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ORS 197.340

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Lane County v. Land Conservation & Development Commission (1997)

Most recently applied in 312 Or. App. 316 - Schaefer v. Oregon Aviation Board (June 2021)

1981 c.748 §20; 1987 c.729 §1; 1995 c.521 §2

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(1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, other state agencies and local governments shall give the goals equal weight in any matter in which the goals are required to be applied.

(2) The commission and the department shall consider and recognize regional diversity and differences in regional needs when making or reviewing a land use decision or otherwise applying the goals.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.