April 2021 1 <br />Overview of Adoption Package and Code Actions <br />The River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan adoption package will include: <br />1.The River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan document articulates the community vision in a <br />formally adopted, legally binding land use plan that includes the policy direction to provide a <br />consistent course of action and move the community toward attainment of its goals. <br />a.Implementation of the Neighborhood Plan will be supported by the non-regulatory <br />Action Plan that captures community identified actions that are possible strategies to <br />implement the policies. <br />2.Supporting legal components including associated comprehensive plan and refinement plan <br />amendments, zone changes, and land use code amendments. <br />a.Special Area Zone will include land use code standards to implement community vision. <br />Group 1 includes actions that staff recommend be implemented with adoption of the <br />River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan. <br />1.Vibrant Mixed-Use Corridor – As part of the Special Area Zone, develop detailed land use code <br />to implement the Corridor Mixed-Use and Corridor Residential land use concepts in alignment <br />with the community vision. Part of the vision is to support walkable 20-minute neighborhoods <br />through land use regulations. This vision will also be implemented over time through non- <br />regulatory actions such as transportation and park projects. The land use concept will include <br />regulations for permitted uses, height, building size and parking, among others. <br />•The Corridor Mixed-Use concept will allow thriving mixed-use neighborhood centers at <br />key locations to provide a community gathering space, commercial services, and a 20- <br />minute neighborhood for the residential zones adjacent to the corridor. <br />•The Corridor Residential concept will allow increased density and housing choices along <br />the key transit corridor and adjacent to neighborhood centers and transition from <br />higher density mixed-use districts to lower density residential areas. <br />2.Transitions and Compatibility – As part of the Special Area Zone, develop standards, such as <br />sloped setbacks, balcony offsets, and landscape buffering that provide transitions between <br />properties zoned for commercial or multifamily and lower-density residential. Compatibility will <br />also be considered as the Special Area Zone is developed. <br />a.Feasibility concerns identified by staff: Part of priority action 11.2.1 states “Prohibit <br />upper story balconies on housing walls that abut R-1 rear yards unless the buildings are <br />at least 50 feet from the property line.” Staff has concerns with this specific approach, <br />however, agree that transition standards that address privacy concerns should be <br />discussed as part of code development since this is important to the community. It will <br />be important to find the right tool that balances community desires for privacy with <br />development feasibility and citywide goals such as removing barriers to housing. <br />3.Willamette Greenway Overlay – As part of the Special Area Zone, develop a Willamette <br />Greenway Overlay that applies to specific parcels adjacent to the Willamette River in order to <br />provide design transitions and protections for natural resources using clear and objective <br />standards such as height limits, sloped setbacks and landscape buffering. <br />Attachment B <br />May 12, 2021, Work Session - Item 1CC Agenda - Page 8