Or. Admin. Code § 660-009-0005 - Definitions
For purposes of this division, the definitions in ORS chapter 197 and the statewide planning goals apply, unless the context requires otherwise. In addition, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Developed Land" means non-vacant land
that is likely to be redeveloped during the planning period.
(2) "Development Constraints" means factors
that temporarily or permanently limit or prevent the use of land for economic
development. Development constraints include, but are not limited to, wetlands,
environmentally sensitive areas such as habitat, environmental contamination,
slope, topography, cultural and archeological resources, infrastructure
deficiencies, parcel fragmentation, or natural hazard areas.
(3) "Industrial Use" means employment
activities generating income from the production, handling or distribution of
goods. Industrial uses include, but are not limited to: manufacturing;
assembly; fabrication; processing; storage; logistics; warehousing;
importation; distribution and transshipment; and research and development.
Industrial uses may have unique land, infrastructure, energy, and
transportation requirements. Industrial uses may have external impacts on
surrounding uses and may cluster in traditional or new industrial areas where
they are segregated from other non-industrial activities.
(4) "Locational Factors" means market factors
that affect where a particular type of industrial or other employment use will
locate. Locational factors include, but are not limited to, proximity to raw
materials, supplies, labor, services, markets, or educational institutions;
access to transportation and freight facilities such as rail, marine ports and
airports, multimodal freight or transshipment facilities, and major
transportation routes; and workforce factors (e.g., skill level, education, age
distribution).
(5) "Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO)" means an organization designated by the Governor
to coordinate transportation planning on urban land of the state including such
designations made subsequent to the adoption of this division. The
Longview-Kelso-Rainier MPO and Walla Walla Valley MPO are not considered an MPO
for the purposes of this division. Cities with less than 2,500 population are
not considered part of an MPO for purposes of this division.
(6) "Other Employment Use" means all
non-industrial employment activities including the widest range of retail,
wholesale, service, non-profit, business headquarters, administrative and
governmental employment activities that are accommodated in retail, office and
flexible building types. Other employment uses also include employment
activities of an entity or organization that serves the medical, educational,
social service, recreation and security needs of the community typically in
large buildings or multi-building campuses.
(7) "Planning Area" means the area within an
existing or proposed urban growth boundary. Cities and counties with urban
growth management agreements must address the urban land governed by their
respective plans as specified in the urban growth management agreement for the
affected area.
(8) "Prime
Industrial Land" means land suited for traded-sector industries as well as
other industrial uses providing support to traded-sector industries. Prime
industrial lands possess site characteristics that are difficult or impossible
to replicate in the planning area or region. Prime industrial lands have
necessary access to transportation and freight infrastructure, including, but
not limited to, rail, marine ports and airports, multimodal freight or
transshipment facilities, and major transportation routes. Traded-sector has
the meaning provided in ORS 285B.280.
(9) "Serviceable" means the city or county
has determined that public facilities and transportation facilities, as defined
by OAR 660, divisions 11 and 12, currently have adequate capacity for
development planned in the service area where the site is located or can be
upgraded to have adequate capacity within the 20-year planning
period.
(10) "Short-term Supply of
Land" means suitable land that is ready for construction within one year of an
application for a building permit or request for service extension. Engineering
feasibility is sufficient to qualify land for the short-term supply of land.
Funding availability is not required. "Competitive Short-term Supply" means the
short-term supply of land provides a range of site sizes and locations to
accommodate the market needs of a variety of industrial and other employment
uses.
(11) "Site Characteristics"
means the attributes of a site necessary for a particular industrial or other
employment use to operate. Site characteristics include, but are not limited
to, a minimum acreage or site configuration including shape and topography,
visibility, specific types or levels of public facilities, services or energy
infrastructure, or proximity to a particular transportation or freight facility
such as rail, marine ports and airports, multimodal freight or transshipment
facilities, and major transportation routes.
(12) "Suitable" means serviceable land
designated for industrial or other employment use that provides, or can be
expected to provide the appropriate site characteristics for the proposed
use.
(13) "Target Industry" means
an economic subsector defined by the 2022 U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census
through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) using a
3-digit code or more specific industry classification.
(14) "Total Land Supply" means the supply of
land estimated to be adequate to accommodate industrial and other employment
uses for a 20-year planning period. Total land supply includes the short-term
supply of land as well as the remaining supply of lands considered suitable and
serviceable for the industrial or other employment uses identified in a
comprehensive plan. Total land supply includes both vacant and developed
land.
(15) "Vacant Land" means a
lot or parcel:
(a) Equal to or larger than one
half-acre not currently containing permanent buildings or improvements;
or
(b) Equal to or larger than five
acres where less than one half-acre is occupied by permanent buildings or
improvements.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.712
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