Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 215.406 (2026)

Planning and zoning hearings officers; duties and powers; authority of governing body or planning commission to conduct hearings

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215.406 Planning and zoning hearings officers; duties and powers; authority of governing body or planning commission to conduct hearings. (1) A county governing body may authorize appointment of one or more planning and zoning hearings officers, to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The hearings officer shall conduct hearings on applications for such classes of permits and contested cases as the county governing body designates.

(2) In the absence of a hearings officer a planning commission or the governing body may serve as hearings officer with all the powers and duties of a hearings officer. [1973 c.552 §13; 1977 c.766 §10]

215.410 [Repealed by 1971 c.13 §1]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1977–1979 · leading case: South of Sunnyside Neighborhood League v. Bd. of Commissioners, 569 P.2d 1063 (Or. 1977).

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South of Sunnyside Neighborhood League v. Bd. of Commissioners, 569 P.2d 1063 (Or. 1977). “ORS 215.406 provides that, in the absence of a hearings officer, either the planning commission or the governing body may serve as the forum for a contested case hearing.”

Clark v. Dagg, 588 P.2d 1298 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “" This statute is pertinent inasmuch as the application for the zone change was heard initially by the planning commission acting as a hearings officer pursuant to ORS 215.406(2). ORS 34.010 to 34.100 set out the procedures and standards for procuring a writ of review.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 215.406(2) — 1 case

Clark v. Dagg, 588 P.2d 1298 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “" This statute is pertinent inasmuch as the application for the zone change was heard initially by the planning commission acting as a hearings officer pursuant to ORS 215.406(2). ORS 34.010 to 34.100 set out the procedures and standards for procuring a writ of review.”

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