Title 197 · ORS Chapter 197
in 2021]
Citation: ORS 197.256
Section: 197.256
197.256 in 2021]
����� 197.758 [2019 c.639 �2; 2023 c.223 �20; 2023 c.283 �2; renumbered 197A.420 in 2023]
����� 197.760 [1973 c.482 �9a; repealed by 1977 c.665 �24]
MISCELLANEOUS
����� 197.761 Development of residential platted lot. Within the urban growth boundary of a city with a population greater than 25,000, local governments shall allow, subject to reasonable local regulations relating to siting and design, the development of at least one dwelling unit on each platted lot that is zoned to allow for single-unit dwellings, unless the local government determines that:
����� (1) The lot cannot be adequately served by water, sewer, storm water drainage or streets, or will not be adequately served at the time that development on the lot is complete;
����� (2) The lot contains a slope of 25 percent or greater;
����� (3) The lot is within a 100-year floodplain; or
����� (4) Development of the lot is constrained by land use regulations based on statewide land use planning goals relating to:
����� (a) Natural disasters and hazards; or
����� (b) Natural resources, including air, water, land, natural areas or open spaces, but not including historic resources. [2019 c.623 �2; 2025 c.38 �15]
����� 197.762 [1987 c.729 �15; repealed by 1989 c.761 �10 (197.763 enacted in lieu of 197.762)]
����� 197.763 [1989 c.761 �10a (enacted in lieu of 197.762); 1991 c.817 �31; 1995 c.595 �2; 1997 c.763 �6; 1997 c.844 �2; 1999 c.533 �12; renumbered 197.797 in 2021]
����� 197.764 [1999 c.503 �1; 2001 c.104 �70; 2023 c.13 �88; renumbered 197A.215 in 2023]
����� 197.765 [1973 c.482 �2a; repealed by 1977 c.665 �24]
����� 197.766 [1999 c.503 �2; repealed by 2023 c.13 �89]
����� 197.767 [1987 c.729 �4; repealed by 1989 c.837 �34]
����� 197.768 Local government or special district adoption of public facilities strategy; public hearing; written findings. (1) As used in this section, �special district� has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.505.
����� (2)(a) A local government or special district may adopt a public facilities strategy if the public facilities strategy:
����� (A)(i) Is acknowledged under ORS 197.251; or
����� (ii) Is approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission under ORS 197.628 to