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
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LC 1484
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 530
                 Ordered by the Senate April 11
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 11
 
Sponsored by Senator L BEYER
 
 
                             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.
 
  Requires municipalities administering building inspection
program for commercial structures to incorporate certain features
into plan review process. { +  Requires applicant submitting
plans in phases to ensure that project does not proceed beyond
approved phase. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to building permits; amending ORS 455.467.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 455.467 is amended to read:
  455.467. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this
section, for specialty code plan reviews of simple one and two
family dwellings, the Department of Consumer and Business
Services or a municipality that administers a building inspection
program under ORS 455.150 shall approve or disapprove the
specialty code building plan:
  (a) For a jurisdiction with a population that is less than
300,000, within 10 business days of receiving a complete
application, or shall implement the process described in ORS
455.465.
  (b) For a jurisdiction with a population that is 300,000 or
more, within 15 business days of receiving a complete
application, or shall implement the process described in ORS
455.465.
  (2) The 10-day and 15-day requirements in subsection (1) of
this section do not apply if:
  (a) The plan requires approval by federal, state or local
agencies outside the jurisdiction of the issuing agency;
  (b) The plan is for a complex structure that requires
additional review as determined by the department or
municipality; or
  (c) Based on conditions that exist in the affected
municipality, the Director of the Department of Consumer and
Business Services authorizes a different plan review schedule as
described in a building inspection program submitted under ORS
455.150.
  (3) For specialty code plan reviews of commercial structures, a
municipality shall include in its building inspection program
submitted under ORS 455.150 a process for plan review services.
The municipality shall include in its program detailed reasons
supporting the proposed plan review process.  { + The plan review
services provided by the municipality shall:
  (a) Allow an applicant to defer the submittal of plans for one
or more construction phases for a commercial construction project
in accordance with the state building code; and
  (b) Allow an applicant to receive permits for each of the
phases of a commercial construction project as described in the
state building code when the plan review for that phase is
completed.
  (4) For a phased commercial construction project as described
in subsection (3) of this section, the municipality shall inform
the applicant of the detailed plans necessary for each phase of
the project and the estimated time for initial and phased review
of the building plans for conformance with the state building
code.
  (5) An applicant submitting plans under subsection (3) of this
section is responsible for ensuring that the project meets all
specialty code requirements and that the project does not proceed
beyond the level of approval authorized by the building
official. + }
    { - (4) - }  { +  (6) + } A municipality that repeatedly
fails to meet the plan review period described in this section or
otherwise authorized in its building inspection program submitted
under ORS 455.150 shall be considered to be engaging in a pattern
of conduct of failing to provide timely plan reviews under ORS
455.160.
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