Attachment 1 <br />4. Continuous building facades and opaque fences or walls exceeding 75 feet in length shall be <br />discouraged within the Greenway to allow for visual access to and from the river. <br />The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments are consistent with this use management standard because <br />the clear and objective approval criteria included in the amendments: provide that the length of any building <br />fagade located within the 100 feet of the Greenway Setback may not exceed 75 feet, prohibit solid and masonry <br />walls within the Greenway Setback and the required landscape area; prohibit fences entirely within the <br />Greenway Setback, and provide that fences located within the Willamette Greenway Boundary and within 300 <br />feet of the Greenway Setback may not be constructed of barbed wire, chain link fencing, or cyclone fencing, and <br />must be at least 50 percent open (unobstructed to both light and air) to allow views through the fence. <br />5. Activities or uses such as open storage of materials shall be discouraged within the greenway. <br />The City Council finds that the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments do not allow or encourage <br />activities such as open storage of materials within the Greenway Boundary; therefore, the amendments are not <br />inconsistent with this use management standard. <br />6. Except for small identity and directional signs, business signs shall be oriented away from the <br />river. <br />The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments do not amend or address sign standards applicable to <br />properties within the Willamette River Greenway; therefore, the amendments are not inconsistent with this use <br />management standard. <br />7. Significant fish and wildlife habitats, as identified in the adopted Natural Resources Special <br />Study, or Metropolitan Plan Natural Assets and Constraints Working Paper shall be protected. <br />Sites subsequently determined to be significant by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife <br />shall also be protected. <br />The Willamette River is identified as a significant fish and wildlife habitat resource according to the Metro Plan's <br />Natural Assets and Constraints Working Papers (April 12, 1978) as well as through the City's more recent Goal 5 <br />inventory and related protection measures adopted in 2005 (see Ordinance No. 20351). The City Council finds <br />that the Willamette River Greenway Setback, along with additional standards for tree preservation and native <br />landscape buffering included in the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments, will continue to protect <br />significant fish and wildlife habitats associated with the Willamette River as required by use management <br />standard. To the extent that the City's existing Goal 5 regulations (as implemented by the /WR Water Resource <br />Conservation Overlay Zone standards noted previously) may require a greater setback at 100 feet in some <br />instances for properties that do not qualify under exceptions for prior developed areas or existing land use <br />approvals, those additional protections related to fish and wildlife habitat will continue to apply independently <br />and are not affected by the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments. <br />8. The natural vegetative riparian fringe along the Willamette River, as identified on the <br />Willakenzie Area Plan Natural Resource Area Map, shall be protected and enhanced to the <br />maximum extent practicable. <br />The City Council finds that the tree preservation and native landscaping requirements, as well as the limits on <br />allowed structures within the Greenway Setback included in the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments <br />will protect and enhance the natural vegetative fringe along the Willamette River consistent with this use <br />management standard. <br />Page 33 of 125 28 <br />