Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 813 - OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT › Division 310 - SUBSIDIZED DEVELOPMENT VISITABILITY › Section 813-310-0020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
All words and terms used in OAR chapter 813, division 310, are
				defined as follows:
(1) "Accessible"
			 means, as defined in ORS
			 456.508(1),
			 that housing complies with federal accessibility guidelines implementing the
			 Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,
			 42 U.S.C.
			 3601 et seq., as amended and in effect on
			 January 1, 2004.
(2) "Accessible
			 powder room" means a powder room that meets the requirements for accessibility
			 set forth in the Oregon Structural Specialty Code as of July 1, 2004, and where
			 applicable, the Americans with Disabilities Act or Uniform Federal
			 Accessibility Standards as of July 1, 2004. Accessibility requirements include
			 the provision of greater maneuverability in a powder room than is provided by
			 visitability requirements.
(3)
			 "Adaptable powder room" means a powder room in which the fixture design, clear
			 floor space, and wall reinforcing meet the requirements set forth in Division
			 III - Covered Multifamily Dwelings, Section 1110.6.4 Toilet and Bathing
			 Fixtures of the Oregon Structure Specialty Code as of July 1, 2004.
(4) "Common living space" means, as defined
			 in ORS 456.508(2), a
			 living room, family room, dining room or kitchen.
(5) "Contiguous units" means, as defined in
			 ORS 456.508(3),
			 units that are on the same tax lot or on contiguous tax lots that have a common
			 boundary. Tax lots that are separated by a public road are contiguous tax lots
			 for purposes of these rules.
(6)
			 "Curb ramp" means a short ramp cutting through curb or built up to
			 it.
(7) "Group home" means a
			 single-family residence intended to house eight or fewer unrelated people as
			 determined by the Department on a case by case basis. For purposes of this
			 division, a group home is defined as a single dwelling unit.
(8) "Maximum threshold height" for an
			 entrance or doorway means the maximum vertical distance between the top of the
			 threshold and the adjacient interior or exterior floor surface.
(9) "New" means, as defined in ORS
			 456.508(4),
			 that the housing being constructed did not previously exist in residential or
			 nonresidential form. "New" does not include the acquisition, alteration,
			 renovation or remodeling of an existing structure.
(10) "Oregon Housing and Community Services,"
			 "Department" and "OHCS" mean the Oregon Housing and Community Services
			 Department of the State of Oregon.
(11) "Powder room" means, as defined in ORS
			 456.508(5), a
			 room containing at least a toilet and a sink.
(12) "Ramp" means a traveling surface that
			 has a running slope of greater than one unit vertical in 20 units
			 horizontal.
(13) "Ramp slope" means
			 the ratio of vertical rise (y) of a ramp to its horizontal run (x).
(14) "Rental housing" means, as defined in
			 ORS 456.508(6), a
			 dwelling unit designed for non-owner occupancy under a tenancy typically
			 lasting six months or longer. For purposes of this division, rental housing
			 also means month to month and fixed-term tenancies and transitional housing,
			 but not emergency housing.
(15)
			 "Shared community room" means an indoor space for common use by tenants or
			 visitors that can be used for tenant meetings, education or recreation. A
			 shared living room in a group home is not considered to be a shared community
			 room.
(16) "Significant amount of
			 financial aid" as contributed by another government agency to a subsidized
			 development means either:
(a) 25 percent or
			 more of the anticipated total development cost at the time of initial funding,
			 or
(b) Project based rental
			 assistance for a minimum of 50 percent of the units for an anticipated period
			 of multiple years.