Section 136.I - III

I. Purpose

II. Land Use Districts (Descriptions)

A. Station Community Commercial - Downtown District (SCC-DT )

B. Station Community Commercial-Highway Oriented District (SCC-HOD)

C.  Station Community Commercial-Station Commercial (SCC-SC)

D. Station Community Commercial-Multi-Modal (SCC-MM)

E. Station Community Residential-High Density (SCR-HD)

F. Station Community Residential-Medium Density (SCR-MD)

G. Station Community Residential-Low Density (SCR-LD)

H. Station Community Residential-Village (SCR-V)

I. Station Community Residential-Orenco Townsite Conservation (SCR-OTC)

J. Station Community Residential-Downtown Neighborhood Conservation (SCR-DNC)

K. Station Community Industrial (SCI)

L. Station Community Business Park (SCBP)

M. Station Community Research Park (SCRP)

N. Station Community Fair Complex Institutional (SCFI)

III.   Definitions

IV.   Permitted Land Uses

Table 1: Station Community Commercial District

Table 2: Station Community Residential District

Table 3: Station Community Industrial and Institutional Districts

V.   Destruction or Expansion of Existing Uses or Structures

VI.   Restricted and Specially Regulated Land Uses

VII.   Development Review and Related City Development Code

Section 136.VIII-X

VIII. Calculations

IX. Conflicts

X. Variances

Section 137.I-II

I.    Scope

II.   Development Criteria

Table 1.a: Station Community Commercial-Central Business District (SCC-CBD)

Table 1.b: Station Community Commercial-Highway Oriented District (SCC-HOD)

Table 1.c: Station Community Commercial-Station Commercial (SCC-SC)

Table 1.d: Station Community Commercial-Multi-Modal (SCC-MM)

Table 1.e: Station Community Residential-High Density (SCR-HD)

Table 1.f: Station Community Residential-Medium Density (SCR-MD)

Table 1.g: Station Community Residential-Low Density (SCC-LD)

Table 1.h: Station Community Residential-Village (SCR-V)

Table 1.i: Station Community Residential-Orenco Townsite Conservation (SCR-OTC)   

Table 1.j: Station Community Residential-Downtown Neighborhood Conservation (SCR-DNC)

Table 1.k: Station Community Industrial (SCI)

Table 1.l: Station Community Business Park (SCBP)

Table 1.m: Station Community Research Park (SCRP)

Table 1.n: Station Community Fair Complex Institutional (SCFI)

Section 137.III-IV

III. Minimum Lot Size

IV. Minimum Lot Width and Depth

Section 137.V-VII

V.   Minimum and Maximum Residential Densities and Ancillary Dwelling Units

VI.   Minimum Floor Area Ratios

VII.  Minimum Non-Residential Density Objectives

VIII.  Minimum and Maximum Setbacks from Streets and Alleys

IX.  Vision Clearance

X.   Minimum and Maximum Building Height Requirements

XI.   Minimum and Maximum Off-Street Parking Requirements

Table 2: Maximum Non-Residential Parking Standards in Station Community Districts   

Table 3: Residential Parking Standards in Station Community Districts

XII.  Minimum Usable Open Space Requirements

XIII.  Minimum Landscaping, Natural Resource and Mature Tree Preservation

XIV.  Mixed Use Buildings and Mid-Rise Apartments

XV.  Sidewalks

XVI.   Street and Alley Standards

Table 137.4 Level of Service Standards Within Station Communities

XVII.   Lot Access

Figure 1 - Downtown SCPA Sidewalk Requirements

Figure 2 - Fair Complex Sidewalk Standards

Figure 3 - Orenco SCPA Sidewalk Standards

Figure 4 - Quatama/185 th Sidewalk Standards

Figure 5 - Approved Downtown Alley Improvements

Section 138.I-III

I.   Scope

II.   Purpose

III.   Process

IV.   Improvements Between Streets and Buildings

V.   Building Entries and Orientation

VI.   Ground Floor Windows and Building Facades

VII.   Building Step-Back Requirements

VIII.   Location and Design of Off-Street Parking

IX.   Drive-Through Uses

X.   Outdoor Display, Storage and Signs

XI.   Alleys

XII.   Streetscape and Site Design Standards and Guideline

XIII.   Standards for Protection within Historic and Cultural Conservation Districts

Section 139.I-II

I.   Scope

II.   Purpose

III.   Modification to Section 136 Station Community Planning Area Provisions

IV.   Development Regulations

V.   Design Standards

Section 140.I-II

I.   Scope

II.   Purpose

III.   Development Regulations

IV.   Design Standards

Figure 1 : Street Tree Plan (1908 Platted Townsite Area)

Figure 2 : Plant List

Figure 3 : Pedestrian Circulation Plan

Figure 4 : Orenco Townsite Plat: 1908, 1911

Figure 5.1 : Station Community Street Types

Figure 5.2 : Street Network

Figure 5.3 : On Street Parking

Figure 5.4 : Street Standard Type "A"

Figure 5.5 : Street Standard Type "B"

Figure 5.6 : Street Standard Type "C"

Figure 5.7 : Street Standard Type "D"

Figure 5.8 : Street Standard Type "E"

Section 141.I-III

I.   Scope

II.   Purpose

III.   Modifications to Section 136 Station Community Planning Area Provisions

IV.   Development Regulations

V.   Design Standards

Section 142.I-III

I.   Scope

II.  Purpose

III.   Modifications To Section 136 Station Community Planning Area Provisions

IV.   Development Regulations

V.   Design Standards

SECTION 138:   GENERAL DESIGN STANDARDS FOR STATION COMMUNITY PLANNING AREAS

(Added by Ord. No. 4455/8-96.)

V.   BUILDING ENTRIES AND ORIENTATION

 

A.   Purpose

 

The purpose of this subsection is to require buildings and entrances to be oriented to the street to the maximum extent practicable to encourage pedestrian access and movement. Requirements for orientation and primary entrances are intended to:

1. Provide for convenient, direct and accessible pedestrian routes to and from public sidewalks and transit facilities;

2. Provide for safe, pleasant and convenient pedestrian circulation by connecting activities within a structure to the adjacent sidewalk and to nearby transit stops; and

3. Promote the use of pedestrian and transit modes of transportation to retail and commercial facilities.

B. Applicability

These standards apply to multi-family residential structures with a common entrance, and to all commercial, mixed use, industrial, research park and institutional development in all districts; except in the SCC-MM District these standards apply only along the frontages of public streets and along pedestrian ways leading from the public street to the commercial activity located within the parcel. Certain standards, as noted in the text, also apply to residential dwellings adjacent to a public or private street.

C. Standards

1. All buildings shall have at least one main building entrance oriented to the adjacent street. Such an entrance shall open directly to the outside and except as otherwise provided in Section 138.VIII.C., shall not require a pedestrian to first pass through a garage, parking lot or loading area to gain access to the entrance from the street, but the entrance may include architectural features such as arcades, anti-chambers, porticos and the like without being in violation of this provision. If a building has frontage on more than one street, the building shall provide a main building entrance oriented to one of the streets or a single entrance to the corner where both streets intersect. A building may have more than one main building entrance oriented to a major pedestrian route, and may have secondary entrances facing other streets, off-street parking areas and loading areas.

2. Residential dwellings fronting on a public or private street shall have a main entrance to the dwelling opening onto the front of the dwelling at the ground floor level. Such an entrance shall open directly to the outside and shall not require passage through a garage to gain access to the doorway. The doorway may be above final grade where a porch, stoop, portico, anti-chamber, wheelchair ramp or similar architectural feature is included in the design. Ground floor single family attached and row/townhouse residential units fronting on a major pedestrian route shall have separate entries directly from the major pedestrian route. Ground floor and upper story residential units in a multi-family building fronting on a major pedestrian route may share one or more entries accessible directly from the major pedestrian route.

3. In Station Community residential and commercial districts, building facades over 300 feet in length facing a street shall provide two or more main building entrances. In Station Community industrial and institutional districts, building facades over 400 feet in length facing a street shall provide two or more main building entrances.

4. All building entries shall comply with the accessibility standards as specified in the Uniform Building Code.

5. Entryways into mixed use buildings containing residential units shall be clearly marked with a physical feature incorporated into the building or an appropriately scaled element applied to the facade.

6. The minimum lighting level for building entrances shall be 3 foot-candles. Lights shall be three (3') to twelve (12') feet in height and the light source shall be shielded to reduce glare.

7. For non-residential buildings on transit or light rail service streets, main building entrances fronting on such streets shall remain open during the normal business hours for the building.

8. An exception to the requirement of paragraph 1, above, shall be allowed upon finding that:

a. The slope of the land between the building and the street is greater than 1:12 for more than twenty feet (20') and a more accessible pedestrian route to the building is available from a different side of the building;

b. The land between the building and the street contains a natural resource which would be unavoidably and irreparably degraded by providing a reasonably direct pedestrian connection and an alternative route without such impacts is available; or

c. The land between the building and the street contains mature, healthy trees of greater than 8" caliper which would be unavoidably destroyed or damaged by any reasonably direct routing of a pedestrian connection and an alternative route without such impacts is available.