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DRAFT WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY DESIGN PLAN • Purpose of Willamette Greenway Permits. • Applicability. • General requirements. • Approval criteria and standards. • Modifications. The General Requirements section was subsequently modified by Ordinance No. 20513 in 2013 and Ordinance No. 20569 in 2016 to allow concurrent review of Willamette Greenway Permit applications in conjunction with other application types. OAR 660-015-0000(5) requires local governments to protect significant riparian corridors, upland wildlife habitat, and wetlands to conserve these resources and the biological systems they contain and support. In 2005, the City of Eugene adopted Ordinance No. 20351 and Ordinance No. 20352 that updated the Goal 5 inventory within the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), adopted the Goal 5 Water Resources Conservation Plan as a refinement of the Metro Plan, established the /WR Water Resources Conservation overlay zone, and other associated code amendments. The Goal 5 Water Resources Conservation Plan contains the following sections: • Section I: Introduction. • Section II: Criteria for determining the significance of riparian corridor and upland wildlife habitat resource sites within the UGB. • Section III: Significant riparian corridor, wildlife habitat, and wetland resource sites within the UGB. • Section IV: Degree of protection intended for significant riparian corridor, wildlife habitat, and wetland resources sites within the UGB. The criteria in Section II are used to determine which resource sites are "significant" for the purposes of Goal 5. Section III contains maps and lists that identify the resource sites that have been determined to be significant, based on the criteria in Section II. Section IV includes maps identifying the significant resources sites that, based on the analysis, are to be protected. Summary tables in Section IV identify resources as Category A, B, C, D, or E streams or as Category A, B, or C wetlands to differentiate between various degrees of protection. Protections are applied through code provisions in the /WR Water Resource Conservation overlay zone. The Adopted Protection Designations for the Eugene Goal 5 Wetland, Riparian, and Upland Wildlife Habitat Inventories Map identifies resources designated for protection associated with the Willamette River. The Willamette River (WA) is designated as a riparian and upland wildlife site designated for protection as a category A stream with a 100-foot setback. Wetland site WR-1, WR-2, WR-5A, and WR-5B are designated for protection as Category A wetlands with a 50-foot setback. Site descriptions from the Goal 5 Water Resources Conservation Plan are included for reference:' 3 Water Resources Conservation Plan. City of Eugene. Exhibit B - Conflicting Use and ESEE Analysis. Section 24.1 Site Description(s). November 2005. - Page 47 of 91 WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY CODE AMENDMENTS 12