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Section 197.225 – Preparation; adoption.

The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall prepare and the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt goals and guidelines for use by state agencies, local governments and special districts in preparing, adopting, amending and implementing existing and future comprehensive plans. [1973 c.80 §33; 1981 c.748 §27a]

Section 197.240 – Commission action; public hearing; notice; amendment; adoption.

Upon receipt of the proposed goals and guidelines prepared and submitted to it by the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall: (1) Hold at least one public hearing on the proposed goals and guidelines. The commission shall cause notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearings […]

Section 197.245 – Commission amendment of initial goals; adoption of new goals.

The Land Conservation and Development Commission may periodically amend the initial goals and guidelines adopted under ORS 197.240 and adopt new goals and guidelines. The adoption of amendments to or of new goals shall be done in the manner provided in ORS 197.235 and 197.240 and shall specify with particularity those goal provisions that are […]

Section 197.250 – Compliance with goals required.

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 197.245, all comprehensive plans and land use regulations adopted by a local government to carry out those comprehensive plans and all plans, programs, rules or regulations affecting land use adopted by a state agency or special district shall be in compliance with the goals within one year after the […]

Section 197.254 – Bar to contesting acknowledgment, appealing or seeking amendment.

(1) A state agency is barred, after the date set for submission of programs by the Land Conservation and Development Commission as provided in ORS 197.180 (4), from contesting a request for acknowledgment submitted by a local government under ORS 197.251 or from filing an appeal of a post-acknowledgement change under ORS 197.610 to 197.625 […]

Section 197.255

[1973 c.80 §39; 1981 c.748 §29b; 1983 c.827 §57a; renumbered 195.035 in 1993]

Section 197.260

[1973 c.80 §44; 1981 c.748 §29c; renumbered 195.040 in 1993]

Section 197.265 – State compensation for costs of defending compliance actions.

(1) As used in this section, “action” includes but is not limited to a proceeding under ORS 197.830 to 197.845. (2) If any action is brought against a local government challenging any comprehensive plan, land use regulation or other action of the local government which was adopted or taken for the primary purpose of complying […]

Section 197.270 – Copies of comprehensive plan and land use regulations; post review.

Within six months following completion of the periodic review process, the affected local government shall file three complete and accurate copies of its comprehensive plan and land use regulations with the Department of Land Conservation and Development. This document can be either a new printing or an up-to-date compilation of the required materials. [1987 c.729 […]

Section 197.274 – Review of Metro regional framework plan.

(1) The Metro regional framework plan, its separate components and amendments to the regional framework plan or to its separate components are subject to review: (a) For compliance with land use planning statutes, statewide land use planning goals and administrative rules corresponding to the statutes and goals, in the same manner as a comprehensive plan […]

Section 197.277 – Oregon Forest Practices Act; exclusion.

(1) The goals and rules established in ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 do not apply to programs, rules, procedures, decisions, determinations or activities carried out under the Oregon Forest Practices Act administered under ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 (1) and 527.992. (2) No goal or rule shall be adopted, construed or administered in a […]

Section 197.283 – Commission to assure protection of ground water resources.

(1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall take actions it considers necessary to assure that city and county comprehensive plans and land use regulations and state agency coordination programs are consistent with the goal set forth in ORS 468B.155. (2) The commission shall direct the Department of Land Conservation and Development to take actions […]