15th and High Street 6-plex Page 8 of 10 <br />Adjustment Review Application: Written Statement <br />January 14, 2026 <br /> <br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 <br />Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning <br />Reason for Adjustment <br />High Street is classified as a minor arterial. The distance from the proposed access to the intersection of East <br />15th Avenue is 92.5’ This is less than the 100 feet required. <br />The existing access to the south of this proposed access is less than the required 150 feet. <br /> <br /> <br />Adjustment Request #2 <br />· EC 9.5550(4)(b)(5)(b) Standards for Triplexes and Fourplexes <br /> <br />Code Section to Adjust <br />EC 9.5550 Middle Housing Development Standards <br />(4) Standards for Triplexes and Fourplexes <br /> <br />(b) Driveways <br /> <br />(5) Lots or parcels with more than one frontage shall comply with the following: <br />b. A lot or parcel with frontage on two or more streets of different street classifications shall comply <br />with EC 7.420(1)(c). <br />High Street is classified as a minor arterial and East 15th Avenue as a local street. Access will be <br />taken from High Street. <br /> <br />Adjustment Review Approval Criteria <br />EC 9.5550(4)(d) Criteria for Adjustment. Except as provided in subparagraph (c), adjustments to the standards in this <br />subsection (4) may be made, consistent with the criteria of EC 9.8030(37)(b) Garages, Off-Street Parking Areas, and <br />Driveways for Triplexes and Fourplexes. <br /> <br />9.8030 Adjustment Review – Approval Criteria. The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or <br />deny an adjustment review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with <br />the following applicable criteria. <br /> <br />EC 9.8030(37) Middle Housing Standards Adjustment. Where EC 9.5550 provides that standards <br />applicable to triplexes, fourplexes, townhouses, or cottage clusters may be adjusted, <br />approval of the request shall be given if the applicant demonstrates consistency with all of <br />the following, as applicable: <br />(a) Entry Orientation. <br />Not applicable. <br /> <br />(b) Garages, Off-Street Parking Areas, and Driveways for Triplexes and Fourplexes. The <br />requirements set forth in EC 9.5550(4)(a) and (b) may be adjusted if the proposal <br />achieves the following: <br />1. Supports a pedestrian-friendly street environment by minimizing the visual and <br />safety impacts of garages, parking areas, and vehicle circulation areas. <br />2. Consistency with EC 9.8030(28). <br /> <br />Consistency with Land Use Code: EC 9.8030(37)(b) <br />East 15th Avenue <br />The proposed design removes 38 feet of access on East 15th Avenue. These 2 access points support backward <br />movements onto the street from the parking lot. Vehicles cannot turn around to leave the parking lot in a forward <br />movement. The land use code explicitly prohibits proposed parking areas from allowing backward movement onto any