Or. Admin. Code § 141-120-0030

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 141-120-0030 - Definitions

For purpose of this rule, all definitions in OAR 141-120-0005 are also applicable.

(1) "Buildable Lands Inventory" means the inventory of housing needs as defined in OAR 660-007-0005(3) and OAR 660-008-0005(2) and inventory of industrial and commercial lands as defined in OAR 660-009-0015(3).

(2) "Committed Infrastructure" means utilities and transportation facilities that have been approved, within three years prior to submittal of the WCP, under the Oregon Removal-Fill Law and have funding available for construction.

(3) "Conservation Category" means a wetland resource designation that allows for actions that conserve, restore or enhance the functions and values of the wetland resource.

(4) "Development Category" means a wetland resource designation that allows for actions that will convert the wetland resource to other uses.

(5) "Director" means the Director of the Oregon Division of State Lands or the Director's designate.

(6) "Division" means the Oregon Division of State Lands.

(7) "Exception Area" means rural lands for which an exception to the Statewide Planning Goals has been acknowledged.

(8) "Full Replacement of Wetland Functions and Values" means no net loss of wetland functions or values in the WCP area.

(9) "Functions and Values" means the ecological and biological processes and social benefits that the wetland or wetland system provides.

(10) "Inhabited by" means that a species uses the area for rearing, feeding, or breeding or as a migration or dispersal corridor.

(11) "Isolated wetland" means a wetland without a permanent or seasonal surface connection to another wetland or water of the state.

(12) "Legally Protected" means development is prevented by operation of state, federal or local law. Examples of legally protected wetlands include those protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, Statewide Planning Goal 17, or by plat restrictions. Protection under the WCP is in addition to, not in place of, the original legal protection applicable to these wetlands.

(13) "Local Government" means any city, county or metropolitan service district formed under ORS Chapter 268 or an association of local governments performing land use planning functions under ORS 197.190.

(14) "Ongoing Use" means an allowed use occurring when the WCP is approved. A use is not ongoing if it has not occurred within the last five years.

(15) "Planned Infrastructure" means utilities and transportation facilities not built but specifically identified in the acknowledged local comprehensive plan.

(16) "Protection Category" means a wetland resource designation that ensures long-term maintenance of the existing functions of the wetland resource.

(17) "Public Need" for the purpose of this rule, means the need for the land uses designated in the local comprehensive plan for those areas placed into the development category in the WCP.

(18) "Stable Resource Base" means no net loss of wetland area within the WCP area.

(19) "Urban Growth Boundary" means an Urban Growth Boundary included or referenced in an acknowledged local comprehensive plan.

(20) "Urban Service Area" means an area identified within the acknowledged local comprehensive plan that is developed, or capable of being developed, at urban densities.

(21) "Wetland Conservation Plan Goals" (WCP Goals), for the purpose of this rule, means the objectives that the WCP is intended to achieve. WCP Goals may be divided into natural resource, economic and other applicable goals.

(22) "Wetland Resource Designation" means placing wetlands or portions of wetlands into "protection", "conservation", or "development" management category under ORS 196.678(2)(d).

(23) "Wetland System" means a wetland complex that is hydrologically or biologically connected in the landscape.

Or. Admin. Code § 141-120-0030

LB 6-1994, f. & cert. ef. 10-20-94

Stat. Auth.: ORS 196.692

Stats. Implemented: ORS 196.678 - ORS 196.692, ORS 215 & ORS 227.350