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? The bicycle element of the Draft Transplan, calls for Stewart Road to have on- <br /> ' street bike lanes or to be a designated bike route. If the Transplan draft is <br /> adopted, it does provide the flexibility to integrate bicycle facilities with any <br /> traffic calming techniques that may be used on Stewart Road. <br /> <br /> ~I <br /> (e) Existing state and local laws regulating use of public ways. <br /> ? Provisions of the Oregon Vehicle Code will continue to apply after the changes <br /> have been made. <br /> ? City of Eugene Administrative Order 58-96-07 prohibits both through trucks on <br /> <br /> j Stewart Road and vehicles in excess of eight tons from the unimproved section of <br /> Stewart Road. The closure makes this Order more effective, as it makes through <br /> traffic impossible. <br /> (fj The efficient use of the public way by the public. <br /> ? From one perspective, the closure will have a negative effect on the use of the <br /> public way by the public, as some motorists who now use Stewart will have to <br /> drive a longer distance to reach their destination. The inconvenience of increased <br /> travel time distance and travel time is an unavoidable but acceptable consequence <br /> of the closure. See discussion under (a)(1). <br /> Looking at this criterion from another perspective, it is not efficient for the public <br /> to use a deteriorated road. Continued through use would contribute substantially <br /> <br /> ~ to the further deterioration and, as explained previously, the City is not presently <br /> in a position to make the needed road repairs. Diverting traffic onto West 11~' is <br /> ' more efficient than continuing to allow through use of Stewart because West 11~' <br /> is better able to handle the volume of traffic currently using Stewart. <br /> ~~i <br /> <br /> I' <br /> ~ (g) The use of abutting property. <br /> - - ? The land use on the south side of Stewart Road consists of residential property on <br /> the eastern portion and light industrial uses on the western portion. Except for <br /> one residence and an industrially zoned parcel at the northwest corner of Bailey <br /> Hill & Stewart, all the frontage on the north side is vacant, with over 75% being <br /> in public ownership with an open space designation. The publicly owned area <br /> consists of two wetland sites, one owned by the Bureau of Land Management and <br /> the other by the Oregon Department of Transportation. <br /> Residents feel that the closure will have a positive effect on the use of their <br /> abutting property. Although access will be restricted, they feel that the reduced <br /> <br /> ~ traffic volumes will improve the livability of the street and thus have a positive <br /> effect on the use of the abutting property. Further, a decrease in the use of the <br /> road will slow the road's deterioration. <br /> <br /> ~ Administrative Order 58-99-05, Findings <br /> <br />