Proposed Water Quality Protected Waterways

Picture of a stormwater channel in west Eugene.

How do I. . .

Display an aerial view and all of the map layers?
Find a property with address or map and taxlot?
Use the map tools?
Print the map display?

The Proposed Water Quality Protected Waterways page graphically displays City waterways and their relationship to a City goal of protecting the waterways for water quality purposes.

Information on the page includes both:

Waterways that the City recommends (in early 2008) be added to the City protection program.
Waterways previously protected.

The map display allows you to see a high-level view of the City waterways and a detailed view of adjacent areas and properties. (How do I use the Zoom In tool to create a detailed view?)

Picture showing the relationship of a small area on the high-level view of the map and how a close-up view of that area displays in an aerial photo.

View the Protected Waterways page

1 On the City Home page, in the City Quick Links section, click Stormwater Permits & Regulations.

Picture of the Stormwater Permits and Regulations link in the City Quick Links list.

2 On the Stormwater Permits & Regulations page, in the Navigation - Current Level section, click Proposed Water Quality Protected Waterways Map Application.

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Display All Map Layers

When you display the page, the program selects the available water quality-related map layers:
Picture of map layer check boxes that have been selected.

However, until you zoom in to a close view of a map area, some of those selected layers do not display.

The Water Quality Waterways layer always displays when the check box is selected.
The Proposed Water Quality Management Area layer only displays once the map and taxlot lines are visible:
To view the Aerial Photos and Measurement Point layers, you must zoom in even further:

How do I zoom in far enough to view all of the layers?

Alternately, to remove a layer's data from the map, clear that layer's check box.
View more about Eugene’s plan to protect the water quality of waterways
- As part of Eugene’s Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan to reduce stormwater pollution, and in response to federal Clean Water Act regulations, including the Upper Willamette Basin Total Maximum Daily Load requirements, in June, 2006, Eugene initiated a proposal for protecting waterways for water quality purposes.
- The current (Nov., 2007) proposal applies water quality protections to waterways that have no existing protections, including Goal 5 wildlife habitat regulations.
- The proposal includes 15.6 miles of waterways recommended for protection, including:
- Forty-foot setbacks on each side of headwater streams (measured from the centerline of the waterway).
- Twenty-five-foot setbacks on each side of all other waterways (measured from the top of high bank).
- See the Water Quality Protected Waterways page in the Public Works / Stormwater / Stormwater Permits & Regulations section of the Eugene Web site for more information and links to other details.
- View more details about the Water Quality Management Area and setbacks
  - Headwater streams
  - Headwater streams are located in the steep slopes of Eugene's south hills. The proposed Water Quality Management Area includes two 40-foot setbacks on each side of the waterway, measured from the centerline of the waterway.
  - This means headwater streams have a consistent total Water Quality Management Area of 80 feet, from one side of the setback area to the other side.
  - Other waterways
  - The Management Area for non-headwater streams includes a 25-foot setback on each side of the stream, measured from the channel's "top of high bank" (with this measurement point varying by location).
  - This means the total Management Area consists of the width of the channel, out to the top of high bank, plus 50 feet (the two 25-foot setbacks on each side of the channel as measured from top of high bank).

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Search for a Specific Property

1 On the Search tab, do one of the following and click Submit:

Type all or part of an Address.

Important The more complete the address you enter, the more the program narrows your search and the more likely it will list the address. More? A search can return only up to 50 addresses at one time. When you search with a partial address, such as just a full or partial Street Name (with, for example, Knoop instead of 4468 Knoop ), the search may find more than 50 matches. The address you are looking for may not appear in that list of 50 returned addresses.

View address search examples

House No. – Must be exact. For example, if you type just 4468 in House No., the program returns all addresses in the address data base with that house number:
Street Name – The search uses the beginning characters of a street name. In a search for a street adjacent to a waterway recommended for protection, Lakeside Drive, if you type just lake in Street Name, the first 50 addresses that the program finds are on Lake Drive, and Lake Cove and Lake Creek Avenues. Lakeside Drive is not among the first 50 addresses.

Dir – Include directions when appropriate. W Amazon returns a different list of addresses than E Amazon :

Type both the Map and Lot numbers.

Important The last five digits of a map and tax lot are the lot identifier. Type the lot number in the second box. View example

Picture of Map and tax Lot numbers entered on the Search tab.

Search Results tab displays with one or more addresses, or with a message indicating the search could not match your entry.
If the program matches a specific address you typed, or you typed a valid Map and Lot number, the program locates the property on the map, zooms in if necessary, and indicates the selected property with diagonal lines:

2 If the Search Results tab displays multiple addresses, click Select at the end of an address line.

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Use Map Tools

To View All Map Layers
To Adjust the Map Display

Zoom In

Important You must use the Zoom In tool before the Aerial Photos, Proposed Water Quality Management Area and Measurement Point layers display. (View more information in "Display All Map Layers" above.)

With the Zoom In tool selected, do one of the following to get a closer view:
Click the center of the area on the map where you want to look closer.
Drag to create a rectangle around the area you want to zoom to. View example

When you drag to create the rectangle below . . .

. . . the program zooms in to a view similar to this picture . . .

Note Repeat the action (drag, or click the map) to zoom in closer.

View more about selecting a tool

When necessary, click a tool to use it. The red outline indicates which tool is selected. In the picture of the tools below, Zoom In is selected. In that case, there's no need to click the Zoom In tool to use it with the map.

Zoom Out – Displays a longer distant view of the area on the map that you click or drag in. Zoom Out is similar to Zoom In, only in reverse. After you click Zoom Out, click, or drag, an area of the map.

Pan – Moves the display in the direction you drag the pointer. (Press and hold the mouse button while you drag the mouse pointer.)

Zoom to Full Extent – Zooms the map outwards, displaying the entire area of the map. When you click Zoom to Full Extent, the new view occurs automatically.

Clear All Selections – Removes the selection on the map that you made when the program selected a property, or you clicked Select on the Search Results tab. If you were to print the map display and property information, however, the program would print information about that previously selected property. See "Print the Map" below.

Scroll arrows – Moves the display in the direction of the arrow. Click an arrow at the map's edge to shift the map view in that direction.

Picture of an area of the map adjacent to the scroll arrows.

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Print the Map

Once you or the program select a property, you can print a page with a map that shows the selected property and the property's address, map and taxlot number, and neighborhood group.

Click the Print picture next to the Tools section.

Notes

The printed view defaults to a preset zoom, regardless of how near or distant the map on the Web page displays the property.
If the colors displayed in the legends do not print with your color printer, you can change your browser setting. View details

Microsoft example:

1 On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2 On the Advance tab, in the Printing section, select the Print background colors and images check box.

3 Click OK.