Title 215 · ORS Chapter 215

527.722, the county governing body shall adopt and may from time to time revise a comprehensive plan and zoning, subdivision and other ordinances applicable to all of the land in the county. The plan

Citation: ORS 527.722

Section: 527.722

527.722, the county governing body shall adopt and may from time to time revise a comprehensive plan and zoning, subdivision and other ordinances applicable to all of the land in the county. The plan and related ordinances may be adopted and revised part by part or by geographic area.

����� (2) Zoning, subdivision or other ordinances or regulations and any revisions or amendments thereof shall be designed to implement the adopted county comprehensive plan.

����� (3) A county shall maintain copies of its comprehensive plan and land use regulations, as defined in ORS 197.015, for sale to the public at a charge not to exceed the cost of copying and assembling the material. [Amended by 1955 c.439 �2; 1963 c.619 �3; 1973 c.552 �4; 1977 c.766 �2; 1981 c.748 �41; 1987 c.919 �5; 1991 c.363 �1]

����� 215.055 [1955 c.439 �3; 1963 c.619 �4; 1971 c.13 �2; 1971 c.739 �1; 1973 c.80 �43; 1975 c.153 �1; repealed by 1977 c.766 �16]

����� 215.060 Procedure for action on plan; notice; hearing. Action by the governing body of a county regarding the plan shall have no legal effect unless the governing body first conducts one or more public hearings on the plan and unless 10 days� advance public notice of each of the hearings is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or, in case the plan as it is to be heard concerns only part of the county, is so published in the territory so concerned and unless a majority of the members of the governing body approves the action. The notice provisions of this section shall not restrict the giving of notice by other means, including mail, radio and television. [Amended by 1963 c.619 �5; 1967 c.589 �1; 1973 c.552 �6]

����� 215.070 [Repealed by 1963 c.619 �16]

����� 215.080 Power to enter upon land. The commission, and any of its members, officers and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain the necessary monuments and markers thereon.

����� 215.090 Information made available to commission. Public officials, departments and agencies, having information, maps or other data deemed by the planning commission pertinent to county planning shall make such information available for the use of the commission. [Amended by 1977 c.766 �3]

����� 215.100 Cooperation with other agencies. The county planning commission shall advise and cooperate with other planning commissions within the state, and shall upon request, or on its own initiative, furnish advice or reports to any city, county, officer or department on any problem comprehended in county planning.

����� 215.104 [1955 c.439 �4; 1963 c.619 �6; 1967 c.589 �2; 1973 c.552 �7; repealed by 1977 c.766 �16]

����� 215.108 [1955 c.439 �5; 1961 c.607 �1; repealed by 1963 c.619 �16]

����� 215.110 Recommendations for implementation of comprehensive plan; enactment of ordinances; referral; retroactivity. (1) A planning commission may recommend to the governing body ordinances intended to implement part or all of the comprehensive plan. The ordinances may provide, among other things, for:

����� (a) Zoning;

����� (b) Official maps showing the location and dimensions of, and the degree of permitted access to, existing and proposed thoroughfares, easements and property needed for public purposes;

����� (c) Preservation of the integrity of the maps by controls over construction, by making official maps parts of county deed records, and by other action not violative of private property rights;

����� (d) Conservation of the natural resources of the county;

����� (e) Controlling subdivision and partitioning of land;

����� (f) Renaming public thoroughfares;

����� (g) Protecting and assuring access to incident solar energy;

����� (h) Protecting and assuring access to wind for potential electrical generation or mechanical application; and

����� (i) Numbering property.

����� (2) The governing body may enact, amend or repeal ordinances to assist in carrying out a comprehensive plan. If an ordinance is recommended by a planning commission, the governing body may make any amendments to the recommendation required in the public interest. If an ordinance is initiated by the governing body, it shall, prior to enactment, request a report and recommendation regarding the ordinance from the planning commission, if one exists, and allow a reasonable time for submission of the report and recommendation.

����� (3) The governing body may refer to the electors of the county for their approval or rejection an ordinance or amendments thereto for which this section provides. If only a part of the county is affected, the ordinance or amendment may be referred to that part only.

����� (4) An ordinance enacted by authority of this section may prescribe fees and appeal procedures necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the ordinance.

����� (5) An ordinance enacted by authority of this section may prescribe limitations designed to encourage and protect the installation and use of solar and wind energy systems.

����� (6) No retroactive ordinance shall be enacted under the provisions of this section. [Amended by 1963 c.619 �7; 1973 c.696 �22; 1975 c.153 �2; 1977 c.766 �4; 1979 c.671 �2; 1981 c.590 �7]

����� 215.120 [Amended by 1957 c.568 �2; repealed by 1963 c.619 �16]

����� 215.124 [1955 c.683 ��2, 4; 1957 c.568 �3; repealed by 1959 c.387 �1]

����� 215.126 [1955 c.683 �3; 1957 c.568 �1; 1959 c.387 �2; repealed by 1963 c.619 �16]

����� 215.130 Application of ordinances and comprehensive plan; alteration of nonconforming use. (1) Any legislative ordinance relating to land use planning or zoning shall be a local law within the meaning of, and subject to, ORS 250.155 to 250.235.

����� (2) An ordinance designed to carry out a county comprehensive plan and a county comprehensive plan shall apply to:

����� (a) The area within the county also within the boundaries of a city as a result of extending the boundaries of the city or creating a new city unless, or until the city has by ordinance or other provision provided otherwise; and

����� (b) The area within the county also within the boundaries of a city if the governing body of such city adopts an ordinance declaring the area within its boundaries subject to the county�s land use planning and regulatory ordinances, officers and procedures and the county governing body consents to the conferral of jurisdiction.

����� (3) An area within the jurisdiction of city land use planning and regulatory provisions that is withdrawn from the city or an area within a city that disincorporates shall remain subject to such plans and regulations which shall be administered by the county until the county provides otherwise.

����� (4) County ordinances designed to implement a county comprehensive plan shall apply to publicly owned property.

����� (5) The lawful use of any building, structure or land at the time of the enactment or amendment of any zoning ordinance or regulation may be continued. Alteration of any such use may be permitted subject to subsection (9) of this section. Alteration of any such use shall be permitted when necessary to comply with any lawful requirement for alteration in the use. Except as provided in ORS