Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 660 - LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Division 21 - URBAN RESERVES
Section 660-021-0010 - Definitions

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 660-021-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

For purposes of this division, the definitions contained in ORS 197.015 and the statewide planning goals (OAR chapter 660, division 15) apply. In addition, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Urban Reserve" means lands outside of an urban growth boundary that will provide for:

(a) Future expansion over a long-term period; and

(b) The cost-effective provision of public facilities and services within the area when the lands are included within the urban growth boundary.

(2) "Resource Land" means land subject to the statewide planning goals listed in OAR 660-004-0010(1)(a) through (g), except subsections (c) and (d).

(3) "Nonresource Land" means land not subject to one or more of the statewide planning goals listed in OAR 660-004-0010(1)(a) through (g) except subsections (c) and (d). Nothing in this definition is meant to imply that other goals do not apply to nonresource land.

(4) "Exception Areas" means rural lands for which an exception to statewide planning goals 3 or 4, or both, as defined in ORS 197.732 and OAR 660-004-0005(1), has been acknowledged.

(5) "Developable Land" means land that is not severely constrained by natural hazards or designated or zoned to protect natural resources and that is either entirely vacant or has a portion of its area unoccupied by structures or roads.

(6) "Adjacent Land" means abutting land.

(7) "Nearby Land" means land that lies wholly or partially within a quarter mile of an urban growth boundary.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197A.245

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