15th and High Street 6-plex Page 9 of 11 <br />Adjustment Review Application: Written Statement <br />January 14, 2026, revised: March 4, 2026 <br /> <br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 <br />Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning <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 <br />street classification if the parking lot is for 3 or more cars. The City of Eugene prioritizes safety of pedestrians, cyclists <br />and vehicles by limiting this opportunity. Backing movements have the highest collision rate. <br /> <br />These 2 access points will be removed and replaced with residential units that take access from High Street from a <br />single 20 foot wide access that allows only forward movement to leave the site. Six residential units will generate 3.06 <br />peak hour trips (ITE Trip Generation Manual, 12th Edition: Multifamily Housing: Low Rise: .51 peak hour trips). <br /> <br />By removing the 38 feet (the lot frontage is 78.71’) of access from East 15th Avenue the sidewalk is dedicated <br />exclusively to pedestrians. The park strip that is currently made up of concrete driveway aprons will be replaced with <br />street trees and pervious surface. Residential units, front porches and residential scale planting will replace the <br />existing office building and existing parking lot that is between the building and the sidewalk on East 15th Avenue. <br /> <br />The pedestrian environment along this frontage will be greatly improved. The sidewalk is now framed by landscaped <br />planting on both sides and residential buildings with porches oriented toward the street on one side, creating a <br />pedestrian-friendly experience. This represents a substantial improvement over the previous condition, which was <br />characterized by two driveway access points on one side of the sidewalk and a parking lot on the other. The project <br />reduces vehicle conflicts with other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, improves visual interest, and provides a safer, <br />more comfortable walking environment. <br /> <br />Not only are parking areas and vehicular circulation areas minimized on East 15th Avenue, but they are also <br />eliminated. <br /> <br />High Street <br />The lot that fronts High Street has a 26 foot wide existing access that at some point in time provided access to a <br />single unit dwelling. See attached Sanborn maps. This residential dwelling was removed but the access still exists. <br />Likely the access allowed for backward movements onto High Street as it was a single unit dwelling. A single unit <br />dwelling generates 1 peak hour trip. The project proposes construction of a 20 foot wide access that generates 3.06 <br />peak hour trips with forward movement only (ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition: Multifamily Housing: Low Rise: <br />.51 peak hour trips). <br /> <br />The driveway is perpendicular to High Street. There are no line of sight obstructions between the site access and the <br />turning movements at the intersection of East 15th Avenue and High Street. Vehicles leaving the site can readily see <br />both cyclists in the protected bike way and vehicles in High Street. See illustration at the end of this written statement. <br /> <br />The trips to and from East 15th Avenue will not add to the trips on High Street. The existing trips on East 15th <br />Avenue are generated from an existing office building. This office building will be removed. <br />The use is completely changing from office to residential. The existing small office building is 2,684 sf and <br />generates 2.16 peak hour trips per 1000 sf or approximately 5.8 trips, all with backward movement on to the right <br />of way. This potentially creates a conflict with both bikes and vehicles wanting to turn left on to East 15th Avenue <br />as the existing access is so close to the intersection. The proposed residential development will generate