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Our Village Page 10 of 11 Adjustment Review Application: Written Statement March 13, 2026 Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning Adjustment Review Approval Criteria and Responses 9.8030 Adjustment Review – Approval Criteria. The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny an adjustment review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with the following applicable criteria. EC 9.8030 (8) Multiple-Unit Standards Adjustment. Where this land use code provides that the multiple-unit standards may be adjusted, the standards may be adjusted upon finding that the design achieves all of the following: (f) Vehicle Parking. The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(12) may be adjusted if the proposal achieves to the same degree as would strict compliance with the standards all of the following: 1. Limitations on the use of continuous parking drives in large-scale multiple-unit developments. 2. Limitations on the size of individual parking lots in multiple-unit development. 3. Minimal negative aspects of parking uses in multiple-unit developments. As is typical of an infill site, the design team re-uses functional elements, such as parking lots, for the proposed development. This is an efficient and more sustainable approach to development. Because this is not a vacant site, compliance with all of the land use code criteria is not feasible. Redesigning the existing parking area to reduce its size means that any new units placed east of it—regardless of their distance from the street—will technically have parking located between the buildings and Barton Street for the 60-foot width of the parking lot. In accordance with EC 9.8030(8)(f) continuous parking drives are limited to the proposed single Parking Court. There are no other parking courts to connect to and no drive aisles connecting parking courts together. The limitations placed on the re-design of the parking area were a result of the client’s desire to create additional open space, gardening area and bike parking. Clustering of units, as shown on the Site Plan, was an intentional design choice to foster a sense of community and closer connection among residents. It also results in less site disturbance. Arbitrarily reducing this parking lot to the maximum allowable size simply means eliminating parking spaces and creating unnecessary parking challenges for the residents and their expected guests. By reconfiguring the existing parking lot, the design greatly reduces the area of parking between the proposed buildings and the street compared to what would have resulted if the original lot were retained. Most parking spaces are now positioned away from the residential units, helping to lessen the visual and functional (negative) impacts of parking on the overall site environment. Based on these findings, the proposed development will limit the use of continuous parking drives, limits the size of individual parking lots and minimizes negative aspects of parking uses.