Or. Admin. Code § 660-012-0005 - Definitions
For the purposes of this division, the definitions contained in ORS 197.015, 197.303, and 197.627 shall apply unless the context requires otherwise. In addition, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Access Management" means
measures regulating access to streets, roads and highways from public roads and
private driveways. Measures may include but are not limited to restrictions on
the siting of interchanges, restrictions on the type and amount of access to
roadways, and use of physical controls, such as signals and channelization
including raised medians, to reduce impacts of approach road traffic on the
main facility.
(2) "Accessible
dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit constructed to standards capable of
accommodating persons with disabilities, in compliance with ORS
447.210 through
447.280.
(3) "Accessible" means complying with the
applicable standards of ORS
447.210 through
447.280, and where applicable,
with ORS 447.310.
(4) "Accessway" means a walkway that provides
pedestrian and or bicycle passage either between streets or from a street to a
building or other destination such as a school, park, or transit stop.
Accessways generally include a walkway and additional land on either side of
the walkway, often in the form of an easement or right-of-way, to provide
clearance and separation between the walkway and adjacent uses. Accessways
through parking lots are generally physically separated from adjacent vehicle
parking or parallel vehicle traffic by curbs or similar devices and include
landscaping, trees, and lighting. Where accessways cross driveways, they are
generally raised, paved, or marked in a manner that provides convenient access
for pedestrians.
(5) "Affected
Local Government" means a city, county, or metropolitan service district that
is directly impacted by a proposed transportation facility or
improvement.
(6) "Approach Road"
means a legally constructed, public or private connection that provides
vehicular access either to or from or to and from a highway and an adjoining
property.
(7) "Area, net" means the
total area of a development site exclusive of proposed or existing public
rights of way, public parks, public open space, protected natural features, and
any other areas permanently precluded from development due to development
constraints, easements, or similar legal instruments.
(8) "At or near a major transit stop": "At"
means a parcel or ownership that is adjacent to or includes a major transit
stop generally including portions of such parcels or ownerships that are within
200 feet of a transit stop. "Near" generally means a parcel or ownership that
is within 300 feet of a major transit stop. The term "generally" is intended to
allow local governments through their plans and ordinances to adopt more
specific definitions of these terms considering local needs and circumstances
consistent with the overall objective and requirement to provide convenient
pedestrian access to transit.
(9)
"Bicycle boulevard" means bicycle facilities on streets with low motorized
traffic volumes and speeds, designated and designed to give bicycle travel
priority. Bicycle boulevards use signs, markings, traffic diverters, or other
measures to discourage through trips by motor vehicles. A bicycle boulevard may
also include traffic control features to create safe, convenient bicycle
crossings of intersecting streets.
(10) "Climate-friendly area" means an urban
mixed-use area containing, or planned to contain, a mixture of higher-density
housing, jobs, businesses, and services. These areas are served by, or planned
for service by, high-quality pedestrian, bicycle, and transit infrastructure
and services to provide frequent and convenient connections to key destinations
within the city and region. These areas feature a well-designed and connected
pedestrian environment. To maximize community benefits these areas typically do
not contain or require large parking lots, and are provided with abundant tree
canopy and vegetation to provide shade, cooling, and other amenities to
visitors, residents, and employees. Climate-friendly areas will reduce the
reliance on light duty motor vehicle trips for residents, workers, and visitors
by providing more proximate destinations within climate-friendly areas,
improved connectivity to key destinations elsewhere in the community, and
enhanced alternative transportation options.
(11) "Climate pollution" means emissions of
greenhouse gases as defined in ORS
468A.210.
(12) "Commercial parking lot" means a site
where the primary use is renting or leasing vehicle parking spaces. It does not
include shared parking.
(13)
"Committed transportation facilities" means those proposed transportation
facilities and improvements that are consistent with the acknowledged
comprehensive plan and have approved funding for construction in a public
facilities plan or the Six-Year Highway or Transportation Improvement
Program.
(14) "Demand management"
means actions that are designed to change travel behavior in order to improve
performance of transportation facilities and to reduce need for additional road
capacity. Methods may include, but are not limited to, the use of non-driving
modes, ride-sharing and vanpool programs, trip-reduction ordinances, shifting
to off-peak periods, and reduced or paid parking.
(15) "Equitable outcomes" means outcomes that
burden underserved populations less than, and benefits underserved populations
as much or more as, the city or county population as a whole. Examples of
equitable outcomes include:
(a) Increased
stability of underserved populations, lowering the likelihood of displacement
due to gentrification from public and private investments;
(b) More accessible, safe, affordable and
equitable transportation options with better connectivity to destinations
people want to reach;
(c) Adequate
housing with access to employment, education, fresh food, goods, services,
recreational and cultural opportunities, and social spaces;
(d) Increased safety for people in public
spaces, transportation, and community development;
(e) Equitable access to parks, nature, open
spaces, and public spaces;
(f)
Better and more racially equitable health outcomes across the lifespan,
particularly health outcomes connected to transportation choices, air
pollution, and food;
(g)
Recognizing and remedying impacts of past practices such as redlining,
displacement, exclusionary zoning, and roadway and other public infrastructure
siting decisions that harmed underserved communities;
(h) Fairly-distributed benefits to residents
and local governments across cities and counties within metropolitan areas;
and
(i) Increased opportunities for
people with disabilities to be actively engaged in community-based
decision-making processes, with supports as needed.
(16) "Freeway" means a limited-access highway
with access points exclusively from interchanges with other streets and
highways. Limited access may be provided for rural land uses in rural areas
where no other access is available.
(17) "Horizon year" means the final year of
the twenty-year planning period.
(18) "Influence area of an interchange" means
the area 1,320 feet from an interchange ramp terminal measured on the crossroad
away from the mainline.
(19) "Local
streets" means streets that are functionally classified as local streets to
serve primarily local access to property and circulation within neighborhoods
or specific areas. Local streets do not include streets functionally classified
as collector or arterials.
(20)
"Local Street Standards" include but are not limited to standards for
right-of-way, pavement width, travel lanes, parking lanes, curb turning radius,
and accessways.
(21) "Major" means,
in general, those facilities or developments that, considering the size of the
urban or rural area and the range of size, capacity or service level of similar
facilities or developments in the area, are either larger than average, serve
more than neighborhood needs or have significant land use or traffic impacts on
more than the immediate neighborhood:
(a)
"Major" as it modifies transit corridors, stops, transfer stations, and new
transportation facilities means those facilities that are most important to the
functioning of the system or that provide a high level, volume, or frequency of
service;
(b) "Major" as it modifies
industrial, institutional, and retail development means such developments that
are larger than average, serve more than neighborhood needs, or that have
traffic impacts on more than the immediate neighborhood;
(c) Application of the term "major" will vary
from area to area depending upon the scale of transportation improvements,
transit facilities, and development that occur in the area. A facility
considered to be major in a smaller or less densely developed area may, because
of the relative significance and impact of the facility or development, not be
considered a major facility in a larger or more densely developed area with
larger or more intense development or facilities.
(22) "Major transit stop" means existing and
planned transit stations, including light rail stations and other transit
transfer stations, except for temporary facilities; other planned stops
designated as major transit stops in a transportation system plan and existing
stops that:
(a) Have or are planned for an
above average frequency of scheduled, fixed-route service when compared to
region wide service. In urban areas of 1,000,000 or more population, major
transit stops are generally located along routes that have or are planned for
15-minute or better service frequency throughout the day and on weekends;
and
(b) Are located in a
transit-oriented development or within one-quarter mile of an area planned and
zoned for:
(A) Medium or high-density
residential development; or
(B)
Intensive commercial or institutional uses within one-quarter mile of land uses
in paragraph (A); or
(C) Uses
likely to generate a relatively high level of transit ridership.
(23) "Metropolitan
area" means the local governments that are responsible for adopting local or
regional transportation system plans within a metropolitan planning
organization (MPO) boundary. This includes cities, counties, and, in the
Portland Metropolitan Area, Metro.
(24) "Metro Region 2040 Center" means the
area within a boundary adopted by a city or county under Title 6 of the
acknowledged Metro Urban Growth Management Functional Plan for the central
city, regional centers, and town centers on Metro's 2040 Growth Concept
map.
(25) "Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO)" means an organization located within the State of Oregon
and designated by the Governor to coordinate transportation planning in an
urbanized area of the state including such designations made subsequent to the
adoption of this rule. The Longview-Kelso-Rainier and Walla Walla Valley MPOs
are not considered MPOs for the purposes of this division.
(26) "Minor transportation improvements"
include, but are not limited to, signalization, addition of turn lanes or
merge/deceleration lanes on arterial or collector streets, provision of local
streets, transportation system management measures, modification of existing
interchange facilities within public right of way and design modifications
located within an approved corridor. Minor transportation improvements may or
may not be listed as planned projects in a TSP where the improvement is
otherwise consistent with the TSP. Minor transportation improvements do not
include new interchanges; new approach roads within the influence area of an
interchange; new intersections on limited access roadways, highways, or
expressways; new collector or arterial streets, road realignments or addition
of travel lanes.
(27) "Multi-unit
housing" means five or more attached housing units on a single lot or parcel. A
dwelling unit may be attached to another dwelling unit vertically or
horizontally. Multi-unit housing does not include middle housing types, as
defined in ORS 197.758, but does include five
or more attached condominium dwelling units located on a collectively managed
lot or parcel.
(28) "ODOT" means
the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(29) "Parking benefit district" means a
designated area where some of the revenues from parking fees or permits for
public parking within the designated area are dedicated to public improvements
in the area.
(30) "Parking
mandates" means requirements to include or retain a carport, garage, or minimum
number of off-street parking spaces with development, redevelopment,
alterations, changes of use, or, for residential development, a fee-in-lieu of
providing parking. It does not include requirements for parking spaces under
the Americans with Disabilities Act or ORS
447.233.
(31) "Parking maximums" means limits on the
number of off-street parking spaces that can be included in a
development.
(32) "Parking spaces"
means on and off-street spaces designated for automobile parking, other than
parking spaces reserved for:
(a) automobiles
for sale or rent;
(b) fleet
vehicles;
(c) carpools or vanpools;
or
(d) parking under the Americans
with Disabilities Act.
(33) "Pedestrian district" means a
comprehensive plan designation or implementing land use regulations, such as an
overlay zone, that establish requirements to provide a safe and convenient
pedestrian environment in an area planned for a mix of uses likely to support a
relatively high level of pedestrian activity. Such areas include but are not
limited to:
(a) Lands planned for a mix of
commercial or institutional uses near lands planned for medium to high-density
housing; or
(b) Areas with a
concentration of employment and retail activity; and
(c) That have, or could develop, or have
planned a network of streets and accessways that provide convenient pedestrian
circulation.
(34)
"Pedestrian facility" means a continuous, unobstructed, reasonably direct route
between two points that is intended and suitable for pedestrian use. Pedestrian
facilities include but are not limited to sidewalk s, walkways, accessways,
stairways and pedestrian bridges. On developed parcels, pedestrian facilities
are generally hard surfaced. In parks and natural areas, pedestrian facilities
may be soft-surfaced pathways. On undeveloped parcels and parcels intended for
redevelopment, pedestrian facilities may also include rights of way or
easements for future pedestrian improvements.
(35) "Pedestrian plaza" means a small
semi-enclosed area usually adjoining a sidewalk or a transit stop that provides
a place for pedestrians to sit, stand or rest. They are usually paved with
concrete, pavers, bricks, or similar material and include seating, pedestrian
scale lighting, and similar pedestrian improvements. Low walls or planters and
landscaping are usually provided to create a semi-enclosed space and to buffer
and separate the plaza from adjoining parking lots and vehicle maneuvering
areas. Plazas are generally located at a transit stop, building entrance, or an
intersection and connect directly to adjacent sidewalks, walkways, transit
stops, and buildings. A plaza including 150-250 square feet would be considered
"small."
(36) "Pedestrian scale"
means site and building design elements that are dimensionally less than those
intended to accommodate automobile traffic, flow, and buffering. Examples
include ornamental lighting of limited height; bricks, pavers, or other modules
of paving with small dimensions; a variety of planting and landscaping
materials; arcades or awnings that reduce the height of walls; and signage and
signpost details that can only be perceived from a short distance.
(37) "People with disabilities" means people
who have a record or history of physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory
impairments that in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and
effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
(38) "Performance measure" means an indicator
used to evaluate progress towards meeting performance targets in accordance
with OAR 660-012-0910.
(39) "Performance standard" means an
indicator used to review comprehensive plan and land use regulation amendments
in accordance with OAR
660-012-0060.
(40) "Planning period" means the twenty-year
period beginning with the date of adoption of a TSP to meet the requirements of
this division.
(41) "Preliminary
Design" means an engineering design that specifies in detail the location and
alignment of a planned transportation facility or improvement.
(42) "Priority transit corridor" means a
corridor that has a high existing or planned level of transit service relative
to other transit service in the community, including service frequency and span
of service. The corridor may be described as a series of stations when served
by high-capacity transit services with widely spaced stations.
(43) "Reasonably direct" means either a route
that does not deviate unnecessarily from a straight line or a route that does
not involve a significant amount of out-of-direction travel for likely
users.
(44) "Refinement Plan" means
an amendment to the transportation system plan, that resolves, at a systems
level, determinations on function, mode or general location which were deferred
during transportation system planning because detailed information needed to
make those determinations could not reasonably be obtained during that
process.
(45) "Regional
Transportation Plan" or "RTP" means the long-range transportation plan prepared
and adopted by a metropolitan planning organization for a metropolitan area as
provided for in federal law.
(46)
"Roads" means streets, roads, and highways.
(47) "Rural community" means areas defined as
resort communities and rural communities in accordance with OAR
660-022-0010(6) and
(7). For the purposes of this division, the
area need only meet the definitions contained in the Unincorporated Communities
Rule although the area may not have been designated as an unincorporated
community in accordance with OAR
660-022-0020.
(48) "Separated or protected bicycle
facilities" means bicycle facilities that are physically separated, or that are
protected from motor vehicle traffic by elements designed to inhibit intrusion
into the bicycle facility. Protection may include parked motor vehicles, curbs,
or a raised elevation of the bicycle facility. Separated or protected bicycle
facilities may be unidirectional or two-way. Separated or protected bicycle
facilities are designed to address conflicting traffic at intersections and
other vehicular accesses to the street or highway.
(49) "Shared parking" means parking spaces
used to meet the parking mandates for two or more uses, structures, or parcels
of land.
(50) "Transit-Oriented
Development (TOD)" means a mix of residential, retail, and office uses and a
supporting network of roads, bicycle, and pedestrian ways focused on a major
transit stop designed to support a high level of transit use. The key features
of transit-oriented development include:
(a) A
mixed-use center at the transit stop, oriented principally to transit riders
and pedestrian and bicycle travel from the surrounding area;
(b) High density of residential development
proximate to the transit stop sufficient to support transit operation and
neighborhood commercial uses within the TOD;
(c) A network of roads, and bicycle and
pedestrian paths to support high levels of pedestrian access within the TOD and
high levels of transit use.
(51) "Transportation Facilities" means any
physical facility that moves or assist in the movement of people or goods
including facilities identified in OAR
660-012-0020 but excluding
electricity, sewage, and water systems.
(52) "Transportation System Management
Measures" means techniques for increasing the efficiency, safety, capacity, or
level of service of a transportation facility without increasing its size.
Examples include, but are not limited to, traffic signal improvements, traffic
control devices including installing medians and parking removal,
channelization, access management, ramp metering, and restriping of high
occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
(53)
"Transportation Needs" means estimates of the movement of people and goods
consistent with an acknowledged comprehensive plan and the requirements of this
division. Needs are typically based on projections of future travel demand
resulting from a continuation of current trends as modified by policy
objectives, including those expressed in Goal 12 and this division, and
attaining the state's goals for greenhouse gas emissions reduction, especially
those for avoiding principal reliance on any one mode of
transportation.
(54)
"Transportation Needs, Local" means needs for movement of people and goods
within communities and portions of counties and the need to provide access to
local destinations.
(55)
"Transportation Needs, Regional" means needs for movement of people and goods
between and through communities and accessibility to regional destinations
within a metropolitan area, county, or associated group of counties.
(56) "Transportation Needs, State" means
needs for movement of people and goods between and through regions of the state
and between the state and other states.
(57) "Transportation Options Provider" means
an entity providing services that work to change travel behavior in order to
increase transportation system efficiency.
(58) "Transportation Project Development"
means implementing the transportation system plan (TSP) by determining the
precise location, alignment, and preliminary design of improvements included in
the TSP based on site-specific engineering and environmental studies.
(59) "Transportation Service" means a service
for moving people and goods, such as intercity bus service and passenger rail
service.
(60) "Transportation
System Plan (TSP)" means a plan for one or more transportation facilities that
are planned, developed, operated, and maintained in a coordinated manner to
supply continuity of movement between modes, and within and between geographic
and jurisdictional areas.
(61)
"Urban Area" means lands within an urban growth boundary, two or more
contiguous urban growth boundaries, and urban unincorporated communities as
defined by OAR 660-022-0010(9).
For the purposes of this division, the area need only meet the definition
contained in the Unincorporated Communities Rule although the area may not have
been designated as an unincorporated community in accordance with OAR
660-022-0020.
(62) "Unbundled parking" means a requirement
that parking spaces for each unit in a development be rented, leased, or sold
separately from the unit itself. The parking space(s) must be rented, leased,
or sold at market rates for comparable local off-street parking. The renter,
lessor, or buyer of the unit must be allowed to opt out of renting, leasing, or
buying the parking space.
(63)
"Urban Fringe" means:
(a) Areas outside the
urban growth boundary that are within five miles of the urban growth boundary
of an MPO area; and
(b) Areas
outside the urban growth boundary within two miles of the urban growth boundary
of an urban area containing a population greater than 25,000.
(64) "Vehicle Miles Traveled
(VMT)" means all jurisdiction household-based light vehicle travel regardless
of where the travel occurs.
(65)
"Walkway" means a hard surfaced area intended and suitable for use by
pedestrians, including sidewalks and surfaced portions of accessways.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.712, ORS 197.717, ORS 197.732 & ORS 197.012
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