Land Use Planning Information for the Citizens of Oregon
LAND USE PLANNING INFORMATION FOR THE CITIZENS OF OREGON Governor Tom McCall signed Oregon’s Statewide Land Use Planning System into law in 1973. Photo courtesy of the Oregon State Archives. Written by John D. Gray, Developer of Salishan and Skamania Lodges, Sunriver, and John’s Landing. Retired Chairman of Omark Industries, Inc. and A Lifelong Oregonian. Katie Shriver, Research Assistant. November 2, 2006 Produced With Support From The Oregon Community O CF Foundation The Oregon Community Foundation’s mission is to improve life in Oregon and promote effective philanthropy. OCF supports research and publications that promote constructive dialogue with the goal of finding common ground on issues that affect our communities. OCF’s support of these projects is not an endorsement of positions taken in the publications. Introduction Oregon’s statewide land use planning system, one of the country’s first, passed in 1973. In the more than thirty years since Oregonians created the land use planning system, the state has changed economically, demographically, and politically, raising questions about whether the system is relevant and how it can mature to address new challenges.1 The November 2004 passage of Ballot Measure 37, which created a new statute requiring state and local governments to either waive land use regulations or compensate landowners when a regulation reduces a property’s fair market value, crystallized many of the challenges confronting the system.2 Katie Shriver and I have worked together for about eight months to gather information relative to land use planning from many sources. Our goal has been to make it useful, accurate, and non- biased so that people who were not here in 1975 can gain a sound background on this large issue and also refresh the memories of those who were here back then.
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