Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.235 (2026)

Public hearings; notice; citizen involvement implementation; submission of proposals

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      197.235 Public hearings; notice; citizen involvement implementation; submission of proposals. (1) In preparing the goals and guidelines, the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall:

      (a) Hold at least 10 public hearings throughout the state, causing notice of the time, place and purpose of each hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the area where the hearing is to be conducted not later than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. At least two public hearings must be held in each congressional district.

      (b) Implement any other provision for public involvement developed by the State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee under ORS 197.160 (1) and approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission.

      (2) Upon completion of the preparation of the proposed goals and guidelines, or amendments to those goals and guidelines, the department shall submit them to the commission, the Local Officials Advisory Committee, the State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee and the appropriate legislative committee for review.

      (3) The commission shall consider the comments of the Local Officials Advisory Committee, the State Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee and the legislative committee before the adoption and amendment of the goals and guidelines.

      (4) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a) of this section, when a legislative enactment or an initiative measure is inconsistent with the adopted goals and guidelines or directs the commission to make a specific change to the adopted goals and guidelines, the commission may amend the goals and guidelines after only one public hearing, at a location determined by the commission, if the proposed amendment:

      (a) Is necessary to conform the goals and guidelines to the legislative enactment or the initiative measure; and

      (b) Makes no change other than the conforming changes unless the change corrects an obvious scrivener’s error. [1973 c.80 §36; 1981 c.748 §28; 2005 c.147 §1; 2007 c.354 §9]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1980–2005 · leading case: 1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 703 P.2d 207 (Or. 1985).
1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 703 P.2d 207 (Or. 1985). “310(8), but different procedures are specified for goal preparation, adoption and amendment, see ORS 197.235 to 197.245, than are specified for promulgation of rules under the Administrative Procedures Act, ORS 183.”
Friends of Oregon v. LCDC (Curry Co.), 724 P.2d 268 (Or. 1986). “LCDC may even choose to address that issue and other definitional problems noted in this opinion by amending the goals, guidelines, or definitions in accordance with ORS 197.235 to 197.245, or by promulgating new or amended administrative rules, in accordance with ORS chapter…”
1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 686 P.2d 375 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “Goals are adopted and amended through special procedures, ORS 197.235 to 197.245, which are more rigorous than those provided by the Administrative Procedures Act for adoption of administrative rules.”
Willamette Univ. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 608 P.2d 1178 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). “ORS 197.235 to 197.245. From this scheme, we conclude the legislature did not intend that the statewide planning goals could be indirectly repealed or amended by any exercise by LCDC of its general rulemaking power.”
Marion Cnty. v. Fed'n for Sound Plan., 668 P.2d 406 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “225; second and more generally, to ‘promulgate rules,’ ORS 197.040(l)(b).”
City of West Linn v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 113 P.3d 935 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “225; second and more generally, to ‘promulgate rules,’ ORS 197.040(l)(b). In this statutory scheme, the goals occupy a preferred position.”
Oregonians in Action v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 795 P.2d 1098 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). “The adoption of amendments to or of new goals shall be done in the manner provided in ORS 197.235 and [ORS] 197.240 and shall specify with particularity those goal provisions that are applicable to land use decisions before plan revision.”
1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 724 P.2d 268 (Or. 1986). “LCDC may even choose to address that issue and other definitional problems noted in this opinion by amending the goals, guidelines, or definitions in accordance with ORS 197.235 to 197.245, or by promulgating new or amended administrative rules, in accordance with ORS chapter…”
1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 629 P.2d 831 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “ORS 197.235 to 197.245. From this scheme, we conclude the legislature did not intend that the statewide planning goals could be indirectly repealed or amended by any exercise by LCDC of its general rulemaking power.”
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