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Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.340 (2026)

Weight given to goals in planning practice; regional diversity and needs

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      197.340 Weight given to goals in planning practice; regional diversity and needs. (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. [1981 c.748 §20; 1987 c.729 §1; 1995 c.521 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2021 · leading case: Lane Cnty. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 942 P.2d 278 (Or. 1997).
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Lane Cnty. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 942 P.2d 278 (Or. 1997). “ORS 197.340(1). LCDC is required to review the plans for compliance with the goals and to provide the counties with acknowledgment that their plans comply with the goals.”
Marion Cnty. v. Fed'n for Sound Plan., 668 P.2d 406 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “” ORS 197.340 instructs LCDC and others to “give the goals equal weight in the planning process.”
1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 752 P.2d 271 (Or. 1988). “ORS 197.340 directs that “[t]he commission, the department and local governments shall give the goals equal weight in the planning process.”
Schaefer v. Oregon Aviation Bd., 495 P.3d 1267 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “See ORS 197.340(1) (requiring LCDC to “give the goals equal weight in any matter in which the goals are required to be applied”).”
Dep't of Land Conservation & Dev. v. Yamhill Cnty., 783 P.2d 16 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). “” ORS 197.340(1), on which the individual petitioners rely, provides: “The commission, the department and local governments shall give the goals equal weight in the planning process.”
Port of St. Helens v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 996 P.2d 1014 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “712 and Goal 9, relating to economic development as a land use objective and, derivatively, is also contrary to the requirement of ORS 197.340 that all of the planning goals are to receive equal weight in their application; and third, that insofar as the new rule and LCDC’s…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.340(1) — 4 cases
Lane Cnty. v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 942 P.2d 278 (Or. 1997). “ORS 197.340(1). LCDC is required to review the plans for compliance with the goals and to provide the counties with acknowledgment that their plans comply with the goals.”
Schaefer v. Oregon Aviation Bd., 495 P.3d 1267 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “See ORS 197.340(1) (requiring LCDC to “give the goals equal weight in any matter in which the goals are required to be applied”).”
Dep't of Land Conservation & Dev. v. Yamhill Cnty., 783 P.2d 16 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). “” ORS 197.340(1), on which the individual petitioners rely, provides: “The commission, the department and local governments shall give the goals equal weight in the planning process.”
Port of St. Helens v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 996 P.2d 1014 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “712 and Goal 9, relating to economic development as a land use objective and, derivatively, is also contrary to the requirement of ORS 197.340 that all of the planning goals are to receive equal weight in their application; and third, that insofar as the new rule and LCDC’s…”
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