ORS 197A.305 Amendment of Urban Growth Boundaries Outside Metro; Rules

• Library: Oregon Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through legislation effective January 1, 2024
• Year: 2023
• Citation: ORS 197A.305

(1) [In addition to and not in lieu of] As an alternative to the method prescribed in [ORS 197.286 to 197.314 and the statewide land use planning goals] section 22 (5)(a) of this 2023 Act, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt by rule methods by which a city that is outside Metro may evaluate or amend the urban growth boundary of the city.

(2) A city outside Metro may use the methods adopted pursuant to:

(a) ORS 197A.310 if the city has a population of less than 10,000.

(b) ORS 197A.312 if the city has a population of 10,000 or [more] greater.

(3) A city that elects to include land within the urban growth boundary of the city under a method established pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312:

(a) May use the method again when:

(A) The population of the city has grown by at least 50 percent of the amount of growth forecast to occur in conjunction with the previous use of the method by the city; or

(B) At least one-half of the lands identified as buildable lands during the previous use of the method by the city have been developed.

(b) Shall evaluate whether the city needs to include within the urban growth boundary additional land for residential or employment uses before the population of the city has grown by 100 percent of the population growth forecast to occur in conjunction with the previous use of the method by the city.

(4) A city that elects to use a method established pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312 shall notify the Department of Land Conservation and Development of the election in the manner required by ORS 197.610 for notice of a post-acknowledgment plan amendment. The city may revoke the election until the city makes a final decision whether to amend the urban growth boundary of the city. A city that has initiated, but not completed, an amendment of its urban growth boundary before January 1, 2014, may withdraw the proposed amendment and use a method established pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312 by filing notice of the election with the department in the manner required by ORS 197.610 and 197.615 for notice of a post-acknowledgment plan amendment.