OAR 660-001-0210: Timing of Director’s Request

(1) If a meeting of the commission is scheduled to occur six or fewer days before the close of the applicable appeal period, or the period for intervention in an appeal, the director shall seek commission approval before appealing, or intervening in, a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision to the Land Use Board of Appeals. If the next scheduled meeting of the commission does not occur or a quorum of the commission is unavailable at the scheduled meeting, the department shall proceed as provided in section (2) of this rule. (2) If there is no commission meeting scheduled to occur six or fewer days before the close of the applicable appeal period, or the period for intervention in an appeal, the director may file, or intervene in, the appeal and report the action to the commission and request permission to pursue the appeal, or intervention, at the commission's next scheduled meeting.