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A dramatic rise in new development activity within older neighborhoods y&rj -m
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near the Oregon State University campus in recent years spurred '*
several amendments to the Land Development Code. These new Code
provisions sought to address the negative impacts and potentially 1
incompatible designs of new development. These neighborhoods
include the two residential National Historic Districts, and other areas 1 I I
that may be eligible for formal historic designation. One new provision I* e*r»
introduced a new 50-day notification period ahead of any demolition
within the city, and other amendments expanded architectural design SSB5F
requirements of the existing Pedestrian Oriented Design Standards Bell House
(PODS) of Chapter 4.10 and another established the University
Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) zone.

Chapter 3.34 - University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO)
Aside from the Historic Preservation Provisions of Chapter 2.9, the UNO
standards are the most relevant to how designated historic resources
are regulated. The UNO zone boundary covers all of the established
neighborhoods adjacent to the OSU campus, generally described as
the area located between Western Boulevard and Grant/Buchanan
Avenue, and 35th Street and 5th/6th Street. The UNO boundary
area includes all of the College Hill West, and much of the Avery-
Helm National Historic Districts, and many individually-listed historic
resources.

The UNO standards consist of two main elements. The first requires new
development to provide access from an alley, where an alley is present,
and the second introduces a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for low,
medium, and medium-high residential zoned land. This maximum FAR
limits the floor area of any new development or cumulative expansion
of an existing structure based on the size of the development site’s
area. The maximum FAR addresses compatibility in terms of bulk and
scale within the context of the established neighborhoods.

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