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<br /> I <br /> Some business owners feel that the closure will have a negative effect on the use <br /> of their property. The same restrictions in traffic flow that appeal to residents is <br /> seen by business owners as a liability that increases costs and can lead to lost <br /> income if customers find more accessible businesses. <br /> As most of the businesses on Stewart do not have retail operations, there should <br /> be little lost business due to the reduction in drive-by traffic. Businesses are <br /> concerned about a decrease in business due to a reduction in the number of drive- <br /> by trips. The reduction in drive-by trips is not considered a significant issue, as <br /> businesses on Stewart Road are not of the type that typically depend on easy <br /> access, high visibility, and high traffic volumes on the adjacent street for their <br /> customer base. The industrial property is zoned I-2, a zoning which permits retail <br /> sales only "...when secondary, directly related, and limited to products <br /> manufactured, repaired, or assembled on the development site" (Eugene Code, <br /> 9.450 (e-1)). Retail sales at Euphoria Chocolate, the only business with a retail <br /> outlet, may have been affected, but this should be a minor concern, as the retail <br /> portion of the business is, by Code definition, secondary. <br /> Costs to businesses should also not increase much, as the 1996 weight limit <br /> restriction on the eastern section of Stewart Road (Admin. Order 58-96-07) <br /> prohibited trucks over eight tons from using Stewart. This means that larger <br /> trucks making pick-ups or deliveries to businesses on Stewart would already be <br /> traveling the route made mandatory by the closure. <br /> Business costs would increase to the extent that local trucks of less than eight tons <br /> are now unable to use Stewart Road when their origin or destination is to the east. <br /> This impact is minor and of little consequence; during the six hours of the April <br /> 1998 Origin and Destination Study only three trucks with local destinations drove <br /> on the eastern portion of Stewart Road. <br /> Trucks in excess of eight tons have previously been prohibited from using the <br /> affected local tri s are most likel not business <br /> eastern portion of Stewart, so the p y <br /> trips but probably employees coming to and going from work. <br /> (h) The intensity of use of the street by vehicles and pedestrians. <br /> ? Intensity of use of Stewart Road is discussed in section (a)(2). As discussed <br /> there, the closure has reduced the intensity of use of the street by vehicles. This <br /> decrease in intensity of use will slow the decline of Stewart Road without causing <br /> a significant inconvenience to users of the Road. <br /> ? The use of the street by pedestrians or bicyclists will not be affected. Provisions <br /> will be made to provide pedestrian and bicycle access through the barricade <br /> (i) The physical condition and characteristics of the street and abutting property. <br /> ? Stewart Road is a two-way, two lane street. The eastern portion, approximately <br /> 1,450 feet long, is an unimproved, approximately 20 foot wide roadway in very <br /> Administrative Order 58-99-05, Findings <br /> I <br /> <br />