15 <br /> <br />9.8030 Adjustment Review – Approval Criteria. <br />The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny an adjustment review <br />application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with the following <br />applicable criteria. <br />(39) River Road/Santa Clara Neighborhood Specific Standards. Where this land use code <br />provides that the River Road/Santa Clara Neighborhood Specific Standards can be adjusted, <br />the standards may be adjusted upon finding that the design achieves all of the following: <br />(a) Contributes to the continuity of building facades along the street. <br />(b) Creates an attractive pedestrian environment along all adjacent streets. <br />(c) Is compatible with adjacent development. <br /> <br />9.9500 Adopted Plan Policies. <br />The adopted plan policies set forth in the sections beginning at EC 9.9500 shall be used when <br />applicable for purposes of evaluating applicable adopted plan policies pertaining to <br />subdivisions, partitions, and site review. However, in accordance with Metro Plan Policy A.9, a <br />maximum residential density established by an adopted plan policy set forth in EC 9.9500 <br />through EC 9.9710 may not be applied to an application proposing middle housing. For <br />purposes of this section, a maximum residential density includes but is not limited to, a <br />minimum lot size requirement, a limit on the number of dwelling units per acre, or another <br />similar regulation that has the effect of limiting residential density. <br />[9.9610 River Road – Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan Policies. <br />(1) General Land Use. Minimize land use conflicts by promoting compatibility between land <br />uses, especially among residential, commercial-industrial, and commercial-agricultural uses. <br />(Policy 1) <br />(2) Residential Land Use. <br />(a) Recognize and maintain the predominately low-density residential character of the <br />area consistent with the Metro Plan. (Policy 1) <br />(b) Evaluate traffic and compatibility impacts when considering new residential <br />development on parcels fronting arterial streets. (Policy 3) <br />(c) Provide adequate buffering and traffic control for existing non-residential development <br />fronting River Road, (to minimize conflicts with surrounding development). (Policy 4)