(b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation <br />Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission or their successors. <br />• No applicable standards, limitations, or rules apply. <br />(c) Other recognized traffic control standards. <br />• Signing and markings comply with Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices <br />(MUTCD) standards. <br />(d) The city's adopted transportation-related plans and policies. <br />As noted in the aforementioned Background, this action is in compliance with the <br />Transportation Policies in the Whiteaker Plan, adopted in 1994.. <br />(e) Existing state and local laws regulating use of public ways. <br />0 .Provisions of the Oregon Vehicle Code will continue to apply after the changes <br />have been made. <br />(f) The efficient use of the public way by the public. <br />• These islands should have no effect on the use of the public way by the public, as <br />motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists will continue to have passage through the <br />channelized area. <br />(g) The use of abutting property. <br />• The land use to the north of the channelizing islands to be placed on Taylor Street <br />is light/medium industrial, while south of the islands land use is low to medium <br />density residential. <br />Residents to the south feel that the channelization will have a positive effect on <br />the livability of their neighborhood. They feel that the speed and volume of <br />traffic and the likelihood of an errant truck entering the residential portions of <br />Taylor Street will be reduced by this action. <br />(h) The intensity of use of the street by vehicles and pedestrians. <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />