Engineering Standards & Master Plans
In this section you will find the Engineering Design Standards and multiple Master Plan documents. Please click on the title of each section to enter the specific page and see the documents associated with the page title.
The Engineering Design Standards (Design Standards) were developed by the City of Warrenton Public Works Department and adopted by the City of Warrenton Commission in April 2020. This document is intended to facilitate the planning, design and implementation of public infrastructure projects and related facilities. Design professionals are encouraged to read this document prior to the project planning phase so that potential compliance issues may be identified and resolved early.
The Engineering Design Standards are located on this page.
The Public Works Director or their designee, is authorized to interpret the criteria and grant variances where a particular application would cause undue hardship to an applicant. These standards are not intended to unreasonably limit any innovative or creative effort which could result in better quality, cost savings, or both. Refer to Section 2.6 Design Exceptions of the Design Standards manual for the request process.
The Plan Review and Design Exceptions Submittal Form also known as the Public Works Construction Permit (PWCP) shall be used to submit public infrastructure plans and design exceptions. The form is located on this page.
Per the Warrenton Municipal Code 16.136.020.J.1. Fee in Lieu Option: An applicant may request or the City may require the applicant to pay a fee in lieu of constructing sidewalks and frontage improvements to be approved by the City Public Works Director or designee. The form for calculating the Fee-in Lieu is located on this page.
The City of Warrenton (City) owns and operates a public drinking water system that serves a
population of about 9,000 people. This Water Master Plan (WMP) documents key water system
information and provides analysis and recommendations that inform infrastructure development
and operational decisions by City staff.
The water system supplies the City of Warrenton and portions of the county outside of City limits,
primarily to the south. The system serves approximately 3,320 accounts, currently with 2,150
inside City limits and 1,170 outside of the City. There are over 94 miles of water system piping,
including 5.5 miles of raw water pipeline. The water department operates and maintains 3
reservoirs, 2 booster pump stations, and 1 PRV. This infrastructure supplies water across two
pressure zones, the South and Town Zones.
The purpose of this wastewater facilities plan is to provide the City of Warrenton with a comprehensive wastewater utility planning document through the year 2022, and to identify additional work needed to bring the City's wastewater treatment facility into compliance with current and probable changes in the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.
A TSP is a long-range plan that sets the vision for a community’s transportation system for the next 20 years. This vision
is developed through community and stakeholder input and is based on the system’s existing needs, opportunities, and
anticipated available funding.
In compliance with State requirements, the City of Warrenton updated the City’s TSP, replacing the previous TSP was
adopted in 2004. This Warrenton TSP update establishes a new 2016 baseline condition and identifies transportation
improvements needed through the year 2040. The TSP addresses compliance with new or amended federal, state, and
local plans, policies, and regulations including the Oregon Transportation Plan, the State’s Transportation Planning Rule,
and the Oregon Highway Plan.
The report examines the overall condition of the street network and highlights the impacts of various funding levels on the network pavement condition and deferred maintenance funding shortfalls. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, MTC, Streetsaver Pavement Management Program (PMP) was used for this evaluation. The intent of this program is to develop a maintenance strategy that will improve the overall condition of the street network to an optimal Pavement Condition Index (PCI) in the low to mid 80’s and also to maintain it at that level.
Capitol Asset & Pavement Services, Inc. was contracted by the City of Warrenton public works to perform visual inspections of all of the paved streets maintained by the City of Warrenton (City). All 26.04 centerline miles of paved streets maintained by the City were evaluated in accordance with MTC standards and the Streetsaver Online 9.0 database was updated with the inspection data. Inspections were completed in August, 2017.
The City of Warrenton, Oregon contracted with HLB-Otak, Inc. in 2007 for Phase 2 of their
Stormwater Master Plan to study their stormwater management system and develop a
stormwater management plan with Capital Improvement projects for the City to implement
in anticipation of continued growth.
The City of Warrenton is not currently obligated to manage stormwater per any specific
regulatory requirements. The City simply has a growing concern that increased development
activity would overload the existing system of ditches that have not been routinely dredged,
the tide gates that are leaky or missing, and the pump station that is nearing the end of its
useful life. The City recognizes that a comprehensive look is necessary to determine how
they should manage the system before investing stormwater revenue in any particular
project.
In 2010, the City of Warrenton created the City’s first Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The plan outlined the state of the City and defined the necessary steps to facilitate and enable a collaborative vision.
Now, the year 2020, the Parks Master Plan has been well on its way for 10 years however, there have been numerous projects completed that were not outlined in the 2010 Parks Master Plan. These projects were completed as a high need, strong community interest, or funding for specific projects became available. This new iteration of the plan will seek to accurately capture the progress made within our parks system over the past 10 years, while also providing a comprehensive plan for moving forward.
The Warrenton Downtown and Marina Master Plans were published in April of 2010. The citizens of the City of Warrenton, Oregon have ambitious goals for the revitalization of their community. City leaders and residents have developed these plans to implement long-term improvements that will enable the city to capitalize on changes to the local economy and build on its geographic advantages and distinct history in order to revitalize the city.
The following summary report is used by the City of Warrenton to develop and maintains our hydraulic modeling for the City’s water system. We use this as a starting point in developing new water main extensions for new development and it is presented for use by Engineers for reference in new development planning.
