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CHAPTER 3: THE WASHINGTON COUNTY RURAL TOURISM SECTOR

Land Use Districts Represented in the County’s Analysis
EFU and AF-20

Most rural sites (98 of 127) researched are located within Washington
County’s larger “resource” farmlands [Exclusive Farm Use (EFU)
and Agriculture and Forest (AF-20) districts]. These areas make up
about 35 percent of the County’s entire rural area (all Washington
County area outside the Urban Growth Boundary). Such areas are
highly protected for farming and support the majority of farms and
vineyards in rural Washington County. As such, it is not surprising
that the consultant’s initial “Inventory of Attractions” (Appendix A)
found publicized farm and winery-related activities to be plentiful on

properties later verified by County staff to be EFU and AF-20 lands (see
Appendix B).

EFC
While “resource” forestland (Exclusive Forest Conservation/EFC)
comprises 58 percent of the County’s total rural land area, this land
consists largely of expansive tracts held by major timber companies, with

only limited access via private logging or fire service roads. Advertised
visitor activities were found to be much less common in the EFC district,
and constitute only a few of the sites identified in the initial "Attractions"
inventory and further analyzed through County research (8 of 127).

AF-5 and AF-10
Non resource Agriculture and Forest (AF-5 and AF-10) properties (gen-
erally smaller rural residential) together make up about 7 percent of
rural Washington County acreage, and 13 of the analyzed sites.

R-COM
While Rural Commercial (R-COM) properties make up well under 1
percent of the County’s rural land, the analysis includes six R-COM sites
— commercial sites by nature acting as hubs of activity.

RR-5
There are very few Rural Residential (RR-5) properties in the County’s
rural area (less than 1 percent of land), however one site that includes
Chal Landgren, a Christmas tree specialist with a rural bed and breakfast is represented in the analysis.
OSU Extension, examines young fir seedlings.
Photo courtesy of Peg Herring, Oregon State
University
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