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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: IWR WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION OVERLAY ZONE 9.4900 IWR Water Resources Conservation Overlay 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 IWR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone - Applicability. 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 IWR Water Resources Conservation Overlay 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 IWR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone - SitinQ 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 (3) Includes a Goal 5 Water Resource Site identified for conservation in the Goal 5 Water Resources Conservation Plan or includes land within the /WR Water Resources Conservation Area as described in EC 9.4920. 9.4920 IWR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone - Components of IWR Conservation Area. (1) Except as provided in Subsections (5) and (6), the component areas of the /WR conservation area for Goal 5 Water Resource Sites are described and defined as follows: (a) For riparian corridor and upland wildlife habitat sites E35, E37, E38, E81, E86, and E88, the /WR conservation area consists of the area between the top of high bank on both sides of the stream and the area within the applicable conservation setback. Ordinance - 4