Klamath Falls City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 13
SPECIAL RESERVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
§ 12.410 Purpose.
It is the purpose of the Special Reserve Zone to: (1) maintain the integrity of the natural resources of the City; (2) preclude incurring extraordinary public expense for the protection of persons and property resulting from inappropriate or poorly-sited development; (3) permit compatible land uses in such areas; (4) require specific review and approval of those uses appropriately planned and sited; and (5) prohibit those uses which are incompatible with the purposes of the Special Reserve Zone.
(Ord. 17-10, 2017; Ord. 22-13, 2022)
§ 12.415 Conditions of allowing uses.
A conditional use may be approved by the Director subject to the procedures and criteria in Chapter 11, Article 4 (Conditional Use Permit), and in conformance with any reasonable, clear and objective conditions imposed to ensure compliance with the requirements contained in Section 12.445. Such conditions may require among other matters, limiting the size, kind or character of the proposed work; constructing additional structures; replacing vegetation; establishing required monitoring procedures; conducting the work over a period of time; altering the site design to ensure buffering or conveying to the City or other public entity certain lands or interests therein.
(Ord. 17-10, 2017; Ord. 22-13, 2022)
§ 12.445 Development standards.
In addition to the approval criteria in Section 11.105 and conditions of approval in Section 11.110, the following development standards apply in the Special Reserve Zone:
A.
Without the approval of the Public Works Director, no part of any sewage disposal system, other than a connection to the City system, shall be located or installed closer than 100 feet from the mean yearly high-water mark of a water body or watercourse.
B.
No development shall be allowed which may result in unusually high maintenance costs of streets and parking areas, or the breaking and leaking of utility or sewage lines, due to soil limitations, slope stability, shrink-swell potential or other similar conditions.
C.
Development shall be permitted only in such a manner that the maximum number of trees shall be preserved. No trees may be cut except those occupying the actual physical space in which a structure is to be placed or erected. Development shall be conducted in such a manner that the understory and duff (the surface layer of a forest floor, consisting of partly decomposed leaves and twigs) are preserved and in no event shall the development reduce the existing crown cover more than 50%. Prior to the granting of site approval, it shall be the duty of the developer to demonstrate that there are no feasible or prudent alternatives to the cutting of trees on the site. If trees are cut, the developer shall restore the density of trees to that which existed before development, utilizing nursery stock of a size and type acceptable to the Director as suitable for the purpose, but in no case shall the developer be compelled to raise the density above 50 trees per acre.
D.
Development, including grading and contouring, shall take place in such a manner that the aeration of the tree root zone and the stability of existing trees shall remain substantially the same. Development shall also provide existing trees with a natural watering area equal to the dripline of the mature crown.
E.
To the best of its ability, development shall leave the existing state of historical, educational, recreational, scientific or aesthetic value of natural areas and unique plant and animal species and shall leave the supporting environments necessary for food supply and the reproductive cycle of the species.
F.
Development shall meet the requirements of the Public Works Engineering Design Standards for design of a storm water drainage system.
(Ord. 17-10, 2017; Ord. 22-13, 2022)