UO Next Generation Housing Development Plan February 10, 2026 <br />Land Use Applications <br />Refinement Plan Amendments <br /> <br /> <br /> Page 11 <br />11. To preserve and enhance the livability of the area's environment by maintaining a pleasing <br />balance between open spaces, gardens, public area landscaping and parks, and structures and <br />other aspects of urban development. <br />12. To assure that non-single family residential uses have minimal negative effects on the <br />residential area. <br />13. To encourage the University to employ in its planning consideration for the impact of proposed <br />action upon abutting land uses and surrounding areas, having particular concern for the <br />relationship of such proposals to existing areas characterized by single-family dwellings. <br /> <br />TRANSPORTATION <br /> <br />1. To reduce reliance on the automobile and the effect of on-street parking and automobile <br />storage, and to encourage increased use of alternative forms of transportation through such <br />means as: <br />a. maintaining and expanding a system which provides safe and pleasant pedestrian <br />access within the Fairmount Special Area and to adjacent areas; <br />b. providing a bikeway system which is safe and ties in with the rest of the City’s system; <br />and <br />c. providing convenient public transportation for those who live or work in the area. <br /> <br />OTHER <br /> <br />1. To reduce crime in the Fairmount Neighborhood, and to make the neighborhood safer by <br />providing adequate street lighting, sidewalks, etc. <br />2. To establish and maintain a positive working relationship with commercial and industrial firms, <br />institutions, and agencies of government located in or on the peripheries of the area. <br />3. To promote active participation by Fairmount Special Area residents in the neighborhood <br />organization. <br />4. To maintain good communication within the Fairmount Special Area and with the Fairmount <br />Neighbors and City Hall. <br />