Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 660 - LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Division 3 - PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF COMPLIANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT REQUEST
Section 660-003-0005 - Definitions

(1) "Acknowledgment of Compliance" is an order of the commission issued pursuant to ORS 197.251(1) that certifies that a comprehensive plan and land use regulation, land use regulations or plan or regulation amendment complies with the goals.

(2) "Affected Agencies and Districts" are state and federal agencies, special districts and other local governments having programs affecting land use.

(3) "Comments" are opinions, beliefs, or other information which a person, local coordinating body or local government wants the commission to consider in reviewing an acknowledgment request.

(4) "Objections" are statements or positions by persons (including the local coordinating body, affected agencies or districts) opposing the granting of an Acknowledgment of Compliance.

(5) "Compliance Schedule" is a listing of the tasks which a local government must complete in order to bring its comprehensive plan, land use regulations and land use decisions into initial compliance with the goals, including a generalized time schedule showing when the tasks are estimated to be completed and when a comprehensive plan or land use regulations which comply with the goals are estimated to be adopted.

(6) "Urban Planning Area" is a geographical area within an urban growth boundary.

(7) "Continuance" is an order of the commission issued pursuant to ORS 197.251(1) that certifies that a comprehensive plan, land use regulations or both do not comply with one or more goals and certifies that section(s) of the plan or regulation or both comply with one or more of the goals. The order specifies amendments or other action that the local government must complete within a specified time period for acknowledgment to occur. The order is final for purposes of judicial review of the comprehensive plan, land use regulation or both as to the goals with which the plan, regulation or both the plan and regulation are in compliance.

(8) "Denial" is an order of the commission issued pursuant to ORS 197.251(1) that certifies that a comprehensive plan, land use regulations or both do not comply with one or more goals. The order specifies amendments or other actions that the local government must complete for acknowledgment to occur. The order is used when the amendments or other changes required in the comprehensive plan, land use regulation or both affect many goals and are likely to take a substantial period of time to complete.

(9) "Record of Proceedings Before the Local Government", as used in ORS 197.251, means the materials submitted to the director as part of an acknowledgment request in accordance with OAR 660-003-0010(2)(a), (b) and (c), supporting evidence and documents and any official minutes or tapes of meetings leading to the adoption of a comprehensive plan, land use regulations or amendments thereto. Supporting evidence and documents listed, but not submitted with the acknowledgment request as provided in OAR 660-003-0010(2)(b) shall be considered part of the record of proceedings before the local government and part of the record of proceedings before the local government and part of the record before the commission. Notwithstanding the requirements of OAR 660-003-0010(2)(b) the director may require that such evidence or documents, or a copy, be provided to the department for convenience or if required for judicial review. This definition applies to all acknowledgment requests, corrections submitted pursuant to a commission's continuance order and new acknowledgement requests subsequent to a commission's denial order submitted to the director after the effective date of this rule.

(10) "Filing" or "Submitted" for purposes of these rules shall mean that the required documents have been received by the department at its Salem, Oregon office.