Bill Text: OR SB250 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to planning for industrial uses.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB250 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB250-Introduced.html


     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 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 1733

                         Senate Bill 250

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Business, Transportation and Economic Development)

                             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.

  Authorizes local government required to have urban growth
boundary to include land within boundary when inclusion of land
is consistent with local economic development projections and
public facilities plans.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to planning for industrial uses; amending ORS 197.712.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 197.712 is amended to read:
  197.712. (1) In addition to the findings and policies set forth
in ORS 197.005, 197.010 and 215.243, the Legislative Assembly
finds and declares that, in carrying out statewide comprehensive
land use planning, the provision of adequate opportunities for a
variety of economic activities throughout the state is vital to
the health, welfare and prosperity of all the people of the
state.
    { - (2) By the adoption of new goals or rules, or the
application, interpretation or amendment of existing goals or
rules, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall
implement all of the following: - }
    { - (a) - }   { + (2) + } Comprehensive plans   { - shall - }
 { + must:
  (a) + } Include an analysis of the community's economic
patterns, potentialities, strengths and deficiencies as they
relate to state and national trends.
  (b)   { - Comprehensive plans shall - }  Contain policies
concerning the economic development opportunities in the
community.
    { - (c) - }   { + (3) + } Comprehensive plans and land use
regulations
  { - shall - }   { + must:
  (a) + } Provide for at least an adequate supply of sites of
suitable sizes, types, locations and service levels for
industrial and commercial uses consistent with plan policies.
    { - (d) - }   { + (b) + }   { - Comprehensive plans and land
use regulations shall - }  Provide for compatible uses on or near
sites zoned for specific industrial and commercial uses.  { +
  (4) Pursuant to this subsection and notwithstanding provisions
of a statewide land use planning goal related to urbanization
that requires demonstrated need to accommodate long-range urban
population or demonstrated need for employment opportunities, a
local government that is required to have an urban growth
boundary may include land within its urban growth boundary and
plan and zone the land for industrial use when the inclusion of
land is consistent with:
  (a) Economic development projections of the local government
that take into account:
  (A) The economic base and the availability and suitability of
land within its jurisdiction to support economic growth and
activity;
  (B) The cost and availability of materials and energy
resources;
  (C) The labor market;
  (D) The availability of educational and technical training
programs and other resources that support economic growth and
activity;
  (E) The location of the land relative to markets; and
  (F) Other local, regional, national and international factors
affecting economic growth and activity.
  (b) The public facilities plan developed under subsection (6)
of this section.
  (5) Land included within an urban growth boundary pursuant to
subsection (4) of this section must be planned and zoned for
industrial uses and may not be rezoned to a nonindustrial zoning
classification within 10 years after the land is included within
the urban growth boundary pursuant to subsection (4) of this
section. + }
    { - (e) - }   { + (6) + } A city or county shall develop and
adopt a public facility plan for areas within an urban growth
boundary containing a population greater than 2,500 persons. The
public facility plan shall include rough cost estimates for
public projects needed to provide sewer, water and transportation
for the land uses contemplated in the comprehensive plan and land
use regulations.  Project timing and financing provisions of
public facility plans shall not be considered land use decisions.
    { - (f) - }   { + (7) + } In accordance with ORS 197.180,
state agencies that provide funding for transportation, water
supply, sewage and solid waste facilities shall identify in their
coordination programs how they will coordinate that funding with
other state agencies and with the public facility plans of cities
and counties. In addition, state agencies that issue permits
affecting land use shall identify in their coordination programs
how they will coordinate permit issuance with other state
agencies and cities and counties.
    { - (g) - }   { + (8) + } Local governments shall provide:
    { - (A) - }   { + (a) + } Reasonable opportunities to satisfy
local and rural needs for residential and industrial development
and other economic activities on appropriate lands outside urban
growth boundaries, in a manner consistent with conservation of
the state's agricultural and forest land base; and
    { - (B) - }   { + (b) + } Reasonable opportunities for urban
residential, commercial and industrial needs over time through
changes to urban growth boundaries.
    { - (3) A comprehensive plan and land use regulations shall
be in compliance with this section by the first periodic review
of that plan and regulations. - }
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