City of Eugene <br />Concurrent Conditional Use Permit & Adjustment Review Applications <br />January 27, 2026 <br />Page 13 of 43 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />zoning, including drive-through restaurants, sawmills (i.e., Zip-o-Log) served by railroad spurs, food <br />manufacturing facilities (i.e., Oregon Ice Cream), and motor vehicle repair and storage yards (i.e., <br />Eugene 4J bus depot). The major transportation corridors in the area – West 6th Avenue, West 7th <br />Avenue, and Chambers Street – create existing noise impacts to the site and surrounding properties. The <br />nearest residential uses are approximately 1,000 feet to the south and southeast, providing substantial <br />separation that further reduces potential impacts. <br /> <br />The project complies with applicable code requirements, including site and vehicle area landscaping, <br />outdoor lighting, and screening for trash and outdoor equipment areas. These standards ensure that off- <br />site impacts are minimized. Outdoor equipment areas such as trash, generator, and oxygen storage <br />areas are located in covered masonry enclosures that are set back from the right-of-way. These <br />enclosures and landscaping provide screening from the street and public sidewalks. These measures <br />also further reduce potential noise impacts. In addition, proposed tree plantings in parking area <br />landscape strips and the preservation of existing street trees will provide visual buffering and help <br />mitigate glare from site lighting. The Applicant’s photometric plan demonstrates that lighting levels are <br />controlled across the site. All fixtures will be full cut-off and downcast to limit light trespass onto adjacent <br />parcels consistent with the applicable Outdoor Lighting Standards and submitted as part of the building <br />permit submittal. <br /> <br />The proposed emergency department will be accessed by individual vehicles, ambulances, and other <br />emergency response personnel, consistent with its intended use. Siren use is limited to when emergency <br />vehicles are responding to calls and must exceed normal traffic rules (e.g., speeding, passing through <br />signalized intersections, or traveling against traffic). Lights and sirens are used together on emergency <br />vehicles to ensure public safety. Importantly, sirens are not used on-site and therefore, they do not create <br />an ongoing on-site noise impact. In fact, by locating an emergency department in west Eugene, response <br />times will be reduced relative to the existing facilities only located in Springfield, thereby decreasing the <br />overall duration of siren use across the metropolitan area and reducing cumulative citywide noise <br />impacts. It should also be noted that ambulance sirens are exempt from the environmental noise <br />disturbance standards. Per EC 6.755, the “sounds made by an emergency vehicle, as defined in ORS <br />801.260, when responding to or from an emergency or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator <br />of the law.” <br /> <br />Finally, the Applicant is not aware of any odor impacts associated with the proposed use other than those <br />related to trash storage, which is proposed consistent with City requirements. In compliance with State <br />requirements for medical facilities, the project includes interior rooms for soiled linens and medical waste. <br /> <br />With the above measures, separation from residential uses, and compliance with applicable standards, <br />the proposed project adequately mitigates off-site impacts. This criterion is met. <br />