Bill Text: OR HB3225 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to development in urban reserves; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-05 - Chapter 726, (2011 Laws): Effective date August 5, 2011. [HB3225 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3225-Engrossed.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3295

                           B-Engrossed

                         House Bill 3225
                  Ordered by the Senate May 20
 Including House Amendments dated April 27 and Senate Amendments
                          dated May 20

Sponsored by Representative PARRISH; Representative WINGARD,
  Senators DEVLIN, GEORGE (at the request of South Metro Business
  Alliance)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

  Specifies conditions under which   { - new or extended - }
city street or county road may be   { - developed - }
 { + constructed or extended + } on land designated as urban
reserve by metropolitan service district.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to development in urban reserves.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Lawfully established unit of land,' 'lot' and ' parcel'
have the meanings given those terms in ORS 92.010.
  (b) 'Urban reserve' has the meaning given that term in ORS
195.137.
  (2) A local government may, alone or in partnership with public
or private partners, construct or extend a city street or county
road on land designated as urban reserve by a metropolitan
service district if construction or extension of the city street
or county road is identified in an active, approved state
interchange area management plan as a part of a roadway system
that supports the designed traffic capacity or safe operation of
an existing state highway interchange.
  (3) A local government may, alone or in partnership with public
or private partners, construct or extend a city street or county
road on land designated as urban reserve by a metropolitan
service district if:
  (a) The construction impacts fewer than 15 acres of land
designated as urban reserve;
  (b) The constructed or extended road right-of-way consumes less
than 15 acres of land designated as urban reserve;
  (c) The land impacted by construction is in an urban reserve:
  (A) That is adjacent to the urban growth boundary of a
metropolitan service district; and
  (B) None of which is used for farm or forest operations; and
  (d) The constructed or extended city street or county road:

  (A) Provides a direct connection between two county roads that
are part of a county-wide road system adopted by the governing
body of the county;
  (B) Is a limited access road with two or fewer public street
intersections;
  (C) Does not provide access to lots, parcels or lawfully
established units of land lying outside of the urban growth
boundary;
  (D) Is included as an option in the transportation system plan
of a city's acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use
regulations;
  (E) Is consistent with the regional transportation plan except
that the constructed or extended street or road lies outside the
urban growth boundary;
  (F) Is identified on the financially constrained project list
in the applicable regional transportation plan;
  (G) Is identified as part of a regional transportation system
and a necessary link to make other parts of the system function
properly;
  (H) Coincides with the jurisdictional boundary of two cities
and serves areas within the two cities that are planned or zoned
to provide industrial employment opportunities; and
  (I) Is adjacent to and provides access to land designated as a
regionally significant industrial area in a functional plan. + }
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