PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
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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.
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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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