Transportation System Plan 2018-2038
Medford · Page 394 of 398 · Adopted 2018-12-06
The LDC includes a section on referral to other ag encies for review [ 10.146] including RVTD and
ODOT. This language appears adequate to meet this section of the TPR.
Conditions of Approval
The TPR [660-12-045(2)(e)] requires local governm ents to adopt land use regulations that create a
process for apply ing conditions to developm ent proposal s to minimize im pacts and protect transportation
facilities, corridors, or sites.
The LDC requires applicants to com plete a Traffic Im pact Analy sis (TIA) and to m aintain a level of
service D [ 10.460-10.466] . These requirem ents appear adequate to m eet this section of the TPR.
Notification
The TPR [ 660-12-045(2)(f)] requires regulations calli ng for notification of the following to public
agencies providing transportation facilities and ser vices, MPOs and the Oregon Departm ent of
Transportation (ODOT):
• Land use applications that require public hearings
• Subdivision and partition applications
• Other applications that affect private access to roads
• Other applications within airport noise corridors a nd im aginary surfaces that affect airport operations.
The LDC includes a section on referral to other ag encies for review [ 10.146] including RVTD and
ODOT. This language appears adequate to meet this section of the TPR.
Consistency with TSP
The TPR [ 660-12-045(2)(g)] requires regulations assuring that am endm ents to land use designations,
densities, and design standards are consistent with the functions, capacities and levels of service of
facilities identified in the TSP. The purpose of this requi rement is to ensure that a com prehensive plan
amendm ent, zoning ordinance am endm ent or zone change considers the im pact on traffic and is
consistent with the TSP.
Medford’s Com prehensive Plan requires that any changes to the Com prehensive Plan be judged on
“com patibility of the proposed change with other elem ents of the Comprehensive Plan ” [Review and
Amendm ent Procedures] The LDC requires that z one changes be “consistent with the Oregon
Transportation Planning Rule (OAR 660) and the General Land Use Plan Map designation.” [ 10.227] .
This language appears adequate to meet this section of the TPR.
Safe and Convenient Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation
Bicy cle Parking
The TPR [ 660-12-045(3)(a)] requires bicy cle parking facilities as part of the m ulti-fam ily residential units
of four units or m ore, new retail, office or institutiona l developm ents, and all transit transfer stations and
park and ride lots. Bicy cle parking is t horoughly addressed in LDC sections 10.747 through 10.751.
Pedestrian and Bicy cle Facilities
The TPR [ 660-12-045(3)(b)] requires on-site facilities that accom modate safe and convenient pedestrian
and bicy cle access from within new subdivisions, multi-fam ily developm ents, planned developm ents,
shopping centers, and com mercial districts to adj acent residential areas and transit stops, and to
neighborhood activity centers within a half mile of the developm ent. The TPR also provides that single-
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