Chapter 16.05
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
16.05.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this title is to provide the mechanism to divide property and adjust property lines, in compliance with the standards of RRMC Title 17 and policies of the Rogue River comprehensive plan. [Ord. 11-373-O § 8-7:1.100].
16.05.020 Definitions.
As used in this title, the following words and phrases shall mean:
“Access connection” means any driveway, street, turnout or other means of providing for the movement of vehicles to or from the public roadway system.
“Access management” means the process of providing and managing access to land development while preserving the regional flow of traffic in terms of safety, capacity, and speed.
“Accessway” means a walkway that provides pedestrian and bicycle passage either between streets or from a street to a building or other destination such as a school, park, or transit stop. Accessways generally include a walkway and additional land on either side of the walkway, often in the form of an easement or right-of-way, to provide clearance and separation between the walkway and adjacent uses. Accessways through parking lots are generally physically separated from adjacent vehicle parking or parallel vehicle traffic by curbs or similar devices and include landscaping, trees, and lighting. Where accessways cross driveways, they are generally raised, paved, or marked in a manner that provides convenient access for pedestrians.
Administrative Decision.
1. “Type I administrative decision” is a staff decision based on clear and objective approval criteria and requires no use of discretion. A Type I decision is made without public notice, public hearing or the opportunity for appeal.
2. “Type II administrative decision” is a staff decision involving limited discretion, and is made with public notice and an opportunity for a public hearing if appealed.
“Alley” means a narrow street through a block primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on another street.
“Appeal” means a request that a final action by the city administrator, the planning commission or city council be considered by a higher authority.
“Applicant” means the owner of property subject to a land use action, or such owner’s duly authorized representative. For this purpose, “duly authorized” means a representative empowered with a limited power of attorney from the owner, as attested on a form provided by the city administrator and signed by the owner and notarized by a notary public. The owner and the applicant may be the same, with the representative being the duly authorized representative, or the applicant and the representative may be the same person, or all three may be separate persons. In the latter case, both the applicant and the owner’s representative shall be duly authorized. See also “owner.”
Applicant’s Representative. See “Applicant.”
“Application” means a completely executed and signed application on a form provided by the city administrator, and materials required to be submitted under this title.
“Arterial” means the street intended to transport large quantities of traffic in an efficient, rapid manner, having a minimal number of controlled access points, and which is primarily a traffic artery for inter-communication among large areas.
“Building” means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. Note: “building” and “structure” are not synonyms; see “structure.” A building is a particular type of structure: one that shelters humans, animals, or activities. A fence is a structure, but it is not a building.
“Building code” means a set of regulations adopted by the city and/or the state that govern the construction of buildings and other structures.
“Building envelope” means that portion of a lot or development site which is available for siting and constructing a building or buildings, exclusive of areas required for front, side, and rear yards and other required open spaces, setbacks, and easements.
“Building inspector” means that individual designated by the city administrator who examines the construction of buildings for compliance with the state building code and for compliance with the approved site plan, development conditions and developer agreement.
“Building line” means a line on a plat or plan indicating the limit beyond which buildings or structures may not be erected, or the minimum setback distance as prescribed by city ordinance.
“Building official” means that individual designated by the city administrator as the city’s building official.
“Building permit” means authorization from the building official to build, alter, or place structures on real property in accordance with the state’s building code and other applicable city regulations and approvals.
“Capital improvement” means a public service facility, structure, or system, such as, but not limited to, sewers, water systems, reservoirs, pumping stations, storm drainage systems, streets, and city offices.
“Capital improvements program” means a plan adopted by the city to describe how and when some or all of the city’s capital improvements are to be developed.
“Carrying capacity” means that level of use that can be accommodated and continued without irreversible impairment of natural resources, resource productivity, the ecosystem, and the quality of air, land, and water resources (LCDC goals).
“City” means the city of Rogue River, Oregon.
“City administrator” means the city administrator of the city of Rogue River, Oregon, or the city administrator’s designee.
“City council” means the city council of the city of Rogue River, Oregon.
“City engineer” means that civil engineer designated by the city administrator to be acting as the city engineer of the city of Rogue River, Oregon (see also “engineer, civil”).
“City surveyor” means the licensed professional surveyor contracted by the city administrator to provide surveying services.
“Collector” means a street intended to collect and transport traffic from a varying number of local neighborhoods to arterial streets, and having a minimal number of controlled access points, used to some extent for through traffic and to some extent for access to abutting properties.
“Comprehensive plan” means the city’s adopted generalized, coordinated land use map and policy statement that interrelates all functional and natural systems and activities relating to the use of lands, including but not limited to sewer and water systems, transportation systems, education facilities, recreational facilities, and natural resources and water quality management programs.
“Condominium” means title to a unit of real property which, in reality, is the air space which an apartment, office or store occupies. The owner of the condominium also owns a common tenancy with owners of other units in the common area, which includes all the driveways, parking, elevators, outside hallways, recreation and landscaped areas, which are managed by a homeowners or tenants association.
“Council” means the city council of the city of Rogue River.
“County” means Jackson County, Oregon.
“County clerk” means the Jackson County clerk.
“County surveyor” means the individual appointed or elected to the office of Jackson County surveyor, or that individual responsible for performing the duties of the Jackson County surveyor’s office, and as described by law.
“Covenants, codes and restrictions” means a private contractual agreement to limit the use of real property; a deed restriction. Commonly known as “CCRs.”
“Criteria” means general rules or tests on which a judgment or decision must be based.
“Cul-de-sac” means a local street with only one outlet and having an approved terminal for safe and convenient turnaround of vehicles.
“Dedication” means to give private property to the public, where the fee simple ownership of the land passes from the owner or developer of the property to the public at large as represented by the local government. Typically used to dedicate land for street rights-of-way, parks, schools, etc. See, by contrast, “easement.”
“De novo” means a new hearing with consideration of previous hearing testimony and allowing new testimony.
“Development” means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to: construction, installation or change of a building or other structure; land division or partition; establishment or termination of a right of access; storage on the land; site alterations such as that due to land surface mining, drilling, dredging, paving, excavation, grading, filling, or clearing.
“Development permit” means a permit issued by the city administrator for a development that is in compliance with this title, other city ordinances, and the comprehensive plan.
“Director of public works” means the director of public works for the city of Rogue River.
“District, special” means a specific area to be served by one or more public services, such as a fire-protection district or a school district.
“District, zone” means a district or section of the city or county in which certain land uses are permitted outright or permitted conditionally, and others are prohibited by ordinance.
“Drainage way” means a natural or a manmade watercourse which has the function of transmitting natural stream water or storm runoff water from a point of higher elevation to a point of lower elevation, and which conveys significant seasonal concentrations of water over the surface of the land.
“Driveway” means a private way providing access to a building or house.
“Dwelling unit” means one or more habitable rooms which are occupied or which are intended or designed to be occupied by one family for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.
“Easement” means a recorded interest in land that entitles its holder the right to use, for a specific purpose, limited use or enjoyment, a particular piece of land owned by another. See, by contrast, “dedication” and “right-of-way.”
“Engineer, civil” means civil engineer registered in the state of Oregon.
“Engineer, geotechnical” means geotechnical engineer registered in the state of Oregon.
“Family” means any of the following:
1. An individual or a group of persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, not to exceed 15 in number.
2. An individual or group of not more than five persons who need not be related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together in a dwelling unit.
“Fee simple estate” means a freehold estate that gives to its holder the largest number of rights to a piece of real property; the highest form of ownership of real property.
“FEMA” means Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“Finding” means a statement that states the approval criteria and standards considered relevant to the decision, states the facts relied upon in rendering the decision, and explains the justification for the decision based on the approval criteria, the standards, and the facts set forth.
“Flood” means any high stream flow which overtops the natural or artificial bank of any part of a drainage way, stream or river that covers land not usually under water. The base flood (the 100-year flood) is a flood with a one percent chance of occurrence in any given year. This flood has been mapped by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the city of Rogue River for purposes of regulating development within flood boundaries.
“Flood fringe” means the area bordering the floodway and within the floodplain and which acts as the reservoir of floodwaters.
“Flood insurance rate map (FIRM)” means the official map on which FEMA has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
“Flood insurance study” means the official report provided by FEMA that includes flood profiles, the flood boundary/floodway map and the water surface elevation of the base 100-year flood.
“Floodplain” means the combined area of the floodway and the flood fringe as defined herein.
“Floodway” means the minimum area necessary for the passage of flood waters, including the channel and adjacent land areas, which must be reserved in order to discharge the 100-year flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot, or any area designated as a floodway on the floodway map, whichever is more restrictive.
“Frontage” means that portion of a property which abuts a street right-of-way.
“Frontage road” means a public or private drive which generally parallels a public street. The frontage road provides access to private properties while separating them from the arterial street.
“Functional classification” means a system used to group public roadways into classes according to their purpose in moving vehicles and providing access.
“Future development plan” means dashed lines on a final partition plat, subdivision plat or planned unit development plat showing, for those lots or parcels capable of further land division, future lot lines and street right-of-way extension such that all future lots or parcels may be accessed and served with utilities in a manner conforming to the requirements of this title and other city ordinances. Note: a “future development plan” refers to future development within a proposed partition, subdivision, or planned unit development. A “master plan” refers to a plan for future development beyond a proposed partition, subdivision, or planned unit development as needed for the appropriate extension of streets and utilities to serve undeveloped properties. See, by contrast, “master plan.”
“Half street” means half of the width of a street, or more than half of the width of the street as determined by the director of public works, usually along the side of a subdivision where the remaining portion of the street could be provided in another subdivision.
“Homeowners association” means an incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which each lot or unit owner of a residential planned unit development or other described land area is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of maintaining a common property, easement or utility.
“Irrigation district” means either the Grants Pass Irrigation District (GPID) or the Gold Hill Irrigation District (GHID), as applicable by the context.
“Kitchen” means any room used, intended or designed to be used for preparation of food and storage of food, including any room having a sink and a provision for a range or stove.
“Land division” means, for purposes of this title, the act of partitioning or subdividing land, a lot line adjustment between two parcels or lots of land, or the vacation of a parcel boundary or lot line.
“Land owner association” means an incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which each lot or unit owner of a commercial, industrial or mixed-use planned unit development or other described land area is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of maintaining a common property, easement or utility.
“Land use decision”:
1. Means a final decision or determination that concerns the adoption, amendment, or application of:
a. The statewide planning goals;
b. A comprehensive plan provision;
c. A land use regulation; or
d. A new land use regulation;
2. Does not mean a decision:
a. That is made under land use standards that do not require interpretation or the exercise of policy or legal judgment;
b. That approves or denies a building permit issued under clear and objective land use standards;
c. That is a limited land use decision;
d. That determines final engineering design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair or preservation of a transportation facility that is otherwise authorized by and consistent with the comprehensive plan and land use regulations;
e. That is an expedited land use division as described in ORS 197.360;
f. That approves, pursuant to ORS 480.450(7), the siting, installation, maintenance or removal of a liquid petroleum gas container or receptacle regulated exclusively by the State Fire Marshal under ORS 480.410 to 480.460; or
g. That approves or denies approval of a final subdivision or partition plat or that determines whether a final subdivision or partition plat substantially conforms to the tentative subdivision or partition plan;
3. Does not include a decision by a school district to close a school;
4. Does not include authorization of an outdoor mass gathering as defined in ORS 433.735, or other gathering of fewer than 3,000 persons that is not anticipated to continue for more than 120 hours in any three-month period; and
5. Does not include:
a. A writ of mandamus issued by a circuit court in accordance with ORS 215.429 or 227.179; or
b. Any local decision or action taken on an application subject to ORS 215.427 or 227.178 after a petition for a writ of mandamus has been filed under ORS 215.429 or 227.179.
“Land use regulation” means RRMC Title 17 and this title adopted under ORS 92.044 or 92.046 or similar general ordinances establishing standards for implementing the city of Rogue River comprehensive plan.
“Lawfully established unit of land” means:
1. A lot or parcel created pursuant to ORS 92.010 to 92.190; or
2. Another unit of land created:
a. In compliance with all applicable planning, zoning and subdivision or partition ordinance regulations; or
b. By deed or land sales contract, if there were no applicable planning, zoning or subdivision ordinances or regulations.
3. “Lawfully established unit of land” does not mean a unit of land created solely to establish a separate tax account.
“Legislative decision” means a Type IV decision which involves the creation, revision or implementation of public policies. Type IV decisions are considered initially by the planning commission, with the final decisions made by the city council.
“Limited land use decision” means:
1. A final decision or determination pertaining to a site within the urban growth boundary that concerns:
a. The approval or denial of a tentative subdivision or partition plan, as described in ORS 92.040(1).
b. The approval or denial of an application based on discretionary standards designed to regulate the physical characteristics of a use permitted outright, including but not limited to site review and design review.
2. Does not mean a final decision made by a local government pertaining to a site within an urban growth boundary that concerns approval or denial of a final subdivision or partition plat or that determines whether a final subdivision or partition plat substantially conforms to the tentative subdivision or partition plan.
“Limited power of attorney” means a limited power of attorney authorizing a representative to act as the property owner’s representative regarding all land use and development actions relating to the subject property, on a form provided by the city and signed by the property owner. The limited power of attorney permits the representative to appear, negotiate and testify on behalf of the owner in any hearing or administrative land use and development process, and the owner agrees to be bound by the acts of the representative and to perform all conditions or other requirements resulting from approvals or permits. The representative may be designated as “applicant” or “representative” or both by the property owner. See also “applicant.”
“Local street” means a street intended to provide direct access from other streets to individual properties and allow traffic movement within a neighborhood.
“Lot” means a single unit of land that is created by a subdivision of land.
“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot or parcel.
“Lot, authorized” means a lot which is recognized by the city as a discrete unit of land for planning, zoning, use, and development purposes.
“Lot, corner” means a lot situated at the intersection of two intersecting streets, where the interior angle of such intersection does not exceed 135 degrees.
“Lot coverage” means the percent of a development site area covered by the vertical projection of any structures or buildings.
“Lot depth” means the average minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the front lot line. In the case of a flag lot, the lot depth shall be the average minimum horizontal distance between the two lot lines most distant from one another.
“Lot, flag” means a lot that has frontage on and primary access to a street by means of a flag pole.
“Lot, flag pole” means that portion of a lot that is a narrow strip of land to provide primary frontage and access to the main body of the lot from the public street.
“Lot, interior” means a lot other than a corner lot and having frontage on only one street.
Lot Line. See “property line.”
“Lot line, exterior” means any side or rear lot line abutting a street or alley.
“Lot line, front” means a property line that abuts the street. Where two or more property lines abut a street, one shall be the front lot line and all others shall be exterior side or exterior rear lot lines, as the context dictates.
“Lot line, rear” means the lot line or lines most distant from and generally opposite the front lot line.
“Lot, nonconforming” means a parcel of land which lawfully existed as a lot on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, or which is legally created after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, but does not conform to the lot area and/or lot dimension standards for the zone in which it is located.
“Lot of record” means generally a lot or parcel that, because of its existence prior to the passage of a certain regulation, retains development rights that would otherwise be prohibited by that regulation. For the purposes of this title, a lot of record is that lot or parcel that has been legally created prior to March 24, 1983.
“Lot, through” means a lot that has both a front and a rear lot line abutting a street.
“Master plan” means a development plan approved and adopted by the city council as part of the city’s comprehensive plan for the guidance of growth and improvement of the city, including but not limited to location of future streets, water mains, sanitary sewer mains, storm drain mains and drainage ways, and other public or private utilities within undeveloped or partially developed portions of the city limits and the city urban growth boundary. See Chapter 16.30 RRMC.
“Negotiate” means any activity preliminary to the execution of a binding agreement for the sale of land in a subdivision or partition, including but not limited to advertising, solicitation, and promotion and the sale of such land.
“Ordinance” means this title.
“ORS” means Oregon Revised Statutes and includes applicable state law as hereafter amended.
“Owner” means the legal owner of record, or the majority interest in real property or, where there is a recorded land sales contract in force, the purchaser thereunder.
“Parcel” means a single unit of land created by a land partition.
“Partition” means either an act of partitioning land or an area or tract of land partitioned.
“Partition land” means to divide land to create not more than three parcels of land within a calendar year, but does not include:
1. A division of land resulting from a lien foreclosure, foreclosure of a recorded contract for the sale of real property or the creation of cemetery lots;
2. An adjustment of a property line by the relocation of a common boundary where an additional unit of land is not created and where the existing unit of land reduced in size by the adjustment complies with any applicable zoning ordinance;
3. The division of land resulting from the recording of a subdivision or condominium plat;
4. A sale or grant by a person to a public agency or public body for state highway, county road, city street or other right-of-way purposes; provided, that such road or right-of-way complies with the applicable comprehensive plan and ORS 215.213(2)(p) to (r) and 215.283(2)(q) to (s). However, any property divided by the sale or grant of property for state highway, county road, city street or other right-of-way purposes shall continue to be considered a single unit of land until such time as the property is further subdivided or partitioned; or
5. A sale or grant by a public agency or public body of excess property resulting from the acquisition of land by the state, a political subdivision or special district for highways, county roads, city streets or other right-of-way purposes when the sale or grant is part of a property line adjustment incorporating the excess right-of-way into adjacent property. The property line adjustment shall be approved or disapproved by the applicable local government. If the property line adjustment is approved, it shall be recorded in the deed records of the county where the property is located.
“Partition plat” includes a final map and other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, provisions and information concerning a partition.
“Party” means any person, organization or governmental body, including the applicant, that appeared at a public hearing by submitting written or oral testimony concerning a particular application or matter, or submitted written testimony during a noticed public comment period prior to a limited land use decision.
“Paved” means a road, driveway or parking lot finished with a durable, dust free surface of Portland cement concrete, asphaltic concrete or other approved materials. Other approved materials may include pervious paving materials developed to the city engineer’s specifications.
“Pedestrian way” means an access, trail, sidewalk or similar path that accommodates pedestrian travel.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental subdivision or agency, or private organization of any kind, two or more people having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity.
“Planned unit development” means a land development project comprehensively planned as an entity via a unified site plan which permits flexibility in building siting, mixtures of building types and land uses (provided those land uses are permitted in the underlying zone), usable open spaces and the preservation of significant natural features. Planned unit developments may include subdivisions or partitions.
“Planner” means the city planner of the city of Rogue River.
“Planning commission” means the planning commission of the city of Rogue River.
“Plat” means a final subdivision plat, replat, or partition plat.
“Private street” means any roadway for vehicular travel which is privately owned and maintained and which provides the principal means of access to abutting properties.
“Property” means a unit or tract of land.
“Property line” means the division line between two units of land.
“Property line adjustment” means the relocation or elimination of a common property line between abutting properties.
Property Line Adjustment Plat. See “plat.”
Property Owner. See “owner.”
“Public street” means a street under the jurisdiction of a public body that provides the principal means of access to an abutting property.
“Quasi-judicial decision” means a Type III decision made by the planning commission after a public hearing, with appeals reviewed by the city council. Type III decisions generally use discretionary approval criteria.
“Replat” means the act of platting the lots, parcels and easements in a recorded subdivision or partition plat to achieve a reconfiguration of the existing subdivision or partition plat or to increase or decrease the number of lots in the subdivision.
Reserve Strip. See “street plug.”
“Review body” means the city administrator, planning commission, or city council, whichever has authority for making a recommendation or taking a final action under the various final action. Resubmittal does not mean provision of additional material required for a complete application, as may be required by the city administrator, planning commission or city council as provided in this title. An appeal of a review body decision is not a resubmittal. Resubmittals following denial of a request shall not be accepted until 180 days after the final action by the review body denying the request.
“Right-of-way” means the area between boundary lines of a public or private street; also, the legal right of passage in the area between the boundary lines of the right-of-way. The term “right-of-way” usually refers to land that is owned in fee simple by the public. See, by contrast, “easement.”
“Road” or “street” means a public or private way that is created to provide ingress or egress for persons to one or more lots, parcels, areas or tracts of land, excluding a private way that is created to provide ingress.
“Roadway” means the portion of a right-of-way improved for vehicular traffic.
“Sale” or “sell” means any disposition or transfer of land or an interest or estate therein.
“Sidewalk” means a pedestrian walkway with permanent surfacing as approved by the director of public works.
“Significant change in trip generation” means a change in the use of the property, including land, structures or facilities, or an expansion of the size of the structures or facilities causing an increase in the trip generation of the property exceeding: (1) local, 10 percent more trip generation (either peak or daily) and 100 vehicles per day more than the existing use for all roads under local jurisdiction; or (2) state, exceeding 25 percent more trip generation (either peak or daily) and 100 vehicles per day more than the existing use for all roads under state jurisdiction.
“Site” means that lot or parcel of real property in one ownership. A proposal for the development of a portion of a site shall require a site plan approval for development of the entire site.
“Site plan” means a plan prepared to scale, showing accurately and with complete dimensions all the uses proposed for a parcel of land and other information as required by specific sections of this title.
“Special district” means a specific area to be served by one or more public services, such as a fire-protection district or a school district.
“Standing” means the right to participate in or appeal an administrative or limited land use action, as defined in this title. See also Chapter 16.10 RRMC, Procedures.
“Street” or “road” means a public or private way that is created to provide ingress or egress for persons to one or more lots, parcels, areas or tracts of land, excluding a private way that is created to provide ingress.
1. “Alley” means a narrow street through a block primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on another street.
2. “Arterial” means the street intended to transport large quantities of traffic in an efficient, rapid manner, having a minimal number of controlled access points, and which is primarily a traffic artery for inter-communication among large areas.
3. “Collector” means a street intended to collect and transport traffic from a varying number of local neighborhoods to arterial streets, and having a minimal number of controlled access points, used to some extent for through traffic and to some extent for access to abutting properties.
4. “Cul-de-sac” means a local street with only one outlet and having an approved terminal for safe and convenient turnaround of vehicles.
5. “Half street” means half of the width of a street, or more than half of the width of the street as determined by the director of public works, usually along the side of a subdivision where the remaining portion of the street could be provided in another subdivision.
6. “Local” means a street intended to provide direct access from other streets to individual properties and allow traffic movement within a neighborhood.
“Street plug” means a strip of property, usually one foot in width, overlaying a dedicated street that is reserved to the city for control of access until such time as additional right-of-way is accepted by the city for continuation of or widening of the street. Also referred to as “reserve strip.”
“Structure” means anything constructed or installed, or portable, the use of which requires a location on a parcel of land (LCDC goals). Note: “building” and “structure” are not synonyms; see “building.”
“Stub-out (stub-street)” means a portion of a street or cross access drive used as an extension to an abutting property that may be developed in the future.
“Subdivide land” means to divide land into four or more lots within a calendar year.
“Subdivision” means either an act of subdividing land or an area or tract of land subdivided.
“Subdivision plat” means a final map and other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, provisions and information concerning a subdivision.
“Surveyor” means professional land surveyor registered in the state of Oregon.
“Tax lot” means a unit of land that has been assigned a lot number by the Jackson County tax assessor, that may or may not be an authorized lot.
“Tentative plan” means a draft subdivision, partition, property line adjustment or development plan, with all the documentation, information and data required by ORS Chapter 92 and this title.
“Townhouse” means a single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of three or more attached units in which each unit extends from the foundation to roof and with open space on at least two sides. Each building is on a separate legal lot; the owner of each building also owns the supporting ground and front/rear yards.
“Utility easement” means an easement noted on a subdivision plat or partition plat for the purpose of installing or maintaining public or private utility infrastructure for the provision of water, power, heat or telecommunications to the public.
“Use” means the primary activity that occurs on a piece of land, or the structure in which the activity occurs.
“Utilities” includes, but is not limited to, sanitary sewer lines, potable and fire flow water lines and fire hydrants, storm drain lines, including drainage ways, Grants Pass Irrigation District canals and lines, and other utilities such as power, telephone, cable TV and natural gas.
“Vision clearance area” means a triangular area located at the intersection of two streets, a street and a driveway, or a street and a railroad. The vision clearance area must be kept free of obstruction so that a driver’s vision of pedestrians or oncoming vehicles will not be blocked.
“Wetlands” means a significant wet area that may qualify under the state criteria for wetlands (soil type, plant type, and presence of water) and meet the definition of wetlands as defined in ORS 197.015(22). For statutory consideration of wetlands, see ORS Chapters 196 and 197.
“Wetlands delineation” means a delineation in the field by a qualified professional of the outlines of a significant wet area that has been determined to meet the state criteria for wetlands (soil type, plant type, and presence of water), and that has been surveyed and mapped by a surveyor.
“Wetlands determination” means a determination by a qualified professional stating in writing whether or not a significant wet area does or does not qualify under state criteria for wetlands (soil type, plant type, and presence of water).
“Zero-lot-line dwelling” means a detached single-family dwelling unit on an individual lot, with the dwelling structure having no setback along one or more property lines; sometimes called a patio home.
Zone. See “district, zone.” [Ord. 11-373-O § 8-7:1.200].