(3) or 227.180 (3), whichever is applicable.

215.422 (3) or 227.180 (3), whichever is applicable.

����� (13) Subsection (12) of this section does not apply to reverse or remand of a land use decision due to ex parte contact or bias resulting from ex parte contact with a hearings officer.

����� (14) The board shall reverse or remand a land use decision or limited land use decision which violates a commission order issued under ORS 197.328.

����� (15) In cases in which a local government provides a quasi-judicial land use hearing on a limited land use decision, the requirements of subsections (12) and (13) of this section apply.

����� (16) The board may decide cases before it by means of memorandum decisions and shall prepare full opinions only in such cases as it deems proper.

����� 197.840 Exceptions to deadline for final decision. (1) The following periods of delay shall be excluded from the 77-day period within which the board must make a final decision on a petition under ORS 197.830 (14):

����� (a) Any period of delay up to 120 days resulting from the board�s deferring all or part of its consideration of a petition for review of a land use decision or limited land use decision that allegedly violates the goals if the decision has been:

����� (A) Submitted for acknowledgment under ORS 197.251; or

����� (B) Submitted to the Department of Land Conservation and Development as part of a periodic review work program task pursuant to ORS 197.628 to 197.651 and not yet acknowledged.

����� (b) Any period of delay resulting from a motion, including but not limited to, a motion disputing the constitutionality of the decision, standing, ex parte contacts or other procedural irregularities not shown in the record.

����� (c) Any reasonable period of delay resulting from a request for a stay under ORS