The purpose of this ordinance is to comply with § 4 of Title 13 of Metro’s Urban Growth Management Functional Plan.
A. To protect and improve the following functions and values that contributes to fish and wildlife habitat in urban streamside areas:
1. Microclimate and shade;
2. Stream-flow moderation and water storage;
3. Bank stabilization, sediment and pollution control;
4. Large wood recruitment and retention and channel dynamics; and
5. Organic material sources.
B. To protect and improve the following functions and values that contributes to upland wildlife habitat in new urban growth boundary expansion areas:
1. Large habitat patches;
2. Interior habitat;
3. Connectivity and proximity to water; and
4. Connectivity and proximity to other upland habitat areas.
C. To adopt habitat areas determined by Metro to implement the performance standards of Title 13 of the Urban Growth Management Functional Plan;
D. To implement performance standards through
(NRA) as provided in this section;
E. To provide clear and objective standards and a discretionary review process, applicable to
in
, in accordance with Statewide Land
Planning Goal 5;
F. To allow and encourage habitat-friendly
, while minimizing the impact on fish and wildlife habitat functions; and
G. To provide
standards for the replacement of ecological functions and values lost through
in
.
(Ord. 2009-01, passed 3-9-2009)