Broadway Alley and Lincoln Street Property Page 6 of 7 <br />Adjustment Review Application SB 1537: Written Statement <br />March 27, 2026 <br /> <br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 <br />Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning <br />ADJUSTMENT REVIEW WRITTEN STATEMENT <br />Code criteria are shown as plain text, and my responses (in italics). <br /> <br />Project Information <br />The application requests adjustments to the city code standards for the Broadway Alley and Lincoln Street <br />Property, a Multi-Unit Housing Development project proposed for Lincoln Street and Broadway Alley. <br /> <br />The requested adjustments are authorized by state law, specifically SB 1537, Or Laws 2024, Ch. 110, Sections <br />38 and 45. One adjustment is being requested: <br />· Minimum Bicycle Parking <br /> <br />This adjustment addresses zoning standards that require no interpretation of code or legal judgment. As a <br />result, the statute authorizes the City to approve it through a ministerial process, which does not involve <br />public notice, a local hearing, or an appeal. Using a ministerial process will also allow this adjustment to <br />align seamlessly with the building permit and construction schedule. <br /> <br />I. Background <br />· The proposed project is for 20 units of Multi-Unit Housing. <br />· The lot was initially vacant. The building permit will allow 20 additional units. <br />· The proposed buildings are currently under construction. <br /> <br />II. Justification of Proposed Adjustments to Bicycle Parking, Building Articulation and Building <br />Orientation. <br /> <br />Oregon Laws 2024, Ch. 110, Sec. 38(2): <br />(2) Except as provided in section 39 of this 2024 Act, a local government shall grant a request for an <br />adjustment in an application to develop housing as provided in this section. An application qualifies for <br />an adjustment under this section only if the following conditions are met: <br /> <br />(a) The application is for a building permit or a quasi-judicial, limited or ministerial land use decision; <br />This application is associated with a building permit that is both under review and the buildings are <br />under construction. In any case this is a limited land use decision. <br /> <br />(b) The development is on lands zoned to allow for residential uses, including mixed-use residential; <br />The S-DW zoning allows Residential: Multi-Unit Dwellings. Table 9.3210 S-DW Downtown <br />Westside Special Area Zone Uses and Permit Requirements. <br /> <br />(c) The residential development is for densities not less than those required under section 55 (3)(a)(C) <br />of this 2024 Act; <br />(II) 10 units per net residential acre if sited in a city with a population of 30,000 or greater. <br />The development site is .38 acres. There are 20 units total on this property or 52 units per acre. <br /> <br />(d) The development is within an urban growth boundary, not including lands that have not been <br />annexed by a city; <br />The site is in the city. <br /> <br />(e) The development is of net new housing units in new construction projects, including: <br />(A) Single-family or multifamily; <br />The development is for multi-unit dwelling or what used to be defined as multi-family dwelling. <br /> <br />(f) The application requests not more than 10 distinct adjustments to development standards as <br />provided in this section. A “distinct adjustment” means: <br />(A) An adjustment to one of the development standards listed in subsection (4) of this section <br />where each discrete adjustment to a listed development standard that includes multiple <br />component standards must be counted as an individual adjustment; or <br />One discrete adjustment is requested.