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SWEEP Page 6 of 7 Adjustment Review Application: Written Statement November 7, 2025 Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning ADJUSTMENT REVIEW WRITTEN STATEMENT Code criteria is shown as plain text, and my responses (in italics). Project Information The project site is located at the intersection of Chambers Street (a minor arterial) and West 7th Avenue (a major arterial). The applicant is proposing to remodel and change the use of an existing building. The existing access is nonconforming. The site is limited in size and has no other options for providing access. The application requests an adjustment to the city code standards for SWEEP, a commercial development project, to retain the existing access where it is currently located. Adjustment Request: Adjustments to Public Access Required · EC 9.6735 Public Access Required Code Section to Adjust EC 9.6735 (2) Access from a public street to a development site shall be located in accordance with EC 7.420 Access Connections – Location. If a development will increase the development sites peak hour trip generation by less than 50% and will generate less than 20 additional peak our trips, the development sites existing access connections are exempt from this standard. This project proposes a change in use, from existing office and retail to fabrication, office and retail. Per the 11th Edition of ITE’s Trip Generation Manual the proposed use of the building falls into category 710/General Office Building. The description of this category is: “A general office building is a location where affairs of businesses, commercial or industrial organizations, or professional persons or firms are conducted. An office building houses multiple tenants that can include, as examples, professional services, insurance companies, investment brokers, a banking institution, a restaurant, or other service retailers.” Per the ITE, the Weekday AM Peak Hour of the Adjacent Street’s has an average rate of 1.52 trips/1,000 sq ft of gross floor area (TGSF). Therefore, multiplying the TGSF (13.846) times 1.52 gets 21+ trips. The prior use generated trips similar if not equal to this proposed use. Per city staff the building has been vacant for over a year and any existing non-conforming site elements are no longer grandfathered in and the prior trip count is no longer applicable. The existing access connection is an approximately 25-foot wide, restricted movement access connection that is approximately centered on the property. The lot is located entirely within the intersection influence area and is located approximately 26 feet from the adjacent lot’s access connection. This does not comply with EC 7.420 which requires 200 feet between access connections on major arterial streets. (3) The standard at (2) may be adjusted if consistent with the criteria of EC 9.8030(28) Adjustment Review Approval Criteria and Responses 9.8030 Adjustment Review – Approval Criteria. The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny an adjustment review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with the following applicable criteria. 9.8030(28) Public Access Required. The public access requirement of 9.6725(2) may be adjusted if the site developer demonstrates any of the following: (a) Physical conditions preclude compliance with EC 7.420. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, topography, trees, existing buildings or other existing development on the subject property or adjacent property. With respect to existing development, the site is bounded by a street intersection to the west and a developed property to the east. The eastern neighboring property has an existing access approximately 27 feet from the development site’s existing access. Both sites have established driveways onto West 7th Avenue that are spaced less than 200