Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 660 - LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT › Division 9 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Section 660-009-0005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For purposes of this division, the definitions in ORS chapter
				197 and the statewide planning goals apply, unless the context requires
				otherwise. In addition, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Developed Land" means non-vacant land
			 that is likely to be redeveloped during the planning period.
(2) "Development Constraints" means factors
			 that temporarily or permanently limit or prevent the use of land for economic
			 development. Development constraints include, but are not limited to, wetlands,
			 environmentally sensitive areas such as habitat, environmental contamination,
			 slope, topography, cultural and archeological resources, infrastructure
			 deficiencies, parcel fragmentation, or natural hazard areas.
(3) "Industrial Use" means employment
			 activities generating income from the production, handling or distribution of
			 goods. Industrial uses include, but are not limited to: manufacturing;
			 assembly; fabrication; processing; storage; logistics; warehousing;
			 importation; distribution and transshipment; and research and development.
			 Industrial uses may have unique land, infrastructure, energy, and
			 transportation requirements. Industrial uses may have external impacts on
			 surrounding uses and may cluster in traditional or new industrial areas where
			 they are segregated from other non-industrial activities.
(4) "Locational Factors" means market factors
			 that affect where a particular type of industrial or other employment use will
			 locate. Locational factors include, but are not limited to, proximity to raw
			 materials, supplies, labor, services, markets, or educational institutions;
			 access to transportation and freight facilities such as rail, marine ports and
			 airports, multimodal freight or transshipment facilities, and major
			 transportation routes; and workforce factors (e.g., skill level, education, age
			 distribution).
(5) "Metropolitan
			 Planning Organization (MPO)" means an organization designated by the Governor
			 to coordinate transportation planning on urban land of the state including such
			 designations made subsequent to the adoption of this division. The
			 Longview-Kelso-Rainier MPO is not considered an MPO for the purposes of this
			 division. Cities with less than 2,500 population are not considered part of an
			 MPO for purposes of this division.
(6) "Other Employment Use" means all
			 non-industrial employment activities including the widest range of retail,
			 wholesale, service, non-profit, business headquarters, administrative and
			 governmental employment activities that are accommodated in retail, office and
			 flexible building types. Other employment uses also include employment
			 activities of an entity or organization that serves the medical, educational,
			 social service, recreation and security needs of the community typically in
			 large buildings or multi-building campuses.
(7) "Planning Area" means the area within an
			 existing or proposed urban growth boundary. Cities and counties with urban
			 growth management agreements must address the urban land governed by their
			 respective plans as specified in the urban growth management agreement for the
			 affected area.
(8) "Prime
			 Industrial Land" means land suited for traded-sector industries as well as
			 other industrial uses providing support to traded-sector industries. Prime
			 industrial lands possess site characteristics that are difficult or impossible
			 to replicate in the planning area or region. Prime industrial lands have
			 necessary access to transportation and freight infrastructure, including, but
			 not limited to, rail, marine ports and airports, multimodal freight or
			 transshipment facilities, and major transportation routes. Traded-sector has
			 the meaning provided in ORS
			 285B.280.
(9) "Serviceable" means the city or county
			 has determined that public facilities and transportation facilities, as defined
			 by OAR chapter 660, division 011 and division 012, currently have adequate
			 capacity for development planned in the service area where the site is located
			 or can be upgraded to have adequate capacity within the 20-year planning
			 period.
(10) "Short-term Supply of
			 Land" means suitable land that is ready for construction within one year of an
			 application for a building permit or request for service extension. Engineering
			 feasibility is sufficient to qualify land for the short-term supply of land.
			 Funding availability is not required. "Competitive Short-term Supply" means the
			 short-term supply of land provides a range of site sizes and locations to
			 accommodate the market needs of a variety of industrial and other employment
			 uses.
(11) "Site Characteristics"
			 means the attributes of a site necessary for a particular industrial or other
			 employment use to operate. Site characteristics include, but are not limited
			 to, a minimum acreage or site configuration including shape and topography,
			 visibility, specific types or levels of public facilities, services or energy
			 infrastructure, or proximity to a particular transportation or freight facility
			 such as rail, marine ports and airports, multimodal freight or transshipment
			 facilities, and major transportation routes.
(12) "Suitable" means serviceable land
			 designated for industrial or other employment use that provides, or can be
			 expected to provide the appropriate site characteristics for the proposed
			 use.
(13) "Total Land Supply" means
			 the supply of land estimated to be adequate to accommodate industrial and other
			 employment uses for a 20-year planning period. Total land supply includes the
			 short-term supply of land as well as the remaining supply of lands considered
			 suitable and serviceable for the industrial or other employment uses identified
			 in a comprehensive plan. Total land supply includes both vacant and developed
			 land.
(14) "Vacant Land" means a
			 lot or parcel:
(a) Equal to or larger than one
			 half-acre not currently containing permanent buildings or improvements; or
(b) Equal to or larger than five
			 acres where less than one half-acre is occupied by permanent buildings or
			 improvements.