City of Eugene <br />Concurrent Conditional Use Permit & Adjustment Review Applications <br />January 27, 2026 <br />Page 25 of 43 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EC 7.410 Access Connections – Number, Width, and Shared <br />(1) Unless there is an access agreement between development sites, a development <br />site shall be entitled to one access connection. <br />(2) Unless provided otherwise by this chapter 7 or by the vision clearance or maximum <br />driveway width requirements in chapter 9 of this code, an access connection shall <br />be no wider than 20 feet. <br />(3) The city engineer or engineer’s designee may approve a request for an exception <br />to subsections (1) and/or (2) of this section. <br />(a) An applicant requesting more than one access connection for a single <br />development site and/or requesting that an access connection be wider than <br />20 feet shall submit an Alternative Traffic Safety Study on the form adopted <br />by the city engineer. <br />(b) An exception to subsections (1) and/or (2) of this section may be approved <br />only when the Alternative Traffic Safety Study demonstrates that the access <br />connection(s) will: <br />1. Provide safe ingress and egress to the development site; <br />2. Not negatively impact the efficiency of the public right-of-way; and, <br />3. Will not result in a hazard to the bicycle, pedestrian or vehicular traffic <br />using the right-of-way. <br /> <br />Findings: To the extent it is relevant to the CUP criteria, the Applicant is also requesting an “exception” to <br />the Access Connection standards, as provided in EC 7.410(3), as excerpted above. The requested <br />exception to EC 7.410(1), allows an access connection to each of the 3 abutting public streets. The <br />requested exception to EC 7.410(2) allows access connections wider than the maximum 20-feet, which is <br />necessary to accommodate the anticipated emergency response vehicles on-site. The Applicant has <br />provided the required Alternative Traffic Safety Study, which demonstrates that the additional, wider <br />access connections fulfill the criteria at (b)(1) through (3). These criteria are met and permit a proposed <br />project that is consistent with the allowances and exceptions provided in Chapter 9, which were <br />addressed above. See the attached Alternative Traffic Safety Study prepared by Sandow Engineering for <br />additional details and findings. Based on the ATSS and findings specific to Chapter 7 standards, the <br />proposed project has met the criteria for the exceptions. <br /> <br />(d) EC 9.6791 through 9.6797 regarding stormwater flood control, quality, flow control <br />for headwaters area, oil control, source control, easements, and operation and <br />maintenance; and <br />EC 9.6791 - Stormwater Flood Control. <br />(1) Purpose. The purpose of EC 9.6791 is to protect life and property from flood <br />and drainage hazards by maintaining the capacity of the city’s stormwater <br />conveyance system through the establishment of flood control regulations <br />for stormwater runoff. <br />