Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.095 (2026)

Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice

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      457.095 Approval of plan by ordinance; required contents of ordinance; notice. (1) The governing body of a municipality, upon receipt of a proposed urban renewal plan and report from the municipality’s urban renewal agency and after public notice and hearing and consideration of public testimony and planning commission and taxing district recommendations, if any, may approve the urban renewal plan. The approval shall be by nonemergency ordinance that incorporates the plan by reference. Notice of adoption of the ordinance approving the urban renewal plan, and the provisions of ORS 457.135, shall be published by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with ORS 457.115 no later than four days following the ordinance adoption.

      (2) The ordinance shall include determinations and findings by the governing body of the municipality that:

      (a) Each urban renewal area is blighted;

      (b) The rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the municipality;

      (c) The urban renewal plan conforms to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, of the municipality as a whole and provides an outline for accomplishing the urban renewal projects the urban renewal plan proposes;

      (d) Provision has been made to house displaced persons within their financial means in accordance with ORS 35.500 to 35.530 and, except in the relocation of elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities, without displacing on priority lists persons already waiting for existing federally subsidized housing;

      (e) If acquisition of real property is provided for, it is necessary;

      (f) Adoption and carrying out of the urban renewal plan is economically sound and feasible; and

      (g) The municipality shall assume and complete any activities prescribed it by the urban renewal plan. [1979 c.621 §3; 1989 c.224 §121; 2007 c.70 §263; 2019 c.580 §6]

 

      457.100 [Amended by 1979 c.621 §12; renumbered 457.065]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2022 · leading case: Dennehy v. City of Portland, 740 P.2d 806 (Or. Ct. App. 1987).
Dennehy v. City of Portland, 740 P.2d 806 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 24× “085(6) provides: "No urban renewal plan shall be carried out until the plan has been approved by the governing body of each municipality in which any portion of the area of the urban renewal plan is situated pursuant to ORS 457.095 and 457.105." ORS 457.095 provides, as…”
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 8× “220 (“[A]n urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095.”); ORS 457.170 (providing that an urban renewal agency “may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan” and setting out the powers an…”
Est. of Gold v. City of Portland, 740 P.2d 812 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 8× “[2] The city's decision was made pursuant to ORS Chapter 457 and, in particular, ORS 457.095: "The governing body of the municipality, upon receipt of a proposed urban renewal plan and report from the municipality's urban renewal agency and after public notice and hearing and…”
Hous. Auth. & Urban Renewal Agency v. Lane Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 582 P.2d 844 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). “” ORS 457.095(1) provides: "(1) When the governing body of a city or county adopts a resolution pursuant to ORS 456.”
Umrein v. Topaz, 658 P.2d 568 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “055); the approval of and “substantial” amendments to an urban renewal plan must be adopted by the municipality’s governing body (ORS 457.095, 457.220); and the municipal governing body has ultimate authority to terminate an agency for which it finds there is no remaining need…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.095(1) — 2 cases
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “220 (“[A]n urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095.”); ORS 457.170 (providing that an urban renewal agency “may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan” and setting out the powers an…”
Hous. Auth. & Urban Renewal Agency v. Lane Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 582 P.2d 844 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). “” ORS 457.095(1) provides: "(1) When the governing body of a city or county adopts a resolution pursuant to ORS 456.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.095(2) — 1 case
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “220 (“[A]n urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095.”); ORS 457.170 (providing that an urban renewal agency “may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan” and setting out the powers an…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.095(2)(g) — 1 case
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “220 (“[A]n urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095.”); ORS 457.170 (providing that an urban renewal agency “may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan” and setting out the powers an…”
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