660-018-0020 Notice of a Proposed Change to a Comprehensive Plan or Land Use Regulation (1) Before a local government adopts a change to an acknowledged comprehensive plan or a land use regulation, unless circumstances described in OAR 660-018-0022 apply, the local government shall submit the proposed change to the department, including the information described in section (2) of this rule. The local government must submit the proposed change to the director at the department’s Salem office at least 35 days before holding the first evidentiary hearing on adoption of the proposed change. (2) The submittal must include applicable forms provided by the department, be in a format acceptable to the department, and include all of the following materials: (a) The text of the proposed change to the comprehensive plan or land use regulation implementing the plan, as provided in section (3) of this rule; (b) If a comprehensive plan map or zoning map is created or altered by the proposed change, a copy of the relevant portion 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 and members of the public of the effect of the proposed change; (d) The date set for the first evidentiary hearing; (e) The notice or a draft of the notice required under ORS 197.763 regarding a quasi-judicial land use hearing, if applicable; and (f) Any staff report on the proposed change or information that describes when the staff report will be available and how a copy may be obtained. (3) The proposed text submitted to comply with subsection (2)(a) of this rule must include all of the proposed wording to be added to or deleted from the acknowledged plan or land use regulations. A general description of the proposal or its purpose, by itself, is not sufficient. For map changes, the material submitted to comply with Subsection (2)(b) must include a graphic depiction of the change; a legal description, tax account number, address or similar general description, by itself, is not sufficient. If a goal exception is proposed, the submittal must include the proposed wording of the exception. (4) If a local government 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 a rule implementing the statutes or goals, the local government may adopt such a change without holding a public hearing, notwithstanding contrary provisions of state and local law, provided: (a) The local government provides notice to the department of the proposed change identifying it as a change described under this section, and includes the materials described in section (2) of this rule, 35 days before the proposed change is adopted by the local government, and (b) The department confirms in writing prior to the adoption of the change that the only effect of the proposed change is to conform the comprehensive plan or the land use regulations to the new requirements. (5) For purposes of computation of time for the 35-day notice under this rule and OAR 660-018-0035(1)(c), the proposed change is considered to have been “submitted” on the day that paper copies or an electronic file of the applicable notice forms and other documents required by section (2) this rule are received or, if mailed, on the date of mailing. The materials must be mailed to or received by the department at its Salem office. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.610 - 197.625 History: LCDD 4-2013, f. 12-20-13, cert. ef. 1-1-14 LCDD 3-2012, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-12 LCDD 12-2011(Temp), f. 12-30-11, cert. ef. 1-1-12 thru 5-1-12 LCDD 6-2011, f. & cert. ef. 10-20-11 LCDD 3-2008, f. & cert. ef. 4-18-08 LCDD 3-2000, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-00 LCDC 3-1987, f. & ef. 11-12-87 LCDC 12-1983, f. & ef. 12-29-83 LCDC 14-1981, f. & ef. 12-15-81