Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180 (2026)

State agency planning responsibilities; determination of compliance with goals and compatibility with plans; coordination between agencies and local governments; rules; exceptions

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      197.180 State agency planning responsibilities; determination of compliance with goals and compatibility with plans; coordination between agencies and local governments; rules; exceptions. (1) Except as provided in ORS 197.277 or subsection (2) of this section or unless expressly exempted by another statute from any of the requirements of this section, state agencies shall carry out their planning duties, powers and responsibilities and take actions that are authorized by law with respect to programs affecting land use:

      (a) In compliance with the goals, rules implementing the goals and rules implementing this section; and

      (b) In a manner compatible with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations.

      (2) State agencies need not comply with subsection (1)(b) of this section if a state agency rule, plan or program relating to land use was not in effect when the comprehensive plan provision or land use regulation with which the action would be incompatible was acknowledged and the agency has demonstrated that:

      (a) The state agency rule, plan or program is mandated by state statute or federal law;

      (b) The state agency rule, plan or program is consistent with the goals;

      (c) The state agency rule, plan or program has objectives that cannot be achieved in a manner compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations; and

      (d) The agency has complied with its certified state agency coordination program.

      (3) Unless federal or state law requires otherwise, the Land Conservation and Development Commission, by rule, may specify the sequence of a local government land use decision and a state agency action concerning the same, similar or related uses or activities.

      (4) Upon request by the commission, each state agency shall submit to the Department of Land Conservation and Development the following information:

      (a) Agency rules and summaries of state agency plans and programs affecting land use;

      (b) A program for coordination pursuant to ORS 197.040 (2)(e);

      (c) A program for coordination pursuant to ORS 197.090 (1)(b); and

      (d) A program for cooperation with and technical assistance to local governments.

      (5) Within 90 days of receipt, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall review the information submitted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section and shall notify each state agency if the director believes the state agency rules, plans or programs submitted are insufficient to ensure compliance with goals and compatibility with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations.

      (6) Within 90 days of receipt of notification specified in subsection (5) of this section, the state agency may revise the state agency rules, plans or programs and resubmit them to the director.

      (7) The director shall make findings under subsections (5) and (6) of this section as to whether the state agency rules, plans or programs are sufficient to ensure compliance with the goals and compatibility with acknowledged city and county comprehensive plans and land use regulations and shall forward the rules and summaries of state agency plans or programs to the commission for its action. The commission shall either certify the state agency rules, plans or programs as compliant with the goals and compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations of affected local governments or shall determine the same to be insufficient.

      (8) The department shall report, to the appropriate committee of the House and the Senate and to the subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee that considers the state agency budget, any agency that has failed to meet the requirements of subsection (7) of this section.

      (9) Any state agency that has failed to meet the requirements of subsection (7) of this section shall report the reasons therefor to the appropriate committee of the House and the Senate and to the subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee that considers the agency budget.

      (10) Until rules and state agency plans and programs are certified as compliant with the goals and compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations of affected local governments, the state agency shall make findings when adopting or amending its rules and state agency plans and programs as to the applicability and application of the goals or acknowledged comprehensive plans, as appropriate.

      (11) The commission shall adopt rules establishing procedures to ensure that state agency permits affecting land use are issued in compliance with the goals and compatible with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations, as required by subsection (1) of this section. The rules must prescribe the circumstances in which state agencies may rely upon a determination of compliance with the goals or compatibility with the acknowledged comprehensive plan.

      (12) A state agency required to have a land use coordination program shall participate in a local government land use hearing, except a hearing under ORS 197.610 to 197.625, only in a manner that is consistent with the coordination program, unless the agency participated in the local government’s periodic review pursuant to ORS 197.633 and raised the issue that is the basis for participation in the land use hearing.

      (13) State agency rules, plans or programs affecting land use are not compatible with an acknowledged comprehensive plan if the state agency takes or approves an action that is not allowed under the acknowledged comprehensive plan. However, a state agency may apply statutes and rules to deny, condition or further restrict an action of the state agency or of any applicant before the state agency if the state agency applies those statutes and rules to the uses planned for in the acknowledged comprehensive plan.

      (14) In cooperation with local governments and state agencies whose rules, plans or programs affect land use, the department periodically shall:

      (a) Identify aspects of coordination related to uses that require the issuance of multiple permits from state agencies and local governments.

      (b) Update and improve rules regulating the effectiveness and efficiency of state agency coordination programs.

      (15) This section does not apply to rules, plans, programs, decisions, determinations or activities carried out under ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 (1) and 527.992. [1973 c.80 §21; 1977 c.664 §13; 1981 c.748 §16; 1983 c.827 §4; 1987 c.555 §1; 1987 c.919 §3; 1989 c.761 §19; 1991 c.612 §9; 1995 c.595 §30; 1999 c.622 §8; 2009 c.606 §3]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 36 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1976–2024 · leading case: Sky Lakes Med. Ctr. v. Dept. of Human Servs., 484 P.3d 1107 (Or. Ct. App. 2021).
Sky Lakes Med. Ctr. v. Dept. of Human Servs., 484 P.3d 1107 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 29× “The determination was required by ORS 197.180, which sets out state agency land use plan- ning responsibilities, and DAS’s rule that implements that statute, OAR 125-110-0001, which requires findings of com- patibility with local land use regulations before undertak- ing a state…”
Schaefer v. Oregon Aviation Bd., 495 P.3d 1267 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 6× “In 2019, the board belatedly adopted findings of land use compatibility to bring its adoption of the Master Plan into compliance with ORS 197.180 and an implementing rule, OAR 738- 130-0055(6).”
Grabhorn v. Washington Cnty., 379 P.3d 796 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “See OAR 340-018-0000 (“In accordance with ORS 197.180, this rule establishes Department policy and procedures to assure that Department activities determined to significantly affect land use are carried out in a manner that complies with the statewide land use goals and are…”
West Side Sanitary Dist. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 614 P.2d 1141 (Or. 1980). · cites it 5× “Petitioners alleged that the Health Division’s order was an action affecting land use (reviewable by LCDC under ORS 197.180) and that the Health Division did not consider or comply with any of the statewide land use planning goals in making its findings.”
Arnold Irrigation Dist. v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 717 P.2d 1274 (Or. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 3× “ORS 197.180(1). DEQ therefore must *143 include limitations reflecting the goals and plans in section 1341 certificates to the maximum extent that the CWA allows — that is, to the extent that they have any relationship to water quality.”
State Hous. Council v. City of Lake Oswego, 635 P.2d 647 (Or. 1981). · cites it 2× “(1) At the conclusion of a review proceeding under sections 4 and 5 of this 1979 Act, the board shall prepare a recommendation to the commission concerning any allegations of violation of the state-wide planning goals contained in the petition and shall submit a copy of its…”
1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 737 P.2d 607 (Or. 1987). · cites it 2× “726, then HB 3008, was before the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Senators Brown and Kulongoski drafted a minority report adding the following language: “(4) Upon approval by the Land Conservation and Development Commission, under ORS 197.180, of the State…”
Grabhorn, Inc. v. Washington Cnty., 297 P.3d 524 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “” Two of those exceptions could conceivably apply here: “(b) Does not include a decision of a local government: “(A) That is made under land use standards that do not require interpretation or the exercise of policy or legal judgment; “(H) That a proposed state agency action…”
Waste Not of Yamhill Cnty. v. Yamhill Cnty., 471 P.3d 769 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “” The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), in turn, has adopted rules requiring that local governments decide whether proposed state actions are compatible with local land use plans and regulations.”
Ochoco Constr., Inc. v. Dep't of Land Conservation & Dev., 667 P.2d 499 (Or. 1983). “250 for such conformity; or “(c) A city or county is not making satisfactory progress toward performance of its compliance schedule; or “(d) A state agency is not making satisfactory progress in carrying out its coordination agreement or the requirements of ORS 197.180; or “(e)…”
McPhillips Farm, Inc. v. Yamhill Cnty., 300 P.3d 299 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “015(10)(b)(H), which provides that “land use decision” does not include a local government decision “[t]hat a proposed state agency action subject to ORS 197.180(1) is compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan, if: “(i)…”
West Side Sanitary Dist. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 614 P.2d 1148 (Or. 1980). · cites it 5× “Petitioners alleged that the actions of these agencies were actions affecting land use (reviewable by LCDC under ORS 197.180) and that the agencies did not consider or conform with any of the statewide land use planning goals.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(1) — 20 cases
Sky Lakes Med. Ctr. v. Dept. of Human Servs., 484 P.3d 1107 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “The determination was required by ORS 197.180, which sets out state agency land use plan- ning responsibilities, and DAS’s rule that implements that statute, OAR 125-110-0001, which requires findings of com- patibility with local land use regulations before undertak- ing a state…”
Schaefer v. Oregon Aviation Bd., 495 P.3d 1267 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “In 2019, the board belatedly adopted findings of land use compatibility to bring its adoption of the Master Plan into compliance with ORS 197.180 and an implementing rule, OAR 738- 130-0055(6).”
West Side Sanitary Dist. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 614 P.2d 1141 (Or. 1980). “Petitioners alleged that the Health Division’s order was an action affecting land use (reviewable by LCDC under ORS 197.180) and that the Health Division did not consider or comply with any of the statewide land use planning goals in making its findings.”
Arnold Irrigation Dist. v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 717 P.2d 1274 (Or. Ct. App. 1986). “ORS 197.180(1). DEQ therefore must *143 include limitations reflecting the goals and plans in section 1341 certificates to the maximum extent that the CWA allows — that is, to the extent that they have any relationship to water quality.”
Grabhorn v. Washington Cnty., 379 P.3d 796 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “See OAR 340-018-0000 (“In accordance with ORS 197.180, this rule establishes Department policy and procedures to assure that Department activities determined to significantly affect land use are carried out in a manner that complies with the statewide land use goals and are…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(1)(a) — 1 case
Waste Not of Yamhill Cnty. v. Yamhill Cnty., 471 P.3d 769 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). “” The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), in turn, has adopted rules requiring that local governments decide whether proposed state actions are compatible with local land use plans and regulations.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(1)(b) — 1 case
Sky Lakes Med. Ctr. v. Dept. of Human Servs., 484 P.3d 1107 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “The determination was required by ORS 197.180, which sets out state agency land use plan- ning responsibilities, and DAS’s rule that implements that statute, OAR 125-110-0001, which requires findings of com- patibility with local land use regulations before undertak- ing a state…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(10) — 1 case
Knee Deep Cattle Co. v. Lane Cnty., 890 P.2d 449 (Or. Ct. App. 1995).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(13) — 1 case
Sky Lakes Med. Ctr. v. Dept. of Human Servs., 484 P.3d 1107 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “The determination was required by ORS 197.180, which sets out state agency land use plan- ning responsibilities, and DAS’s rule that implements that statute, OAR 125-110-0001, which requires findings of com- patibility with local land use regulations before undertak- ing a state…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(2) — 1 case
Oregonians in Action v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 814 P.2d 561 (Or. Ct. App. 1991).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(3) — 1 case
McPhillips Farm, Inc. v. Yamhill Cnty., 300 P.3d 299 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “015(10)(b)(H), which provides that “land use decision” does not include a local government decision “[t]hat a proposed state agency action subject to ORS 197.180(1) is compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan, if: “(i)…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(6) — 1 case
Springer v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 826 P.2d 54 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(7) — 1 case
Schreiner's Gardens v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 692 P.2d 660 (Or. Ct. App. 1984).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(9) — 1 case
Oregonians in Action v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 814 P.2d 561 (Or. Ct. App. 1991).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(b) — 2 cases
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.180(l)(a) — 2 cases
Grabhorn, Inc. v. Washington Cnty., 297 P.3d 524 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “” Two of those exceptions could conceivably apply here: “(b) Does not include a decision of a local government: “(A) That is made under land use standards that do not require interpretation or the exercise of policy or legal judgment; “(H) That a proposed state agency action…”
McPhillips Farm, Inc. v. Yamhill Cnty., 300 P.3d 299 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “015(10)(b)(H), which provides that “land use decision” does not include a local government decision “[t]hat a proposed state agency action subject to ORS 197.180(1) is compatible with the acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations implementing the plan, if: “(i)…”
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