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Or. Rev. Stat. § 227.090 (2026)

Powers and duties of commission

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      227.090 Powers and duties of commission. (1) Except as otherwise provided by the city council, a city planning commission may:

      (a) Recommend and make suggestions to the council and to other public authorities concerning:

      (A) The laying out, widening, extending and locating of public thoroughfares, parking of vehicles, relief of traffic congestion;

      (B) Betterment of housing and sanitation conditions;

      (C) Establishment of districts for limiting the use, height, area, bulk and other characteristics of buildings and structures related to land development;

      (D) Protection and assurance of access to incident solar radiation; and

      (E) Protection and assurance of access to wind for potential future electrical generation or mechanical application.

      (b) Recommend to the council and other public authorities plans for regulating the future growth, development and beautification of the city in respect to its public and private buildings and works, streets, parks, grounds and vacant lots, and plans consistent with future growth and development of the city in order to secure to the city and its inhabitants sanitation, proper service of public utilities and telecommunications utilities, including appropriate public incentives for overall energy conservation and harbor, shipping and transportation facilities.

      (c) Recommend to the council and other public authorities plans for promotion, development and regulation of industrial and economic needs of the community in respect to industrial pursuits.

      (d) Advertise the industrial advantages and opportunities of the city and availability of real estate within the city for industrial settlement.

      (e) Encourage industrial settlement within the city.

      (f) Make economic surveys of present and potential industrial needs of the city.

      (g) Study needs of local industries with a view to strengthening and developing them and stabilizing employment conditions.

      (h) Do and perform all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of ORS 227.010 to 227.170, 227.175 and 227.180.

      (i) Study and propose such measures as are advisable for promotion of the public interest, health, morals, safety, comfort, convenience and welfare of the city and of the area within six miles thereof.

      (2) For the purposes of this section:

      (a) “Incident solar radiation” means solar energy falling upon a given surface area.

      (b) “Wind” means the natural movement of air at an annual average speed measured at a height of 10 meters of at least eight miles per hour. [Amended by 1975 c.153 §3; 1975 c.767 §4; 1979 c.671 §3; 1981 c.590 §8; 1987 c.447 §118]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1975–2010 · leading case: Petersen v. Mayor Etc. City of Klamath Falls, 566 P.2d 1193 (Or. 1977).
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Petersen v. Mayor Etc. City of Klamath Falls, 566 P.2d 1193 (Or. 1977). “! This interpretation is also consistent with ORS 227.090, which defines city planning commission power and duties to include the power to: "(2) Recommend to the council and otherj public authorities plans for regulating the future growth, development and beautification of the…”
Thunderbird Mobile Club, LLC v. City of Wilsonville, 228 P.3d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “, ORS 227.090(l)(a)(C) (authority of city planning commission to establish zoning districts); ORS 227.”
City of Pendleton v. Kerns, 653 P.2d 992 (Or. 1982). “, ORS 227.090(l)(a) and (b) dealing with the powers and duties of city planning commissions, and LCDC Goals 11 (Public Facilities and Services) and 12 (Transportation).”
City of Mosier v. Hood River Sand, Gravel & Ready-Mix, Inc., 136 P.3d 1160 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “030 and ORS 227.090; and establish certain requirements for city planning and zoning hearings, ORS 227.”
Link v. City of Coos Bay, 543 P.2d 1082 (Or. Ct. App. 1975). “④ “Copies of all ordinances for establishment of boundaries of any zone or district provided by ORS 227.090, and all ordinances regulating or limiting the use, height, area, bulk and construction of buildings to be submitted to the council, before they are presented to the…”
City of Sandy v. Metro, 115 P.3d 960 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “175(2), and to exercise zoning authority, ORS 227.090. Because the ordinances permit Metro to perform the same functions that the statutes allocate to cities, Hillsboro contends, the ordinances must give way.”
City of Sandy v. Metro, 115 P.3d 960 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “175(2), and to exercise zoning authority, ORS 227.090. Because the ordinances permit Metro to perform the same functions that the statutes allocate to cities, Hillsboro contends, the ordinances must give way.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 227.090(l)(a) — 1 case
City of Pendleton v. Kerns, 653 P.2d 992 (Or. 1982). “, ORS 227.090(l)(a) and (b) dealing with the powers and duties of city planning commissions, and LCDC Goals 11 (Public Facilities and Services) and 12 (Transportation).”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 227.090(l)(a)(C) — 1 case
Thunderbird Mobile Club, LLC v. City of Wilsonville, 228 P.3d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “, ORS 227.090(l)(a)(C) (authority of city planning commission to establish zoning districts); ORS 227.”
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