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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use
Chapter 197A - Land Use Planning: Housing and Urbanization
Section 197A.340 - Metro urbanizable lands; use in planning; county responsibility.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 197A.340 (2025)
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(1) As used in this section, "Metro urbanizable lands" means lands within the Metro urban growth boundary that are not within a city and are not Metro urban unincorporated land.

(2) In fulfilling a requirement to comply with this chapter, a local government may plan for the appropriate urbanization of Metro urbanizable lands, by using methods including adjacent urbanizable lands:

(a) In an intergovernmental agreement related to the urbanization of such lands;

(b) In a housing production strategy, housing coordination strategy or corrective action plan under ORS 197A.100, 197A.365 or 197A.372; or

(c) To accommodate needed housing identified in an analysis of housing capacity under ORS 197A.335 or 197A.350.

(3) Except as may be explicitly delegated in an intergovernmental agreement, counties are solely responsible for complying with this chapter with respect to Metro urban unincorporated lands that are within their jurisdiction. [2024 c.102 §3; 2025 c.38 §3]

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