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Summary of Planned Unit Development Request Lane Transit District, the applicant, is requesting approval to develop a new transit station along River Road between Green Lane and Hunsaker Lane. Currently, service in the area is provided from an existing station located at River Road and Beltline Highway. LTD intends to move the current operations to the new station once completed, bringing new public transit opportunities to the Santa Clara community. The Eugene Code (EC) provides general application requirements for applications, EC 9.7000. There are also specific requirements for each type of application. In this case, a Planned Unit Development (PUD) is a Type III application and the applicant has requested that the Adjustment Review be processed concurrently per the procedures for multiple applications, EC 9.7305. The applicant submitted materials to staff in a meeting on January 24, 2019 that fulfilled the requirement for a Pre-Application Conference per EC 9.7005. The applicant also held a Neighborhood/Applicant Meeting on December 11, 2018 and submitted materials demonstrating that the meeting met the requirements of EC 9.7007. Planned Unit Developments also set application requirements per EC 9.8310 - Tentative Planned Unit Development General Application Requirements. As part of those requirements a professional design team must be assembled as part of the application. Per EC 9.8310(2)(b)(1) states that, unless waived by the Planning Director, the professional design team is required to have an Oregon Licensed Arborist. The professional design team does include a licensed landscape architect who has demonstrated professional knowledge of the Eugene Code requirements. The site is flat and relatively void of trees; therefore, pursuant to EC 9.8310(2)(b), the Planning Director has waived the requirement for a licensed arborist on the professional design team. The materials submitted by the applicant demonstrate that all requirements have been met. The proposal also requires an adjustment to the Eugene Code for maximum front yard setbacks. Per EC Table 9.2170- Commercial Zone General Building Heights and Setback Standards. The required maximum setback for buildings from the front property line is 15 feet. The applicant is proposing a bus drivers relief building that is 37 feet from the property line off Green Lane and 115 feet from River Road. The Adjustment Review approval criteria are at EC 9.8030 and are discussed later in this staff report. The property also has a /SR Site Review overlay zone, which would normally require submittal of a Site Review application. However, EC 9.8430 provides that a Planned Unit Development can be processed in lieu of a Site Review application. Since the applicant submitted a PUD application, no Site Review approval is required. Public Notice/Referrals To provide nearby property owners and residents an opportunity to review and comment on this request, public notice was mailed on May 17, 2019, to all owners and occupants of property within 500 feet of the subject property and the affected neighborhood association, Santa Clara Community Organization, consistent with Eugene Code requirements. The Planning Division received one letter of support from the Santa Clara Community Organization neighborhood group, prior to the publishing of this staff report. Any testimony received following the completion of this staff report, and prior to the public hearing, will be presented to the Hearings Official at the hearing. The Planning Division also provided information concerning the application to other appropriate City and County departments, public agencies, service providers, and the affected neighborhood group. All referral comments received by the Planning Division on this application are included in the application file for reference and addressed in the context of applicable approval criteria and standards in the following June 2019 Staff Report: Santa Clara Transit Station - PDT 19-1/ARA 19-1 Page 3 of 23