Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 660 - LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT › Division 27 - URBAN AND RURAL RESERVES IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA › Section 660-027-0040 - Designation of Urban and Rural Reserves

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Metro may not designate urban reserves
			 under this division in a county until Metro and applicable counties have
			 entered into an intergovernmental agreement that identifies the lands to be
			 designated by Metro as urban reserves. A county may not designate rural
			 reserves under this division until the county and Metro have entered into an
			 agreement that identifies the lands to be designated by the county as rural
			 reserves.
(2) Urban reserves
			 designated under this division shall be planned to accommodate estimated urban
			 population and employment growth in the Metro area for at least 20 years, and
			 not more than 30 years, beyond the 20-year period for which Metro has
			 demonstrated a buildable land supply inside the UGB in the most recent
			 inventory, determination and analysis performed under ORS
			 197.296. Metro shall specify the
			 particular number of years for which the urban reserves are intended to provide
			 a supply of land, based on the estimated land supply necessary for urban
			 population and employment growth in the Metro area for that number of years.
			 The 20 to 30-year supply of land specified in this rule shall consist of the
			 combined total supply provided by all lands designated for urban reserves in
			 all counties that have executed an intergovernmental agreement with Metro in
			 accordance with OAR 660-027-0030.
(3) If Metro designates urban reserves under
			 this division prior to December 31, 2009, it shall plan the reserves to
			 accommodate population and employment growth for at least 20 years, and not
			 more than 30 years, beyond 2029. Metro shall specify the particular number of
			 years for which the urban reserves are intended to provide a supply of
			 land.
(4) Neither Metro nor a local
			 government may amend a UGB to include land designated as rural reserves during
			 the period described in section (2) or (3) of this rule, whichever is
			 applicable.
(5) Metro shall not
			 re-designate rural reserves as urban reserves, and a county shall not
			 re-designate land in rural reserves to another use, except as provided in OAR
			 660-027-0070, during the period described in section (2) or (3) of this rule,
			 whichever is applicable.
(6) If
			 Metro designates urban reserves under this division it shall adopt policies to
			 implement the reserves and must show the reserves on its regional framework
			 plan map. A county in which urban reserves are designated shall adopt policies
			 to implement the reserves and must show the reserves on its comprehensive plan
			 and zone maps.
(7) If a county
			 designates rural reserves under this division it shall adopt policies to
			 implement the reserves and must show the reserves on its comprehensive plan and
			 zone maps. Metro shall adopt policies to implement the rural reserves and show
			 the reserves on its regional framework plan maps.
(8) When evaluating and designating land for
			 urban reserves, Metro and a county shall apply the factors of OAR 660-027-0050  and shall coordinate with cities, special districts and school districts that
			 might be expected to provide urban services to these reserves when they are
			 added to the UGB, and with state agencies.
(9) When evaluating and designating land for
			 rural reserves, Metro and a county shall apply the factors of OAR 660-027-0060  and shall coordinate with cities, special districts and school districts in the
			 county, and with state agencies.
(10) Metro and any county that enters into an
			 agreement with Metro under this division shall apply the factors in OAR
			 660-027-0050  and 660-027-0060  concurrently and in coordination with one
			 another. Metro and those counties that lie partially within Metro with which
			 Metro enters into an agreement shall adopt a single, joint set of findings of
			 fact, statements of reasons and conclusions explaining why areas were chosen as
			 urban or rural reserves, how these designations achieve the objective stated in
			 OAR 660-027-0005(2), and the factual and policy basis for the estimated land
			 supply determined under section (2) of this rule.
(11) Because the January 2007 Oregon
			 Department of Agriculture report entitled "Identification and Assessment of the
			 Long-Term Commercial viability of Metro Region Agricultural Lands" indicates
			 that Foundation Agricultural Land is the most important land for the viability
			 and vitality of the agricultural industry, if Metro designates such land as
			 urban reserves, the findings and statement of reasons shall explain, by
			 reference to the factors in OAR 660-027-0050  and 660-027-0060(2), why Metro
			 chose the Foundation Agricultural Land for designation as urban reserves rather
			 than other land considered under this division.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  195.141,
				  197.040.
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  195.137 -
				  195.145