Or. Admin. Code § 660-009-0015 - Economic Opportunities Analysis
Cities and counties must review and, as necessary, amend their comprehensive plans to provide economic opportunities analyses containing the information described in sections (1) to (4) of this rule. This analysis will compare the demand for land for industrial and other employment uses to the existing supply of such land.
(1)
Review of National, State, Regional, County and Local Trends. The economic
opportunities analysis must identify the major categories of industrial or
other employment uses that could reasonably be expected to locate or expand in
the planning area based on information about national, state, regional, county
or local trends. This review of trends is the principal basis for estimating
future industrial and other employment uses as described in section (4) of this
rule. A use or category of use could reasonably be expected to expand or locate
in the planning area if the area possesses the appropriate locational factors
for the use or category of use. Cities and counties are strongly encouraged to
analyze trends and establish employment projections in a geographic area larger
than the planning area and to determine the percentage of employment growth and
target industries reasonably expected to be captured for the planning area
based on the assessment of community economic development potential pursuant to
section (4) of this rule.
(2)
Identification of Required Site Types. The economic opportunities analysis must
identify 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. The economic opportunities analysis must demonstrate
how expected employment growth is expected to be accommodated on the identified
sites. Cities and counties are encouraged to examine existing firms in the
planning area to identify the types of sites that may be needed for expansion.
Industrial or other employment uses with compatible site characteristics may be
grouped together into common site categories.
(3) Inventory of Industrial and Other
Employment Lands. Comprehensive plans for all areas within urban growth
boundaries must include an inventory of vacant and developed lands within the
planning area designated for industrial or other employment use.
(a) For sites inventoried under this section,
plans must provide the following information:
(A) The description, including site
characteristics, of vacant or developed sites within each plan or zoning
district;
(B) A description of any
development constraints or infrastructure needs that affect the buildable area
of sites in the inventory; and
(C)
For cities and counties within a Metropolitan Planning Organization, the
inventory must also include the approximate total acreage and percentage of
sites within each plan or zoning district that comprise the short-term supply
of land.
(b) When
comparing current land supply to the projected demand, cities and counties may
inventory contiguous lots or parcels together that are within a discrete plan
or zoning district.
(c) Cities and
counties that adopt objectives or policies providing for prime industrial land
pursuant to OAR 660-009-0020(6) and 660-009-0025(8) must identify and inventory
any vacant or developed prime industrial land according to section (3)(a) of
this rule.
(4)
Assessment of Community Economic Development Potential. The economic
opportunities analysis must estimate the types and amounts of industrial and
other employment uses likely to occur in the planning area. The estimate must
be based on information generated in response to sections (1) to (3) of this
rule and must consider the planning area's economic advantages and
disadvantages. Relevant economic advantages and disadvantages to be considered
may include but are not limited to:
(a)
Location, size and buying power of markets;
(b) Availability of transportation facilities
for access and freight mobility;
(c) Public facilities and public
services;
(d) Labor market
factors;
(e) Access to suppliers
and utilities;
(f) Necessary
support services;
(g) Limits on
development due to federal and state environmental protection laws;
and
(h) Educational and technical
training programs.
(5)
Local governments identifying target industries and designating sites in an
economic opportunities analysis may rely on former or current industry
classifications if the NAICS is updated after submittal of a notice pursuant to
ORS 197.610 and OAR 660-018-0020 of a proposed change to a comprehensive plan
or land use regulation.
(6) Cities
and counties are strongly encouraged to assess community economic development
potential through a visioning or some other public input based process in
conjunction with state agencies. Cities and counties are strongly encouraged to
use the assessment of community economic development potential to form the
community economic development objectives pursuant to OAR
660-009-0020(1)(a).
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.712
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