Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 660 - LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Division 21 - URBAN RESERVES
Section 660-021-0030 - Determination of Urban Reserve

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 660-021-0030

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

(1) Urban reserves shall include an amount of land estimated to be at least a 10-year supply and no more than a 30-year supply of developable land beyond the 20-year time frame used to establish the urban growth boundary. Local governments designating urban reserves shall adopt findings specifying the particular number of years over which designated urban reserves are intended to provide a supply of land.

(2) Inclusion of land within an urban reserve shall be based upon the locational factors of Goal 14 and a demonstration that there are no reasonable alternatives that will require less, or have less effect upon, resource land. Cities and counties cooperatively, and the Metropolitan Service District for the Portland Metropolitan Area Urban Growth Boundary, shall first study lands adjacent to, or nearby, the urban growth boundary for suitability for inclusion within urban reserves, as measured by the factors and criteria set forth in this section. Local governments shall then designate, for inclusion within urban reserves, that suitable land which satisfies the priorities in section (3) of this rule.

(3) Land found suitable for an urban reserve may be included within an urban reserve only according to the following priorities:

(a) First priority goes to land adjacent to, or nearby, an urban growth boundary and identified in an acknowledged comprehensive plan as an exception area or nonresource land. First priority may include resource land that is completely surrounded by exception areas unless these are high value crop areas as defined in Goal 8 or prime or unique agricultural lands as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture;

(b) If land of higher priority is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land estimated in section (1) of this rule, second priority goes to land designated as marginal land pursuant to former ORS 197.247 (1991 edition);

(c) If land of higher priority is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land estimated in section (1) of this rule, third priority goes to land designated in an acknowledged comprehensive plan for agriculture or forestry, or both. Higher priority shall be given to land of lower capability as measured by the capability classification system or by cubic foot site class, whichever is appropriate for the current use.

(4) Land of lower priority under section (3) of this rule may be included if land of higher priority is found to be inadequate to accommodate the amount of land estimated in section (1) of this rule for one or more of the following reasons:

(a) Future urban services could not reasonably be provided to the higher priority area due to topographical or other physical constraints; or

(b) Maximum efficiency of land uses within a proposed urban reserve requires inclusion of lower priority lands in order to include or to provide services to higher priority lands.

(5) Findings and conclusions concerning the results of the consideration required by this rule shall be adopted by the affected jurisdictions.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 197.040

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 197A.245

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