Oregon City Municipal Code to Encourage Sustainable Policies and Practices

This rule creates additional standards for the City’s Thimble Creek Concept Plan. Each development must incorporate at least six of the following sustainability features:
1. A vegetated eco-roof for stormwater management. An eco-roof covering twenty to forty percent of the total roof area shall count as one feature, and a roof covering more than forty percent of the total roof area shall count as two features;
2. A white roof with a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) of seventy-eight or higher if the roof has a roof pitch or less, or SRI of twenty-nine or higher if the roof has a roof pitch greater than covering a minimum of seventy-five percent of the total roof area;
3. A system that collects rainwater for reuse on-site (e.g., site irrigation) designed to capture an amount of rainwater equivalent to the amount of stormwater anticipated to be generated by fifty percent of the total roof surface;
4. An integrated solar panel system mounted on the roof or anywhere on site. A solar system with surface area equivalent to a minimum of twenty to forty percent of the total roof area shall count as one feature, and a solar system with surface area equivalent to forty percent or more of the total roof area shall count as two features;
5. Use of native plant species selected from the Oregon City Native Plant List. Native plantings that cover twenty to thirty percent of the total landscaped area shall count as one feature, and plantings that cover thirty percent or greater of the total landscaped area shall count as two features;
6. Provision of pedestal or wall-mounted Level 2, two hundred forty-volt electric vehicle chargers, or similar alternative fueling stations as approved by the community development director, at a minimum ratio of one station per fifty vehicle parking spaces up to a maximum of five such stations;
7. Permeable paving, which may include porous concrete, permeable pavers, or other pervious materials as approved by the city engineer. Permeable paving totaling twenty to forty percent of all paved surfaces shall count as one feature, and permeable paving of forty percent or more of all paved surfaces shall count as two features; or
8. Buildings LEED-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council at any level shall be counted as three features.