Duke Commons: A Bushnell University Project Page 9 of 9 <br />Adjustment Review Application: Written Statement <br />May 11, 2026 <br /> <br /> <br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC · PO Box 10424, Eugene, OR 97440 · (541) 234-5108 <br />Landscape Architecture + Land Use Planning <br />9.8030 Adjustment Review – Approval Criteria. The planning director shall approve, conditionally <br />approve, or deny an adjustment review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be <br />based on compliance with the following applicable criteria. <br /> <br />(3)(e) High Wall Landscape Standard (L-4). The standards of EC 9.6210(4) may be adjusted <br />if the proposal continues to provide extensive screening of both visual and noise <br />impacts to protect adjacent users. <br /> <br />Consistency with Land Use Code: EC 9.8030(3)(e) <br />Although the code contemplates landscaping and masonry walls as screening methods, those <br />measures are intended to mitigate impacts from externally visible or exposed loading activities. Here, <br />the delivery area is fully internalized within the building envelope, which provides a greater degree of <br />visual and acoustic screening than exterior landscaping or walls. Because the loading activity is entirely <br />enclosed, the proposal continues to protect adjacent users from visual and noise impacts consistent <br />with EC 9.6210(4). <br /> <br />Applicant has shown that the proposed adjustments to the standards will provide the intended visual <br />and noise screening to the adjacent property. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />Schirmer Consulting, LLC <br /> <br />Carol Schirmer <br />Principal <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />