Oregon Riparian Lands Tax Incentive Program (RLTIP) (RLTIP)

A property tax exemption for private riparian land (up to 100 feet from a waterway) on farm- or forest-zoned property outside urban growth boundaries. The landowner files a Riparian Management Plan with ODFW and the county and must carry out measures to protect, conserve and restore the riparian area. ODFW local fish district staff, NRCS, a soil and water conservation district or Extension can help write the plan.

• "Private land outside of urban growth boundaries and zoned as forest or agricultural lands (with some specific exceptions)"

• The riparian width proposed "is sufficient to provide long-term stream bank stability, erosion control, water quality, large wood recruitment, fish and wildlife habitat protection, conservation or restoration, and other functions deemed important to healthy aquatic habitats"

• "Riparian land has sufficient vegetation to support habitat functions or vegetation restoration potential to enable the above"

"ODFW will periodically monitor the property to ensure conservation objectives are being met." "If the plan is not being implemented, or if the landowner chooses to withdraw from the program, the county assessor removes the land from the RLTIP. If the land does not qualify for another special assessment, the landowner may be subject to back taxes."

Published amounts: "a complete property tax exemption for the qualifying riparian lands on their property" (riparian land "can include up to 100 feet from a waterway").

"Once a landowner has determined with the county their property is appropriately zoned and eligible for the RLTIP, they can complete a RLTIP application and develop a Riparian Management Plan with the support of local ODFW Fish District staff, or another cooperating agency, such as the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a Soil and Water Conservation District or an extension service." "Once the application and Riparian Management Plan are complete, the landowner submits them to their local ODFW office and the local county tax assessor simultaneously."

Deadline text on the page: No deadline published. "Please note: the North Willamette Watershed District is not currently accepting applications."