Or. Admin. Code § 660-012-0350 - Urban Growth Boundary Expansions

(1) A city and county must meet the following requirements prior to undertaking an urban growth boundary expansion as provided in OAR 660-024-0020(1) or OAR 660-038-0020(13).

(a) The city must have an acknowledged transportation system plan as provided in OAR 660-012-0100. If the county has responsibility for planning in urban unincorporated areas as provided in OAR 660-012-0110, the county must also have an acknowledged transportation system plan for the urban area as provided in OAR 660-012-0100.

(b) The city must have submitted a major report in the past five years as provided in OAR 660-012-0900 and have had that report approved by order as provided in OAR 660-012-0915.

(c) The city and county must have designated climate-friendly areas as provided in OAR 660-012-0315 and must demonstrate compliance with OAR 660-008-0010(2).

(d) The city and county must have adopted land use regulations as provided in OAR 660-012-0330.

(2) A city and county must meet the following requirements as part of the urban growth boundary expansion process as provided in OAR 660-024-0020(1) or OAR 660-038-0020(13).

(a) Lands otherwise of the same level of priority category for an urban growth boundary expansion as provided in OAR 660-024-0067 or OAR 660-038-0170 may be prioritized by determining the potential level of access to existing urban pedestrian, bicycle, and transit networks, and the ability of those networks to be extended to the candidate areas for expansion as part of the evaluation of the boundary location factors of Goal 14.

(b) Transportation system planning assumptions developed to make decisions about an urban growth boundary expansion must be consistent with performance targets set under OAR 660-012-0910.

(c) Transportation system planning assumptions developed to make decisions about an urban growth boundary expansion may not assume the construction of any facility required to be reviewed as provided in OAR 660-012-0830 if the proposed facility has not been authorized.

(d) The city and county must determine if the designation of additional lands as part of climate-friendly areas will be required to meet the targets for households within these areas, as provided in OAR 660-012-0310.

(3) Where an urban growth boundary is intended to follow an existing or planned street, road, or highway right-of-way, the boundary shall be placed on the rural side of the right-of-way or planned right-of-way, so that the right-of-way is inside the urban growth boundary.

(4) Cities and counties with areas added to an urban growth boundary after August 17, 2022, where the requirements of OAR 660-012-0060 are not applied at the time of urban growth boundary amendment as provided in OAR 660-024-0020 or OAR 660-038-0020, must update the land use assumptions as provided in OAR 660-012-0340 prior to an update of the transportation system plan as provided in OAR 660-012-0105.

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Or. Admin. Code § 660-012-0350

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

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197.012, ORS 197.712 & ORS 197.798