OAR 660-024-0000: Purpose and Applicability

(1) The rules in this division clarify procedures and requirements of Goal 14 regarding a local government adoption or amendment of an urban growth boundary (UGB). The rules in this division do not apply to the simplified UGB process under OAR chapter 660, division 38. (2) The rules in this division interpret Goal 14 as amended by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC or commission) on or after April 28, 2005, and are not applicable to plan amendments or land use decisions governed by previous versions of Goal 14 still in effect. (3) The rules in this division adopted on October 5, 2006, are effective April 5, 2007. The rules in this division amended on March 20, 2008, are effective April 18, 2008. The rules in this division adopted March 13, 2009, and amendments to rules in this division adopted on that date, are effective April 16, 2009, except as follows: (a) A local government may choose to not apply this division to a plan amendment concerning the evaluation or amendment of a UGB, regardless of the date of that amendment, if the local government initiated the evaluation or amendment of the UGB prior to April 5, 2007; (b) For purposes of this rule, "initiated" means that the local government either: (A) Issued the public notice specified in OAR 660-018-0020 for the proposed plan amendment concerning the evaluation or amendment of the UGB; or (B) Received LCDC approval of a periodic review work program that includes a work task to evaluate the UGB land supply or amend the UGB; (c) A local government choice whether to apply this division must include the entire division and may not differ with respect to individual rules in the division. (4) The rules in this division adopted on December 4, 2015, are effective January 1, 2016, except that a local government may choose to not apply the amendments to rules in this division adopted December 4, 2015 to a plan amendment concerning the amendment of a UGB, regardless of the date of that amendment, if the local government initiated the amendment of the UGB prior to January 1, 2016.