MEMO - Comprehensive Values Checklist

Paper 4 - Comprehensive Values Checklist - Will Roberts The proposed development site is located at 801 SW Stark Street, Portland, Oregon 97205.

It has an area of 6,192 square feet (or .14 acres) and is fully developable. The site is located in the River District Urban Renewal Area and the Central Commercial base zone with a design overlay (CXd). The CX zone outright allows household living, retail sales and service, and office uses (including others not applicable to this proposed development). The Central City Fundamental Design Guidelines (2001) provide authoritative design instruction.

The base zone is superseded by any applicable rules found in a plan district or sub-area district. The proposed site is within the Downtown sub-area of the Central City Plan (CC). The CC provides a finer grain of rules, development standards, and opportunities on a district/neighborhood scale.

The CC increases the maximum FAR from the base CX of 4:1 to 9:1. In addition, it doubles the allowable height from 75’ to 150’. The CC also provides many bonus options so that eligible developments can increase the FAR and/or height even more.

There is good access to the site for a variety of modes. The east/west streets of Stark and Oak (bordering streets) are both bicycle friendly and include wide bike lanes with green painting. There is a streetcar stop .06 miles away at SW Stark and 10th. The bus lines 51 and 15 are also .06 miles away at SW Washington and 9th. Personal vehicle parking and circulation is relatively easy, as well. The address has a walk score of 100, a transit score of 95, and a bike score of 96.

What makes the space ripe for development is the proximity to neighborhood assets and amenities. A large food truck pod taking up the perimeter of an entire block is one block away and generates heavy foot traffic near the site. There is also a host of “hip” destinations and landmarks nearby including Living Room Theaters, Powell’s City of Books, the Ace Hotel, a Whole Foods Market, and a wealth of small chic restaurants, bars, and boutique retail stores. There are also major employers like banks and software companies in the neighborhood. The site is right across the street from O’Bryant Park, which is slated for redevelopment. The proposed Green Loop, a six-mile urban path connecting the entire