Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 660 - LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Division 32 - Oregon State Archives
Section 660-032-0040 - Interim Forecasts

(1) If a local government outside the Metro boundary initiates a periodic review or other legislative review of its comprehensive plan that concerns an urban growth boundary or a matter authorized by section (2) of this rule before the date the PRC issues a final population forecast for the local government in the first forecasting cycle described in OAR 577-050-0040(7), the local government may continue its review using the population forecast that was acknowledged before the review was initiated, provided the forecast was:

(2) The authorization to use the forecast described in section (1) applies only to a periodic review or a legislative review of the comprehensive plan that concerns:

(3) For purposes of section (1) of this rule, if the acknowledged forecast was adopted by the applicable county, and if the forecast allocates population forecasts to the urban areas in the county but has not been adopted by a particular city in that county, the city may apply the allocated forecast as necessary for the purposes described in section (2) of this rule.

(4) If the forecast is consistent with sections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this rule but does not provide a forecast for the entire applicable planning period for a purpose described in section (2), the local government may apply an extended forecast for such purpose. The extended forecast shall be developed by applying the long term growth trend that was assumed in the acknowledged forecast, for the particular planning area, to the current population of the planning area.

(5) If the local government initiates a periodic review or other legislative review that concerns an urban growth boundary or other matter authorized by section (2) of this rule before the issuance by PRC of a final population forecast for the local government, and if that review would be based on a population forecast that was adopted and submitted to the department prior to the effective date of this rule as provided in OAR 660-032-0000 (2), but which is not acknowledged by the effective date of this rule, the local government may continue its review using that forecast provided the forecast is acknowledged prior to the local government's adoption of any final land use decision or periodic review task resulting from such review.

(6) If the local government does not have a forecast that meets the requirements of sections (1)(a) and (1)(b) or section (5) of this rule, the local government may adopt an interim forecast for purposes described in section (2) of this rule. The interim forecast must be based on the average annual (annualized) growth rate for the planning period in the most recent population forecast for the county issued by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA), consistent with section (7) of this rule. The local government shall adopt the interim forecast following the procedures and requirements in ORS 197.610 to 197.650 and shall provide notice to all local governments in the county.

(7) The interim forecast described in section (6), for a particular planning area, must be developed by applying the annualized growth rate in the most recent OEA forecast, to the current population of the planning area.

(8) For purposes of this rule: