OAR 660-022-0020: Designation of Community Areas

(1) Except as provided in OAR 660-022-0070, county comprehensive plans shall designate and identify unincorporated communities in accordance with the definitions in OAR 660-022-0010. Counties may amend these designations as circumstances change over time. (2) Counties shall establish boundaries of unincorporated communities in order to distinguish lands within the community from exception areas, resource lands and other rural lands. The boundaries of unincorporated communities shall be shown on the county comprehensive plan map at a scale sufficient to determine accurately which properties are included. (3) Only land meeting the following criteria may be included within an unincorporated community boundary: (a) Land which has been acknowledged as a Goal 3 or 4 exception area and historically considered to be part of the community provided the land only includes existing, contiguous concentrations of: (A) Commercial, industrial, or public uses; and/or (B) Dwelling units and associated residential lots at a greater density than exception lands outside rural communities. (b) Land planned and zoned for farm or forest use provided such land meets the criteria in section (4) of this rule. (4) Community boundaries may include land that is designated for farm or forest use pursuant to Goals 3 and 4 if all the following criteria is met: (a) The land is contiguous to Goal 3 or 4 exception lands included in the community boundary; (b) The land was occupied on the date of this division (October 28, 1994) by one or more of the following uses considered to be part of the community: Church, cemetery, school, park, playground, community center, fire station, museum, golf course, or utility facility; (c) Only the portion of the lot or parcel that is occupied by the use(s) in subsection (b) of this section is included within the boundary; and (d) The land remains planned and zoned under Goals 3 or 4. (5) Site specific unincorporated community boundaries that are shown on an acknowledged plan map on October 28, 1994, are deemed to comply with subsections (2) and (3) of this rule unless the boundary includes land designated for farm or forest use that does not meet the criteria in section (4) of this rule. (6) Communities which meet the definitions in both OAR 660-022-0010(6) and (9) shall be classified and planned as either resort communities or urban unincorporated communities.