Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 141 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS › Division 120 - WETLAND CONSERVATION PLAN WETLAND RESOURCE DESIGNATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES › Section 141-120-0030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
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.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  196.692
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  196.678 - ORS
				  196.692, ORS 215 & ORS
				  227.350