existing Multi-Family Development standards at EC 9.5500(6) limit the maximum length of building <br />facades to 100 feet within 40 feet of a front property line. This example provided a starting point for <br />staff's recommendation at 80 feet, with some additional degree of separation in closest proximity to the <br />Greenway setback. The proposed standard would therefore only apply to buildings constructed within <br />40 feet of the Greenway setback line. This will provide a relatively simple, balanced, clear and objective <br />tool to regulate the mass and scale of buildings constructed nearest the river, providing additional open <br />spaces between buildings on a given development site and to facilitate views to and from the river <br />overall. <br />Public/Pedestrian Access (See Draft Code at EC 9.8814(4)) <br />The proposed approval criteria at EC 9.8814(4) include pedestrian access standards to housing proposed <br />with five or more dwelling units. This threshold was specifically chosen to maintain consistency with <br />receas it relantly revised pedestrian circulation standards at EC 9.6730(2)(c), as part of the Middle <br />Housing code amendments which now only apply to residential development with five or more units <br />rather than the lesser threshold of three units previously based on multi-family development standards. <br />The proposed access standards are designed to be consistent with these recently adopted pedestrian <br />circulation standards at a threshold of five units which generally create a level of impact and need for <br />these additional pedestrian facilities as compared to less intense middle housing or single-unit <br />development types. <br />The proposed standard at EC 9.8814(4)(a)2. also requires a public access connection when a <br />development site is not within 500 feet of a mapped public access point. The standard requires that the <br />access connection extend from the property line of a development site along the Willamette River to <br />existing public ways (i.e. adjacent public streets and the multi-use path along the river). For the sake of <br />comparison, staff notes that currently EC 9.6810 limits block length for local streets to 600 feet unless an <br />exception is granted. The intent of this standard is to promote public access connection spacing along <br />the Greenway that is not more than a standard block in length. The spacing requirement was reduced <br />to 500 feet to account for the portion of the development site a pedestrian might have to traverse in <br />addition length of the connection. The goal with the use of the proposed map showing existing public <br />access points, along with a measurable distance to trigger the applicability of the standard, is to remove <br />the potential subjectivity of determining an appropriate distance on a case-by-case basis. <br />Page 16 of 91 <br />