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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 GRASSROOTS traffi c court GOVERNMENT NO LICENSE Blanca L. Martinez Rodri- guez, $165. The Keizer Planning Commission met Wednesday, Sept. 12. Here’s what was discussed: The commission for- warded a raft of changes to the city’s development standards to the Keizer City Council; changes that could begin to transform the way new buildings look. • Some of the changes that are standard practice in Keizer Station are be- ing expanded to the rest of the city. Buildings that have facades larger than 30 horizontal feet will need to incorporate some sort of vertical feature, column, pillar or decorative plaster. • Buildings will need to incorporate at least two distinct building materials, such as wood, brick, stone, architectural block, slump stone block, architectural concrete, stucco siding, or vinyl siding made to look like wood siding. Plain concrete masonry block, plain concrete, plywood and sheet press board may not be used as exterior fi n- ish materials. • Developers will also be able to draw from a larger color palette as the city moves to a refl ective standards instead of hue measurements. The use of high intensity colors such as black, neon, metallic or fl orescent colors for the facade of the building are still prohibited except by gaining approval for use on building trim. “We’ve had to say ‘no’ to some colors that would be nice because we’ve had this language that excludes them. We wanted to stick with the refl ective designa- tion that tells us how bright it will appear to the eye,” said Keizer Senior Planner Shane Witham. • Additional offsets for new multifamily develop- ments with an intent to create greater cohesion with surrounding single- family developments. Commissioner Michael DeBlasi suggested adding additional design standards that would encourage de- velopers to push parking to the interior and have apartment entrances front to streets. That met with pushback from Commissioner Matt Lawyer, who suggested it could impede develop- ment of affordable housing through creation of addi- tional costs. “I’ve looked at a few different cities with hous- ing bills and I think what I would say is that it might be something to revisit later if the city decides it wants to move in the direc- tion of affordable housing,” Witham said. NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Zacary Levi Josuf Liner, $642; Chantal Irene Amador, $165; Andrew Stephen Hilli- er, $265. DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED Andrew Stephen Hillier, $460; Veronica Rene Hiatt, $1,258; Marino Mariano, $440; Michael Pichaco Jr., $440; Chantal Irene Amador, $440. USE OF MOBILE DEVICE Ayaz Mahmood, $235; Tan- ner William Keene, $235; Ni- cole D. Colyer, $235; Brandy Isaacson, $160; Sally Powell Keenan, $160. SPEEDING Bryan C. Schaap, $145; Hai- ley F. A. Hulsey, $165; Blanca L. Martinez Rodriguez, $165; Vicente Zaragoza, $145. FAILURE TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE Steven Joseph Wood, pedes- trian, $135; Bryan Anthony St Louis, $235; Orlando I. Gonzalez Pena, $235; Den- nis John Goldsmith, $235; Rosa Marie Rodriguez, $235; Jessica May Fleshman, $235; Daniel Robert Men- dez, $235; Michael Edward Mueller, $245; Don Robert Ferguson, $235. Verda traffi c study redux yields unchanged results By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Following up on speeding complaints made by residents of south Verda Lane Northeast, Keiz- er Police Department’s Sgt. Trevor Wenning re- deployed traffi c analysis devices for the second time in two years. The results aren’t likely to quiet calls from residents to reduce speeds in the area. Twice in the past year, residents have requested some sort of action by the city to calm traffi c south of Dearborn Avenue Northeast on Verda Lane, but the data doesn’t back up residents' con- cerns about excessive speeding. “We plan to speak with the residents and show them the data. Less than 1 percent – 61 cars – were traveling at excessive speeds (55 mph or more). It’s diffi cult for the traffi c team to make the case for sending resources there when speed- ing doesn’t seem to be a problem,” Wenning told members of the Keizer Traffi c Safety, Bikeways and Pedestrian Committee Sept. 13. During the fi rst study of the zone, in 2016, more than 63,000 cars were recorded passing through. The average speed for travel in either direction was under 33 mph and 85 percent of all traffi c was traveling 38 mph or slower. Wenning repeated the analysis between Aug. 28 and Sept. 4, which captured approximately 35,000 cars traveling through the area. The aver- age speed was just under 33 mph, 72 percent of cars were traveling under the posted speed limit of 35 mph, and those traveling faster than 35 mph, averaged 38.5 mph. Wenning said 11 vehicles registered speeds of 100 mph or more, but one of them was recorded at 2:55 p.m. when it would likely be diffi cult to attain such speeds among daily traffi c traveling to and from area schools. Residents are unhappy with the current situ- ation because of diffi culty retrieving mail from mailboxes across the street or simply visiting with neighbors. Members of the committee have suggested asking the U.S. Postal Service to move mailboxes according to the respective side of the road resi- dents live on. Residents Jim Gray and Pritam Rohila bristled at the notion in a letter asking the traffi c safety committee to reinvestigate the situation, saying, “Going by your reasoning, you would probably also recommend that we ask our neighbors to move to our side of the street so that we do not have to cross the road to visit them! In the same vein, would you also recommend that elementary and middle schools in the area be moved so that children do not have to cross the street on the way to and from their schools?” Gray and Rohila have requested that the city lower the speed limit to 30 or 25 mph. In other business: • Committee members voted against tak- ing action to alleviate a parking problem on Ivy Way Northeast. The street dead-ends behind an apartment complex and residents and visitors have taken to parking on Ivy Way to shorten the distance to the apartments. Residents requested establishing a permitted parking zone, but the committee declined to move forward with such a recommendation. • In response to another request to elimi- nate on-street parking between Cherry Avenue Northeast and Eve Court Northeast, the com- mittee also chose to take no action. A concerned resident visited the committee last month to re- quest eliminating on-street parking in the area because it narrows the lanes of travel signifi cantly. Bright headlights at night create additional haz- ards. OTHER Clayton Carl Scott, prohib- ited noise, $100; Andrew Stephen Hillier, illegal altera- tion/display of plates, $265; Paul Moreno, failure to drive within a lane, $642; Jesus Ortega Ramirez, improper display of validating stickers, $192; Brandon Josiah Piete, illegal window tinting, $40; Brady Michael Horton, $245; Maria J. Hernandez-Angeles, $265; Anthony Boue Luna, failure to wear protective headgear while riding a scooter/skateboarding, $115. 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