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OR Rev Stat § 197.855 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197 - Comprehensive Land Use Planning I|Section 197.855 - Deadline for final court order; exceptions.

(1) The Court of Appeals shall issue a final order on a petition for review filed under ORS 197.850 within 91 days after oral argument on the petition. (2) The following periods of delay shall be excluded from the 91-day period within which the court must issue a final order on a petition: (a) Any period of delay resulting from a motion properly before the court; or (b) Any reasonable period of delay resulting from a continuance granted by the court on the court’s own motion or at the request of one of the parties, if the court granted the continuance on the basis of findings that the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the parties in having a decision within 91 days. (3) No period of delay resulting from a continuance granted by the court under subsection (2)(b) of this section shall be excludable under this section unless the court sets forth, in the record, either orally or in writing, its reasons for finding that the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the other parties in a decision within the 91 days. The factors the court shall consider in determining whether to grant a continuance under subsection (2)(b) of this section in any case are as follows: (a) Whether the failure to grant a continuance in the proceeding would be likely to make a continuation of the proceeding impossible or result in a miscarriage of justice; or (b) Whether the case is so unusual or so complex, due to the number of parties or the existence of novel questions of fact or law, that it is unreasonable to expect adequate consideration of the issues within the 91-day time limit. (4) No continuance under subsection (2)(b) of this section shall be granted because of general congestion of the court calendar or lack of diligent preparation or attention to the case by any member of the court or any party. [1983 c.827 §35a]
OR Rev Stat § 197.860 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197 - Comprehensive Land Use Planning I|Section 197.860 - Stay of proceedings to allow mediation.

 All parties to an appeal may at any time prior to a final decision by the Court of Appeals under ORS 197.855 stipulate that the appeal proceeding be stayed for any period of time agreeable to the parties and the board or court to allow the parties to enter mediation. Following mediation, the board or the court may, at the request of the parties, dismiss the appeal or remand the decision to the board or the local government with specific instructions for entry of a final decision on remand. If the parties fail to agree to a stipulation for remand or dismissal through mediation within the time the appeal is stayed, the appeal shall proceed with such reasonable extension of appeal deadlines as the board or Court of Appeals considers appropriate. [1989 c.761 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.300 - Definitions for ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325.

As used in ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325: (1) "Buildable lands" means land in urban or urbanizable areas that are suitable for urban uses. (2) "Serviceable" means, with respect to land, that: (a) Adequate sewer, water and transportation capacity for planned urban development is available or can be either provided or made subject to committed financing; or (b) Committed financing can be in place to provide adequate sewer, water and transportation capacity for planned urban development. [2013 c.575 §1] Note: Definitions in 197.015 also apply to ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325.
OR Rev Stat § 197A.302 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.302 - Purposes; rules.

The purpose of ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325 is to direct the Land Conservation and Development Commission to develop and adopt simplified methods for a city that is outside Metro to evaluate or amend the urban growth boundary of the city. The commission should design the methods to: (1) Become, as a result of reduced costs, complexity and time, the methods that are used by most cities with growing populations to manage the urban growth boundaries of the cities; (2) Encourage, to the extent practicable given market conditions, the development of urban areas in which individuals desire to live and work and that are increasingly efficient in terms of land uses and in terms of public facilities and services; (3) Encourage the conservation of important farm and forest lands, particularly lands that are needed to sustain agricultural and forest products industries; (4) Encourage cities to increase the development capacity within the urban growth boundaries of the cities; (5) Encourage the provision of an adequate supply of serviceable land that is planned for needed urban residential and industrial development; and (6) Assist residents in understanding the major local government decisions that are likely to determine the form of a city’s growth. [2013 c.575 §2] Note: See note under 197A.300.
OR Rev Stat § 197A.305 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.305 - Amendment of urban growth boundaries outside Metro; rules.

(1) In addition to and not in lieu of the method prescribed in ORS 197.286 to 197.314 and the statewide land use planning goals, 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. (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. (5) Beginning on or before January 1, 2023, the commission shall: (a) Evaluate, every five years, the impact of the implementation of ORS 197A.310 (2) and 197A.312 (2) on the population per square mile, livability in the area, the provision and cost of urban facilities and services, the rate of conversion of agriculture and forest lands and other considerations; (b) Consider changes to the statewide land use planning goals or rules to address adverse outcomes; and (c) Make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly, as necessary, for statutory changes. [2013 c.575 §3] Note: See note under 197A.300.
OR Rev Stat § 197A.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.325 - Review of final decision of city; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 197.626, when a city evaluates or amends the urban growth boundary of the city pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312, the Land Use Board of Appeals has jurisdiction for review of a final decision of the city. (2) The board shall review the final decision of the city under ORS 197A.300 to 197A.325 as provided in ORS 197.805 to 197.855, except that: (a) In circumstances in which the Land Conservation and Development Commission has specified by rule a number or a range of numbers that the city may use: (A) The city is not required to adopt findings to support the use of the number or a number within the range of numbers; and (B) The board’s review of the number may determine only that the city has used a number that is allowed by the rule. (b) The board shall affirm an interpretation by a local government of its comprehensive plan or land use regulations unless that interpretation is clearly erroneous. (3) Notwithstanding ORS 197.628 and 197.629, when a city evaluates or amends the urban growth boundary of the city pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312, the city is not required to commence or complete periodic review. The commission shall, by rule, specify alternate means to ensure that the comprehensive plan and land use regulations of the city comply with the statewide land use planning goals and are updated over time to reflect changing conditions and needs. [2013 c.575 §8] Note: See note under 197A.300.
OR Rev Stat § 197A.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.405 - City economic development pilot program.

(1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall establish and implement an economic development 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. The pilot program is intended to: (a) Promote economic development in a rural area; and (b) Promote industry growth and job creation. (2) Under the rules adopted under this section, the commission shall establish a site selection process by which the commission shall select one pilot program site from a city: (a) Whose urban growth boundary is at least 78 air miles from the urban growth boundary of any city with a population of 300,000 or more; and (b) That is located in a county with at least seven percent unemployment over the preceding five-year period. (3) A city may nominate a site adjacent to its urban growth boundary for participation in the pilot program. (4) When nominating a pilot program site for the site selection process, a city shall: (a) Submit a concept plan for the pilot program, including a list of goals for the master plan for economic development of the proposed site and any proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan or land use regulations required to implement the master plan; and (b) Demonstrate that the proposed pilot program site meets the requirements described in subsection (5) of this section. (5) The commission shall select a pilot program site that is: (a) Adjacent to the city’s existing urban growth boundary; (b) Adjacent to an airport with an approved airport master plan; (c) Near public facilities and services, including roadways; and (d) Planned and zoned for commercial or industrial uses that are compatible with aviation uses, as determined by the commission. [2017 c.709 §1; 2018 c.15 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.407 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.407 - Inclusion of pilot program site within urban growth boundary.

(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 the pilot program site selected under ORS 197A.405. (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 the city is exempt for the purpose of implementing the pilot program. (3) A pilot program site included within an urban growth boundary amended pursuant to this section must: (a) Be dedicated to economic development; and (b) Remain planned and zoned for commercial or industrial uses that are compatible with aviation uses as otherwise provided in rules adopted pursuant to ORS 197A.405. [2017 c.709 §2; 2018 c.15 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.409 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.409 - Protection of pilot program site from conversion.

(1) The city selected to participate in the pilot program by the Land Conservation and Development Commission under ORS 197A.405 shall protect the pilot program site from conversion to other uses before, during and after the implementation of the master plan for economic development, except as provided otherwise in rules adopted by the commission under ORS 197A.405 and 197A.407. (2) The city selected for participation in the pilot program by the commission shall ensure that the commercial or industrial developments on the pilot program site continue to be used to implement the master plan for economic development for a period of at least 50 years after the selection of the pilot program site through: (a) Zoning restrictions; or (b) Other regulations, provisions or conditions determined by the city. (3) The city selected for participation in the pilot program by the commission may: (a) Annex the land included in the pilot program site. (b) Rezone the land, or any portion thereof, included in the pilot program site to accommodate the provisions of the city’s master plan for economic development. [2017 c.709 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.411 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.411 - High-value farmland excluded.

(1) A city may not use ORS 197A.405 to 197A.409 to bring high-value farmland, as determined by the commission, within its urban growth boundary. (2) ORS 197A.405 to 197A.409 do not constitute a statutory contract. A pilot program site selected under ORS 197A.405 and a master plan for economic development implemented on a selected pilot program site remain subject to new or additional regulatory requirements authorized by law, statewide land use planning goals and land use regulations implementing the goals. [2017 c.709 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.413 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.413 - City Economic Development Pilot Program Fund.

(1) The City Economic Development Pilot Program Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the City Economic Development Pilot Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys credited to the City Economic Development Pilot Program Fund are continuously appropriated to the Land Conservation and Development Commission for the purposes described in subsection (3) of this section. (2) The fund shall consist of: (a) Moneys appropriated by the Legislative Assembly for deposit in the fund; (b) Any gifts, contributions or donations made to the State of Oregon for deposit in the fund; and (c) Earnings on moneys in the fund. (3) The commission may use the moneys in the fund to finance the establishment and implementation of the pilot program established under ORS 197A.405. (4) The commission is authorized to accept gifts, contributions or donations from any person, including any public body as defined in ORS 174.109, for deposit in the fund. [2017 c.709 §6] Note: Section 5, chapter 709, Oregon Laws 2017, provides: Sec. 5. (1) 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 during the 2022 regular session of the Legislative Assembly. (2) The commission’s report shall, at a minimum, include: (a) A summary of the pilot program’s impact on the city, county and region; (b) The number of jobs created by the pilot program; (c) The number of new businesses established within the boundaries of the pilot program site; and (d) An analysis of the economic growth of the city and county since the implementation of the pilot program. [2017 c.709 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.502 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.502 - Legislative findings; equivalency of project procedures and requirements to certain land use procedures; construe liberally.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that there is a compelling state interest in obtaining maximum federal funding for the Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project in order to: (a) Enhance the statewide transportation network; (b) Ensure the viability of the transportation system planned for the Portland metropolitan area; (c) Complete construction of the project in a timely and cost-effective manner; (d) Implement a significant portion of the Legislative Assembly’s air quality and energy efficiency strategies for the area; and (e) Ensure that affected local governments will be able to implement significant parts of their comprehensive plans. (2) The Legislative Assembly further finds that, to maximize the ability of this state and the Portland metropolitan area to obtain the highest available level of federal funding for the Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project, it is necessary to establish: (a) A process to be used to establish criteria, make decisions and adopt a land use final order related to the light rail route and other project improvements to be included in the Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project, including their locations; (b) An expedited process for appellate review of a land use final order; and (c) An exclusive process for appellate review. (3) The Legislative Assembly further finds that residents of neighborhoods within TriMet affected by land use decisions, limited land use decisions or land divisions resulting from the siting, construction or operation of any light rail route or other project improvements, either as individuals or through their neighborhood associations, shall have the opportunity to participate in those decisions and divisions. (4) The Legislative Assembly deems the procedures and requirements provided for in ORS 197A.500 to 197A.521, under the unique circumstances of the Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project, to be equivalent in spirit and substance to the land use procedures that otherwise would be applicable. (5) ORS 197A.500 to 197A.521 shall be liberally construed to address the findings enumerated in subsection (1) of this section. [2017 c.714 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.503 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.503 - Preemptive effect of ORS 197A.500 to 197A.521.

Notwithstanding ORS chapters 183, 192, 195, 197, 215 and 227 or any other provision of law, the procedures and requirements provided for in ORS 197A.500 to 197A.521 expressly preempt any vote requirements imposed by the charter of a local government and are the only land use procedures and requirements to which land use decisions and land use approvals of any kind related to the construction or operation of the project shall be subject. [2017 c.714 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 197A.511 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 197A - Comprehensive Land Use Planning II|Section 197A.511 - Land use final order; notice.

(1)(a) Following a public hearing as provided in ORS 197A.509, the Metro Council shall either: (A) Adopt a land use final order establishing the project improvements and locations applied for by TriMet; or (B) Continue the public hearing and refer the proposed project improvements and locations back to TriMet for further review. (b) If the council refers the proposed locations back to TriMet for further review, TriMet shall consider amendments to its proposed project improvements and locations and forward the amended application to the council for hearing and adoption as described in this subsection. (2)(a) The council shall adopt a land use final order establishing the project improvements, including their locations, as provided in this section and ORS 197A.509. (b) The council shall include with the land use final order a statement of findings demonstrating how the decisions on the project improvements, including their locations, comply with the criteria. (c) Following adoption of a land use final order, the council as soon as reasonably practicable shall: (A) Publish notice of the adoption in a newspaper of general circulation within Metro’s jurisdictional area; (B) Provide notice of the adoption to each affected local government; and (C) Provide notice of the adoption to persons who: (i) Provided oral or written testimony at the hearing; and (ii) Provided at the hearing a written request for notice and a mailing address to which written notice shall be sent. Persons whose names appear on petitions submitted into the public hearing record are not considered by that action to have provided oral or written testimony at the hearing. (3) The notice of adoption required under subsection (2) of this section shall: (a) Include the date of adoption of the land use final order; (b) Identify the place at and time during which a copy of the land use final order may be obtained; and (c) State that appeals from decisions in the land use final order must be filed within 14 days following adoption of the land use final order. (4) Upon adoption of the initial land use final order, TriMet shall staff the steering committee until the completion of the Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project. (5) A land use final order issued under this section and ORS 197A.509 is effective upon adoption. (6) An amended land use final order or a new land use final order adopted in accordance with the process provided for in this section is required for: (a) Any siting of a project improvement outside the locations established in the land use final order; or (b) Any new project improvement. [2017 c.714 §7]