10.808 New Commercial and Institutional Development.
All new commercial, office and institutional buildings on parcels within 600 feet of an existing or planned major transit stop, as designated by the City of Medford Transportation System Plan (TSP), shall provide the following:
(1) Building entrances. All such uses shall provide a main entrance on the facade of a building nearest to and facing a street with a designated “transit route”, hereinafter “transit street”. A building may have more than one main entrance. If the lot has frontage on more than one transit street, the building need only have one main entrance oriented to a transit street or to the corner where two transit streets intersect.
(2) Setbacks. Buildings shall be set back no more than 20 feet from the designated transit stop or transit street. Where the site is adjacent to more than one designated transit street, a building is required to meet the maximum setback standard on only one of the streets.
(3) Parking lots. No automobile parking shall be permitted between the building and the designated transit street.
(4) An exception to one or more of the requirements in this section may be granted if the approving authority determines that:
(a) Strict compliance with the standard is not possible because of terrain or other physical conditions beyond the control of the applicant; or,
(b) Direct, convenient and safe access to transit is otherwise adequately provided for by other measures.