Or. Admin. Code § 660-044-0005 - Definitions
For the purposes of this division, the definitions in ORS 197.015 and the statewide planning goals apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Climate Friendly Area" has
the meaning provided in OAR
660-012-0005(10).
(2) "Community-based conversations" means
accessible and inclusive community meetings held for areas with above-average
concentrations of underserved community members.
(3) "Design type" means the conceptual areas
described in the Metro Growth Concept text and map in the Metro regional
framework plan, including central city, regional centers, town centers, station
communities, corridors, main streets, neighborhoods, industrial areas and
employment areas.
(4) "Equitable
outcomes" has the meaning provided in OAR
660-012-0005(14).
(5) "Framework plan" or "regional framework
plan" means the plan adopted by Metro as defined by ORS
197.015(16).
(6) "Functional plan" or "regional functional
plan" means an ordinance adopted by Metro to implement the regional framework
plan through city and county comprehensive plans and land use
regulations.
(7) "Greenhouse gas"
has the meaning given in ORS
468A.210. Greenhouse gases are
measured in terms of carbon dioxide equivalents, which means the quantity of a
given greenhouse gas multiplied by a global warming potential factor consistent
with a state-approved emissions reporting method.
(8) "Greenhouse gas emissions reduction
target" or "target" means a reduction from 2005 emission levels of per capita
greenhouse gas emissions from travel in light vehicles. Targets are the
reductions beyond reductions in emissions that are likely to result from the
use of improved vehicle technologies and fuels. Travel in light vehicles
includes all travel by members of households or university group quarters
living within a metropolitan area regardless of where the travel occurs, and
local commercial vehicle travel that is a function of household labor or demand
regardless of where the travel occurs. Examples include commuting to work,
going to school, going shopping, traveling for recreation, delivery vehicles,
service vehicles, travel to business meetings, and travel to
jobsites.
(9) "Land use and
transportation scenario planning" means the preparation and evaluation by local
governments of two or more land use and transportation scenarios and the
cooperative selection of a preferred land use and transportation scenario that
accommodates planned population and employment growth while achieving a
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel in the
metropolitan area and an increase in equitable outcomes for underserved
community members. Land use and transportation scenario planning may include
preparation and evaluation of alternative scenarios that do not meet targets
specified in this division.
(10)
"Light vehicles" means motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of
10,000 pounds or less.
(11) "Metro"
means the metropolitan service district organized for the Portland metropolitan
area under ORS chapter 268.
(12)
"Metropolitan planning area" or "metropolitan area" means lands within the
planning area boundary of a metropolitan planning organization.
(13) "Metropolitan planning organization"
means an organization located wholly within the State of Oregon and designated
by the Governor to coordinate transportation planning in an urbanized area of
the state pursuant to
49 USC §
5303(c). The
Longview-Kelso-Rainier metropolitan planning organization and the Walla Walla
Valley metropolitan planning organization are not metropolitan planning
organizations for the purposes of this division.
(14) "Planning period" means the period of
time over which the expected outcomes of a scenario plan are estimated,
measured from a 2005 base year, to a future year that corresponds with
greenhouse gas emission targets set forth in this division.
(15) "Preferred land use and transportation
scenario" means a plan for a metropolitan area that achieves the targets for
reducing greenhouse gas emissions set forth in OAR
660-044-0020 and 660-0440-0025
as provided in OAR 660-044-0040 and
660-044-0110.
(16) "Underserved Populations" has the
meaning provided in OAR
660-012-0125(2).
(17) "Vehicle Miles Traveled" has the meaning
provided in OAR 660-012-0005(59).
(18) "Statewide Transportation Strategy"
means the statewide strategy adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission as
part of the state transportation policy to aid in achieving the greenhouse gas
emissions reduction goals set forth in ORS
468A.205 as provided in Oregon
Laws 2010, chapter 85, section 2.
Notes
Tables referenced are not included in rule text. Click here for PDF copy of table(s).
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040, Ch 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6) and (8) & Ch 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
Statutes/Other Implemented: Ch 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6) and (8) & Ch 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
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