SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (8-22-17)

Capital Hill PUD Page 57 of 67 Planned Unit Development Application - Tentative Stage - Written Statement March 3, 2017 (Revised:June 19, 2017, August 22, 2017) (3) Exemptions to Solar Setback Requirements. A building is exempt from the solar setback standards when any of the following conditions exist: (e) PUD Exemption. The lot is identified as being exempt from solar setback provisions through an approved PUD application where one or more of the following exists: 1. The lot has been identified as being exempt from solar setback standards. The subdivision is exempt from complying with the solar lot standards. Therefore, all lots are exempt from meeting solar setback requirements. EC 9.3000 Special Area Zones The development site is not located within a Special Area Zone. EC 9.4300 Purpose of /PD Planned Unit Development Overlay Zone. The /PD Planned Unit Development Overlay Zone is intended to achieve the following: (1) Provide flexibility in architectural design, placement and clustering of buildings, use of open space and outdoor living areas, and provision of facilities for the circulation of automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and mass transit, parking, storage, and other considerations related to site design. (2) Promote an attractive, safe, efficient, and stable environment that incorporates a compatible variety and mix of uses and dwelling types. (3) Provide for economy of shared services and facilities. (4) Encourage the construction of a variety of housing types at price ranges necessary to meet the needs of all income groups in the city. (5) Enhance the opportunity to achieve higher densities. (6) Preserve natural resource areas. This development meets the purpose of the /PD overlay zone through its thoughtful and sensitive design with respect to surrounding context and uses, as well as its focus on providing infill that meets overall city values and goals. The development clusters buildings to best preserve natural resources and to ensure efficacy in the provision of shared facilities and services. A third of the site is dedicated to open space and the preservation of significant trees and vegetation. Moreover, the site provides safe and adequate transportation facilities that promote effective circulation of automobiles through improving Capital Drive and providing a private drive, Cupola Drive, that ensures circulation throughout the site. There site is designed to promote an attractive, safe, efficient, and stable environment, which is further bolstered through the compatible mix of dwelling types on the site. In addition to the site containing a variety of residential types, including single family attached and detached units, the development is bordered by other residential development and recreational uses. As previously mentioned in this section and throughout the written statement, lots are clustered to provide access to shared facilities, which reduces the cost of new development (as opposed to extending facilities to accommodate development on the urban fringe). Again, the range of housing types provides a compatible mix of dwelling units that provide an opportunity for residents of varying economic abilities to access a neighborhood that may have previously been inaccessible. The development is at a density range that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and provides more dwelling units to the City's overall housing supply, while still preserving natural resource areas. If the development was to build at the maximum allowable density, it would come at the detriment of preserving trees, wildlife corridors, and vegetation. For the reasons above, the PUD meets the purpose of the Planned Unit Development Overlay Zone and exceeds the standards in the above criterion. EC 9.4310 Applicability. The /PD overlay zone applies to all property where /PD is indicated on the Eugene overlay zone map, or when the PUD process is required by an adopted refinement Schirmer Satre Group • 375 West 4 m Avenue, Suite 201, Eugene, OR 97401 • (541) 686-4540