Attachment C <br />ORS 197.298 Priority of land to be included within urban growth boundary. (1) In <br />addition to any requirements established by rule addressing urbanization, land may not be <br />included within an urban growth boundary of Metro except under the following priorities: <br />(a) First priority is land that is designated urban reserve land under ORS 195.145, rule or <br />metropolitan service district action plan. <br />(b) If land under paragraph (a) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the amount <br />of land needed, second priority is land adjacent to an urban growth boundary that is identified in <br />an acknowledged comprehensive plan as an exception area or nonresource land. Second priority <br />may include resource land that is completely surrounded by exception areas unless such resource <br />land is high-value farmland as described in ORS 215.710. <br />(c) If land under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the <br />amount of land needed, third priority is land designated as marginal land pursuant to ORS <br />197.247 (1991 Edition). <br />(d) If land under paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the <br />amount of land needed, fourth priority is land designated in an acknowledged comprehensive <br />plan for agriculture or forestry, or both. <br />(2) Higher priority shall be given to land of lower capability as measured by the capability <br />classification system or by cubic foot site class, whichever is appropriate for the current use. <br />(3) Land of lower priority under subsection (1) of this section may be included in an urban <br />growth boundary if land of higher priority is found to be inadequate to accommodate the amount <br />of land estimated in subsection (1) of this section for one or more of the following reasons: <br />(a) Specific types of identified land needs cannot be reasonably accommodated on higher <br />priority lands; <br />(b) Future urban services could not reasonably be provided to the higher priority lands due to <br />topographical or other physical constraints; or <br />(c) Maximum efficiency of land uses within a proposed urban growth boundary requires <br />inclusion of lower priority lands in order to include or to provide services to higher priority <br />lands. <br />(4) When a city includes land within the urban growth boundary of the city pursuant to ORS <br />197.295 to 197.314, the city shall prioritize lands for inclusion as provided in ORS 197A.320. <br />[1995 c.547 §5; 1999 c.59 §56; 2013 c.575 §12] <br />