OAR 660-025-0010: Purpose

The purpose of this division is to carry out the state policy outlined in ORS 197.010 and 197.628. This division is intended to implement provisions of ORS 197.626 through 197.651. The purpose for periodic review is to ensure that comprehensive plans and land use regulations remain in compliance with the statewide planning goals adopted pursuant to ORS 197.230, the commission's rules and applicable land use statutes. Periodic review also is intended to ensure that local government plans and regulations make adequate provision for economic development, needed housing, transportation, public facilities and services, and urbanization, and that local plans are coordinated as described in ORS 197.015(5). Periodic Review is a cooperative planning process that includes the state and its agencies, local governments, and other interested persons.