71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 3592
 
                         Senate Bill 725
 
Sponsored by Senator ATKINSON (at the request of Oregon Farm
  Bureau Federation)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Encourages local governments to apply Land Evaluation and Site
Assessment system to evaluate certain conditions during periodic
review.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to periodic review; amending ORS 197.628.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 197.628 is amended to read:
  197.628. (1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to require
the periodic review of comprehensive plans and land use
regulations in order to respond to changes in local, regional and
state conditions to ensure that the plans and regulations remain
in compliance with the statewide planning goals adopted pursuant
to ORS 197.230, and to ensure that the plans and regulations make
adequate provision for needed housing, employment, transportation
and public facilities and services.
  (2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall
concentrate periodic review assistance to local governments on
achieving compliance with those statewide land use planning laws
and goals that address needed housing, employment, transportation
and public facilities and services.
  (3) The following conditions indicate the need for periodic
review of comprehensive plans and land use regulations:
  (a) There has been a substantial change in circumstances
including but not limited to the conditions, findings or
assumptions upon which the comprehensive plan or land use
regulations were based, so that the comprehensive plan or land
use regulations do not comply with the statewide planning goals;
  (b) Decisions implementing acknowledged comprehensive plan and
land use regulations are inconsistent with the goals;
  (c) There are issues of regional or statewide significance,
intergovernmental coordination or state agency plans or programs
affecting land use which must be addressed in order to bring
comprehensive plans and land use regulations into compliance with
the goals; or
  (d) The local government, commission or Department of Land
Conservation and Development determines that the existing
comprehensive plan and land use regulations are not achieving the
statewide planning goals.
 
   { +  (4) For consistency with statewide planning goals adopted
under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 and to facilitate an accurate
assessment of the conditions described in subsection (3) of this
section, it is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage
local governments to apply the 'Land Evaluation and Site
Assessment system,' Second Edition, which is published by the
Soil and Water Conservation Society, as a tool in the evaluation
of the relative value of lots or parcels. + }
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