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DRAFT WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY DESIGN PLAN 4.0 DESIGN PLAN FINDINGS 4.1 OVERVIEW Goal 15 allows for adoption of an administrative review procedure and design plan as an alternative to the subjective approval criteria and public hearings specified in subsections 3(a) through (e) of the goal. If a city chooses to prepare and adopt a design plan and administrative review procedure for a development within the Greenway, the design plan must provide findings showing compliance the following criteria, set out in 3(b)(1) and (2) of paragraph F of Goal 15: To the greatest possible degree: The intensification, change of use or development will provide the maximum possible landscaped area, open space or vegetation between the activity and the river. Necessary public access will be provided to and along the river by appropriate legal means. 4.2 FINDINGS Following are findings of compliance with the aforementioned criteria for the preparation and adoption of the Design Plan. OAR 660-015-0005 F.3(b)(1) To the greatest possible degree, the intensification, change of use or development will provide the maximum possible landscaped area, open space or vegetation between the activity and the river. The Design Plan and associated land use code amendments establish a Greenway Setback to keep structures separated from the Willamette River and to protect, maintain, preserve, and enhance the natural, scenic, historic, and recreational qualities of the Willamette Greenway. The Greenway Setback is shown on Map 3.1 and will apply when an applicant to develop housing on a property within the Greenway chooses to proceed under the clear and objective standards established by the land use code amendments associated with this Design Plan. The Greenway Setback applicable to properties subject to the Willakenzie Area Plan is 35 feet from the top of bank of the Willamette River, in accordance with the language of that plan. The setback applicable to properties zoned S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone is in accordance with the requirements of EC 9.3147 and Figure 9.3135 S-DR Zone Regulating Plan. The Greenway Setback applicable to properties zoned S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone is 35 feet from top of bank, as established in EC 9.3715. For all other properties within the Greenway Boundary and subject to the setback, the land use code amendments associated with this Design Plan provide for a setback of 100 feet from the top of bank of the Willamette River. These setbacks are collectively referred to in these findings as the Greenway Setback. In concert with the administrative review procedure and clear and objective standards included in the land use code amendments associated with this Design Plan, the Greenway Setback will, to the greatest possible degree, provide the maximum possible landscaped area, open space or vegetation between the housing development and the Willamette River. - Page 68 of 91 WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY CODE AMENDMENTS 33