Chapter 197 — Comprehensive Land Use Planning I
ORS sections in this chapter were amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2022 regular session. See the table of ORS sections amended or repealed during the 2022 regular session: 2022 A&R Tables
Uncodified sections printed in this chapter were amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2022 regular session. See the table of uncodified sections amended or repealed during the 2022 regular session: 2022 A&R Tables
New sections of law were enacted by the Legislative Assembly during its 2022 regular session and pertain to or are likely to be compiled in this ORS chapter. See sections in the following 2022 Oregon Laws chapters: 2022 Session Laws 0054; 2022 Session Laws 0086
2021 EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING I
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
197.005 Legislative findings
197.010 Policy
197.012 Compact urban development
197.013 Implementation and enforcement are of statewide concern
197.015 Definitions for ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325
197.020 Land use decision considerations
197.022 Policy regarding ORS 215.433 and 227.184
(Temporary provisions relating to restoration of uses destroyed by 2020 wildfires are compiled as notes following ORS 197.022)
LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
197.030 Land Conservation and Development Commission; members; appointment; confirmation; term; vacancies
197.035 Officers; quorum; compensation and expenses
197.040 Duties of commission; rules
197.045 Powers of commission
197.047 Notice to local governments and property owners of changes to commission rules or certain statutes; form; distribution of notice; costs
197.050 Interstate agreements and compacts; commission powers
197.060 Biennial report; draft submission to legislative committee; contents
197.065 Biennial report analyzing uses of certain land; annual local government reports
197.070 Public inspection of assessments prepared by commission
DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
197.075 Department of Land Conservation and Development
Note Updating land use planning to incorporate wildfire risk--2021 c.592 §11
197.085 Director; appointment; compensation and expenses
197.090 Duties and authority of director; appealing local land use decision; rules
197.095 Land Conservation and Development Account
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
197.158 Policy-neutral review and audit of statewide land use program
197.160 State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee; city and county citizen advisory committees
197.165 Local Officials Advisory Committee
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES
197.173 Findings regarding coordination between state agencies and local governments
197.175 Cities’ and counties’ planning responsibilities; rules on incorporations; compliance with goals
197.178 Development applications; reporting to Department of Land Conservation and Development
197.180 State agency planning responsibilities; determination of compliance with goals and compatibility with plans; coordination between agencies and local governments; rules; exceptions
197.183 Local government to notify Department of Aviation of applications received for certain water impoundments
197.186 Removal from buildable lands inventory of land subject to open space tax assessment; reapplication for assessment
197.195 Limited land use decision; procedures
197.200 Refinement plan; procedures for land division, site or design review within area subject to plan
GOALS COMPLIANCE
197.225 Preparation; adoption
197.230 Considerations; finding of need required for adoption or amendment of goal
197.235 Public hearings; notice; citizen involvement implementation; submission of proposals
197.240 Commission action; public hearing; notice; amendment; adoption
197.245 Commission amendment of initial goals; adoption of new goals
197.250 Compliance with goals required
197.251 Compliance acknowledgment; commission review; rules; limited acknowledgment; compliance schedule
197.253 Participation in local proceedings required for submitting comments and objections
197.254 Bar to contesting acknowledgment, appealing or seeking amendment
197.256 Acknowledgment deadline for newly incorporated cities
197.265 State compensation for costs of defending compliance actions
197.270 Copies of comprehensive plan and land use regulations; post review
197.274 Review of Metro regional framework plan
197.277 Oregon Forest Practices Act; exclusion
197.279 Approved wetland conservation plans comply with goals; exception; rules
197.283 Commission to assure protection of ground water resources
URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES AND NEEDED HOUSING WITHIN BOUNDARIES
197.286 Definitions for ORS 197.286 to 197.314 and 197.475 to 197.490
197.290 Housing production strategy
197.291 Review of housing production strategy
197.293 Identification of cities with unmet housing needs; effect
197.296 Analysis of housing capacity and needed housing by Metro, cities outside of Metro and smaller cities; accommodation of housing need
197.297 Analysis of housing capacity and needed housing in Metro cities
197.298 Priority of land to be included within urban growth boundary
197.299 Metro accommodation of needed housing and school lands
197.301 Metro report of performance measures
197.302 Metro determination of buildable land supply; corrective action; enforcement
Note Metro urban growth boundary designation--2014 c.92 §§2(2),4
197.303 “Needed housing” defined
197.304 Lane County accommodation of needed housing
197.307 Needed housing policy; clear and objective standards for housing; siting of manufactured dwellings
197.308 Affordable housing allowed outright; density bonuses
197.309 Local requirements to develop affordable housing
197.311 Final action on affordable housing application; affordable housing developed by religious corporation
197.312 Limitation on city and county prohibitions
197.313 Interpretation of ORS 197.312
197.314 Required siting of manufactured homes; minimum lot size; approval standards
(Temporary provisions relating to affordable housing pilot program are compiled as notes following ORS 197.314)
ENFORCEMENT OF PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
197.319 Procedures prior to request of an enforcement order
197.320 Power of commission to order compliance with goals and plans
197.324 Proceedings prior to order of compliance with goals; disclosure notice
197.328 Procedures to consider order to comply with goals
197.335 Order for compliance with goals; review of order; withholding grant funds; injunctions
197.340 Weight given to goals in planning practice; regional diversity and needs
197.350 Burden of persuasion or proof in appeal to board or commission
197.353 Measure 37 timelines; death of claimant
EXPEDITED AND MIDDLE HOUSING LAND DIVISIONS
197.360 “Expedited land division” defined; applicability
197.365 Application; notice to neighbors; comment period
197.370 Failure of local government to timely act on application
197.375 Appeal of local government to referee; Court of Appeals
197.380 Application fees
ACTIVITIES ON FEDERAL LAND
197.390 Activities on federal land; list; permit required; enjoining violations
197.395 Application for permit; review and issuance; conditions; restrictions; review
AREAS OF CRITICAL CONCERN
197.405 Designation of areas of critical state concern; commission recommendation; committee review; approval by Legislative Assembly
197.410 Use and activities regulated; enjoining violations
197.416 Metolius Area of Critical State Concern
197.430 Enforcement powers
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
(Temporary provisions relating to transfer of development rights pilot program are compiled as notes following ORS 197.430)
(Temporary provisions relating to Grant County guest ranch are compiled as notes following ORS 197.430)
(Temporary provisions relating to Stevens Road tract in City of Bend are compiled as notes following ORS 197.430)
(Speedway Destination)
197.431 Expansion of speedway destination site
197.432 Definitions for ORS 197.431 to 197.434
197.433 Development of major motor speedway
197.434 Traffic impacts of speedway destination
DESTINATION RESORTS
197.435 Definitions for ORS 197.435 to 197.467
197.440 Legislative findings
197.445 Destination resort criteria; phase-in requirements; annual accounting
197.450 Siting without taking goal exception
197.455 Siting of destination resorts; sites from which destination resort excluded
197.460 Compatibility with adjacent land uses; county measures; economic impact analysis; traffic impact analysis
197.462 Use of land excluded from destination resort
197.465 Comprehensive plan implementing measures
197.467 Conservation easement to protect resource site
MOBILE HOME, MANUFACTURED DWELLING AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
197.475 Policy
197.480 Planning for parks; procedures; inventory
197.485 Prohibition on restrictions of manufactured dwelling
197.488 Replacement of park destroyed by natural disaster
197.490 Restriction on establishment of park
197.492 Definitions for ORS 197.492 and 197.493
197.493 Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle
MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT
197.505 Definitions for ORS 197.505 to 197.540
197.510 Legislative findings
197.520 Manner of declaring moratorium
197.522 Local government to approve subdivision, partition or construction; conditions
197.524 Local government to adopt moratorium or public facilities strategy following pattern or practice of delaying or stopping issuance of permits
197.530 Correction program; procedures
197.540 Review by Land Use Board of Appeals
POST-ACKNOWLEDGMENT PROCEDURES
197.610 Submission of proposed comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes to Department of Land Conservation and Development; rules
197.612 Comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes to conform plan or regulations to new requirement in statute, goal or rule
197.615 Submission of adopted comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes to Department of Land Conservation and Development
197.620 Appeal of certain comprehensive plan or land use regulation decision-making
197.625 Acknowledgment of comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes; application prior to acknowledgment
197.626 Submission of land use decisions that expand urban growth boundary or designate urban or rural reserves
197.627 Meaning of “compliance with the goals” for certain purposes
197.628 Periodic review; policy; conditions that indicate need for periodic review
197.629 Schedule for periodic review; coordination
197.631 Commission to amend regulations to facilitate periodic review
197.633 Two phases of periodic review; rules; appeal of decision on work program; schedule for completion; extension of time on appeal
197.636 Procedures and actions for failure to meet periodic review deadlines
197.637 Department of Land Conservation and Development may request review by Housing and Community Services Department of certain local housing measures
197.638 Department of Land Conservation and Development may request review by Oregon Business Development Department of local inventory and analysis of industrial and commercial land
197.639 State assistance teams; alternative coordination process; grant and technical assistance funding; priority of population forecasting program; advisory committee
197.644 Modification of work program; exclusive jurisdiction of Land Conservation and Development Commission
197.646 Implementation of new requirement in goal, rule or statute; rules
197.649 Fees for notice; rules
197.650 Appeal to Court of Appeals; standing
197.651 Appeal to Court of Appeals for judicial review of final order of Land Conservation and Development Commission
COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL PROBLEM SOLVING
197.652 Regional problem-solving process
197.654 Regional problem-solving goals, actions and agreements; implementation
197.656 Commission approval of comprehensive plans not in compliance with goals; written statement of disapproval; participation by state agencies; use of resource lands; rules
197.658 Modifying local work plan
197.659 Commission approval of certain changes in comprehensive plans or land use regulations
SPECIAL RESIDENCES
197.660 Definitions
197.663 Legislative findings
197.665 Locations of residential homes
197.667 Location of residential facility; application and supporting documentation
197.670 Zoning requirements and prohibitions for residential homes and residential facilities
FARMWORKER HOUSING
197.677 Policy
197.680 Legislative findings
197.685 Location of farmworker housing; approval standards
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
197.707 Legislative intent
197.712 Commission duties; comprehensive plan provisions; public facility plans; state agency coordination plans; compliance deadline; rules
197.713 Industrial development on industrial lands outside urban growth boundaries; exceptions
197.714 Cooperation of county and city concerning industrial development
197.716 Industrial and employment uses in listed counties; economic opportunity analysis
197.717 Technical assistance by state agencies; information from Oregon Business Development Department; model ordinances; rural economic development
197.719 Industrial use of abandoned or diminished mill sites; amendment of comprehensive plans and land use regulations; sewer facilities
197.722 Definitions for ORS 197.722 to 197.728
197.723 Designation of regionally significant industrial areas; rules
197.724 Review of application for land use permit within regionally significant industrial area
197.726 Jurisdiction on appeal; standing
197.727 Fee for review
197.728 Rules
GOAL EXCEPTIONS
197.732 Goal exceptions; criteria; rules; review
197.734 Exceptions to certain statewide planning goal criteria; rules
197.736 Commission implementation of ORS 197.340 and 197.732; rules
DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY
197.746 Transitional housing accommodations
197.748 Conversion of hotel or motel to emergency shelter or affordable housing
197.752 Lands available for urban development
197.754 Land identified for urban services; capital improvement plan; tax assessment
197.756 Farm use assessment in area identified for urban services
197.758 Development of middle housing; local regulations
197.761 Development of residential platted lot
197.764 Application to remove property from within urban growth boundary; conditions
197.766 Laws applicable to certain local decisions regarding urban growth boundary
MISCELLANEOUS
197.768 Local government or special district adoption of public facilities strategy; public hearing; written findings
197.770 Firearms training facilities
197.772 Consent for designation as historic property
197.782 Emergency shelters developed under temporary authorization
(Temporary provisions relating to development of emergency shelters are compiled as notes following ORS 197.782)
197.791 Inventory of local government surplus real property; report
197.794 Notice to railroad company upon certain applications for land use decision, limited land use decision or expedited land use decision
197.796 Applicant for certain land use decisions may accept and appeal condition imposed on application; procedure; attorney fees
197.797 Local quasi-judicial land use hearings; notice requirements; hearing procedures
197.798 Rules regulating transportation improvements by city or county
LAND USE BOARD OF APPEALS
197.805 Policy on review of land use decisions
197.810 Land Use Board of Appeals; appointment and removal of members; qualifications
197.815 Office location; proceedings may be conducted by telephone
197.820 Duty to conduct review proceedings; authority to issue orders; rules
197.825 Jurisdiction of board; limitations; effect on circuit court jurisdiction
197.828 Board review of limited land use decision
197.829 Board to affirm certain local government interpretations
197.830 Review procedures; standing; fees; deadlines; rules; issues subject to review; attorney fees and costs; publication of orders; mediation; tracking of reviews
197.831 Appellate review of clear and objective approval standards, conditions and procedures for needed housing
197.832 Board Publications Account
197.835 Scope of review; rules
197.840 Exceptions to deadline for final decision
197.843 Attorney fees for applicant developing affordable housing
197.845 Stay of decision being reviewed; criteria; undertaking; conditions; limitations
197.850 Judicial review of board order; procedures; scope of review; attorney fees; undertaking
197.855 Deadline for final court order; exceptions
197.860 Stay of proceedings to allow mediation
GENERAL PROVISIONS
197.005 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) Uncoordinated use of lands within this state threatens the orderly development, the
environment of this state and the health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity and welfare of the
people of this state.
(2) To promote coordinated administration of land uses consistent with comprehensive plans
adopted throughout the state, it is necessary to establish a process for the review of state agency,
city, county and special district land conservation and development plans for compliance with
goals.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, cities and counties should
remain as the agencies to consider, promote and manage the local aspects of land conservation
and development for the best interests of the people within their jurisdictions.
(4) The promotion of coordinated statewide land conservation and development requires the
creation of a statewide planning agency to prescribe planning goals and objectives to be applied
by state agencies, cities, counties and special districts throughout the state.
(5) City and county governments are responsible for the development of local comprehensive
plans. The purpose of ORS 195.065, 195.070 and 195.075 is to enhance coordination among
cities, counties and special districts to assure effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of urban
services required under those local comprehensive plans. [1973 c.80 §1; 1977 c.664 §1; 1981
c.748 §21; 1993 c.804 §2a; 1999 c.348 §1]
197.010 Policy. The Legislative Assembly declares that:
(1) In order to ensure the highest possible level of livability in Oregon, it is necessary to provide for properly prepared and coordinated comprehensive plans for cities and counties, regional areas and the state as a whole. These comprehensive plans:
(a) Must be adopted by the appropriate governing body at the local and state levels;
(b) Are expressions of public policy in the form of policy statements, generalized maps and standards and guidelines;
(c) Shall be the basis for more specific rules and land use regulations which implement the policies expressed through the comprehensive plans;
(d) Shall be prepared to assure that all public actions are consistent and coordinated with the policies expressed through the comprehensive plans; and
(e) Shall be regularly reviewed and, if necessary, amended to keep them consistent with the changing needs and desires of the public they are designed to serve.
(2)(a) The overarching principles guiding the land use program in the State of Oregon are to:
(A) Provide a healthy environment;
(B) Sustain a prosperous economy;
(C) Ensure a desirable quality of life; and
(D) Equitably allocate the benefits and burdens of land use planning.
(b) Additionally, the land use program should, but is not required to, help communities achieve sustainable development patterns and manage the effects of climate change.
(c) The overarching principles in paragraph (a) of this subsection and the purposes in paragraph (b) of this subsection provide guidance to:
(A) The Legislative Assembly when enacting a law regulating land use.
(B) A public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, when the public body:
(i) Adopts or interprets goals, comprehensive plans and land use regulations implementing the plans, or administrative rules implementing a provision of ORS chapter 195, 196, 197, 215 or 227; or
(ii) Interprets a law governing land use.
(d) Use of the overarching principles in paragraph (a) of this subsection and the purposes in paragraph (b) of this subsection is not a legal requirement for the Legislative Assembly or other public body and is not judicially enforceable.
(3) The equitable balance between state and local government interests can best be achieved by resolution of conflicts using alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation, collaborative planning and arbitration. Such dispute resolution techniques are particularly suitable for conflicts arising over periodic review, comprehensive plan and land use regulations, amendments, enforcement issues and local interpretation of state land use policy. [1973 c.80 §2; 1981 c.748 §21a; 1993 c.792 §48; 2009 c.873 §1]
197.012 Compact urban development. In areas of the state that are growing rapidly, state agencies, as defined in ORS 171.133, cities and counties should, within constraints of applicable federal law and regulations, state law and rules and local ordinances:
(1) Consider directing major public infrastructure investments, including major transportation investments, to reinforce compact urban development; and
(2) Consider giving priority to investments that promote infill or redevelopment of existing urban areas to encourage the density necessary to support alternative modes of transportation. [2009 c.873 §14]
Note: 197.012 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.013 Implementation and enforcement are of statewide concern. Implementation and enforcement of acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations are matters of statewide concern. [1981 c.884 §7]
197.015 Definitions for ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325. As used in ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 and ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Acknowledgment” means a commission order that certifies that a comprehensive plan and land use regulations, land use regulation or plan or regulation amendment complies with the goals or certifies that Metro land use planning goals and objectives, Metro regional framework plan, amendments to Metro planning goals and objectives or amendments to the Metro regional framework plan comply with the goals.
(2) “Board” means the Land Use Board of Appeals.
(3) “Carport” means a stationary structure consisting of a roof with its supports and not more than one wall, or storage cabinet substituting for a wall, and used for sheltering a motor vehicle.
(4) “Commission” means the Land Conservation and Development Commission.
(5) “Comprehensive plan” means a generalized, coordinated land use map and policy statement of the governing body of a local government that interrelates all functional and natural systems and activities relating to the use of lands, including but not limited to sewer and water systems, transportation systems, educational facilities, recreational facilities, and natural resources and air and water quality management programs. “Comprehensive” means all-inclusive, both in terms of the geographic area covered and functional and natural activities and systems occurring in the area covered by the plan. “General nature” means a summary of policies and proposals in broad categories and does not necessarily indicate specific locations of any area, activity or use. A plan is “coordinated” when the needs of all levels of governments, semipublic and private agencies and the citizens of Oregon have been considered and accommodated as much as possible. “Land” includes water, both surface and subsurface, and the air.
(6) “Department” means the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(7) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(8) “Goals” means the mandatory statewide land use planning standards adopted by the commission pursuant to ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(9) “Guidelines” means suggested approaches designed to aid cities and counties in preparation, adoption and implementation of comprehensive plans in compliance with goals and to aid state agencies and special districts in the preparation, adoption and implementation of plans, programs and regulations in compliance with goals. Guidelines shall be advisory and shall not limit state agencies, cities, counties and special districts to a single approach.
(10) “Land use decision”:
(a) Includes:
(A) A final decision or determination made by a local government or special district that concerns the adoption, amendment or application of:
(i) The goals;
(ii) A comprehensive plan provision;
(iii) A land use regulation; or
(iv) A new land use regulation;
(B) A final decision or determination of a state agency other than the commission with respect to which the agency is required to apply the goals; or
(C) A decision of a county planning commission made under ORS 433.763;
(b) Does not include a decision of a local government:
(A) That is made under land use standards that do not require interpretation or the exercise of policy or legal judgment;
(B) That approves or denies a building permit issued under clear and objective land use standards;
(C) That is a limited land use decision;
(D) That determines final engineering design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair or preservation of a transportation facility that is otherwise authorized by and consistent with the comprehensive plan and land use regulations;
(E) That is an expedited land division as described in ORS 197.360;
(F) That approves, pursuant to ORS 480.450 (7), the siting, installation, maintenance or removal of a liquefied petroleum gas container or receptacle regulated exclusively by the State Fire Marshal under ORS 480.410 to 480.460;
(G) That approves or denies approval of a final subdivision or partition plat or that determines whether a final subdivision or partition plat substantially conforms to the tentative subdivision or partition plan; or
(H) That a proposed state agency action subject to ORS 197.180 (1) is compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan, if:
(i) The local government has already made a land use decision authorizing a use or activity that encompasses the proposed state agency action;
(ii) The use or activity that would be authorized, funded or undertaken by the proposed state agency action is allowed without review under the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan; or
(iii) The use or activity that would be authorized, funded or undertaken by the proposed state agency action requires a future land use review under the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan;
(c) Does not include a decision by a school district to close a school;
(d) Does not include, except as provided in ORS 215.213 (13)(c) or 215.283 (6)(c), authorization of an outdoor mass gathering as defined in ORS 433.735, or other gathering of fewer than 3,000 persons that is not anticipated to continue for more than 120 hours in any three-month period; and
(e) Does not include:
(A) A writ of mandamus issued by a circuit court in accordance with ORS 215.429 or 227.179;
(B) Any local decision or action taken on an application subject to ORS 215.427 or 227.178 after a petition for a writ of mandamus has been filed under ORS 215.429 or 227.179; or
(C) A state agency action subject to ORS 197.180 (1), if:
(i) The local government with land use jurisdiction over a use or activity that would be authorized, funded or undertaken by the state agency as a result of the state agency action has already made a land use decision approving the use or activity; or
(ii) A use or activity that would be authorized, funded or undertaken by the state agency as a result of the state agency action is allowed without review under the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan.
(11) “Land use regulation” means any local government zoning ordinance, land division ordinance adopted under ORS 92.044 or 92.046 or similar general ordinance establishing standards for implementing a comprehensive plan.
(12) “Limited land use decision”:
(a) Means a final decision or determination made by a local government pertaining to a site within an urban growth boundary that concerns:
(A) The approval or denial of a tentative subdivision or partition plan, as described in ORS 92.040 (1).
(B) The approval or denial of an application based on discretionary standards designed to regulate the physical characteristics of a use permitted outright, including but not limited to site review and design review.
(b) Does not mean a final decision made by a local government pertaining to a site within an urban growth boundary that concerns approval or denial of a final subdivision or partition plat or that determines whether a final subdivision or partition plat substantially conforms to the tentative subdivision or partition plan.
(13) “Local government” means any city, county or metropolitan service district formed under ORS chapter 268 or an association of local governments performing land use planning functions under ORS 195.025.
(14) “Metro” means a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268.
(15) “Metro planning goals and objectives” means the land use goals and objectives that a metropolitan service district may adopt under ORS 268.380 (1)(a). The goals and objectives do not constitute a comprehensive plan.
(16) “Metro regional framework plan” means the regional framework plan required by the 1992 Metro Charter or its separate components. Neither the regional framework plan nor its individual components constitute a comprehensive plan.
(17) “New land use regulation” means a land use regulation other than an amendment to an acknowledged land use regulation adopted by a local government that already has a comprehensive plan and land regulations acknowledged under ORS 197.251.
(18) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or agency or public or private organization of any kind. The Land Conservation and Development Commission or its designee is considered a person for purposes of appeal under ORS chapters 195 and 197.
(19) “Special district” means any unit of local government, other than a city, county, metropolitan service district formed under ORS chapter 268 or an association of local governments performing land use planning functions under ORS 195.025, authorized and regulated by statute and includes but is not limited to water control districts, domestic water associations and water cooperatives, irrigation districts, port districts, regional air quality control authorities, fire districts, school districts, hospital districts, mass transit districts and sanitary districts.
(20) “Urban unincorporated community” means an area designated in a county’s acknowledged comprehensive plan as an urban unincorporated community after December 5, 1994.
(21) “Voluntary association of local governments” means a regional planning agency in this state officially designated by the Governor pursuant to the federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-95 as a regional clearinghouse.
(22) “Wetlands” means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration that are sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. [1973 c.80 §3; 1977 c.664 §2; 1979 c.772 §7; 1981 c.748 §1; 1983 c.827 §1; 1989 c.761 §1; 1989 c.837 §23; 1991 c.817 §1; 1993 c.438 §1; 1993 c.550 §4; 1995 c.595 §22; 1995 c.812 §1; 1997 c.833 §20; 1999 c.533 §11; 1999 c.866 §1; 2001 c.955 §§2,3; 2005 c.22 §137; 2005 c.88 §3; 2005 c.239 §2; 2005 c.829 §8; 2007 c.354 §§4,5; 2007 c.459 §§1,2; 2009 c.606 §2; 2009 c.790 §1; 2011 c.567 §7; 2013 c.575 §11]
197.020 Land use decision considerations. Age, gender or physical disability shall not be an adverse consideration in making a land use decision as defined in ORS 197.015. [1987 c.555 §5; 2005 c.22 §138]
197.022 Policy regarding ORS 215.433 and 227.184. The Legislative Assembly declares that it is in the interest of the citizens of this state that a process be established to allow the efficient resolution of all legal issues surrounding the permissible use of private land, including questions regarding the dismissal of appeals under the legal doctrine known as ripeness. It is in this interest that the Legislative Assembly enacts ORS 215.433 and 227.184. [1999 c.648 §5]
Note: 197.022 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note: Sections 1, 2 and 5, chapter 217, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 1. Section 2 of this 2021 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197. [2021 c.217 §1]
Sec. 2. Restoration of uses destroyed by 2020 wildfires. (1) This section applies only to owners of properties on which structures or uses were destroyed or interrupted by a wildfire that was identified in an executive order issued by the Governor in accordance with the Emergency Conflagration Act under ORS 476.510 to 476.610 between August 1 and September 30, 2020. The local government may alter, restore or replace such a use as provided in this section in lieu of another process.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a property owner may alter, restore or replace a nonresidential use without further application with the local government if:
(a) The use was allowed outright as an accessory use, without regard to whether the primary use was destroyed or was or will be restored;
(b)(A) The use was subject to a land use process; and
(B) A permit, including a conditional permit, was issued for the use notwithstanding any expiration of the permit or any subsequent changes to the law or process; or
(c)(A) The use was established before a requirement that the use be subject to a land use process; and
(B) The replacement use conforms as nearly as practicable to records of the use with the county assessor, building permit information or other reliable records.
(3) The local government shall approve an application to alter, restore or replace a dwelling if the local government determines that the evidence in the record establishes that:
(a) The former dwelling:
(A) Had intact exterior walls and roof structure;
(B) Had indoor plumbing consisting of a kitchen sink, toilet and bathing facilities connected to a sanitary waste disposal system;
(C) Had interior wiring for interior lights;
(D) Had a heating system; and
(E)(i) Was authorized by building permits or other regulatory approval process by the appropriate authority; or
(ii) Was assessed as a residential dwelling for purposes of ad valorem taxation for the tax year beginning July 1, 2001, and is not subject to unresolved enforcement proceedings questioning the lawfulness of the dwelling; and
(b) The proposed dwelling will:
(A) Not exceed the floor area of the destroyed dwelling by more than 10 percent;
(B) Be adequately served by water, sanitation and roads;
(C) Be located wholly or partially within the footprint of the destroyed dwelling unless the applicant chooses a different location within the same lot or parcel to comply with local flood regulations or to avoid a natural hazard area; and
(D) Comply with applicable building codes that were in effect on the later of:
(i) January 1, 2008; or
(ii) The date of the former dwelling’s construction.
(4) A local government may not add conditions to the approval or siting of a dwelling under subsection (3) of this section except as necessary to maintain participation in the National Flood Insurance Program under 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. A local government may require that the property owner submit an application for a permit for the approval or siting of a nonresidential use only for the purpose of establishing such conditions that are necessary to maintain participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
(5) A local government may delegate the approval of an application under subsection (3) of this section to:
(a) A hearings officer, as defined in ORS 215.402 or 227.160;
(b) A planning commission, as described in ORS 215.020; or
(c) A building official, as defined in ORS 455.715.
(6) The findings of the local government or its designee in approving an application under subsection (3) of this section is not a land use decision. The local government may not require an applicant give notice to any nonparty. The findings and conclusions of the local government are entitled to deference if there is any evidence to support the findings and are subject to review only under ORS 34.010 to 34.100.
(7) If a local government determines based on the evidence in the record that the use legally existed, the local government may, through a land use decision, approve an application to alter, restore or replace a use for which a land use application, building permit or other regulatory approval was required but record of the approval is unavailable for:
(a) A dwelling built after January 1, 2001, that complies with subsection (3)(a)(A) to (D) and (b) of this section; or
(b) A nonresidential use or structure.
(8) An application under this section must be filed on or before September 30, 2025.
(9) An approval of an application under this section expires only if the property owner has not commenced development of the structure or use on or before December 30, 2030. [2021 c.217 §2; 2021 c.520 §3]
Sec. 5. Sections 2 and 4 of this 2021 Act are repealed on January 2, 2031. [2021 c.217 §5]
LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
197.030 Land Conservation and Development Commission; members; appointment; confirmation; term; vacancies. (1) There is established a Land Conservation and Development Commission consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to section 4, Article III, Oregon Constitution.
(2) The Governor shall appoint to the commission:
(a) One member representing Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Lincoln and Tillamook Counties and those portions of Douglas and Lane Counties lying west of the summit of the Coast Range;
(b) Two members representing Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties;
(c) One member representing Benton, Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties and that portion of Lane County lying east of the summit of the Coast Range;
(d) One member representing Jackson and Josephine Counties and that portion of Douglas County lying east of the summit of the Coast Range;
(e) One member representing Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler Counties; and
(f) One member representing Benton, Clackamas, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill Counties and that portion of Lane County lying east of the summit of the Coast Range.
(3) At least one member shall be or have been an elected city official in Oregon and at least one member shall be an elected county official at the time of appointment.
(4) The term of office of each member of the commission is four years, but a member may be removed by the Governor for cause. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor. No person shall serve more than two full terms as a member of the commission.
(5) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term. [1973 c.80 §5; 1977 c.664 §3; 1981 c.545 §4; 1993 c.792 §49; 1999 c.833 §1]
197.035 Officers; quorum; compensation and expenses. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall select one of its members as chairperson and another member as vice chairperson, for such terms and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of such offices as the commission determines. The vice chairperson of the commission shall act as the chairperson of the commission in the absence of the chairperson.
(2) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(3) Members of the commission are entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [1973 c.80 §§7,8]
197.040 Duties of commission; rules. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall:
(a) Direct the performance by the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the director’s staff of their functions under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(b) In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, adopt rules that it considers necessary to carry out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, in designing its administrative requirements, the commission shall:
(A) Allow for the diverse administrative and planning capabilities of local governments;
(B) Consider the variation in conditions and needs in different regions of the state and encourage regional approaches to resolving land use problems;
(C) Assess what economic and property interests will be, or are likely to be, affected by the proposed rule;
(D) Assess the likely degree of economic impact on identified property and economic interests; and
(E) Assess whether alternative actions are available that would achieve the underlying lawful governmental objective and would have a lesser economic impact.
(c)(A) Adopt by rule in accordance with ORS chapter 183 or by goal under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 any statewide land use policies that it considers necessary to carry out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(B) Adopt by rule in accordance with ORS chapter 183 any procedures necessary to carry out ORS 215.402 (4)(b) and 227.160 (2)(b).
(C) Review decisions of the Land Use Board of Appeals and land use decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court within 120 days of the date the decisions are issued to determine if goal or rule amendments are necessary.
(d) Cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the United States, this state and its political subdivisions, any other state, any interstate agency, any person or groups of persons with respect to land conservation and development.
(e) Appoint advisory committees to aid it in carrying out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 and provide technical and other assistance, as it considers necessary, to each such committee.
(2) Pursuant to ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197, the commission shall:
(a) Adopt, amend and revise goals consistent with regional, county and city concerns;
(b) Prepare, collect, provide or cause to be prepared, collected or provided land use inventories;
(c) Prepare statewide planning guidelines;
(d) Review comprehensive plans for compliance with goals;
(e) Coordinate planning efforts of state agencies to assure compliance with goals and compatibility with city and county comprehensive plans;
(f) Insure widespread citizen involvement and input in all phases of the process;
(g) Review and recommend to the Legislative Assembly the designation of areas of critical state concern;
(h) Report periodically to the Legislative Assembly and to the committee;
(i) Review the land use planning responsibilities and authorities given to the state, regions, counties and cities, review the resources available to each level of government and make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly to improve the administration of the statewide land use program; and
(j) Perform other duties required by law.
(3) The requirements of subsection (1)(b) of this section shall not be interpreted as requiring an assessment for each lot or parcel that could be affected by the proposed rule. [1973 c.80 §§9,11; 1977 c.664 §5; 1981 c.748 §22; 1991 c.817 §19; 1993 c.792 §51; 1995 c.299 §1; 2009 c.873 §2]
197.045 Powers of commission. The Land Conservation and Development Commission may:
(1) Apply for and receive moneys from the federal government and from this state or any of its agencies or departments.
(2) Contract with any public agency for the performance of services or the exchange of employees or services by one to the other necessary in carrying out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(3) Contract for the services of and consultation with professional persons or organizations, not otherwise available through federal, state and local governmental agencies, in carrying out its duties under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(4) Perform other functions required to carry out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(5) Assist in development and preparation of model land use regulations to guide state agencies, cities, counties and special districts in implementing goals.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review comprehensive plan and land use regulations related to the identification and designation of high-value farmland pursuant to chapter 792, Oregon Laws 1993, under procedures set forth in ORS 197.251. [1973 c.80 §10; 1977 c.664 §6; 1981 c.748 §22a; 1993 c.792 §11]
Note: Legislative Counsel has substituted “chapter 792, Oregon Laws 1993,” for the words “this 1993 Act” in section 11, chapter 792, Oregon Laws 1993, which amended 197.045. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. These sections may be determined by referring to the 1993 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.
197.047 Notice to local governments and property owners of changes to commission rules or certain statutes; form; distribution of notice; costs. (1) As used in this section, “owner” means the owner of the title to real property or the contract purchaser of real property, of record as shown on the last available complete tax assessment roll.
(2) At least 90 days prior to the final public hearing on a proposed new or amended administrative rule of the Land Conservation and Development Commission described in subsection (10) of this section, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall cause the notice set forth in subsection (3) of this section to be mailed to every affected local government that exercises land use planning authority under ORS 197.175.
(3) The notice required in subsection (2) of this section must:
(a) Contain substantially the following language in boldfaced type across the top of the face page extending from the left margin to the right margin:
______________________________________________________________________________
This is to notify you that the Land Conservation and Development Commission has proposed a new or amended administrative rule that, if adopted, may affect the permissible uses of properties in your jurisdiction.
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(b) Contain substantially the following language in the body of the notice:
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On (date of public hearing), the Land Conservation and Development Commission will hold a public hearing regarding adoption of proposed (new or amended) rule (number). Adoption of the rule may change the zoning classification of properties in your jurisdiction or may limit or prohibit land uses previously allowed on properties in your jurisdiction.
Rule (number) is available for inspection at the Department of Land Conservation and Development located at (address). A copy of the proposed rule (number) also is available for purchase at a cost of $_____.
For additional information, contact the Department of Land Conservation and Development at (telephone number).
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(4) A local government that receives notice under subsection (2) of this section shall cause the notice set forth in subsection (5) of this section to be mailed to every owner of real property that will be rezoned as a result of the proposed rule. Notice to an owner under this subsection must be mailed at least 45 days prior to the final public hearing on the proposed rule.
(5) The notice required in subsection (4) of this section must:
(a) Contain substantially the following language in boldfaced type across the top of the face page extending from the left margin to the right margin:
______________________________________________________________________________
This is to notify you that the Land Conservation and Development Commission has proposed a new or amended administrative rule that, if adopted, may affect the permissible uses of your property and other properties.
______________________________________________________________________________
(b) Contain substantially the following language in the body of the notice:
______________________________________________________________________________
On (date of public hearing), the Land Conservation and Development Commission will hold a public hearing regarding adoption of proposed (new or amended) rule (number). Adoption of the rule may affect the permissible uses of your property, and other properties in the affected zone, and may change the value of your property.
Rule (number) is available for inspection at the Department of Land Conservation and Development located at (address). A copy of the proposed rule (number) also is available for purchase at a cost of $_____.
For additional information, contact the Department of Land Conservation and Development at (telephone number).
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(6) At least 90 days prior to the effective date of a new or amended statute or administrative rule described in subsection (10) of this section, the department shall cause the notice set forth in subsection (7) of this section to be mailed to every affected local government that exercises land use planning authority under ORS 197.175 unless the statute or rule is effective within 90 days of enactment or adoption, in which case the department shall cause the notice to be mailed not later than 30 days after the statute or rule is effective.
(7) The notice required in subsection (6) of this section must:
(a) Contain substantially the following language in boldfaced type across the top of the face page extending from the left margin to the right margin:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Check on the appropriate line:)
_____ This is to notify you that the Land Conservation and Development Commission has adopted an administrative rule that may affect the permissible uses of properties in your jurisdiction; or
_____ This is to notify you that the Legislative Assembly has enacted a land use planning statute that may affect the permissible uses of properties in your jurisdiction.
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(b) Contain substantially the following language in the body of the notice:
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(Check on the appropriate line:)
_____ On (date of rule adoption), the Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted administrative rule (number). The commission has determined that this rule may change the zoning classification of properties in your jurisdiction or may limit or prohibit land uses previously allowed on properties in your jurisdiction.
Rule (number) is available for inspection at the Department of Land Conservation and Development located at (address). A copy of the rule (number) also is available for purchase at a cost of $_____.
For additional information, contact the Department of Land Conservation and Development at (telephone number); or
_____ On (date of enactment) the Legislative Assembly enacted (House/Senate bill number). The Department of Land Conservation and Development has determined that enactment of (House/Senate bill number) may change the zoning classification of properties in your jurisdiction or may limit or prohibit land uses previously allowed on properties in your jurisdiction.
A copy of (House/Senate bill number) is available for inspection at the Department of Land Conservation and Development located at (address). A copy of (House/Senate bill number) also is available for purchase at a cost of $_____.
For additional information, contact the Department of Land Conservation and Development at (telephone number).
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(8) A local government that receives notice under subsection (6) of this section shall cause a copy of the notice set forth in subsection (9) of this section to be mailed to every owner of real property that will be rezoned as a result of adoption of the rule or enactment of the statute, unless notification was provided pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. The local government shall mail the notice to an owner under this subsection at least 45 days prior to the effective date of the rule or statute unless the statute or rule is effective within 90 days of enactment or adoption, in which case the local government shall mail the notice to an owner under this subsection not later than 30 days after the local government receives notice under subsection (6) of this section.
(9) The notice required in subsection (8) of this section must:
(a) Contain substantially the following language in boldfaced type across the top of the face page extending from the left margin to the right margin:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Check on the appropriate line:)
_____ This is to notify you that the Land Conservation and Development Commission has adopted an administrative rule that may affect the permissible uses of your property and other properties; or
_____ This is to notify you that the Legislative Assembly has enacted a land use planning statute that may affect the permissible uses of your property and other properties.
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(b) Contain substantially the following language in the body of the notice:
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(Check on the appropriate line:)
_____ On (date of rule adoption), the Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted administrative rule (number). The rule may affect the permissible uses of your property, and other properties in the affected zone, and may change the value of your property.
Rule (number) is available for inspection at the Department of Land Conservation and Development located at (address). A copy of the rule (number) also is available for purchase at a cost of $_____.
For additional information, contact the Department of Land Conservation and Development at (telephone number); or
_____ On (date of enactment) the Legislative Assembly enacted (House/Senate bill number). The Department of Land Conservation and Development has determined that enactment of (House/Senate bill number) may affect the permissible uses of your property, and other properties in the affected zone, and may change the value of your property.
A copy of (House/Senate bill number) is available for inspection at the Department of Land Conservation and Development located at (address). A copy of (House/Senate bill number) also is available for purchase at a cost of $_____.
For additional information, contact the Department of Land Conservation and Development at (telephone number).
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(10) The provisions of this section apply to all statutes and administrative rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission that limit or prohibit otherwise permissible land uses or cause a local government to rezone property. For purposes of this section, property is rezoned when the statute or administrative rule causes a local government to:
(a) Change the base zoning classification of the property; or
(b) Adopt or amend an ordinance in a manner that limits or prohibits land uses previously allowed in the affected zone.
(11) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall reimburse the local government for:
(a) The actual costs incurred responding to questions from the public related to a proposed new or amended administrative rule of the Land Conservation and Development Commission and to notice of the proposed rule; and
(b) All usual and reasonable costs of providing the notices required under subsection (4) or (8) of this section. [1999 c.1 §5; 2003 c.668 §1]
197.050 Interstate agreements and compacts; commission powers. Except as provided in ORS 196.150 and 196.155, if an interstate land conservation and development planning agency is created by an interstate agreement or compact entered into by this state, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall perform the functions of this state with respect to the agreement or compact. If the functions of the interstate planning agency duplicate any of the functions of the commission under ORS 195.020 to 195.040, ORS chapter 197 and ORS 469.350, the commission may:
(1) Negotiate with the interstate agency in defining the areas of responsibility of the commission and the interstate planning agency; and
(2) Cooperate with the interstate planning agency in the performance of its functions. [1973 c.80 §12; 1977 c.664 §8; 1987 c.14 §6; 2001 c.672 §5]
197.055 [1973 c.80 §16; repealed by 1977 c.664 §42]
197.060 Biennial report; draft submission to legislative committee; contents. (1) Prior to the end of each even-numbered year, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall prepare a written report for submission to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon describing activities and accomplishments of the department, Land Conservation and Development Commission, state agencies, local governments and special districts in carrying out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(2) A draft of the report required by subsection (1) of this section shall be submitted to the appropriate legislative committee at least 60 days prior to submission of the report to the Legislative Assembly. Comments of the committee shall be incorporated into the final report.
(3) Goals and guidelines adopted by the commission shall be included in the report to the Legislative Assembly submitted under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The department shall include in its biennial report:
(a) A description of its activities implementing ORS 197.631; and
(b) An accounting of new statutory, land use planning goal and rule requirements and local government compliance with the new requirements pursuant to ORS 197.646. [1973 c.80 §56; 1977 c.664 §9; 1981 c.748 §21b; 2005 c.829 §9; 2007 c.354 §6]
197.065 Biennial report analyzing uses of certain land; annual local government reports. (1) Prior to each odd-numbered year regular legislative session, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall submit to the appropriate legislative committee a written report analyzing applications approved and denied for:
(a) New and replacement dwellings:
(A) Under ORS 215.213 (1)(d) and (f), (2)(a) and (b), (3) and (4), 215.283 (1)(d) and (e), 215.284 and 215.705; and
(B) On land zoned for forest use under any statewide planning goal that relates to forestland;
(b) Divisions of land:
(A) Under ORS 215.263 (2), (4) and (5); and
(B) On land zoned for forest use under any statewide planning goal that relates to forestland, including a division under ORS 215.785;
(c) Dwellings and land divisions approved for marginal lands:
(A) Under ORS 215.317 or 215.327; and
(B) On any land zoned for forest use under any statewide planning goal that relates to forestland; and
(d) Such other matters pertaining to protection of agricultural or forest land as the commission deems appropriate.
(2) The governing body of each county shall provide the Department of Land Conservation and Development with a report of its actions involving those dwellings, land divisions and land designations upon which the commission must report to the appropriate legislative committee under subsection (1) of this section. The department shall establish, after consultation with county governing bodies, an annual reporting period and may establish a schedule for receiving county reports at intervals within the reporting period. The report shall be on a standard form with a standardized explanation adopted by the commission and shall be eligible for grants by the commission. The report shall include the findings for each action except actions involving:
(a) Dwellings authorized by ORS 215.213 (1)(d) or 215.283 (1)(d); or
(b) Land divisions authorized by ORS 215.263 (2) creating parcels as large as or larger than a minimum size established by the commission under ORS 215.780.
(3) The governing body of each county shall, upon request by the department, provide the department with other information necessary to carry out subsection (1) of this section. [1983 c.826 §13; 1985 c.811 §9; 1987 c.555 §4; 1989 c.107 §1; 1993 c.792 §9; 2001 c.704 §9; 2007 c.354 §7; 2009 c.850 §3; 2011 c.545 §34; 2015 c.104 §4]
197.070 Public inspection of assessments prepared by commission. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall keep on file and available for public inspection the assessments prepared pursuant to ORS 197.040 and 197.230. [1995 c.299 §3]
DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
197.075 Department of Land Conservation and Development. The Department of Land Conservation and Development is established. The department shall consist of the Land Conservation and Development Commission, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development and their subordinate officers and employees. [1973 c.80 §4]
Note: Section 11, chapter 592, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 11. Updating land use planning to incorporate wildfire risk. (1) As used in this section, “defensible space” has the meaning given that term in section 8 of this 2021 Act [476.390].
(2) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall identify updates to the statewide land use planning program and local comprehensive plans and zoning codes that are needed in order to incorporate wildfire risk maps and minimize wildfire risk, including the appropriate levels of state and local resources necessary for effective implementation.
(3) Updates may include, but need not be limited to, provisions regarding sufficient defensible space, building codes, safe evacuation and development considerations in areas of extreme and high wildfire risk, allowing for regional differences.
(4) On or before October 1, 2022, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall:
(a) Complete the updates.
(b) Report to a committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to wildfire, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, to the State Wildfire Programs Director and to the Wildfire Programs Advisory Council on the updates. The report must include recommendations concerning the updates.
(5) As necessary to identify needed updates and develop the recommendations required by subsection (4)(b) of this section, the department may consult with the State Fire Marshal, the State Forestry Department, the Department of Consumer and Business Services and local governments. [2021 c.592 §11]
197.080 [1973 c.80 §55; 1977 c.664 §10; 1981 c.748 §21c; repealed by 2007 c.354 §1]
197.085 Director; appointment; compensation and expenses. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall appoint a person to serve as the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development. The director shall hold the office of the director at the pleasure of the commission and the salary of the director shall be fixed by the commission unless otherwise provided by law.
(2) In addition to salary, the director shall be reimbursed, subject to any applicable law regulating travel and other expenses of state officers and employees, for actual and necessary expenses incurred by the director in the performance of official duties. [1973 c.80 §13]
197.090 Duties and authority of director; appealing local land use decision; rules. (1) Subject to policies adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall:
(a) Be the administrative head of the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(b) Coordinate the activities of the department in its land conservation and development functions with such functions of federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments and special districts.
(c) Appoint, reappoint, assign and reassign all subordinate officers and employees of the department, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation, subject to the State Personnel Relations Law.
(d) Represent this state before any agency of this state, any other state or the United States with respect to land conservation and development within this state.
(2)(a) Subject to local government requirements and the provisions of ORS 197.830 to 197.845, the director may participate in and seek review of:
(A) A land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision involving the goals or involving an acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan; or
(B) Any other matter within the statutory authority of the department or commission under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(b) The director shall report to the commission on each case in which the department participates and on the positions taken by the director in each case.
(c) If a meeting of the commission is scheduled prior to the close of the period for seeking review of a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision, the director shall obtain formal approval from the commission prior to seeking review of the decision. However, if the land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision becomes final less than 15 days before a meeting of the commission, the director shall proceed as provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection. If the director requests approval from the commission, the applicant and the affected local government shall be notified in writing that the director is seeking commission approval. The director, the applicant and the affected local government shall be given reasonable time to address the commission regarding the director’s request for approval to seek review. The parties shall limit their testimony to the factors established under subsection (3) of this section. No other testimony shall be taken by the commission.
(d) If a meeting of the commission is not scheduled prior to the close of the period for seeking review of a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision, at the next commission meeting the director shall report to the commission on each case for which the department has sought review. The director shall request formal approval to proceed with each appeal. The applicant and the affected local government shall be notified of the commission meeting in writing by the director. The director, the applicant and the affected local government shall be given reasonable time to address the commission regarding the director’s request for approval to proceed with the appeal. The parties shall limit their testimony to the factors established under subsection (3) of this section. No other testimony shall be taken by the commission. If the commission does not formally approve an appeal, the director shall file a motion with the appropriate tribunal to dismiss the appeal.
(e) A decision by the commission under this subsection is not subject to appeal.
(f) For purposes of this subsection, “applicant” means a person seeking approval of a permit, as defined in ORS 215.402 or 227.160, expedited land division or limited land use decision.
(3) The commission by rule shall adopt a set of factors for the commission to consider when determining whether to appeal or intervene in the appeal of a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision that involves the application of the goals, acknowledged comprehensive plan, land use regulation or other matter within the authority of the department or commission under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(4) The director may intervene in an appeal of a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision brought by another person in the manner provided for an appeal by the director under subsection (2)(c) and (d) of this section. [1973 c.80 §14; 1979 c.772 §7d; 1981 c.748 §21d; 1983 c.827 §2; 1991 c.817 §20; 1995 c.595 §23; 1999 c.292 §1; 2010 c.8 §8; 2010 c.107 §10]
197.095 Land Conservation and Development Account. (1) There is established in the General Fund in the State Treasury the Land Conservation and Development Account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated for the purpose of carrying out ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(2) All fees, moneys and other revenue received by the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall be deposited in the Land Conservation and Development Account. [1973 c.80 §15; 1977 c.664 §11; 1981 c.748 §21e; 2007 c.354 §8]
197.125 [1973 c.80 §22; repealed by 2007 c.354 §1]
197.130 [1973 c.80 §23; 1975 c.530 §6; 1977 c.891 §8; 1981 c.748 §23; 1987 c.158 §33; repealed by 2007 c.354 §1]
197.135 [1973 c.80 §24; 1981 c.748 §24; repealed by 2007 c.354 §1]
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
197.158 Policy-neutral review and audit of statewide land use program. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, in cooperation with the Oregon Law Commission and other public or private entities, may, as resources are available, appoint a work group to conduct a policy-neutral review and audit of ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 215 and 227, the statewide land use planning goals and the rules of the commission implementing the goals.
(2) The commission shall sequence any review based on its judgment as to which aspects of the statewide land use program are most in need of updating.
(3) A review undertaken under this section should, but does not have to, include appropriate involvement of local government, professional land use planning, private legal and other representatives.
(4) Recommendations should, but do not have to, address major policies and key procedures that are most appropriate for enactment by law and what policies and procedures are most appropriate for adoption by statewide land use planning goals or rules to allow for greater variation between regions of the state over time and to reduce complexity. [2009 c.873 §17]
Note: 197.158 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.160 State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee; city and county citizen advisory committees. (1) To assure widespread citizen involvement in all phases of the planning process:
(a) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall appoint a State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee, broadly representative of geographic areas of the state and of interests relating to land uses and land use decisions, to develop a program for the commission that promotes and enhances public participation in the adoption and amendment of the goals and guidelines.
(b) Each city and county governing body shall submit to the commission, on a periodic basis established by commission rule, a program for citizen involvement in preparing, adopting and amending comprehensive plans and land use regulations within the respective city and county. Such program shall at least contain provision for a citizen advisory committee or committees broadly representative of geographic areas and of interests relating to land uses and land use decisions.
(c) The State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee appointed under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall review the proposed programs submitted by each city and county and report to the commission whether or not the proposed program adequately provides for public involvement in the planning process, and, if it does not so provide, in what respects it is inadequate.
(2) The State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee is limited to an advisory role to the commission. It has no express or implied authority over any local government or state agency. [1973 c.80 §35; 1981 c.748 §25; 1983 c.740 §49]
197.165 Local Officials Advisory Committee. For the purpose of promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between the Land Conservation and Development Commission and local government in the implementation of ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 and the goals, the commission shall appoint a Local Officials Advisory Committee. The committee shall be comprised of persons serving as city or county elected officials and its membership shall reflect the city, county and geographic diversity of the state. The committee shall advise and assist the commission on its policies and programs affecting local governments. [1977 c.664 §7; 1981 c.748 §25a]
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES
197.173 Findings regarding coordination between state agencies and local governments. The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) Improving coordination and consistency between the duties and actions of state agencies that affect land use and the duties and actions of local governments under comprehensive plans and land use regulations is required to ensure that the actions of state agencies complement both state and local land use planning objectives.
(2) Improved coordination is necessary to streamline state and local permitting procedures.
(3) The Department of Land Conservation and Development has not engaged in a formal and concerted effort to update state agency land use coordination programs since 1989, and that state agency rules, plans and programs affecting land use and local government comprehensive plans and land use regulations have changed substantially since that time.
(4) Rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission regarding state agency land use coordination and state permit compliance and compatibility should be:
(a) Reviewed to eliminate unclear or conflicting provisions and to ensure that local land use decisions authorizing a use generally precede state agency decisions on permits for the use or for aspects of the use; and
(b) Updated regularly to maintain a high level of coordination between state agencies and local governments in reviewing authorizations for a use of property. [2009 c.606 §1]
Note: 197.173 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.175 Cities’ and counties’ planning responsibilities; rules on incorporations; compliance with goals. (1) Cities and counties shall exercise their planning and zoning responsibilities, including, but not limited to, a city or special district boundary change which shall mean the annexation of unincorporated territory by a city, the incorporation of a new city and the formation or change of organization of or annexation to any special district authorized by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, 199.410 to 199.534 or 451.010 to 451.620, in accordance with ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 and the goals approved under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt rules clarifying how the goals apply to the incorporation of a new city. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 15, chapter 827, Oregon Laws 1983, the rules shall take effect upon adoption by the commission. The applicability of rules promulgated under this section to the incorporation of cities prior to August 9, 1983, shall be determined under the laws of this state.
(2) Pursuant to ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197, each city and county in this state shall:
(a) Prepare, adopt, amend and revise comprehensive plans in compliance with goals approved by the commission;
(b) Enact land use regulations to implement their comprehensive plans;
(c) If its comprehensive plan and land use regulations have not been acknowledged by the commission, make land use decisions and limited land use decisions in compliance with the goals;
(d) If its comprehensive plan and land use regulations have been acknowledged by the commission, make land use decisions and limited land use decisions in compliance with the acknowledged plan and land use regulations; and
(e) Make land use decisions and limited land use decisions subject to an unacknowledged amendment to a comprehensive plan or land use regulation in compliance with those land use goals applicable to the amendment.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall not initiate by its own action any annexation of unincorporated territory pursuant to ORS 222.111 to 222.750 or formation of and annexation of territory to any district authorized by ORS 198.510 to 198.915 or 451.010 to 451.620. [1973 c.80 §§17,18; 1977 c.664 §12; 1981 c.748 §15; 1983 c.827 §3; 1989 c.761 §18; 1991 c.817 §21; 1993 c.792 §45; 1999 c.348 §4]
197.178 Development applications; reporting to Department of Land Conservation and Development. (1) Local governments with comprehensive plans or functional plans that are identified in ORS 197.296 (1) shall compile and report annually to the Department of Land Conservation and Development the following information for all applications received under ORS 227.175 for residential permits and residential zone changes:
(a) The total number of complete applications received for residential development, and the number of applications approved;
(b) The total number of complete applications received for development of housing containing one or more housing units that are sold or rented below market rate as part of a local, state or federal housing assistance program, and the number of applications approved; and
(c) For each complete application received:
(A) The date the application was received;
(B) The date the application was approved or denied;
(C) The net residential density proposed in the application;
(D) The maximum allowed net residential density for the subject zone; and
(E) If approved, the approved net residential density.
(2) The report required by this section may be submitted electronically. [1997 c.763 §5; 2011 c.354 §1; 2017 c.745 §9]
197.180 State agency planning responsibilities; determination of compliance with goals and compatibility with plans; coordination between agencies and local governments; rules; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in ORS 197.277 or subsection (2) of this section or unless expressly exempted by another statute from any of the requirements of this section, state agencies shall carry out their planning duties, powers and responsibilities and take actions that are authorized by law with respect to programs affecting land use:
(a) In compliance with the goals, rules implementing the goals and rules implementing this section; and
(b) In a manner compatible with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations.
(2) State agencies need not comply with subsection (1)(b) of this section if a state agency rule, plan or program relating to land use was not in effect when the comprehensive plan provision or land use regulation with which the action would be incompatible was acknowledged and the agency has demonstrated that:
(a) The state agency rule, plan or program is mandated by state statute or federal law;
(b) The state agency rule, plan or program is consistent with the goals;
(c) The state agency rule, plan or program has objectives that cannot be achieved in a manner compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations; and
(d) The agency has complied with its certified state agency coordination program.
(3) Unless federal or state law requires otherwise, the Land Conservation and Development Commission, by rule, may specify the sequence of a local government land use decision and a state agency action concerning the same, similar or related uses or activities.
(4) Upon request by the commission, each state agency shall submit to the Department of Land Conservation and Development the following information:
(a) Agency rules and summaries of state agency plans and programs affecting land use;
(b) A program for coordination pursuant to ORS 197.040 (2)(e);
(c) A program for coordination pursuant to ORS 197.090 (1)(b); and
(d) A program for cooperation with and technical assistance to local governments.
(5) Within 90 days of receipt, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall review the information submitted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section and shall notify each state agency if the director believes the state agency rules, plans or programs submitted are insufficient to ensure compliance with goals and compatibility with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations.
(6) Within 90 days of receipt of notification specified in subsection (5) of this section, the state agency may revise the state agency rules, plans or programs and resubmit them to the director.
(7) The director shall make findings under subsections (5) and (6) of this section as to whether the state agency rules, plans or programs are sufficient to ensure compliance with the goals and compatibility with acknowledged city and county comprehensive plans and land use regulations and shall forward the rules and summaries of state agency plans or programs to the commission for its action. The commission shall either certify the state agency rules, plans or programs as compliant with the goals and compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations of affected local governments or shall determine the same to be insufficient.
(8) The department shall report, to the appropriate committee of the House and the Senate and to the subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee that considers the state agency budget, any agency that has failed to meet the requirements of subsection (7) of this section.
(9) Any state agency that has failed to meet the requirements of subsection (7) of this section shall report the reasons therefor to the appropriate committee of the House and the Senate and to the subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee that considers the agency budget.
(10) Until rules and state agency plans and programs are certified as compliant with the goals and compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations of affected local governments, the state agency shall make findings when adopting or amending its rules and state agency plans and programs as to the applicability and application of the goals or acknowledged comprehensive plans, as appropriate.
(11) The commission shall adopt rules establishing procedures to ensure that state agency permits affecting land use are issued in compliance with the goals and compatible with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations, as required by subsection (1) of this section. The rules must prescribe the circumstances in which state agencies may rely upon a determination of compliance with the goals or compatibility with the acknowledged comprehensive plan.
(12) A state agency required to have a land use coordination program shall participate in a local government land use hearing, except a hearing under ORS 197.610 to 197.625, only in a manner that is consistent with the coordination program, unless the agency participated in the local government’s periodic review pursuant to ORS 197.633 and raised the issue that is the basis for participation in the land use hearing.
(13) State agency rules, plans or programs affecting land use are not compatible with an acknowledged comprehensive plan if the state agency takes or approves an action that is not allowed under the acknowledged comprehensive plan. However, a state agency may apply statutes and rules to deny, condition or further restrict an action of the state agency or of any applicant before the state agency if the state agency applies those statutes and rules to the uses planned for in the acknowledged comprehensive plan.
(14) In cooperation with local governments and state agencies whose rules, plans or programs affect land use, the department periodically shall:
(a) Identify aspects of coordination related to uses that require the issuance of multiple permits from state agencies and local governments.
(b) Update and improve rules regulating the effectiveness and efficiency of state agency coordination programs.
(15) This section does not apply to rules, plans, programs, decisions, determinations or activities carried out under ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 (1) and 527.992. [1973 c.80 §21; 1977 c.664 §13; 1981 c.748 §16; 1983 c.827 §4; 1987 c.555 §1; 1987 c.919 §3; 1989 c.761 §19; 1991 c.612 §9; 1995 c.595 §30; 1999 c.622 §8; 2009 c.606 §3]
197.183 Local government to notify Department of Aviation of applications received for certain water impoundments. (1) A local government shall provide notice to the Oregon Department of Aviation when the local government or its designee receives an application for a comprehensive plan amendment, zone change or permit as defined in ORS 215.402 or 227.160 that, if approved, would result in a water impoundment larger than one-quarter acre within 10,000 feet of an airport identified in ORS 836.610 (1).
(2) The department has no authority to make final a determination regarding a new water impoundment described in ORS 836.623. Determinations regarding such impoundments shall be made by local governments as provided in ORS 836.623. [1997 c.859 §10; 1999 c.935 §19]
197.185 [1973 c.80 §20; 1977 c.664 §14; 1981 c.748 §26; 1993 c.804 §1; renumbered 195.020 in 1993]
197.186 Removal from buildable lands inventory of land subject to open space tax assessment; reapplication for assessment. (1) At periodic review under ORS 197.633 next following approval of an application under ORS 308A.309, the local government shall remove any lot or parcel subject to the application from any inventory of buildable lands maintained by the local government. The local government shall compensate for the resulting reduction in available buildable lands either by increasing the development capacity of the remaining supply of buildable lands or by expanding the urban growth boundary.
(2) A landowner who wishes to reapply for current open space use assessment under ORS 308A.306 following the end of the assessment period shall reapply with the local government as provided in ORS 308A.309. [1999 c.503 §5]
197.190 [1973 c.80 §19; 1977 c.664 §15; 1981 c.748 §27; 1983 c.350 §1; renumbered 195.025 in 1993]
197.195 Limited land use decision; procedures. (1) A limited land use decision shall be consistent with applicable provisions of city or county comprehensive plans and land use regulations. Such a decision may include conditions authorized by law. Within two years of September 29, 1991, cities and counties shall incorporate all comprehensive plan standards applicable to limited land use decisions into their land use regulations. A decision to incorporate all, some, or none of the applicable comprehensive plan standards into land use regulations shall be undertaken as a post-acknowledgment amendment under ORS 197.610 to 197.625. If a city or county does not incorporate its comprehensive plan provisions into its land use regulations, the comprehensive plan provisions may not be used as a basis for a decision by the city or county or on appeal from that decision.
(2) A limited land use decision is not subject to the requirements of ORS 197.797.
(3) A limited land use decision is subject to the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection.
(a) In making a limited land use decision, the local government shall follow the applicable procedures contained within its acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations and other applicable legal requirements.
(b) For limited land use decisions, the local government shall provide written notice to owners of property within 100 feet of the entire contiguous site for which the application is made. The list shall be compiled from the most recent property tax assessment roll. For purposes of review, this requirement shall be deemed met when the local government can provide an affidavit or other certification that such notice was given. Notice shall also be provided to any neighborhood or community organization recognized by the governing body and whose boundaries include the site.
(c) The notice and procedures used by local government shall:
(A) Provide a 14-day period for submission of written comments prior to the decision;
(B) State that issues which may provide the basis for an appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals shall be raised in writing prior to the expiration of the comment period. Issues shall be raised with sufficient specificity to enable the decision maker to respond to the issue;
(C) List, by commonly used citation, the applicable criteria for the decision;
(D) Set forth the street address or other easily understood geographical reference to the subject property;
(E) State the place, date and time that comments are due;
(F) State that copies of all evidence relied upon by the applicant are available for review, and that copies can be obtained at cost;
(G) Include the name and phone number of a local government contact person;
(H) Provide notice of the decision to the applicant and any person who submits comments under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. The notice of decision must include an explanation of appeal rights; and
(I) Briefly summarize the local decision making process for the limited land use decision being made.
(4) Approval or denial of a limited land use decision shall be based upon and accompanied by a brief statement that explains the criteria and standards considered relevant to the decision, states the facts relied upon in rendering the decision and explains the justification for the decision based on the criteria, standards and facts set forth.
(5) A local government may provide for a hearing before the local government on appeal of a limited land use decision under this section. The hearing may be limited to the record developed pursuant to the initial hearing under subsection (3) of this section or may allow for the introduction of additional testimony or evidence. A hearing on appeal that allows the introduction of additional testimony or evidence shall comply with the requirements of ORS 197.797. Written notice of the decision rendered on appeal shall be given to all parties who appeared, either orally or in writing, before the hearing. The notice of decision shall include an explanation of the rights of each party to appeal the decision. [1991 c.817 §3; 1995 c.595 §1; 1997 c.844 §1]
197.200 Refinement plan; procedures for land division, site or design review within area subject to plan. (1) A local government may convene a land use proceeding to adopt a refinement plan for a neighborhood or community within its jurisdiction and inside the urban growth boundary as provided in this section.
(2) A refinement plan is more detailed than a comprehensive plan and applies to a specific geographic area. A refinement plan shall:
(a) Establish efficient density ranges, including a minimum and a maximum density for residential land uses;
(b) Establish minimum and maximum floor area ratios or site coverage requirements for nonresidential uses;
(c) Be based on a planning process meeting statewide planning goals; and
(d) Include land use regulations to implement the plan.
(3) A refinement plan and associated land use regulations adopted prior to September 9, 1995, may qualify as a refinement plan if the local government holds a public hearing to gather public comment and decides to adopt the plan as a refinement plan under this section.
(4) A local government shall apply the procedures for expedited land divisions described in ORS 197.360 to 197.380 to all applications for land division and site or design review located in any area subject to an acknowledged refinement plan. The review shall include:
(a) All elements of a local government comprehensive plan and land use regulations that must be applied in order to approve or deny any such application; and
(b) Any planned unit development standards and any procedures designed to regulate:
(A) The physical characteristics of permitted uses;
(B) The dimensions of the lots to be created; or
(C) Transportation, sewer, water, drainage and other facilities or services necessary for the proposed development.
(5) Any decision made on a refinement plan described in subsection (3) of this section shall be appealed only as provided for appeals of expedited land division decisions in ORS 197.375.
(6) Refinement plans and implementing ordinances may be adopted through the post-acknowledgment or periodic review process. [1995 c.595 §15]
GOALS COMPLIANCE
197.225 Preparation; adoption. The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall prepare and the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt goals and guidelines for use by state agencies, local governments and special districts in preparing, adopting, amending and implementing existing and future comprehensive plans. [1973 c.80 §33; 1981 c.748 §27a]
197.230 Considerations; finding of need required for adoption or amendment of goal. (1) In preparing, adopting and amending goals and guidelines, the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall:
(a) Assess:
(A) What economic and property interests will be, or are likely to be, affected by the proposed goal or guideline;
(B) The likely degree of economic impact on identified property and economic interests; and
(C) Whether alternative actions are available that would achieve the underlying lawful governmental objective and would have a lesser economic impact.
(b) Consider the existing comprehensive plans of local governments and the plans and programs affecting land use of state agencies and special districts in order to preserve functional and local aspects of land conservation and development.
(c) Give consideration to the following areas and activities:
(A) Lands adjacent to freeway interchanges;
(B) Estuarine areas;
(C) Tide, marsh and wetland areas;
(D) Lakes and lakeshore areas;
(E) Wilderness, recreational and outstanding scenic areas;
(F) Beaches, dunes, coastal headlands and related areas;
(G) Wild and scenic rivers and related lands;
(H) Floodplains and areas of geologic hazard;
(I) Unique wildlife habitats; and
(J) Agricultural land.
(d) Make a finding of statewide need for the adoption of any new goal or the amendment of any existing goal.
(e) Design goals to allow a reasonable degree of flexibility in the application of goals by state agencies, cities, counties and special districts.
(2) Goals shall not be land management regulations for specified geographic areas established through designation of an area of critical state concern under ORS 197.405.
(3) The requirements of subsection (1)(a) of this section shall not be interpreted as requiring an assessment for each lot or parcel that could be affected by the proposed rule.
(4) The commission may exempt cities with a population less than 10,000, or those areas of a county inside an urban growth boundary that contain a population less than 10,000, from all or any part of land use planning goals, guidelines and administrative rules that relate to transportation planning. [1973 c.80 §34; 1977 c.664 §17; 1981 c.748 §17; 1983 c.740 §50; 1995 c.299 §2; 1999 c.784 §1]
197.235 Public hearings; notice; citizen involvement implementation; submission of proposals. (1) In preparing the goals and guidelines, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall:
(a) Hold at least 10 public hearings throughout the state, causing notice of the time, place and purpose of each hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the area where the hearing is to be conducted not later than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. At least two public hearings must be held in each congressional district.
(b) Implement any other provision for public involvement developed by the State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee under ORS 197.160 (1) and approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission.
(2) Upon completion of the preparation of the proposed goals and guidelines, or amendments to those goals and guidelines, the department shall submit them to the commission, the Local Officials Advisory Committee, the State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee and the appropriate legislative committee for review.
(3) The commission shall consider the comments of the Local Officials Advisory Committee, the State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee and the legislative committee before the adoption and amendment of the goals and guidelines.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a) of this section, when a legislative enactment or an initiative measure is inconsistent with the adopted goals and guidelines or directs the commission to make a specific change to the adopted goals and guidelines, the commission may amend the goals and guidelines after only one public hearing, at a location determined by the commission, if the proposed amendment:
(a) Is necessary to conform the goals and guidelines to the legislative enactment or the initiative measure; and
(b) Makes no change other than the conforming changes unless the change corrects an obvious scrivener’s error. [1973 c.80 §36; 1981 c.748 §28; 2005 c.147 §1; 2007 c.354 §9]
197.240 Commission action; public hearing; notice; amendment; adoption. Upon receipt of the proposed goals and guidelines prepared and submitted to it by the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall:
(1) Hold at least one public hearing on the proposed goals and guidelines. The commission shall cause notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearings and the place where copies of the proposed goals and guidelines are available before the hearings with the cost thereof to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state not later than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. The department shall supply a copy of its proposed goals and guidelines to the Governor, the appropriate legislative committee, affected state agencies and special districts and to each local government without charge. The department shall provide copies of such proposed goals and guidelines to other public agencies or persons upon request and payment of the cost of preparing the copies of the materials requested.
(2) Consider the recommendations and comments received from the public hearings conducted under subsection (1) of this section, make any amendments to the proposed goals and guidelines that it considers necessary and approve the proposed goals and guidelines as they may be amended by the commission. [1973 c.80 §37; 1981 c.748 §28a; 2007 c.354 §10]
197.245 Commission amendment of initial goals; adoption of new goals. The Land Conservation and Development Commission may periodically amend the initial goals and guidelines adopted under ORS 197.240 and adopt new goals and guidelines. The adoption of amendments to or of new goals shall be done in the manner provided in ORS 197.235 and 197.240 and shall specify with particularity those goal provisions that are applicable to land use decisions, expedited land divisions and limited land use decisions before plan revision. The commission shall establish the effective date for application of a new or amended goal. Absent a compelling reason, the commission shall not require a comprehensive plan, new or amended land use regulation, land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision to be consistent with a new or amended goal until one year after the date of adoption. [1973 c.80 §38; 1981 c.748 §29; 1991 c.612 §10; 1991 c.817 §22a; 1995 c.595 §24]
197.247 [1983 c.826 §2; repealed by 1993 c.792 §55]
197.250 Compliance with goals required. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 197.245, all comprehensive plans and land use regulations adopted by a local government to carry out those comprehensive plans and all plans, programs, rules or regulations affecting land use adopted by a state agency or special district shall be in compliance with the goals within one year after the date those goals are approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. [1973 c.80 §32; 1977 c.664 §19; 1981 c.748 §29a; 1983 c.827 §56a]
197.251 Compliance acknowledgment; commission review; rules; limited acknowledgment; compliance schedule. (1) Upon the request of a local government, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall by order grant, deny or continue acknowledgment of compliance of comprehensive plan and land use regulations with the goals. A commission order granting, denying or continuing acknowledgment shall be entered within 90 days of the date of the request by the local government unless the commission finds that due to extenuating circumstances a period of time greater than 90 days is required.
(2) In accordance with rules of the commission, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall prepare a report for the commission stating whether the comprehensive plan and land use regulations for which acknowledgment is sought are in compliance with the goals. The rules of the commission shall:
(a) Provide a reasonable opportunity for persons to prepare and to submit to the director written comments and objections to the acknowledgment request; and
(b) Authorize the director to investigate and in the report to resolve issues raised in the comments and objections or by the director’s own review of the comprehensive plan and land use regulations.
(3) Upon completion of the report and before the commission meeting at which the director’s report is to be considered, the director shall afford the local government and persons who submitted written comments or objections a reasonable opportunity to file written exceptions to the report.
(4) The commission’s review of the acknowledgment request shall be confined to the record of proceedings before the local government, any comments, objections and exceptions filed under subsections (2) and (3) of this section and the report of the director. Upon its consideration of an acknowledgment request, the commission may entertain oral argument from the director and from persons who filed written comments, objections or exceptions. However, the commission shall not allow additional evidence or testimony that could have been presented to the local government or to the director but was not.
(5) A commission order granting, denying or continuing acknowledgment shall include a clear statement of findings which sets forth the basis for the approval, denial or continuance of acknowledgment. The findings shall:
(a) Identify the goals applicable to the comprehensive plan and land use regulations; and
(b) Include a clear statement of findings in support of the determinations of compliance and noncompliance.
(6) A commission order granting acknowledgment shall be limited to an identifiable geographic area described in the order if:
(a) Only the identified geographic area is the subject of the acknowledgment request; or
(b) Specific geographic areas do not comply with the applicable goals, and the goal requirements are not technical or minor in nature.
(7) The commission may issue a limited acknowledgment order when a previously issued acknowledgment order is reversed or remanded by the Court of Appeals or the Oregon Supreme Court. Such a limited acknowledgment order may deny or continue acknowledgment of that part of the comprehensive plan or land use regulations that the court found not in compliance or not consistent with the goals and grant acknowledgment of all other parts of the comprehensive plan and land use regulations.
(8) A limited acknowledgment order shall be considered an acknowledgment for all purposes and shall be a final order for purposes of judicial review with respect to the acknowledged geographic area. A limited order may be adopted in conjunction with a continuance or denial order.
(9) The director shall notify the Real Estate Agency, the local government and all persons who filed comments or objections with the director of any grant, denial or continuance of acknowledgment.
(10) The commission may grant a planning extension, which shall be a grant of additional time for a local government to comply with the goals in accordance with a compliance schedule. A compliance schedule shall be a listing of the tasks which the local government must complete in order to bring its comprehensive plan, land use regulations, land use decisions and limited land use decisions into initial compliance with the goals, including a generalized time schedule showing when the tasks are estimated to be completed and when a comprehensive plan or land use regulations which comply with the goals are estimated to be adopted. In developing a compliance schedule, the commission shall consider the population, geographic area, resources and capabilities of the city or county.
(11) As used in this section:
(a) “Continuance” means a commission order that:
(A) Certifies that all or part of a comprehensive plan, land use regulations or both a comprehensive plan and land use regulations do not comply with one or more goals;
(B) Specifies amendments or other action that must be completed within a specified time period for acknowledgment to occur; and
(C) Is a final order for purposes of judicial review of the comprehensive plan, land use regulations or both the comprehensive plan and land use regulations as to the parts found consistent or in compliance with the goals.
(b) “Denial” means a commission order that:
(A) Certifies that a comprehensive plan, land use regulations or both a comprehensive plan and land use regulations do not comply with one or more goals;
(B) Specifies amendments or other action that must be completed for acknowledgment to occur; and
(C) Is used when the amendments or other changes required in the comprehensive plan, land use regulations or both the comprehensive plan and land use regulations affect many goals and are likely to take a substantial period of time to complete. [1977 c.766 §18; 1979 c.242 §3; 1981 c.748 §7; 1983 c.827 §5; 1985 c.811 §13; 1991 c.817 §23; 1993 c.438 §2]
197.252 [1977 c.664 §20a; 1979 c.772 §7a; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
197.253 Participation in local proceedings required for submitting comments and objections. Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 197.251 (2)(a), a person may not submit written comments and objections to the acknowledgment request of any city or county that submits its plan or regulations to the Land Conservation and Development Commission for acknowledgment for the first time after August 9, 1983, unless the person participated either orally or in writing in the local government proceedings leading to the adoption of the plan and regulations. [1983 c.827 §5a]
197.254 Bar to contesting acknowledgment, appealing or seeking amendment. (1) A state agency is barred, after the date set for submission of programs by the Land Conservation and Development Commission as provided in ORS 197.180 (4), from contesting a request for acknowledgment submitted by a local government under ORS 197.251 or from filing an appeal of a post-acknowledgement change under ORS 197.610 to 197.625 to a comprehensive plan or a land use regulation, if the commission finds that:
(a) The state agency has not complied with ORS 197.180; or
(b) The state agency has not coordinated its plans, programs or rules affecting land use with the comprehensive plan or land use regulations of the city or county pursuant to a coordination program approved by the commission under ORS 197.180.
(2) A state agency is barred from seeking a commission order under ORS 197.644 requiring amendment of a local government comprehensive plan or a land use regulation in order to comply with the agency’s plan or program unless the agency has first requested the amendment from the local government and has had its request denied.
(3) A special district is barred from contesting a request for initial compliance acknowledgment submitted by a local government under ORS 197.251 or from filing an appeal of a post-acknowledgement change under ORS 197.610 to 197.625 to a comprehensive plan or a land use regulation, if the county or metropolitan service district assigned coordinative functions under ORS 195.025 (1) finds that:
(a) The special district has not entered into a cooperative agreement under ORS 195.020; or
(b) The special district has not coordinated its plans, programs or regulations affecting land use with the comprehensive plan or land use regulations of the local government pursuant to its cooperative agreement made under ORS 195.020.
(4) A special district is barred from seeking a commission order under ORS 197.644 requiring amendment of a local government comprehensive plan or a land use regulation in order to comply with the special district’s plan or program unless the special district has first requested the amendment from the local government and has had its request denied. [1977 c.664 §16; 1981 c.748 §11; 1983 c.827 §57; 1991 c.612 §11; 2009 c.606 §4; 2011 c.280 §7]
197.255 [1973 c.80 §39; 1981 c.748 §29b; 1983 c.827 §57a; renumbered 195.035 in 1993]
197.256 Acknowledgment deadline for newly incorporated cities. Cities incorporated after January 1, 1982, shall have their comprehensive plans and land use regulations acknowledged under ORS 197.251 no later than four years after the date of incorporation. [Formerly 197.757]
197.260 [1973 c.80 §44; 1981 c.748 §29c; renumbered 195.040 in 1993]
197.265 State compensation for costs of defending compliance actions. (1) As used in this section, “action” includes but is not limited to a proceeding under ORS 197.830 to 197.845.
(2) If any action is brought against a local government challenging any comprehensive plan, land use regulation or other action of the local government which was adopted or taken for the primary purpose of complying with the goals approved under ORS 197.240 and which does in fact comply with the goals, then the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall pay reasonable attorney fees and court costs incurred by such local government in the action or suit including any appeal, to the extent funds have been specifically appropriated to the commission therefor. [1977 c.898 §2; 1979 c.772 §7b; 1981 c.748 §39; 1983 c.827 §6]
197.270 Copies of comprehensive plan and land use regulations; post review. Within six months following completion of the periodic review process, the affected local government shall file three complete and accurate copies of its comprehensive plan and land use regulations with the Department of Land Conservation and Development. This document can be either a new printing or an up-to-date compilation of the required materials. [1987 c.729 §13]
197.274 Review of Metro regional framework plan. (1) The Metro regional framework plan, its separate components and amendments to the regional framework plan or to its separate components are subject to review:
(a) For compliance with land use planning statutes, statewide land use planning goals and administrative rules corresponding to the statutes and goals, in the same manner as a comprehensive plan for purposes of:
(A) Acknowledgment of compliance with the goals under ORS 197.251; and
(B) Post-acknowledgment procedures under ORS 197.610 to 197.651; and
(b) As a land use decision under ORS 197.805 to 197.855 and 197.860.
(2) With the prior consent of the Land Conservation and Development Commission, Metro may submit to the Department of Land Conservation and Development an amendment to the Metro regional framework plan or to a component of the regional framework plan in the manner provided for periodic review under ORS 197.628 to 197.651, if the amendment implements a program to meet the requirements of a land use planning statute, a statewide land use planning goal or an administrative rule corresponding to a statute or goal. [1993 c.438 §3; 1999 c.59 §55; 1999 c.348 §5; 2003 c.793 §1]
197.275 [1973 c.80 §40; 1977 c.664 §21; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
197.277 Oregon Forest Practices Act; exclusion. (1) The goals and rules established in ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 do not apply to programs, rules, procedures, decisions, determinations or activities carried out under the Oregon Forest Practices Act administered under ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 (1) and 527.992.
(2) No goal or rule shall be adopted, construed or administered in a manner to require or allow local governments to take any action prohibited by ORS 527.722.
(3) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall amend goals and rules as necessary to implement ORS 197.180, 197.277, 197.825, 215.050, 477.440, 477.455, 477.460, 526.009, 526.016, 526.156, 527.620, 527.630, 527.660, 527.670, 527.683 to 527.687, 527.715, 527.990 and 527.992. [1987 c.919 §2; 2013 c.307 §5]
197.279 Approved wetland conservation plans comply with goals; exception; rules. (1) Wetland conservation plans approved by the Director of the Department of State Lands pursuant to ORS chapter 196 shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of statewide planning goals relating to other than estuarine wetlands for those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the wetland conservation plans.
(2) Wetland conservation plans shall be adopted and amended by local governments according to the procedures of ORS 197.610 to 197.625.
(3) The department shall adopt by rule:
(a) Standards for cities and counties to use to inventory and identify wetlands; and
(b) Criteria for cities and counties to use to determine when a wetland is a significant wetland. [1989 c.837 §25; 1995 c.472 §2]
197.280 [1973 c.80 §41; repealed by 1977 c.664 §42 and 1977 c.766 §16]
197.283 Commission to assure protection of ground water resources. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall take actions it considers necessary to assure that city and county comprehensive plans and land use regulations and state agency coordination programs are consistent with the goal set forth in ORS 468B.155.
(2) The commission shall direct the Department of Land Conservation and Development to take actions the department considers appropriate to assure that any information contained in a city or county comprehensive plan that pertains to the ground water resource of Oregon shall be forwarded to the centralized repository established under ORS 468B.167. [1989 c.833 §48]
197.285 [1973 c.80 §42; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES AND NEEDED HOUSING WITHIN BOUNDARIES
197.286 Definitions for ORS 197.286 to 197.314 and 197.475 to 197.490. As used in ORS 197.286 to 197.314 and 197.475 to 197.490:
(1) “Buildable lands” means lands in urban and urbanizable areas that are suitable, available and necessary for residential uses. “Buildable lands” includes both vacant land and developed land likely to be redeveloped.
(2) “Manufactured dwelling park” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.003.
(3) “Government assisted housing” means housing that is financed in whole or part by either a federal or state housing agency or a housing authority as defined in ORS 456.005, or housing that is occupied by a tenant or tenants who benefit from rent supplements or housing vouchers provided by either a federal or state housing agency or a local housing authority.
(4) “Manufactured homes” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.003.
(5) “Mobile home park” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.007.
(6) “Periodic review” means the process and procedures as set forth in ORS 197.628 to 197.651.
(7) “Urban growth boundary” means an urban growth boundary included or referenced in a comprehensive plan. [Formerly 197.295]
197.290 Housing production strategy. (1) A city with a population greater than 10,000 shall develop and adopt a housing production strategy under this section no later than one year after the city’s deadline for completing a housing capacity analysis under ORS 197.296 (2)(a) or (10)(b) or 197.297.
(2) A housing production strategy must include a list of specific actions, including the adoption of measures and policies, that the city shall undertake to promote development within the city to address a housing need identified under ORS 197.296 (6)(b) or (10)(b) or 197.297. Actions under this subsection may include:
(a) The reduction of financial and regulatory impediments to developing needed housing, including removing or easing approval standards or procedures for needed housing at higher densities or that is affordable;
(b) The creation of financial and regulatory incentives for development of needed housing, including creating incentives for needed housing at higher densities or that is affordable; and
(c) The development of a plan to access resources available at local, regional, state and national levels to increase the availability and affordability of needed housing.
(3) In creating a housing production strategy, a city shall review and consider:
(a) Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households living in existing needed housing;
(b) Market conditions affecting the provision of needed housing;
(c) Measures already adopted by the city to promote the development of needed housing;
(d) Existing and expected barriers to the development of needed housing; and
(e) For each action the city includes in its housing production strategy:
(A) The schedule for its adoption;
(B) The schedule for its implementation;
(C) Its expected magnitude of impact on the development of needed housing; and
(D) The time frame over which it is expected to impact needed housing.
(4) The housing production strategy must include within its index a copy of the city’s most recently completed survey under ORS 456.586 (2).
(5) The adoption of a housing production strategy is not a land use decision and is not subject to appeal or review except as provided in ORS 197.291.
(6) A city with a population of 10,000 or less may develop a housing production strategy as provided in this section. [2019 c.640 §4; 2021 c.164 §3]
197.291 Review of housing production strategy. (1) No later than 20 days after a city’s adoption or amendment of a housing production strategy under ORS 197.290, a city shall submit the adopted strategy or amended strategy to the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(2) The submission under subsection (1) of this section must include copies of:
(a) The signed decision adopting the housing production strategy or amended strategy;
(b) The text of the housing production strategy clearly indicating any amendments to the most recent strategy submitted under this section;
(c) A brief narrative summary of the housing production strategy; and
(d) The information reviewed and considered under ORS 197.293 (2).
(3) On the same day the city submits notice of the housing production strategy or amended strategy, the city shall provide a notice to persons that participated in the proceedings that led to the adoption of the strategy and requested notice in writing.
(4) Within 10 days of receipt of the submission under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall provide notice to persons described under ORS 197.615 (3).
(5) The notices given under subsections (3) and (4) of this section must state:
(a) How and where materials described in subsection (2) of this section may be freely obtained;
(b) That comments on the strategy may be submitted to the department within 45 days after the department has received the submission; and
(c) That there is no further right of appeal.
(6) Based upon criteria adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission, including any criteria adopted under ORS 197.293 (2), the department shall, within 120 days after receiving the submission under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Approve the housing production strategy;
(b) Approve the housing production strategy, subject to further review and actions under ORS 197.293 (2); or
(c) Remand the housing production strategy for further modification as identified by the department.
(7) A determination by the department under subsection (6) of this section is not a land use decision and is final and not subject to appeal. [2019 c.640 §5]
197.293 Identification of cities with unmet housing needs; effect. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the Housing and Community Services Department, shall adopt criteria for reviewing and identifying cities with a population greater than 10,000 that have not sufficiently:
(a) Achieved production of needed housing within their jurisdiction; or
(b) Implemented a housing production strategy adopted under ORS 197.290.
(2) The criteria adopted by the commission under subsection (1) of this section may include the city’s:
(a) Unmet housing need as described in ORS 197.296 (6);
(b) Unmet housing need in proportion to the city’s population;
(c) Percentage of households identified as severely rent burdened as described in ORS 456.586;
(d) Recent housing development;
(e) Recent adoption of a housing production strategy under ORS 197.290 or adoption of actions pursuant to a housing production strategy;
(f) Recent or frequent previous identification by the Department of Land Conservation and Development under this section; or
(g) Other attributes that the commission considers relevant.
(3) The Department of Land Conservation and Development may review cities under the criteria adopted under subsection (2) of this section for the purposes of prioritizing actions by the department, including:
(a) Awarding available technical or financial resources;
(b) Providing enhanced review and oversight of the city’s housing production strategy;
(c) Requiring a report and explanation if a city does not implement an action within the approximate time frame scheduled within a housing production strategy;
(d) Entering into agreements with the city relating to the city’s modification or implementation of its housing production strategy; or
(e) Petitioning the commission to act under ORS 197.319 to 197.335 to require the city to comply with ORS 197.286 to 197.314 or statewide land use planning goals related to housing or urbanization. [2019 c.640 §6]
197.295 [1981 c.884 §4; 1983 c.795 §1; 1987 c.785 §1; 1989 c.648 §51; 1991 c.226 §16; 1991 c.612 §12; 1995 c.79 §73; 1995 c.547 §2; 2019 c.422 §29; renumbered 197.286 in 2019]
197.296 Analysis of housing capacity and needed housing by Metro, cities outside of Metro and smaller cities; accommodation of housing need. (1)(a) The provisions of subsections (2) to (9) of this section apply to metropolitan service district regional framework plans and local government comprehensive plans for lands within the urban growth boundary of a city that is located outside of a metropolitan service district and has a population of 25,000 or more.
(b) The Land Conservation and Development Commission may establish a set of factors under which additional cities are subject to the provisions of this section. In establishing the set of factors required under this paragraph, the commission shall consider the size of the city, the rate of population growth of the city or the proximity of the city to another city with a population of 25,000 or more or to a metropolitan service district.
(2)(a) A local government shall demonstrate that its comprehensive plan or regional framework plan provides sufficient buildable lands within the urban growth boundary established pursuant to statewide planning goals to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years:
(A) At periodic review under ORS 197.628 to 197.651;
(B) As scheduled by the commission:
(i) At least once each eight years for local governments that are not within a metropolitan service district; or
(ii) At least once each six years for a metropolitan service district; or
(C) At any other legislative review of the comprehensive plan or regional framework plan that concerns the urban growth boundary and requires the application of a statewide planning goal relating to buildable lands for residential use.
(b) The 20-year period shall commence on the date initially scheduled for completion of the review under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) In performing the duties under subsection (2) of this section, a local government shall:
(a) Inventory the supply of buildable lands within the urban growth boundary and determine the housing capacity of the buildable lands; and
(b) Conduct an analysis of existing and projected housing need by type and density range, in accordance with all factors under ORS 197.303 and statewide planning goals and rules relating to housing, to determine the number of units and amount of land needed for each needed housing type for the next 20 years.
(4)(a) For the purpose of the inventory described in subsection (3)(a) of this section, “buildable lands” includes:
(A) Vacant lands planned or zoned for residential use;
(B) Partially vacant lands planned or zoned for residential use;
(C) Lands that may be used for a mix of residential and employment uses under the existing planning or zoning; and
(D) Lands that may be used for residential infill or redevelopment.
(b) For the purpose of the inventory and determination of housing capacity described in subsection (3)(a) of this section, the local government must demonstrate consideration of:
(A) The extent that residential development is prohibited or restricted by local regulation and ordinance, state law and rule or federal statute and regulation;
(B) A written long term contract or easement for radio, telecommunications or electrical facilities, if the written contract or easement is provided to the local government; and
(C) The presence of a single family dwelling or other structure on a lot or parcel.
(c) Except for land that may be used for residential infill or redevelopment, a local government shall create a map or document that may be used to verify and identify specific lots or parcels that have been determined to be buildable lands.
(5)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the determination of housing capacity pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section must be based on data relating to land within the urban growth boundary that has been collected since the last review under subsection (2)(a)(B) of this section. The data shall include:
(A) The number, density and average mix of housing types of urban residential development that have actually occurred;
(B) Trends in density and average mix of housing types of urban residential development;
(C) Market factors that may substantially impact future urban residential development; and
(D) The number, density and average mix of housing types that have occurred on the buildable lands described in subsection (4)(a) of this section.
(b) A local government shall make the determination described in paragraph (a) of this subsection using a shorter time period than the time period described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the local government finds that the shorter time period will provide more accurate and reliable data related to housing capacity. The shorter time period may not be less than three years.
(c) A local government shall use data from a wider geographic area or use a time period longer than the time period described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the analysis of a wider geographic area or the use of a longer time period will provide more accurate, complete and reliable data relating to trends affecting housing need than an analysis performed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection. The local government must clearly describe the geographic area, time frame and source of data used in a determination performed under this paragraph.
(6) If the housing need determined pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section is greater than the housing capacity determined pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, the local government shall take one or both of the following actions to accommodate the additional housing need:
(a) Amend its urban growth boundary to include sufficient buildable lands to accommodate housing needs for the next 20 years. As part of this process, the local government shall consider the effects of measures taken pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection. The amendment shall include sufficient land reasonably necessary to accommodate the siting of new public school facilities. The need and inclusion of lands for new public school facilities shall be a coordinated process between the affected public school districts and the local government that has the authority to approve the urban growth boundary.
(b) Amend its comprehensive plan, regional framework plan, functional plan or land use regulations to include new measures that demonstrably increase the likelihood that residential development will occur at densities sufficient to accommodate housing needs for the next 20 years without expansion of the urban growth boundary. A local government or metropolitan service district that takes this action shall adopt findings regarding the density expectations assumed to result from measures adopted under this paragraph based upon the factors listed in ORS 197.303 (2) and data in subsection (5)(a) of this section. The density expectations may not project an increase in residential capacity above achieved density by more than three percent without quantifiable validation of such departures. For a local government located outside of a metropolitan service district, a quantifiable validation must demonstrate that the assumed housing capacity has been achieved in areas that are zoned to allow no greater than the same authorized density level within the local jurisdiction or a jurisdiction in the same region. For a metropolitan service district, a quantifiable validation must demonstrate that the assumed housing capacity has been achieved in areas that are zoned to allow no greater than the same authorized density level within the metropolitan service district.
(c) As used in this subsection, “authorized density level” has the meaning given that term in ORS 227.175.
(7) Using the housing need analysis conducted under subsection (3)(b) of this section, the local government shall determine the overall average density and overall mix of housing types at which residential development of needed housing types must occur in order to meet housing needs over the next 20 years. If that density is greater than the actual density of development determined under subsection (5)(a)(A) of this section, or if that mix is different from the actual mix of housing types determined under subsection (5)(a)(A) of this section, the local government, as part of its periodic review, shall adopt measures that demonstrably increase the likelihood that residential development will occur at the housing types and density and at the mix of housing types required to meet housing needs over the next 20 years.
(8)(a) A local government outside a metropolitan service district that takes any actions under subsection (6) or (7) of this section shall demonstrate that the comprehensive plan and land use regulations comply with goals and rules adopted by the commission and implement ORS 197.286 to 197.314.
(b) A local government shall determine the density and mix of housing types anticipated as a result of actions taken under subsections (6) and (7) of this section and monitor and record the actual density and mix of housing types achieved following the adoption of these actions. The local government shall compare actual and anticipated density and mix. The local government shall submit its comparison to the commission at the next review of its urban growth boundary under subsection (2)(a) of this section.
(9) In establishing that actions and measures adopted under subsections (6) and (7) of this section demonstrably increase the likelihood of higher density residential development, the local government shall at a minimum ensure that land zoned for needed housing is in locations appropriate for the housing types identified under subsection (3) of this section, is zoned at density ranges that are likely to be achieved by the housing market using the analysis in subsection (3) of this section and is in areas where sufficient urban services are planned to enable the higher density development to occur over the 20-year period. Actions or measures, or both, may include but are not limited to:
(a) Increases in the permitted density on existing residential land;
(b) Financial incentives for higher density housing;
(c) Provisions permitting additional density beyond that generally allowed in the zoning district in exchange for amenities and features provided by the developer;
(d) Removal or easing of approval standards or procedures;
(e) Minimum density ranges;
(f) Redevelopment and infill strategies;
(g) Authorization of housing types not previously allowed by the plan or regulations;
(h) Adoption of an average residential density standard; and
(i) Rezoning or redesignation of nonresidential land.
(10)(a) The provisions of this subsection apply to local government comprehensive plans for lands within the urban growth boundary of a city that is located outside of a metropolitan service district and has a population of less than 25,000.
(b) As required under paragraph (c) of this subsection, a city shall, according to rules of the commission:
(A) Determine the estimated housing needs within the jurisdiction for the next 20 years;
(B) Inventory the supply of buildable lands available within the urban growth boundary to accommodate the estimated housing needs determined under this subsection; and
(C) Adopt measures necessary to accommodate the estimated housing needs determined under this subsection.
(c) The actions required under paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be undertaken:
(A) At periodic review pursuant to ORS 197.628 to 197.651;
(B) On a schedule established by the commission for cities with a population greater than 10,000, not to exceed once each eight years; or
(C) At any other legislative review of the comprehensive plan that requires the application of a statewide planning goal relating to buildable lands for residential use.
(d) For the purpose of the inventory described in this subsection, “buildable lands” includes those lands described in subsection (4)(a) of this section.
(11) If a city with a population of 10,000 or less conducts an inventory of the supply of buildable lands or an estimate of housing need, it must satisfy the requirements of subsection (10) of this section. [1995 c.547 §3; 2001 c.908 §1; 2003 c.177 §1; 2015 c.27 §19; 2017 c.102 §1; 2019 c.639 §5; 2019 c.640 §8a; 2021 c.164 §3a]
197.297 Analysis of housing capacity and needed housing in Metro cities. (1) At least once every six years, by a date scheduled by the Land Conservation and Development Commission, a city that is within a metropolitan service district and has a population greater than 10,000 shall:
(a) Inventory the supply of buildable lands within the city and determine the housing capacity of the buildable lands; and
(b) Conduct an analysis of the city’s existing and projected needed housing under statewide planning goals and rules related to housing by type, mix, affordability and density range to determine the number of units and amount of land needed for each needed housing type for the next 20 years.
(2) The housing capacity and needed housing analysis conducted under this section must be adopted as part of the city’s comprehensive plan no later than one year after completion of the needed housing analysis.
(3) If the housing capacity and needed housing analysis conducted under this section demonstrates a housing need, the city shall amend its comprehensive plan or land use regulations to include new measures that demonstrably increase the likelihood that development of needed housing will occur for the type, mix, affordability and densities sufficient to accommodate needed housing for the next 20 years. [2021 c.164 §2]
197.298 Priority of land to be included within urban growth boundary. (1) In addition to any requirements established by rule addressing urbanization, land may not be included within an urban growth boundary of Metro except under the following priorities:
(a) First priority is land that is designated urban reserve land under ORS 195.145, rule or metropolitan service district action plan.
(b) If land under paragraph (a) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land needed, second priority is land adjacent to an urban growth boundary that is identified in an acknowledged comprehensive plan as an exception area or nonresource land. Second priority may include resource land that is completely surrounded by exception areas unless such resource land is high-value farmland as described in ORS 215.710.
(c) If land under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land needed, third priority is land designated as marginal land pursuant to ORS 197.247 (1991 Edition).
(d) If land under paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land needed, fourth priority is land designated in an acknowledged comprehensive plan for agriculture or forestry, or both.
(2) Higher priority shall be given to land of lower capability as measured by the capability classification system or by cubic foot site class, whichever is appropriate for the current use.
(3) Land of lower priority under subsection (1) of this section may be included in an urban growth boundary if land of higher priority is found to be inadequate to accommodate the amount of land estimated in subsection (1) of this section for one or more of the following reasons:
(a) Specific types of identified land needs cannot be reasonably accommodated on higher priority lands;
(b) Future urban services could not reasonably be provided to the higher priority lands due to topographical or other physical constraints; or
(c) Maximum efficiency of land uses within a proposed urban growth boundary requires inclusion of lower priority lands in order to include or to provide services to higher priority lands.
(4) When a city includes land within the urban growth boundary of the city pursuant to ORS 197.286 to 197.314, the city shall prioritize lands for inclusion as provided in ORS 197A.320. [1995 c.547 §5; 1999 c.59 §56; 2013 c.575 §12]
197.299 Metro accommodation of needed housing and school lands. (1) A metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268 shall complete the inventory, determination and analysis required under ORS 197.296 (3) not later than six years after completion of the previous inventory, determination and analysis.
(2)(a) The metropolitan service district shall take such action as necessary under ORS 197.296 (6)(a) to accommodate one-half of a 20-year buildable land supply determined under ORS 197.296 (3) within one year of completing the analysis.
(b) The metropolitan service district shall take all final action under ORS 197.296 (6)(a) necessary to accommodate a 20-year buildable land supply determined under ORS 197.296 (3) within two years of completing the analysis.
(c) The metropolitan service district shall take action under ORS 197.296 (6)(b), within one year after the analysis required under ORS 197.296 (3)(b) is completed, to provide sufficient buildable land within the urban growth boundary to accommodate the estimated housing needs for 20 years from the time the actions are completed.
(d) The metropolitan service district shall consider and adopt new measures that the governing body deems appropriate under ORS 197.296 (6)(b).
(3) The commission may grant an extension to the time limits of subsection (2) of this section if the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development determines that the metropolitan service district has provided good cause for failing to meet the time limits.
(4)(a) The metropolitan service district shall establish a process to expand the urban growth boundary to accommodate a need for land for a public school that cannot reasonably be accommodated within the existing urban growth boundary. The metropolitan service district shall design the process to:
(A) Accommodate a need that must be accommodated between periodic analyses of urban growth boundary capacity required by subsection (1) of this section; and
(B) Provide for a final decision on a proposal to expand the urban growth boundary within four months after submission of a complete application by a large school district as defined in ORS 195.110.
(b) At the request of a large school district, the metropolitan service district shall assist the large school district to identify school sites required by the school facility planning process described in ORS 195.110. A need for a public school is a specific type of identified land need under ORS 197.298 (3).
(5) Three years after completing its most recent demonstration of sufficient buildable lands under ORS 197.296, a metropolitan service district may, on a single occasion, revise the determination and analysis required as part of the demonstration for the purpose of considering an amendment to the metropolitan service district’s urban growth boundary, provided:
(a) The metropolitan service district has entered into an intergovernmental agreement and has designated rural reserves and urban reserves under ORS 195.141 and 195.145 with each county located within the district;
(b) The commission has acknowledged the rural reserve and urban reserve designations described in paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(c) One or more cities within the metropolitan service district have proposed a development that would require expansion of the urban growth boundary;
(d) The city or cities proposing the development have provided evidence to the metropolitan service district that the proposed development would provide additional needed housing to the needed housing included in the most recent determination and analysis;
(e) The location chosen for the proposed development is adjacent to the city proposing the development; and
(f) The location chosen for the proposed development is located within an area designated and acknowledged as an urban reserve.
(6)(a) If a metropolitan service district, after revising its most recent determination and analysis pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, concludes that an expansion of its urban growth boundary is warranted, the metropolitan service district may take action to expand its urban growth boundary in one or more locations to accommodate the proposed development, provided the urban growth boundary expansion does not exceed a total of 1,000 acres.
(b) A metropolitan service district that expands its urban growth boundary under this subsection:
(A) Must adopt the urban growth boundary expansion not more than four years after completing its most recent demonstration of sufficient buildable lands under ORS 197.296; and
(B) Is exempt from the boundary location requirements described in the statewide land use planning goals relating to urbanization. [1997 c.763 §2; 2001 c.908 §2; 2005 c.590 §1; 2007 c.579 §2; 2014 c.92 §5; 2017 c.199 §1; 2019 c.640 §9; 2021 c.164 §4]
197.300 [1973 c.80 §51; 1977 c.664 §22; repealed by 1979 c.772 §26]
197.301 Metro report of performance measures. (1) A metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268 shall compile and report to the Department of Land Conservation and Development on performance measures as described in this section at least once every two years. The information shall be reported in a manner prescribed by the department.
(2) Performance measures subject to subsection (1) of this section shall be adopted by a metropolitan service district and shall include but are not limited to measures that analyze the following:
(a) The rate of conversion of vacant land to improved land;
(b) The density and price ranges of residential development, including both single family and multifamily residential units;
(c) The level of job creation within individual cities and the urban areas of a county inside the metropolitan service district;
(d) The number of residential units added to small sites assumed to be developed in the metropolitan service district’s inventory of available lands but which can be further developed, and the conversion of existing spaces into more compact units with or without the demolition of existing buildings;
(e) The amount of environmentally sensitive land that is protected and the amount of environmentally sensitive land that is developed;
(f) The sales price of vacant land;
(g) Residential vacancy rates;
(h) Public access to open spaces; and
(i) Transportation measures including mobility, accessibility and air quality indicators. [1997 c.763 §3]
197.302 Metro determination of buildable land supply; corrective action; enforcement. (1) After gathering and compiling information on the performance measures as described in ORS 197.301 but prior to submitting the information to the Department of Land Conservation and Development, a metropolitan service district shall determine if actions taken under ORS 197.296 (6) have established the buildable land supply and housing densities necessary to accommodate estimated housing needs determined under ORS 197.296 (3). If the metropolitan service district determines that the actions undertaken will not accommodate estimated need, the district shall develop a corrective action plan, including a schedule for implementation. The district shall submit the plan to the department along with the report on performance measures required under ORS 197.301. Corrective action under this section may include amendment of the urban growth boundary, comprehensive plan, regional framework plan, functional plan or land use regulations as described in ORS 197.296.
(2) Within two years of submitting a corrective action plan to the department, the metropolitan service district shall demonstrate by reference to the performance measures described in ORS 197.301 that implementation of the plan has resulted in the buildable land supply and housing density within the urban growth boundary necessary to accommodate the estimated housing needs for each housing type as determined under ORS 197.296 (3).
(3) The failure of the metropolitan service district to demonstrate the buildable land supply and housing density necessary to accommodate housing needs as required under this section and ORS 197.296 may be the basis for initiation of enforcement action pursuant to ORS 197.319 to 197.335. [1997 c.763 §4; 2001 c.908 §3]
Note: Sections 2 (2) and 4, chapter 92, Oregon Laws 2014, provide:
Sec. 2. (2) Section 4 of this 2014 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 197.295 to 197.314 [series became 197.286 to 197.314]. [2014 c.92 §2(2)]
Sec. 4. Metro urban growth boundary designation. For the purpose of land use planning in Oregon, the Legislative Assembly designates the urban growth boundary designated in Metro Ordinance No. 11-1264B, adopted October 20, 2011, as the acknowledged urban growth boundary of Metro, subject to the conditions of approval in the ordinance, except that:
(1) The real property in Area 7C on Metro’s map denominated as the “Urban and Rural Reserves in Washington County, Attachment A to Staff Report for Resolution No. 11-4245 (03/17/11 DRAFT),” is included within the acknowledged urban growth boundary.
(2) The real property in Area 7D on Metro’s map denominated as the “Urban and Rural Reserves in Washington County, Attachment A to Staff Report for Resolution No. 11-4245 (03/17/11 DRAFT),” is included within the acknowledged urban growth boundary.
(3) The real property in Area 7E on Metro’s map denominated as the “Urban and Rural Reserves in Washington County, Attachment A to Staff Report for Resolution No. 11-4245 (03/17/11 DRAFT),” is included within the acknowledged urban growth boundary. [2014 c.92 §4]
197.303 “Needed housing” defined. (1) As used in ORS 197.286 to 197.314, “needed housing” means all housing on land zoned for residential use or mixed residential and commercial use that is determined to meet the need shown for housing within an urban growth boundary at price ranges and rent levels that are affordable to households within the county with a variety of incomes, including but not limited to households with low incomes, very low incomes and extremely low incomes, as those terms are defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under 42 U.S.C. 1437a. “Needed housing” includes the following housing types:
(a) Attached and detached single-family housing and multiple family housing for both owner and renter occupancy;
(b) Government assisted housing;
(c) Mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks as provided in ORS 197.475 to 197.490;
(d) Manufactured homes on individual lots planned and zoned for single-family residential use that are in addition to lots within designated manufactured dwelling subdivisions; and
(e) Housing for farmworkers.
(2) For the purpose of estimating housing needs, as described in ORS 197.296 (3)(b), a local government shall use the population projections prescribed by ORS 195.033 or 195.036 and shall consider and adopt findings related to changes in each of the following factors since the last review under ORS 197.296 (2)(a)(B) and the projected future changes in these factors over a 20-year planning period:
(a) Household sizes;
(b) Household demographics;
(c) Household incomes;
(d) Vacancy rates; and
(e) Housing costs.
(3) A local government shall make the estimate described in subsection (2) of this section using a shorter time period than since the last review under ORS 197.296 (2)(a)(B) if the local government finds that the shorter time period will provide more accurate and reliable data related to housing need. The shorter time period may not be less than three years.
(4) A local government shall use data from a wider geographic area or use a time period longer than the time period described in subsection (2) of this section if the analysis of a wider geographic area or the use of a longer time period will provide more accurate, complete and reliable data relating to trends affecting housing need than an analysis performed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The local government must clearly describe the geographic area, time frame and source of data used in an estimate performed under this subsection.
(5) Subsection (1)(a) and (d) of this section does not apply to:
(a) A city with a population of less than 2,500.
(b) A county with a population of less than 15,000.
(6) A local government may take an exception under ORS 197.732 to the definition of “needed housing” in subsection (1) of this section in the same manner that an exception may be taken under the goals. [1981 c.884 §6; 1983 c.795 §2; 1989 c.380 §1; 2011 c.354 §2; 2017 c.745 §4; 2019 c.639 §6; 2019 c.640 §10a]
197.304 Lane County accommodation of needed housing. (1) Notwithstanding an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.130 or acknowledged comprehensive plan provisions to the contrary, a city within Lane County that has a population of 50,000 or more within its boundaries shall meet its obligation under ORS 197.286 to 197.314 separately from any other city within Lane County. The city shall, separately from any other city:
(a) Establish an urban growth boundary, consistent with the jurisdictional area of responsibility specified in the acknowledged comprehensive plan; and
(b) Demonstrate, as required by ORS 197.296, that its comprehensive plan provides sufficient buildable lands within an urban growth boundary established pursuant to statewide planning goals to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, this section does not alter or affect an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.130 or acknowledged comprehensive plan provisions adopted by Lane County or local governments in Lane County. [2007 c.650 §2]
197.305 [1973 c.80 §52; 1977 c.664 §23; repealed by 1979 c.772 §26]
197.307 Needed housing policy; clear and objective standards for housing; siting of manufactured dwellings. (1) The availability of affordable, decent, safe and sanitary housing opportunities for persons of lower, middle and fixed income, including housing for farmworkers, is a matter of statewide concern.
(2) Many persons of lower, middle and fixed income depend on government assisted housing as a source of affordable, decent, safe and sanitary housing.
(3) When a need has been shown for housing within an urban growth boundary at particular price ranges and rent levels, needed housing shall be permitted in one or more zoning districts or in zones described by some comprehensive plans as overlay zones with sufficient buildable land to satisfy that need.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, a local government may adopt and apply only clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures regulating the development of housing, including needed housing. The standards, conditions and procedures:
(a) May include, but are not limited to, one or more provisions regulating the density or height of a development.
(b) May not have the effect, either in themselves or cumulatively, of discouraging needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay.
(5) The provisions of subsection (4) of this section do not apply to:
(a) An application or permit for residential development in an area identified in a formally adopted central city plan, or a regional center as defined by Metro, in a city with a population of 500,000 or more.
(b) An application or permit for residential development in historic areas designated for protection under a land use planning goal protecting historic areas.
(6) In addition to an approval process for needed housing based on clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a local government may adopt and apply an alternative approval process for applications and permits for residential development based on approval criteria regulating, in whole or in part, appearance or aesthetics that are not clear and objective if:
(a) The applicant retains the option of proceeding under the approval process that meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section;
(b) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process comply with applicable statewide land use planning goals and rules; and
(c) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process authorize a density at or above the density level authorized in the zone under the approval process provided in subsection (4) of this section.
(7) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, this section does not infringe on a local government’s prerogative to:
(a) Set approval standards under which a particular housing type is permitted outright;
(b) Impose special conditions upon approval of a specific development proposal; or
(c) Establish approval procedures.
(8) In accordance with subsection (4) of this section and ORS 197.314, a jurisdiction may adopt any or all of the following placement standards, or any less restrictive standard, for the approval of manufactured homes located outside mobile home parks:
(a) The manufactured home shall be multisectional and enclose a space of not less than 1,000 square feet.
(b) The manufactured home shall be placed on an excavated and back-filled foundation and enclosed at the perimeter such that the manufactured home is located not more than 12 inches above grade.
(c) The manufactured home shall have a pitched roof, except that no standard shall require a slope of greater than a nominal three feet in height for each 12 feet in width.
(d) The manufactured home shall have exterior siding and roofing which in color, material and appearance is similar to the exterior siding and roofing material commonly used on residential dwellings within the community or which is comparable to the predominant materials used on surrounding dwellings as determined by the local permit approval authority.
(e) The manufactured home shall be certified by the manufacturer to have an exterior thermal envelope meeting performance standards which reduce levels equivalent to the performance standards required of single-family dwellings constructed under the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code as defined in ORS 455.010.
(f) The manufactured home shall have a garage or carport constructed of like materials. A jurisdiction may require an attached or detached garage in lieu of a carport where such is consistent with the predominant construction of immediately surrounding dwellings.
(g) In addition to the provisions in paragraphs (a) to (f) of this subsection, a city or county may subject a manufactured home and the lot upon which it is sited to any development standard, architectural requirement and minimum size requirement to which a conventional single-family residential dwelling on the same lot would be subject. [1981 c.884 §5; 1983 c.795 §3; 1989 c.380 §2; 1989 c.964 §6; 1993 c.184 §3; 1997 c.733 §2; 1999 c.357 §1; 2001 c.613 §2; 2011 c.354 §3; 2017 c.745 §5; 2019 c.401 §7]
Note: The amendments to 197.307 by section 14, chapter 401, Oregon Laws 2019, become operative January 2, 2026. See section 18, chapter 401, Oregon Laws 2019, as amended by section 1c, chapter 422, Oregon Laws 2019. The text that is operative on and after January 2, 2026, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
197.307. (1) The availability of affordable, decent, safe and sanitary housing opportunities for persons of lower, middle and fixed income, including housing for farmworkers, is a matter of statewide concern.
(2) Many persons of lower, middle and fixed income depend on government assisted housing as a source of affordable, decent, safe and sanitary housing.
(3) When a need has been shown for housing within an urban growth boundary at particular price ranges and rent levels, needed housing shall be permitted in one or more zoning districts or in zones described by some comprehensive plans as overlay zones with sufficient buildable land to satisfy that need.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, a local government may adopt and apply only clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures regulating the development of housing, including needed housing. The standards, conditions and procedures:
(a) May include, but are not limited to, one or more provisions regulating the density or height of a development.
(b) May not have the effect, either in themselves or cumulatively, of discouraging needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay.
(5) The provisions of subsection (4) of this section do not apply to:
(a) An application or permit for residential development in an area identified in a formally adopted central city plan, or a regional center as defined by Metro, in a city with a population of 500,000 or more.
(b) An application or permit for residential development in historic areas designated for protection under a land use planning goal protecting historic areas.
(6) In addition to an approval process for needed housing based on clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a local government may adopt and apply an alternative approval process for applications and permits for residential development based on approval criteria regulating, in whole or in part, appearance or aesthetics that are not clear and objective if:
(a) The applicant retains the option of proceeding under the approval process that meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section;
(b) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process comply with applicable statewide land use planning goals and rules; and
(c) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process authorize a density at or above the density level authorized in the zone under the approval process provided in subsection (4) of this section.
(7) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, this section does not infringe on a local government’s prerogative to:
(a) Set approval standards under which a particular housing type is permitted outright;
(b) Impose special conditions upon approval of a specific development proposal; or
(c) Establish approval procedures.
(8) In accordance with subsection (4) of this section and ORS 197.314, a jurisdiction may adopt any or all of the following placement standards, or any less restrictive standard, for the approval of manufactured homes located outside mobile home parks:
(a) The manufactured home shall be multisectional and enclose a space of not less than 1,000 square feet.
(b) The manufactured home shall be placed on an excavated and back-filled foundation and enclosed at the perimeter such that the manufactured home is located not more than 12 inches above grade.
(c) The manufactured home shall have a pitched roof, except that no standard shall require a slope of greater than a nominal three feet in height for each 12 feet in width.
(d) The manufactured home shall have exterior siding and roofing which in color, material and appearance is similar to the exterior siding and roofing material commonly used on residential dwellings within the community or which is comparable to the predominant materials used on surrounding dwellings as determined by the local permit approval authority.
(e) The manufactured home shall be certified by the manufacturer to have an exterior thermal envelope meeting performance standards which reduce levels equivalent to the performance standards required of single-family dwellings constructed under the state building code as defined in ORS 455.010.
(f) The manufactured home shall have a garage or carport constructed of like materials. A jurisdiction may require an attached or detached garage in lieu of a carport where such is consistent with the predominant construction of immediately surrounding dwellings.
(g) In addition to the provisions in paragraphs (a) to (f) of this subsection, a city or county may subject a manufactured home and the lot upon which it is sited to any development standard, architectural requirement and minimum size requirement to which a conventional single-family residential dwelling on the same lot would be subject.
197.308 Affordable housing allowed outright; density bonuses. (1) As used in this section, “affordable housing” means residential property:
(a) In which:
(A) Each unit on the property is made available to own or rent to families with incomes of 80 percent or less of the area median income as determined by the Oregon Housing Stability Council based on information from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(B) The average of all units on the property is made available to families with incomes of 60 percent or less of the area median income; and
(b) Whose affordability is enforceable, including as described in ORS 456.270 to 456.295, for a duration of no less than 30 years.
(2) A local government shall allow affordable housing, and may not require a zone change or conditional use permit for affordable housing on property if:
(a) The housing is owned by:
(A) A public body, as defined in ORS 174.109; or
(B) A nonprofit corporation that is organized as a religious corporation; or
(b) The property is zoned:
(A) For commercial uses;
(B) To allow religious assembly; or
(C) As public lands.
(3) Subsection (2) of this section:
(a) Does not apply to the development of housing not within an urban growth boundary.
(b) Does not trigger any requirement that a local government consider or update an analysis as required by a statewide planning goal relating to economic development.
(c) Applies on property zoned to allow for industrial uses only if the property is:
(A) Publicly owned;
(B) Adjacent to lands zoned for residential uses or schools; and
(C) Not specifically designated for heavy industrial uses.
(d) Does not apply on lands where the local government determines that:
(A) The development on the property cannot be adequately served by water, sewer, storm water drainage or streets, or will not be adequately served at the time that development on the lot is complete;
(B) The property contains a slope of 25 percent or greater;
(C) The property is within a 100-year floodplain; or
(D) The development of the property is constrained by land use regulations based on statewide land use planning goals relating to:
(i) Natural disasters and hazards; or
(ii) Natural resources, including air, water, land or natural areas, but not including open spaces or historic resources.
(4) A local government shall approve an application at an authorized density level and authorized height level, as defined in ORS 227.175 (4), for the development of affordable housing, at the greater of:
(a) Any local density bonus for affordable housing; or
(b) Without consideration of any local density bonus for affordable housing:
(A) For property with existing maximum density of 16 or fewer units per acre, 200 percent of the existing density and 12 additional feet;
(B) For property with existing maximum density of 17 or more units per acre and 45 or fewer units per acre, 150 percent of the existing density and 24 additional feet; or
(C) For property with existing maximum density of 46 or more units per acre, 125 percent of the existing density and 36 additional feet.
(5)(a) Subsection (4) of this section does not apply to housing allowed under subsection (2) of this section in areas that are not zoned for residential uses.
(b) A local government may reduce the density or height of the density bonus allowed under subsection (4) of this section as necessary to address a health, safety or habitability issue, including fire safety, or to comply with a protective measure adopted pursuant to a statewide land use planning goal. Notwithstanding ORS 197.350, the local government must adopt findings supported by substantial evidence demonstrating the necessity of this reduction. [2021 c.385 §1]
197.309 Local requirements to develop affordable housing. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Affordable housing” means housing that is affordable to households with incomes equal to or higher than 80 percent of the median family income for the county in which the housing is built.
(b) “Multifamily structure” means a structure that contains three or more housing units sharing at least one wall, floor or ceiling surface in common with another unit within the same structure.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a metropolitan service district may not adopt a land use regulation or functional plan provision, or impose as a condition for approving a permit under ORS 215.427 or 227.178 a requirement, that has the effect of establishing the sales or rental price for a housing unit or residential building lot or parcel, or that requires a housing unit or residential building lot or parcel to be designated for sale or rent to a particular class or group of purchasers or renters.
(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section do not limit the authority of a metropolitan service district to:
(a) Adopt or enforce a use regulation, provision or requirement creating or implementing an incentive, contract commitment, density bonus or other voluntary regulation, provision or requirement designed to increase the supply of moderate or lower cost housing units; or
(b) Enter into an affordable housing covenant as provided in ORS 456.270 to 456.295.
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 91.225, a city or county may adopt a land use regulation or functional plan provision, or impose as a condition for approving a permit under ORS 215.427 or 227.178 a requirement, that has the effect of establishing the sales or rental price for a new multifamily structure, or that requires a new multifamily structure to be designated for sale or rent as affordable housing.
(5) A regulation, provision or requirement adopted or imposed under subsection (4) of this section:
(a) May not require more than 20 percent of housing units within a multifamily structure to be sold or rented as affordable housing.
(b) May apply only to multifamily structures containing at least 20 housing units.
(c) Must provide developers the option to pay an in-lieu fee, in an amount determined by the city or county, in exchange for providing the requisite number of housing units within the multifamily structure to be sold or rented at below-market rates.
(d) Must require the city or county to offer a developer of multifamily structures, other than a developer that elects to pay an in-lieu fee pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection, at least one of the following incentives:
(A) Whole or partial fee waivers or reductions.
(B) Whole or partial waivers of system development charges or impact fees set by the city or county.
(C) Finance-based incentives.
(D) Full or partial exemption from ad valorem property taxes on the terms described in this subparagraph. For purposes of any statute granting a full or partial exemption from ad valorem property taxes that uses a definition of “low income” to mean income at or below 60 percent of the area median income and for which the multifamily structure is otherwise eligible, the city or county shall allow the multifamily structure of the developer to qualify using a definition of “low income” to mean income at or below 80 percent of the area median income.
(e) Does not apply to a CCRC, as defined in ORS 101.020, that executes and records a covenant with the applicable city or county in which the CCRC agrees to operate all units within its structure as a CCRC. Units within a CCRC that are offered or converted into residential units that are for sale or rent and are not subject to ORS chapter 101 must comply with regulations, provisions or requirements adopted by the city or county that are consistent with those applicable to a new multifamily structure under subsection (3) or (4) of this section.
(6) A regulation, provision or requirement adopted or imposed under subsection (4) of this section may offer developers one or more of the following incentives:
(a) Density adjustments.
(b) Expedited service for local permitting processes.
(c) Modification of height, floor area or other site-specific requirements.
(d) Other incentives as determined by the city or county.
(7) Subsection (4) of this section does not restrict the authority of a city or county to offer developers voluntary incentives, including incentives to:
(a) Increase the number of affordable housing units in a development.
(b) Decrease the sale or rental price of affordable housing units in a development.
(c) Build affordable housing units that are affordable to households with incomes equal to or lower than 80 percent of the median family income for the county in which the housing is built.
(8)(a) A city or county that adopts or imposes a regulation, provision or requirement described in subsection (4) of this section may not apply the regulation, provision or requirement to any multifamily structure for which an application for a permit, as defined in ORS 215.402 or 227.160, has been submitted as provided in ORS 215.416 or 227.178 (3), or, if such a permit is not required, a building permit application has been submitted to the city or county prior to the effective date of the regulation, provision or requirement.
(b) If a multifamily structure described in paragraph (a) of this subsection has not been completed within the period required by the permit issued by the city or county, the developer of the multifamily structure shall resubmit an application for a permit, as defined in ORS 215.402 or 227.160, as provided in ORS 215.416 or 227.178 (3), or, if such a permit is not required, a building permit application under the regulation, provision or requirement adopted by the city or county under subsection (4) of this section.
(9)(a) A city or county that adopts or imposes a regulation, provision or requirement under subsection (4) of this section shall adopt and apply only clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures regulating the development of affordable housing units within its jurisdiction. The standards, conditions and procedures may not have the effect, either individually or cumulatively, of discouraging development of affordable housing units through unreasonable cost or delay.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to:
(A) An application or permit for residential development in an area identified in a formally adopted central city plan, or a regional center as defined by Metro, in a city with a population of 500,000 or more.
(B) An application or permit for residential development in historic areas designated for protection under a land use planning goal protecting historic areas.
(c) In addition to an approval process for affordable housing based on clear and objective standards, conditions and procedures as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a city or county may adopt and apply an alternative approval process for applications and permits for residential development based on approval criteria regulating, in whole or in part, appearance or aesthetics that are not clear and objective if:
(A) The developer retains the option of proceeding under the approval process that meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(B) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process comply with applicable statewide land use planning goals and rules; and
(C) The approval criteria for the alternative approval process authorize a density at or above the density level authorized in the zone under the approval process provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(10) If a regulation, provision or requirement adopted or imposed by a city or county under subsection (4) of this section requires that a percentage of housing units in a new multifamily structure be designated as affordable housing, any incentives offered under subsection (5)(d) or (6) of this section shall be related in a manner determined by the city or county to the required percentage of affordable housing units. [1999 c.848 §2; 2007 c.691 §8; 2016 c.59 §1; 2019 c.412 §1]
197.310 [1973 c.80 §53; 1977 c.664 §24; repealed by 1979 c.772 §26]
197.311 Final action on affordable housing application; affordable housing developed by religious corporation. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Affordable housing” means housing that is affordable to households with incomes equal to or less than 60 percent of the median family income for the county in which the development is built or for the state, whichever is greater, that is subject to an affordable housing covenant, as provided in ORS 456.270 to 456.295, that maintains the affordability for a period of not less than 60 years from the date of the certificate of occupancy.
(b) “Multifamily residential building” means a building in which three or more residential units each have space for eating, living and sleeping and permanent provisions for cooking and sanitation.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 215.427 (1) or 227.178 (1), a city with a population greater than 5,000 or a county with a population greater than 25,000 shall take final action on an application qualifying under subsection (3) of this section, including resolution of all local appeals under ORS 215.422 or 227.180, within 100 days after the application is deemed complete.
(3) An application qualifies for final action within the timeline described in subsection (2) of this section if:
(a) The application is submitted to the city or the county under ORS 215.416 or 227.175;
(b) The application is for development of a multifamily residential building containing five or more residential units within the urban growth boundary; and
(c) At least 50 percent of the residential units included in the development will be sold or rented as affordable housing.
(4) A city or a county shall take final action within the time allowed under ORS 215.427 or 227.178 on any application for a permit, limited land use decision or zone change that does not qualify for review and decision under subsection (3) of this section, including resolution of all appeals under ORS 215.422 or 227.180, as provided by ORS 215.427 and 215.435 or by ORS 227.178 and 227.181.
(5) With respect to property within an urban growth boundary owned by a nonprofit corporation organized as a religious corporation, a local government:
(a) May apply only restrictions or conditions of approval to the development of affordable housing that are, notwithstanding ORS 197.307 (5) or statewide land use planning goals relating to protections for historic areas:
(A) Clear and objective as described in ORS 197.307 (4); or
(B) Discretionary standards related to health, safety, habitability or infrastructure.
(b) Shall approve the development of affordable housing on property not zoned for housing if:
(A) The property is not zoned for industrial uses; and
(B) The property is contiguous to property zoned to allow residential uses.
(6) Affordable housing allowed under subsection (5)(b) of this section may be subject only to the restrictions applicable to the contiguously zoned residential property as limited by subsection (5)(a) of this section and without requiring that the property be rezoned for residential uses. If there is more than one contiguous residential property, the zoning of the property with the greatest density applies. [2017 c.745 §1; 2021 c.446 §3]
Note: 197.311 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.312 Limitation on city and county prohibitions. (1) A city or county may not by charter prohibit from all residential zones attached or detached single-family housing, multifamily housing for both owner and renter occupancy or manufactured homes. A city or county may not by charter prohibit government assisted housing or impose additional approval standards on government assisted housing that are not applied to similar but unassisted housing.
(2)(a) A single-family dwelling for a farmworker and the farmworker’s immediate family is a permitted use in any residential or commercial zone that allows single-family dwellings as a permitted use.
(b) A city or county may not impose a zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of a single-family dwelling for a farmworker and the farmworker’s immediate family in a residential or commercial zone described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on other single-family dwellings in the same zone.
(3)(a) Multifamily housing for farmworkers and farmworkers’ immediate families is a permitted use in any residential or commercial zone that allows multifamily housing generally as a permitted use.
(b) A city or county may not impose a zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of multifamily housing for farmworkers and farmworkers’ immediate families in a residential or commercial zone described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on other multifamily housing in the same zone.
(4) A city or county may not prohibit a property owner or developer from maintaining a real estate sales office in a subdivision or planned community containing more than 50 lots or dwelling units for the sale of lots or dwelling units that remain available for sale to the public.
(5)(a) A city with a population greater than 2,500 or a county with a population greater than 15,000 shall allow in areas within the urban growth boundary that are zoned for detached single-family dwellings the development of at least one accessory dwelling unit for each detached single-family dwelling, subject to reasonable local regulations relating to siting and design.
(b) As used in this subsection:
(A) “Accessory dwelling unit” means an interior, attached or detached residential structure that is used in connection with or that is accessory to a single-family dwelling.
(B) “Reasonable local regulations relating to siting and design” does not include owner-occupancy requirements of either the primary or accessory structure or requirements to construct additional off-street parking.
(6) Subsection (5) of this section does not prohibit local governments from regulating vacation occupancies, as defined in ORS 90.100, to require owner-occupancy or off-street parking. [1983 c.795 §5; 1989 c.964 §7; 2001 c.437 §1; 2001 c.613 §3; 2011 c.354 §4; 2017 c.745 §6; 2018 c.15 §7; 2019 c.639 §7]
197.313 Interpretation of ORS 197.312. Nothing in ORS 197.312 or in the amendments to ORS 197.286, 197.303, 197.307 by sections 1, 2 and 3, chapter 795, Oregon Laws 1983, shall be construed to require a city or county to contribute to the financing, administration or sponsorship of government assisted housing. [1983 c.795 §6]
197.314 Required siting of manufactured homes; minimum lot size; approval standards. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 197.296, 197.298, 197.299, 197.301, 197.302, 197.303, 197.307, 197.312 and 197.313, within urban growth boundaries each city and county shall amend its comprehensive plan and land use regulations for all land zoned for single-family residential uses to allow for siting of manufactured homes as defined in ORS 446.003. A local government may only subject the siting of a manufactured home allowed under this section to regulation as set forth in ORS 197.307 (8).
(2) Cities and counties shall adopt and amend comprehensive plans and land use regulations under subsection (1) of this section according to the provisions of ORS 197.610 to 197.651.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any area designated in an acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulation as a historic district or residential land immediately adjacent to a historic landmark.
(4) Manufactured homes on individual lots zoned for single-family residential use in subsection (1) of this section shall be in addition to manufactured homes on lots within designated manufactured dwelling subdivisions.
(5) Within any residential zone inside an urban growth boundary where a manufactured dwelling park is otherwise allowed, a city or county shall not adopt, by charter or ordinance, a minimum lot size for a manufactured dwelling park that is larger than one acre.
(6) A city or county may adopt the following standards for the approval of manufactured homes located in manufactured dwelling parks that are smaller than three acres:
(a) The manufactured home shall have a pitched roof, except that no standard shall require a slope of greater than a nominal three feet in height for each 12 feet in width.
(b) The manufactured home shall have exterior siding and roofing that, in color, material and appearance, is similar to the exterior siding and roofing material commonly used on residential dwellings within the community or that is comparable to the predominant materials used on surrounding dwellings as determined by the local permit approval authority.
(7) This section shall not be construed as abrogating a recorded restrictive covenant. [1993 c.184 §2; 1997 c.295 §1; 1999 c.348 §7; 2005 c.22 §139; 2011 c.354 §5]
(Temporary provisions relating to affordable housing pilot program)
Note: Sections 1 to 9, chapter 52, Oregon Laws 2016, provide:
Sec. 1. Sections 2 to 9 of this 2016 Act are added to and made a part of ORS 197.295 to 197.314 [series became 197.286 to 197.314]. [2016 c.52 §1]
Sec. 2. Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that a supply of land dedicated to affordable housing, planned and zoned to encourage development of affordable housing and protected for affordable housing siting over a long period, is necessary for the economic prosperity of communities in this state. [2016 c.52 §2]
Sec. 3. Affordable housing pilot program. The Land Conservation and Development Commission, working with the Housing and Community Services Department, other state agencies and local governments, shall establish and implement an affordable housing pilot program. Notwithstanding any statewide land use planning goal provisions specifying requirements for amending urban growth boundaries, the commission shall adopt rules to implement the pilot program on or before July 1, 2017. The pilot program is intended to:
(1) Encourage local governments to provide an adequate supply of land within urban growth boundaries that is dedicated to affordable housing;
(2) Encourage the development of affordable housing on land dedicated to affordable housing; and
(3) Protect land dedicated to affordable housing from conversion to other uses before or after the development of affordable housing. [2016 c.52 §3]
Sec. 4. Establishment of site selection process. (1) Under the rules adopted under section 3, chapter 52, Oregon Laws 2016, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall establish a site selection process by which the commission shall select two pilot projects, one from a city with a population of 25,000 or less and one from a city with a population greater than 25,000, from among nominations made by local governments. However, if the commission has not received any qualifying nominations from a city with a population of 25,000 or less on or before January 1, 2020, the commission may select any two pilot projects eligible for selection on or before August 17, 2018.
(2) A local government may nominate a pilot project that provides a site dedicated to affordable housing within the jurisdiction of the local government.
(3) When nominating a pilot project for the site selection process, a local government shall:
(a) Submit a concept plan for the pilot project, including any proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan and land use regulations required to implement the pilot project; and
(b) Demonstrate that the landowner of the site has agreed to designation of the landowner’s property as a pilot project for the purposes of sections 2 to 9, chapter 52, Oregon Laws 2016.
(4) The commission shall select pilot projects that are:
(a) Reasonably likely to provide a site for affordable housing that would not otherwise be provided without the special provisions of the pilot program;
(b) Reasonably likely to serve identified populations in the area that require affordable housing;
(c) Adjacent to the city’s existing urban growth boundary;
(d) Near public facilities and services, including roadways and an identified transit corridor to serve the area, or for which public facilities and services are planned and reasonably likely to be provided at a reasonable cost in the near future;
(e) Located, planned and zoned to avoid or minimize adverse effects on natural resources and nearby farm and forest uses if the pilot project would require amending an urban growth boundary to include the pilot project site; and
(f) Nominated by a local government that demonstrates efforts by the local government to accommodate and encourage the development of needed housing within its existing urban growth boundary.
(5) The following local governments are not eligible for nomination or selection under the pilot program:
(a) Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, Polk and Washington Counties and cities within Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, Polk and Washington Counties;
(b) Metro and cities and counties included in the Metro urban growth boundary; and
(c) Local governments within Jefferson County that are served by the North Unit Irrigation District.
(6) In addition to the pilot projects selected by the commission under subsection (1) of this section, the commission may select a nominated pilot project that:
(a) Is submitted by the City of Pendleton;
(b) Complies with the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section; and
c) Is submitted to, and approved by, the commission on or before June 30, 2023. [2016 c.52 §4; 2019 c.32 §1; 2021 c.112 §1]
Sec. 5. Rules. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall, by rule:
(a) Define “affordable housing”;
(b) Specify types of affordable housing allowed on pilot project sites, including sites that are used as manufactured dwelling parks;
(c) Limit the total acreage of all lots and parcels included in each pilot project site to not greater than 50 acres; and
(d) Specify local government efforts that serve to demonstrate that the local government is accommodating and encouraging development of needed housing within its existing urban growth boundary.
(2) The commission shall specify by rule related requirements for affordable housing that may include a sales price or rental rate range, taking into consideration:
(a) Housing prices within the region compared to the income of residents of that region;
(b) The availability of government assisted housing in the region;
(c) The need for sites to accommodate manufactured dwellings, as defined in ORS 446.003, due to the conversion of manufactured dwelling parks or mobile home parks in the region to other uses; and
(d) Other relevant factors as identified by the commission.
(3) The commission may adopt rules that authorize mixed income housing developments that include affordable housing on pilot project sites. [2016 c.52 §5]
Sec. 6. Expedited process for amending urban growth boundaries to include selected site. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 197A.320 and without regard to whether an urban growth boundary already contains a 20-year supply of buildable lands, the Land Conservation and Development Commission by rule may establish an expedited process for amending urban growth boundaries to include pilot project sites selected under section 4 of this 2016 Act.
(2) An amendment to an urban growth boundary pursuant to this section must identify the specific goal and rule requirements related to urban growth boundaries from which a local government is exempt for the purpose of implementing the pilot program.
(3) Pilot project sites included within an urban growth boundary amended pursuant to this section must:
(a) Be dedicated to affordable housing; and
(b) Remain planned and zoned for affordable housing, except as otherwise provided in rules adopted pursuant to section 5 (3) of this 2016 Act. [2016 c.52 §6]
Sec. 7. Site protection from conversion to other uses. (1) The local government of a pilot project site selected by the Land Conservation and Development Commission under section 4 of this 2016 Act shall protect the pilot project site within its urban growth boundary from conversion to other uses before, during and after the development of affordable housing at the pilot project site, except as provided otherwise in rules adopted by the commission under section 5 (3) of this 2016 Act.
(2) The local government of a pilot project site selected by the commission shall ensure that housing developed on the site continues to be used to provide affordable housing for a period of at least 50 years after the selection of the pilot project site through:
(a) Zoning restrictions;
(b) Guaranteed rental rates or sales prices;
(c) Incentives, contract commitments, density bonuses or other voluntary regulations, provisions or conditions designed to increase the supply of moderate or lower cost housing units;
(d) Other regulations, provisions or conditions determined by the local government to be effective in maintaining the affordability of housing on land selected for a pilot project under section 4 of this 2016 Act; or
(e) Restrictive agreements entered into with sources of affordable housing funding.
(3) The local government of a pilot project site selected by the commission may authorize a mix of affordable housing and other housing types on the site, provided that the percentage of affordable housing units developed on the site meets or exceeds requirements specified in rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 5 (3) of this 2016 Act. [2016 c.52 §7]
Sec. 8. Certain local government actions prohibited. (1) The local government of a pilot project site selected by the Land Conservation and Development Commission under section 4 of this 2016 Act may not plan or zone the site to allow a use or mix of uses not authorized under sections 2 to 9 of this 2016 Act unless the local government withdraws the pilot project site from the urban growth boundary and rezones the site pursuant to law, statewide land use planning goals and land use regulations implementing the goals that regulate allowable uses of land outside urban growth boundaries.
(2) A local government may not use sections 2 to 9 of this 2016 Act to bring high-value farmland, as determined by the commission, within its urban growth boundary.
(3) The inclusion of pilot project sites dedicated to affordable housing within an urban growth boundary pursuant to sections 2 to 9 of this 2016 Act does not authorize a local government to convert buildable lands within the urban growth boundary that are planned for needed housing, as defined in ORS 197.303, to other uses.
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 197.309 (2), for a pilot project site selected under section 4 of this 2016 Act, and affordable housing developed on a selected pilot project site, a local government may take any action described in ORS 197.309 that has the effect of establishing the sales price for a housing unit or residential building lot or parcel, or that requires a housing unit or residential building lot or parcel to be designated for sale to a particular class or group of purchasers.
(5) Sections 2 to 9 of this 2016 Act do not constitute a statutory contract. A pilot project site selected under section 4 of this 2016 Act and affordable housing developed on a selected pilot project site remain subject to new or additional regulatory requirements authorized by law, statewide land use planning goals and land use regulations implementing the goals.
(6) As used in this section, “lot” and “parcel” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 92.010. [2016 c.52 §8]
Sec. 9. Reporting requirement. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall report on the progress of the pilot program, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing and human services:
(1) At least once during each of three consecutive regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly, beginning with the 2017 regular session of the Legislative Assembly; and
(2) At least once following adjournment sine die of the regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly described in subsection (1) of this section, but no later than the convening of the next regular session of the Legislative Assembly. [2016 c.52 §9]
Note: Section 2, chapter 112, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 2. (1) Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, chapter 52, Oregon Laws 2016, are repealed on January 2, 2028.
(2) Section 4, chapter 52, Oregon Laws 2016, as amended by section 1, chapter 32, Oregon Laws 2019, and section 1 of this 2021 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2028. [2021 c.112 §2]
197.315 [1973 c.80 §54; 1977 c.664 §25; repealed by 1979 c.772 §26]
ENFORCEMENT OF PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
197.319 Procedures prior to request of an enforcement order. (1) Before a person may request adoption of an enforcement order under ORS 197.320, the person shall:
(a) Present the reasons, in writing, for such an order to the affected local government; and
(b) Request:
(A) Revisions to the local comprehensive plan, land use regulations, special district cooperative or urban service agreement or decision-making process which is the basis for the order; or
(B) That an action be taken regarding the local comprehensive plan, land use regulations, special district agreement, housing production strategy or decision-making process that is the basis for the order.
(2)(a) The local government or special district shall issue a written response to the request within 60 days of the date the request is mailed to the local government or special district.
(b) The requestor and the local government or special district may enter into mediation to resolve issues in the request. The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall provide mediation services when jointly requested by the local government or special district and the requestor.
(c) If the local government or special district does not act in a manner which the requestor believes is adequate to address the issues raised in the request within the time period provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a petition may be presented to the Land Conservation and Development Commission under ORS 197.324.
(3) A metropolitan service district may request an enforcement order under ORS 197.320 (12) without first complying with subsections (1) and (2) of this section. [1989 c.761 §4; 1993 c.804 §9; 2007 c.176 §2; 2019 c.640 §11]
197.320 Power of commission to order compliance with goals and plans. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall issue an order requiring a local government, state agency or special district to take action necessary to bring its comprehensive plan, land use regulation, limited land use decisions or other land use decisions or actions into compliance with the goals, acknowledged comprehensive plan provisions, land use regulations or housing production strategy if the commission has good cause to believe:
(1) A comprehensive plan or land use regulation adopted by a local government not on a compliance schedule is not in compliance with the goals by the date set in ORS 197.245 or 197.250 for such compliance;
(2) A plan, program, rule or regulation affecting land use adopted by a state agency or special district is not in compliance with the goals by the date set in ORS 197.245 or 197.250 for such compliance;
(3) A local government is not making satisfactory progress toward performance of its compliance schedule;
(4) A state agency is not making satisfactory progress in carrying out its coordination agreement or the requirements of ORS 197.180;
(5) A local government has no comprehensive plan or land use regulation and is not on a compliance schedule directed to developing the plan or regulation;
(6) A local government has engaged in a pattern or practice of decision making that violates an acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulation. In making its determination under this subsection, the commission shall determine whether there is evidence in the record to support the decisions made. The commission shall not judge the issue solely upon adequacy of the findings in support of the decisions;
(7) A local government has failed to comply with a commission order entered under ORS 197.644;
(8) A special district has engaged in a pattern or practice of decision-making that violates an acknowledged comprehensive plan or cooperative agreement adopted pursuant to ORS 197.020;
(9) A special district is not making satisfactory progress toward performance of its obligations under ORS chapters 195 and 197;
(10) A local government’s approval standards, special conditions on approval of specific development proposals or procedures for approval do not comply with ORS 197.307 (4) or (6);
(11) A local government is not making satisfactory progress toward meeting its obligations under ORS 195.065;
(12) A local government within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan service district has failed to make changes to the comprehensive plan or land use regulations to comply with the regional framework plan of the district or has engaged in a pattern or practice of decision-making that violates a requirement of the regional framework plan; or
(13) A city is not making satisfactory progress in taking actions listed in its housing production strategy under ORS 197.290. [1977 c.664 §34; 1979 c.284 §123; 1981 c.748 §32; 1983 c.827 §58; 1987 c.729 §8; 1989 c.761 §2; 1991 c.612 §13; 1991 c.817 §24; 1993 c.804 §10; 1995 c.547 §4; 2003 c.793 §2; 2007 c.176 §3; 2015 c.374 §1; 2019 c.640 §12]
197.324 Proceedings prior to order of compliance with goals; disclosure notice. (1) On its own motion, the Land Conservation and Development Commission may initiate a proceeding to carry out the provisions of ORS 197.320. If the commission proceeds on its own motion, it shall proceed as set forth in ORS 197.328.
(2)(a) After a person meets the requirements of ORS 197.319, the person may file a petition to request that the commission consider the matter. Filing occurs upon mailing the petition to the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(b) The commission shall determine if there is good cause to proceed on the petition.
(c) If the commission determines that there is not good cause to proceed on the petition, the commission shall issue a final order dismissing the petition, stating the reasons therefor.
(d) If the commission determines that there is good cause to proceed on the petition, the commission shall proceed as set forth in ORS 197.328.
(3) Following initiation of a proceeding under subsection (1) of this section or a determination by the commission that there is good cause to proceed on a petition under subsection (2) of this section, the affected local government shall include the following disclosure in any subsequent notice of a land use decision that could be affected by the enforcement order:
______________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE: THE OREGON LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS FOUND GOOD CAUSE FOR AN ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDING AGAINST ________ (Name of local government). AN ENFORCEMENT ORDER MAY BE EVENTUALLY ADOPTED THAT COULD LIMIT, PROHIBIT OR REQUIRE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIED CRITERIA TO ANY ACTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS DECISION BUT NOT APPLIED FOR UNTIL AFTER ADOPTION OF THE ENFORCEMENT ORDER. FUTURE APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS OR ANY TIME EXTENSIONS MAY BE AFFECTED.
______________________________________________________________________________ [1989 c.761 §5; 1995 c.778 §3]
197.325 [1973 c.80 §45; repealed by 1977 c.664 §42]
197.328 Procedures to consider order to comply with goals. If a proceeding is initiated under ORS 197.324, the following procedures apply:
(1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall hold a hearing to consider the petition or shall appoint a hearings officer to consider the petition under the provisions of ORS chapter 183 applicable to contested cases, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(2) The commission or hearings officer shall schedule a hearing within 45 days of receipt of the petition.
(3) If the commission appoints a hearings officer, the hearings officer shall prepare a proposed order, including recommended findings and conclusions of law. The proposed order shall be served on the Department of Land Conservation and Development and all parties to the hearing within 30 days of the date the record closed.
(4) If the commission appoints a hearings officer, the commission review of the proposed order shall be limited to the record of proceedings before the hearings officer. In its review of a proposed order, the commission shall not receive new evidence but shall hear arguments as to the proposed order and any exceptions. Any exception to the proposed order shall be filed with the commission no later than 15 days following issuance of the proposed order.
(5) The commission shall adopt a final order relative to a petition no later than 120 days from the date the petition was filed. [1989 c.761 §6]
197.330 [1973 c.80 §50; repealed by 1977 c.664 §42]
197.335 Order for compliance with goals; review of order; withholding grant funds; injunctions. (1) An order issued under ORS 197.328 and the copy of the order mailed to the local government, state agency or special district shall set forth:
(a) The nature of the noncompliance, including, but not limited to, the contents of the comprehensive plan or land use regulation, if any, of a local government that do not comply with the goals or the contents of a plan, program or regulation affecting land use adopted by a state agency or special district that do not comply with the goals. In the case of a pattern or practice of decision-making which violates the goals, comprehensive plan or land use regulations, the order shall specify the decision-making which constitutes the pattern or practice, including specific provisions the Land Conservation and Development Commission believes are being misapplied;
(b) The specific lands, if any, within a local government for which the existing plan or land use regulation, if any, does not comply with the goals; and
(c) The corrective action decided upon by the commission, including the specific requirements, with which the local government, state agency or special district must comply. In the case of a pattern or practice of decision-making that violates an acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulation, the commission may require revisions to the comprehensive plan, land use regulations or local procedures which the commission believes are necessary to correct the pattern or practice. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, except as provided in subsection (3)(c) of this section, an enforcement order does not affect:
(A) Land use applications filed with a local government prior to the date of adoption of the enforcement order unless specifically identified by the order;
(B) Land use approvals issued by a local government prior to the date of adoption of the enforcement order; or
(C) The time limit for exercising land use approvals issued by a local government prior to the date of adoption of the enforcement order.
(2) Judicial review of a final order of the commission shall be governed by the provisions of ORS chapter 183 applicable to contested cases except as otherwise stated in this section. The commission’s final order shall include a clear statement of findings which set forth the basis for the order. Where a petition to review the order has been filed in the Court of Appeals, the commission shall transmit to the court the entire administrative record of the proceeding under review. Notwithstanding ORS 183.482 (3) relating to a stay of enforcement of an agency order, an appellate court, before it may stay an order of the commission, shall give due consideration to the public interest in the continued enforcement of the commission’s order and may consider testimony or affidavits thereon. Upon review, an appellate court may affirm, reverse, modify or remand the order. The court shall reverse, modify or remand the order only if it finds:
(a) The order to be unlawful in substance or procedure, but error in procedure shall not be cause for reversal, modification or remand unless the court shall find that substantial rights of any party were prejudiced thereby;
(b) The order to be unconstitutional;
(c) The order is invalid because it exceeds the statutory authority of the agency; or
(d) The order is not supported by substantial evidence in the whole record.
(3)(a) If the commission finds that in the interim period during which a local government, state agency or special district would be bringing itself into compliance with the commission’s order under ORS 197.320 or subsection (2) of this section it would be contrary to the public interest in the conservation or sound development of land to allow the continuation of some or all categories of land use decisions or limited land use decisions, it shall, as part of its order, limit, prohibit or require the approval by the local government of applications for subdivisions, partitions, building permits, limited land use decisions or land use decisions until the plan, land use regulation or subsequent land use decisions and limited land use decisions are brought into compliance. The commission may issue an order that requires review of local decisions by a hearings officer or the Department of Land Conservation and Development before the local decision becomes final.
(b) Any requirement under this subsection may be imposed only if the commission finds that the activity, if continued, aggravates the goal, comprehensive plan or land use regulation violation and that the requirement is necessary to correct the violation.
(c) The limitations on enforcement orders under subsection (1)(c)(B) of this section shall not be interpreted to affect the commission’s authority to limit, prohibit or require application of specified criteria to subsequent land use decisions involving land use approvals issued by a local government prior to the date of adoption of the enforcement order.
(4) As part of its order under ORS 197.320 or subsection (2) of this section, the commission may withhold grant funds from the local government to which the order is directed. As part of an order issued under this section, the commission may notify the officer responsible for disbursing state-shared revenues to withhold that portion of state-shared revenues to which the local government is entitled under ORS 221.770, 323.455, 366.762 and 366.800 and ORS chapter 471 which represents the amount of state planning grant moneys previously provided the local government by the commission. The officer responsible for disbursing state-shared revenues shall withhold state-shared revenues as outlined in this section and shall release funds to the local government or department when notified to so do by the commission or its designee. The commission may retain a portion of the withheld revenues to cover costs of providing services incurred under the order, including use of a hearings officer or staff resources to monitor land use decisions and limited land use decisions or conduct hearings. The remainder of the funds withheld under this provision shall be released to the local government upon completion of requirements of the commission order.
(5)(a) As part of its order under this section, the commission may notify the officer responsible for disbursing funds from any grant or loan made by a state agency to withhold such funds from a special district to which the order is directed. The officer responsible for disbursing funds shall withhold funds as outlined in this section and shall release funds to the special district or department when notified to do so by the commission.
(b) The commission may retain a portion of the funds withheld to cover costs of providing services incurred under the order, including use of a hearings officer or staff resources to monitor land use decisions and limited land use decisions or conduct hearings. The remainder of the funds withheld under this provision shall be released to the special district upon completion of the requirements of the commission order.
(6) The commission may institute actions or proceedings for legal or equitable remedies in the Circuit Court for Marion County or in the circuit court for the county to which the commission’s order is directed or within which all or a portion of the applicable city is located to enforce compliance with the provisions of any order issued under this section or to restrain violations thereof. Such actions or proceedings may be instituted without the necessity of prior agency notice, hearing and order on an alleged violation. [1989 c.761 §7; 1991 c.817 §25; 1993 c.804 §11; 1995 c.301 §36; 1995 c.778 §1]
197.340 Weight given to goals in planning practice; regional diversity and needs. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, other state agencies and local governments shall give the goals equal weight in any matter in which the goals are required to be applied.
(2) The commission and the department shall consider and recognize regional diversity and differences in regional needs when making or reviewing a land use decision or otherwise applying the goals. [1981 c.748 §20; 1987 c.729 §1; 1995 c.521 §2]
197.350 Burden of persuasion or proof in appeal to board or commission. (1) A party appealing a land use decision or limited land use decision made by a local government to the board or Land Conservation and Development Commission has the burden of persuasion.
(2) A local government that claims an exception to a goal adopted by the commission has the burden of persuasion.
(3) There shall be no burden of proof in administrative proceedings under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197. [1981 c.748 §10a; 1983 c.827 §43; 1991 c.817 §26]
197.352 [2005 c.1; 2007 c.354 §28; 2007 c.424 §4; renumbered 195.305 in 2007]
197.353 Measure 37 timelines; death of claimant. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Claimant” means a person that makes a Measure 37 claim.
(b) “Measure 37 claim” means a written demand for compensation under ORS 197.352.
(c) “Land use regulation” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.352.
(d) “Owner” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.352.
(e) “Public entity” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.352.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 197.352 (4) and (6), if a Measure 37 claim was made on or after November 1, 2006:
(a) Just compensation under ORS 197.352 is due the owner of the property from the public entity only if the land use regulation continues to be enforced against the property 540 days after the Measure 37 claim is made to the public entity; and
(b) The owner of the subject property has a cause of action for compensation under ORS 197.352 (6) only if a land use regulation continues to apply to the subject property more than 540 days after the Measure 37 claim is made.
(3) If a claimant is an individual, the ability to make or prosecute a Measure 37 claim is not affected by the death of the claimant during the extended review period provided by subsection (2) of this section, and the ability to make or prosecute a Measure 37 claim for property that belonged to the claimant passes to the person who acquires the property by devise or by operation of law. [2007 c.133 §2]
Note: 197.353 includes references to 197.352, which was amended and renumbered as 195.305 by action of the Legislative Assembly. See section 28, chapter 354, Oregon Laws 2007, and sections 1, 1a and 4, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 2007. The text of 197.353 was not amended to reflect the amendments or renumbering. Editorial adjustment of 197.353 for the amendments to and renumbering of 197.352 has not been made.
EXPEDITED AND MIDDLE HOUSING LAND DIVISIONS
197.360 “Expedited land division” defined; applicability. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Expedited land division” means a division of land under ORS 92.010 to 92.192, 92.205 to 92.245 or 92.830 to 92.845 by a local government that:
(A) Includes only land that is zoned for residential uses and is within an urban growth boundary.
(B) Is solely for the purposes of residential use, including recreational or open space uses accessory to residential use.
(C) Does not provide for dwellings or accessory buildings to be located on land that is specifically mapped and designated in the comprehensive plan and land use regulations for full or partial protection of natural features under the statewide planning goals that protect:
(i) Open spaces, scenic and historic areas and natural resources;
(ii) The Willamette River Greenway;
(iii) Estuarine resources;
(iv) Coastal shorelands; and
(v) Beaches and dunes.
(D) Satisfies minimum street or other right-of-way connectivity standards established by acknowledged land use regulations or, if such standards are not contained in the applicable regulations, as required by statewide planning goals or rules.
(E) Will result in development that either:
(i) Creates enough lots or parcels to allow building residential units at 80 percent or more of the maximum net density permitted by the zoning designation of the site; or
(ii) Will be sold or rented to households with incomes below 120 percent of the median family income for the county in which the project is built.
(b) “Expedited land division” includes land divisions that create three or fewer parcels under ORS 92.010 to 92.192 and meet the criteria set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) An expedited land division as described in this section is not a land use decision or a limited land use decision under ORS 197.015 or a permit under ORS 215.402 or 227.160.
(3) The provisions of ORS 197.360 to 197.380 apply to all elements of a local government comprehensive plan and land use regulations applicable to a land division, including any planned unit development standards and any procedures designed to regulate:
(a) The physical characteristics of permitted uses;
(b) The dimensions of the lots or parcels to be created; or
(c) Transportation, sewer, water, drainage and other facilities or services necessary for the proposed development, including but not limited to right-of-way standards, facility dimensions and on-site and off-site improvements.
(4) An application for an expedited land division submitted to a local government shall describe the manner in which the proposed division complies with each of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. [1995 c.595 §7; 2015 c.260 §1]
197.365 Application; notice to neighbors; comment period. Unless the applicant requests to use the procedure set forth in a comprehensive plan and land use regulations, a local government shall use the following procedure for an expedited land division, as described in ORS 197.360, or a middle housing land division under ORS 92.031:
(1)(a) If the application for a land division is incomplete, the local government shall notify the applicant of exactly what information is missing within 21 days of receipt of the application and allow the applicant to submit the missing information. For purposes of computation of time under this section, the application shall be deemed complete on the date the applicant submits the requested information or refuses in writing to submit it.
(b) If the application was complete when first submitted or the applicant submits the requested additional information within 180 days of the date the application was first submitted, approval or denial of the application shall be based upon the standards and criteria that were applicable at the time the application was first submitted.
(2) The local government shall provide written notice of the receipt of the completed application for a land division to any state agency, local government or special district responsible for providing public facilities or services to the development and to owners of property within 100 feet of the entire contiguous site for which the application is made. The notification list shall be compiled from the most recent property tax assessment roll. For purposes of appeal to the referee under ORS 197.375, this requirement shall be deemed met when the local government can provide an affidavit or other certification that such notice was given. Notice shall also be provided to any neighborhood or community planning organization recognized by the governing body and whose boundaries include the site.
(3) The notice required under subsection (2) of this section shall:
(a) State:
(A) The deadline for submitting written comments;
(B) That issues that may provide the basis for an appeal to the referee must be raised in writing prior to the expiration of the comment period; and
(C) That issues must be raised with sufficient specificity to enable the local government to respond to the issue.
(b) Set forth, by commonly used citation, the applicable criteria for the decision.
(c) Set forth the street address or other easily understood geographical reference to the subject property.
(d) State the place, date and time that comments are due.
(e) State a time and place where copies of all evidence submitted by the applicant will be available for review.
(f) Include the name and telephone number of a local government contact person.
(g) Briefly summarize the local decision-making process for the land division decision being made.
(4) After notice under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the local government shall:
(a) Provide a 14-day period for submission of written comments prior to the decision.
(b) Make a decision to approve or deny the application within 63 days of receiving a completed application, based on whether it satisfies the substantive requirements of the applicable land use regulations. An approval may include conditions to ensure that the application meets the applicable land use regulations. For applications subject to this section, the local government:
(A) Shall not hold a hearing on the application; and
(B) Shall issue a written determination of compliance or noncompliance with applicable land use regulations that includes a summary statement explaining the determination. The summary statement may be in any form reasonably intended to communicate the local government’s basis for the determination.
(c) Provide notice of the decision to the applicant and to those who received notice under subsection (2) of this section within 63 days of the date of a completed application. The notice of decision shall include:
(A) The summary statement described in paragraph (b)(B) of this subsection; and
(B) An explanation of appeal rights under ORS 197.375. [1995 c.595 §8; 2015 c.260 §3; 2021 c.103 §6]
197.370 Failure of local government to timely act on application. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if the local government does not make a decision on an expedited land division or a middle housing land division, as defined in ORS 92.031, within 63 days after the application is deemed complete, the applicant may apply in the circuit court for the county in which the application was filed for a writ of mandamus to compel the local government to issue the approval. The writ shall be issued unless the local government shows that the approval would violate a substantive provision of the applicable land use regulations or the requirements of ORS 92.031 or 197.360. A decision of the circuit court under this section may be appealed only to the Court of Appeals.
(2) After seven days’ notice to the applicant, the governing body of the local government may, at a regularly scheduled public meeting, take action to extend the 63-day time period to a date certain for one or more applications for an expedited land division or a middle housing land division prior to the expiration of the 63-day period, based on a determination that an unexpected or extraordinary increase in applications makes action within 63 days impracticable. In no case shall an extension be to a date more than 120 days after the application was deemed complete. Upon approval of an extension, the provisions of ORS 92.031 and 197.360 to 197.380, including the mandamus remedy provided by subsection (1) of this section, shall remain applicable to the land division, except that the extended period shall be substituted for the 63-day period wherever applicable.
(3) The decision to approve or not approve an extension under subsection (2) of this section is not a land use decision or limited land use decision. [1995 c.595 §9; 2021 c.103 §7]
197.375 Appeal of local government to referee; Court of Appeals. (1) An appeal of a decision made under ORS 197.360 and 197.365 or under ORS 92.031 and 197.365 shall be made as follows:
(a) An appeal must be filed with the local government within 14 days of mailing of the notice of the decision under ORS 197.365 (4) and shall be accompanied by a $300 deposit for costs.
(b) A decision may be appealed by:
(A) The applicant; or
(B) Any person or organization who files written comments in the time period established under ORS 197.365.
(c) An appeal shall be based solely on allegations:
(A) Of violation of the substantive provisions of the applicable land use regulations;
(B) Of unconstitutionality of the decision;
(C) That the application is not eligible for review under ORS 92.031 or 197.360 to 197.380 and should be reviewed as a land use decision or limited land use decision; or
(D) That the parties’ substantive rights have been substantially prejudiced by an error in procedure by the local government.
(2) The local government shall appoint a referee to decide the appeal of a decision made under this section. The referee may not be an employee or official of the local government. However, a local government that has designated a hearings officer under ORS 215.406 or 227.165 may designate the hearings officer as the referee for appeals of a decision made under ORS 197.360 and 197.365.
(3) Within seven days of being appointed to decide the appeal, the referee shall notify the applicant, the local government, the appellant if other than the applicant, any person or organization entitled to notice under ORS 197.365 (2) that provided written comments to the local government and all providers of public facilities and services entitled to notice under ORS 197.365 (2) and advise them of the manner in which they may participate in the appeal. A person or organization that provided written comments to the local government but did not file an appeal under subsection (1) of this section may participate only with respect to the issues raised in the written comments submitted by that person or organization. The referee may use any procedure for decision-making consistent with the interests of the parties to ensure a fair opportunity to present information and argument. The referee shall provide the local government an opportunity to explain its decision, but is not limited to reviewing the local government decision and may consider information not presented to the local government.
(4)(a) The referee shall apply the substantive requirements of the applicable land use regulations and ORS 92.031 or 197.360. If the referee determines that the application does not qualify as an expedited land division or a middle housing land division, as defined in ORS 92.031, the referee shall remand the application for consideration as a land use decision or limited land use decision. In all other cases, the referee shall seek to identify means by which the application can satisfy the applicable requirements.
(b) For an expedited land use division, the referee may not reduce the density of the land division application.
(c) The referee shall make a written decision approving or denying the application or approving it with conditions designed to ensure that the application satisfies the land use regulations, within 42 days of the filing of an appeal. The referee may not remand the application to the local government for any reason other than as set forth in this subsection.
(5) Unless the governing body of the local government finds exigent circumstances, a referee who fails to issue a written decision within 42 days of the filing of an appeal shall receive no compensation for service as referee in the appeal.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the referee shall order the local government to refund the deposit for costs to an appellant who materially improves his or her position from the decision of the local government. The referee shall assess the cost of the appeal in excess of the deposit for costs, up to a maximum of $500, including the deposit paid under subsection (1) of this section, against an appellant who does not materially improve his or her position from the decision of the local government. The local government shall pay the portion of the costs of the appeal not assessed against the appellant. The costs of the appeal include the compensation paid the referee and costs incurred by the local government, but not the costs of other parties.
(7) The Land Use Board of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to consider any decisions, aspects of decisions or actions made under ORS 92.031 or 197.360 to 197.380.
(8) Any party to a proceeding before a referee under this section may seek judicial review of the referee’s decision in the manner provided for review of final orders of the Land Use Board of Appeals under ORS 197.850 and 197.855. The Court of Appeals shall review decisions of the referee in the same manner as provided for review of final orders of the Land Use Board of Appeals in those statutes. However, notwithstanding ORS 197.850 (9) or any other provision of law, the court shall reverse or remand the decision only if the court finds:
(a) That the decision does not concern an expedited land division as described in ORS 197.360 or middle housing land division as defined in ORS 92.031 and the appellant raised this issue in proceedings before the referee;
(b) That there is a basis to vacate the decision as described in ORS 36.705 (1)(a) to (d), or a basis for modification or correction of an award as described in ORS 36.710; or
(c) That the decision is unconstitutional. [1995 c.595 §10; 2003 c.598 §37; 2021 c.103 §8]
197.380 Application fees. Each city and county shall establish application fees for an expedited land division and a middle housing land division, as defined in ORS 92.031. The fees must be set at a level calculated to recover the estimated full cost of processing an application, including the cost of appeals to the referee under ORS 197.375, based on the estimated average cost of such applications. Within one year of establishing a fee under this section, the city or county shall review and revise the fee, if necessary, to reflect actual experience in processing applications under ORS 92.031 and 197.360 to 197.380. [1995 c.595 §11; 1999 c.348 §8; 2021 c.103 §9]
ACTIVITIES ON FEDERAL LAND
197.390 Activities on federal land; list; permit required; enjoining violations. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall study and compile a list of all activities affecting land use planning which occur on federal land and which the state may regulate or control in any degree.
(2) No activity listed by the commission pursuant to subsection (1) of this section which the state may regulate or control which occurs upon federal land shall be undertaken without a permit issued under ORS 197.395.
(3) Any person or agency acting in violation of subsection (2) of this section may be enjoined in civil proceedings brought in the name of the State of Oregon. [1975 c.486 §2; 1981 c.748 §33]
197.395 Application for permit; review and issuance; conditions; restrictions; review. (1) Any person or public agency desiring to initiate an activity which the state may regulate or control and which occurs upon federal land shall apply to the local government in which the activity will take place for a permit. The application shall contain an explanation of the activity to be initiated, the plans for the activity and any other information required by the local government as prescribed by rule of the Land Conservation and Development Commission.
(2) If the local government finds after review of the application that the proposed activity complies with goals and the comprehensive plans of the local government affected by the activity, it shall approve the application and issue a permit for the activity to the person or public agency applying for the permit. If the governing body does not approve or disapprove the permit within 60 days of receipt of the application, the application shall be considered approved.
(3) The local government may prescribe and include in the permit any conditions or restrictions that it considers necessary to assure that the activity complies with the goals and the comprehensive plans of the local governments affected by the activity.
(4) Actions pursuant to this section are subject to review under ORS 197.830 to 197.845. [1975 c.486 §3; 1977 c.664 §26; 1979 c.772 §7c; 1981 c.748 §40; 1983 c.827 §44]
197.400 [1973 c.80 §25; 1977 c.664 §27; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
AREAS OF CRITICAL CONCERN
197.405 Designation of areas of critical state concern; commission recommendation; committee review; approval by Legislative Assembly. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission may recommend to appropriate legislative committees the designation of areas of critical state concern. Each such recommendation:
(a) Shall specify the reasons for the implementation of additional state regulations for the described geographic area;
(b) Shall include a brief summary of the existing programs and regulations of state and local agencies applicable to the area;
(c) May include a management plan for the area indicating the programs and regulations of state and local agencies, if any, unaffected by the proposed state regulations for the area;
(d) May establish permissible use limitations for all or part of the area;
(e) Shall locate a boundary describing the area; and
(f) May designate permissible use standards for all or part of the lands within the area or establish standards for issuance or denial of designated state or local permits regulating specified uses of lands in the area, or both.
(2) The commission may act under subsection (1) of this section on its own motion or upon the recommendation of a state agency or a local government. If the commission receives a recommendation from a state agency or a local government and finds the proposed area to be unsuitable for designation, it shall notify the state agency or the local government of its decision and its reasons for that decision.
(3) Immediately following its decision to favorably recommend to the Legislative Assembly the designation of an area of critical state concern, the commission shall submit the proposed designation accompanied by the supporting materials described in subsection (1) of this section to the appropriate legislative committees for review.
(4) No proposed designation under subsection (1) of this section shall take effect unless it has first been submitted to appropriate legislative committees under subsection (3) of this section and has been approved by the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly may adopt, amend or reject the proposed designation. [1973 c.80 §26; 1977 c.664 §28; 1981 c.748 §12; 2007 c.354 §11]
197.410 Use and activities regulated; enjoining violations. (1) No use or activity subjected to state regulations required or allowed for a designated area of critical state concern shall be undertaken except in accordance with the applicable state regulations.
(2) Any person or agency acting in violation of subsection (1) of this section may be enjoined in civil proceedings brought in the name of the county or the State of Oregon. [1973 c.80 §30; 1977 c.664 §29; 1981 c.748 §13]
197.415 [1973 c.80 §27; 1977 c.664 §30; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
197.416 Metolius Area of Critical State Concern. (1) As used in this section, “Metolius Area of Critical State Concern” means the areas identified as Area 1 and Area 2 in the management plan recommended by the Land Conservation and Development Commission.
(2) Pursuant to ORS 197.405 (4), the Legislative Assembly hereby approves the recommendation of the commission, submitted to the Legislative Assembly on April 2, 2009, that the Metolius Area of Critical State Concern be designated an area of critical state concern.
(3) The Legislative Assembly approves the management plan included in the commission’s recommendation pursuant to ORS 197.405 (1)(c) and directs the commission to adopt the management plan, by rule, without change except that:
(a) The management plan must require:
(A) The commission to give notice of proposed amendments to the management plan to the governing bodies of Jefferson County and of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation; and
(B) If either governing body files a written objection to the proposed amendments, the commission to adopt the proposed amendments only if the commission finds by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed amendments meet the requirements of subsection (5) of this section.
(b) The management plan must limit development of a small-scale recreation community within township 13 south, range 10 east, sections 20, 21, 28 and 29 in Jefferson County so that all units must be sited within up to 25 clusters that may be connected only by a road system. The commission may not enforce, and shall modify, a contrary provision in the management plan.
(c) Descriptions in the management plan of annual average water use must refer to annual average consumptive water use. The commission may not enforce, and shall modify, a contrary provision in the management plan.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the commission may amend the management plan only as provided in the management plan and only pursuant to applicable rulemaking procedures.
(5) In addition to limitations on development that are contained in the management plan, new development allowed by amendment of the management plan, except development allowed by the administrative amendments required by subsection (3) of this section, may not result in:
(a) Negative impact on the Metolius River, its springs or its tributaries;
(b) Negative impact on fish resources in the Metolius Area of Critical State Concern; or
(c) Negative impact on the wildlife resources in the Metolius Area of Critical State Concern.
(6) A county may not approve siting a destination resort in the Metolius Area of Critical State Concern. [2009 c.712 §1]
Note: 197.416 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.420 [1973 c.80 §28; 1977 c.664 §31; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
197.425 [1973 c.80 §29; 1977 c.664 §32; repealed by 1981 c.748 §56]
197.430 Enforcement powers. If the county governing body or the Land Conservation and Development Commission determines the existence of an alleged violation under ORS 197.410, it may:
(1) Investigate, hold hearings, enter orders and take action that it deems appropriate under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197, as soon as possible.
(2) For the purpose of investigating conditions relating to the violation, through its members or its duly authorized representatives, enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property.
(3) Conduct public hearings.
(4) Publish its findings and recommendations as they are formulated relative to the violation.
(5) Give notice of any order relating to a particular violation of the state regulations for the area involved or a particular violation of ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 by mailing notice to the person or public body conducting or proposing to conduct the project affected in the manner provided by ORS chapter 183. [1973 c.80 §31; 1977 c.664 §33; 1981 c.748 §14]
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
(Temporary provisions relating to transfer of development rights pilot program)
Note: Sections 6 to 8, chapter 636, Oregon Laws 2009, provide:
Sec. 6. (1) There is established the Oregon Transfer of Development Rights Pilot Program in the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Working with the State Forestry Department, the State Department of Agriculture and local governments and with other state agencies, as appropriate, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall implement the pilot program.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt rules to implement the pilot program. The commission, by rule, may:
(a) Establish a maximum ratio of transferable development rights to severed development interests in a sending area for each pilot project. The maximum ratio:
(A) Must be calculated to protect lands planned and zoned for forest use and to create incentives for owners of land in the sending area to participate in the pilot project;
(B) May not exceed one transferable development right to one severed development interest if the receiving area is outside of urban growth boundaries and outside unincorporated communities;
(C) May not exceed two transferable development rights to one severed development interest if the receiving area is in an unincorporated community; and
(D) Must be consistent with plans for public facilities and services in the receiving area.
(b) Require participating owners of land in a sending area to grant conservation easements pursuant to ORS 271.715 to 271.795, or otherwise obligate themselves, to ensure that additional residential development of their property does not occur.
(3) The commission, by rule, shall establish a process for selecting pilot projects from among potential projects nominated by local governments. The process must require local governments to nominate potential projects by submitting a concept plan for each proposed pilot project, including proposed amendments, if any, to the comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan that are necessary to implement the pilot project.
(4) When selecting a pilot project, the commission must find that the pilot project is:
(a) Reasonably likely to provide a net benefit to the forest economy or the agricultural economy of this state;
(b) Designed to avoid or minimize adverse effects on transportation, natural resources, public facilities and services, nearby urban areas and nearby farm and forest uses; and
(c) Designed so that new development authorized in a receiving area does not conflict with a resource or area inventoried under a statewide land use planning goal relating to natural resources, scenic and historic areas and open spaces, or with an area identified as a Conservation Opportunity Area in the “Oregon Conservation Strategy” adopted by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission and published by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife in September of 2006.
(5) The commission may select up to three pilot projects for the transfer of development rights under sections 6 to 8, chapter 636, Oregon Laws 2009.
(6) A sending area for a pilot project under sections 6 to 8, chapter 636, Oregon Laws 2009:
(a) Must be planned and zoned for forest use;
(b) May not exceed 10,000 acres; and
(c) Must contain four or fewer dwelling units per square mile.
(7) The commission may establish additional requirements for sending areas.
(8)(a) Except as provided otherwise in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a local government participating in a pilot project shall select a receiving area for the pilot project based on the following priorities:
(A) First priority is lands within an urban growth boundary.
(B) Second priority is lands that are adjacent to an urban growth boundary and that are subject to an exception from a statewide land use planning goal relating to agricultural lands or forestlands.
(C) Third priority is lands that are:
(i) Within an urban unincorporated community or a rural community; or
(ii) In a resort community, or a rural service center, that contains at least 100 dwelling units at the time the pilot project is approved.
(D) Fourth priority is exception areas approved under ORS 197.732 that are adjacent to urban unincorporated communities or rural communities, if the county agrees to bring the receiving area within the boundaries of the community and to provide the community with water and sewer service.
(b) The commission may authorize a local government to select lower priority lands over higher priority lands for a receiving area in a pilot project only if the local government has established, to the satisfaction of the commission, that selecting higher priority lands as the receiving area is not likely to result in the severance and transfer of a significant proportion of the development interests in the sending area within five years after the receiving area is established.
(c) The minimum residential density of development allowed in receiving areas intended for residential development is:
(A) For second priority lands described in paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection, at least five dwelling units per net acre or 125 percent of the average residential density allowed within the urban growth boundary when the pilot project is approved by the commission, whichever is greater.
(B) For third priority and fourth priority lands described in paragraph (a)(C) and (D) of this subsection, at least 125 percent of the average residential density allowed on land planned for residential use within the unincorporated community when the pilot project is approved by the commission.
(d) For third and fourth priority lands described in paragraph (a)(C) and (D) of this subsection that are within one jurisdiction but adjacent to another jurisdiction, the written consent of the adjacent jurisdiction is required for designation of the receiving area.
(e) A receiving area may not be located within 10 miles of the Portland metropolitan area urban growth boundary.
(9) The commission may establish additional requirements for receiving areas.
(10) The commission, by rule, may provide a bonus in the form of a higher transfer ratio if a substantial portion of the new development in the receiving area of the pilot project is affordable housing within an urban growth boundary. [2009 c.636 §6; 2010 c.5 §3; 2011 c.144 §1]
Sec. 7. (1) Notwithstanding contrary provisions of statewide land use planning goals relating to public facilities and services and urbanization, and notwithstanding ORS 215.700 to 215.780, a local government may change its comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan to allow residential development in a receiving area consistent with sections 6 to 8, chapter 636, Oregon Laws 2009, if the Land Conservation and Development Commission has approved a concept plan for the pilot project.
(2) The local governments having land use jurisdiction over lands included in the sending area and the receiving area for the pilot project shall adopt amendments to their respective comprehensive plans and land use regulations implementing the plans that are consistent with subsection (3) of this section.
(3) When the commission has approved a proposed concept plan, the local governments having land use jurisdiction over the affected sending area and affected receiving area shall adopt overlay zone provisions and corresponding amendments to the comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan that identify the additional development allowed through participation in the pilot project. The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall review the overlay zones and corresponding comprehensive plan amendments in the manner of periodic review under ORS 197.628 to 197.650 [series became 197.628 to 197.651].
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 197.296 and 197.298 and statewide land use planning goals relating to urbanization, a local government may amend its urban growth boundary to include adjacent lands in a receiving area, consistent with an approved concept plan, if the net residential density of development authorized in the receiving area is at least five dwelling units per net acre or 125 percent of the average residential density allowed on land planned for residential use within the urban growth boundary when the pilot project is approved by the commission, whichever is greater.
(5) Local governments or other entities may establish a development rights bank or other system to facilitate the transfer of development rights.
(6) A county shall review an application for a pilot project under sections 6 to 8, chapter 636, Oregon Laws 2009, as a comprehensive plan amendment. A county may apply other procedures, including master plan approval, site plan review or conditional use review as the county finds appropriate to subsequent phases of review of the pilot project.
(7) When development rights transfers authorized by the pilot project under sections 6 to 8, chapter 636, Oregon Laws 2009, result in the transfer of development rights from the jurisdiction of one local government to another local government and cause a potential shift of ad valorem tax revenues between jurisdictions, the local governments may enter into an intergovernmental agreement under ORS 190.003 to 190.130 that provides for sharing between the local governments of the prospective ad valorem tax revenues derived from new development in the receiving area. [2009 c.636 §7; 2011 c.144 §2]
Sec. 8. (1) The Department of Land Conservation and Development, the State Forestry Department, a local government participating in the Oregon Transfer of Development Rights Pilot Program or a third-party holder identified by the Department of Land Conservation and Development may hold, monitor or enforce a conservation easement pursuant to ORS 271.715 to 271.795 or other property interest to ensure that lands in sending areas do not retain residential development rights transferred under sections 6 to 8 of this 2009 Act.
(2) An entity that is eligible to be a holder of a conservation easement may acquire, from a willing seller in the manner provided by ORS 271.715 to 271.795, the right to carry out a use of land authorized under rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission implementing the pilot program. [2009 c.636 §8]
(Temporary provisions relating to Grant County guest ranch)
Note: Section 2, chapter 686, Oregon Laws 2011, provides:
Sec. 2. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Associated property” means real property, and improvements, that is contiguous to and in common ownership with the development area.
(b) “Development area” means certain property containing a guest ranch and consisting of approximately 5,000 acres in common ownership that are located in township 17 south, range 31 east and township 17 south, range 32 east, Grant County.
(2) Subject to approval of a master plan submitted to Grant County, the guest ranch may be expanded in the development area in one or more phases to include the uses authorized under this section if Grant County finds that the master plan for the development area meets the standards set forth in subsections (4), (5) and (6) of this section, notwithstanding:
(a) Sections 2 and 3, chapter 84, Oregon Laws 2010.
(b) Statewide land use planning goals and rules implementing the goals and without taking an exception under ORS 197.732 to a goal.
(c) The lot size and dwelling standards of ORS 215.700 to 215.780.
(d) Provisions of the acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulations of Grant County except as:
(A) Provided otherwise in this section; or
(B) Necessary to protect the public health and safety.
(3) The development area may:
(a) Contain up to 575 units of overnight accommodations, including but not limited to lodging units, cabins, townhomes and fractional ownerships. Overnight accommodations that are not lodging units, timeshares or fractional ownerships must be subject to deed restrictions that limit use of the accommodations to use as overnight accommodations.
(b) Include restaurants, meeting and conference facilities and commercial uses to meet the needs of visitors to the development area and associated property.
(c) Include developed recreational facilities including, but not limited to, tennis courts, spa facilities, equestrian facilities, swimming pools and bicycle paths.
(d) Not include sites for new residential dwellings unless otherwise permitted under existing law or developed for employees of the guest ranch or other uses allowed in the development area.
(4) The uses authorized by this section that are to be developed on or after January 1, 2010, must be constructed in the development area.
(5) Roads, utility corridors and utility facilities necessary to serve the development area are authorized uses. Roads in the development area:
(a) Must be all-weather roads.
(b) Must remain unpaved to the greatest extent practicable to discourage car use in most parts of the development area.
(c) Must be wide enough to accommodate emergency equipment.
(6) Upon receipt of an application for approval of a master plan for the development and use of the development area, Grant County shall approve the master plan if the county finds that the master plan:
(a) Demonstrates that the important natural features of the development area and associated property, including but not limited to habitat of threatened or endangered species, streams, rivers and significant wetlands, will be retained. Grant County may authorize alteration of important natural features, including the placement of structures that maintain the overall values of the natural features, under the county’s applicable acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations.
(b) Demonstrates that the development area and associated property will be managed to provide significant public benefits in the form of:
(A) Wildlife and aquatic habitat improvements, including tree planting, enhancement of riparian areas and restoration of meadows for wildlife; and
(B) Training and education programs.
(c) Demonstrates that the development area and associated property will be managed to provide a significant number of permanent jobs in Grant and Harney Counties, to encourage the growth of ancillary and support businesses in Grant and Harney Counties, to encourage expansion of tourism opportunities for Grant and Harney Counties, and to provide opportunities to educate the public about sustainable ranching and wildlife rehabilitation in conjunction with Oregon State University or another educational institution in the State of Oregon.
(d) Contains design criteria and standards that promote sustainability in the development area. The criteria and standards must promote energy and water conservation, reduce, based on consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, adverse impacts of development on wildlife and reduce, based on consultation with the State Forestry Department, wildfire risk.
(e) Demonstrates that overnight accommodations will be clustered to minimize adverse impacts on fish and wildlife.
(f) Includes a proposed plat to create lots for the first phase of development in the development area.
(7) The planning director of Grant County may:
(a) Approve by administrative review an amendment to an approved master plan or an associated land division plan; or
(b) If the planning director determines that the proposed change may impact the findings made pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, refer the amendment to the Grant County Court for review. If the planning director refers a proposed amendment to the court, the court shall approve the proposed change if the master plan, as amended, or the associated land division plan, as amended, remains consistent with the requirements of this section.
(8) Grant County shall:
(a) Apply only the provisions of this section and the master plan as standards and criteria for approval or amendment of the master plan and associated land division applications and development permit applications submitted pursuant to this section.
(b) Process the master plan and associated land division applications pursuant to the procedural review provisions of the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations. [2011 c.686 §2]
(Temporary provisions relating to Stevens Road tract in City of Bend)
Note: Sections 1 to 10, chapter 552, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 1. Sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197. [2021 c.552 §1]
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act:
(1) “City” means the City of Bend.
(2) “Council” has the meaning given that term in ORS 227.010.
(3) “Planning commission” means a planning commission described in ORS 227.090.
(4) “Stevens Road planning amendments” means amendments to the city’s comprehensive plans, land use regulations or zoning maps that affect the development of the Stevens Road tract.
(5) “Stevens Road tract” means land that:
(a) Is located in tax lot 100 of section 11, township 18 south, range 12 east of the Willamette Meridian in Deschutes County;
(b) Was conveyed to the Department of State Lands through a lot line adjustment bargain and sale deed recorded on October 17, 2019, in the deed records of Deschutes County under recorder number 2019-39926; and
(c) Consists of 261.66 acres, more or less. [2021 c.552 §2]
Sec. 3. Stevens Road planning generally. (1) Actions taken under sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act:
(a) Are not land use decisions, as defined in ORS 197.015.
(b) If taken by the city, are not subject to any review except by the Department of Land Conservation and Development under sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act.
(c) If taken by the department, are not considered rulemaking and are not subject to ORS 183.325 to 183.410 or 183.710 to 183.730 and, notwithstanding ORS 183.484 or 183.485, are appealable directly to the Court of Appeals.
(d) If taken under an exercise of discretion authorized under sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act, are a final action, are entitled to deference and are not subject to an evidentiary review on appeal notwithstanding ORS 34.040 (1)(c), 183.482 (8)(c) or 183.484 (5)(c).
(2) If the department approves Stevens Road planning amendments under sections 7 to 9 of this 2021 Act:
(a) Any subsequent land use decision within the Stevens Road tract is a land use decision subject to the ordinary procedures and requirements of ORS chapters 197 and 227, statewide land use planning goals, rules adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission or the department, the city’s comprehensive plan and land use regulations and the requirements set forth in section 9 (1) of this 2021 Act.
(b) Violations of sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act may be the basis for the initiation of enforcement action under ORS 197.319 to 197.335. [2021 c.552 §3]
Sec. 4. Confirmation of intent. The Department of Land Conservation and Development may not approve an urban growth boundary amendment or Stevens Road planning amendments under sections 6 to 9 of this 2021 Act unless, on or before December 31, 2022:
(1) The city has submitted a letter to the department expressing the city’s nonbinding intent to consider a conceptual plan under section 5 of this 2021 Act; and
(2) The owner of the Stevens Road tract has:
(a) Submitted a letter to the department giving its consent to the city’s pursuit of the urban growth boundary expansion and planning amendments under sections 6 to 9 of this 2021 Act; and
(b) Established an agreement with the city that:
(A) Is binding on the successors of the owners;
(B) Is contingent upon the final approval of the planning amendments; and
(C) Establishes the essential terms, including the price per acre, but not requiring that specific lands be designated, for the department’s conveyances to the city of real property consistent with section 9 (2) and (3) of this 2021 Act. [2021 c.552 §4]
Sec. 5. Conceptual plan approval. (1) As used in this section, “conceptual plan” means an ordinance or resolution adopted by the city’s council that:
(a) Explains in general terms the expected Stevens Road planning amendments, including intended uses and zoning of the Stevens Road tract; and
(b) Explains the factual basis and reasons for the expected Stevens Road planning amendments.
(2) At least 14 days before each opportunity for public participation under subsection (3) of this section, the city must provide published notice of the opportunity.
(3) Before consideration of a conceptual plan, the city must provide opportunities for public participation, including at least:
(a) A public open house;
(b) A meeting of the city’s planning commission where public testimony is considered;
(c) A meeting of the city’s council where public testimony is considered; and
(d) A public comment period.
(4) Before consideration of a conceptual plan, the city must consult with, and provide the opportunity for written comment from, the owner of the Stevens Road tract and the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(5) The city may not submit an approved conceptual plan to the department after July 1, 2022.
(6) The department may approve the conceptual plan if:
(a) The department has received the letters described in section 4 of this 2021 Act; and
(b) In the department’s discretion, considering the conceptual plan along with any supporting documentation and relevant public comment, the proposed development of the Stevens Road tract would be capable of meeting the requirements of sections 7 to 9 of this 2021 Act.
(7) The department may not approve an urban growth boundary expansion or Stevens Road planning amendments under sections 6 to 9 of this 2021 Act unless the department has approved the city’s conceptual plan under this section.
(8) No later than 90 days after receiving a conceptual plan, the department shall approve or remand the conceptual plan by written notice delivered to the city.
(9) No later than 90 days after receiving a notice of remand, the city may approve and submit an amended conceptual plan to the department for review under this section. [2021 c.552 §5]
Sec. 6. Stevens Road urban growth boundary expansion. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 197.286 to 197.314, 197.626 or 197A.320 or any statewide land use planning goal related to housing or urbanization, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall approve an expansion of the urban growth boundary submitted by the city and approved by the city by ordinance, if the department determines that:
(a) The department has received the letters required by section 4 of this 2021 Act;
(b) The department has approved the city’s conceptual plan under section 5 of this 2021 Act; and
(c) The proposed urban growth boundary expansion adds all of the Stevens Road tract and no other lands to the area within the city’s urban growth boundary.
(2) The city shall include the lands brought within the city’s urban growth boundary under this section in the city’s inventory of buildable lands under ORS 197.296 (3)(a). [2021 c.552 §6]
Sec. 7. Department approval of Stevens Road proposed planning amendments. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 197.612, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall approve Stevens Road planning amendments submitted by the city if:
(a) The department has received the letters required by section 4 of this 2021 Act;
(b) The department has approved the city’s conceptual plan under section 5 of this 2021 Act;
(c) The department has approved an expansion of the city’s urban growth boundary under section 6 of this 2021 Act;
(d) The proposed Stevens Road planning amendments were approved by the city through an ordinance adopted and submitted to the department under section 8 of this 2021 Act;
(e) The proposed Stevens Road planning amendments comply with the requirements and standards in section 9 of this 2021 Act; and
(f) The Stevens Road planning amendments are submitted on or before January 1, 2025.
(2) The Stevens Road planning amendments submitted under sections 7 to 9 of this 2021 Act are not operable until they are approved by the department.
(3) The department may consider public comments and testimony before considering approval of the Stevens Road planning amendments.
(4) The department shall approve, remand or remand in part the Stevens Road planning amendments within 180 days. Notwithstanding subsection (1)(f) of this section, within 180 days of a remand, the city may resubmit Stevens Road planning amendments for approval under sections 7 to 9 of this 2021 Act. [2021 c.552 §7]
Sec. 8. City procedural requirements to approve Stevens Road planning amendments. (1) Stevens Road planning amendments may be approved only by an ordinance adopted by the city’s council under this section.
(2) At least 20 days before each opportunity for public participation under subsection (3) of this section, the city must provide broad public notice of the opportunity, including notice through the city’s newsletter, online social media, website and electronic mail lists and any other form of public notice commonly used by the city for land use matters.
(3) Before consideration of an ordinance under this section, the city must provide opportunities for public participation, including at least:
(a) A public open house;
(b) A meeting of the city’s planning commission where public testimony is considered;
(c) A meeting of the city’s council where public testimony is considered;
(d) A public comment period; and
(e) Any other opportunity for public participation required by city ordinance or regulation before adoption of amendments to a comprehensive plan or enactment of land use regulations.
(4) At least seven days before consideration of an ordinance under this section, the city’s council must receive written recommendations from the city’s planning commission on the Stevens Road planning amendments.
(5) Before consideration of an ordinance under this section, the city must consult with, and provide opportunity for written comment from:
(a) Any owner of the Stevens Road tract;
(b) The Department of Land Conservation and Development;
(c) Deschutes County;
(d) The Bend Park and Recreation District; and
(e) Any other local government or special district with jurisdiction over the Stevens Road tract or whose service is likely to be impacted by development of the Stevens Road tract.
(6) Within 10 days after adoption of an ordinance under this section, the city shall submit a copy of the ordinance and any supporting information to the department. [2021 c.552 §8]
Sec. 9. Standards in lieu of goals. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 197.250 or 197.612 or any statewide land use planning goal, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall approve Stevens Road planning amendments provided the department determines, in its discretion, that the Stevens Road planning amendments, with respect to the Stevens Road tract, include:
(a) An inventory of significant historical artifacts, cultural sites and natural resources.
(b) Areas designated for recreational and open space.
(c) Land use regulations for the protection and preservation of significant resources and designated areas identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
(d) Land use regulations that comply with applicable wildfire planning and development requirements, including requirements in regulations adopted to implement a statewide planning goal relating to natural disasters and hazards.
(e) Areas designated for adequate employment lands that account for the city’s most recent economic opportunity analysis, including consideration of subsequent economic development activities and trends.
(f) Within areas zoned for residential purposes, without counting the lands designated under subsection (2) of this section, land use regulations for housing that:
(A) Ensure adequate opportunities for the development of all needed housing types, sizes and densities of market-rate housing, including middle housing as defined in ORS 197.758;
(B) Exceed the proportions of single-family attached and multifamily housing called for in the city’s most recently adopted housing needs analysis under ORS 197.296 (3);
(C) Exceed a minimum density standard of nine residential units per gross residential acre; and
(D) On the date the Stevens Road planning amendments are approved, comply with land use regulations adopted by the city, or any minimum applicable rules adopted by the department, to implement ORS 197.758 and the amendments to ORS 197.312 by section 7, chapter 639, Oregon Laws 2019.
(g) Sufficient areas designated for mixed use development to support and integrate viable commercial and residential uses along with transportation options, including walking, bicycling and transit use.
(h) Land use regulations ensuring that:
(A) Adequate capacity is available, or feasible with development, for water, sewer and storm water services; and
(B) Adequate consideration is given to the financing, scheduling and development of urban services, as defined in ORS 195.065.
(i) Land use regulations for transportation that:
(A) Ensure the development of adequate infrastructure to support walking, bicycling, public transit and motor vehicle movement; and
(B) Give adequate consideration to transportation networks that connect the Stevens Road tract to other areas within the urban growth boundary of the city.
(j) The adequate consideration of the recommendations and comments received under section 8 (3) to (5) of this 2021 Act.
(2) The department may not approve the planning amendments under subsection (1) of this section unless the planning amendments designate at least 20 net acres of land to be:
(a) Restricted so the area may be zoned, planned, sited or developed only for residential housing units at a minimum density of nine residential units per gross acre;
(b) Conveyed to the city at a price per acre established under section 4 (2)(b) of this 2021 Act; and
(c) Notwithstanding ORS 91.225 or 197.309, preserved for a period of no less than 50 years as affordable to own or rent as follows:
(A) At least 12 net acres made affordable to:
(i) Households with incomes of 60 percent or less of the area median income, as defined in ORS 456.270; or
(ii) If part of an income-averaging program approved by the Housing and Community Services Department, households whose incomes average 60 percent or less of the area median income.
(B) At least six net acres:
(i) Made affordable to households with incomes of 80 percent or less of the area median income; and
(ii) Made available, to the extent permitted by law, in a manner that gives a priority to households in which at least one individual is employed by an education provider over other members of the public.
(C) At least two net acres in which at least 80 percent of the units in each contiguous development tract are made affordable to households with 80 percent or less of the area median income, of which at least one net acre is made available, to the extent permitted by law, in a manner that gives a priority to households in which at least one individual is employed by an education provider over other members of the public.
(3) Upon a partition or subdivision of the Stevens Road tract following the approval of the planning amendments under subsection (1) of this section establishing one or more lots or parcels described in subsection (2) of this section, the owner shall transfer those lots or parcels to the city. For a period of 99 years after the purchase of property under this section, if the city resells any lot or parcel, the city may recover only the city’s costs of the purchase and resale of the property.
(4) Neither the city nor the Department of Land Conservation and Development is obligated to adopt any specific findings or evaluate any specific criteria in exercising its discretion with respect to any Stevens Road planning amendments under this section and may receive, solicit or consider information from any source.
(5) As used in this section, “education provider” means a school district as defined in ORS 332.002, an educational program under the Youth Corrections Education Program or Juvenile Detention Education Program as both are defined in ORS 326.695, or an education service district as defined in ORS 334.003. [2021 c.552 §9]
Sec. 10. Sections 2 to 9 of this 2021 Act are repealed on January 2, 2030. [2021 c.552 §10]
(Speedway Destination)
197.431 Expansion of speedway destination site. (1) If the site described in ORS 197.433 (1) is developed and used as a major motor speedway with sanctioned, premier, high speed automobile racing within five years after the county issues a certificate of occupancy for the major motor speedway, the site may be expanded to include additional lands that are adjacent to the site if the additional lands are:
(a) Located in Morrow County within township 4 north, range 24 east of the Willamette Meridian, sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 and the northeast quarter section of section 27; and
(b) Approved as part of a master plan as provided in this section.
(2) After the major motor speedway is developed and used for sanctioned, premier, high speed automobile racing, the governing body of Morrow County may authorize inclusion of the following uses on the speedway destination site that are proposed in a master plan:
(a) Speedway supporting uses and facilities.
(b) Associated uses and facilities not previously authorized pursuant to ORS 197.433 (4).
(c) A speedway theme park not previously authorized pursuant to ORS 197.433 (4).
(d) A speedway destination resort, if the speedway destination resort is approved by Morrow County, subject to the requirements of ORS 197.435 to 197.467, except that the proposed speedway destination resort site need not be included on a map of eligible lands for destination resorts within the county otherwise required under ORS 197.455, but the proposed speedway destination resort site must meet the siting criteria of ORS 197.455.
(3) The Port of Morrow or its designee may apply to the governing body of Morrow County for approval to expand the site described in ORS 197.433 (1) or to amend the uses allowed on the speedway destination site by submission of a master plan as provided in this section. A master plan must:
(a) Set forth the discretionary approvals, if any, required for completion of the development specified in the plan;
(b) Identify the conditions, terms, restrictions and requirements for discretionary approvals;
(c) Establish a process for amending the plan;
(d) If the proposed development of the speedway destination site is to be constructed in phases, specify the dates on which each phase of phased construction is projected to begin and end;
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, comply with the Morrow County comprehensive plan and land use regulations in existence at the time of the application; and
(f) Identify proposed comprehensive plan amendments or zone changes that are necessary to authorize development of a speedway destination site and uses proposed as part of the plan.
(4) The governing body of Morrow County shall review a master plan and proposed changes to the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations that are necessary to implement a proposed master plan as provided in ORS 197.610 to 197.625 and may approve the master plan and the proposed changes if at the time of approval:
(a) The major motor speedway is used for sanctioned, premier, high speed automobile racing; and
(b) The master plan conforms to the requirements of this section and other applicable laws and specifies:
(A) The duration and phasing of development proposed by the plan.
(B) A description, including location, of the proposed uses on the site, including:
(i) The proposed changes to the major motor speedway;
(ii) The proposed associated uses and facilities;
(iii) The proposed speedway supporting uses and facilities;
(iv) A speedway destination resort;
(v) A speedway theme park;
(vi) Sewage works for the speedway destination site, including all facilities necessary for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage;
(vii) Drainage works for the speedway destination site, including facilities necessary for collecting, pumping and disposing of storm and surface water;
(viii) Water supply works and service for the speedway destination site, including the facilities necessary for tapping natural sources of domestic and industrial water, treating and protecting the quality of the water and transmitting it to the site;
(ix) Public parks and recreation facilities, including land and facilities that are necessary for administering and maintaining the public parks, recreation facilities and recreation services;
(x) Public transportation, including public depots, public parking, storage and maintenance facilities and other equipment necessary for the transportation of users and patrons of the major motor speedway and their personal property; and
(xi) Public and private roads.
(C) A description, including location, of additional uses that are not specified in this section, if the additional uses are proposed and approved in accordance with applicable laws, statewide land use planning goals and the provisions of the comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the comprehensive plan.
(D) The density and intensity of proposed uses.
(E) A schedule and plan for obtaining local government review of permits and other authorizations required for the development of allowed uses.
(F) The parties responsible for providing speedway destination site infrastructure and services. [2007 c.819 §4]
Note: 197.431 to 197.434 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.432 Definitions for ORS 197.431 to 197.434. As used in ORS 197.431 to 197.434:
(1) “Associated uses and facilities” means:
(a) Speedway-related and accessory uses and facilities identified in the findings; and
(b) Road course garage units.
(2) “Findings” means the Morrow County Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, dated June 21, 2002, and September 24, 2003, in the matter of an application by the Port of Morrow for comprehensive plan and zoning amendments to allow the siting of a speedway and related facilities at the Port of Morrow.
(3) “Major motor speedway” means one or more race tracks including, at a minimum:
(a) An asphalt oval super speedway of at least seven-eighths mile with grandstand seating capacity of 20,000 or more; or
(b) An asphalt road course of at least two miles with grandstand seating capacity of 20,000 or more.
(4) “Premier, high speed automobile racing” means automobile racing that is projected to attract 20,000 or more spectators to a race.
(5) “Road course garage unit” means a facility consisting of garages and residential spaces not intended for overnight use.
(6) “Sanctioned” means subject to contractual agreements with one or more major professional automobile racing organizations that may include, but are not limited to:
(a) Champ Car;
(b) Indy Racing League (IRL);
(c) National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR);
(d) World of Outlaws (WoO);
(e) National Hot Rod Association (NHRA);
(f) International Hot Rod Association (IHRA);
(g) Sports Car Club of America (SCCA);
(h) Grand American Road Racing Association (Grand Am);
(i) Automobile Club de l’Ouest (American Le Mans); and
(j) Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
(7) “Speedway destination resort” means a destination resort within the boundaries of the speedway destination site that is approved under ORS 197.431 and 197.435 to 197.467.
(8) “Speedway destination site” means a site containing a major motor speedway, associated uses and facilities and speedway supporting uses and facilities.
(9) “Speedway supporting uses and facilities” means transient lodging, restaurants, meeting facilities and other commercial uses limited to the types and levels of use necessary to meet the needs of users and patrons of a major motor speedway.
(10) “Speedway theme park” means an amusement park associated with a major motor speedway and based on a speedway theme that:
(a) Is developed and operated primarily for the purpose of entertaining users and patrons of the major motor speedway, but available, as well, to the general public; and
(b) Consists of a collection of entertainment uses and facilities commonly associated with outdoor fairs and theme parks:
(A) Including mechanical rides, games, go-cart tracks, miniature golf courses, BMX bicycle tracks, water parks and athletic fields; and
(B) Not including cinemas, bowling alleys, theaters, concert halls or similar recreational or entertainment uses commonly allowed inside urban growth boundaries.
(11) “Transient lodging” means a unit consisting of a room or a suite of rooms that is available for a period of occupancy that typically does not exceed 30 days and for which the lodging operator:
(a) Charges on a daily basis and does not collect more than six days in advance; and
(b) Provides maid and linen service daily or every two days as part of the regularly charged cost of occupancy. [2005 c.842 §1; 2007 c.819 §1]
Note: See note under 197.431.
197.433 Development of major motor speedway. (1) On a site approved for development of a major motor speedway, pursuant to an exception to statewide land use planning goals relating to agricultural lands, public facilities and services and urbanization that was acknowledged before September 2, 2005, if the site is developed and used as a major motor speedway with sanctioned, premier, high speed automobile racing within five years after the county issues a certificate of occupancy for the major motor speedway, the governing body of Morrow County or its designee may authorize the ancillary development of transient lodging, associated uses and facilities and a speedway theme park that were not previously authorized under subsection (4) of this section:
(a) Without taking further exception to the statewide land use planning goals relating to agricultural lands, public facilities and services and urbanization.
(b) Primarily for the use of users and patrons of the major motor speedway but available, as well, to the general public.
(c) Without regard to the limitations on the size or occupancy of speedway-related and accessory uses and facilities specified in the findings.
(d) Without regard to use limitations specified in section H (10) of the June 21, 2002, findings for a multipurpose recreational facility.
(e) Without regard to the limitation on hours of operation specified in the findings for outdoor recreational facilities.
(2) The major motor speedway authorized in the findings and by this section may be developed:
(a) Without taking further exception to the statewide land use planning goals relating to agricultural lands, public facilities and services and urbanization.
(b) Without regard to the specific size, placement or configuration of the tracks specified in the findings.
(3) Subject to the requirements of ORS 197.610 to 197.625, notwithstanding the local process for review and approval of a proposal to amend the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations that is contained in an acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations, the governing body of Morrow County may review and approve a proposal to make the changes to the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations to allow the uses authorized by this section on the site described in subsection (1) of this section through an expedited local review and approval process in which the final approval of the county may be granted after only one evidentiary hearing.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the governing body of Morrow County may approve the development, in conjunction with the development of the major motor speedway, but prior to the establishment of sanctioned, premier, high speed automobile racing at the major motor speedway, of up to 250 road course garage units, 100 units of transient lodging with an associated restaurant and public facilities necessary to support those uses.
(5) Impacts of a speedway destination site, adjacent residential development and transient lodging on the transportation system must be mitigated to the satisfaction of the Department of Transportation at the time of development. [2005 c.842 §2; 2007 c.819 §2]
Note: See note under 197.431.
197.434 Traffic impacts of speedway destination. (1) The private developer of the speedway destination site is financially responsible for addressing, through traffic infrastructure improvements and upgrades, adverse traffic impacts that cannot be adequately mitigated, in the judgment of road authorities, through the use of temporary traffic management measures.
(2) The private developer, or the organizer of a specific event or activity at the speedway destination site, is financially responsible for temporary traffic management measures required to mitigate the adverse traffic impacts of events or activities at the speedway destination site.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, transportation infrastructure projects required by the establishment and use of the major motor speedway may receive funding from any source of moneys for transportation infrastructure projects. [2005 c.842 §3]
Note: See note under 197.431.
DESTINATION RESORTS
197.435 Definitions for ORS 197.435 to 197.467. As used in ORS 197.435 to 197.467:
(1) “Developed recreational facilities” means improvements constructed for the purpose of recreation and may include but are not limited to golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, marinas, ski runs and bicycle paths.
(2) “High value crop area” means an area in which there is a concentration of commercial farms capable of producing crops or products with a minimum gross value of $1,000 per acre per year. These crops and products include field crops, small fruits, berries, tree fruits, nuts or vegetables, dairying, livestock feedlots or Christmas trees as these terms are used in the 1983 County and State Agricultural Estimates prepared by the Oregon State University Extension Service. The “high value crop area” designation is used for the purpose of minimizing conflicting uses in resort siting and does not revise the requirements of an agricultural land goal or administrative rules interpreting the goal.
(3) “Map of eligible lands” means a map of the county adopted pursuant to ORS 197.455.
(4) “Open space” means any land that is retained in a substantially natural condition or is improved for recreational uses such as golf courses, hiking or nature trails or equestrian or bicycle paths or is specifically required to be protected by a conservation easement. Open spaces may include ponds, lands protected as important natural features, lands preserved for farm or forest use and lands used as buffers. Open space does not include residential lots or yards, streets or parking areas.
(5) “Overnight lodgings” means:
(a) With respect to lands not identified in paragraph (b) of this subsection, permanent, separately rentable accommodations that are not available for residential use, including hotel or motel rooms, cabins and time-share units. Individually owned units may be considered overnight lodgings if they are available for overnight rental use by the general public for at least 45 weeks per calendar year through a central reservation and check-in service. Tent sites, recreational vehicle parks, manufactured dwellings, dormitory rooms and similar accommodations do not qualify as overnight lodgings for the purpose of this definition.
(b) With respect to lands in eastern Oregon, as defined in ORS 321.805, permanent, separately rentable accommodations that are not available for residential use, including hotel or motel rooms, cabins and time-share units. Individually owned units may be considered overnight lodgings if they are available for overnight rental use by the general public for at least 38 weeks per calendar year through a central reservation system operated by the destination resort or by a real estate property manager, as defined in ORS 696.010. Tent sites, recreational vehicle parks, manufactured dwellings, dormitory rooms and similar accommodations do not qualify as overnight lodgings for the purpose of this definition.
(6) “Self-contained development” means a development for which community sewer and water facilities are provided on-site and are limited to meet the needs of the development or are provided by existing public sewer or water service as long as all costs related to service extension and any capacity increases are borne by the development. A “self-contained development” must have developed recreational facilities provided on-site.
(7) “Tract” means a lot or parcel or more than one contiguous lot or parcel in a single ownership. A tract may include property that is not included in the proposed site for a destination resort if the property to be excluded is on the boundary of the tract and constitutes less than 30 percent of the total tract.
(8) “Visitor-oriented accommodations” means overnight lodging, restaurants and meeting facilities that are designed to and provide for the needs of visitors rather than year-round residents. [1987 c.886 §3; 1989 c.648 §52; 1993 c.590 §1; 2003 c.812 §1; 2005 c.22 §140]
197.440 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) It is the policy of this state to promote Oregon as a vacation destination and to encourage tourism as a valuable segment of our state’s economy;
(2) There is a growing need to provide year-round destination resort accommodations to attract visitors and encourage them to stay longer. The establishment of destination resorts will provide jobs for Oregonians and contribute to the state’s economic development;
(3) It is a difficult and costly process to site and establish destination resorts in rural areas of this state; and
(4) The siting of destination resort facilities is an issue of statewide concern. [1987 c.886 §2]
197.445 Destination resort criteria; phase-in requirements; annual accounting. A destination resort is a self-contained development that provides for visitor-oriented accommodations and developed recreational facilities in a setting with high natural amenities. To qualify as a destination resort under ORS 30.947, 197.435 to 197.467, 215.213, 215.283 and 215.284, a proposed development must meet the following standards:
(1) The resort must be located on a site of 160 acres or more except within two miles of the ocean shoreline where the site shall be 40 acres or more.
(2) At least 50 percent of the site must be dedicated to permanent open space, excluding streets and parking areas.
(3) At least $7 million must be spent on improvements for on-site developed recreational facilities and visitor-oriented accommodations exclusive of costs for land, sewer and water facilities and roads. Not less than one-third of this amount must be spent on developed recreational facilities.
(4) Visitor-oriented accommodations including meeting rooms, restaurants with seating for 100 persons and 150 separate rentable units for overnight lodging shall be provided. However, the rentable overnight lodging units may be phased in as follows:
(a) On lands not described in paragraph (b) of this subsection:
(A) A total of 150 units of overnight lodging must be provided.
(B) At least 75 units of overnight lodging, not including any individually owned homes, lots or units, must be constructed or guaranteed through surety bonding or equivalent financial assurance prior to the closure of sale of individual lots or units.
(C) The remaining overnight lodging units must be provided as individually owned lots or units subject to deed restrictions that limit their use to use as overnight lodging units. The deed restrictions may be rescinded when the resort has constructed 150 units of permanent overnight lodging as required by this subsection.
(D) The number of units approved for residential sale may not be more than two units for each unit of permanent overnight lodging provided under this paragraph.
(E) The development approval must provide for the construction of other required overnight lodging units within five years of the initial lot sales.
(b) On lands in eastern Oregon, as defined in ORS 321.805:
(A) A total of 150 units of overnight lodging must be provided.
(B) At least 50 units of overnight lodging must be constructed prior to the closure of sale of individual lots or units.
(C) At least 50 of the remaining 100 required overnight lodging units must be constructed or guaranteed through surety bonding or equivalent financial assurance within five years of the initial lot sales.
(D) The remaining required overnight lodging units must be constructed or guaranteed through surety bonding or equivalent financial assurances within 10 years of the initial lot sales.
(E) The number of units approved for residential sale may not be more than 2-1/2 units for each unit of permanent overnight lodging provided under this paragraph.
(F) If the developer of a resort guarantees the overnight lodging units required under subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph through surety bonding or other equivalent financial assurance, the overnight lodging units must be constructed within four years of the date of execution of the surety bond or other equivalent financial assurance.
(5) Commercial uses allowed are limited to types and levels of use necessary to meet the needs of visitors to the development. Industrial uses of any kind are not permitted.
(6) In lieu of the standards in subsections (1), (3) and (4) of this section, the standards set forth in subsection (7) of this section apply to a destination resort:
(a) On land that is not defined as agricultural or forest land under any statewide planning goal;
(b) On land where there has been an exception to any statewide planning goal on agricultural lands, forestlands, public facilities and services and urbanization; or
(c) On such secondary lands as the Land Conservation and Development Commission deems appropriate.
(7) The following standards apply to the provisions of subsection (6) of this section:
(a) The resort must be located on a site of 20 acres or more.
(b) At least $2 million must be spent on improvements for on-site developed recreational facilities and visitor-oriented accommodations exclusive of costs for land, sewer and water facilities and roads. Not less than one-third of this amount must be spent on developed recreational facilities.
(c) At least 25 units, but not more than 75 units, of overnight lodging must be provided.
(d) Restaurant and meeting room with at least one seat for each unit of overnight lodging must be provided.
(e) Residential uses must be limited to those necessary for the staff and management of the resort.
(f) The governing body of the county or its designee has reviewed the resort proposed under this subsection and has determined that the primary purpose of the resort is to provide lodging and other services oriented to a recreational resource which can only reasonably be enjoyed in a rural area. Such recreational resources include, but are not limited to, a hot spring, a ski slope or a fishing stream.
(g) The resort must be constructed and located so that it is not designed to attract highway traffic. Resorts may not use any manner of outdoor advertising signing except:
(A) Tourist oriented directional signs as provided in ORS 377.715 to 377.830; and
(B) On-site identification and directional signs.
(8) Spending required under subsections (3) and (7) of this section is stated in 1993 dollars. The spending required shall be adjusted to the year in which calculations are made in accordance with the United States Consumer Price Index.
(9) When making a land use decision authorizing construction of a destination resort in eastern Oregon, as defined in ORS 321.805, the governing body of the county or its designee shall require the resort developer to provide an annual accounting to document compliance with the overnight lodging standards of this section. The annual accounting requirement commences one year after the initial lot or unit sales. The annual accounting must contain:
(a) Documentation showing that the resort contains a minimum of 150 permanent units of overnight lodging or, during the phase-in period, documentation showing the resort is not yet required to have constructed 150 units of overnight lodging.
(b) Documentation showing that the resort meets the lodging ratio described in subsection (4) of this section.
(c) For a resort counting individually owned units as qualified overnight lodging units, the number of weeks that each overnight lodging unit is available for rental to the general public as described in ORS 197.435. [1987 c.886 §4; 1993 c.590 §2; 2003 c.812 §2; 2005 c.22 §141; 2007 c.593 §1]
197.450 Siting without taking goal exception. In accordance with the provisions of ORS 30.947, 197.435 to 197.467, 215.213, 215.283 and 215.284, a comprehensive plan may provide for the siting of a destination resort on rural lands without taking an exception to statewide planning goals relating to agricultural lands, forestlands, public facilities and services or urbanization. [1987 c.886 §5]
197.455 Siting of destination resorts; sites from which destination resort excluded. (1) A destination resort may be sited only on lands mapped as eligible for destination resort siting by the affected county. The county may not allow destination resorts approved pursuant to ORS 197.435 to 197.467 to be sited in any of the following areas:
(a) Within 24 air miles of an urban growth boundary with an existing population of 100,000 or more unless residential uses are limited to those necessary for the staff and management of the resort.
(b)(A) On a site with 50 or more contiguous acres of unique or prime farmland identified and mapped by the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, or its predecessor agency.
(B) On a site within three miles of a high value crop area unless the resort complies with the requirements of ORS 197.445 (6) in which case the resort may not be closer to a high value crop area than one-half mile for each 25 units of overnight lodging or fraction thereof.
(c) On predominantly Cubic Foot Site Class 1 or 2 forestlands as determined by the State Forestry Department, which are not subject to an approved goal exception.
(d) In the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area as defined by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act, P.L. 99-663.
(e) In an especially sensitive big game habitat area:
(A) As determined by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife in July 1984, and in additional especially sensitive big game habitat areas designated by a county in an acknowledged comprehensive plan; or
(B) If the State Fish and Wildlife Commission amends the 1984 determination with respect to an entire county and the county amends its comprehensive plan to reflect the commission’s subsequent determination, as designated in the acknowledged comprehensive plan.
(f) On a site in which the lands are predominantly classified as being in Fire Regime Condition Class 3, unless the county approves a wildfire protection plan that demonstrates the site can be developed without being at a high overall risk of fire.
(2) In carrying out subsection (1) of this section, a county shall adopt, as part of its comprehensive plan, a map consisting of eligible lands within the county. The map must be based on reasonably available information and may be amended pursuant to ORS 197.610 to 197.625, but not more frequently than once every 30 months. The county shall develop a process for collecting and processing concurrently all map amendments made within a 30-month planning period. A map adopted pursuant to this section shall be the sole basis for determining whether tracts of land are eligible for destination resort siting pursuant to ORS 197.435 to 197.467. [1987 c.886 §6; 1993 c.590 §3; 1997 c.249 §57; 2003 c.812 §3; 2005 c.22 §142; 2005 c.205 §1; 2010 c.32 §1]
197.460 Compatibility with adjacent land uses; county measures; economic impact analysis; traffic impact analysis. A county shall ensure that a destination resort is compatible with the site and adjacent land uses through the following measures:
(1) Important natural features, including habitat of threatened or endangered species, streams, rivers and significant wetlands shall be retained. Riparian vegetation within 100 feet of streams, rivers and significant wetlands shall be retained. Alteration of important natural features, including placement of structures that maintain the overall values of the feature may be allowed.
(2) Improvements and activities shall be located and designed to avoid or minimize adverse effects of the resort on uses on surrounding lands, particularly effects on intensive farming operations in the area. At a minimum, measures to accomplish this shall include:
(a) Establishment and maintenance of buffers between the resort and adjacent land uses, including natural vegetation and where appropriate, fences, berms, landscaped areas and other similar types of buffers.
(b) Setbacks of structures and other improvements from adjacent land uses.
(3) If the site is west of the summit of the Coast Range and within 10 miles of an urban growth boundary, or if the site is east of the summit of the Coast Range and within 25 miles of an urban growth boundary, the county shall require the applicant to submit an economic impact analysis of the proposed development that includes analysis of the projected impacts within the county and within cities whose urban growth boundaries are within the distance specified in this subsection.
(4) If the site is west of the summit of the Coast Range and within 10 miles of an urban growth boundary, or if the site is east of the summit of the Coast Range and within 25 miles of an urban growth boundary, the county shall require the applicant to submit a traffic impact analysis of the proposed development that includes measures to avoid or mitigate a proportionate share of adverse effects of transportation on state highways and other transportation facilities affected by the proposed development, including transportation facilities in the county and in cities whose urban growth boundaries are within the distance specified in this subsection. [1987 c.886 §7; 2010 c.32 §2]
197.462 Use of land excluded from destination resort. A portion of a tract that is excluded from the site of a destination resort pursuant to ORS 197.435 (7) shall not be used or operated in conjunction with the resort. Subject to this limitation, the use of the excluded property shall be governed by otherwise applicable law. [1993 c.590 §7]
197.465 Comprehensive plan implementing measures. An acknowledged comprehensive plan that allows for siting of a destination resort shall include implementing measures which:
(1) Map areas where a destination resort described in ORS 197.445 (1) to (5) is permitted pursuant to ORS 197.455;
(2) Limit uses and activities to those defined by ORS 197.435 and allowed by ORS 197.445; and
(3) Assure that developed recreational facilities and key facilities intended to serve the entire development and visitor-oriented accommodations are physically provided or are guaranteed through surety bonding or substantially equivalent financial assurances prior to closure of sale of individual lots or units. In phased developments, developed recreational facilities and other key facilities intended to serve a particular phase shall be constructed prior to sales in that phase or guaranteed through surety bonding. [1987 c.886 §8]
197.467 Conservation easement to protect resource site. (1) If a tract to be used as a destination resort contains a resource site designated for protection in an acknowledged comprehensive plan pursuant to open spaces, scenic and historic areas and natural resource goals in an acknowledged comprehensive plan, that tract of land shall preserve that site by conservation easement sufficient to protect the resource values of the resource site as set forth in ORS 271.715 to 271.795.
(2) A conservation easement under this section shall be recorded with the property records of the tract on which the destination resort is sited. [1993 c.590 §5]
MOBILE HOME, MANUFACTURED DWELLING AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
197.475 Policy. The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to provide for mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks within all urban growth boundaries to allow persons and families a choice of residential settings. [1987 c.785 §3; 1989 c.648 §53]
197.480 Planning for parks; procedures; inventory. (1) Each city and county governing body shall provide, in accordance with urban growth management agreements, for mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks as an allowed use, by July 1, 1990, or by the next periodic review after January 1, 1988, whichever comes first:
(a) By zoning ordinance and by comprehensive plan designation on buildable lands within urban growth boundaries; and
(b) In areas planned and zoned for a residential density of six to 12 units per acre sufficient to accommodate the need established pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(2) A city or county shall establish a projection of need for mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks based on:
(a) Population projections;
(b) Household income levels;
(c) Housing market trends of the region; and
(d) An inventory of mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks sited in areas planned and zoned or generally used for commercial, industrial or high density residential development.
(3) The inventory required by subsection (2)(d) and subsection (4) of this section shall establish the need for areas to be planned and zoned to accommodate the potential displacement of the inventoried mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a city or county within a metropolitan service district, established pursuant to ORS chapter 268, shall inventory the mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks sited in areas planned and zoned or generally used for commercial, industrial or high density residential development no later than two years from September 27, 1987.
(5)(a) A city or county may establish clear and objective criteria and standards for the placement and design of mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks.
(b) If a city or county requires a hearing before approval of a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park, application of the criteria and standards adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be the sole issue to be determined at the hearing.
(c) No criteria or standards established under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be adopted which would preclude the development of mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks within the intent of ORS 197.286 and 197.475 to 197.490. [1987 c.785 §4; 1989 c.648 §54]
197.485 Prohibition on restrictions of manufactured dwelling. (1) A jurisdiction may not prohibit placement of a manufactured dwelling, due solely to its age, in a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park in a zone with a residential density of eight to 12 units per acre.
(2) A jurisdiction may not prohibit placement of a manufactured dwelling, due solely to its age, on a buildable lot or parcel located outside urban growth boundaries or on a space in a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park, if the manufactured dwelling is being relocated due to the closure of a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park or a portion of a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park.
(3) A jurisdiction may impose reasonable safety and inspection requirements for homes that were not constructed in conformance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5403). [1987 c.785 §5; 1989 c.648 §55; 2005 c.22 §143; 2005 c.826 §12; 2007 c.906 §10]
197.488 Replacement of park destroyed by natural disaster. (1) As used in this section, “natural disaster” includes any disaster resulting in the declaration of a state of emergency under ORS 401.165 or 401.309 for wildfires, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes or similar events, including disasters began by negligent or intentional acts.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 215.130 (5) to (11) or any land use regulation, statewide land use planning goal or Land Conservation and Development Commission rule, a local government:
(a) Shall, if the development complies with the local government’s floodplain and other natural hazard land use regulations, approve an application for the development of a manufactured dwelling park:
(A) To replace a park destroyed by a natural disaster; or
(B) That is in an area rezoned under paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(b) May, by approval of the governing body, approve a zoning change for an area within an urban growth boundary near the destroyed park to permit the development of a manufactured dwelling park where the destruction of manufactured dwellings from the natural disaster has contributed to a shortage in housing.
(3) A local government may require an applicant to prove that the destroyed park was assessed as a building or structure for purposes of ad valorem taxation for the most recent property tax year ending before the disaster.
(4) In reviewing an application under this section, a local government may not require that an applicant prove that the destroyed park was lawful under the existing land use regulations at any time, including when the building, structure or use was established, at the time of interruption or destruction or at the time of the application.
(5) The approval of an application for development of a park under this section does not expire. [2021 c.260 §2]
Note: Section 5, chapter 260, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 5. Sections 2 [197.488] and 4 [446.198] of this 2021 Act apply to manufactured dwelling parks destroyed by natural disasters occurring on or after September 1, 2020. [2021 c.260 §5]
Note: 197.488 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.490 Restriction on establishment of park. (1) Except as provided by ORS 446.105, a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park shall not be established on land, within an urban growth boundary, which is planned or zoned for commercial or industrial use.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, if no other access is available, access to a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park may be provided through a commercial or industrial zone. [1987 c.785 §6; 1989 c.648 §56]
197.492 Definitions for ORS 197.492 and 197.493. As used in this section and ORS 197.493:
(1) “Manufactured dwelling park” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.003.
(2) “Mobile home park” and “recreational vehicle” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 446.007.
(3) “Recreational vehicle park”:
(a) Means a place where two or more recreational vehicles are located within 500 feet of one another on a lot, tract or parcel of land under common ownership and having as its primary purpose:
(A) The renting of space and related facilities for a charge or fee; or
(B) The provision of space for free in connection with securing the patronage of a person.
(b) Does not mean:
(A) An area designated only for picnicking or overnight camping; or
(B) A manufactured dwelling park or mobile home park. [2005 c.619 §11; 2019 c.422 §30]
Note: 197.492 and 197.493 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.493 Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle. (1) A state agency or local government may not prohibit the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle, or impose any limit on the length of occupancy of a recreational vehicle as a residential dwelling, solely on the grounds that the occupancy is in a recreational vehicle, if the recreational vehicle is:
(a)(A) Located in a manufactured dwelling park, mobile home park or recreational vehicle park;
(B) Occupied as a residential dwelling; and
(C) Lawfully connected to water and electrical supply systems and a sewage disposal system; or
(b) Is on a lot or parcel with a manufactured dwelling or single-family dwelling that is uninhabitable due to damages from a natural disasters, including wildfires, earthquakes, flooding or storms, until no later than the date:
(A) The dwelling has been repaired or replaced and an occupancy permit has been issued;
(B) The local government makes a determination that the owner of the dwelling is unreasonably delaying in completing repairs or replacing the dwelling; or
(C) Twenty-four months after the date the dwelling first became uninhabitable.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not limit the authority of a state agency or local government to impose other special conditions on the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle. [2005 c.619 §12; 2021 c.235 §1]
Note: See note under 197.492.
MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT
197.505 Definitions for ORS 197.505 to 197.540. As used in ORS 197.505 to 197.540:
(1) “Public facilities” means those public facilities for which a public facilities plan is required under ORS 197.712.
(2) “Special district” refers to only those entities as defined in ORS 197.015 (19) that provide services for which public facilities plans are required. [1980 c.2 §2; 1991 c.839 §1; 1993 c.438 §4; 1995 c.463 §1; 1999 c.838 §1; 2005 c.22 §144; 2007 c.354 §29]
197.510 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) The declaration of moratoria on construction and land development by cities, counties and special districts may have a negative effect not only on property owners, but also on the housing and economic development policies and goals of other local governments within the state, and therefore, is a matter of statewide concern.
(2) Such moratoria, particularly when limited in duration and scope, and adopted pursuant to growth management systems that further the statewide planning goals and local comprehensive plans, may be both necessary and desirable.
(3) Clear state standards should be established to ensure that:
(a) The need for moratoria is considered and documented;
(b) The impact on property owners, housing and economic development is minimized; and
(c) Necessary and properly enacted moratoria are not subjected to undue litigation. [1980 c.2 §1; 1991 c.839 §2; 1995 c.463 §2]
197.520 Manner of declaring moratorium. (1) No city, county or special district may adopt a moratorium on construction or land development unless it first:
(a) Provides written notice to the Department of Land Conservation and Development at least 45 days prior to the final public hearing to be held to consider the adoption of the moratorium;
(b) Makes written findings justifying the need for the moratorium in the manner provided for in this section; and
(c) Holds a public hearing on the adoption of the moratorium and the findings which support the moratorium.
(2) For urban or urbanizable land, a moratorium may be justified by demonstration of a need to prevent a shortage of public facilities which would otherwise occur during the effective period of the moratorium. Such a demonstration shall be based upon reasonably available information, and shall include, but need not be limited to, findings:
(a) Showing the extent of need beyond the estimated capacity of existing public facilities expected to result from new land development, including identification of any public facilities currently operating beyond capacity, and the portion of such capacity already committed to development;
(b) That the moratorium is reasonably limited to those areas of the city, county or special district where a shortage of key public facilities would otherwise occur; and
(c) That the housing and economic development needs of the area affected have been accommodated as much as possible in any program for allocating any remaining public facility capacity.
(3) A moratorium not based on a shortage of public facilities under subsection (2) of this section may be justified only by a demonstration of compelling need. Such a demonstration shall be based upon reasonably available information and shall include, but need not be limited to, findings:
(a) For urban or urbanizable land:
(A) That application of existing development ordinances or regulations and other applicable law is inadequate to prevent irrevocable public harm from development in affected geographical areas;
(B) That the moratorium is sufficiently limited to ensure that a needed supply of affected housing types and the supply of commercial and industrial facilities within or in proximity to the city, county or special district are not unreasonably restricted by the adoption of the moratorium;
(C) Stating the reasons alternative methods of achieving the objectives of the moratorium are unsatisfactory;
(D) That the city, county or special district has determined that the public harm which would be caused by failure to impose a moratorium outweighs the adverse effects on other affected local governments, including shifts in demand for housing or economic development, public facilities and services and buildable lands, and the overall impact of the moratorium on population distribution; and
(E) That the city, county or special district proposing the moratorium has determined that sufficient resources are available to complete the development of needed interim or permanent changes in plans, regulations or procedures within the period of effectiveness of the moratorium.
(b) For rural land:
(A) That application of existing development ordinances or regulations and other applicable law is inadequate to prevent irrevocable public harm from development in affected geographical areas;
(B) Stating the reasons alternative methods of achieving the objectives of the moratorium are unsatisfactory;
(C) That the moratorium is sufficiently limited to ensure that lots or parcels outside the affected geographical areas are not unreasonably restricted by the adoption of the moratorium; and
(D) That the city, county or special district proposing the moratorium has developed a work plan and time schedule for achieving the objectives of the moratorium.
(4) No moratorium adopted under subsection (3)(a) of this section shall be effective for a period longer than 120 days, but such a moratorium may be extended provided the city, county or special district adopting the moratorium holds a public hearing on the proposed extension and adopts written findings that:
(a) Verify the problem giving rise to the need for a moratorium still exists;
(b) Demonstrate that reasonable progress is being made to alleviate the problem giving rise to the moratorium; and
(c) Set a specific duration for the renewal of the moratorium. No extension may be for a period longer than six months.
(5) Any city, county or special district considering an extension of a moratorium shall give the department at least 14 days’ notice of the time and date of the public hearing on the extension. [1980 c.2 §3; 1991 c.839 §3; 1995 c.463 §3]
197.522 Local government to approve subdivision, partition or construction; conditions. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Needed housing” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.303.
(b) “Partition” has the meaning given that term in ORS 92.010.
(c) “Permit” means a permit as defined in ORS 215.402 and a permit as defined in ORS 227.160.
(d) “Subdivision” has the meaning given that term in ORS 92.010.
(2) A local government shall approve an application for a permit, authorization or other approval necessary for the subdivision or partitioning of, or construction on, any land for needed housing that is consistent with the comprehensive plan and applicable land use regulations.
(3) If an application is inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and applicable land use regulations, the local government, prior to making a final decision on the application, shall allow the applicant to offer an amendment or to propose conditions of approval that would make the application consistent with the plan and applicable regulations. If an applicant seeks to amend the application or propose conditions of approval:
(a) A county may extend the time limitation under ORS 215.427 for final action by the governing body of a county on an application for needed housing and may set forth a new time limitation for final action on the consideration of future amendments or proposals.
(b) A city may extend the time limitation under ORS 227.178 for final action by the governing body of a city on an application for needed housing and may set forth a new time limitation for final action on the consideration of future amendments or proposals.
(4) A local government shall deny an application that is inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and applicable land use regulations and that cannot be made consistent through amendments to the application or the imposition of reasonable conditions of approval. [1999 c.838 §4; 2015 c.374 §3]
Note: 197.522 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.524 Local government to adopt moratorium or public facilities strategy following pattern or practice of delaying or stopping issuance of permits. (1) When a local government engages in a pattern or practice of delaying or stopping the issuance of permits, authorizations or approvals necessary for the subdivision or partitioning of, or construction on, any land, including delaying or stopping issuance based on a shortage of public facilities, the local government shall:
(a) Adopt a public facilities strategy under ORS 197.768; or
(b) Adopt a moratorium on construction or land development under ORS 197.505 to 197.540.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to the delay or stopping of the issuance of permits, authorizations or approvals because they are inconsistent with the local government’s comprehensive plan or land use regulations. [1999 c.838 §3]
197.530 Correction program; procedures. (1) A city, county or special district that adopts a moratorium on construction or land development in conformity with ORS 197.520 (1) and (2) shall within 60 days after the effective date of the moratorium adopt a program to correct the problem creating the moratorium. The program shall be presented at a public hearing. The city, county or special district shall give at least 14 days’ advance notice to the Department of Land Conservation and Development of the time and date of the public hearing.
(2) No moratorium adopted under ORS 197.520 (2) shall be effective for a period longer than six months from the date on which the corrective program is adopted, but such a moratorium may be extended provided the city, county or special district adopting the moratorium holds a public hearing on the proposed extension and adopts written findings that:
(a) Verify that the problem giving rise to the moratorium still exists;
(b) Demonstrate that reasonable progress is being made to alleviate the problem giving rise to the moratorium; and
(c) Set a specific duration for the renewal of the moratorium.
(3) No single extension under subsection (2) of this section may be for a period longer than six months, and no moratorium shall be extended more than three times.
(4) Any city, county or special district considering an extension of a moratorium shall give the department at least 14 days’ notice of the time and date of the public hearing on the extension. [1980 c.2 §4; 1991 c.839 §4]
197.540 Review by Land Use Board of Appeals. (1) In the manner provided in ORS 197.830 to 197.845, the Land Use Board of Appeals shall review upon petition by a county, city or special district governing body or state agency or a person or group of persons whose interests are substantially affected, any moratorium on construction or land development or a corrective program alleged to have been adopted in violation of the provisions of ORS 197.505 to 197.540.
(2) If the board determines that a moratorium or corrective program was not adopted in compliance with the provisions of ORS 197.505 to 197.540, the board shall issue an order invalidating the moratorium.
(3) All review proceedings conducted by the Land Use Board of Appeals under subsection (1) of this section shall be based on the administrative record, if any, that is the subject of the review proceeding. The board shall not substitute its judgment for a finding solely of fact for which there is substantial evidence in the whole record.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 to the contrary, the sole standard of review of a moratorium on construction or land development or a corrective program is under the provisions of this section, and such a moratorium shall not be reviewed for compliance with the statewide planning goals adopted under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197.
(5) The review of a moratorium on construction or land development under subsection (1) of this section shall be the sole authority for review of such a moratorium, and there shall be no authority for review in the circuit courts of this state. [1980 c.2 §5; 1983 c.827 §45; 2001 c.672 §9]
197.550 [1995 s.s. c.3 §20; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.553 [1995 s.s. c.3 §19; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.556 [1995 s.s. c.3 §21; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.559 [1995 s.s. c.3 §23; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.562 [1995 s.s. c.3 §24; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.565 [1995 s.s. c.3 §22; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.568 [1995 s.s. c.3 §25; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.571 [1995 s.s. c.3 §26; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.574 [1995 s.s. c.3 §27; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.577 [1995 s.s. c.3 §28; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.581 [1995 s.s. c.3 §29; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.584 [1995 s.s. c.3 §30; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.587 [1995 s.s. c.3 §30a; 1997 c.800 §10; renumbered 267.334 in 1997]
197.590 [1995 s.s. c.3 §31; repealed by 1996 c.12 §14]
197.605 [1981 c.748 §3; repealed by 1983 c.827 §59]
POST-ACKNOWLEDGMENT PROCEDURES
197.610 Submission of proposed comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes to Department of Land Conservation and Development; rules. (1) Before a local government adopts a change, including additions and deletions, to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation, the local government shall submit the proposed change to the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall specify, by rule, the deadline for submitting proposed changes, but in all cases the proposed change must be submitted at least 20 days before the local government holds the first evidentiary hearing on adoption of the proposed change. The commission may not require a local government to submit the proposed change more than 35 days before the first evidentiary hearing.
(2) If a local government determines that emergency circumstances beyond the control of the local government require expedited review, the local government shall submit the proposed changes as soon as practicable, but may submit the proposed changes after the applicable deadline.
(3) Submission of the proposed change must include all of the following materials:
(a) The text of the proposed change to the comprehensive plan or land use regulation implementing the plan;
(b) If a comprehensive plan map or zoning map is created or altered by the proposed change, a copy of the map that is created or altered;
(c) A brief narrative summary of the proposed change and any supplemental information that the local government believes may be useful to inform the director or members of the public of the effect of the proposed change;
(d) The date set for the first evidentiary hearing;
(e) The form of notice or a draft of the notice to be provided under ORS 197.797, if applicable; and
(f) Any staff report on the proposed change or information describing when the staff report will be available, and how a copy of the staff report can be obtained.
(4) The director shall cause notice of the proposed change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or the land use regulation to be provided to:
(a) Persons that have requested notice of changes to the acknowledged comprehensive plan of the particular local government, using electronic mail, electronic bulletin board, electronic mailing list server or similar electronic method; and
(b) Persons that are generally interested in changes to acknowledged comprehensive plans, by posting notices periodically on a public website using the Internet or a similar electronic method.
(5) When a local government determines that the land use statutes, statewide land use planning goals and administrative rules of the commission that implement either the statutes or the goals do not apply to a proposed change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan and the land use regulations, submission of the proposed change under this section is not required.
(6) If, after submitting the materials described in subsection (3) of this section, the proposed change is altered to such an extent that the materials submitted no longer reasonably describe the proposed change, the local government must notify the Department of Land Conservation and Development of the alterations to the proposed change and provide a summary of the alterations along with any alterations to the proposed text or map to the director at least 10 days before the final evidentiary hearing on the proposal. The director shall cause notice of the alterations to be given in the manner described in subsection (4) of this section. Circumstances requiring resubmission of a proposed change may include, but are not limited to, a change in the principal uses allowed under the proposed change or a significant change in the location at which the principal uses would be allowed, limited or prohibited.
(7) When the director determines that a proposed change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation may not be in compliance with land use statutes or the statewide land use planning goals, including administrative rules implementing either the statutes or the goals, the department shall notify the local government of the concerns at least 15 days before the final evidentiary hearing, unless there is only one hearing or the proposed change has been modified to the extent that resubmission is required under subsection (6) of this section.
(8) Notwithstanding subsection (7) of this section, the department may provide advisory recommendations to the local government concerning the proposed change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulation. [1981 c.748 §4; 1983 c.827 §7; 1985 c.565 §27; 1989 c.761 §20; 1999 c.622 §1; 2011 c.280 §1]
197.612 Comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes to conform plan or regulations to new requirement in statute, goal or rule. (1) Notwithstanding contrary provisions of state and local law, a local government that proposes a change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation solely for the purpose of conforming the plan and regulations to new requirements in a land use statute, statewide land use planning goal or rule of the Land Conservation and Development Commission implementing the statutes or goals may take action to change the comprehensive plan or the land use regulation without holding a public hearing if:
(a) The local government gives notice to the Department of Land Conservation and Development of the proposed change in the manner provided by ORS 197.610 and 197.615; and
(b) The department confirms in writing that the only effect of the proposed change is to conform the comprehensive plan or the land use regulations to the new requirements.
(2) Notwithstanding the requirement under ORS 197.830 (2) that a person must have appeared before the local government orally or in writing, a person that has not appeared may petition for review of the decision under subsection (1) of this section solely to determine whether the only effect of the local decision is to conform the comprehensive plan or the land use regulation to the new requirements. [2011 c.280 §6]
197.615 Submission of adopted comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes to Department of Land Conservation and Development. (1) When a local government adopts a proposed change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation, the local government shall submit the decision to the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development within 20 days after making the decision.
(2) The submission must contain the following materials:
(a) A copy of the signed decision, the findings and the text of the change to the comprehensive plan or land use regulation;
(b) If a comprehensive plan map or zoning map is created or altered by the proposed change, a copy of the map that is created or altered;
(c) A brief narrative summary of the decision, including a summary of substantive differences from the proposed change submitted under ORS 197.610 and any supplemental information that the local government believes may be useful to inform the director or members of the public of the effect of the actual change; and
(d) A statement by the individual transmitting the submission, identifying the date of the decision and the date of the submission.
(3) The director shall cause notice of the decision and an explanation of the requirements for appealing the land use decision under ORS 197.830 to 197.845 to be provided to:
(a) Persons that have requested notice of changes to the acknowledged comprehensive plan of the particular local government, using electronic mail, electronic bulletin board, electronic mailing list server or similar electronic method; and
(b) Persons that are generally interested in changes to acknowledged comprehensive plans, by posting notices periodically on a public website using the Internet or a similar electronic method.
(4) On the same day the local government submits the decision to the director, the local government shall mail, or otherwise deliver, notice to persons that:
(a) Participated in the local government proceedings that led to the decision to adopt the change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or the land use regulation; and
(b) Requested in writing that the local government give notice of the change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or the land use regulation.
(5) The notice required by subsection (4) of this section must state how and where the materials described in subsection (2) of this section may be obtained and must:
(a) Include a statement by the individual delivering the notice that identifies the date on which the notice was delivered and the individual delivering the notice;
(b) List the locations and times at which the public may review the decision and findings; and
(c) Explain the requirements for appealing the land use decision under ORS 197.830 to 197.845. [1981 c.748 §5; 1983 c.827 §9; 1999 c.255 §1; 2011 c.280 §2]
197.620 Appeal of certain comprehensive plan or land use regulation decision-making. (1) A decision to not adopt a legislative amendment or a new land use regulation is not appealable unless the amendment is necessary to address the requirements of a new or amended goal, rule or statute.
(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of ORS 197.830 (2) that a person have appeared before the local government orally or in writing to seek review of a land use decision, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development or any other person may appeal the decision to the Land Use Board of Appeals if:
(a) The local government failed to submit all of the materials described in ORS 197.610 (3) or, if applicable, ORS 197.610 (6), and the failure to submit the materials prejudiced substantial rights of the Department of Land Conservation and Development or the person;
(b) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the local government submitted the materials described in ORS 197.610 (3) or, if applicable, ORS 197.610 (6), after the deadline specified in ORS 197.610 (1) or (6) or rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission, whichever is applicable; or
(c) The decision differs from the proposed changes submitted under ORS 197.610 to such an extent that the materials submitted under ORS 197.610 do not reasonably describe the decision.
(3) Subsection (2)(b) of this section does not authorize an appeal if the local government cures an untimely submission of materials as provided in this subsection. A local government may cure the untimely submission of materials by either:
(a) Postponing the date for the final evidentiary hearing by the greater of 10 days or the number of days by which the submission was late; or
(b) Holding the evidentiary record open for an additional period of time equal to 10 days or the number of days by which the submission was late, whichever is greater. Additionally, the local government shall provide notice of the postponement or record extension to the Department of Land Conservation and Development. [1981 c.748 §5a; 1983 c.827 §8; 1989 c.761 §21; 1991 c.612 §13a; 2011 c.280 §3]
197.625 Acknowledgment of comprehensive plan or land use regulation changes; application prior to acknowledgment. (1) A local decision adopting a change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation is deemed to be acknowledged when the local government has complied with the requirements of ORS 197.610 and 197.615 and either:
(a) The 21-day appeal period set out in ORS 197.830 (9) has expired and a notice of intent to appeal has not been filed; or
(b) If an appeal has been timely filed, the Land Use Board of Appeals affirms the local decision or, if an appeal of the decision of the board is timely filed, an appellate court affirms the decision.
(2) If the local decision adopting a change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation is affirmed on appeal under ORS 197.830 to 197.855, the comprehensive plan or the land use regulation, as modified, is deemed to be acknowledged upon the date the decision of the board or the decision of an appellate court becomes final.
(3) Prior to acknowledgment of a change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation:
(a) The change is effective at the time specified by local government charter or ordinance; and
(b) If the change was adopted in substantial compliance with ORS 197.610 and 197.615, the local government shall apply the change to land use decisions, expedited land divisions and limited land use decisions unless a stay is granted under ORS 197.845.
(4) Approval of a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision that is subject to an effective but unacknowledged provision of a comprehensive plan or a land use regulation must include findings of compliance with land use statutes, statewide land use planning goals and administrative rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission implementing the statutes or goals that apply to the decision and that the unacknowledged provision implements.
(5) If an effective but unacknowledged provision of a comprehensive plan or a land use regulation fails to gain acknowledgment, a permit or zone change approved, in whole or in part, on the basis of the change does not justify retention of the improvements that were authorized by the permit or zone change.
(6) If requested by a local government, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall issue certification of the acknowledgment upon receipt of an affidavit from:
(a) The local government, attesting that the change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or the land use regulation was accomplished in compliance with ORS 197.610 and 197.615; and
(b) The Land Use Board of Appeals, stating either:
(A) That no notice of appeal was filed within the 21 days allowed under ORS 197.830 (9); or
(B) The date the decision of the board or the decision of an appellate court affirming the change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or the land use regulation became final.
(7) The board shall issue an affidavit for the purposes of subsection (6) of this section within five days after receiving a valid request from the local government. [1981 c.748 §5b; 1983 c.827 §10; 1987 c.729 §6; 1989 c.761 §23; 1991 c.612 §14; 1993 c.792 §44; 1995 c.595 §25; 1999 c.348 §9; 1999 c.621 §5; 2003 c.793 §3; 2011 c.280 §4]
197.626 Submission of land use decisions that expand urban growth boundary or designate urban or rural reserves. (1) A local government shall submit for review and the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall review the following final land use decisions in the manner provided for review of a work task under ORS 197.633 and subject to subsection (3) of this section:
(a) An amendment of an urban growth boundary by a metropolitan service district that adds more than 100 acres to the area within its urban growth boundary;
(b) An amendment of an urban growth boundary by a city with a population of 2,500 or more within its urban growth boundary that adds more than 50 acres to the area within the urban growth boundary;
(c) A designation of an area as an urban reserve under ORS 195.137 to 195.145 by a metropolitan service district or by a city with a population of 2,500 or more within its urban growth boundary;
(d) An amendment of the boundary of an urban reserve by a metropolitan service district;
(e) An amendment of the boundary of an urban reserve to add more than 50 acres to the urban reserve by a city with a population of 2,500 or more within its urban growth boundary; and
(f) A designation or an amendment to the designation of a rural reserve under ORS 195.137 to 195.145 by a county, in coordination with a metropolitan service district, and the amendment of the designation.
(2) When the commission reviews a final land use decision of a metropolitan service district under subsection (1)(a), (c), (d) or (f) of this section, the commission shall issue a final order in writing within 180 days after the commission votes whether to approve the decision.
(3) When reviewing an amendment of an urban growth boundary under subsection (1)(b) of this section and ORS 197.286 to 197.314:
(a) At the request of and in coordination with the city, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall parse work tasks in a manner that allows the Department of Land Conservation and Development to issue final orders approving or remanding sequential phases required for completion of the work tasks, including a final order approving:
(A) An inventory of buildable lands and an opportunities analysis under a goal relating to economic activities or an inventory of buildable lands and a needs analysis under a goal relating to housing needs.
(B) An estimation of the land need under a goal relating to economic activities.
(C) Any response to the department regarding approval of the estimation of land need, including changes proposed to comprehensive plan designations or land use zones.
(b)(A) The director shall take action on each sequential phase of a work task described in paragraph (a) of this subsection not later than 90 days after the local government submits the phase for review, unless the local government waives the 90-day deadline or the commission grants the director an extension.
(B) If the director does not take action within the time period required by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the sequential phase of the work task is deemed approved.
(c) The director may approve or remand a sequential phase of a work task or refer the phase of the work task to the commission for a decision. A decision by the director to approve or remand a phase of the work task may be appealed to the commission.
(d) The director shall provide a letter to the local government certifying the approval of each sequential phase of a work task, unless an interested party has filed a timely objection to the phase of the work task consistent with administrative rules for conducting periodic review.
(4) A final order of the commission under this section may be appealed to the Court of Appeals in the manner described in ORS 197.650 and 197.651. [1999 c.622 §14; 2001 c.672 §10; 2003 c.793 §4; 2007 c.723 §7; 2011 c.469 §1; 2014 c.92 §6; 2017 c.521 §1]
197.627 Meaning of “compliance with the goals” for certain purposes. For the purposes of acknowledgment under ORS 197.251, board review under ORS 197.805 to 197.855, review of a proposed regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658 or periodic review under ORS 197.628 to 197.651, “compliance with the goals” means the comprehensive plan and regulations, on the whole, conform with the purposes of the goals and any failure to meet individual goal requirements is technical or minor in nature. [Formerly 197.747]
Note: 197.627 was made a part of ORS chapter 197 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.628 Periodic review; policy; conditions that indicate need for periodic review. (1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to require the periodic review of comprehensive plans and land use regulations in order to respond to changes in local, regional and state conditions to ensure that the plans and regulations remain in compliance with the statewide planning goals adopted pursuant to ORS 197.230, and to ensure that the plans and regulations make adequate provision for economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall concentrate periodic review assistance to local governments on achieving compliance with those statewide land use planning laws and goals that address economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization.
(3) The following conditions indicate the need for periodic review of comprehensive plans and land use regulations:
(a) There has been a substantial change in circumstances including but not limited to the conditions, findings or assumptions upon which the comprehensive plan or land use regulations were based, so that the comprehensive plan or land use regulations do not comply with the statewide planning goals relating to economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization;
(b) Decisions implementing acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations are inconsistent with the goals relating to economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization;
(c) There are issues of regional or statewide significance, intergovernmental coordination or state agency plans or programs affecting land use which must be addressed in order to bring comprehensive plans and land use regulations into compliance with the goals relating to economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization; or
(d) The local government, commission or Department of Land Conservation and Development determines that the existing comprehensive plan and land use regulations are not achieving the statewide planning goals relating to economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization. [1991 c.612 §2; 1999 c.622 §2; 2005 c.829 §1]
197.629 Schedule for periodic review; coordination. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall establish and maintain a schedule for periodic review of comprehensive plans and land use regulations. Except as necessary to coordinate approved periodic review work programs and to account for special circumstances that from time to time arise, the schedule shall reflect the following timelines:
(a) A city with a population of more than 2,500 within a metropolitan planning organization or a metropolitan service district shall conduct periodic review every seven years after completion of the previous periodic review; and
(b) A city with a population of 10,000 or more inside its urban growth boundary that is not within a metropolitan planning organization shall conduct periodic review every 10 years after completion of the previous periodic review.
(2) A county with a portion of its population within the urban growth boundary of a city subject to periodic review under this section shall conduct periodic review for that portion of the county according to the schedule and work program set for the city.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, if the schedule set for the county is specific as to that portion of the county within the urban growth boundary of a city subject to periodic review under this section, the county shall conduct periodic review for that portion of the county according to the schedule and work program set for the county.
(4) If the Land Conservation and Development Commission pays the costs of a local government that is not subject to subsection (1) of this section to perform new work programs and work tasks, the commission may require the local government to complete periodic review when the local government has not completed periodic review within the previous five years if:
(a) A city has been growing faster than the annual population growth rate of the state for five consecutive years;
(b) A major transportation project on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program that is approved for funding by the Oregon Transportation Commission is likely to:
(A) Have a significant impact on a city or an urban unincorporated community; or
(B) Be significantly affected by growth and development in a city or an urban unincorporated community;
(c) A major facility, including a prison, is sited or funded by a state agency; or
(d) Approval by the city or county of a facility for a major employer will increase employment opportunities and significantly affect the capacity of housing and public facilities in the city or urban unincorporated community.
(5) The Land Conservation and Development Commission may schedule periodic review for a local government earlier than provided in subsection (1) of this section if necessary to ensure that all local governments in a region whose land use decisions would significantly affect other local governments in the region are conducting periodic review concurrently, but not sooner than five years after completion of the previous periodic review.
(6) A city or county that is not required to complete periodic review under subsection (1) of this section may request periodic review by the commission.
(7) Upon request by a city, the Land Conservation and Development Commission may permit a city to undergo periodic review for the limited purpose of completing changes to proposed amendments to a comprehensive plan and land use regulations required on remand after review by the commission under ORS 197.626 (1)(b). If periodic review is initiated under this subsection, the city may adopt, and the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development may approve, a work program that includes only the changes required on remand.
(8) As used in this section, “metropolitan planning organization” means an organization located wholly within the State of Oregon and designated by the Governor to coordinate transportation planning in an urbanized area of the state pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5303(c). [1999 c.622 §10; 2001 c.527 §3; 2005 c.829 §2; 2015 c.261 §1]
197.630 [1981 c.748 §5c; repealed by 1983 c.827 §59]
197.631 Commission to amend regulations to facilitate periodic review. In order to use state and local periodic review resources most efficiently and effectively and to concentrate periodic review on adequate provision of economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services and urbanization, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt, amend or repeal the statewide land use planning goals, guidelines and corresponding rules as necessary to facilitate periodic review and to provide for compliance by local governments with those goals not described in ORS 197.628 (2) through the post-acknowledgment procedures of ORS 197.610 to 197.625. [1999 c.622 §11; 2005 c.829 §3; 2015 c.261 §3]
197.633 Two phases of periodic review; rules; appeal of decision on work program; schedule for completion; extension of time on appeal. (1) The periodic review process is divided into two phases. Phase one is the evaluation of the existing comprehensive plan, land use regulations and citizen involvement program and, if necessary, the development of a work program to make needed changes to the comprehensive plan or land use regulations. Phase two is the completion of work tasks outlined in the work program.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt rules for conducting periodic review that address:
(a) Initiating periodic review;
(b) Citizen participation;
(c) The participation of state agencies;
(d) The preparation, review and approval of a work program; and
(e) The preparation, review and approval of work tasks, including:
(A) The amendment of an urban growth boundary.
(B) The designation of, or withdrawal of territory from, urban reserves or rural reserves.
(3) The rules adopted by the commission under this section may include, but are not limited to, provisions concerning standing, requirements to raise issues before local government as a precondition to commission review and other provisions concerning the scope and standard for commission review to simplify or speed the review. The commission shall confine its review of evidence to the local record. The commission’s standard of review:
(a) For evidentiary issues, is whether there is substantial evidence in the record as a whole to support the local government’s decision.
(b) For procedural issues, is whether the local government failed to follow the procedures applicable to the matter before the local government in a manner that prejudiced the substantial rights of a party to the proceeding.
(c) For issues concerning compliance with applicable laws, is whether the local government’s decision on the whole complies with applicable statutes, statewide land use planning goals, administrative rules, the comprehensive plan, the regional framework plan, the functional plan and land use regulations. The commission shall defer to a local government’s interpretation of the comprehensive plan or land use regulations in the manner provided in ORS 197.829. For purposes of this paragraph, “complies” has the meaning given the term “compliance” in the phrase “compliance with the goals” in ORS 197.627.
(4) A decision by the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve a work program, that no work program is necessary or that no further work is necessary is final and not subject to appeal.
(5) The director:
(a) Shall take action on a work task not later than 120 days after the local government submits the work task for review unless the local government waives the 120-day deadline or the commission grants the director an extension. If the director does not take action within the time period required by this subsection, the work task is deemed approved. The department shall provide a letter to the local government certifying that the work task is approved unless an interested party has filed a timely objection to the work task consistent with administrative rules for conducting periodic review.
(b) May approve or remand a work task or refer the work task to the commission for a decision. A decision by the director to approve or remand a work task may be appealed to the commission.
(6) Except as provided in this subsection, the commission shall take action on the appeal or referral of a work task within 90 days of the appeal or referral. Action by the commission in response to an appeal from a decision of the director or a referral is a final order subject to judicial review in the manner provided in ORS 197.650 and 197.651. The commission may extend the time for taking action on the appeal or referral if the commission finds that:
(a) The appeal or referral is appropriate for mediation;
(b) The appeal or referral raises new or complex issues of fact or law that make it unreasonable for the commission to give adequate consideration to the issues within the 90-day limit; or
(c) The parties to the appeal and the commission agree to an extension, not to exceed an additional 90 days.
(7) The commission and a local government shall attempt to complete periodic review within three years after approval of a work program. To promote the timely completion of periodic review, the commission shall establish a system of incentives to encourage local government compliance with timelines in periodic review work programs. [1991 c.612 §3; 1993 c.18 §38; 1999 c.622 §3; 2001 c.527 §1; 2005 c.829 §4; 2011 c.469 §2]
197.635 [1981 c.748 §6; repealed by 1983 c.827 §59]
197.636 Procedures and actions for failure to meet periodic review deadlines. (1) Upon good cause shown by a local government, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development may allow the local government an extension of time for submitting a work program or completing a work task. A decision by the director to grant or deny an extension may be referred to the Land Conservation and Development Commission by the director. The Department of Land Conservation and Development or the commission shall not extend the deadline for submitting a work program more than once nor for more than 90 days, and shall not extend the deadline for a work task more than once nor for more than one year.
(2) If a local government fails to submit a work program or to complete a work task by the deadline set by the director or the commission, including any extension that has been granted, the director shall schedule a hearing before the commission. The commission shall issue an order imposing one or more of the following sanctions until the work program or the work task receives final approval by the director or the commission:
(a) Require the local government to apply those portions of the goals and rules to land use decisions as specified in the order. Sanctions may be imposed under this paragraph only when necessary to resolve a specific deficiency identified in the order.
(b) Forfeiture of all or a portion of the grant money received to conduct the review, develop the work program or complete the work task.
(c) Completion of the work program or work task by the department. The commission may require the local government to pay the cost for completion of work performed by the department, following the withholding process set forth in ORS 197.335 (4).
(d) Application of such interim measures as the commission deems necessary to ensure compliance with the statewide planning goals.
(3) If the department receives a work program or work task completed in response to a commission order issued under subsection (2) of this section, the director shall evaluate and issue a decision on the work program or work task within 90 days.
(4) Commission action pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section is a final order subject to judicial review in the manner provided in ORS 197.650. [1991 c.612 §4; 1999 c.622 §4; 2001 c.527 §2; 2005 c.829 §5]
197.637 Department of Land Conservation and Development may request review by Housing and Community Services Department of certain local housing measures. (1) Upon request of the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Housing and Community Services Department shall review the inventory and analysis of housing, and measures taken to address the housing need, required of certain local governments under ORS 197.296. The review shall address the likely effect of measures developed by a local government under ORS 197.296 (6) or (7) on the adequacy of the supply of buildable land and opportunities to satisfy needs identified under ORS 197.296 (3).
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission and the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall consider the review and any recommendations of the Housing and Community Services Department when determining whether a local government has complied with the statewide land use planning goals and the requirements of ORS 197.296. [1999 c.622 §12; 2001 c.908 §4]
197.638 Department of Land Conservation and Development may request review by Oregon Business Development Department of local inventory and analysis of industrial and commercial land. (1) Upon request of the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Oregon Business Development Department shall review the inventory and analysis of industrial and commercial land, and measures taken to address the land needs, required of certain local governments under ORS 197.712. The review shall address the likely effect of measures developed by a local government on the adequacy of the supply of sites and opportunities to satisfy needs identified under ORS 197.712.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission and the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall consider the review and any recommendations of the Oregon Business Development Department when determining whether a local government has complied with the statewide land use planning goals and the requirements of ORS 197.712. [1999 c.622 §13]
197.639 State assistance teams; alternative coordination process; grant and technical assistance funding; priority of population forecasting program; advisory committee. (1) In addition to coordination between state agencies and local government established in certified state agency coordination programs, the Department of Land Conservation and Development may establish one or more state assistance teams made up of representatives of various agencies and local governments, utilize the Economic Revitalization Team established under ORS 284.555 or institute an alternative process for coordinating agency participation in the periodic review of comprehensive plans.
(2) The Economic Revitalization Team may work with a city to create a voluntary comprehensive plan review that focuses on the unique vision of the city, instead of conducting a standard periodic review, if the team identifies a city that the team determines can benefit from a customized voluntary comprehensive plan review.
(3) The department may develop model ordinance provisions to assist local governments in the periodic review plan update process and in complying with new statutory requirements or new land use planning goal or rule requirements adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission outside the periodic review process.
(4) A local government may arrange with the department for the provision of periodic review planning services and those services may be paid with grant program funds allocated under subsection (5) of this section.
(5) The commission shall establish an advisory committee composed, at a minimum, of representatives from the League of Oregon Cities, the Association of Oregon Counties, metropolitan service districts, the Special Districts Association of Oregon, land use planning public interest groups and developer interest groups. The advisory committee shall advise the commission and the department on the allocation of grants and technical assistance funding from General Fund sources and other issues assigned by the commission.
(6) The population forecasting program operated by the Portland State University Population Research Center pursuant to ORS 195.033 is the highest priority for the allocation of grant funding under subsection (5) of this section. [1991 c.612 §5; 2003 c.793 §5; 2005 c.829 §6; 2013 c.574 §5]
197.640 [1981 c.748 §9; 1983 c.827 §11; 1987 c.69 §1; 1987 c.729 §7; 1987 c.856 §8; repealed by 1991 c.612 §23]
197.641 [1983 c.827 §11b; 1987 c.729 §8a; repealed by 1991 c.612 §23]
197.643 [1983 c.827 §11c; 1987 c.729 §9; repealed by 1991 c.612 §23]
197.644 Modification of work program; exclusive jurisdiction of Land Conservation and Development Commission. (1) The Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development may authorize or direct a local government to modify an approved work program when:
(a) Issues of regional or statewide significance arising out of another local government’s periodic review require an enhanced level of coordination;
(b) Issues of goal compliance are raised as a result of completion of a work task resulting in a need to undertake further review or revisions;
(c) Issues relating to the organization of the work program, coordination with affected agencies or persons, or orderly implementation of work tasks, result in a need for further review or revision; or
(d) Issues relating to needed housing, employment, transportation or public facilities and services were omitted from the work program but must be addressed in order to ensure compliance with the statewide planning goals.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction for review of the completed work tasks as set forth in ORS 197.628 to 197.651.
(3) Commission action pursuant to subsection (2) of this section is a final order subject to judicial review in the manner provided in ORS 197.650 and 197.651. [1991 c.612 §6; 1997 c.634 §1; 1999 c.622 §5; 2011 c.469 §3]
197.645 [1983 c.827 §11d; 1987 c.729 §10; repealed by 1991 c.612 §23]
197.646 Implementation of new requirement in goal, rule or statute; rules. (1) A local government shall amend its acknowledged comprehensive plan or acknowledged regional framework plan and land use regulations implementing either plan by a self-initiated post-acknowledgment process under ORS 197.610 to 197.625 to comply with a new requirement in land use statutes, statewide land use planning goals or rules implementing the statutes or the goals.
(2)(a) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall notify local governments when a new requirement in land use statutes, statewide land use planning goals or rules implementing the statutes or the goals requires changes to an acknowledged comprehensive plan, an acknowledged regional framework plan or land use regulations implementing either plan.
(b) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall establish, by rule, the time period within which an acknowledged comprehensive plan, an acknowledged regional framework plan and land use regulations implementing either plan must be in compliance with:
(A) A new requirement in a land use statute, if the legislation does not specify a time period for compliance; and
(B) A new requirement in a land use planning goal or rule adopted by the commission.
(3) When a local government does not adopt amendments to an acknowledged comprehensive plan, an acknowledged regional framework plan or land use regulations implementing either plan, as required by subsection (1) of this section, the new requirements apply directly to the local government’s land use decisions. The failure to adopt amendments to an acknowledged comprehensive plan, an acknowledged regional framework plan or land use regulations implementing either plan required by subsection (1) of this section is a basis for initiation of enforcement action pursuant to ORS 197.319 to 197.335. [1991 c.612 §7; 2005 c.829 §7; 2007 c.71 §67; 2011 c.469 §4]
Note: 197.646, 197.649 and 197.650 were added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197 by legislative action but were not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.647 [1983 c.827 §11e; 1987 c.69 §2; 1987 c.729 §11; repealed by 1991 c.612 §23]
197.649 Fees for notice; rules. The Land Conservation and Development Commission may establish by rule fees to cover the cost of notice given to persons by the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development under ORS 197.610 (4) and 197.615 (3). [1983 c.827 §11f; 1985 c.565 §28; 1991 c.612 §15; 2013 c.1 §20]
Note: See note under 197.646.
197.650 Appeal to Court of Appeals; standing. (1) A Land Conservation and Development Commission final order issued pursuant to ORS 197.180, 197.251, 197.626, 197.628 to 197.651, 197.652 to 197.658, 197.659, 215.780 or 215.788 to 215.794 may be appealed to the Court of Appeals by persons who participated in proceedings, if any, that led to issuance of the final order being appealed.
(2) Jurisdiction for judicial review of a final order of the commission issued pursuant to ORS 197.180, 197.251, 197.626, 197.628 to 197.651, 197.652 to 197.658, 197.659, 215.780 or 215.788 to 215.794 is conferred upon the Court of Appeals. [1981 c.748 §10; 1983 c.827 §52; 1989 c.761 §8; 1991 c.612 §16; 1997 c.247 §1; 1999 c.622 §7; 2009 c.606 §5; 2009 c.873 §13a; 2011 c.469 §5]
Note: See note under 197.646.
197.651 Appeal to Court of Appeals for judicial review of final order of Land Conservation and Development Commission. (1) Judicial review of a final order of the Land Conservation and Development Commission under ORS 197.626 concerning the designation of urban reserves under ORS 195.145 (1)(b) or rural reserves under ORS 195.141 is as provided in subsections (3) to (12) of this section.
(2) Judicial review of any other final order of the commission under ORS 197.626 or of a final order of the commission under 197.180, 197.251, 197.628 to 197.651, 197.652 to 197.658, 197.659, 215.780 or 215.788 to 215.794 is as provided in subsections (3) to (7), (9), (10) and (12) of this section.
(3) A proceeding for judicial review under this section may be instituted by filing a petition in the Court of Appeals. The petition must be filed within 21 days after the date the commission delivered or mailed the order upon which the petition is based.
(4) The filing of the petition, as set forth in subsection (3) of this section, and service of a petition on the persons who submitted oral or written testimony in the proceeding before the commission are jurisdictional and may not be waived or extended.
(5) The petition must state the nature of the order the petitioner seeks to have reviewed. Copies of the petition must be served by registered or certified mail upon the commission and the persons who submitted oral or written testimony in the proceeding before the commission.
(6) Within 21 days after service of the petition, the commission shall transmit to the Court of Appeals the original or a certified copy of the entire record of the proceeding under review. However, by stipulation of the parties to the review proceeding, the record may be shortened. The Court of Appeals may tax a party that unreasonably refuses to stipulate to limit the record for the additional costs. The Court of Appeals may require or permit subsequent corrections or additions to the record. Except as specifically provided in this subsection, the Court of Appeals may not tax the cost of the record to the petitioner or an intervening party. However, the Court of Appeals may tax the costs to a party that files a frivolous petition for judicial review.
(7) Petitions and briefs must be filed within time periods and in a manner established by the Court of Appeals by rule.
(8) The Court of Appeals shall:
(a) Hear oral argument within 49 days of the date of transmittal of the record unless the Court of Appeals determines that the ends of justice served by holding oral argument on a later day outweigh the best interests of the public and the parties. However, the Court of Appeals may not hold oral argument more than 49 days after the date of transmittal of the record because of general congestion of the court calendar or lack of diligent preparation or attention to the case by a member of the court or a party.
(b) Set forth in writing and provide to the parties a determination to hear oral argument more than 49 days from the date the record is transmitted, together with the reasons for the determination. The Court of Appeals shall schedule oral argument as soon as is practicable.
(c) Consider, in making a determination under paragraph (b) of this subsection:
(A) Whether the case is so unusual or complex, due to the number of parties or the existence of novel questions of law, that 49 days is an unreasonable amount of time for the parties to brief the case and for the Court of Appeals to prepare for oral argument; and
(B) Whether the failure to hold oral argument at a later date likely would result in a miscarriage of justice.
(9) The court:
(a) Shall limit judicial review of an order reviewed under this section to the record.
(b) May not substitute its judgment for that of the Land Conservation and Development Commission as to an issue of fact.
(10) The Court of Appeals may affirm, reverse or remand an order reviewed under this section. The Court of Appeals shall reverse or remand the order only if the court finds the order is:
(a) Unlawful in substance or procedure. However, error in procedure is not cause for reversal or remand unless the Court of Appeals determines that substantial rights of the petitioner were prejudiced.
(b) Unconstitutional.
(c) Not supported by substantial evidence in the whole record as to facts found by the commission.
(11) The Court of Appeals shall issue a final order on the petition for judicial review with the greatest possible expediency.
(12) If the order of the commission is remanded by the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, the commission shall respond to the court’s appellate judgment within 30 days. [2007 c.723 §9; 2011 c.469 §6]
COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL PROBLEM SOLVING
197.652 Regional problem-solving process. (1) At the request of a county and at least one other local government in a region, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, other state agencies, as defined in ORS 171.133, metropolitan planning organizations, special districts and advisory committees on transportation may participate with the local governments in a collaborative regional problem-solving process.
(2) If requested to participate, the department shall assist the county with the process and encourage regional efforts to resolve land use planning problems using the authorities described in ORS 197.652 to 197.658.
(3) The county, in cooperation with the other local governments, shall identify the land use planning problems to be addressed and the participants whose actions are necessary to resolve the land use planning problems.
(4) The county shall submit a proposed work scope and a proposed list of participants as a proposal to the Land Conservation and Development Commission for review. The commission shall review:
(a) The proposed work scope to determine whether it can reasonably be completed within the time allowed;
(b) The proposed participant list to determine whether it includes, at a minimum, all local governments that will need to amend a comprehensive plan provision or a land use regulation, or adopt a new provision or regulation, in order to resolve the land use planning problems identified in the work scope; and
(c) The proposed work scope and the proposed participant list for consistency.
(5) A county may initiate amendments of a comprehensive plan or land use regulation under ORS 197.652 to 197.658 only if the commission approves the work scope, the list of participants and a schedule for completion of the process. The schedule for completion of the process may:
(a) Not exceed three years except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(b) Be extended by the commission for up to one year for good cause shown.
(6) The decision of a county to submit a proposal under this section, and the decision of the commission to approve a proposal, are not final actions subject to judicial review.
(7) If the commission approves a proposal under this section, the county must periodically report on the progress in carrying out the proposal, as specified by the commission.
(8) For purposes of ORS 197.654 and 197.656, the participants in a collaborative regional problem-solving process include all participants on the list of participants approved by the commission unless the commission subsequently approves the addition or removal of a participant. [1996 c.6 §3; 1997 c.365 §1; 2009 c.873 §8]
197.654 Regional problem-solving goals, actions and agreements; implementation. (1) After the Land Conservation and Development Commission approves a proposal for regional problem-solving under ORS 197.652, the participants shall develop proposed actions to resolve the problems identified in the work scope. The participants must agree to:
(a) Regional goals that describe how the region intends to resolve each regional problem described in the work scope;
(b) Actions necessary to achieve the regional goals, including changes to comprehensive plans or land use regulations;
(c) Measurable indicators of performance and a system for monitoring progress toward achievement of the regional goals;
(d) Incentives and disincentives to encourage successful implementation of the actions to achieve the regional goals;
(e) If the regional goals involve the management of an urban growth boundary, actions to coordinate the planning and provision of water, sewer and transportation facilities in the region; and
(f) A process for correction of actions if monitoring indicates that the actions are not achieving the regional goals.
(2) A decision by a participant to enter into a regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658 is not a final land use decision. However, a regional problem-solving agreement is not final and binding until:
(a) All local governments that are participants have adopted the provisions of the comprehensive plans or land use regulations contemplated in the agreement; and
(b) The commission has approved the comprehensive plan provisions and land use regulations as provided under ORS 197.656.
(3) Changes to provisions of comprehensive plans and land use regulations adopted to implement a regional problem-solving agreement take effect 60 days after the commission notifies all participants that the commission has approved all of the changes. [1996 c.6 §4; 2009 c.873 §9]
197.656 Commission approval of comprehensive plans not in compliance with goals; written statement of disapproval; participation by state agencies; use of resource lands; rules. (1) After the adoption of changes to comprehensive plans and land use regulations to implement a regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658, the local governments that are participants shall submit the changes to the Land Conservation and Development Commission for review in the manner set forth in this section.
(2) Following the procedures set forth in this subsection, the commission may approve changes to comprehensive plans and land use regulations that do not fully comply with the statewide land use planning goals, without taking an exception under ORS 197.732, upon a determination that the changes:
(a) Conform, on the whole, with the purposes of the goals, and any failure to meet individual goal requirements is technical or minor in nature;
(b) Are needed to achieve the regional goals specified by the participants; and
(c) In combination with other actions agreed upon by the participants, are reasonably likely to achieve the regional goals.
(3) The commission:
(a) Shall review changes to the comprehensive plans or land use regulations adopted by a local government to implement a regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658 pursuant to the procedures set forth in this section and ORS 197.659.
(b) Has exclusive jurisdiction for review of changes to comprehensive plans or land use regulations adopted by a local government to implement a regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658.
(4) A participant in the regional problem-solving process or a person who participated in the proceedings leading to the adoption of changes to the comprehensive plans or land use regulations may not raise an issue on review before the commission that was not raised in the local proceedings for adoption of the changes to the plans or regulations.
(5) If the commission disapproves changes to the comprehensive plans or land use regulations adopted by a local government to implement a regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658, the commission shall issue a written statement describing the reasons for the disapproval and suggesting alternative methods for accomplishing the goals on a timely basis.
(6) If, in order to resolve regional land use problems, the participants in a collaborative regional problem-solving process decide to devote agricultural land or forestland, as defined in the statewide planning goals, to uses not authorized by those goals, the participants shall choose land that is not part of the region’s commercial agricultural or forestland base, or take an exception to those goals pursuant to ORS 197.732. To identify land that is not part of the region’s commercial agricultural or forestland base, the participants shall consider the recommendation of a committee of persons appointed by the affected county, with expertise in appropriate fields, including but not limited to farmers, ranchers, foresters and soils scientists and representatives of the State Department of Agriculture, the State Forestry Department and the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
(7) The Governor may require all appropriate state agencies to participate in the collaborative regional problem-solving process.
(8) The commission may adopt rules to establish additional procedural and substantive requirements for review of changes to comprehensive plans and land use regulations adopted by local governments to implement a regional problem-solving agreement under ORS 197.652 to 197.658. [1996 c.6 §5; 2001 c.672 §11; 2009 c.873 §10]
197.658 Modifying local work plan. In addition to the provisions of ORS 197.644, the Land Conservation and Development Commission may modify an approved work program when a local government has agreed to participate in a collaborative regional problem-solving process pursuant to ORS 197.654 and 197.656. [1996 c.6 §6]
197.659 Commission approval of certain changes in comprehensive plans or land use regulations. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall grant, deny or remand approval of proposed changes to a comprehensive plan or land use regulations adopted pursuant to ORS 197.652 to 197.658 or 215.788 to 215.794 within 120 days after the date that the local government submits the proposed changes.
(2) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall prepare a report stating whether the proposed changes comply with applicable statutes, goals and commission rules. The department shall provide a reasonable opportunity for persons to prepare and submit written comments or objections to the report; however a person may not:
(a) Submit written comments or objections to the report unless the person participated orally or in writing in the local government proceedings leading to the adoption of the proposed changes.
(b) Produce new evidence.
(3) After reviewing the proposed changes, the report and any written comments and objections to the report, the commission shall prepare a proposed final order. The commission shall afford the local government and persons who submitted written comments or objections to the report a reasonable opportunity to file written exceptions to the proposed final order. If timely exceptions are not filed, the proposed order becomes final.
(4) The commission’s review under this section is confined to the record of proceedings before the local government, the report of the department and any comments, objections and exceptions filed under subsection (2) or (3) of this section and the proposed final order of the commission, including any responses to exceptions. The commission may entertain oral argument from the department and from persons who filed exceptions, and may consider new issues raised by its review. The commission may not allow additional evidence, argument or testimony that could have been presented to the local government but was not presented.
(5) A commission order granting, denying or remanding proposed changes must include a clear statement of findings that sets forth the basis for the approval, denial or remand, including:
(a) Identifying the statutes, goals and rules applicable to the proposed changes; and
(b) Supporting the determinations of compliance and noncompliance.
(6) A commission order granting approval may be limited to an identified geographic area described in the order if:
(a) The identified geographic area is the only area that is the subject of the proposed changes; or
(b) Specific geographic areas do not comply with the applicable statutes, goals or rules, and the requirements are not technical or minor in nature.
(7) The commission may issue a limited approval order if a previously issued approval order is reversed or remanded by an appellate court. The limited approval order may deny approval of that part of the comprehensive plan or land use regulations that the court found not in compliance with the applicable statutes, goals or rules and grant approval of other parts of the proposed changes.
(8) A limited approval order is an approval for all purposes and is a final order for purposes of judicial review with respect to the approved geographic area. A limited order may be adopted in conjunction with a remand. [2009 c.873 §13]
SPECIAL RESIDENCES
197.660 Definitions. As used in ORS 197.660 to 197.670, 215.213, 215.263, 215.283, 215.284 and 443.422:
(1) “Residential facility” means a residential care, residential training or residential treatment facility, as those terms are defined in ORS 443.400, that provides residential care alone or in conjunction with treatment or training or a combination thereof for six to fifteen individuals who need not be related. Staff persons required to meet licensing requirements shall not be counted in the number of facility residents, and need not be related to each other or to any resident of the residential facility.
(2) “Residential home” means a residential treatment or training home, as defined in ORS 443.400, a residential facility registered under ORS 443.480 to 443.500 or an adult foster home licensed under ORS 443.705 to 443.825 that provides residential care alone or in conjunction with treatment or training or a combination thereof for five or fewer individuals who need not be related. Staff persons required to meet licensing requirements shall not be counted in the number of facility residents, and need not be related to each other or to any resident of the residential home.
(3) “Zoning requirement” means any standard, criteria, condition, review procedure, permit requirement or other requirement adopted by a city or county under the authority of ORS chapter 215 or 227 that applies to the approval or siting of a residential facility or residential home. A zoning requirement does not include a state or local health, safety, building, occupancy or fire code requirement. [1989 c.564 §2; 1991 c.801 §6; 2001 c.900 §47; 2005 c.22 §145; 2009 c.595 §174]
197.663 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) It is the policy of this state that persons with disabilities and elderly persons are entitled to live as normally as possible within communities and should not be excluded from communities because their disability or age requires them to live in groups;
(2) There is a growing need for residential homes and residential facilities to provide quality care and protection for persons with disabilities and elderly persons and to prevent inappropriate placement of such persons in state institutions and nursing homes;
(3) It is often difficult to site and establish residential homes and residential facilities in the communities of this state;
(4) To meet the growing need for residential homes and residential facilities, it is the policy of this state that residential homes and residential facilities shall be considered a residential use of property for zoning purposes; and
(5) It is the policy of this state to integrate residential facilities into the communities of this state. The objective of integration cannot be accomplished if residential facilities are concentrated in any one area. [1989 c.564 §3; 2007 c.70 §54]
197.665 Locations of residential homes. (1) Residential homes shall be a permitted use in:
(a) Any residential zone, including a residential zone which allows a single-family dwelling; and
(b) Any commercial zone which allows a single-family dwelling.
(2) A city or county may not impose any zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of a residential home in a zone described in subsection (1) of this section that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on a single-family dwelling in the same zone.
(3) A city or county may:
(a) Allow a residential home in an existing dwelling in any area zoned for farm use, including an exclusive farm use zone established under ORS 215.203;
(b) Impose zoning requirements on the establishment of a residential home in areas described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, provided that these requirements are no more restrictive than those imposed on other nonfarm single-family dwellings in the same zone; and
(c) Allow a division of land for a residential home in an exclusive farm use zone only as described in ORS 215.263 (9). [1989 c.564 §4; 2001 c.704 §5]
197.667 Location of residential facility; application and supporting documentation. (1) A residential facility shall be a permitted use in any zone where multifamily residential uses are a permitted use.
(2) A residential facility shall be a conditional use in any zone where multifamily residential uses are a conditional use.
(3) A city or county may allow a residential facility in a residential zone other than those zones described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, including a zone where a single-family dwelling is allowed.
(4) A city or county may require an applicant proposing to site a residential facility within its jurisdiction to supply the city or county with a copy of the entire application and supporting documentation for state licensing of the facility, except for information which is exempt from public disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478. However, cities and counties shall not require independent proof of the same conditions that have been required by the Department of Human Services under ORS 418.205 to 418.327 for licensing of a residential facility. [1989 c.564 §5; 1991 c.801 §8; 2001 c.900 §48; 2003 c.86 §15]
197.670 Zoning requirements and prohibitions for residential homes and residential facilities. (1) As of October 3, 1989, no city or county shall:
(a) Deny an application for the siting of a residential home in a residential or commercial zone described in ORS 197.665 (1).
(b) Deny an application for the siting of a residential facility in a zone where multifamily residential uses are allowed, unless the city or county has adopted a siting procedure which implements the requirements of ORS 197.667.
(2) Every city and county shall amend its zoning ordinance to comply with ORS 197.660 to 197.667 as part of periodic land use plan review occurring after January 1, 1990. Nothing in this section prohibits a city or county from amending its zoning ordinance prior to periodic review. [1989 c.564 §6]
197.675 [1989 c.964 §4; repealed by 2001 c.613 §1]
FARMWORKER HOUSING
197.677 Policy. In that the agricultural workers in this state benefit the social and economic welfare of all of the people in Oregon by their unceasing efforts to bring a bountiful crop to market, the Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to insure adequate agricultural labor accommodations commensurate with the housing needs of Oregon’s workers that meet decent health, safety and welfare standards. To accomplish this objective in the interest of all of the people in this state, it is necessary that:
(1) Every state and local government agency that has powers, functions or duties with respect to housing, land use or enforcing health, safety or welfare standards, under this or any other law, shall exercise its powers, functions or duties consistently with the state policy declared by ORS 197.307, 197.312, 197.677 to 197.685, 215.213, 215.277, 215.283, 215.284 and 455.380 and in such manner as will facilitate sustained progress in attaining the objectives established;
(2) Every state and local government agency that finds farmworker activities within the scope of its jurisdiction must make every effort to alleviate insanitary, unsafe and overcrowded accommodations;
(3) Special efforts should be directed toward mitigating hazards to families and children; and
(4) All accommodations must provide for the rights of free association to farmworkers in their places of accommodation. [1989 c.964 §2; 2001 c.613 §11]
197.680 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) This state has a large stock of existing farmworker housing that does not meet minimum health and safety standards and is in need of rehabilitation;
(2) It is not feasible to rehabilitate much of the existing farmworker housing stock to meet building code standards;
(3) In order to assure that minimum standards are met in all farmworker housing in this state, certain interim measures must be taken; and
(4) Limited rehabilitation, outside city boundaries, must be allowed to a lesser standard than that set forth in the existing building codes. [1989 c.964 §3; 2001 c.613 §12]
197.685 Location of farmworker housing; approval standards. (1) The availability of decent, safe and sanitary housing opportunities for farmworkers is a matter of statewide concern.
(2) Farmworker housing within the rural area of a county shall be permitted in a zone or zones in rural centers and areas committed to nonresource uses.
(3) Any approval standards, special conditions and procedures for approval adopted by a local government shall be clear and objective and shall not have the effect, either in themselves or cumulatively, of discouraging needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay. [1989 c.964 §5; 2001 c.613 §4]
197.705 [1973 c.482 §1; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
197.707 Legislative intent. It was the intent of the Legislative Assembly in enacting ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 215 and 227 not to prohibit, deter, delay or increase the cost of appropriate development, but to enhance economic development and opportunity for the benefit of all citizens. [1983 c.827 §16]
197.710 [1973 c.482 §3; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
197.712 Commission duties; comprehensive plan provisions; public facility plans; state agency coordination plans; compliance deadline; rules. (1) In addition to the findings and policies set forth in ORS 197.005, 197.010 and 215.243, the Legislative Assembly finds and declares that, in carrying out statewide comprehensive land use planning, the provision of adequate opportunities for a variety of economic activities throughout the state is vital to the health, welfare and prosperity of all the people of the state.
(2) By the adoption of new goals or rules, or the application, interpretation or amendment of existing goals or rules, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall implement all of the following:
(a) Comprehensive plans shall include an analysis of the community’s economic patterns, potentialities, strengths and deficiencies as they relate to state and national trends.
(b) Comprehensive plans shall contain policies concerning the economic development opportunities in the community.
(c) Comprehensive plans and land use regulations shall provide for at least an adequate supply of sites of suitable sizes, types, locations and service levels for industrial and commercial uses consistent with plan policies.
(d) Comprehensive plans and land use regulations shall provide for compatible uses on or near sites zoned for specific industrial and commercial uses.
(e) A city or county shall develop and adopt a public facility plan for areas within an urban growth boundary containing a population greater than 2,500 persons. The public facility plan shall include rough cost estimates for public projects needed to provide sewer, water and transportation for the land uses contemplated in the comprehensive plan and land use regulations. Project timing and financing provisions of public facility plans shall not be considered land use decisions.
(f) In accordance with ORS 197.180, state agencies that provide funding for transportation, water supply, sewage and solid waste facilities shall identify in their coordination programs how they will coordinate that funding with other state agencies and with the public facility plans of cities and counties. In addition, state agencies that issue permits affecting land use shall identify in their coordination programs how they will coordinate permit issuance with other state agencies and cities and counties.
(g) Local governments shall provide:
(A) Reasonable opportunities to satisfy local and rural needs for residential and industrial development and other economic activities on appropriate lands outside urban growth boundaries, in a manner consistent with conservation of the state’s agricultural and forest land base; and
(B) Reasonable opportunities for urban residential, commercial and industrial needs over time through changes to urban growth boundaries.
(3) A comprehensive plan and land use regulations shall be in compliance with this section by the first periodic review of that plan and regulations. [1983 c.827 §17; 1991 c.612 §17]
197.713 Industrial development on industrial lands outside urban growth boundaries; exceptions. (1) Notwithstanding statewide land use planning goals relating to urbanization or to public facilities and services, a county or its designee may authorize:
(a) Industrial development, including accessory uses subordinate to the industrial development, in buildings of any size and type, subject to the permit approval process described in ORS 215.402 to 215.438 and to applicable building codes, in an area planned and zoned for industrial use on January 1, 2004, subject to the territorial limits described in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(b) On-site sewer facilities to serve the industrial development authorized under this section, including accessory uses subordinate to the industrial development.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a county or its designee may consider the following land for industrial development under this section:
(a) Land more than three miles outside the urban growth boundary of every city with a population of 20,000 individuals or more; and
(b) Land outside the urban growth boundary of every city with a population of fewer than 20,000 individuals.
(3) A county or its designee may not authorize industrial development under this section on land within the Willamette Valley as defined in ORS 215.010.
(4) A county or its designee may not authorize under this section retail, commercial or residential development in the area zoned for industrial use. [2003 c.688 §1; 2005 c.666 §1]
Note: 197.713 and 197.714 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.714 Cooperation of county and city concerning industrial development. (1) Notwithstanding the authority granted in ORS 197.713 and 197.716 to allow industrial or other employment use development, when a county or its designee considers action under ORS 197.713 or 197.716 for land within 10 miles of the urban growth boundary of a city, the county or its designee shall give notice to the city at least 21 days prior to taking action.
(2) If the city objects to the authorization of industrial or other employment use development under ORS 197.713 or 197.716, the city and county shall negotiate to establish conditions on the industrial or other employment use designation, development or changes in the development necessary to mitigate concerns raised by the city’s objection. [2003 c.688 §2; 2019 c.170 §3]
Note: See note under 197.713.
197.715 [1973 c.482 §2; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
197.716 Industrial and employment uses in listed counties; economic opportunity analysis. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Economic opportunity analysis” means an analysis performed by a county that:
(A) Identifies the major categories of industrial uses or other employment uses that could reasonably be expected to expand or locate in the county based on a review of trends on a national, state, regional or county level;
(B) Identifies the number of sites by type reasonably expected to be needed to accommodate the expected employment growth based on the site characteristics typical of expected uses;
(C) Estimates the types and amounts of industrial uses and other employment uses likely to occur in the county based on subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph and considering the county’s economic advantages and disadvantages, including:
(i) Location, size and buying power of markets;
(ii) Availability of transportation facilities for access and freight mobility;
(iii) Public facilities and public services;
(iv) Labor market factors;
(v) Access to suppliers and utilities;
(vi) Necessary support services;
(vii) Limits on development due to federal and state environmental protection laws; and
(viii) Educational and technical training programs;
(D) Assesses community economic development potential through a public process in conjunction with state agencies and consistent with any categories or particular types of industrial uses and other employment uses desired by the community as identified in an existing comprehensive plan;
(E) Examines existing firms in the county to identify the types of sites that may require expansion;
(F) Includes an inventory of vacant and developed lands within the county designated for industrial use or other employment use, including:
(i) The description, including site characteristics, of vacant or developed sites within each plan or zoning district; and
(ii) A description of any development constraints or infrastructure needs that affect the buildable area of sites in the inventory; and
(G) Identifies additional potential sites for designation and rezoning that could reasonably accommodate expected industrial uses and other employment uses that cannot be met by existing inventories.
(b) “Industrial use” means industrial employment activities, including manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing, storage, logistics, warehousing, importation, distribution and transshipment and research and development.
(c) “Listed county” means Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur, Sherman, Union, Wallowa or Wheeler County.
(d) “Other employment use” means all nonindustrial employment activities, including small scale commercial use, wholesale, service, nonprofit, business headquarters, administrative, governmental or employment activities that serve the medical, educational, social service, recreational or security industries and that occupy retail, office or flexible building types of any size or multibuilding campuses.
(e) “Reasonably be expected to expand or locate in the county” means that the county possesses the appropriate locational factors for the use or category of use.
(f)(A) “Small scale commercial use” means the low-impact use of land primarily for the retail sale of products or services, including offices.
(B) “Small scale commercial use” does not include use of land for factories, warehouses, freight terminals or wholesale distribution centers.
(2) A listed county that has adopted an economic opportunity analysis as part of its comprehensive plan may amend its comprehensive plan, land use regulations and zoning map to designate not more than 10 sites outside an urban growth boundary that cumulatively total not more than 50 acres of land if the sites were identified in any economic opportunity analysis as additional potential sites for industrial uses or other employment uses in order to allow for industrial uses and other employment uses without requiring an exception under ORS 197.732 to any statewide land use planning goals related to:
(a) Agriculture;
(b) Forest use; or
(c) Urbanization.
(3) A county may not designate a site under subsection (2) of this section:
(a) On any lands designated as high-value farmland as defined in ORS 195.300;
(b) Unless the county complies with ORS 197.714; and
(c) If any portion of the proposed site is for lands designated for forest use, unless the county:
(A) Notifies the State Forester in writing not less than 21 days before designating the site; and
(B) Cooperates with the State Forester in:
(i) Updating and classifying wildland-urban interface lands in and around the site;
(ii) Taking necessary steps to implement or update the wildland-urban interface fire protection system in and around the site as described in ORS 477.027; and
(iii) Implementing other fire protection measures authorized by the State Forester.
(4) A county may not amend its comprehensive plan, land use regulations or zoning map under this section to allow a use that would conflict with an administrative rule adopted for the purpose of implementing the Oregon Sage-Grouse Action Plan and Executive Order 15-18. [2019 c.170 §2; 2021 c.592 §41]
197.717 Technical assistance by state agencies; information from Oregon Business Development Department; model ordinances; rural economic development. (1) State agencies shall provide technical assistance to local governments in:
(a) Planning and zoning land adequate in amount, size, topography, transportation access and surrounding land use and public facilities for the special needs of various industrial and commercial uses;
(b) Developing public facility plans; and
(c) Streamlining local permit procedures.
(2) The Oregon Business Development Department shall provide a local government with “state and national trend” information to assist in compliance with ORS 197.712 (2)(a).
(3) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall develop model ordinances to assist local governments in streamlining local permit procedures.
(4) The Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Oregon Business Development Department shall establish a joint program to assist rural communities with economic and community development services. The assistance shall include, but not be limited to, grants, loans, model ordinances and technical assistance. The purposes of the assistance are to remove obstacles to economic and community development and to facilitate that development. The departments shall give priority to communities with high rates of unemployment. [1983 c.827 §18; 1995 s.s. c.3 §36h; 1996 c.6 §10]
197.719 Industrial use of abandoned or diminished mill sites; amendment of comprehensive plans and land use regulations; sewer facilities. (1) As used in this section, “abandoned or diminished mill site” means a mill, plant or other facility engaged in the processing or manufacturing of wood products, including sawmills and facilities for the production of plywood, veneer, hardboard, panel products, pulp and paper, that:
(a) Is located outside of urban growth boundaries;
(b) Was closed after January 1, 1980, or has been operating at less than 25 percent of capacity since January 1, 2003; and
(c) Contains or contained permanent buildings used in the production or manufacturing of wood products.
(2) Notwithstanding statewide land use planning goals protecting agricultural lands or forestlands or administrative rules implementing those goals, the governing body of a county may amend the county’s comprehensive plan and land use regulations to allow an abandoned or diminished mill site to be zoned for industrial use.
(3) Notwithstanding a statewide land use planning goal relating to urbanization or administrative rules implementing that goal, the governing body of a county may amend the county’s comprehensive plan and land use regulations to allow an abandoned or diminished mill site to be zoned for any level of industrial use.
(4) Notwithstanding a statewide land use planning goal relating to public facilities and services or administrative rules implementing that goal, the governing body of a county or its designee may approve:
(a) The extension of sewer facilities to lands that on June 10, 2003, are zoned for industrial use and that contain an abandoned or diminished mill site. The sewer facilities may serve only industrial uses authorized for the mill site and contiguous lands zoned for industrial use.
(b) The extension of sewer facilities to an abandoned or diminished mill site that is rezoned for industrial use under this section only as necessary to serve industrial uses authorized for the mill site.
(c) The establishment of on-site sewer facilities to serve an area that on June 10, 2003, is zoned for industrial use and that contains an abandoned or diminished mill site or to serve an abandoned or diminished mill site that is rezoned for industrial use under this section. The sewer facilities may serve only industrial uses authorized for the mill site and contiguous lands zoned for industrial use.
(5)(a) A local government, as defined in ORS 174.116, may not authorize a connection to any portion of a sewer facility located between an urban growth boundary or the boundary of an unincorporated community and the boundary of the mill site or the industrial zone containing the mill site, except as provided under a statewide land use planning goal relating to public facilities and services or under ORS 197.732.
(b) Sewer facilities approved under subsection (4) of this section shall be limited in size to meet the needs of authorized industrial uses and may not provide service to retail, commercial or residential development, except as provided under a statewide land use planning goal relating to public facilities and services or under ORS 197.732. The presence of the sewer facilities may not be used to justify an exception to statewide land use planning goals protecting agricultural lands or forestlands or relating to urbanization.
(6)(a) The governing body of a county or its designee shall determine the boundary of an abandoned or diminished mill site. For an abandoned or diminished mill site that is rezoned for industrial use under this section, land within the boundary of the mill site may include only those areas that were improved for the processing or manufacturing of wood products.
(b) For an abandoned or diminished mill site subject to subsection (2), (3) or (4) of this section, the governing body of a city or county or its designee may approve a permit, as defined in ORS 215.402 or 227.160, only for industrial development and accessory uses subordinate to such development on the mill site. The governing body or its designee may not approve a permit for retail, commercial or residential development on the mill site.
(7) For land that on June 10, 2003, is zoned under statewide land use planning goals protecting agricultural lands or forestlands and that is rezoned for industrial use under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the governing body of the county or its designee may not later rezone the land for retail, commercial or other nonresource use, except as provided under the statewide land use planning goals or under ORS 197.732. [2003 c.252 §2; 2003 c.688 §3]
197.722 Definitions for ORS 197.722 to 197.728. As used in ORS 197.722 to 197.728:
(1) “Industrial use” means employment activities, including, but not limited to, manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing, storage, logistics, warehousing, importation, distribution and transshipment and research and development, that generate income from the production, handling or distribution of goods or services, including goods or services in the traded sector, as defined in ORS 285A.010.
(2) “Regionally significant industrial area” means an area planned and zoned for industrial use that:
(a) Contains vacant sites, including brownfields, that are suitable for the location of new industrial uses or the expansion of existing industrial uses and that collectively can provide significant additional employment in the region;
(b) Has site characteristics that give the area significant competitive advantages that are difficult or impossible to replicate in the region;
(c) Has superior access to transportation and freight infrastructure, including, but not limited to, rail, port, airport, multimodal freight or transshipment facilities, and other major transportation facilities or routes; and
(d) Is located in close proximity to major labor markets. [2011 c.564 §6]
Note: 197.722 to 197.728 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.723 Designation of regionally significant industrial areas; rules. (1) Within three years after June 28, 2011, in cooperation with local governments and private industry, the Economic Recovery Review Council, by rule, shall designate at least five and not more than 15 regionally significant industrial areas. The council shall base the designation of regionally significant industrial areas on the criteria in the definition of “regionally significant industrial area” and the judgment of the council concerning the relative importance of the areas in terms of potential, long-term job creation.
(2) A local government may nominate a regionally significant industrial area for designation by the council.
(3) An area containing multiple sites certified by the Oregon Business Development Department as ready for development within six months or less is eligible for designation by the council if the area is a regionally significant industrial area.
(4) In addition to demonstrating compliance with other provisions of law, including, but not limited to, a statewide land use planning goal concerning economic development and rules implementing the goal, the future employment potential of a regionally significant industrial area shall be protected from conflicting development in the following ways:
(a) A local government may not adopt a provision of a comprehensive plan or land use regulation that prevents industrial uses within the area.
(b) A local government may not adopt a provision of a comprehensive plan or land use regulation that allows new nonindustrial uses within the area that conflict with existing or planned industrial uses.
(c) A local government may not decrease the land area planned or zoned for industrial uses within the regionally significant industrial area.
(d) A local government may adopt a provision of a comprehensive plan or land use regulation, including development standards or overlay zones, that restricts the type or extent of current or future industrial uses within the area, but only if the local government mitigates at the same time the effect of the new provision by:
(A) Clearly maintaining or increasing the industrial employment potential of the area; and
(B) Clearly maintaining the important site characteristics and functions that led to the designation of the site as a regionally significant industrial area.
(5) Subsection (4) of this section does not apply to a provision of a comprehensive plan or land use regulation that is necessary:
(a) To protect public health or safety; or
(b) To implement federal law.
(6) If 50 percent of the developable land within a regionally significant industrial area has not been developed within 10 years after designation of the area, the council shall remove the designation, unless landowners representing a majority of the land within the area request that the designation be continued.
(7) Within a regionally significant industrial area, a new industrial use or the expansion of an existing industrial use is eligible for an expedited industrial land use permit issued under ORS 197.724 if the new or expanded use does not require a change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulations.
(8) In addition to other criteria for distribution of available funds, the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority and the Oregon Transportation Commission may consider the designation of an area as a regionally significant industrial area in prioritizing funding for transportation and other public infrastructure.
(9) ORS 197.722 to 197.728 do not apply to land in the Willamette River Greenway Plan boundary between river mile 1 and river mile 11. [2011 c.564 §7]
Note: See note under 197.722.
197.724 Review of application for land use permit within regionally significant industrial area. (1) An applicant for a new industrial use or the expansion of an existing industrial use located within a regionally significant industrial area may request that an application for a land use permit be reviewed as an application for an expedited industrial land use permit under this section if the proposed use does not require:
(a) An exception taken under ORS 197.732 to a statewide land use planning goal;
(b) A change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulations of the local government within whose land use jurisdiction the new or expanded industrial use would occur; or
(c) A federal environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act.
(2) If the applicant makes a request that complies with subsection (1) of this section, the local government shall review the applications for land use permits for the proposed industrial use by applying the standards and criteria that otherwise apply to the review and by using the procedures set forth for review of an expedited land division in ORS 197.365 and 197.370. [2011 c.564 §8]
Note: See note under 197.722.
197.725 [1973 c.482 §4; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
197.726 Jurisdiction on appeal; standing. (1) The Land Use Board of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to consider decisions, aspects of decisions or actions taken under ORS 197.722 to 197.728.
(2) An appeal of a decision on an application for an expedited industrial land use permit made under ORS 197.724 may be made in the manner set forth in ORS 197.375 for appeal of a decision on an expedited land division. Notwithstanding ORS 197.375:
(a) The applicant and a person who filed written comments in the time period established under ORS 197.365 may file an appeal;
(b) If an appeal is filed, the referee shall hold a hearing on the appeal; and
(c) The referee shall issue a written decision within 56 days after the appeal was filed.
(3) A party to a proceeding before a referee under this section may seek judicial review of the referee’s decision in the manner provided for review of final orders of the Land Use Board of Appeals under ORS 197.850 and 197.855. The Court of Appeals shall review decisions of the referee in the manner provided for review of final orders of the Land Use Board of Appeals in ORS 197.850 and 197.855. However, notwithstanding ORS 197.850 (9) or any other provision of law, the court shall reverse or remand the decision only if the court finds that:
(a) The local government’s decision clearly does not concern an application for an expedited industrial land use permit as described in ORS 197.724 and the appellant raised this issue in proceedings before the referee;
(b) The referee’s decision contains a clear, material error of fact based on the record, and the appellant raised the issue in proceedings before the referee;
(c) The referee’s decision contains a clear, material error of law, giving deference to any interpretations of law by the referee, and the appellant raised the issue in proceedings before the referee; or
(d) The decision of the local government or the referee is unconstitutional. [2011 c.564 §9]
Note: See note under 197.722.
197.727 Fee for review. Each city and county with land use jurisdiction within a regionally significant industrial area designated by the Economic Recovery Review Council may establish a fee for review of an application for an expedited industrial land use permit. The fee must be set at a level estimated to recover the full cost of processing an application, including the cost of appeals to a referee under ORS 197.726, based on the estimated cost of the use proposed in the application. [2011 c.564 §10]
Note: See note under 197.722.
197.728 Rules. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall administer regionally significant industrial areas and may adopt rules as necessary to implement ORS 197.722 to 197.728. [2011 c.564 §11]
Note: See note under 197.722.
197.730 [1973 c.482 §6; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
GOAL EXCEPTIONS
197.732 Goal exceptions; criteria; rules; review. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Compatible” is not intended as an absolute term meaning no interference or adverse impacts of any type with adjacent uses.
(b) “Exception” means a comprehensive plan provision, including an amendment to an acknowledged comprehensive plan, that:
(A) Is applicable to specific properties or situations and does not establish a planning or zoning policy of general applicability;
(B) Does not comply with some or all goal requirements applicable to the subject properties or situations; and
(C) Complies with standards under subsection (2) of this section.
(2) A local government may adopt an exception to a goal if:
(a) The land subject to the exception is physically developed to the extent that it is no longer available for uses allowed by the applicable goal;
(b) The land subject to the exception is irrevocably committed as described by Land Conservation and Development Commission rule to uses not allowed by the applicable goal because existing adjacent uses and other relevant factors make uses allowed by the applicable goal impracticable; or
(c) The following standards are met:
(A) Reasons justify why the state policy embodied in the applicable goals should not apply;
(B) Areas that do not require a new exception cannot reasonably accommodate the use;
(C) The long term environmental, economic, social and energy consequences resulting from the use at the proposed site with measures designed to reduce adverse impacts are not significantly more adverse than would typically result from the same proposal being located in areas requiring a goal exception other than the proposed site; and
(D) The proposed uses are compatible with other adjacent uses or will be so rendered through measures designed to reduce adverse impacts.
(3) The commission shall adopt rules establishing:
(a) That an exception may be adopted to allow a use authorized by a statewide planning goal that cannot comply with the approval standards for that type of use;
(b) Under what circumstances particular reasons may or may not be used to justify an exception under subsection (2)(c)(A) of this section; and
(c) Which uses allowed by the applicable goal must be found impracticable under subsection (2) of this section.
(4) A local government approving or denying a proposed exception shall set forth findings of fact and a statement of reasons that demonstrate that the standards of subsection (2) of this section have or have not been met.
(5) Each notice of a public hearing on a proposed exception shall specifically note that a goal exception is proposed and shall summarize the issues in an understandable manner.
(6) Upon review of a decision approving or denying an exception:
(a) The Land Use Board of Appeals or the commission shall be bound by any finding of fact for which there is substantial evidence in the record of the local government proceedings resulting in approval or denial of the exception;
(b) The board upon petition, or the commission, shall determine whether the local government’s findings and reasons demonstrate that the standards of subsection (2) of this section have or have not been met; and
(c) The board or commission shall adopt a clear statement of reasons that sets forth the basis for the determination that the standards of subsection (2) of this section have or have not been met.
(7) The commission shall by rule establish the standards required to justify an exception to the definition of “needed housing” authorized by ORS 197.303.
(8) An exception acknowledged under ORS 197.251, 197.625 or 197.630 (1) (1981 Replacement Part) on or before August 9, 1983, continues to be valid and is not subject to this section. [1983 c.827 §19a; 1995 c.521 §3; 2005 c.67 §1; 2007 c.71 §68; 2011 c.354 §6]
197.734 Exceptions to certain statewide planning goal criteria; rules. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt or amend rules regarding the statewide planning goal criteria described in ORS 197.732 (2)(a) and (b). The rules adopted or amended pursuant to this subsection must allow a local government to rezone land in an area physically developed or committed to residential use, as described in ORS 197.732, without requiring the local government to take a new exception to statewide planning goals related to agricultural and forest lands. The rules must allow for a rezoning that authorizes the change, continuation or expansion of an industrial use that has been in operation for the five years immediately preceding the formal land use planning action that was initiated for the change, continuation or expansion of use.
(2) The rules adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must provide that:
(a) The rezoned use will maintain the land:
(A) As rural land as described by commission rule; and
(B) In a manner consistent with other statewide planning goal requirements;
(b) The rural uses, density and public facilities and services permitted by the rezoning will not commit adjacent or other nearby resource land to uses that are not permitted by statewide planning goals related to agricultural and forest lands;
(c) The rural uses, density and public facilities and services permitted by the rezoning are compatible with the uses of adjacent and other nearby resource land uses; and
(d) The land to be rezoned is not in an area designated as a rural or urban reserve under ORS 195.141. [2015 c.477 §1]
Note: 197.734 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 197 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
197.735 [1973 c.482 §7; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
197.736 Commission implementation of ORS 197.340 and 197.732; rules. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall amend goals, in accordance with ORS 197.240 and 197.245, and amend and adopt rules and guidelines, as necessary, to implement the provisions of this section and ORS 197.340 and 197.732. [1995 c.521 §4]
197.740 [1973 c.482 §8; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY
197.746 Transitional housing accommodations. (1) Inside an urban growth boundary, a local government may authorize the establishment of transitional housing accommodations used as individual living units by one or more individuals. Use of transitional housing accommodations is limited to individuals who lack permanent or safe shelter and who cannot be placed in other low income housing. A local government may limit the maximum amount of time that an individual or a family may use the accommodations.
(2) Transitional housing accommodations are intended to be used by individuals or families on a limited basis for seasonal, emergency or transitional housing purposes and may include yurts, huts, cabins, fabric structures, tents and similar accommodations, as well as areas in parking lots or facilities for individuals or families to reside overnight in a motor vehicle, without regard to whether the motor vehicle was designed for use as temporary living quarters. The transitional housing accommodations may provide parking facilities, walkways and access to water, toilet, shower, laundry, cooking, telephone or other services either through separate or shared facilities. The Oregon Health Authority may develop public health best practices for shared health and sanitation facilities for transitional housing accommodations.
(3) Transitional housing accommodations are not subject to ORS chapter 90.
(4) As used in this section, “yurt” means a round, domed tent of canvas or other weather resistant material, having a rigid framework, wooden floor, one or more windows or skylights and that may have plumbing, electrical service or heat. [Formerly 446.265]
197.747 [1983 c.827 §14; 1989 c.761 §9; 1991 c.612 §18; 2009 c.873 §11; renumbered 197.627 in 2019]
197.748 Conversion of hotel or motel to emergency shelter or affordable housing. (1) Except as provided in this section and notwithstanding any statewide land use planning goals or land use regulations, a local government shall unconditionally allow the conversion of the lawful use of a property:
(a) From use as a hotel or motel, to use as an emergency shelter.
(b) From use as a hotel or motel, or a hotel or motel that was converted to an emergency shelter under paragraph (a) of this subsection, to use as affordable housing.
(2) This section applies only to areas:
(a) Within an urban growth boundary;
(b) Not designated by the local government as specifically for heavy industrial uses;
(c) With adequate transportation access to commercial and medical services; and
(d) Not within an area designated for a statewide land use planning goal relating to natural disasters or hazards, including flood plains or mapped environmental health hazards, unless the converted use complies with regulations directly related to the disasters or hazards.
(3) A local government may require a converted use under this section to comply with:
(a) Applicable building codes;
(b) Occupancy limits; or
(c) For uses under subsection (1)(b) of this section, reasonable standards relating to siting or design, if the standards do not, individually or cumulatively, prohibit the conversion through unreasonable costs or delay.
(4) A conversion under this section is not a land use decision as defined in ORS 197.015.
(5) A local government is not required to consider whether the conversion significantly affects an existing or planned transportation facility for the purposes of implementing a statewide land use planning goal relating to transportation.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) “Affordable housing” means housing in which all units are affordable to households with incomes equal to or less than 60 percent of the area median income as defined in ORS 458.610 and whose affordability is enforceable by an affordable housing covenant, as described in ORS 456.270 to 456.295, for a duration of no less than 30 years.
(b) “Conversion” includes an alteration to a building that changes the number of units but does not expand the building footprint.
(c) “Emergency shelter” means a building that provides shelter on a temporary basis for individuals and families who lack permanent housing.
(d) “Lawful use” includes a nonconforming use as described in ORS 215.130 (6) or any other local land use regulation allowing for the continuation of a use that was lawful when first enacted. [2021 c.16 §2]
197.750 [1973 c.482 §5; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
197.752 Lands available for urban development. (1) Lands within urban growth boundaries shall be available for urban development concurrent with the provision of key urban facilities and services in accordance with locally adopted development standards.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, lands not needed for urban uses during the planning period may be designated for agricultural, forest or other nonurban uses. [1983 c.827 §19]
197.754 Land identified for urban services; capital improvement plan; tax assessment. (1) A local government may identify land inside an urban growth boundary for which the local government intends to provide urban services within the next five to seven years. The local government may evidence its intent by adopting a capital improvement plan reasonably designed to provide the urban services.
(2) A local government that identifies an area for planned urban services and adopts a capital improvement plan may zone the area for urban uses. A city that identifies land that is outside the city’s boundary but inside the urban growth boundary shall coordinate with the appropriate county to zone the area for urban uses.
(3)(a) Land in an area zoned for urban uses under this section shall not be subject to additional taxes under ORS 308A.700 to 308A.733 if the land ceases to be used for farm use within the five years following the date the area is zoned for urban uses.
(b) A lot or parcel in an area zoned for urban use under subsection (2) of this section shall not be assessed at its value for farm use under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128 unless the lot or parcel was receiving the farm use assessment at the time the area was zoned for urban uses. [1999 c.503 §3; 2001 c.104 §68]
197.755 [1973 c.482 §9; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
197.756 Farm use assessment in area identified for urban services. (1) Upon the sale of a lot or parcel located inside an urban growth boundary that is assessed at its value for farm use under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, the lot or parcel shall be disqualified for farm use assessment if:
(a) The lot or parcel is in an area identified for urban services under ORS 197.754; and
(b) The urban services are available by ordinance for urbanization.
(2) Disqualification under subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the sale of a lot or parcel to the owner’s spouse, parent, stepparent, grandparent, sister, brother, daughter, son, stepchild or grandchild, or sale to a lessee of the owner if the lessee is conducting farm use as defined in ORS 215.203 on the lot or parcel at the time of sale. [1999 c.503 §6; 2001 c.104 §69]
197.757 [1983 c.827 §13; renumbered 197.256 in 2021]
197.758 Development of middle housing; local regulations. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Cottage clusters” means groupings of no fewer than four detached housing units per acre with a footprint of less than 900 square feet each and that include a common courtyard.
(b) “Middle housing” means:
(A) Duplexes;
(B) Triplexes;
(C) Quadplexes;
(D) Cottage clusters; and
(E) Townhouses.
(c) “Townhouses” means a dwelling unit constructed in a row of two or more attached units, where each dwelling unit is located on an individual lot or parcel and shares at least one common wall with an adjacent unit.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, each city with a population of 25,000 or more and each county or city within a metropolitan service district shall allow the development of:
(a) All middle housing types in areas zoned for residential use that allow for the development of detached single-family dwellings; and
(b) A duplex on each lot or parcel zoned for residential use that allows for the development of detached single-family dwellings.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, each city not within a metropolitan service district with a population of more than 10,000 and less than 25,000 shall allow the development of a duplex on each lot or parcel zoned for residential use that allows for the development of detached single-family dwellings. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a local government from allowing middle housing types in addition to duplexes.
(4) This section does not apply to:
(a) Cities with a population of 1,000 or fewer;
(b) Lands not within an urban growth boundary;
(c) Lands that are not incorporated and also lack sufficient urban services, as defined in ORS 195.065;
(d) Lands that are not zoned for residential use, including lands zoned primarily for commercial, industrial, agricultural or public uses; or
(e) Lands that are not incorporated and are zoned under an interim zoning designation that maintains the land’s potential for planned urban development.
(5) Local governments may regulate siting and design of middle housing required to be permitted under this section, provided that the regulations do not, individually or cumulatively, discourage the development of all middle housing types permitted in the area through unreasonable costs or delay. Local governments may regulate middle housing to comply with protective measures adopted pursuant to statewide land use planning goals.
(6) This section does not prohibit local governments from permitting:
(a) Single-family dwellings in areas zoned to allow for single-family dwellings; or
(b) Middle housing in areas not required under this section. [2019 c.639 §2]
Note: Sections 3 and 4, chapter 639, Oregon Laws 2019, provide:
Sec. 3. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 197.646, a local government shall adopt land use regulations or amend its comprehensive plan to implement section 2 of this 2019 Act [197.758] no later than:
(a) June 30, 2021, for each city subject to section 2 (3) of this 2019 Act; or
(b) June 30, 2022, for each local government subject to section 2 (2) of this 2019 Act.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, with the assistance of the Building Codes Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, shall develop a model middle housing ordinance no later than December 31, 2020.
(3) A local government that has not acted within the time provided under subsection (1) of this section shall directly apply the model ordinance developed by the commission under subsection (2) of this section under ORS 197.646 (3) until the local government acts as described in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) In adopting regulations or amending a comprehensive plan under this section, a local government shall consider ways to increase the affordability of middle housing by considering ordinances and policies that include but are not limited to:
(a) Waiving or deferring system development charges;
(b) Adopting or amending criteria for property tax exemptions under ORS 307.515 to 307.523, 307.540 to 307.548 or 307.651 to 307.687 or property tax freezes under ORS 308.450 to 308.481; and
(c) Assessing a construction tax under ORS 320.192 and 320.195.
(5) When a local government makes a legislative decision to amend its comprehensive plan or land use regulations to allow middle housing in areas zoned for residential use that allow for detached single-family dwellings, the local government is not required to consider whether the amendments significantly affect an existing or planned transportation facility. [2019 c.639 §3]
Sec. 4. (1) Notwithstanding section 3 (1) or (3) of this 2019 Act, the Department of Land Conservation and Development may grant to a local government that is subject to section 2 of this 2019 Act [197.758] an extension of the time allowed to adopt land use regulations or amend its comprehensive plan under section 3 of this 2019 Act.
(2) An extension under this section may be applied only to specific areas where the local government has identified water, sewer, storm drainage or transportation services that are either significantly deficient or are expected to be significantly deficient before December 31, 2023, and for which the local government has established a plan of actions that will remedy the deficiency in those services that is approved by the department. The extension may not extend beyond the date that the local government intends to correct the deficiency under the plan.
(3) In areas where the extension under this section does not apply, the local government shall apply its own land use regulations consistent with section 3 (1) of this 2019 Act or the model ordinance developed under section 3 (2) of this 2019 Act.
(4) A request for an extension by a local government must be filed with the department no later than:
(a) December 31, 2020, for a city subject to section 2 (3) of this 2019 Act.
(b) June 30, 2021, for a local government subject to section 2 (2) of this 2019 Act.
(5) The department shall grant or deny a request for an extension under this section:
(a) Within 90 days of receipt of a complete request from a city subject to section 2 (3) of this 2019 Act.
(b) Within 120 days of receipt of a complete request from a local government subject to section 2 (2) of this 2019 Act.
(6) The department shall adopt rules regarding the form and substance of a local government’s application for an extension under this section. The department may include rules regarding:
(a) Defining the affected areas;
(b) Calculating deficiencies of water, sewer, storm drainage or transportation services;
(c) Service deficiency levels required to qualify for the extension;
(d) The components and timing of a remediation plan necessary to qualify for an extension;
(e) Standards for evaluating applications; and
(f) Establishing deadlines and components for the approval of a plan of action. [2019 c.639 §4]
197.760 [1973 c.482 §9a; repealed by