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A. The City of Sherwood
Sherwood, Oregon, is located approximately 15 miles
southwest of Portland, Oregon. During the 1990s and through at
least 2000, Sherwood experienced rapid population growth,
increasing from 5,320 in 1995 to 12,230 by 2000.
The population growth led to increased commercial
development in the Town Center area, which was centered around
the intersection of T-S Road and Pacific Highway.3 To facilitate
commercial development, the City of Sherwood created a “master
plan” for development, which included a comprehensive development
plan, zoning districts, and a zoning map. Individual land owners
could apply for planned unit developments, or PUDs, which
overlaid the master plan. The PUDs included “categories of use”,
or phases, that fit within the general goals and requirements of
the comprehensive plan. The PUDs were intended to be flexible,
offering relief from strict adherence to the zoning map. The
phases within each PUD could be altered without going through a
comprehensive plan amendment or zoning change. The PUD phases
were not separate legal parcels, and any development,
reconfiguration, or partitioning of the phases required the
city’s approval.
3 In 2000, Pacific Highway had two to three lanes of
traffic running in each direction, additional turn lanes, and an
average daily traffic count of 37,800. In 2000, T-S Road had
only one lane in each direction, a center turn lane, and an
average daily traffic count of 22,946.
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