December 3-4, 2015 - LCDC Salem <br />Agenda Item 4, Attachment B <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT <br />DIVISION 24 <br />URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES <br />Proposed New rules and Rule Amendments in Response to ORS 197A <br />Second public draft November 13, 2015 <br />Note: No changes are proposed to existing rules at OAR 660-024-0010, 660-024-0020, 660- <br />024-0040, 660-024-0045 and 660-024-0080 (note: 660-024-0040 is shown for context only) <br />1 660-024-0000 <br />2 Purpose and Applicability <br />3 (1) The rules in this division clarify procedures and requirements of Goal 14 regarding a local <br />4 government adoption or amendment of an urban growth boundary (UGB). The rules in this <br />5 division do not apply to the simplified UGB process under OAR chapter 660, division 38. <br />6 (2) The rules in this division interpret Goal 14 as amended by Land Conservation and <br />7 Development Commission (the Commission) on or after April 28, 2005, and are not applicable to <br />8 plan amendments or land use decisions governed by previous versions of Goal 14 still in effect. <br />9 (3) The rules in this division adopted on October 5, 2006, are effective April 5, 2007. The rules <br />10 in this division amended on March 20, 2008, are effective April 18, 2008. The rules in this <br />11 division adopted March 13, 2009, and amendments to rules in this division adopted on that date, <br />12 are effective April 16, 2009, except as follows: <br />13 (a) A local government may choose to not apply this division to a plan amendment <br />14 concerning the evaluation or amendment of a UGB, regardless of the date of that amendment, <br />15 if the local government initiated the evaluation or amendment of the UGB prior to April 5, <br />16 2007; <br />17 (b) For purposes of this rule, "initiated" means that the local government either <br />18 (A) Issued the public notice specified in OAR 660-018-0020 for the proposed plan <br />19 amendment concerning the evaluation or amendment of the UGB; or <br />20 (B) Received LCDC approval of a periodic review work program that includes a work task <br />21 to evaluate the UGB land supply or amend the UGB; <br />22 (c) A local government choice whether to apply this division must include the entire division <br />23 and may not differ with respect to individual rules in the division. <br />24 (4) The rules in this division adopted on December 4, 2015, are effective January 1, 2016, <br />25 except that a local government may choose not to apply the rules adopted December 4, <br />26 2015 to a plan amendment concerning the evaluation or amendment of a UGB, regardless <br />