From:Patrick Clark <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 7:19:37 PM <br />You don't often get email from patrick.james.clark@gmail.com. Learn why this is important <br />[EXTERNAL ] <br />Hello Mr. Gioello – <br /> <br />I am writing to respectfully submit my comments pertaining to applications PUD 24-001 and ST 24- <br />003, which are scheduled to be addressed at a public hearing 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. The proposed plan shows 39 lots, with <br />Lot 39 subdivided into 4 units for Middle Housing, totalling 42 lots for development. Of these <br />42 lots, only 22 have direct access to the standard 2-lane roads proposed by the developer. <br />The result is that 20 lots are limited to access solely via long, private driveways that will be <br />inaccessible to emergency fire and medical vehicles. Not only does this design unnecessarily <br />risk the safety of future residents of these 20 lots, but it also risks the safety of neighboring <br />lots and structures. If emergency vehicles are unable to quickly and safely access the <br />impacted homes, fire could spread uncontrolled to neighboring properties. <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 of which terminate in dead ends. The application does not <br />provide the critical safety measure of adequate emergency access, and as such fails to meet <br />Eugene building codes. <br />· The two dead-end roads and numerous long private drives shown in the application fail <br />to account for resident parking. Residents will be forced to park along the side of the roads <br />or the sides of the private drives, both of which are already narrow. This will further restrict <br />the ability of emergency vehicles to access the proposed properties. The 42 lots in the <br />application will be subject to Oregon’s new Middle Housing codes, which allow for the <br />possibility of up to 4 units to be built on each lot. If each unit is occupied by two adults who <br />each own a car, that could mean up to 336 cars parked in a manner that severely impacts <br />emergency vehicle access. Conversely, even if only 20% of the proposed lots had 2 units <br />each and the 4 sub-divisions of Lot 39 each have 4 units (Lot 39 is explicitly designated for <br />middle housing) and the remainder were developed with single family homes, the result <br />would still represent the substantial impact of 130 cars which would need to be parked <br />somewhere. <br />· It is therefore extremely likely that the Planned Unit Development will result in 100 or