(2) A city outside Metro may use the methods adopted pursuant to:
(a) ORS 197A.310 if the city has a population of less than 10,000.
(b) ORS 197A.312 if the city has a population of 10,000 or more.
(3) A city that elects to include land within the urban growth boundary of the city under a method established pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312:
(a) May use the method again when:
(A) The population of the city has grown by at least 50 percent of the amount of growth forecast to occur in conjunction with the previous use of the method by the city; or
(B) At least one-half of the lands identified as buildable lands during the previous use of the method by the city have been developed.
(b) Shall evaluate whether the city needs to include within the urban growth boundary additional land for residential or employment uses before the population of the city has grown by 100 percent of the population growth forecast to occur in conjunction with the previous use of the method by the city.
(4) A city that elects to use a method established pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312 shall notify the Department of Land Conservation and Development of the election in the manner required by ORS 197.610 for notice of a post-acknowledgment plan amendment. The city may revoke the election until the city makes a final decision whether to amend the urban growth boundary of the city. A city that has initiated, but not completed, an amendment of its urban growth boundary before January 1, 2014, may withdraw the proposed amendment and use a method established pursuant to ORS 197A.310 or 197A.312 by filing notice of the election with the department in the manner required by ORS 197.610 and 197.615 for notice of a post-acknowledgment plan amendment.
(5) Beginning on or before January 1, 2023, the commission shall:
(a) Evaluate, every five years, the impact of the implementation of ORS 197A.310 (2) and 197A.312 (2) on the population per square mile, livability in the area, the provision and cost of urban facilities and services, the rate of conversion of agriculture and forest lands and other considerations;
(b) Consider changes to the statewide land use planning goals or rules to address adverse outcomes; and
(c) Make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly, as necessary, for statutory changes. [2013 c.575 §3]
Note: See note under 197A.300.
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