350-082-0720 Facility Design Guidelines for All GMA and SMA Recreation Projects (1) Recreation facilities that are not resource-based in nature may be included at sites providing resource-based recreation uses consistent with 350-082-0720, as long as such facilities comprise no more than one-third of the total land area dedicated to recreation uses or facilities. Required landscaped buffers may be included in calculations of total land area dedicated to recreation uses or facilities. (2) The facility design guidelines are intended to apply to individual recreation facilities. Development or improvements within the same Recreation Intensity Class are considered as separate facilities if they are separated by at least 1/4 mile of undeveloped land (excluding trails, pathways, or access roads). (3) Existing vegetation, particularly mature trees, shall be maintained to the maximum extent practicable. These trees may be used to satisfy requirements for perimeter and interior landscaped buffers. (4) Parking areas providing over 50 spaces shall be divided into discrete “islands” separated by unpaved, landscaped buffer areas. (5) Lineal frontage of parking areas and campsite loops on scenic travel corridors shall be minimized. (6) Ingress and egress points shall be consolidated to the maximum extent practicable, providing for adequate emergency access pursuant to applicable fire and safety codes. (7) Signs shall be limited to those necessary to provide relevant recreation or facility information, interpretive information, vehicular and pedestrian direction, and for safety purposes. (8) Innovative designs and materials that reduce visual impacts (such as “turf blocks” instead of conventional asphalt paving) shall be encouraged through incentives such as additional allowable parking spaces and reduced required minimum interior or perimeter landscaped buffers. If the county determines that potential visual impacts have been substantially reduced by use of such designs and materials, it may allow either a) reductions of up to 50 percent of required minimum interior or perimeter landscape buffers, or b) up to ten percent additional parking spaces. (9) A majority of trees, shrubs, and other plants in landscaped areas shall be species native to the landscape setting in which they occur. The landscape setting descriptions and design guidelines are found in Part I, Chapter 1. Project applicants that are required to use new landscaping are encouraged to place trees, shrubs and other plants in a manner approximating their natural condition. (10) For any parking area with over 50 spaces, interior landscaped buffers breaking up continuous areas of parking into discrete “islands” shall be provided. The minimum width of interior landscaped buffers separating each subarea of 50 spaces or less shall be 20 feet. (11) Grading or soil compaction within the “drip line” of existing mature trees shall be avoided to the maximum extent practicable, to reduce risk of root damage and associated tree mortality. (12) Project applicants shall use measures and equipment necessary for the proper maintenance and survival of all vegetation used to meet landscape standards, and shall be responsible for such maintenance and survival. (13) All parking areas shall be set back from property boundaries by at least 50 feet. All campsites and associated facilities shall be set back from property boundaries by at least 100 feet. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 196.150, RCW 43.97.015, 16 USC § 544e(c) & 16 USC § 544f(l) Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 196.150, RCW 43.97.015, 16 USC § 544e(c) & 16 USC § 544f(l) History: CRGC 1-2022, adopt filed 03/02/2022, effective 05/01/2022