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Per EC 7.280, development proposals that involve the creation of streets are required to create attractive and healthy neighborhood environments that include street trees. An approved street tree plan and a financial guarantee that the street trees will be planted, in accordance with requirements in Eugene Code 7.280, will be required by the Urban Forester during the street dedication process. In regards to EC 9.605(4), with the exception of Suzanne Way, Tennyson Avenue between Melville and Suzanne Way and Shadow View Drive between Crescent Drive and the private park blocks, the applicant is proposing setback sidewalks as required by the local street design standards on the proposed interior streets. A curbside walk on the north side of Tennyson Avenue between Melville and Suzanne Way is allowable in infill situations to reduce the right of way widths adjacent to existing development and on commercial streets. The applicant is also requesting an adjustment to meander the sidewalk at driveway aprons along the east side of Lord Byron Place for constructability. Public Works staff concurs that this may be necessary to allow vehicles sufficient clearance to enter parking levels without bottoming-out. Public Works staff shall review and approve specific design details during construction permitting with the intent of maximizing setback sidewalk use. The applicant is proposing a meandering sidewalk along existing Crescent Avenue right of way. However, there is insufficient right-of-way to construct the public sidewalk as proposed. Therefore, the public sidewalk shall be placed within the existing right-of-way in a setback alignment. The applicant is also proposing to highlight the pedestrian ways with brick or other contrasting color. Final design details will be completed during the privately engineered public improvement process, but Public Works prefers the use of stamped or colored concrete, which has less maintenance liability. Sidewalks are typically constructed with building permits, but sidewalks adjacent to developed properties, common areas, and unbuildable areas, shall be designed and constructed during the PEPI process. In regards to EC 9.6505(5), a pedestrian path is proposed from Lord Byron Place to the existing path to the east. This criterion is evaluated under criterion EC 9.6835; those findings are incorporated here by reference. Design and construction of the pedestrian path shall be included with the privately engineered public improvements for the North Townhouses Phase. In regards to EC 9.65 10, the applicant is proposing to privately engineer and construct stormwater drainage facilities within the development site and discharge stormwater runoff into the existing public stormwater facilities along the east site boundary and Crescent Avenue. As indicated in the 2002 Stormwater Basin Master Plan, the facilities are sufficiently sized to accommodate the future developed runoff from this site. Public Works staff concludes this information is adequate to demonstrate compliance with this criterion. Stormwater drainage facilities within the development site shall be sized and constructed in accordance with Chapters 6 and 7 of the Eugene Code. Detailed analysis and design studies will be required during the PEPI review, the approved system capacity and design shall be consistent with the analysis approved by PW staff. The applicant indicates that stormwater facilities will be provided and dedicated to the public, but the PUD drawings do not indicate which facilities will be private nor which will be public. With the exception of private connections, private facilities will not be permitted within the public rights of ways or public utilities. Public stormwater facilities shall be located within public rights of way and public utility easements as necessary to ensure that public rights of way include public drainage facilities to prevent flooding in the public streets and to serve the adjacent lot drainage needs. Public Staff Report for Crescent Village PUD (PDT 04-1) April 19, 2004 Page 28 of 54