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body, the line of ordinary high water is the line on the bank or shore to which seasonal high water rises annually. Identified in the field by physical characteristics that include one or more of the following: (a) a clear, natural line impressed on the bank, (b) changes in the characteristics of soil. (c) the presence of water-borne litter and debris. (d) destruction of terrestrial vegetation. If reliable water level data are available for three or more consecutive previous years, the line of ordinary high water can be considered the mean of the highest water level for all years for which data is available. Buffer setback distances measured from the line of ordinary high water are as follows: MINIMUM BUFFER SETBACKS FROM ORDINARY HIGH WATER LINE Water Feature Buffer S„,-t~back Perennial, within floodway 75 feet Perennial, outside floodway 50 feet Intermittent or seasonal 25 feet Section 2. Subsection (3) of Section 9.264 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide: 9.264 W te, a ~. signs. 1 n ,,.Buff~,r Pr~vi ~3~ W t,~„~ ~ bu,ffer.,,~~,reas . Wetland buffer areas shall consist of the area between the jurisdictional wetland boundary accepted by the Oregon Division of State Land and the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers and the wetland buffer setback 1 i ne as specified i n this subsection . Standard wetland buffer setback distances are determined by the vat ue category of the adjacent wetland, and whether ar not the buffer setback area i s enhanced . Wetland va 1 ue categories are defined according to the criteria contained i n the West Eugene Wet1 ands P1 an . Areas developed prior to adoption of this section of the code are excluded from wet1 and buffer areas . For purposes of this subsection , development means bui 1 di ngs and other substantial structures , i nc1 udi ng paved or gravel parking areas . For the purposes of this subsection, fences and 1 andscapi ng are not sufficient to warrant exclusion of developed areas as described above. i n The City Recorder, at the request of , or with the concurrence Ordinance - 2