Or. Admin. Code § 660-012-0325 - Transportation Review in Climate-Friendly Areas and Centers

(1) Cities or counties shall use the provisions of this rule to review amendments to comprehensive plans or land use regulations in lieu of the provisions of OAR 660-012-0060 when the amendment is:

(a) To adopt a climate-friendly area as provided in OAR 660-012-0310 through OAR 660-012-0320, or a Metro Region 2040 center; or

(b) Within an adopted climate-friendly area or Metro Region 2040 center.

(2) Cities and counties considering amendments to comprehensive plans or land use regulations to adopt or expand a climate-friendly area as provided in OAR 660-012-0310 through OAR 660-012-0320, or a Metro Region 2040 center, must make findings, including:

(a) A multimodal transportation gap summary as provided in section (4); and

(b) The multimodal transportation gap summary must include a highway impacts summary as provided in section (5) if the designated climate-friendly area as provided in OAR 660-012-0315 or Region 2040 center contains a ramp terminal intersection, state highway, interstate highway, or adopted ODOT Facility Plan.

(3) Cities and counties considering amendments to comprehensive plans or land use regulations within an adopted climate-friendly area or Metro Region 2040 center must make findings including a highway impacts summary as provided in section (5) if:

(a) A city or county is reviewing a plan amendment that includes property in an adopted Interchange Area Management Plan, includes property within one-quarter mile of a ramp terminal intersection, or includes property within one-quarter mile of a state highway segment in an adopted ODOT Facility Plan area; or

(b) The city or county is reviewing a plan amendment that would be reasonably likely to result in increasing traffic on the state facility that exceeds the small increase in traffic defined in the Oregon Highway Plan adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission.

(4) A multimodal transportation gap summary must be coordinated between the local jurisdiction, transportation facility providers, and transportation services providers to consider multimodal transportation needs in each climate-friendly area as provided in OAR 660-012-0320 or Region 2040 center. The multimodal transportation gap summary must include:

(a) A summary of the existing multimodal transportation network within the climate-friendly area;

(b) A summary of the gaps in the pedestrian and bicycle networks in the climate-friendly area, including gaps needed to be filled for people with disabilities, based on the summary of the existing multimodal transportation network;

(c) If applicable as provided in section (2), a highway impacts summary as provided in section (5); and

(d) A list of proposed projects to fill multimodal network gaps identified in subsection (b).

(5) A highway impacts summary must identify how the transportation system may be affected by implementation of the climate-friendly area. The highway impacts summary must include:

(a) A summary of changes between existing and proposed development capacity of the climate-friendly area based on the proposed changes to the comprehensive plan and land use regulations;

(b) A summary of the additional motor vehicle traffic generation that may be expected in the planning period, considering reductions for expected complementary mixed-use development, additional multimodal options, and assuming meeting goals for reductions in vehicle miles traveled per capita; and

(c) A summary of traffic-related deaths and serious injuries within the climate-friendly area in the past five years.

(6) Cities and counties considering amendments to comprehensive plans or land use regulations that affect areas both inside and outside an adopted climate-friendly area or Metro Region 2040 center may either:

(a) Make separate findings for areas inside the climate-friendly area or Metro Region 2040 center as provided in this rule, and findings for areas outside the climate-friendly area or Metro Region 2040 center as provided in OAR 660-012-0060; or

(b) Make findings for all affected areas as provided in OAR 660-012-0060.

(7) Cities and counties shall provide notice of proposed adoption of a multimodal transportation gap summary or a revised highway impacts summary to ODOT and other affected transportation facility or service providers prior to submitting notice as provided in OAR 660-018-0020.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 660-012-0325

LCDD 2-2022, temporary adopt filed 06/01/2022, effective 6/1/2022 through 11/27/2022; LCDD 3-2022, adopt filed 08/17/2022, effective 8/17/2022; LCDD 9-2023, amend filed 11/07/2023, effective 11/7/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.012, ORS 197.610-197.625, ORS 197.712 & ORS 197.717