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Traffi c: Future work could include narrowing highway to three lanes
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In March 2020, Ken-
neth Shonkwiler, ODOT’s
senior northwest region
planner, appeared before
the City Council to dis-
cuss plan priorities and 75
potential projects. The work
could include narrowing the
highway from four lanes to
three, sidewalks, bike lanes,
better, more visible cross-
ings and fi xes for fl ooding
and stormwater drainage
issues.
Facility plans are more
detailed than transporta-
tion system plans, and this
particular project is solely
focused on Highway 101 in
Gearhart, Shonkwiler said.
“The facility plan will
use goals and project ideas Cars often exceed 20 mph over the speed limit along this stretch.
from the city of Gearhart
TSP 2017 to develop more structure projects.”
left-turn lanes, and the abil- of ADA (Americans with
detailed projects that have
Mayor Paulina Cock- ity for people particularly Disabilities Act) standards,”
ODOT and community sup- rum said the plan serves as on the east side of the high- she said. “Those are some
port,” he said. “The end a “jumping-off point.”
way to cross the highway of the many reasons it was
product will provide ODOT
“That document out- anywhere except Pacifi c such a pertinent part of the
and the city with adequate lines increasing issues with Way — and even Pacifi c transportation plan.”
information to pursue infra- speeding, traffi c accidents, Way is suboptimal in terms
The Department of
Land needs: More aff ordable rentals are needed
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accessory dwelling units,
encourage cottage cluster
housing and streamline off -
street parking requirements
to increase the availability
of on-street parking in dif-
ferent neighborhoods.
The city’s zoning code
needs an update to show that
the housing is allowed, on
what size lots and what den-
sity. “We’ve provided some
of those amendments,”
Hastie said.
The report identifi es
comprehensive plan policies
that could be changed or
updated to determine if they
are best practices for cities.
“One would be to expand
the range of housing types
that you need to be consis-
tent with what the earlier
housing study said,” Hastie
said. “Two, would be to
have a more explicit pol-
icy to talk about support for
development for housing
available for low and mod-
erate incomes.”
While larger cities are
required to update the study
every six years, Hastie rec-
ommended Gearhart review
the study every fi ve years, as
a matter of course, as well as
Portland State University’s
population updates.
“Portland State Univer-
sity is regularly updating
their projections,” he said.
“They do annual popula-
tion estimates for cities, and
when the census comes out,
they go back and recalibrate
all their estimates to be con-
sistent with the estimates.
“If you think the trends
were identifi ed previously
or off base, I’d encourage
you to participate in that
process,” Hastie said. “You
ought to take a look at that
and see how that supply
looks like.
“It is pretty wonky
stuff , even for planners like
myself,” he added.
Transportation is entering
the “feedback on draft goals
and objectives,” before
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an estimate what your sup-
ply of land for residential
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get a better understanding
of what properties are con-
strained and how does that
aff ect capacity.”
The discrepancy in num-
bers between the 2019
county study and this year’s
study comes from a closer
look at specifi c proper-
ties being developed, areas
constrained by the tsunami
inundation zone, dune zone
and conservation easements.
The city has some pro-
visions in code that require
use of an adjacent lot by the
same owner to be reserved
for septic use, rather than
for a second house, Hastie
added. “We had not factored
that into the earlier analy-
sis but did factor it into the
updated analysis,” he said.
About 60% of housing
units are classifi ed as vacant
and the majority of them are
owned and used as second
or vacation homes. More
typical vacancy rates for
communities in Oregon are
closer to 5%.
According to the study,
there is a need for more
rental supply for lower and
moderately priced rental
units. Almost 90% of the
city’s 1,840 housing units
are described as single-fam-
ily detached. Rentals make
up about 16% of those units.
The greatest need for
rental units is found at the
lowest and middle price
points, the study found. To
improve supply, land could
be rezoned for that purpose,
or the land could be an out-
right use in the medium-den-
sity zone, Hastie said.
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Parking: Goal is to provide more workforce housing
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to require a minimum of two
off -street spaces.
“Our long-range goal is
providing for more work-
force housing or more resi-
dential housing,” Mayor Jay
Barber said.
A similar proposal went
before the City Council a
year ago, but the ordinance
came with additional provi-
sions eliminating the park-
ing requirement for certain
types of residential units
within the downtown core.
Business owners at the time
said the changes could add
to already existing park-
ing shortages and would
not guarantee aff ordable
housing.
Last March, the council
remanded the ordinance to
the Planning Commission,
which removed portions
of the amendment relating
to downtown commercial
zones.
“This will give the coun-
cil an opportunity to move
forward with that part of
the text amendment that
appeared to be supported by
the council during the initial
review,” Cupples said. “The
requested amendment will
help reduce some of the reg-
ulatory hurdles associated
with developing workforce
rental housing and promote
more effi cient use of land
within the city.”
Seaside’s two-space off -
street requirement has a
“signifi cant impact on the
amount of backup land nec-
essary to develop smaller
apartments or multifam-
ily dwellings, which in turn
drives up the land cost to
develop smaller rental hous-
ing,” Cupples said. “You
may fi nd some of the build-
ers who want to stick with
that, but it gives them a lot
more fl exibility in what they
can do.”
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ment will only aff ect apart-
ments, not condominiums.
“Even if you had a studio
condominium unit, it would
still stick with the two-
(space) requirement based
on the way the ordinance is
written,” Cupples said.
“You’re going to see
more compressed parking
in those areas where it’s in
higher demand, but if you
want to get the most out of
your higher density zones,
this is one way to do it,” he
said.
Vacation rentals operate
under a separate set of park-
ing ordinances, “which are a
diff erent animal,” Cupples
added.
Accessory dwelling units
are exempt.
Following the fi rst read-
ing by title only, the ordi-
nance will be scheduled for
a public hearing and sec-
ond reading during the City
Council meeting on Mon-
day. A third reading and fi nal
adoption could come at the
city’s April 12 meeting.
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“This will make a diff er-
ence in the fi nal plan, how
much people are in agree-
ment with what they put out
as a proposal, such as reduc-
ing the speed on 101, or
reducing to three lanes with
a center turn lane,” Cock-
rum said.
As for funding, Shonk-
wiler said, the project is
a planning-level project,
which means there is not
construction funding at this
time. But by the end, the
state and the city will have
a better understanding of
infrastructure needs and rel-
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“We really just began the
project and will have a bet-
ter idea once we start devel-
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