Item B: Ordinance Concerning Goal 5 Natural Resources Study

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NO.1 10/18/05 the planning director shall round up to the next whole number. At the request of the developer, the acreage also may exclude natural or historic resources. For purposes of this section, [N]natural resources include [identified within :1 100:11 inventory with moder:1te to high resources values] those designated for protection in an adopted plan and the area within natural resources protection or conservation setbacks that have been applied to the development site. For purposes of this section, historic resources include historic property and resources identified in an official local inventory as "primary" or "secondary." It may also include additional natural or historic resources upon approval of the planning director. Section 8. The following caption and Sections 9.4900, 9.4910, 9.4913, 9.4915, 9.4920, 9.4930, 9.4940, 9.4950, 9.4960, 9.4970, and 9.4980 are added to the Eugene Code, 1971, to provide: /WR WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION OVERLAY ZONE 9.4900 /WR Water Resources Conservation o verla v Zone - Purpose. The purpose of the /WR Water Resources Conservation overlay zone is to provide conservation of significant riparian areas, wetlands and other water-related wildlife habitat areas included on the city's adopted Goal 5 inventory. In order to conserve these resources and the biological systems they contain and support, the overlay zone not only conserves the physical resources but also protects the water quality within the resource areas as a fundamental and essential requirement for continued survival of these biological systems. 9.4910 /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlav Zone - Applicabilitv. The /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone applies to all property to which the /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone has been applied through the city's rezoning process or through automatic rezoning upon annexation. 9.4913 /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlav Zone - Relationship to Other Zones. The provisions of the /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone shall control over other zoning provisions on all property to which the /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone has been applied except as provided in EC 9.4930(1). 9.4915 /WR Water Resources Conservation o verla v Zone - Siting Reauirements. The /WR overlay zone shall be applied to property that: (1) Is not already designated for protection or restoration by the West Eugene Wetlands Plan; (2) Meets the other approval criteria of EC 9.8865; and Ordinance - 4