Air Quality

10-1    The city will continue to work towards improving circulation and traffic flow through the city in order to reduce carbon monoxide levels.

10-2    The city will regulate open burning, wood stove installations, and consider other measures to improve air quality within the urban area.

10-3    The city will cooperate with DEQ in continuing to monitor industrial emissions.

10-4    The city shall review land-use development in the Bend Urban Area as to its potential air quality impact on Class I areas within a 20-mile radius.

10-5    The city shall develop a plan and program to mitigate any air quality problems, before the city gets out of compliance with air quality standards.

10-6    The city shall support local citizen organizations in their efforts to improve the air quality in Bend.

10-7    The city and county shall develop a plan to mitigate the adverse air impacts of sanding roadways during winter weather.

10-8    The City, in cooperation with State and local agencies and volunteer special interest groups, shall consider a long range strategy for improving air quality to address issues such as the reduction of air toxins, haze, and air particulate. At a minimum, the strategy shall include:

Noise Control

10-9    The city shall coordinate with the DEQ as a resource regarding noise related issues and will require any applicable state or federal noise standards to be met as part of individual land use applications

Energy Conservation

10-10    The use of alternative energy sources should be encouraged.

10-11    Any energy producing projects shall be consistent with the community’s wildlife, recreation, open space, and scenic resource values.

Natural Hazards

10-12    The city shall continue to apply their Flood Plain zoning regulations along the Deschutes River and Tumalo Creek based on the best available data.

10-13    The city shall encourage the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to complete an assessment of faults in the Bend area.

10-14    The city shall review the construction plans for buildings that are proposed to be built across or along identified fault lines.

Steep Slopes

10-15    The city shall require development on slopes in excess of 10 percent to employ measures to minimize the hillside cuts and fills for streets and driveways.

10-16    The location and design of streets, structures and other development features on slopes in excess of 10 percent shall give full consideration to the natural contours, drainage patterns, and vegetative features of the site to protect against temporary and long-term erosion.

10-17     In areas where the natural slope exceeds 20 percent, the city may reduce the minimum residential density (allow larger lots) or alternatively, may require cluster development through the PUD process to preserve the natural topography and vegetation, and improve fire protection.

Wildfire

10-18    The City will adopt strategies to reduce wildfire hazard to lands inside the City and included in the Urban Growth Boundary. These strategies may, among others, include the application of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code with modifications to allow buffers of aggregated defensible space or similar tools, as appropriate, to the land included in the UGB and annexed to the City of Bend.