from the development site. <br />This development site is ideally located to provide access and opportunities to <br />commercial services, employment centers, and major transportation systems. <br />Policy A.13 Increase overall residential density in the metropolitan area by creating more <br />opportunities for effectively designed in-fill, redevelopment, and mixed use while <br />considering impacts of increased residential density on historic, existing and future <br />neighborhoods. <br />See answer to Policy A.11 above. <br />Any proposed change to a neighborhood that hasn't seen change in a very long time will <br />have impacts. The development is designed in such a way that the units are clustered <br />around the transportation system, while preserving large expanses of contiguous open <br />space and trees. <br />The density proposed is similar to the existing density in the developed neighborhoods to <br />the west and south and lower than what is allowed by the land use code. <br />This development proposes appropriate inlill, considering the underlying zoning, while <br />also minimizing impacts to existing neighborhoods. <br />In this manner, the project effectively creates in-fill development in property already <br />within the UGB. <br />Policy A.17 Provide opportunities for a full range of choice in housing type, density, size, cost, and <br />location. <br />By approving this PUD, the City of Eugene provides further opportunities for housing to <br />be developed that is single family attached or single family detached. Some of these <br />choices will cost less than others to both develop and purchase. This development will <br />add to the broad range of housing type, density, size cost and location found throughout <br />the City of Eugene. <br />Policy A.20 Encourage home ownership of all housing types, particularly for low income households. <br />See response to EC 9.8300 (1)(c)above. <br />Economic Element <br />Policy 13.2 Encourage economic development, which utilizes local and imported capital, <br />entrepreneurial skills, and the resident labor force. <br />Schirmer Satre Group • 375 West 4 m Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 • (541) 686-4540 <br />