Or. Admin. Code § 635-430-0310 - Definitions
For the purpose of OAR 635-430-0300 through 635-430-0430:
(1) "Department" means the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife.
(2)
"Designation as Riparian Land" means Department approval of a landowner's
riparian management plan and agreement for qualifying riparian land, after
application and review as specified in OAR
635-430-0300 through
635-430-0430. This designation
qualifies the riparian land for exemption or partial exemption from
taxation.
(3) "Native vegetation"
means vegetation that is indigenous to the subject property or to the
physiographic province in which the subject property is located.
(4) "Non-aquatic Vegetation" means perennial
vegetation adjacent to the edge of the stream channel, which may be submerged
or partially submerged during periods of annual high streamflow, but spends the
majority of the year completely out of surface water.
(5) "Private lands" means any real property,
except real property in which the legal title is vested in a federal, state or
local government entity.
(6)
"Regular Cultivation" means the practice of annual or semi-annual tilling of
soil, usually in conjunction with the production of various agricultural crops,
produce or livestock.
(7) "Riparian"
means pertaining to or situated on the edge of the bank of a river or stream.
(a) "Riparian Land" means land situated along
the bank of a stream characterized by vegetation and microclimate influenced by
perennial and/or intermittent water normally associated with high water tables
and/or hydric soils. This area must be sufficient to support conservation or
management measures identified in the riparian management plan and
agreement.
(b) "Riparian
Vegetation" means the aquatic and non-aquatic vegetation adjacent to streams
that is dependent upon or tolerant of the presence of water near the ground
surface for at least part of the year.
(8) "Riparian Management Plan and Agreement"
means a written plan and agreement that specifically describes a segment of
stream corridor and the protection or restoration measures necessary to meet
the requirements of OAR
635-430-0300 to
635-430-0430.
(9) "Stream" means a natural channel that
carries flowing surface water during some portion of the year. For the purposes
of OAR 635-430-0300 to
635-430-0430, "stream" includes
stream-associated wetlands, beaver ponds, oxbows and side channels if they are
connected by surface flow to the stream during a portion of the year. A
waterway that has been channelized through human interaction can meet the
definition of a "stream" if the waterway still retains natural stream functions
or can achieve natural stream functions through restoration activities required
in a riparian management plan.
(a)
"Intermittent Stream" means any natural stream in a natural channel that flows
during a portion of every year but does not have continuous surface flow at all
times of the year.
(b) "Perennial
Stream" means a natural stream in a natural channel that ordinarily has
continuous surface flow at all times of the year.
(c) "Stream-associated wetland" means a
wetland that is adjacent and hydrologically connected to any stream.
(10) "Vegetation Restoration
Potential" means the physical potential of a specific site to become
re-vegetated with native vegetation if adequate protection, management, or
restoration actions are implemented.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 308A.383, 496.138 & 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 308A.350 - 308A.383
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