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Our Village Page 6 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 WRITTEN STATEMENT Code criteria is shown as plain text, and my responses (in italics). Project Information The application requests adjustments to the city code standards for Our Village, a multi-unit affordable housing project proposed at 255 Maxwell Street. The Our Village Co-op is a proposed housing village transforming an existing church property to a permanently affordable housing co-op that continues the site’s legacy as a community asset with 44 new units of housing ranging from studios to 3 bedroom units with a central green space and a continued relationship with the community through communal space in the existing church and preschool. The project site is approximately 2.43 acres in size and has frontage on both Maxwell Road and Barton Drive. Bordering the property on all sides are single unit residential properties. The applicant is requesting adjustments to the following standards. EC 9.5500(4)(b) Minimum and Maximum Building Setbacks: Street frontage EC 9.5500(12)(b) Vehicle Parking: Parking Courts EC 9.5500(12)(c) Vehicle Parking: Limitation on Parking Frontage Of relevance to this application is the Applicability of Multiple-Unit Standards, EC 9.5500 Multiple-Unit Standards (2) Applicability of Multiple-Unit Standards. (a) . . . . . . . In cases where the standards apply, they shall be considered applicable for the portion of the development site impacted by the proposed development. With respect to the code sections being adjusted the portion of the development site impacted by the proposed development is the entire frontage along Maxwell Street and the south west corner of the development site on Barton Drive. Adjustment Request #1: Adjustments to Multiple-Unit Standards · EC 9.5500(4)(b) Minimum and Maximum Building Setbacks: Street Frontage Code Section to Adjust EC 9.5500 (4) Minimum and Maximum Building Setbacks. (b) Street Frontage. On development sites that will result in 100 feet or more of public or private street frontage, at least 60 percent of the site frontage abutting the street (including required yards) shall be occupied by a building(s) or enhanced pedestrian space with no more than 20 percent of the 60 percent in enhanced pedestrian space, placed within 10 feet of the minimum front yard setback line. . . . Building projections and offsets with an offset interval of 10 feet or less meet this standard (excluding required yards. “Site width,” as used in this standard, shall not include areas of street frontage that have significant natural resources as mapped by the city, delineated wetlands, slopes greater than 15%, recorded easements, required fire lanes or other similar non-buildable areas, as determined by the planning director. Reason for Adjustment In accordance with Table 9.2750: Residential Zone Development Standards, the maximum front yard setback for new buildings located in the R-1 zone is 10 feet. The frontage included in this application is: · Maxwell Street: 360’ · Barton Avenue: 75.75’ · Buildings meeting frontage requirements: 174 feet Per EC 9.5500(4)(b), a minimum of 60% of the street facing facades must be within the specified front yard setback. 60% of the total of the 2 street frontages is 435.75’ x 60% = 261.45 feet. The proposed buildings occupy 174 lf of the required frontage or 40%.