From:Katie Buss <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:Regarding PUD 24-001 and ST 24-003: July 10th Public Hearing <br />Date:Tuesday, July 9, 2024 6:40:52 PM <br />You don't often get email from buss.katie@gmail.com. Learn why this is important <br />[EXTERNAL ] <br />Hello Mr. Gioello – <br /> <br />Please accept submission of my comments below as pertaining to applications PUD 24-001 and ST <br />24-003, which will be addressed at a public hearing scheduled via Zoom at 5pm on Wednesday, July <br />10th. <br /> <br />The property owner is seeking a Clear and Objective approval and yet fails to meet Eugene building <br />codes on several fronts, especially pertaining to traffic and safety that I find extremely concerning as <br />a neighborhood resident. <br /> <br />· EC 9.6815 requires that new developments include streets that safely and efficiently <br />accommodate emergency fire and medical vehicles. In the proposed plan, 39 lots are shown, <br />with the intent of Lot 39 to be subdivided into 4 units for Middle Housing, resulting in 42 lots <br />available for development in all. Of these 42 lots, only 22 have direct access to the standard <br />2-lane roads proposed by the developer, resulting in 20 lots limited to access solely via long, <br />private driveways that will be unable to appropriately accommodate emergency fire and <br />medical vehicles. This is an unnecessary design that not only puts at risk the future residents <br />of these 20 lots, but neighboring lots and structures as well, which could be impacted by a <br />spreading fire if emergency vehicles are unable to quickly and safely access the impacted <br />homes. <br />· EC 9.6815(2)(d) additionally requires secondary access for fire and emergency medical <br />vehicles, which is not provided for in the development plan. Two proposed streets are <br />shown in the application, both terminating in dead ends. The application fails to provide for <br />this critical safety measure and as such fails to meet Eugene building codes. <br />· The two dead-end roads and manifold long private drives shown in the application fail to <br />account for resident parking. If residents are forced to park along the side of the roads or the <br />sides of the private drives, that will further restrict the room available for emergency vehicle <br />access. The 42 lots in the application will fall under the terms of Oregon’s new Middle <br />Housing codes, which allow for up to 4 units per lot. If each unit is occupied by two adults <br />who each own a car, that could mean up to 336 cars parked in a manner that impacts <br />emergency vehicle access. If even only 20% of lots had two units each and the 4 sub- <br />divisions of Lot 39 each have 4 units (as that Lot is explicitly designated for middle housing) <br />and the remainder were developed with single units, that would still have a substantial <br />impact, with 130 cars needing to go somewhere. <br />· It is therefore extremely likely that the Planned Unit Development will result in 100 or <br />more peak hour trips and should be subject to a Traffic Impact Analysis, as would usually be <br />required. I live on Herald Lane, which came close to qualifying as having hazardous traffic