71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2787
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3557
                   Ordered by the House May 10
             Including House Amendments dated May 10
 
Sponsored by Representative DEVLIN; Representatives GARDNER,
  JOHNSON, MINNIS, WILLIAMS, WITT
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Creates Advisory Committee on Commercial and Industrial
Development to inventory certain vacant and underutilized lands
and to evaluate comprehensive plan of local government to ensure
adequacy for commercial and industrial development needs. - }
 { + Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development and
Economic and Community Development Department to jointly
establish working group to inventory lands designated for
industrial, commercial or mixed use by certain local governments
and to determine whether local government has sufficient
buildable commercial and industrial lands. Specifies factors to
be considered. + } Requires that   { - advisory committee - }
 { + working group + } report to  { + director of each
department, + } local governments and Legislative Assembly { +
or appropriate interim committee + }.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to buildable lands.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) To ensure that Oregon communities are
providing sufficient buildable commercial and industrial lands
under ORS 197.712, the Department of Land Conservation and
Development and the Economic and Community Development Department
shall jointly:
  (a) Establish a working group of at least seven members who are
knowledgeable about the need for and requirements of commercial
and industrial development in this state and the availability of
buildable lands for commercial and industrial development;
  (b) Inventory the lands, of each local government designated by
the working group under subsection (4) of this section, that are
within the urban growth boundary and that are designated for
industrial, commercial or mixed use by the comprehensive plans of
the local government; and
  (c) Evaluate the comprehensive plans of each local government
designated under subsection (4) of this section, using criteria
developed under subsection (2) of this section, to determine
whether the local government has sufficient buildable commercial
and industrial lands, considering:
  (A) The location of relevant markets;
  (B) The availability of necessary transportation facilities;
  (C) The availability of necessary public facilities and
services;
  (D) Local labor supplies and support services;
  (E) The availability and costs of materials and energy;
  (F) Environmental and pollution control requirements;
  (G) The local availability of technical training and
educational programs;
  (H) The changing nature of industrial and commercial uses and
the implications of that for land use planning; and
  (I) The conversion of industrial land to nonindustrial uses.
  (2) The working group shall:
  (a) Assist in the inventories and evaluations performed
pursuant to subsection (1) of this section;
  (b) With the assistance of the Director of the Department of
Land Conservation and Development and the Director of the
Economic and Community Development Department, create objective
criteria to be used in subsection (1)(c) of this section to
assist in the determination of whether a local government has
sufficient buildable commercial and industrial lands; and
  (c) Summarize the actions taken by the working group, the
Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Economic
and Community Development Department under this subsection and
subsection (1) of this section and, no later than January 1,
2003, report to:
  (A) The Director of the Department of Land Conservation and
Development and the Director of the Economic and Community
Development Department;
  (B) The governing body of each local government for which an
inventory and evaluation was performed; and
  (C) The Legislative Assembly or the appropriate interim
committee.
  (3) The report described in subsection (2)(c) of this section
shall include recommendations and legislative proposals relating
to economic development on buildable lands.
  (4) For the inventories described in subsection (1)(b) of this
section, the working group may designate local governments that
have:
  (a) A population greater than 25,000 persons within the urban
growth boundary; or
  (b) Increased in population, for three of the previous five
years, at a rate greater than the average annual population
increase for the state.
  (5) For each local government designated by the working group
under subsection (4) of this section, the inventory of the lands
described in subsection (1)(b) of this section must include:
  (a) The number of vacant or significantly underutilized lots or
parcels;
  (b) The total acreage and number of sites for which public
facilities referred to in ORS 197.712 (2) are available or can
reasonably be made available; and
  (c) The total acreage and number of sites that have no
significant geographic impediments to industrial or commercial
development. + }
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