Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 350 - COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION › Division 82 - LAND USE ORDINANCE › Section 350-082-0270 - Uses Allowed on Lands Designated Commercial Forest Land, Large Woodland, and Small Woodland

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Uses Allowed
			 Outright. The uses listed in 350-082-0210(1)  are allowed without review on
			 lands designated Commercial Forest Land, Large Woodland, and Small
			 Woodland.
(2) Expedited Uses. The
			 uses listed in 350-082-0220(1)  may be allowed subject to compliance with the
			 expedited development review guidelines in 350-082-0220(2)  on lands designated
			 Commercial Forest Land, Large Woodland, or Small Woodland.
(3) Review Uses. The following uses may be
			 allowed on lands designated Commercial Forest Land, Large Woodland, and Small
			 Woodland, subject to compliance with 350-082-0600  through 350-082-0720, except
			 where a use specifies that it is only allowed on land designated Commercial
			 Forest Lands. or Large Woodland or Small Woodland:
(a) On lands designated Small Woodland, one
			 single-family dwelling on a legally created and existing parcel upon the
			 parcel's enrollment in the appropriate state's forest assessment program. Upon
			 a showing that a parcel cannot qualify, a parcel is entitled to one
			 single-family dwelling. In either case, the location of a dwelling shall comply
			 with 350-0820270(5) and (6). A declaration shall be signed by the landowner and
			 recorded into county deeds and records specifying that the owners, successors,
			 heirs, and assigns of the subject parcel are aware that adjacent and nearby
			 operators are entitled to carry on accepted farm or forest practices on lands
			 designated Commercial Forest Land, Large Woodland, Small Woodland, Large-Scale
			 Agriculture, or Small-Scale Agriculture.
(b) One single-family dwelling on lands
			 designated Small Woodland if shown to be in conjunction with and substantially
			 contributing to the current agricultural use of a farm. The guidelines in
			 350-082-0240(3)(h)  shall be used to determine whether a dwelling is a farm
			 dwelling. The siting of the dwelling shall comply with
			 350-082-0270(5).
(c) Temporary
			 onsite structures that are auxiliary to and used during the term of a
			 particular forest operation. "Auxiliary" means a use or alteration of a
			 structure or land that provides help or is directly associated with the conduct
			 of a particular forest practice. An auxiliary structure is located onsite, is
			 temporary in nature, and is not designed to remain for the forest's entire
			 growth cycle from planting to harvesting. An auxiliary use is removed when a
			 particular forest practice has concluded.
(d) Temporary portable facility for the
			 primary processing of forest products grown on a parcel of land or contiguous
			 land in the same ownership where the facility is to be located. The facility
			 shall be removed upon completion of the harvest operation.
(e) Resource enhancement projects for the
			 purpose of enhancing scenic, cultural, recreation or natural resources, subject
			 to compliance with 350-082-0460. These projects may include new structures
			 (e.g., fish ladders, sediment barriers) or activities (e.g., closing and
			 revegetating unused roads, recontouring abandoned quarries).
(f) Structures associated with hunting and
			 fishing operations.
(g) Towers and
			 fire stations for forest fire protection.
(h) Agricultural buildings in conjunction
			 with current agricultural use and, if applicable, proposed agricultural use
			 that a landowner would initiate within one year and complete within five years,
			 subject to 350-082-0270(5)  and 350-0820380.
(i) Accessory structures for an existing or
			 approved dwelling that are not otherwise allowed outright, eligible for the
			 expedited development review process, or allowed in subsection (j) or (k)
			 below.
(j) Accessory building(s)
			 larger than 200 square feet in area or taller than ten feet in height for a
			 dwelling on any legal parcel less than or equal to ten acres in size are
			 subject to compliance with 350-082-0270(5) and (6)  and the following additional
			 standards:
(A) The combined footprints of all
			 accessory buildings on a single parcel shall not exceed 1,500 square feet in
			 area. This combined size limit refers to all accessory buildings on a parcel,
			 including buildings allowed without review, existing buildings and proposed
			 buildings.
(B) The height of any
			 individual accessory building shall not exceed 24 feet.
(k) Accessory building(s) larger than 200
			 square feet in area or taller than ten feet in height for a dwelling on any
			 legal parcel larger than ten acres in size are subject to compliance with
			 350-082-0270(5) and (6)  and the following additional standards:
(A) The combined footprints of all accessory
			 buildings on a single parcel shall not exceed 2,500 square feet in area. This
			 combined size limit refers to all accessory buildings on a parcel, including
			 buildings allowed without review, existing buildings and proposed
			 buildings.
(B) The footprint of any
			 individual accessory building shall not exceed 1,500 square feet.
(C) The height of any individual accessory
			 building shall not exceed 24 feet.
(l) On lands designated Commercial Forest or
			 Large Woodland with a dwelling that was legally established and not
			 discontinued, the temporary use of a manufactured home, tiny house on a
			 trailer, or similar structure in the case of a family hardship, subject to
			 compliance with 350-082-0390  and 350-082-0270(5) and (6).
(m) On lands designed Small Woodland, the
			 temporary use of a manufactured home, tiny house on a trailer, or similar
			 structure in the case of a family hardship, subject to the guidelines for
			 hardship dwellings in compliance with 350-0820390 and 350-082-0270(5) and
			 (6).
(n) A second single-family
			 dwelling on lands designated Small Woodland for a farm operator's relative,
			 subject to compliance with 350-082-0240(3)(k)  and 350-082-0270(5) and
			 (6).
(o) Private roads serving a
			 residence on the subject parcel, subject to compliance with 350-082-0270(5) and
			 (6).
(p) Recreation development,
			 subject to compliance with the guidelines established for the recreation
			 intensity classes in 350-082-0700.
(q) Agricultural labor housing, subject to
			 compliance with all the following guidelines:
(A) The proposed housing is necessary and
			 accessory to a current agricultural use on the subject farm.
(B) The housing shall be seasonal, unless it
			 is shown that an additional full-time dwelling is necessary to the current
			 agricultural use of the subject agricultural unit. Seasonal use shall not
			 exceed nine months.
(C) The housing
			 shall be located to minimize the conversion of lands capable of production of
			 farm crops and livestock, and shall not force a significant change in or
			 significantly increase the cost of accepted agricultural practices employed on
			 nearby lands devoted to agricultural use.
(D) The housing is subject to compliance with
			 350-082-0270(5) and (6).
(r) On lands designated Commercial Forest
			 Land, a temporary manufactured home, tiny house on a trailer, or similar
			 structure, in conjunction with a timber operation, upon a finding that security
			 personnel are required to protect equipment associated with a harvest operation
			 or to protect the subject forest land from fire. The manufactured home, tiny
			 house on a trailer, or similar structure must be removed upon completion of the
			 subject harvest operation or the end of the fire season. The placement of the
			 manufactured home, tiny house on a trailer, or similar structure is subject to
			 compliance with 350-082-0270(5) and (6).
(s) New cultivation, subject to compliance
			 with guidelines for the protection of cultural resources and natural resources
			 in 350-082-0620  and 350-082-0640  through 350-082-0690.
(t) Agricultural structures, except
			 buildings, in conjunction with agricultural use, including new cultivation,
			 subject to compliance with 350-082-0270(5).
(u) On lands designated Small Woodland, a
			 life estate, subject to compliance with the following guidelines:
(A) A landowner who sells or otherwise
			 transfers real property on lands designated Small Woodland may retain a life
			 estate in a dwelling and a tract of land surrounding the dwelling.
(B) The life estate tract shall not be
			 considered a parcel as defined in this land use ordinance.
(C) A second dwelling unit on may be allowed,
			 subject to compliance with the guidelines for the protection of scenic,
			 cultural, natural, and recreation resources and upon findings that:
(i) The proposed dwelling is in conjunction
			 with agricultural use, as determined by compliance with the guidelines in
			 350-082-0240(3)(h)  or
(ii) The
			 proposed dwelling complies with subsection (3)(a) above and
(D) Upon termination of the life
			 estate, the original or second dwelling shall be removed.
(v) Land divisions, subject to compliance
			 with 350-082-0560.
(w) Lot line
			 adjustments that would result in the potential to create additional parcels
			 through subsequent land divisions, subject to compliance with
			 350-082-0570(1).
(x) Additions to
			 existing buildings greater than 200 square feet in area or greater than the
			 height of the existing building.
(y) Docks and boathouses, subject to
			 compliance with 350-082-0410.
(z)
			 Removal or demolition of structures that are 50 or more years old, including
			 wells, septic tanks, and fuel tanks.
(aa) Commercial events on lands designated
			 Large Woodland or Small Woodland, subject to compliance with
			 350-0820480.
(bb) Special uses in
			 historic buildings, subject to compliance with 350-082-0530.