Or. Admin. Code § 629-044-1011

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 629-044-1011 - Wildland-Urban Interface Identification Criteria

(1) The Wildland-Urban Interface is a geographic area comprised of tax lots, or portions of tax lots that includes an average density of one structure or other human development per 40 acres and either:

(a) meets with wildland or vegetative fuels; or

(b) intermingles with wildland or vegetative fuels; or

(c) is an occluded geographical area.

(2) The Wildland-Urban Interface also includes:

(a) lands identified within an urban growth boundary or unincorporated community boundary by local comprehensive plans that meet the criteria in (1)(a); or

(b) a planned development, within the urban growth boundary or unincorporated communities, that is not identified in 1(a) but that is approved for development that meets the criteria in 1(a).

(3) If multiple structures or other human developments are located on a single tax lot, then the totality will be considered a single structure or other human development.

(4) Each tax lot in the State of Oregon shall be assigned a wildfire hazard zone in accordance with 629-044-1021.

Or. Admin. Code § 629-044-1011

DOF 1-2022, adopt filed 06/14/2022, effective 6/14/2022; DOF 19-2024, amend filed 09/30/2024, effective 10/1/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 477.015-027, ORS 526.016 & ORS 477.490

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 477.015-027