17.03.120 Interchange area management plan (IAMP) overlay zone.
The purpose of the IAMP Overlay Zone is the long-range preservation of operational efficiency and safety of the highway interchanges within the City of Hood River, which provides access from and to Interstate 84 for residents and businesses throughout the city. The interchanges are a vital transportation link for regional travel and freight movement and provide connectivity between the east and west side of the community and to employment and recreational opportunities at the waterfront. Preserving capacity and ensuring the safety of these interchanges and the local transportation systems in their vicinity is essential to visitors, residences, and existing businesses as well as to the continued economic vitality along the Columbia River and to community growth and development in the vicinity of the interchanges.
A. Boundary. The boundary of the IAMP Overlay Zone is shown on the City of Hood River Zoning Map and also is depicted in the respective IAMP documents. The zone’s boundary generally corresponds with a 1/2 – mile buffer area around the interstate highway interchanges. The Overlay Zone is applied to two boundary areas – one centered at Exit 62 and the other encompassing both Exit 63 and Exit 64.
B. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to any Administrative, Quasi-judicial, or Legislative land use application pursuant to Section 17.09 that is for a parcel wholly or partially within the IAMP Overlay Zone, as defined by Section 17.03.120.A. Any conflict between the standards of the IAMP Overlay Zone and those contained within other chapters of the Zoning Ordinance shall be resolved in favor of this chapter and the applicable requirements in Chapter 17.20, Transportation Circulation and Access Management.
C. Permitted Land Uses. Uses allowed in the underlying zoning district are allowed subject to other applicable provisions in the Zoning Ordinance and in Title 16, Subdivision Ordinance.
D. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map and Text Amendments. This Section applies to all Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map amendments to parcels wholly or partially within the IAMP Overlay Zone and code amendments that affect development within the IAMP Overlay Zone.
In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 17.08.020, applications for Comprehensive Plan amendments, Zoning Map amendments, or development regulation amendments shall meet the requirements of the Transportation Planning Rule, Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 660-012-0060, including making a determination whether or not the proposed change will significantly affect an existing or planned transportation facility.
E. IAMP Review and Update. The IAMP document must be reviewed and possibly updated in association with a proposed change to the Hood River Comprehensive Plan, Plan Map, or implementing zoning ordinances that will have a “significant affect” on one or more I-84 Interchanges pursuant to OAR 660-12-0060.
1. An IAMP update is required when the findings and conclusions from an IAMP review demonstrate the need for an update to the plan in order to mitigate identified impacts to interchange facilities. The agency or person(s) proposing the change shall be responsible for reviewing and initiating an update to the applicable IAMP(s), consistent with the procedures outlined in the IAMP.
2. An updated IAMP that results from a City-initiated review process pursuant to Section 17.03.120(E), shall be legislatively adopted, requiring a City Council public hearing, as an amendment to the City of Hood River Transportation System Plan and also will be adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission as an update to the Oregon Highway Plan.