(A)
All words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(B)
All words in the plural include the singular, and all words used
in the singular include the plural unless the context clearly indicates
to the contrary.
(C)
The word “shall” directly and clearly imposes a duty
upon someone or something; the subject of the sentence is obligated
to do something. The term means “is required to” or “has
a duty to.” This term is mandatory.
(D)
The word “must” is mandatory.
(E)
The word “may” is permissive.
(F)
Words defined in this section may also be defined in Springfield
Development Code (SDC) 6.1.100.
(G)
Where words are not defined in this section, the following sources
are consulted: the Springfield Development Code, including specifically
SDC 6.1.100; the Metro Plan; State of Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS),
State of Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs); and any dictionary of
common usage, all of which will be interpreted by context.
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A
AASHTO.
Abutting (or Abut).
Access.
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
Accessory Structure.
Accessway.
Adaptive Reuse.
Adjacent.
Administrative Office.
Agriculture.
Alley.
Alter, Alteration.
Animal Clinic.
Animal Hospital.
Appeal.
Applicant.
Approval Authority.
Aquifer.
Automobile-Dependent.
Automobile-Oriented Use.
Automobile Wrecking.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
Adjoining with a common boundary line. However, where 2 or
more lots or parcels adjoin only at a corner or corners, they are
not be considered abutting unless the common property line between
the 2 lots or parcels measures 8 feet or more in a single direction.
The approved means by which vehicles have ingress and/or
egress to an approved lot/parcel or development area.
A dwelling unit that is secondary to a single unit dwelling.
The ADU may be interior to, attached to, or detached from the primary
dwelling.
A structure of secondary importance or function on a site.
In general, the primary use of the site is not carried on in an accessory
structure. Accessory structures are generally detached from the primary
structure. If accessory structures are attached to the primary structure,
their structural framework is independent or semi-independent from
the primary structure. For example, a porch, deck, or stairs that
have their own footings or foundation are accessory structures even
though they may be attached to the primary structure. A balcony that
is supported totally by the framework of the primary structure is
not considered an accessory structure. Agricultural structures, including,
but not limited to, barns, silos, hay sheds, drying sheds, and greenhouses
are exempt from the Specific Development Standards of the underlying
zoning district when located on land 2 acres or larger or on any lot/parcel
with a valid farm deferral tax classification from the Oregon State
Department of Revenue. Notwithstanding this exemption, land use activities
conducted on land with agricultural structures must otherwise conform
to the list of permitted uses within the underlying zoning district.
(See also “Primary Structure”; “Extension, Architectural”;
and “Incidental Equipment”; in SDC 6.1.100)
A dedicated easement or right-of-way intended to allow pedestrians
and bicyclists convenient linkages, where no public street access
exists, to streets, residential areas, neighborhood activity centers,
industrial or commercial centers, transit facilities, parks, schools,
open space, or trails and paths.
A permitted use of a building that is different from its
original or previous use, often involving conversion work involving
substantial modifications.
Abutting or located directly across a right-of-way.
A building or portion of a building, in which persons are
employed in the day-to-day management or direction of a single business
or division of that business.
The cultivation of tree crops, plants, orchards, pasture,
flower, berry and bush crops or the keeping, raising or breeding of
livestock or poultry where permitted by the Springfield Municipal
Code, 1997, and on any lot/parcel with a valid farm deferral tax classification
from the Oregon State Department of Revenue. Agricultural structures,
as defined elsewhere in this code, also is defined as “Agriculture.”
A service way providing means of public access to abutting
property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
A modification in use of a structure that may or may not
involve construction. As used in SDC 3.3.900, any construction, erection,
remodeling, restoration, reconstruction, removal, or exterior painting
affecting the appearance or position of an Historic Landmark Site
or Structure within or outside of a designated Historic District.
A business establishment in which veterinary services are
provided to small domestic pets on an out-patient basis with no overnight
boarding allowed.
A place where animals are given medical or surgical treatment
and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental
to the hospital use.
A request for a review of a final decision by the Director,
Planning Commission, or City Council in accordance with applicable
procedures, based on the standards of this code.
A person submitting an application; the owner of affected
property, or the owner’s duly authorized representative. The
City Attorney may require proof of the sufficiency of the representative’s
authorization by the owner to act as applicant on the owner’s
behalf.
The individual or public body which has jurisdiction for
making a decision on an application under the provisions of this code:
specifically, the Director, Planning Commission, Hearings Officer,
or City Council of the City of Springfield.
A geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation
that is capable of storing and transmitting water in sufficient quantity
to supply wells or springs.
A use where automobiles and/or other motor vehicles are served
by the use and the use would not exist without them, such as vehicle
repair, gas station, car wash, or auto and truck sales. Automobile-dependent
also includes a drive-up or drive-through that does not have any indoor
customer seating.
A use where automobiles and/or other motor vehicles are an
integral part of the use, such as drive-up, drive-in, and drive-through
facilities. Automobile-oriented drive-up and drive-throughs must have
indoor seating. Without indoor customer seating the use is classified
as automobile dependent as defined above.
The dismantling or disassembling of motor vehicles, including
large truck or heavy machinery, or trailers, or the storage, sale
salvage, or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete,
or wrecked vehicles, or their parts. An automobile wrecking use includes
a wrecking yard. More than 2 dismantled, obsolete, or inoperable motor
vehicles or parts thereof on 1 lot constitutes a wrecking yard.
B
Base Flow.
Berm.
Bicycle Lane or Bike Lane.
Bicycle Parking Space.
Bikeway.
Block.
Block Length.
Block Perimeter.
Bond, Performance or Security.
Buildable Area of a Lot/Parcel.
Building.
Building Board of Appeals.
Building Envelope.
Building Footprint.
Building Height.
(1)
(2)
Building Official.
Building Permit.
Building Safety Codes.
Build-To Line.
Burden of Proof.
Business Park.
The portion of a stream flow that is not run-off and results
from seepage of water from the ground into a channel. The primary
source of running water in a stream during dry weather.
A mound of earth used to deflect sound or used as a buffer
in landscaping provisions to separate incompatible areas or to provide
aesthetic enhancement in site design.
A portion of a street that has been designated, by striping,
signage, and pavement markings, for the exclusive use of bicycles.
A space for 1 standard bicycle within a lighted and secure
bicycle rack, placed in a paved area.
Any street, path, or way which in some manner is specifically
designated for bicycle travel, regardless of whether the facilities
are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or are to be shared
with other transportation modes.
An area of land containing 1 or more lots/parcels surrounded
by public or private streets.
The distance along a public or private street between the
centerline of 2 intersecting streets, including “T” intersections
but excluding cul-de-sacs.
The sum of all block lengths for a given block, also measured
as the distance to travel once completely around the block, ending
at the starting point as measured from the centerline of the street.
Collateral security for the performance of a specific action
or duty imposed by the City.
The area of a lot/parcel enclosed within the setback boundaries,
exclusive of easements.
Any structure used or intended for sheltering any use or
occupancy.
That portion of a lot/parcel that has no development restrictions
where the placement of driveways and structures can be established.
The building envelope does not include the area of any required setbacks,
tree protection plans, conservation zones or other protected areas
as authorized by a limited land use decision.
As applicable to Cottage Cluster Housing development the
horizontal area as seen in plan, measured from outside of all exterior
walls and supporting columns. It includes dwellings and any area of
attached garage that exceeds 200 square feet. It does not include
detached garages or carports; accessory structures; trellises; patios;
areas of porch, deck, and balcony less than 30 inches from finished
grade; cantilevered covers, porches, or projections; or ramps and
stairways required for access.
The vertical distance above a reference datum measured to
the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of
a mansard roof, or to the average height of the gables of a pitched
or hipped roof. The maximum height of a stepped or terracedbuilding
is the maximum height of all segments of that building. The reference
datum is, which either of the following of the 2 measurements that
results in the greater building height.
The reference datum is the lowest grade when the highest ground
surface within a 5-foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall is
not more than 10 feet above the lowest grade.
The reference datum is 10 feet higher than the lowest grade
when the ground surface described in (1), above is 10 feet above the
lowest grade.
The person responsible for the administration and enforcement
of the Building Safety Codes.
Written permission issued by the Building Official that construction
may commence in accordance with this code and the Building Safety
Codes.
A book of codes including the Springfield Building Code Administrative
Code, the Structural Specialty Code, the Mechanical Specialty Code,
the Electrical Specialty Safety Code, and the Plumbing Specialty Code.
A line parallel to the property line that prescribes a consistent
plane of building façades along a public street and in certain
circumstances, alley frontages. The build-to line provides predictable
results in the urban form by requiring a set location for the buildings
as opposed to the range of possible locations that a minimum setback
allows. The build-to line can be adjusted by utilizing maximum building
setbacks.
The duty of producing evidence or establishing a given proposition
to establish that the party seeking affirmative relief or action is
entitled to relief or action by the applicable ordinances and statutes.
A development on 1 or more lots/parcels under common ownership
with 2 or more separate buildings to accommodate light industrial
uses, including, but not limited to, office research and development,
manufacturing, assembly, warehousing and distribution, large administrative
headquarters, and other professional and administrative uses. Light
industrial uses permitted within the business park have no significant
potential for major pollution, adverse visual impacts, or nuisance
or hazard factors; and are planned, designed, constructed and managed
on an integrated and coordinated basis with specialattention given
to on-site vehicular circulation, off-street parking, utility needs,
building design and orientation and open space, landscaping, noise
control, outdoor storage and other site improvements as may be required
by this code.
C
Calendar Day.
Cannabinoid.
Cannabinoid Concentrate.
Cannabinoid Edible.
Cannabinoid Extract.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Cannabinoid Product.
Carport.
Certificate of Occupancy.
Change of Use.
Child Care Center.
Church.
City.
City Council.
City Engineer.
City Surveyor.
Clinic.
Club.
Commercial Use.
Common Courtyard.
Common Wall.
Community Park.
Comprehensive Plan.
Conceptual Street Map.
Condominium.
Congregate Care Facility.
Construction Activity.
Convenience Store.
Corporate Headquarters.
Cottage.
Cottage Cluster.
Cottage Cluster Project.
Courtyard.
Courtyard Housing.
Cul-de-Sac.
Cultivation or Cultivate.
Curb.
Curb Cut.
Cut.
Any day of the year, including official City holidays and
weekends. If any effective date or deadline falls on a weekend or
holiday, the date or deadline will be effective on the next City working
day.
Any of the chemical compounds that are the active constituents
of marijuana.
A substance obtained by separating cannabinoids from marijuana
by:
Food or potable liquid into which a cannabinoid concentrate,
cannabinoid extract or dried marijuana leaves or flowers have been
incorporated.
A substance obtained by separating cannabinoids from marijuana
by:
A chemical extraction process using a hydrocarbon-based solvent,
such as butane, hexane or propane;
A chemical extraction process using the hydrocarbon-based solvent
carbon dioxide, if the process uses heat or pressure; or
Any other process identified by the commission, in consultation
with the authority, by rule.
A cannabinoid edible and any other product intended for human
consumption or use, including a product intended to be applied to
the skin or hair that contains cannabinoids or dried marijuana leaves
or flowers.
A roofed accessory structure providing parking space which
is open on 2 or more sides.
A document issued by the Building Official allowing the occupancy
or use of a structure and demonstrating that the structure or use
has been constructed in compliance with all applicable City codes
and ordinances.
A change from 1 land use category to another land use category.
As defined in ORS 329A.440.
See “Place of Worship.”
The City of Springfield.
The Springfield Common Council.
An Oregon Registered Professional Engineer who is an officer
of the City and is charged with the supervision and construction of
public improvements and the enforcement of City ordinances as they
relate to public improvements, or a duly authorized representative.
An Oregon Registered Professional Land Surveyor who is charged
with conducting surveys of City facilities and with the enforcement
of certain City ordinances and State statutes as they relate to subdivision
and partitioning of land.
A facility consisting of single or multiple offices where
a group of medical, allied health professions and alternative caregivers
provide diagnosis, care, and treatment of persons primarily on an
outpatient basis.
An association of persons (whether or not incorporated),
religious or otherwise, for a common purpose, but not including groups
which are organized primarily to render a service carried on as a
business for profit.
The use of land involving buying or selling of goods or services
as the primary activity.
A common area for use by residents of a cottage cluster.
A common courtyard may function as a community yard. Hard and soft
landscape features may be included in a common courtyard, such as
pedestrian paths, lawn, groundcover, trees, shrubs, patios, benches,
or gazebos.
A wall or set of walls in a single structure shared by 2
or more dwelling units. The common wall must be shared for at least
25 percent of the length of the side of the building of the dwelling
units. The common wall may be any wall of the building, including
the walls of attached garages.
A park, normally between 15 and 100 acres in size, which
provides a variety of moderate density use recreation and/or cultural
opportunities and is centrally located for citizens of the community
and immediate outlying areas.
A generalized, coordinated land use map and policy statement
of the governing body of a local government that interrelates all
functional and natural systems and activities relating to the use
of lands, including, but not limited to, sewer and water systems,
transportation systems, educational facilities, recreational facilities,
and natural resources and air and water quality management programs,
as further defined by ORS 197.015(5).
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The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro
Plan) is the regional long-range comprehensive plan public policy
document that establishes the broad framework upon which Springfield,
Eugene, and Lane County make coordinated land use decisions. The Springfield
Comprehensive Plan is the local long-range comprehensive plan that
establishes city-specific goals, policies, and implementation strategies
to inform land use decisions within the Springfield UGB. Together
the Metro Plan and Springfield Comprehensive Plan serve as the applicable
comprehensive plans for Springfield.
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A map adopted into the Transportation System Plan depicting
existing and future multi-use path and arterial and collector street
alignments.
A form of ownership that is regulated in part by ORS 100.005
et seq. that may be applied to any dwelling type. Existing and new
dwellings may be converted to condominium ownership; however, new
dwellings must comply with the development standards specified in
this code for the particular type of dwelling.
A building serving more than 15 elderly or infirm persons
where daily meals are provided outside of each individual dwelling
unit, on-site nursing facilities are available and the majority of
residents do not own automobiles.
Includes, but is not limited to, clearing, grading, excavation,
and other site preparation work related to the construction of buildings,
and heavy construction (for example, highways, streets, bridges, tunnels,
pipelines, transmission lines and industrial non-building structures).
A small grocery typically open extended hours.
A building or portion of a building in which persons are
employed in the management or direction of a business consisting of
1 or more divisions or groups of companies. To be considered a corporate
headquarters, the business must meet the applicable employee threshold
specified elsewhere in this code. Businesses that do not meet the
applicable employee threshold are considered an administrative office.
An individual dwelling unit that is part of a cottage cluster.
A grouping of no fewer than 4 dwelling units per gross acre,
each with a footprint of less than 900 square feet that includes a
common courtyard. Cottage Cluster units may be located on a single
lot or parcel, or on individual lots or parcels. Cottage cluster may
also be known as “cluster housing,” “cottage housing,”
“bungalow court,” “cottage court,” or “pocket
neighborhood.”
A development area with 1 or more cottage clusters. Each
cottage cluster that is part of the cottage cluster project must have
its own common courtyard.
An open, unoccupied space other than a required exterior
yard, which usually provides amenities such as gardens, planters,
seating, or art.
Detached “zero lot line” dwellings on individual
lots subject to the same standards as detached single unit dwellings,
except that a 3-foot minimum side yard setback is required on 1 side
of a typical lot. This type of housing allows development on smaller
(i.e., narrower) lots and provides usable outdoor living area in side-oriented
yards.
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Figure 6.1-A. Courtyard Housing
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A short local street which has 1 end open to traffic and
is terminated by a vehicle turn around, the cul-de-sac bulb.
All phases of growth of marijuana from seed to harvest.
The raised concrete border along the edge of a street or
paved area.
The opening along the curb line at which point vehicles may
enter and/or leave the public street.
A portion of land surface from which earth is removed by
excavation; the depth below the original ground surface or excavated
surface.
D
Dance Hall.
Dbh.
Dedication.
Delineation.
Demolition.
De Novo.
Density, Net.
Density, Gross.
Design Standard.
Designated Beneficial Use.
Developable Acre.
Development.
Development and Public Works Department.
Development Approval.
Development Area.
Development, Phased.
Development Review Committee.
Direct Tributary to a Water Quality Limited Watercourse.
Director.
Discretionary Use.
DNAPL, Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids.
Door Area.
Downtown Exception Area.
Downtown Planning Area.
Drainage Way.
Dripline.
Drive-Through Business.
Driveway.
Driveway Approach.
Driveway, Curb Return.
Driveway, Joint Use.
Driveway, Standard Driveway.
DSL.
Duplex.
Dwelling Unit (Dwelling or Unit).
Any place of business whose primary function is dancing.
The diameter of a tree measured 4-1/2 feet above the ground
at the base of the tree.
The transfer of property interests from private to public
ownership for a public purpose.
(From Oregon Health Department rules): The determination
of the extent, orientation, and boundaries of a wellhead protection
area using factors, for example: geology, aquifer characteristics,
well pumping rates, and time of travel.
Razing, destroying, dismantling, defacing, or in any other
manner causing partial or total ruin of a structure.
A hearing where new evidence may be provided, distinguished
from a hearing based solely on an existing record.
The number of dwelling units for each acre of land in residential
use, excluding: dedicated streets; dedicated parks; dedicated sidewalks;
and other public facilities.
The number of dwelling units for each acre of land including,
but not limited to, areas devoted to streets, parks, sidewalks, and
other public facilities.
A standard related to the arrangement, orientation, materials,
appearance, articulation, or aesthetic of features on a dwelling unit
or accessory elements on a site. Design standards include, but are
not limited to, standards that regulate entry and dwelling orientation,
façade materials and appearance, window coverage, driveways,
parking configuration, pedestrian access, screening, landscaping,
and private, open, shared, community, or courtyard spaces.
The purpose or benefit to be derived from a watercourse.
For the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers and all other streams and tributaries,
the following beneficial uses apply: Public domestic water supply,
private domestic water supply, industrial water supply, irrigation,
live stock watering, anadromous fish passage, salmonid fish rearing,
salmonid fish spawning, resident fish and aquatic life, wildlife,
fishing, boating, water contact recreation aesthetic quality and hydro
power (excluding the Willamette River).
43,560 square feet of land that can be developed that includes
common open space or recreational facilities reserved for the use
of residents in a development, but excludes public property, including,
but not limited to, parks and dedicated streets. At the request of
the developer, the Director may exclude portions of thesite that cannot
be developed due to physical constraints, including, but not limited
to, natural resources that are listed within a local inventory.
Any human-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including, but not limited to, a change in use; construction, installation
or change of a structure; subdivision and partition; establishment
or termination of a right of access; storage of materials, equipment,
or vehicles on the land; drilling and site alteration due to land
surface mining, filling, grading, dredging, paving, excavation or
clearing of trees and vegetation. Agricultural uses (including agricultural
structures), when otherwise permitted by the base zoning district,
are exempt from this definition. As used in SDC 3.4.280(C), any activity
within the Glenwood Riverfront portion of the Willamette Greenway
Overlay District that would alter the elevation of the land; remove
or destroy plant life; cause structures of any kind to be installed,
erected, or removed; or result in a measurable change of any kind.
The department responsible for the administration of this
code and the implementation of the Metro Plan within Springfield’s
Urban Growth Boundary.
Approval granted by the Director for a development which
is in compliance with this code and the Metro Plan and precedes the
issuance of a Building Permit.
The area subject to any application required by this code.
A project that is developed incrementally, with each phase
capable of functioning independently of the others.
City staff, representing each affected division and department
of the City, and affected agencies and utility providers that meet
on a regular basis to review land use requests and development proposals.
A direct tributary to a Water Quality Limited Watercourse
(WQLW) is one that flows directly into a WQLW, excluding those watercourses
that flow into the WQLW as a piped connection, where the pipe system
extends more than 200 feet upstream of the connection point or is
1one that is a diversion from a WQLW and that discharges into either
a WQLW or other direct tributary to a WQLW and where the water quality
of the diverted flow at the discharge point has been degraded when
compared with the water quality at the diversion point.
The Development and Public Works Director or the duly authorized
representative who is responsible for the administration and interpretation
of this code.
Any use not permitted outright in a particular zoning district
because of its potentially incompatible characteristics requiring
review by the Planning Commission or Hearings Official to determine
whether that use should be permitted, and if so, adding any conditions
of approval necessary to ensure compatibility with adjacent uses.
A group of hazardous materials that are denser-than-water
(specific gravity greater than 1), have low solubility rate, and degrade
slowly to other compounds that are even more of a health hazard. For
the purpose of Springfield’s drinking water protection, DNAPL
chemicals are defined as “all chemicals displaying the characteristics
of a DNAPL chemical or a material containing a substance considered
a DNAPL chemical.” A list of DNAPLs regulated within the Drinking
Water Protection Overlay District must be as adopted by SUB on November
10, 1999.
The area of the portion of a door other than a garage door
that moves and does not include the frame.
An area defined by the Willamette River on the west, 8th
Street on the east, the alley between north B and north C Streets
on the north, and a line north of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks
on the south.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Springfield Downtown
Refinement Plan that includes Springfield’s traditional Downtown
area and the Booth-Kelly redevelopment area.
A natural or constructed watercourse which has the specific
function of transmitting stream water or storm run-off water from
a point of high elevation to a point of low elevation which convey
significant seasonal concentrations of water over the surface of the
land.
A roughly circular land area measured beneath a tree. The
approximate center of the area is the trunk of the tree, and the radii
are equal to the horizontal measures of the longest branches.
An establishment that sells products or provides services
to occupants in vehicles where payment is made and the product or
service is picked up at a drive-up window. This use includes, but
is not limited to, the operation of drive-up or a drive-through service
at a restaurant, bank or financial institution, personal services,
and retail sales (e.g., pharmacy).
A vehicular access that provides connection between a structure
or parking area on private property and the public street system.
“Driveway” may include a private easement to provide vehicular
access to more than 2 or more properties.
The edge of a driveway where the driveway abuts a public
right-of-way, including the approach wings (see Figure 6.1-B below).
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Figure 6.1-B. Driveway Approach
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A driveway defined on both sides by a full height curb.
A driveway serving 2 or more properties.
A driveway created by depression of the street curb at its
approach.
The Oregon Department of State Lands.
2 dwelling units on 1 lot or parcel in any configuration.
Units may be attached vertically or horizontally or detached.
A single unit providing complete independent living facilities
for 1 or more persons, including a kitchen and permanent provisions
for living, sleeping, and sanitation.
E
Easement.
Elevation.
Emergency Shelter.
Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Engineer.
Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual (EDSPM).
Evapotranspiration.
Excavation.
Exempt Tree or Vegetation.
Ex Parte, Communication.
Ex Parte, Proceeding.
Extension, Floor Area.
Extension, Architectural.
Exterior.
An interest in property owned by another that entitles its
holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment of that property.
The term is based on context and is either: a vertical distance
above or below a fixed reference level; or a particular side of a
building.
The use of a church, school, motel, hotel, or other structure
for housing the homeless on a short-term basis due to a natural disaster
or other reason.
A Federal law established in 1973 that provides significant
protection for various species of fish, wildlife and plants facing
extinction that are listed as needing protection.
A Registered Professional Engineer, licensed by the State
of Oregon to practice in a specific branch of engineering.
A document containing design standards and procedures prepared
by the Public Works Department and adopted by resolution of the City
Council. These standards and procedures are applicable to public and
private improvements and allow City staff to provide certainty to
developers and consultants to ensure safe, efficient, and cost effective
transportation, sanitary sewer, and stormwater management system projects
within the City and its Urban Growth Boundary.
The sum of evaporation and transpiration of water from the
earth's surface to the atmosphere. Includes the evaporation of liquid
or solid water plus transpiration from plants (the release of water
vapor into the atmosphere through plant stomata or pores).
The mechanical removal of earth material.
The full height and breadth of vegetation that the Director
has identified as “solar friendly” as specified in this
code; and any vegetation listed on a plat map, a document recorded
with the plat, or a solar access guarantee as exempt.
A communication made at the instance of, or for the benefit
of 1 party without notice to, contest by, or at least without an opportunity
to be heard being given to other parties who will be bound or directly
affected by the communication.
An action taken at the instance or benefit of 1 side only
without notice to, contest by, or without the opportunity to be heard
by other parties who will be bound or directly affected by the proceeding.
An increase in the amount of floor area within an existing
building.
Architectural appendages, including, but not limited to,
cornices, eave overhangs, porches and balconies extending beyond an
exterior wall of a building. (See also “Accessory Structure.”)
Any portion of the outside of a structure.
F
Family Child Care Home.
FCC.
Fell.
Fence.
Fence, Sight Obscuring.
Fill.
Final Map.
Final Site Plan.
Final Survey.
Finance Department.
Finding.
Floor Area.
Floor Area Ratio (FAR).
Fourplex.
Fraternal Organization.
Frequent Transit Corridor.
Front Façade.
Frontage.
Future Development Plan.
As defined in ORS 329A.440.
The Federal Communications Commission; the Federal agency
that regulates interstate and international communications by radio,
television, wire, satellite and cable.
To remove or cut a tree or the intentional use of any procedure,
the natural result of which is to cause the death or substantial destruction
of the tree. Fell does not include normal trimming, or pruning of
trees.
A structure which serves as an enclosure, barrier or screen
that is not part of a building.
A fence which screens an area or object, including, but not
limited to, solid wood or metal fences or slatted chain link fences.
Sand, gravel, earth, or other approved materials of any composition
placed or deposited on the earth’s surface by humans.
The finished drawing of the survey of a property line adjustment
containing information necessary to comply with this code and requirements
resulting from review of the Preliminary Plan.
The plan containing information necessary to comply with
this code and requirements resulting from review of the Preliminary
Site Plan to which all construction improvements must conform.
The recorded survey of a property line adjustment containing
information necessary to comply with this code and any conditions
of approval resulting from review of the Preliminary Survey.
The Springfield Finance Department.
A written statement of facts, reasoning in support of conclusions,
and determinations based on the evidence presented in relation to
adopted criteria that are accepted by the Approval Authority in support
of a decision.
The enclosed area of each full floor area a building measured
to the external face of the external walls.
The amount of floor area of a building or structure in relation
to the amount of site area, expressed in square feet. For example,
a floor area ratio of 0.7 to 1 means 0.7 square feet of floor area
for every 1 square foot of site area. FAR is calculated by dividing
the total floor area of building by the total site area. See Figure
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4 dwelling units on 1 lot or parcel. Units may be attached
vertically or horizontally or detached.
A group of people formally organized for a common interest,
usually cultural, religious or entertainment, with regular meetings,
rituals, and formal written membership requirements.
Arterial and collector roadways forming a Frequent Transit
Network, as identified in the adopted Springfield Transportation System
Plan, representing the highest order of transit service along major
thoroughfares within the City. Characteristics of Frequent Transit
Network corridors include, but are not limited to: 10-15 minute transit
frequency during peak travel times, a well-connected street and transit
network providing circulation integrated with pedestrian and bicycle
connections, support and compatibility with urban design goals for
development along the corridors, geographically equitable coverage
serving populations protected by Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act, and high-quality transit station amenities.
The façade with the main entry door and front porch
or recessed entry.
That portion of a lot or parcel that abuts a dedicated public
alley, street, or highway or an approved private alley, street, or
shared court private access drive.
A line drawing (required for some land division proposals,
or building permits in the City’s urbanizable area) that includes
the following information: the location of future right-of-way dedications
based on the Springfield Transportation System Plan (including the
Conceptual Street Map); block length and lot/parcel size standards
of the SDC; a re-division plan at a minimum urban density established
in this code based on the existing Springfield Comprehensive Plan
designation of the property for any lot/parcel that is large enough
to further divide; and the location of hillsides, riparian areas,
drainage ways, jurisdictional wetlands and wooded areas showing how
future development will address preservation, protection or removal.
G
Garage.
Garage, Repair.
Garbage and Recycling Area.
Grade.
Grade, Average Finished.
Grade, Finished.
Grading.
Gross Acre/Gross Acreage.
Gross Density.
Gross Floor Area.
Ground Cover.
A completely enclosed accessory building or portion of a
main building intended for the parking of motor vehicles.
A building used for the repair of motor vehicles, including
body and fender work, painting, or engine and transmission overhaul.
A place where waste containers, including compactors, dumpsters,
and garbage cans, are stored. Waste storage includes, areas used to
collect and store refuse or recyclable materials. Exempt from this
subsection are waste storageareas for detached single-unit dwellings,
middle housing types, and areas used for the temporary storage of
wood pallets or cardboard.
The degree of rise or descent of a sloping surface.
The average finished ground level at the midpoint of all
walls of a building. Where walls are parallel to and within 5 feet
of a sidewalk, alley or public way, the ground level is measured at
the elevation of the sidewalk, alley, or public way.
The final elevation of the surface following completion of
any excavation or fill placement.
Any stripping, cutting, filling, stockpiling of earth or
land, including the land in its cut or filled condition.
A measurement of land that occurs before public streets or
other areas reserved for public use are deducted from that land.
See “Density, Gross.”
The total floor area of a building including areas used exclusively
for the service of a building; for example: mechanical equipment spaces
and shafts; elevators; stairways; escalators and ramps; public restrooms;
and enclosed loading docks or ramps.
Grasses or nursery plants cultivated to keep soil from being
blown or washed away.
H
Hazardous Materials.
Hazardous Waste.
Hearings Authority.
Hearings Officer.
Heliport.
Helistop.
High Impact Facility.
Highway Ready.
Hillside Area.
Historical Commission.
Historic Site.
Historic Landmark District.
Historic Landmark Inventory.
Historic Landmark Site or Structure.
Homeowner’s Association.
Hospital.
Hotel.
Hybrid Multi-Way Boulevard.
Those chemicals or substances which are physical or health
hazards as defined and classified in the most recently adopted or
amended Fire Code by the City, whether the materials are in usable
or waste condition.
Consistent with the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, a waste or a combination of wastes, which because of its quantity,
concentration, orphysical, chemical or infectious characteristics
may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in serious irreversible
illness or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human
health, safety, welfare or to the environment when improperly treated,
stored, transported, used or disposed of, or otherwise managed; however,
not to include solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows
or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits
under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1967 as amended,
or source, special nuclear, or by product material as defined by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
An individual or group designated to hear Type 3 applications
for land use decision.
An individual designated to hear Type 3 applications for
land use decisions and code enforcement matters outside the city limits,
and the referee designated to hear appeals of expedited land divisions
and middle housing land divisions as provided in ORS 197.375.
An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure,
licensed or approved for the loading and takeoff of helicopters, and
including auxiliary facilities, for example: parking, waiting room,
fueling and maintenance equipment.
A heliport, but without auxiliary facilities, for example:
parking, waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment.
A public or semi-public facility which serves development
and which requires pre-planning or discretionary approval and special
design features to mitigate land use conflicts, including, but not
limited to, visual, olfactory, or auditory impacts.
Reference to a recreational vehicle that is on wheels or
a jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick disconnect
type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached
additions.
Any area in which the average slope exceeds 15 percent.
The Springfield Historical Commission.
A structure or place of historic and cultural significance
and designated accordingly by the City, State or Federal Government.
A geographic area designated in accordance with this code
which includes Historic Landmark Sites or Structures.
A list of sites or structures which have been designated
“Historic Landmark” in accordance with this code.
A building, structure, object, site, or geographic area,
within the city limits and the City’s urbanizable areas, within
or outside of a designated Historic Landmark District, which has been
listed on the Historic Landmark Inventory.
A nonprofit association governed by a declaration of protective
restrictions, conditions, covenants, and charges made by the developer
through which each lot/parcel owner or other described land area owner
of a development is automatically subject. The purpose of the homeowner’s
association is to provide reasonable rules and regulations to enforce
the covenants and restrictions and to keep, control, and maintain
the common properties within the development. The association also
provides for the assessment procedure to assure necessary funds. If
the property is to be developed in phases, all phases must belong
to the same association. The City Attorney must review drafts of the
declaration prior to Final Plat approval.
A facility consisting of 1 or more buildings where health
practitioners, allied health professions and alternative caregivers
provide diagnosis, care and treatment of persons including convalescence
and care during and after pregnancy, or for any other reason, where
patients may be admitted for short-stay, day surgery, emergency service
or overnight stay, or for a longer period.
A building, not including a building designed or arranged
as a single unit dwelling, in which lodging is provided to guests
for compensation, consisting of a lobby and individual sleeping quarters,
typically without cooking facilities, with separate entrances opening
directly to an internal hallway.
A street design that accomplishes the fundamental goal of
vehicular through traffic movement including transit facilities and
also creates a pedestrian-friendly environment by providing slip lanes
for local traffic, on-street parking, safepedestrian and bicycle facilities,
and by locating buildings closer to or at the right-of-way line.
I
Impervious Surface.
Improvement Agreement.
Incidental Equipment.
Increase in Impact/Increased Impact.
Incubator Development.
Industrial Park.
Infill.
Infill, Residential:
(1)
(2)
(3)
Invasive Plants.
Inventoried Natural Resource.
Any surface resulting from development activities that prevents
the infiltration of water. Common impervious surfaces include: building
roofs; traditional concrete or asphalt paving on walkways, driveways,
parking lots, gravel lots and roads; and heavily compacted earthen
materials.
A written agreement, executed by the property owner in consideration
for the City deferring the construction of public improvements required
for the development.
Rooftop or pole mounted structures that cast insubstantial
shadows or have minimal visual impact, including, but not limited
to: antennas, chimneys, solar collectors, small satellite dishes and
flagpoles, but excluding large satellite dishes. (See also “Accessory
Structure.”)
This definition includes, but is not limited to, additional
traffic or noise generation, additional run-off or increase in impervious
surface, additional shadow casting or diminished views, additional
air or water borne pollution, additional hours of operation, or an
increase in the risk of fire or structural hazard as the result of
development.
Facilities that accommodate new business establishments spun-off
from the research, development, and testing laboratories of a major
institution, a related institution, or larger high-or bio-technology
industry. If on-site manufacturing or production capabilities are
included within an incubator development, the establishment will be
classified as an industrial use.
A development on 1 or more lots/parcels under common ownership
with 2 or more separate buildings that are designed, constructed,
and managed on an integrated and coordinated basis. Industrial parks
are intended to accommodate heavy industrial uses as primary uses
and office research and development, light manufacturing, light assembly,
warehousing and distribution, large administrative headquarters, and
other professional and administrative uses as secondary uses.
The development of vacant, bypassed lands located in an area
that is mainly developed.
The development of up to 4 dwellings on land that is designated
for residential use where at least 75 percent of the abutting properties
have a structure, but not counting any abutting property that is large
enough that it can be divided into 5 or more lots or is currently
developed with multiple unit housing.
A situation in which a single unit dwelling is removed to make
way for up to 4 new dwellings (e.g., a single unit dwelling, duplex,
triplex, or fourplex).
“Residential infill” does not apply to land that
is large enough that it can be divided into 5 or more lots consistent
with the minimum lot size of the land use district.
Non-native plants that spread quickly, are highly competitive
and difficult to control or eliminate. Introduced intentionally or
accidentally through human actions and spread by seed, by birds, by
wind, or vegetatively, these exotic plants can destroy native plants,
choke waterways, degrade recreational areas and necessitate costly
maintenance. The Invasive Plants List is a listing of plants that
the City considers undesirable for use in landscaping within its jurisdiction.
Any scenic areas, water areas, vegetation, wildlife and wildlife
habitat that appears in an adopted Metro Plan Inventory.
J
Joint Use Access Agreement.
A legally binding agreement between 2 or more property owners
describing the rights and responsibilities of each owner regarding
the use of a shared access to a public street.
K
Kennel.
Kitchen.
Any premises on which 3 or more dogs over the age of 6 months
are housed, groomed, boarded, trained, or sold for compensation.
Any indoor habitable area designed or used for preparation
or cooking of food, and including any 3 or more of the following:
a sink larger than 18 inches by 18 inches; a 220-volt electrical outlet;
a gas or propane service line; a dishwashing machine; a range hood,
exhaust vent, or similar equipment; or a stove, range, or oven.
L
Land and Drainage Alteration Permit (LDAP).
Landscape Architect.
Landscaping.
Land Use Decision.
Land Use District (or Zoning District).
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
Light Industrial Manufacturing.
Linear Park.
Listed Species.
Live/Work Unit.
Loading Area.
Lot.
Lot Coverage.
Lot/Parcel, Corner.
Lot/Parcel Depth.
Lot/Parcel Dimension, North-South.
Lot/Parcel Frontage.
Lot/Parcel, Interior.
Lot/Parcel Line.
Lot/Parcel Line, Front.
Lot/Parcel Line, Northern.
Lot/Parcel Line, Rear.
Lot/Parcel Line, Side.
Lot/Parcel, Minimum Area of.
Lot/Parcel, Panhandle.
Lot/Parcel, Pan Portion.
Lot/Parcel, Through.
Lot/Parcel Width.
Low Impact Development (LID).
Low Impact Facility.
A City permit for any fill, grading and excavation that is
required before any site preparation work can begin.
A person registered with the State of Oregon to practice
Landscape Architecture.
The term “landscaping” includes, but is not limited
to, vegetative ground cover, grass, shrubs, trees, flowers and garden
areas, ornamental concrete or stonework areas, permanent outdoor furniture
and permanent irrigation. “Landscaping” also includes
retention or reintroduction of native vegetation.
A final decision or determination made by the Approval Authority
that concerns the adoption, amendment, or application of the Statewide
Planning Goals; a Metro Plan or refinement plan provision; a land
use regulation; or new land use regulation. This definition does not
include a decision which does not require interpretation or the exercise
of factual, policy, or legal judgment; approves, approves with conditions,
or denies a subdivision or partition; or approves or denies a building
permit.
A specifically delineated area within the Urban Growth Boundary
that implements the Metro Plan within which the use of land is regulated
and development standards are applied.
A nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction,
and operation of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings.
The secondary processing of previously prepared materials
into components or the assembly of components into finished products.
In the Campus Industrial District this use is divided into categories
as follows based upon the number of employees at occupancy: large-scale
means 50 or more employees; medium-scale means 20—49 employees;
small-scale means fewer than 20 employees per business. These thresholds
are applicable at the time of new development. In the case of redevelopment,
the Director may reduce these thresholds if the applicant submits
a business plan stating that the threshold can be met by a date certain.
A public or private park that provides public access to trail-oriented
activities, which may include walking, running, biking, or skating,
and preserves open space. A linear park consists of a multi-use path,
pedestrian trail, or bikeway, and related facilities.
The Endangered Species Act provides for listing plant and
animal species into the following categories: Listed Endangered Species
and Listed Threatened Species. An endangered species is an animal
or plant listed by regulation as being in danger of extinction. A
threatened species is any animal or plant that is likely to become
endangered within the foreseeable future.
An integrated dwelling unit and working space that is occupied
and utilized by a single housekeeping unit in a structure that has
been modified or designed to accommodate joint residential occupancy
and work activity. The live/work unit must include complete kitchen
and sanitary facilities in compliance with applicable building standards.
The working space must be reserved for and regularly used by 1 or
more occupants of the unit (e.g., professionals, entrepreneurs, and
artists), in addition to any other employees. The commercial/employment
use must be allowed only as permitted by the applicable zoning district.
An off-street area or berth serving a business for the temporary
parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, while not
block driveway aisles and having an appropriate means of ingress and
egress.
A portion of land shown as part of a recorded subdivision
or any area of land described by metes and bounds in a recorded deed,
record of survey or other appropriate document, recorded in the office
of the County Recorder that complies with the provisions of the State
of Oregon and this code. Unless specifically exempted, land that is
divided or reconfigured without having been approved in accordance
with this code cannot be deemed a buildable lot.
The area of a lot, parcel, property, or development area
covered with a structure excluding up to 18-inch eave overhangs.
A lot/parcel abutting 2 or more streets at their intersection,
in which the interior angle formed by the extensions of the street
lines is 135 degrees or less. In the event that any street line is
a curve at its point of intersection with a lot/parcel line other
than a street line, the tangent of the curve at the point is considered
the direction of the street line.
The distance from the midpoint of the front lot/parcel line
to the midpoint of the rear lot/parcel line.
The length of a line beginning at the midpoint of the northern
lot/parcel line and extending in a southerly direction perpendicular
to the northern lot/parcel line until it reaches a property boundary.
That portion of a lot/parcel which abuts a street. For the
purpose of determining yard requirements, all sides of a lot/parcel
abutting a street is considered frontage.
A lot/parcel other than a corner lot/parcel and having frontage
on only 1 street.
A line of record bounding a lot/parcel which divides 1 lot/parcel
from another or from a public or private street or any other public
space.
The lot/parcel line abutting a street right-of-way. Where
more than 1 lot/parcel line abuts street right-of-way, the property
address determines the front lot/parcel line. For purposes of the
solar access standards, it is the lot/parcel line abutting a street.
For corner lots/parcels, the front lot/parcel line is that with the
narrowest frontage. When the lot/parcel line abutting a street is
curved, the front lot/parcel line is the chord or straight line connecting
the ends of the curve. For a panhandle lot/parcel, the front lot/parcel
line is the lot/parcel line that is most parallel to and closest to
the street, excluding the handle portion of the lot/parcel.
The lot/parcel line that is the smallest angle from a line
drawn true east-west and intersecting the northernmost point of the
lot/parcel, excluding the handle portion of a panhandle lot/parcel.
If the north line adjoins an un-developable areaother than a required
yard area, the northern lot/parcel line is at the north edge of the
undevelopable area. If 2 lot/parcel lines have an identical angle
relative to a line drawn true east-west, then the northern lot/parcel
line is a line 10 feet in length within the lot/parcel parallel with
and at a maximum distance from the front lot/parcel line.
The lot/parcel line which is opposite and most distant from
the front lot/parcel line. For a triangular shaped lot/parcel, the
“rear lot/parcel line” is a line 10 feet in length entirely
within the lot/parcel, connecting the side lot/parcel lines, which
is parallel to the front lot/parcel line or parallel to the chord
of a curved front lot/parcel line.
Any lot/parcel line other than a front or rear lot/parcel
line.
The smallest lot/parcel area established by this code on
which a use or structure may be located in a particular district.
A lot/parcel which has access to a public right-of-way by
means of a narrow strip of land, commonly known as the “panhandle”
or “handle.”
The portion of a panhandle lot/parcel, exclusive of the handle,
on which a structure may be placed.
A lot/parcel which fronts upon 2 streets which do not intersect
at the boundaries of the lot/parcel.
The horizontal distance between the midpoints of the side
lot/parcel lines. The handle of a panhandle lot/parcel is not included
when computing lot/parcel width.
A stormwater management approach that seeks to mitigate the
impacts of increased runoff and stormwater pollution using a set of
planning, design, and construction approaches and stormwater management
practices that promote the use of natural systems for infiltration,
evapotranspiration, and reuse of rainwater, and can occur at a wide
range of landscape scales (i.e., regional, community, and site). Low
Impact Development is a comprehensive land planning and engineering
design approach to stormwater management with a goal of mimicking
the pre-development hydrologic regime of urban and developing watersheds.
Any public or semi-public facility that has minimal olfactory,
visual or auditory impacts which is permitted subject to the design
standards of this code.
M
Maintain.
Maintenance Inspection.
Major Electrical Transmission Line.
Mall.
Manufactured Dwelling.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Manufactured Dwelling Park.
Manufactured Dwelling Pad.
Manufactured Dwelling Space.
Manufactured Dwelling Space Line.
Marijuana.
Marijuana Business.
Marijuana Grow Sites.
Marijuana Items.
Marijuana Processing.
Marijuana Production.
Marijuana Retailer.
Marijuana Retail Outlet.
Marijuana Testing Laboratory.
Marijuana Wholesaler.
Market Area.
Medical Marijuana Dispensary.
Metro Plan/Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan.
Mid-Block Connector.
Middle Housing.
Minerals.
Minimum Level of Key Urban Services.
Mining Spoils.
Mini-Warehouse.
Mixed-Use Building or Development.
Modification.
Modification of Application.
Motel.
Multi-Use Path.
Multiple Unit Housing.
To continue in existence; to preserve and care for a development
area so that it remains attractive and functional in accordance with
the provisions of this code.
A site inspection that identifies precisely what must be
done to a development previously approved by the City in order to
comply with standards and conditions in effect when the development
was originally approved.
An electrical transmission line which carries 115 KV or more
of electricity.
A shopping center where stores front on both sides of a pedestrian
way which may be enclosed or open.
A residential trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home.
Residential Trailer.
A structure constructed for movement on the public highways
that has sleeping, cooking, and plumbing facilities, that is intended
for human occupancy that is being used for residential purposes and
was constructed before January 1, 1962.
Mobile Home.
A structure constructed for movement on the public highways
that has sleeping, cooking, and plumbing facilities, that is intended
for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and
that was constructed between January 1, 1962 and June 15, 1976, and
met the construction requirements of Oregon mobile home law in effect
at the time of construction.
Manufactured Home.
A structure constructed for movement on the public highways
that has sleeping, cooking, and plumbing facilities, that is intended
for human occupancy, and was constructed on or after June 15, 1976
in accordance with federal manufactured housing construction and safety
standards in effect at the time of construction.
Any place where 4 or more manufactured dwellings are located
within 500 feet of one another on a lot/parcel or tract under the
same ownership, the primary purpose of which is to rent space to any
person for a charge or fee paid or to be paid for the rental use of
facilities or to offer space free in connection with securing the
trade or patronage of the person. Manufactured dwelling park does
not include a lot located within an approved subdivision being rented
or leased for occupancy by no more than 1 mobile home per lot if the
subdivision was approved by local government unit having jurisdiction
under an ordinance adopted pursuant to ORS 92.010 to 92.190.
A paved space in a manufactured dwelling park for the placement
of a manufactured dwelling that includes utility connections.
Any portion of a manufactured dwelling park which is designated
or used for occupancy of 1 manufactured dwelling, including its accessory
structures and its outdoor living areas, but exclusive of space provided
for the common use of tenants for example, roadways and guest parking.
A line within a manufactured dwelling park which establishes
setback distances from streets, accessory buildings or structures
and other manufactured dwellings.
The plant Cannabis family Cannabaceae, any part of the plant
of the Cannabis family Cannabaceae and the seeds of the plant Cannabis
family Cannabaceae. “Marijuana” does not include industrial
hemp, as defined in ORS 571.300.
Any person or entity appropriately licensed by the Oregon
Health Authority or the Oregon Liquor Control Commission that sells,
produces, cultivates, grows, wholesales, processes, researches, develops,
or tests medical marijuana or recreational adult use marijuana within
the City of Springfield.
A specific location registered by the Oregon Health Authority
and used by the grower to produce marijuana for medical use by a specific
patient.
Marijuana, cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates
and cannabinoid extracts.
The preparing, compounding, testing or conversion of marijuana
into cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates, and cannabinoid
extracts for medical or recreational purposes.
The manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting
of marijuana as licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission or
Oregon Health Authority.
A person or entity licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission or Oregon Health Authority to sell marijuana items to a
consumer in this State.
A business location that sells marijuana items to a consumer
or patient.
A laboratory that tests marijuana items for producer, processor,
wholesaler or retail outlets.
A person or entity that purchases marijuana items in this
State for resale to a person other than a consumer.
The geographic area from which a particular use can reasonably
expect to attract customers.
A medical marijuana facility or entity registered with the
Oregon Health Authority under ORS 475.300.
The general land use plan and policies for the Eugene/Springfield
metropolitan area including any subordinate refinement plan or functional
plan. The controlling land use document for urban, urbanizable and
rural land under the jurisdiction of the Metro Plan.
A narrow street and/or a bicycle/pedestrian corridor not
less than 20 feet in width that reduces larger blocks to more walkable
dimensions (250 to 350 feet maximum). A mid-block connector may be
a public right-of-way or privately owned and may include active use
frontages with overlooking windows and pedestrian-level lighting.
Limited service or parking access to the interior of a block is encouraged.
On-street public parking may be provided, where feasible. Sidewalks
may be located on each side of a 2-way street or on 1 side for a 1-way
street. A non-vehicular connector must be designed as a “24-7”
publicly accessible bicycle/pedestrian way.
Duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, cottage cluster housing,
and townhomes.
Includes soil, coal, stone, crushed hard rock quarry products,
metallic ore and any other solid material or substance excavated for
commercial, industrial or construction use from natural deposits.
“Minerals” do not include loam, sand, gravel or other
aggregate materials created and/or deposited by water movement.
The minimum level of facilities and services that are provided
to an area in an orderly and efficient manner to allow urban development
to occur. They consist of sanitary sewers, solid waste management,
water service, fire protection, police protection, parks and recreation
programs, electric service, land use controls, communications facilities,
public schools on a district-wide basis, and paved streets with adequate
provision for storm-water run-off and pedestrian travel.
All waste materials, solid, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation
and other materials resulting from or displaced by quarry and mining
extraction operations within the operating permit area, including
all waste materials deposited in or upon lands within the operating
permit area.
A building or group of buildings in a controlled-access and
fenced compound that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized,
and controlled-access stalls or lockers for the storage of a customer's
goods or wares. No sales, service, or repair activities other than
the rental of storage units are permitted on the premises.
A building or development characterized by either a vertical
or horizontal physical integration of uses. A mixed-use building is
a structure at least 2 stories in height that includes a mix of uses
such as retail and office uses, residential and commercial uses, or
commercial and light industrial uses. A mixed-use development includes
multiple buildings, usually of multiple stories, designed to assure
a diversity of compatible land uses that may include a mixture of
residential, office, retail, services, recreational, live/work units,
flex space uses, and other miscellaneous uses allowed in a zoning
district.
A request submitted to change a final approval of any development
proposal or a modification as may be permitted to a Plan District
development or building standards.
The applicant’s submittal of new information after
an application has been deemed complete and prior to the close of
the record on a pending application that would modify a development
proposal by changing 1 or more of the following described components:
proposed uses, operating characteristics, intensity, scale, site layout
(including, but not limited to, changes in setbacks, access points,
building design, size or orientation, parking, traffic or pedestrian
circulation plans), or landscaping in a manner that requires the application
of new criteria to the proposal or that would require the findings
of fact to be changed. It does not mean an applicant’s submission
of new evidence that merely clarifies or supports the pending application.
A building or group of buildings, not including a building
designed or arranged as a single unit dwelling, in which lodging is
provided to guests for compensation, consisting of individual sleeping
quarters, with or without cooking facilities, with separate entrances
opening directly outside.
A paved facility intended to be used by pedestrians, skaters
(inline or roller), and bicyclists that has no or minimal cross-flow
by motor vehicles. The multi-use path is generally designed for 2-way
travel. The multi-use path may be separated from and aligned with
the public right-of-way within an easement or located within the public
right-of-way.
Five or more dwelling units on an individual lot or parcel,
except for Cottage Cluster housing, and not counting Accessory Dwelling
Units (ADUs).
N
National Register of Historic Places.
Native Plants, Native Vegetation.
Natural Resources.
Neighborhood Activity Center.
Neighborhood Park.
Neighboring.
Net Density.
Noise Attenuating Barrier.
Noise Sensitive Property.
Non-Commercial Agricultural Uses.
Non-Exempt Tree or Vegetation.
Notice.
NPDES.
The official list, established by the National Historic Preservation
Act, of sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects significant
in the nation’s history or whose artistic or architectural value
is recognized.
Plant species that are indigenous to a local area and adaptable
to the local climate, soils and hydrology as distinguished from plant
species that have been deliberately or accidentally imported or introduced
from other areas by humans or human activities.
These include, but are not limited to, water and geologic
features, significant natural vegetation, wildlife habitats and archaeological
and scenic resources as inventoried in the working papers of the Metro
Plan.
Any public park or recreation facility, public or private
school, government service, commercially zoned property, or mixed-use
zoned property.
A park, traditionally from 5 acres to 15 acres in size, which
provides easily accessible recreation areas serving neighborhood citizens
and providing high density active or passive use.
The area in the immediate vicinity of a proposed development
that would be materially affected by a proposal.
See “Density, Net.”
A structural barrier designed and constructed with the primary
function of containing sound within a specific use area.
Real property normally used for sleeping, or normally used
for schools, churches, hospitals, or public libraries, excluding industrially
related residential uses, i.e., night watchman quarters.
The raising of crops, plants or farm animals on property
where allowed by this code for the sole use of the owners or tenants
of that property and not for wholesale or retail sale.
Vegetation that is not exempt from the solar access regulations.
The announcement of a decision of the Director by mail to
adjacent property owners/occupants within 300 feet of the subject
property indicating the nature of the decision and the method of appeal;
the announcement of a public hearing by mail to property owners/occupants
within 300 feet of the subject property and advertisement in a newspaper
of general circulation in the area, indicating the time, place and
nature of the public hearing in compliance with ORS 197.762.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
O
OAR.
Official Zoning Maps.
Off-line Stormwater Facilities.
Occupancy, Certificate of.
On-Line Stormwater Facilities.
Open Space.
Open Space, Common.
Open Space, Private.
Open Space, Public.
ORS.
Outdoor Storage.
Outdoor Storage Area.
Outdoor Storage Yard.
Outfall.
Overburden.
Owner.
Oregon Administrative Rule.
Maps delineating the boundaries of the various zoning districts
within the city limits and the City’s urbanizable area that
are adopted by ordinance and maintained by the Development Services
Department.
Facilities that are sized for only the water quality storm
and in which higher stormwater flows are bypassed around the treatment
area. These facilities typically require an inlet control structure
and typically include mechanical treatment facilities.
A required certificate allowing occupancy of a structure
or development area after it has been determined that the requirements
of this code and other applicable codes have been met. No structure
or development area may be occupied without having first received
a Certificate of Occupancy.
Facilities in which stormwater flows are routed through the
treatment area, so high flows are not bypassed around the facility,
such as vegetated swales and most vegetated treatment facilities.
Land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated,
designed or reserved for public use or enjoyment, or for the use and
enjoyment of owners and occupants of land abutting or neighboring
the open space.
Land normally within or related to a development, not individually
owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended
for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development
and may include recreational and other accessory structures and improvements
in accordance with this code.
Areas intended for the private use of an individual dwelling
unit, normally including patios and landscaped areas; not to include
off-street parking, maneuvering, loading or delivery areas, and designed
for outdoor living and recreation.
Areas intended for public use, either privately owned and
maintained or dedicated to the City, normally including swimming pools,
recreation courts, patios, open landscaped areas, and greenbelts with
pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle trails, not to include off-street
parking or loading areas or driveways, and designed for outdoor living
and recreation or the retention of an area in its natural state.
Oregon Revised Statutes.
The keeping in an unroofed area of any goods, junk, material,
merchandise, or vehicles for more than 24 hours.
A primary use that occurs on property for the purpose of
outdoor storage of vehicles, equipment, or materials, including, but
not limited to, vehicle, equipment and boat sales or rental lots;
commercial storage lots; mobile/manufactured home, camper and RV sales
lots; fleet parking lots; and lumber, gardening, fuel and other similar
building material yards.
A secondary use that occurs on any property for the purpose
of the outdoor storage of associated materials and equipment, other
than wrecking yards.
The point of discharge from a river, pipe, drain or other
device to a receiving watercourse.
The soil, rock and similar materials that lie above natural
deposits or minerals.
An individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership
or corporation having proprietary interest to seek development of
land.
P
Parcel.
Parking.
Parking Bay.
Parking Lot.
Parking Lot Area.
Parking Space.
Parking Space, Disabled.
Parking Space, Off-Street.
Partition Land.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Partition Plat.
Party or Parties.
Pedestrian Trail.
Pedestrian Way.
Permanent Irrigation System.
Permit.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Person.
Petition for Improvement.
Physical Features.
Pipeline.
Place of Worship.
Plan District.
Planning Commission.
Planted.
Plat.
Plot Plan.
Predevelopment Hydrologic Function.
Prefabricated Dwelling.
Preliminary Approval.
Preliminary Map.
Primary Structure.
Private Elementary/Middle Schools.
Private Park.
Properly Functioning Condition.
Property line.
Property Line Adjustment.
Public Facilities Plan.
Public Hearing.
Public Utility Facility.
(1)
(2)
This term includes a unit of land created by partitioning
land as defined in ORS 92.010 that is in compliance with this code
and in the case of Property Line Adjustments, properties created by
deed or land sales contract, if there were no applicable planning,
zoning, or partitioning ordinances or regulations. A parcel does not
include a unit of land created solely to establish a separate tax
account.
The temporary storage of operational motor vehicles that
are not for sale, lease or rent and which are intended to be used
for customers and employees of a business and industry or residents
and visitors in a residential development.
An extension of the width of a street that allows for the
parking of motor vehicles, usually associated with hillside development.
An off-street area with a permanently maintained paved surface,
for the parking of motor vehicles.
For purposes of calculating the size of a parking lot, the
parking lot area includes the parking spaces, interior parking lot
landscaping, interior pedestrian walkways, and vehicle maneuvering
areas. It does not include a loading area.
A permanently maintained paved surface with proper access
for 1 standard size or compact automobile.
A parking space that is reserved for use by disabled persons
who hold the appropriate permit issued by the Oregon Department of
Motor Vehicles and/or the Springfield Police Department.
An approved space for the parking of a motor vehicle which
is not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.
The division of land into 2 or 3 parcels within a calendar
year, but does not include:
A division of land resulting from a lien foreclosure, foreclosure
of a recorded contract for the sale of real property or the creation
of cemetery lots;
An adjustment of a property line by the relocation of boundaries
where an additional unit of land is not created and where the existing
unit of land reduced in size by the adjustment is not in conflict
with any applicable Ordinance;
A sale or grant by a person to a public agency or public body
for State highway, County road, City street or other right-of-way
purposes provided that the road or right-of-way complies with the
applicable comprehensive plan and ORS 215.213(2)(q) to (s) and 215.283(2)(q)
to (s). However, any property divided by the sale or grant of property
for State highway, County road, City street or other right-of-way
purposes continue to be considered a single unit of land until the
property is further subdivided or partitioned;
The division of land resulting from the recording of a subdivision
or condominium plat; or
A sale or grant by a public agency or public body of excess
property resulting from the acquisition of land by the State, a political
subdivision or special district for highways, County roads, City streets
or other right-of-way purposes when the sale or grant is part of a
property line adjustment incorporating the excess right-of-way into
adjacent property. The property line adjustment must be approved or
disapproved by the applicable local government. If the property line
adjustment is approved, it must be recorded in the deed records of
the county where the property is located.
A final map and other writing containing all the descriptions,
locations, specifications, provisions, and information concerning
a partition.
The following persons or entities are defined as a party:
A surfaced path that is designed and reserved for the exclusive
use of pedestrian travel.
A paved right-of-way through a block to facilitate pedestrian
access to adjacent streets and properties.
An approved water piping system installed underground for
the purpose of irrigating all portions of landscaped areas.
Discretionary approval of a proposed development of land.
“Permit” does not include:
A limited land use decision;
A decision which determines the appropriate zoning classification
for a particular use by applying criteria or performance standards
defining the uses permitted within the zone, and the determination
applies only to land within an urban growth boundary;
A decision which determines final engineering design, construction,
operation, maintenance, repair, or preservation of a transportation
facility which is otherwise authorized by and consistent with the
comprehensive plan and land use regulations; or
An expedited land division.
An individual, corporation, governmental agency, business
trust, estate, partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
A petition submitted for construction and improvements as
required by this code.
These features include, but are not limited to, significant
clusters of trees and shrubs, watercourses shown on the Water Quality
Limited Watercourse Map and their riparian areas, wetlands, and rock
outcroppings.
A line of pipe with pumps, valves and control devices for
conveying liquid, gasses, or finely divided solids.
A place for people to gather for religious activity. Examples
include church, synagogue, mosque, chapel, or meeting house. Includes
associated uses as described in SDC 4.7.370. (ORS 227.500)
A planning tool that addresses concerns unique to an area
when other zoning tools cannot achieve the desired results. An area
may be unique based on natural, economic, or historic attributes;
be subject to problems from rapid transition in land use; or contain
public facilities that require specific land use regulations for their
efficient operation. Plan Districts provide a means to modify zoning
regulations for specific areas defined in special plans or studies.
Each Plan District has its own nontransferable regulations. This contrasts
with base zone and overlay zone provisions, which are intended to
be applicable in more than 1 area. However, Plan Districts are not
intended for small areas or individual properties.
The Springfield Planning Commission.
Landscaping with living plant materials consistent with SDC
4.4.100.
A map, containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications,
dedications, provisions, or other information concerning a subdivision,
partition or replat of either.
A rough sketch map of a site plan or land division of sufficient
accuracy to be used for the purpose of the identification of issues
and development impacts.
The hydrology of a site reflecting the local rainfall patterns,
soil characteristics, land cover, evapotranspiration, and topography.
The term predevelopment as used in predevelopment hydrologic function
is consistent with the term predevelopment as discussed in Federal
Register Volume 64, Number 235 and refers to the runoff conditions
that exist on site immediately before the planned development activities
occur. Predevelopment is not intended to be interpreted as the period
before any human-induced land disturbance has occurred.
A building or structural unit that has been in whole or substantial
part manufactured at an off-site location to be wholly or partially
assembled on-site, butdoes not include a mobile home, trailer, or
recreational vehicle. Prefabricated structures are regulated under
the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code.
The approval prior to Final Approval, after specific elements
of a development or Site Plan have been approved by the Approval Authority
and agreed to by the applicant.
A clearly legible drawing of the proposed lay out of the
lots/parcels involved in a property line adjustment which provides
a basis for the Approval Authority to approve or disapprove the application.
A structure of chief importance or function on a site. In
general, the primary use is carried out in a primary structure. However,
in the R-1 District (unless specified elsewhere in this code), a site
may have more than 1 primary structure. The difference between primary
and accessory structure is determined by comparing the size, placement,
similarity of design, use of common building materials and the orientation
of the structures on the site (See also “Accessory Structure”
and “Accessory Dwelling Unit”).
A facility operated by a person or private agency offering
education in kindergarten and/or grades 1 through 8 or any part thereof
not as defined in ORS 345.505 et seq.
A park available for public use owned by a non-public agency
or private individual.
The state of the physical, chemical, and biological aspects
of watershed ecosystems that will sustain healthy salmonid populations.
Properly functioning condition generally defines a range of values
for several measurable criteria rather than specific, absolute values,
including, but not limited to, hydraulic run-off, transport, channel
migration, native vegetation succession.
A line which divides 1 property from another or from a public
or private street or any other public space.
The relocation of a common property line between 2 abutting
properties.
A Refinement Plan of the Metro Plan addressing sanitary and
storm sewers, water distribution systems and transportation.
A meeting announced and advertised in advance that is open
to the public, with the public given an opportunity to provide testimony.
Structures, facilities, and equipment necessary to serve
development by a government, public utility, utility cooperative,
or private company.
Low Impact.
Telephone and cable telephone lines, poles, junction boxes,
exchanges and repeater stations; electric power distribution lines
(less than 69 KV) and poles; sanitary sewer pipe lines, pumps or lift
stations; storm sewer pipe lines, ditches and other storm-water management
or water quality ponds, wetland, or swales; gas distribution pipe
lines; water pipe lines, valves, well fields, pump stations and attendant
facilities; water reservoirs and water storage tanks less than 300,000
gallons or 30 feet in height, and water treatment facilities, including
filtration plants, less than 2.5 million gallon capacity per day.
High Impact.
Electric power transmission lines (greater than 69 KV), poles
and substations; gas pipe line valve stations; sanitary sewer treatment
plants or effluent ponds; water reservoirs and water storage tanks
greater than 300,000 gallons or 30 feet in height; water treatment
facilities, including filtration plants greater than 2.5 million gallon
capacity per day; fire/ambulance stations.
Q
Quarry and Mining Extraction Operation.
Quarry and Mining Operator.
Quarry and Mining Owner.
All or any part of the process of removing mineral deposits
exposed by any method, including open-pit mining operations, auger
mining operations, shaft mining, the construction of borrow pits,
processing of extracted minerals and exploration activities. Expansion
of a quarry and mining extraction operation is the enlargement of
the operation requiring the modification of the Reclamation Permit
specified under ORS 517.790. Quarry mining and extraction operation
does not include normal road maintenance and stabilization of hillsides.
Any individual, public, or private corporation, political
subdivision, agency, board or department of this State, any municipality,
partnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or any other legal
entity whatsoever that is engaged in quarry and extraction operations.
The person possessing legal rights to the mineral deposit
being mined.
R
Reclamation, Quarry or Mining.
Reclamation Permit.
Recreation Center, Community.
Recreational Marijuana.
Recreational Vehicle (RV).
Redevelopment.
Refinement Plan Diagram.
Regional Headquarters.
Regional Park.
Registered or Certified Family Child Care Home.
Registered Geologist.
Replat, Major.
Replat, Minor.
Relocation.
Research and Development.
Reserve Strip.
Residential Care Facility.
(1)
(2)
Residential Home.
Residential Infill.
Residential Use.
Retail Sales.
Retaining Wall.
Review Authority.
Right-of-Way.
Riparian Area.
Riparian Area Functions.
Roadway.
Run-Off.
The employment of procedures in a quarry and mining extraction
operation designed to minimize as much as practicable the impact the
operations have on the environment, and to provide for the rehabilitation
of land affected by the operations. Reclamation includes the rehabilitation
of plant cover, soil stabilization, water resource protection and
other measures appropriate to the subsequent beneficial use of the
mined and reclaimed lands.
Permission to operate a quarry and mining extraction operation
(to include a plan for reclamation) granted to an operator by the
State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under the requirements
of ORS 517.790, upon referral, review, and approval by the Director.
A public, indoor facility providing for a variety of recreation/leisure-related
activities, for example: swimming, meetings, court sports, arts and
crafts, dancing, banquets, parties, games, day-care, classes/instruction,
performances, fitness/exercise, and social referral services.
Any marijuana intended for recreational use which meets all
requirements for recreational marijuana contained in this chapter,
Oregon State law, and any other applicable law.
A vacation trailer or other unit, with or without motive
power, which is designed for human occupancy and to be used temporarily
for recreational, seasonal, or emergency purposes and has a gross
floor space of less than 400 square feet. The term includes camping
trailers, camping vehicles, motor homes, park trailers, bus conversions,
van conversions, tent trailers, travel trailers, truck campers and
any vehicle converted for use or partial use as a recreational vehicle.
The unit must be identified as a recreational vehicle by the manufacturer
or converter.
A project that entails construction activities, occurs on
a previously developed site and results in the addition or replacement
of impervious surface. Redevelopment does not include: maintenance
activities; construction activities conductedto ameliorate a public
health or safety emergency or natural disaster; and/or construction
activities within an existing footprint to repair or replace a site
or a structure damaged by a public health or safety emergency or natural
disaster.
A map contained in a Refinement Plan showing plan designations
that are described in the Refinement Plans and Springfield Comprehensive
Plan Land Use Element and also shown on the Springfield Comprehensive
Plan Map.
A building or portion of a building in which persons are
employed in the regional management or direction of a business consisting
of a number of divisions or a regional subsidiary of a corporate headquarters.
The divisions can be either geographical or located within 1 building.
To be considered a regional headquarters, the business must meet the
applicable employee threshold specified elsewhere in this code. Businesses
that do not meet the applicable employee threshold is considered an
administrative office.
A large area of natural quality for outdoor recreation for
example, swimming, boating, camping, and picnicking, and for wildlife
habitat and natural resource conservation. Generally comprising 100
acres or more, where 80 percent of the land is reserved for natural
open space and 20 percent is used for recreation development.
See definition for “Child Care Center.” Also
see ORS 329A.
A person who is registered as a geologist by the State of
Oregon.
The elimination and/or relocation of more than 2 exterior
and/or interior common boundary lines or property lines within a recorded
Subdivision; or an increase in the number of lots; or decrease of
2 or more lots within a recorded Subdivision.
The elimination and/or relocation of no more than 2 exterior
and/or interior common boundary lines or property lines within a recorded
Subdivision or Partition; or a decrease of 1 lot/parcel within a recorded
Subdivision or Partition.
A shift or rotation of a common boundary between 2 abutting
lots or parcels.
The study, testing, analysis, and development of products,
processes, or services, including the manufacturing of products. This
use is divided into categories as follows based upon the number of
employees at occupancy: large-scale means 50 or more employees; medium-scale
means 20-49 employees; small scale means fewer than 20 employees per
business. These thresholds are applicable at the time of new development.
In the case of redevelopment, the Director may reduce the at occupancy
threshold if the applicant submits a business plan stating that the
threshold can be met by a date certain.
A strip of property, usually 1 foot wide, controlling access
to a street.
A facility licensed under ORS 443.400 to 443.455 that provides
residential care in 1 or more buildings on contiguous properties:
For 6 or more socially dependent individuals or individuals
with physical disabilities; or
For fewer than 6 socially dependent individuals or individuals
with physical disabilities if the purpose of the facility is to serve
individuals with co-occurring behavioral health needs who are more
appropriately served in smaller settings.
A home licensed by or under the authority of the Department
of Human Resources under ORS 443.400 to 443.825 which provides residential
care alone or in conjunction with treatment or training or a combination
thereof for 5 or fewer individuals who need not be related. Staff
persons required to meet Department of Human Resources licensing requirements
must not be counted in the number of facility residents, and need
not be related to each other or to any other resident of the residential
home. This definition includes residential treatment homes, residential
training homes and adult foster homes.
See “Infill, Residential.”
Of, relating to, or connected with a residence or residences.
Establishments engaged in selling goods or services to the
general public for personal or household consumption. Retail trade
may include wholesale trade, but only as a secondary use.
An engineered structure constructed to hold back or support
an earthen bank.
See “Approval Authority.”
Land acquired by purchase, reservation, dedication, forced
dedication, prescription or condemnation intended to be occupied by
a street, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or
gas pipeline, water line, sanitary/storm sewer and other similar facilities.
Riparian areas are vegetated areas (generally consisting
of trees, shrubs, and grasses) located along the side of a water body
and are transitional boundaries between land and water environments.
Riparian zones act as buffers to protect surface waters from contamination
and are habitats for a large variety of animals and birds.
These functions include, but are not limited to, maintaining
temperature; maintaining channel stability; providing flood storage;
providing groundwater recharge; removing sediments; reducing contaminants,
for example, excess nutrients, oils and grease, metals, and fecal
coliform; moderating stormwater flows; and providing fish and wildlife
habitat. Degraded riparian function means that 1 or more of the functions
listed above are at risk.
The portion of a street right-of-way used for vehicular traffic.
Water that flows across land surfaces rather than being absorbed.
S
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
School.
Screen.
Service Station.
Setback.
Shared Use Path.
Shopping Center.
Short Term Rental, Type 1.
Short Term Rental, Type 2.
Sidewalk.
Single-unit Dwelling, Attached.
Single-unit Dwelling, Detached (SD-D).
Single Room Occupancy (SROs).
Site Plan.
Siting Standard.
Slope.
Small Engine Repair.
Springfield Municipal Code.
Standard.
Standard Construction Specifications.
Start of Construction.
State.
Storm Event.
Stormwater or Stormwater Runoff.
Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs).
(1)
(2)
Stormwater Management Plan.
Stormwater Management System.
Street.
Street, Improved.
Street, Private.
Street, Unimproved.
Strip Commercial.
Structural Stormwater Controls.
Structure.
Structure, Parking.
Structure, Primary.
Subdivide Land.
Subdivision.
Subdivision Plat.
Survey.
Surveyor.
A federal law established in 1974, to protect drinking water
and its sources (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, springs, and ground water)
and sets standards for drinking water quality and oversees the states,
localities, and water suppliers who implement those standards.
A building where individuals gather to receive educational
instruction, either public or private, except as otherwise specifically
defined in this code. School does not include a child care facility
as defined in this chapter.
A visual barrier obscuring an abutting or neighboring structure
or use by fencing, walls, berms, or densely planted vegetation.
An establishment selling fuel and oil for vehicles which
may include the following additional services: selling, servicing,
and installing tires, batteries, accessories, and related products;
furnishing minor repair and service when conducted entirely within
an enclosed building, and at which incidental services are conducted.
“Minor repair and service,” as used in this definition,
is understood to exclude activities such as painting, bodywork, steam
cleaning, tire recapping, and engine overhaul.
An area where buildings and certain structures cannot be
constructed, measured from the property line. A setback may be referred
to as “yard,” as defined in this section, including “yard,
front,” “yard, rear,” and “yard, side.”
This definition does not include solar setback.
A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic
by an open space or barrier and either within the highway right-of-way
or within an independent right-of-way. Shared use paths may also be
used by pedestrians, skaters, wheelchair users, joggers, and other
non-motorized users.
A group of commercial establishments planned, developed,
and managed as a unit with on-site vehicle and pedestrian circulation
provided on the property.
A single unit dwelling occupied by 1 or more occupants as
a primary residence, and where lodging is provided for compensation,
with or without meals, for a period of less than 30 consecutive calendar
days, counting portions of calendar days as full days, for more than
7 calendar days per year.
A single unit dwelling, not occupied as a primary residence,
arranged or used for lodging for compensation, with or without meals,
for a period of less than 30 consecutive calendar days, counting portions
of calendar days as full days, for more than 7 calendar days per year.
The portion of a street or highway right-of-way designated
for preferential or exclusive use by pedestrians.
See “Townhome.”
1 dwelling unit on its own lot or parcel that does not share
a wall with any other dwelling unit, other than an accessory dwelling
unit.
A residential property that contains multiple single room
dwelling units where each unit is for occupancy by a single eligible
individual. The unit need not, but may, contain food preparation or
sanitary facilities, or both.
The development plan for a development area that meets the
standards of this code.
A standard related to the position, bulk, scale, or form
of a structure or a standard that makes land suitable for development.
Siting standards include, but are not limited to, standards that regulate
setbacks, dimensions, bulk, scale coverage, maximum vehicular parking
requirements, bicycle parking requirements, utilities, and public
facilities.
An inclined ground surface, the inclination of which is expressed
as percent of horizontal distance to vertical distance.
Maintenance and repair of household and non-automotive engines
less than 100 cubic centimeters (cc’s) in displacement.
Springfield Municipal Code, 1997 and any amendment thereto.
A measure of physical attributes and/or policy conformance
which must be satisfied in order to allow a proposed land use or development
to be established or modified.
Standards governing the construction of all public improvements
within the City, adopted by the Council, dated 1981, and as may be
amended.
Includes substantial improvement, and means the date the
building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction,
repair, reconstruction, placement, or other improvement was within
180 days of the permit date. The actual start means either the first
placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, forexample,
the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction
of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement
of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does
not include land preparation, including clearing, grading and filling;
nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor
does it include excavation for a basement, footing, piers, or foundation,
or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation
on the property of accessory buildings, for example garages or sheds
not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure.
The State of Oregon.
A precipitation event that results in surface runoff. For
modeling purposes in the City of Springfield this is a Type 1a storm
of 24-hour duration.
That portion of precipitation that does not naturally percolate
into the ground or evaporate, but flows via overland flow, interflow,
channels, or pipes into a defined surface water channel or a constructed
infiltration facility. It includes snow melt runoff and surface runoff
and drainage.
Nonstructural.
Strategies implemented to control stormwater run-off that
focus on pollution prevention, including, but not limited to, alternative
site design, zoning and ordinances, education, and good housekeeping
measures.
Structural.
Engineered devices implemented to control, treat, or prevent
stormwater run-off pollution.
A policy document adopted and, as modified from time to time,
approved by resolution of the City Council setting forth the policies
and procedures to be used in reviewing development proposals that
alter or affect the natural, pre-development flow of stormwater. These
policies and procedures are to be applied to public and private improvements
and allow City staff to provide certainty to developers and consultants
to permit them to design and submit for approval safe, efficient,
and cost effective stormwater management system projects within the
City and its Urban Growth Boundary.
The structures, facilities, and practices utilized by the
City and/or a development to control and manage the quantity and quality
of groundwater discharges and surface water run-off, including stormwater
run-off, non-storm generated run-off and floodwaters.
Any roadway and associated right-of-way that provides access
to 1 or more lots/parcels and that is a part of the City-wide street
system.
A street that includes a fully paved surface, curb, gutter,
storm drainage, sidewalk, street trees (where applicable) and street
lighting, all constructed to City standards.
Any roadway and associated land that is functionally similar
to a public street, constructed to City standards, but not dedicated
to the City.
A street that lacks any of the features of an improved street.
Commercial development set in a linear pattern along 1 or
both sides of a street.
Stormwater controls that are physically designed, installed,
and maintained to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants in
stormwater to minimize the impacts of stormwater on waterbodies. Examples
of structural stormwater controls or Best Management Practices (BMPs)
include: (1) storage practices such as wet ponds and extended-detention
outlet structures; (2) filtration practices such as grassed swales,
sand filters and filter strips; and (3) infiltration practices such
as infiltration basins and infiltration trenches.
Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building or
any kind or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of
parts joined together in some definite manner.
A parking garage located aboveground or underground consisting
of 2 or more levels.
A structure, or combination of structures, of chief importance
or function on a site. In general, the primary use is carried out
in a primary structure. A site may have more than 1 primary structure.
The difference between primary and accessory structure is determined
by comparing the size, placement, similarity of design, use of common
building materials, and the orientation of the structures on the site.
(See also “Accessory Structure” and “Accessory Dwelling
Unit.”)
To divide an area or tract of land into 4 or more lots when
the area or tract of land exists as a unit or contiguous units of
land under single ownership at the time of subdivision.
Either an act of subdividing land, or an area or tract of
land subdivided as defined in this section.
A final map and other writing containing all the descriptions,
locations, dedications, provisions, and information concerning a subdivision.
The location of the legal boundaries of an area and the division
of that area into lots or parcels, streets and other features with
all necessary corners or dividing lines marked or monumented, prepared
by a surveyor in accordance with State law.
A professional land surveyor registered in the State of Oregon.
T
Tentative Plan.
Time of Travel Zone (TOTZ).
Top of Bank.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Total Maximum Daily Loadings (TMDL).
Total Suspended Solids (TSS).
Townhouse (Townhome).
Townhouse Project.
Traffic Impact Study.
Traffic Study.
Triplex.
A clearly legible drawing of the lots or parcels and other
elements of a partition or subdivision which provides a basis for
the approval authority to approve or disapprove the general layout
of the development.
The area mapped pursuant to Oregon Health Division Delineation
Certification #002R which identifies the time it takes groundwater
to flow to a given well or wellhead.
For a given watercourse, the top of bank is the same as the
“bankfull stage.” The “bankfull stage” is
defined as the stage or elevation at which water overflows the natural
banks of streams or other waters of the State and begins to inundate
the upland. The ground elevations on both sides of the watercourse
are examined and the lower grade break elevation; the elevation where
water would leave the channel in a particular reach is used. The elevation
of the lower bank controls the bank full elevation for a watercourse
reach. The edge of the bankfull watercourse typically corresponds
to the start of the floodplain. The start of the floodplain is often
characterized by:
A berm or other break in slope from the watercourse bank to
a flat valley bottom, terrace or bench;
A change in vegetation from bare surfaces or annual water-tolerant
species to perennial water-tolerant or upland species; and
A change in the size distribution of surface sediments (e.g.,
gravel to fine sand) (Figure 6.1-D).
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Figure 6.1-D. Indicators for Determining Bankfull Width
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In the absence of physical evidence, the 2-year recurrence interval
flood elevation may be used to approximate the bankfull stage.
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The calculated pollutant amount that a water body can receive
and still meet Oregon water quality standards. The TMDL program evaluates
and sets pollutant loads to impaired waterbodies and designates management
agencies to implement water quality improvement plans.
The ratio of the weight of solid residue in a filtered sample
to the volume of the sample, where the residue is obtained by filtering
the sample through a 0.45 µm filter.
A dwelling unit constructed in a row of 2 or more attached
units, where each dwelling unit is located on an individual lot or
parcel and shares at least 1 common wall with an adjacent unit. A
townhouse is also commonly called a rowhouse, attached house, or common
wall house.
One or more townhouse structures constructed, or proposed
to be constructed, together with the development area where the land
has been divided, or is proposed to be divided, to reflect the Townhouse
property lines and any commonly owned property.
An analysis of the effects of a proposed development on the
transportation system, and of traffic impacts on neighboring properties.
A limited analysis of the operational aspects and traffic
safety issues of a particular development area, including, but not
limited to, on-site traffic circulation and access design and operation.
3 dwelling units on 1 lot or parcel. Units may be attached
vertically or horizontally or detached.
U
Urban Growth Boundary.
Urban Land.
Urbanizable Land.
Use.
Use, Accessory.
Use/Activity, Water-Dependent.
Use/Activity, Water-Oriented.
Use/Activity, Water-Related.
Use Category.
Use, Nonconforming.
Use, Permitted.
Use, Primary.
Use, Re-Use.
Use, Secondary.
Use, Special.
Use, Temporary.
Use, Water Dependent.
Use, Water Related.
Utility Provider.
A site-specific line that separates urban
or urbanizable land from rural land and which appears on the Springfield
Comprehensive Plan Map.
Land which is located within an incorporated City.
All land outside the city limits but inside the Urban Growth
Boundary.
The purpose for which land and structures are arranged, designed,
intended, occupied, or maintained. Any activity taking place on land
or in or on structures.
A use or uses within a primary commercial, office and/or
employment building that is for the employees’ benefit and that
does not generally serve the public, including, but not limited to,
building maintenance facilities, central mail rooms, child care, conference
rooms, employee restaurants and cafeterias, indoor recreation areas,
and indoor recycling collection centers. The accessory use is not
considered a secondary use and does not have to meet any percentage
standard; however, the accessory use must be part of a primary use
building.
A use or activity that requires access to the Willamette
River for water-borne transportation, recreation, energy production,
or source of water.
A use or activity whose attraction to the public is enhanced
by a view of or access to the Willamette River.
A use or activity that is not directly dependent upon access
to the Willamette River, but which provides goods or services that
are directly associated with water-dependent land or waterway use,
and which, if not located adjacent to the river, would result in a
public loss of quality in the goods or services offered. Except as
necessary for water-dependent or water-related uses or activities,
residences, parking lots, spoil and dump sites, roads and highways,
restaurants, businesses, factories, and mobile home parks are not
generally considered dependent on or related to water location needs.
A grouping of land uses which have similar operating characteristics
and land use impacts.
The use of land or structures, or the size, height, location
or number of structure, formerly permitted or otherwise lawful, but
which currently does not comply with existing standards or provisions
of this code.
Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions
applicable to that zoning district.
An activity or combination of activities of chief importance
on the site. One of the main purposes for which the land or structures
are intended, designed, or ordinarily used. A site may have more than
1 primary use. The primary use usually occupies more than 50 percent
of the gross floor area of a building or more than 50 percent of a
development area. Tree removal and timber harvesting are not primary
uses within the Urban Growth Boundary.
Any change in use, tenancy, or occupancy of a building.
Any approved use of land or a structure that is incidental
and subordinate to the primary use, and located in the same building
or in the same development area as the primary use. No secondary use
can occupy more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of a building
or more than 50 percent of a development area occupied by the primary
use. Secondary uses must not occur in the absence of primary uses.
Secondary uses are not accessory uses.
Any use of land or a structure which due to its operating
characteristics or land use impact is permitted under prescribed conditions
in the applicable zoning district.
A use established for a fixed period of time that does not
involve the construction or alteration of any permanent structure.
A use that requires access to the Willamette River for water-borne
transportation, recreation, energy production, or source of water.
A use that is not directly dependent upon access to the Willamette
River, but which clearly benefits from the access.
Any agency or private company which provides the public with
electricity, gas, heat, steam, communications, rail transportation,
water, sewage collection, or other similar service.
V
Variance.
Vision Clearance Area.
An exception to a requirement of this code. This definition
does not include use variances; a variance cannot be used in lieu
of a zone change.
A portion of land established at street, alley, or driveway
intersections in which nothing may obstruct the sight distance of
motorists entering or leaving the intersection, unless specifically
exempted by this code.
W
Walkable Distance.
Warehousing.
Watercourse.
Water Quality Limited Watercourses (WQLW).
Waters of the State.
Wellhead Protection.
Wellhead Protection Area.
Wellness Center.
Wet Bar.
Wetlands.
Wheel Stop.
Wholesale Trade.
Windthrow.
Wooded Lot/Parcel.
Working Day.
Wrecking Yard/Salvage Yard.
The shortest distance as measured along a straight line between
a point along the perimeter of the development site and a point along
the property line of the destination.
The storage of finished and unfinished products and materials
within an entirely enclosed building. This use may include facilities
for regional wholesale distribution, if permitted by the applicable
land use district.
Rivers, streams, sloughs, drainages including intermittent
stream and seeps, ponds, lakes, aquifers, wetlands, and other waters
of the State. This definition also includes any channel in which a
flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently, and if
the latter with some degree of regularity. Watercourses may be either
natural or artificial. Specific watercourses that are protected by
this code are those shown on the Water Quality Limited Watercourse
Map.
Those watercourses within the City and its urbanizing area
that are specified on the WQLW Map.
These waters include lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs,
springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets,
canals, the Pacific Ocean within the territorial limits of the State
of Oregon, and all other bodies of surface or underground waters,
natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public or
private (excluding those private waters which do not combine or effect
a junction with natural surface or underground waters), which are
wholly or potentially within or bordering the State or within its
jurisdiction.
Implementation of strategies within a wellhead protection
area to minimize the potential impact of containment sources on the
quality of groundwater used as a drinking water source by a public
water system.
A Drinking Water Protection Area for a groundwater-supplied
drinking water source.
A facility, owned by a public agency, operated by a public
or non-public agency or private individual or firm, offering wellness-related
health services and/or treatment to the public, including, but not
limited to, diabetes and health education classes, physical, speech
and occupational therapy, and fitness and nutrition services, but
excluding alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities other than prevention
education.
An area, other than a kitchen, that contains a sink with
a maximum size of 18 inches by 18 inches. The maximum size of the
trap arm and drain for the wet bar sink must not exceed 1½
inches. The area is not a wet bar if any of the following is also
present: a sink larger than 18 inches; a 220-volt electrical outlet;
a gas or propane service line; a dishwashing machine; a range hood,
exhaust vent, or similar equipment; or a stove, range, or oven.
Areas inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at
a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal
circumstances to support, a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands include swamps,
marshes, bogs, and similar areas excluding those constructed as water
quality or quantity control facilities.
A permanent and secured device in each parking stall which
blocks the front wheels of a vehicle.
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in
selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional,
or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting
as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise
to, the individuals or companies. Wholesale trade may include retail
trade as a secondary use when wholesale trade is the primary use.
Wholesale trade does not include storage and sale of bulk fuel oil,
bulk fuel, explosives or other hazardous material, or live animal
sales other than small domestic pets when the sales are made from
the premises. Wholesale trade by brokerage only, with no display or
storage of merchandise on the premises, is considered a Business Office
use.
Trees felled by wind.
A lot/parcel or parcel 10,000 square feet or larger, above
670 feet in elevation, which contains more than 5 trees 8 inches or
greater dbh.
Monday through Friday, exclusive of official City holidays.
Any lot/parcel or structure used for the storage, dismantling
or sale of inoperable motor vehicles, trailers, machinery and/or building
materials or parts.
Y
Yard.
Yard, Front.
Yard, Rear.
Yard, Side.
Yard, Through-Lot/Parcel Rear Yard.
Yard, Street Side Yard.
Youth Hostel.
For the purpose of establishing setbacks, yard is an open
space on a lot which is unobstructed from the ground upward, not including
up to 18 inch eaves, and except as otherwise provided in this code.
An open space extending the full width of the lot between
the front facade of a building or the front of an unenclosed porch
and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground
upward, not including up to 18 inch eaves, and except as specified
elsewhere in this code.
An open space extending the full width of the lot between
the rear facade of a building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward, not including up to 18 inch eaves,
and except as specified elsewhere in this code.
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
between the side facade of a building and the nearest side lot line,
unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, not including
up to 18 inch eaves, and except as specified elsewhere in this code.
The first 10 feet of land paralleling street right-of-way
that is parallel to and most distant from the front yard property boundary used for address purposes.
The first 10 feet of land paralleling street right-of-way,
which intersects the front yard property boundary.
Any building designed or intended to provide temporary accommodations
for traveling young people.
(6434; 6443; 6463; Ord. 6464, 11/20/2023; Ord. No. 6465, 11/20/2023; Ord. 6466, 11/20/2023)
