Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 350 - COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE COMMISSION › Division 82 - LAND USE ORDINANCE › Section 350-082-0720 - Facility Design Guidelines for All GMA and SMA Recreation Projects

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(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)