2006-358-Ordinance No. 2006-005 Recorded 3/23/2006REVIEWED
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 18.124, Site
Plan Review, of the Deschutes County Code to ORDINANCE NO. 2006-005
add Requirements for Traffic Impact Studies.
WHEREAS the Deschutes County Community Development Staff proposed a text change to
Title 18, the Deschutes County Zoning Code, (Site Plan section), to add requirements to provide
levels of analysis for traffic impact studies, and
WHEREAS, the Deschutes County Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding TA-
06-6 on December 8, 2005, and subsequent to that hearing, forwarded a recommendation for
approval to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners ("Board"), and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing on February 22, 2006, the Board finds it to be in the public
interest to adopt the proposed additions to Title 18; now therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON,
ORDAINS as follows:
Section 1. AMENDMENT. DCC 18.124.080 is amended to read as described in Exhibit
"A," attached and incorporated by reference, with new language underlined and language to be
deleted in stFi ethm g
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Section 2. FINDINGS. The Board adopts as its findings for this ordinance the Staff
Report, attached as in Exhibit "B" to Ordinance 2006-004 and incorporated by reference herein.
DATED thisgd-!hiday of / V&A CA- , 2006.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUT COUNTY, OREGON
D NIS R. LUKE, Chair
BEV CLARNO, Vice Chair
MZWEL NY 6AL'Y, r3orufnissioner
Date of 1St Reading: day of G(/L, 2006.
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Date of 2"d Reading: &-~day of 2006.
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Record of Adoption Vote
Commissioner Yes No Abstained Excused
Dennis R. Luke ✓
Bev Clarno ✓
Michael M. Daly ✓
Effective date: at day of _ , 2006.
ATTEST:
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Recording Secretary
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EXHIBIT "A"
Chapter 18.124. SITE PLAN REVIEW
18.124.010. Purpose.
18.124.020. Elements of site plan.
18.124.030. Approval required.
18.124.040. Contents and procedure.
18.124.050. Decision on site plan.
18.124.060. Approval criteria.
18.124.070. Required minimum standards.
18.124.080. Other conditions.
18.124.090. Right of way improvement
standards.
18.124.010. Purpose.
DCC 18.124.010 provides for administrative
review of the design of certain developments and
improvements in order to promote functional,
safe, innovative and attractive site development
compatible with the natural and man-made
environment.
(Ord. 91-020 § 1, 1991)
18.124.020. Elements of site plan.
The elements of a site plan are: The layout and
design of all existing and proposed
improvements, including, but not limited to,
buildings, structures, parking, circulation areas,
outdoor storage areas, bicycle parking, landscape
areas, service and delivery areas, outdoor
recreation areas, retaining walls, signs and
graphics, cut and fill actions, accessways,
pedestrian walkways, buffering and screening
measures and street furniture.
(Ord. 93-043 § 22D, 1993; Ord. 93-005 § 6,
1993)
18.124.030. Approval required.
A. No building, grading, parking, land use, sign
or other required permit shall be issued for a
use subject to DCC 18.124.030, nor shall
such a use be commenced, enlarged, altered
or changed until a final site plan is approved
according to DCC Title 22, the Uniform
Development Procedures Ordinance.
B. The provisions of DCC 18.124.030 shall
apply to the following:
1. All conditional use permits where a site
plan is a condition of approval;
2. Multiple-family dwellings with more
than three units;
3. All commercial uses that require parking
facilities;
4. All industrial uses;
5. All other uses that serve the general
public or that otherwise require parking
facilities, including, but not limited to,
landfills, schools, utility facilities,
churches, community buildings,
cemeteries, mausoleums, crematories,
airports, parks and recreation facilities
and livestock sales yards; and
6. As specified for Flood Plain Zones (FP)
and Surface Mining Impact Area
Combining Zones (SMIA).
C. The provisions of DCC 18.124.030 shall not
apply to uses involving the stabling and
training of equine in the EFU zone,
noncommercial stables and horse events not
requiring a conditional use permit.
D. Noncompliance with a final approved site
plan shall be a zoning ordinance violation.
E. As a condition of approval of any action not
included in DCC 18.124.030(B), the Planning
Director or Hearings Body may require site
plan approval prior to the issuance of any
permits.
(Ord. 2003-034 § 2, 2003; Ord. 94-008 § 14,
1994; Ord. 91-038 § 1, 1991; Ord. 91-020 § 1,
1991; Ord. 86-032 § 1, 1986)
18.124.040. Contents and procedure.
A. Any site plan shall be filed on a form
provided by the Planning Department and
shall be accompanied by such drawings,
sketches and descriptions necessary to
describe the proposed development. A plan
shall not be deemed complete unless all
information requested is provided.
B. Prior to filing a site plan, the applicant shall
confer with the Planning Director or his
representative concerning the requirements
for formal application.
C. After the pre-application conference, the
applicant shall submit a site development
plan, an inventory of existing plant materials
including all trees six inches in diameter or
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greater and other significant species, a
landscape plan and architectural drawings
including floor plans and elevations.
D. The site plan shall indicate the following:
1. Access to site from adjacent rights of
way, streets and arterial.
2. Parking and circulation areas.
3. Location, dimensions (height and bulk)
and design of buildings and signs.
4. Orientation of windows and doors.
5. Entrances and exits.
6. Private and shared outdoor recreation
spaces.
7. Pedestrian circulation.
8. Public play areas.
9. Service areas for uses such as mail
delivery, trash disposal, above ground
utilities, loading and delivery.
10. Areas to be landscaped.
11. Exterior lighting.
12. Special provisions for handicapped
persons.
13. Existing topography of the site at
intervals appropriate to the site, but in no
case having a contour interval greater
than 10 feet.
14. Signs.
15. Public improvements.
16. Drainfield locations.
17. Bicycle parking facilities, with location
of racks, signage, lighting, and showing
the design of the shelter for long term
parking facilities.
18. Any required bicycle commuter facilities.
19. Other site elements and information
which will assist in the evaluation of site
development.
E. The landscape plan shall indicate:
1. The size, species and approximate
locations of existing natural plant
materials proposed to be retained and
new plant materials proposed to be
placed on site.
2. Proposed site contouring.
3. An explanation of how drainage and soil
erosion is to be dealt with during and
after construction.
(Ord. 2003-034 § 2, 2003; Ord. 93-005 § 7, 1993;
Ord. 91-020 § 1, 1991)
18.124.050. Decision on site plan.
A. The Planning Director or Hearings Body may
deny the site plan or approve it with such
modifications and conditions as may be
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan or
the criteria and standards listed in DCC Title
18.
B. The Planning Director or Hearings Body as a
condition of approval may require that the
applicant file with the County a performance
bond or other security approved by the
governing body to assure full and faithful
performance of any required improvements.
The bond shall be for the dollar amount plus
10 percent of the estimated cost of the
improvements.
C. Planning Director or Hearings Body review
shall be subject to DCC Title 22, the Uniform
Development Procedures Ordinance.
(Ord. 91-020 § 1, 1991; Ord. 86-032 § 1, 1986)
18.124.060. Approval criteria.
Approval of a site plan shall be based on the
following criteria:
A. The proposed development shall relate
harmoniously to the natural environment and
existing development, minimizing visual
impacts and preserving natural features
including views and topographical features.
B. The landscape and existing topography shall
be preserved to the greatest extent possible,
considering development constraints and
suitability of the landscape and topography.
Preserved trees and shrubs shall be protected.
C. The site plan shall be designed to provide a
safe environment, while offering appropriate
opportunities for privacy and transition from
public to private spaces.
D. When appropriate, the site plan shall provide
for the special needs of handicapped persons,
such as ramps for wheelchairs and Braille
signs.
E. The location and number of points of access
to the site, interior circulation patterns,
separations between pedestrians and moving
and parked vehicles, and the arrangement of
parking areas in relation to buildings and
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structures shall be harmonious with proposed
and neighboring buildings and structures.
F. Surface drainage systems shall be designed to
prevent adverse impacts on neighboring
properties, streets, or surface and subsurface
water quality.
G. Areas, structures and facilities for storage,
machinery and equipment, services (mail,
refuse, utility wires, and the like), loading and
parking and similar accessory areas and
structures shall be designed, located and
buffered or screened to minimize adverse
impacts on the site and neighboring
properties.
H. All above-ground utility installations shall be
located to minimize adverse visual impacts
on the site and neighboring properties.
1. Specific criteria are outlined for each zone
and shall be a required part of the site plan
(e.g. lot setbacks, etc.).
J. All exterior lighting shall be shielded so that
direct light does not project off-site.
(Ord. 93-043 21, 22 and 22A, 1993; Ord.
91-038 § 1, 1991; Ord. 91-020 § 1, 1991)
18.124.070 Required minimum standards.
A. Private or shared outdoor recreation areas in
residential developments.
1. Private Areas. Each ground-level living
unit in a residential development subject
to site plan approval shall have an
accessible outdoor private space of not
less than 48 square feet in area. The area
shall be enclosed, screened or otherwise
designed to provide privacy for unit
residents and their guests.
2. Shared Areas. Usable outdoor recreation
space shall be provided for the shared use
of residents and their guests in any
apartment residential development, as
follows:
a. Units with one or two bedrooms:
200 square feet per unit.
b. Units with three or more bedrooms:
300 square feet per unit.
3. Storage. In residential developments,
convenient areas shall be provided for the
storage of articles such as bicycles,
barbecues, luggage, outdoor furniture,
etc. These areas shall be entirely
enclosed.
B. Required Landscaped Areas.
1. The following landscape requirements
are established for multi-family,
commercial and industrial developments,
subject to site plan approval:
a. A minimum of 15 percent of the lot
area shall be landscaped.
b. All areas subject to the final site plan
and not otherwise improved shall be
landscaped.
2. In addition to the requirement of DCC
18.124.070(B)(1)(a), the following
landscape requirements shall apply to
parking and loading areas:
a. A parking or loading area shall be
required to be improved with defined
landscaped areas totaling no less than
25 square feet per parking space.
b. In addition to the landscaping
required by DCC
18.124.070(B)(2)(a), a parking or
loading area shall be separated from
any lot line adjacent to a roadway by
a landscaped strip at least 10 feet in
width, and from any other lot line by
a landscaped strip at least five feet in
width.
c. A landscaped strip separating a
parking or loading area from a street
shall contain:
i. Trees spaced as appropriate to
the species, not to exceed 35 feet
apart on the average.
ii. Low shrubs not to reach a height
greater than three feet zero
inches, spaced no more than
eight feet apart on the average.
iii. Vegetative ground cover.
3. Landscaping in a parking or loading area
shall be located in defined landscaped
areas which are uniformly distributed
throughout the parking or loading area.
4. The landscaping in a parking area shall
have a width of not less than five feet.
5. Provision shall be made for watering
planting areas where such care is
required.
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6. Required landscaping shall be
e. To comply with the Americans with
continuously maintained and kept alive
Disabilities Act, the primary building
and attractive.
entrance and any walkway that
7. Maximum height of tree species shall be
connects a transit stop to building
considered when planting under overhead
entrances shall have a maximum
utility lines.
slope of five percent. Walkways up
C. Nonmotorized Access.
to eight percent slope are permitted,
1. Bicycle Parking. The development shall
but are treated as ramps with special
provide the number and type of bicycle
standards for railings and landings.
parking facilities as required in DCC
18.116.031 and 18.116.035. The location
D. Commercial Development Standards:
and design of bicycle parking facilities
1. New commercial buildings shall be sited
shall be indicated on the site plan.
at the front yard setback line for lots with
2. Pedestrian Access and Circulation:
one frontage, and at both front yard
a. Internal pedestrian circulation shall
setback lines for corner lots, and oriented
be provided in new commercial,
to at least one of these streets, except in
office and multi-family residential
the Sunriver UUC Business Park (BP)
developments through the clustering
District and the La Pine UUC Business
of buildings, construction of hard
Park (LPBP) District. The building(s)
surface pedestrian walkways, and
and any eaves, overhangs or awnings
similar techniques.
shall not interfere with the required clear
b. Pedestrian walkways shall connect
vision area at corners or driveways.
building entrances to one another and
2. To meet the standard in paragraph (1) of
from building entrances to public
this subsection, buildings developed as
streets and existing or planned transit
part of a shopping complex, as defined
facilities. On-site walkways shall
by this title, and planned for the interior,
connect with walkways, sidewalks,
rear or non-street side of the complex
bikeways, and other pedestrian or
may be located and oriented toward
bicycle connections on adjacent
private interior streets within the
properties planned or used for
development if consistent with all other
commercial, multi-family, public or
standards of paragraph (1) above and this
park use.
paragraph. Interior streets used to satisfy
c. Walkways shall be at least five feet
this standard may have on-street parking
in paved unobstructed width.
and shall have sidewalks along the street
Walkways which border parking
in front of the building. Such sidewalks
spaces shall be at least seven feet
shall connect to existing or future
wide unless concrete bumpers or
sidewalks on public streets accessing the
curbing and landscaping or other
site. The master plan for the shopping
similar improvements are provided
complex shall demonstrate that at least
which prevent parked vehicles from
one half of the exterior perimeter of the
obstructing the walkway. Walkways
site that abuts each public street, will be
shall be as direct as possible.
developed with buildings meeting the
d. Driveway crossings by walkways
standards of paragraphs (D)(1) or (D)(3)
shall be minimized. Where the
of this subsection.
walkway system crosses driveways,
3. An increase in the front yard setback may
parking areas and loading areas, the
be allowed where the applicant can
walkway must be clearly identifiable
demonstrate that one or more of the
through the use of elevation changes,
following factors makes it desirable to
speed bumps, a different paving
site the new building beyond the
material or other similar method.
minimum street setback:
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a. Existing development on the site;
F. Dedication of land for the creation or
b. Lot configuration;
enlargement of streets where the existing
c. Topography of the lot;
street system will be impacted by or is
d. Significant trees or other vegetative
inadequate to handle the additional burden
features that could be retained by
caused by the proposed use.
allowing a greater setback;
G. Improvement, including but not limited to
e. Location of driveway access. Such an
paving, curbing, installation of traffic signals
increase in the front yard shall be the
and constructing sidewalks or the street
minimum necessary to accommodate the
system that serves the proposed use where
reason for the increase.
the existing street system will be burdened by
f. Architectural features, driveways,
the proposed use.
landscaping areas equal to or greater than
the depth of the structure, and outdoor
H. Improvement or enlargement of utilities
commercial areas, when at least one half
serving the proposed use where the existing
of the structure meets the minimum street
utilities system will be burdened by the
setback.
proposed use. Improvements may include,
4. Off-street motor vehicle parking for new
but shall not be limited to, extension of utility
commercial developments in excess of
facilities to serve the proposed use and
10,000 square feet shall be located at the
installation of fire hydrants.
side or behind the building(s), except in
1. Landscaping of the site.
the Sunriver WC Business Park (BP)
District. Off-street parking proposed
J. Traffic Impact Study as identified in Title
with a shopping complex, as defined by
17.16.115.
this title, and intended to serve buildings
JK. Any other limitations or conditions that are
located in the interior or rear of the
considered necessary to achieve the purposes
complex may have parking in front of the
of DCC Title 18.
building provided the overall master plan
(Ord. 2006-005 § 1, 2006; Ord. 95-075 § 1, 1995;
for the site satisfies paragraph (2) of this
Ord. 93-043 § 22C, 1993)
subsection.
(Ord. 2002-033 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2001-044 § 5,
18.124.090. Right of way improvement
2001; Ord. 97-078 § 7, 1997; Ord. 93-063 § 3,
standards.
1993; Ord. 93-043 § 22B, 1993; Ord. 93-005 § 8,
Any dedications or improvements to the road
1993)
right of way required under DCC 18.124 shall
18
124
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Other conditions
meet the standards for road right of way
.
.
.
.
improvements set forth in DCC Title 17 and any
The Planning Director or Hearings Body may
standards for right-of--way improvements set forth
require the following in addition to the minimum
in DCC Title 18 for the particular zone in
standards of DCC Title 18 as a condition for site
question.
plan approval.
(Ord. 97-003 § 4, 1997)
A. An increase in the required yards.
B. Additional off-street parking.
C. Screening of the proposed use by a fence or
landscaping or combination thereof.
D. Limitations on the size, type, location,
orientation and number of lights.
E. Limitations on the number and location of
curb cuts.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING
February 22, 2006
STAFF: Steve Jorgensen, Senior Transportation Planner
Subject: Ordinance 2006-004, amending the Deschutes County Code (DCC) Chapter
17.16, and Ordinance 2006-005, amending DCC Chapter 18.24 to Adopt
Language that Requires Various Levels of Traffic Impact Analysis for
Certain Land Use Applications.
INTRODUCTION:
The Deschutes County Community Development and Road Departments have operated for
many years without clear and objective requirements for traffic impact studies. We have often
relied on other jurisdiction's requirements as examples, and as such, the application of
"example" requirements may have been inconsistent. These traffic studies are necessary to
allow the Planning and Road Department staffs to equitably assess the impacts to traffic and
County transportation facilities when certain land use actions are proposed. In addition to staff
issues, applicants for land use permits often anticipate using our guidelines, yet when
questioned, we have had to refer to non-County guidelines. The attached guidelines were
drafted by the County Road Department and are intended to fill this void by creating a
requirement based in DCC Title 17, and referenced in DCC Title 18.
ACTION:
The Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding this topic on December 8, 2005, and
has forwarded a recommendation for approval to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC).
Staff requests that the BOCC hold a public hearing on the proposed Traffic Impact Study
guidelines, including the text change in DCC Title 17.16, (Ordinance 2006-004, Attachment A),
and the added text in DCC Title 18.124 (Ordinance 2006-005, Attachment B). Following the
close of the hearing, staff seeks a recommendation from the BOCC for approval of these
ordinances.
Please contact me at 6718 if you have questions or need additional information.
Attachments: A) Draft Ordinance 2006-004, Subdivision Code Amendment (Chapter 17.16)
B) Draft Ordinance 2006-005, Zoning Code Amendment (Chapter 18.124)
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