Attachment B <br />WG Code Amendments (CA 22-1) <br />Greenway Setback Comparison <br />July 25, 2022 <br />development permitted by the underlying zones. Development within the overlay district requires <br />Conditional Development approval (Type III) regardless of the use classification in the underlying <br />zone. <br />Proposed development within the overlay district must comply with development standards <br />including a Greenway Setback. The setback applies to minimum building distances from the <br />ordinary high-water line of the Willamette River. The minimum setbacks apply to four district areas <br />of the City and vary in distance based on the conditions, as noted below: <br />• 20 ft. westerly from Top-of-bank <br />• 50 ft. westerly from Top-of-bank <br />• A landscape strip sufficient to separate the bike path, and consistency with [a Riverfront <br />Park Master Plan] <br />• 100 ft. westerly from Top-of-bank <br />The setbacks do not apply to water-dependent uses that require a riverbank location, or water- <br />related uses the require direct access to the river. <br />Salem <br />The City of Salem administers Willamette Greenway provisions through an overlay zone. The <br />overlay zone contains a Willamette Greenway Overlay Zone Boundary and a Compatibility Review <br />Boundary. The overlay zone boundary is the original boundary as mapped by the Oregon <br />Department of Transportation. The compatibility review boundary applies to the area located <br />along each bank and lying within 150 feet from the ordinary low water line of the Willamette River. <br />The overlay zone contains two classes or development permit approvals: <br />A Class 1 Greenway development permit is required for any intensification, development, <br />or change of use occurring within the Greenway Boundary, but outside the compatibility <br />review boundary. <br />A Class 2 Greenway development permit is required for any intensification, development, <br />or change of use occurring inside the compatibility review boundary. <br />Class 1 Greenway development permits are processed as a Type II procedure and Class 2 Greenway <br />development permits are processes as a Type III procedure. Uses or activates that are permitted in <br />the underlying zone are permitted in the overlay zone subject to applicable development permit <br />approval. Development standards require the establishment of a riparian buffer. The riparian <br />buffer must be established by the applicant using one of two methods and based on site <br />conditions. The methods typically result in the establishment of a buffer between 50 ft. and 75. <br />from the ordinary high-water line however, depending on the bank slope, the buffer may measure <br />more than 100 ft. or 125 ft. In those cases, the property received a credit for meeting the wider <br />riparian buffer as part of their mitigation plan, which is a water quality development standard. <br />2 <br />CAMERON MCCARTHY <br />