Our Village Page 8 of 11 <br />Adjustment Review Application: Written Statement <br />March 13, 2026 <br /> <br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 <br />Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning <br />The Barton Drive frontage offers limited potential for building placement. In <br />response, the development team elected to preserve, to the extent feasible, two <br />mature Incense Cedars (42” and 45” dbh) that provide substantial aesthetic and <br />environmental benefits to the neighborhood. Instead of locating buildings in this <br />area, a community garden and a bike parking facility outside the required setback <br />are proposed. <br /> <br />In this manner there is a combination of the proposed residential buildings, <br />additional landscaping, the potential to preserve mature trees, the addition of a <br />garden space and bike shelter all combing to make a pedestrian friendly <br />environment. This street frontage feels much like a cohesive neighborhood <br />through multiple, coordinated design elements. <br /> <br />3. Is compatible with adjacent development. <br />The surrounding development along both Maxwell Road and Barton Drive <br />consists primarily, if not exclusively, of single-unit residential dwellings. The <br />subject site is currently occupied by a church and associated parking areas. The <br />proposed addition of residential dwellings and related amenities such as <br />landscaping, preservation of existing trees, bicycle parking, and garden areas will <br />contribute to the residential character of the neighborhood and are compatible <br />with adjacent development. <br /> <br />Based on these findings, the proposed development will contribute to the continuity of <br />building facades along the streets, will create an attractive pedestrian environment along <br />Maxwell Road, and is compatible with adjacent development. <br /> <br />Adjustment Request #2: Adjustments to Multiple-Unit Standards <br />EC 9.5500(12)(b) Vehicle Parking: Parking Courts <br />EC 9.5500(12)(c) Vehicle Parking: Limitation on Parking Frontage <br /> <br />Code Section to Adjust <br />EC 9.5500 <br />(12) Vehicle Parking. <br />(b) Parking Courts. <br />1. Maximum Size of Parking Courts. Individual parking courts shall be no more than 9,000 square feet <br />in size and shall be physically and visually separated by a landscape area a minimum of 20 feet in <br />width. No more than 3 individual parking courts may be connected by an aisle or driveway. (See <br />Figure 9.5500(12) Multiple-Unit Parking and Multiple-Unit Parking Continued.) <br /> <br />2. Parking Court Width. – Not applicable <br /> <br />3. Parking Court Separation – Not applicable. <br /> <br />(c) Limitation on Parking Frontage. To strengthen the presence of buildings on the street, parking and <br />vehicle use areas and garages adjacent to any public or private street frontage shall extend across no <br />more than 50 percent of any street frontage. No parking spaces, with the exception of underground <br />parking, shall be placed within any required front yard area. Parking areas shall not be located between <br />buildings and the street. A single-story street level parking garage may not occupy the street frontage of <br />a multiple-unit development, except for parking garage driveways. <br /> <br />Reason for Adjustment <br />The proposed parking lot is over 9,000 sf (11,654 sf.) and the parking lot is between the proposed units <br />and Barton Drive. <br /> <br />As a frame of reference if the existing parking lot had not been remodeled the parking lot would remain <br />between the proposed buildings and Barton Street. The existing parking lot is approximately 26,390 sf is