Meadow Waye Park, a small, popular park for small children in the South Beaverton neighborhood. A projected nine lot division with a cut through street will reduce livability, increase traffic and danger to families that use the park.

Beaverton neighbors are putting together a petition in regards to the property located at 13275 SW DAVIES RD and abutting Meadow Waye Park, a small, popular park for small children in Beaverton. A projected nine lot division with a cut through street will reduce livability, increase traffic and danger to children and families that use the park.

Help a South Beaverton Neighborhood

After consulting South Beaverton NAC and, learning about previous land use problems and how they were addressed, this South Beaverton neighborhood would like to ask its neighbors to sign a petition against the nine small lots.

A better solution would use the current property to add four or five lots maximum, much like the development that occurred in 2018-2019 with the new homes located at the corner of 135th and Davies Rd. If a road is added, it is wide enough to allow parking and traffic, and security gated at one end to reduce traffic (but allowing access for emergency vehicles).

You can help!

Members of the Meadow Waye neighborhood are preparing a petition to Beaverton City Government that nine homes are too many, and that the suggested road represents a danger to neighborhood children. We have set a goal of collecting 600 signatures based on feedback regarding other petitions that were successful in Beaverton. You can do the following:

• Sign the Petition. If one of your neighbors visits, please ask all adults in your household to sign.
• Get your neighbors to sign. We need your help. If 60 individuals sign up 10 neighbors, we reach our goal in no time. Click the link below to get the PDF. It also contains contact information for submitting the petition signatures.
• Attend the South Beaverton NAC Meetings. The NAC has given us time to present our case to a city official and it helps if neighbors attend.

Download the Background PDF & PETITION

Some Background About Development Near Meadow Waye Park

Earlier in 2019, neighbors began to notice real estate advertisements for the lot located 13275 SW DAVIES RD, which is the remaining farm property once owned by the respected Homer and Nancy Speer. The map displayed indicates a nine lot division with a narrow road where a single home and external building currently exist.

Original Rendering in Advertisement	Aerial Photograph with Approximate Overlay of Development

Meadow Waye Park itself was land purchased by the city from Homer and Nancy Speer and is currently managed by Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District. It is a small park with equipment especially for very small children. The expectations set at the time was that one day, Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District and the city would acquire the remaining property to expand the park. However it did not happen. These are the problems the neighbors would like to avoid:

• Tiny lots, unattractive homes. The proposed development varies the current zoning of R5 by reducing lot sizes on 5 of the 9 lots to 4500 square feet from 5000 square feet. Lots adjacent to the across the street from the property vary from 5,000 square feet to 7,000 square feet. That crowds many properties into a small area. You can see how small the lots are compared to nearby house sizes.
• Exacerbated parking problems. The pass through street would not be wide enough for on street parking. This will create significant, new parking problems. Guests and extra vehicles for the new homes will end up parking where park visitors currently park. The parking for Meadow Waye Park is already a problem along Davies.
• Unprotected pedestrians. Hazardous The pass through street will have narrow visibility on either end, creating a hazard for children and pedestrians that regularly walk to and use the park. Visibility from the dirt road adjacent to the property is already problematic.
• Emergency and waste related problems. The pass through street will be very narrow, creating problems for emergency and waste management vehicles. Where will waste cans be stored except in areas that would cluster them around the park?

Because of the passage of HB 2001, it is possible in the next few years that each household can be split into duplexes, and also external tiny homes added to each lot. Imagine if each lot in your neighborhood housed three families with no accommodation for increases in traffic.

The Beaverton Neighbors recognize that lots for new homes are becoming scarce in Beaverton. Sub-dividing the lot into nine small lots (of which five have to be smaller than R5 to fit) not only will not fit with the aesthetic of the neighborhood but also dramatically increase traffic, parking problems near the park, issues with waste management and other issues. Adding many more cars to the street, both driving and parking, with the suggested roadway, will also create additional road danger to regular visitors.