(1) If a public entity enacts one or more land use regulations that restrict the residential use of private real property or a farming or forest practice and that reduce the fair market value of the property, then the owner of the property shall be entitled to just compensation from the public entity that enacted the land use regulation or regulations as provided in ORS 195.310 to 195.314.
(2) Just compensation under ORS 195.310 to 195.314 shall be based on the reduction in the fair market value of the property resulting from the land use regulation.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to land use regulations that were enacted prior to the claimant’s acquisition date or to land use regulations:
(a) Restricting or prohibiting activities commonly and historically recognized as public nuisances under common law;
(b) Restricting or prohibiting activities for the protection of public health and safety;
(c) To the extent the land use regulation is required to comply with federal law; or
(d) Restricting or prohibiting the use of a property for the purpose of selling pornography or performing nude dancing.
(4)(a) Subsection (3)(a) of this section shall be construed narrowly in favor of granting just compensation under this section. Nothing in subsection (3) of this section is intended to affect or alter rights provided by the Oregon or United States Constitution.
(b) Subsection (3)(b) of this section does not apply to any farming or forest practice regulation that is enacted after January 1, 2007, unless the primary purpose of the regulation is the protection of human health and safety.
(c) Subsection (3)(c) of this section does not apply to any farming or forest practice regulation that is enacted after January 1, 2007, unless the public entity enacting the regulation has no discretion under federal law to decline to enact the regulation.
(5) A public entity may adopt or apply procedures for the processing of claims under ORS 195.310 to 195.336.
(6) The public entity that enacted the land use regulation that gives rise to a claim under subsection (1) of this section shall provide just compensation as required under ORS 195.310 to 195.336.
(7) A decision by a public entity that an owner qualifies for just compensation under ORS 195.305 to 195.336 and sections 5 to 11, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 2007, and a decision by a public entity on the nature and extent of that compensation are not land use decisions.
(8) The remedies created by ORS 195.305 to 195.336 and sections 5 to 11, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 2007, are in addition to any other remedy under the Oregon or United States Constitution, and are not intended to modify or replace any constitutional remedy.
(9) If any portion or portions of this section are declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this section shall remain in full force and effect. [Formerly 197.352]
(Temporary provisions relating to previously filed claims)
Note: Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 2007, provide:
Sec. 5. A claimant that filed a claim under ORS 197.352 [renumbered 195.305] on or before the date of adjournment sine die of the 2007 regular session of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly [June 28, 2007] is entitled to just compensation as provided in:
(1) Section 6 or 7 of this 2007 Act, at the claimant’s election, if the property described in the claim is located entirely outside any urban growth boundary and entirely outside the boundaries of any city;
(2) Section 9 of this 2007 Act if the property described in the claim is located, in whole or in part, within an urban growth boundary; or
(3) A waiver issued before the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007] to the extent that the claimant’s use of the property complies with the waiver and the claimant has a common law vested right on the effective date of this 2007 Act to complete and continue the use described in the waiver. [2007 c.424 §5]
Sec. 6. (1) A claimant that filed a claim under ORS 197.352 [renumbered 195.305] on or before the date of adjournment sine die of the 2007 regular session of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly [June 28, 2007] is eligible for three home site approvals on the property if the requirements of this section and sections 8 and 11 of this 2007 Act are met. The procedure for obtaining home site approvals under this section is set forth in section 8 of this 2007 Act.
(2) The number of lots, parcels or dwellings that may be approved for property under this section may not exceed the lesser of:
(a) The number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in a waiver issued by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007] or, if a waiver was not issued, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in the claim filed with the state; or
(b) Three, except that if there are existing dwellings on the property or the property contains more than one lot or parcel, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings that may be established is reduced so that the combined number of lots, parcels or dwellings, including existing lots, parcels or dwellings located on or contained within the property, does not exceed three.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, a claimant that otherwise qualifies for relief under this section may establish at least one additional lot, parcel or dwelling on the property. In addition, if the number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in a waiver issued by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act or, if a waiver was not issued, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in the claim filed with the state is more than three, the claimant may amend the claim to reduce the number to no more than three by filing notice of the amendment with the form required by section 8 of this 2007 Act.
(4) If a claim was for a use other than a subdivision or partition of property, or other than approval for establishing a dwelling on the property, the claimant may amend the claim to seek one or more home site approvals under this section. A person amending a claim under this subsection may not make a claim under section 7 of this 2007 Act.
(5) If multiple claims were filed for the same property, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings that may be established for purposes of subsection (2)(a) of this section is the number of lots, parcels or dwellings in the most recent waiver issued by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act or, if a waiver was not issued, the most recent claim filed with the state, but not more than three in any case.
(6) To qualify for a home site approval under this section, the claimant must have filed a claim for the property with both the state and the county in which the property is located. In addition, regardless of whether a waiver was issued by the state or the county before the effective date of this 2007 Act, to qualify for a home site approval under this section the claimant must establish that:
(a) The claimant is an owner of the property;
(b) All owners of the property have consented in writing to the claim;
(c) The property is located entirely outside any urban growth boundary and entirely outside the boundaries of any city;
(d) One or more land use regulations prohibit establishing the lot, parcel or dwelling;
(e) The establishment of the lot, parcel or dwelling is not prohibited by a land use regulation described in ORS 197.352 (3) [renumbered 195.305 (3)]; and
(f) On the claimant’s acquisition date, the claimant lawfully was permitted to establish at least the number of lots, parcels or dwellings on the property that are authorized under this section.
(7) If the claim was filed after December 4, 2006, to issue a home site approval under this section, the Department of Land Conservation and Development must verify that the claim was filed in compliance with the applicable rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(8) Except as provided in section 11 of this 2007 Act, if the Department of Land Conservation and Development has issued a final order with a specific number of home site approvals for a property under this section, the claimant may seek other governmental authorizations required by law for the partition or subdivision of the property or for the development of any dwelling authorized, and a land use regulation enacted by the state or county that has the effect of prohibiting the partition or subdivision, or the dwelling, does not apply to the review of those authorizations. [2007 c.424 §6]
Sec. 7. (1) A claimant that filed a claim under ORS 197.352 [renumbered 195.305] on or before the date of adjournment sine die of the 2007 regular session of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly [June 28, 2007] for property that is not high-value farmland or high-value forestland and that is not in a ground water restricted area is eligible for four to 10 home site approvals for the property if the requirements of this section and sections 8 and 11 of this 2007 Act are met. The procedure for obtaining home site approvals under this section is set forth in section 8 of this 2007 Act.
(2) The number of lots, parcels or dwellings that may be established on the property under this section may not exceed the lesser of:
(a) The number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in a waiver issued by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007] or, if a waiver was not issued, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in the claim filed with the state;
(b) 10, except that if there are existing dwellings on the property or the property contains more than one lot or parcel, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings that may be established is reduced, so that the combined number of lots, parcels or dwellings, including existing lots, parcels or dwellings located on or contained within the property, does not exceed 10; or
(c) The number of home site approvals with a total value that represents just compensation for the reduction in fair market value caused by the enactment of one or more land use regulations that were the basis for the claim, as set forth in subsection (6) of this section.
(3) If the number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in a waiver issued by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act or, if a waiver was not issued, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings described in the claim filed with the state is more than 10, the claimant may amend the claim to reduce the number to no more than 10 by filing notice of the amendment with the form required by section 8 of this 2007 Act.
(4) If multiple claims were filed for the same property, the number of lots, parcels or dwellings that may be established for purposes of subsection (2)(a) of this section is the number of lots, parcels or dwellings in the most recent waiver issued by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act or, if a waiver was not issued, the most recent claim filed with the state, but not more than 10 in any case.
(5) To qualify for a home site approval under this section, the claimant must have filed a claim for the property with both the state and the county in which the property is located. In addition, regardless of whether a waiver was issued by the state or the county before the effective date of this 2007 Act to qualify for a home site approval under this section, the claimant must establish that:
(a) The claimant is an owner of the property;
(b) All owners of the property have consented in writing to the claim;
(c) The property is located entirely outside any urban growth boundary and entirely outside the boundaries of any city;
(d) One or more land use regulations prohibit establishing the lot, parcel or dwelling;
(e) The establishment of the lot, parcel or dwelling is not prohibited by a land use regulation described in ORS 197.352 (3) [renumbered 195.305 (3)];
(f) On the claimant’s acquisition date, the claimant lawfully was permitted to establish at least the number of lots, parcels and dwellings on the property that are authorized under this section; and
(g) The enactment of one or more land use regulations, other than land use regulations described in ORS 197.352 (3), that are the basis for the claim caused a reduction in the fair market value of the property that is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the home site approvals that may be established on the property under subsection (2) of this section, with the reduction in fair market value measured as set forth in subsection (6) of this section.
(6) The reduction in the fair market value of the property caused by the enactment of one or more land use regulations that were the basis for the claim is equal to the decrease, if any, in the fair market value of the property from the date that is one year before the enactment of the land use regulation to the date that is one year after the enactment, plus interest. If the claim is based on the enactment of more than one land use regulation enacted on different dates, the reduction in the fair market value of the property caused by each regulation shall be determined separately and the values added together to calculate the total reduction in fair market value. The reduction in fair market value shall be adjusted by any ad valorem property taxes not paid as a result of any special assessment of the property under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, 321.257 to 321.390, 321.700 to 321.754 or 321.805 to 321.855, plus interest, offset by any severance taxes paid by the claimant and by any recapture of potential additional tax liability that the claimant has paid or will pay for the property if the property is disqualified from special assessment under ORS 308A.703. Interest shall be computed under this subsection using the average interest rate for a one-year United States Government Treasury Bill on December 31 of each year of the period between the date the land use regulation was enacted and the date the claim was filed, compounded annually on January 1 of each year of the period.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) of this section, a claimant must provide an appraisal showing the fair market value of the property one year before the enactment of the land use regulation that was the basis for the claim and the fair market value of the property one year after the enactment. The appraisal also must show the fair market value of each home site approval to which the claimant is entitled under section 6 (2) of this 2007 Act, along with evidence of any ad valorem property taxes not paid, any severance taxes paid and any recapture of additional tax liability that the claimant has paid or will pay for the property if the property is disqualified from special assessment under ORS 308A.703. The actual and reasonable cost of preparing the claim, including the cost of the appraisal, not to exceed $5,000, may be added to the calculation of the reduction in fair market value under subsection (6) of this section. The appraisal must:
(a) Be prepared by a person certified under ORS chapter 674 or a person registered under ORS chapter 308;
(b) Comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as authorized by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989; and
(c) Expressly determine the highest and best use of the property at the time the land use regulation was enacted.
(8) Relief may not be granted under this section if the highest and best use of the property was not residential use at the time the land use regulation was enacted.
(9) If the claim was filed after December 4, 2006, to issue a home site approval under this section, the Department of Land Conservation and Development must verify that the claim was filed in compliance with the applicable rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(10) Except as provided in section 11 of this 2007 Act, if the Department of Land Conservation and Development has issued a final order with a specific number of home site approvals for the property under this section, the claimant may seek other governmental authorizations required by law for the subdivision or partition of the property or for the development of any dwelling authorized, and a land use regulation enacted by the state or county that has the effect of prohibiting the subdivision or partition, or the dwelling, does not apply to the review of those authorizations. [2007 c.424 §7]
Sec. 8. (1) No later than 120 days after the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007], the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall send notice to all the following claimants that filed a claim for property outside an urban growth boundary:
(a) A claimant whose claim was denied by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act, but who may become eligible for just compensation because of section 21 (2) of this 2007 Act [195.328 (2)] or any other provision of sections 5 to 22 of this 2007 Act [195.305 to 195.336 and sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act];
(b) A claimant whose claim was approved by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act; and
(c) A claimant whose claim has not been approved or denied by the state before the effective date of this 2007 Act.
(2) The notice required by subsection (1) of this section must:
(a) Explain the claimant’s options if the claimant wishes to subdivide, partition or establish a dwelling on the property under sections 5 to 22 of this 2007 Act;
(b) Identify any information that the claimant must file; and
(c) Provide a form for the claimant’s use.
(3) A claimant must choose whether to proceed under section 6 or 7 of this 2007 Act by filing the form provided by the department within 90 days after the date the department mails the notice and form required under subsection (1) of this section. In addition, the claimant must file any information required in the notice. If the claimant fails to file the form within 90 days after the date the department mails the notice, the claimant is not entitled to relief under section 6 or 7 of this 2007 Act.
(4) The department shall review the claims in the order in which the department receives the forms required under subsection (3) of this section. In addition to reviewing the claim, the department shall review the department’s record on the claim, the form required under subsection (3) of this section, any new material from the claimant and any other information required by sections 5 to 22 of this 2007 Act to ensure that the requirements of this section and section 6 or 7 of this 2007 Act are met. The department shall provide a copy of the material submitted by the claimant to the county where the property is located and consider written comments from the county that are timely filed with the department. If the department determines that the only land use regulations that restrict the claimant’s use of the property are regulations that were enacted by the county, the department shall transfer the claim to the county where the property is located and the claim shall be processed by the county in the same manner as prescribed by this section for the processing of claims by the department. The county must consider any written comments from the department that are timely filed with the county.
(5) If the claimant elects to obtain relief under section 7 of this 2007 Act, the claimant must file an appraisal that establishes the reduction in the fair market value of the property as required by section 7 (6) of this 2007 Act. The actual and reasonable cost of preparing the claim, including the cost of the appraisal, not to exceed $5,000, may be added to the calculation of the reduction in fair market value under section 7 (6) of this 2007 Act. The appraisal must be filed with the department or, if the claim is being processed by the county, with the county within 180 days after the date the claimant files the election to obtain relief under section 7 of this 2007 Act. A claimant that elects to obtain relief under section 7 of this 2007 Act may change that election to obtain relief under section 6 of this 2007 Act, but only if the claimant provides written notice of the change on or before the date the appraisal is filed. If a county is processing the claim, the county may impose a fee for the review of a claim under section 7 of this 2007 Act in an amount that does not exceed the actual and reasonable cost of the review.
(6) The department or the county shall review claims as quickly as possible, consistent with careful review of the claim. The department shall report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on or before March 31, 2008, concerning the department’s progress and the counties’ progress in completing review of claims under sections 6 and 7 of this 2007 Act.
(7) The department’s final order and a county’s final decision on a claim under section 6 or 7 of this 2007 Act must either deny the claim or approve the claim. If the order or decision approves the claim, the order or decision must state the number of home site approvals issued for the property and may contain other terms that are necessary to ensure that the use of the property is lawful. [2007 c.424 §8]
Sec. 9. (1) A claimant that filed a claim under ORS 197.352 [renumbered 195.305] on or before the date of adjournment sine die of the 2007 regular session of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly [June 28, 2007] for property located, in whole or in part, within an urban growth boundary may establish one to 10 single-family dwellings on the portion of the property located within the urban growth boundary.
(2) The number of single-family dwellings that may be established on the portion of the property located within the urban growth boundary under this section may not exceed the lesser of:
(a) The number of single-family dwellings described in a waiver issued by Metro, a city or a county before the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007] or, if a waiver was not issued, the number described in the claim filed with Metro, a city or a county;
(b) 10, except that if there are existing dwellings on the property, the number of single-family dwellings that may be established is reduced so that the maximum number of dwellings, including existing dwellings located on the property, does not exceed 10; or
(c) The number of single-family dwellings the total value of which represents just compensation for the reduction in fair market value caused by the enactment of one or more land use regulations that were the basis for the claim, as set forth in subsection (6) of this section.
(3) If the number of single-family dwellings described in a waiver issued by Metro, a city or a county before the effective date of this 2007 Act or, if a waiver was not issued, the number described in the claim filed with Metro, a city or a county is more than 10, the claimant may amend the claim to reduce the number to no more than 10 by filing notice of the amendment with the information required by section 10 of this 2007 Act.
(4) If multiple claims were filed for the same property, the number of single-family dwellings that may be established for purposes of subsection (2)(a) of this section is the number in the most recent waiver issued by Metro, a city or a county before the effective date of this 2007 Act or, if a waiver was not issued, the most recent claim filed with Metro, a city or a county, but not more than 10 in any case.
(5) To qualify for the relief provided by this section, the claimant must have filed a claim for the property with the city or county in which the property is located. In addition, regardless of whether a waiver was issued by Metro, a city or a county before the effective date of this 2007 Act, to qualify for relief under this section, the claimant must establish that:
(a) The claimant is an owner of the property;
(b) All owners of the property have consented in writing to the claim;
(c) The property is located, in whole or in part, within an urban growth boundary;
(d) On the claimant’s acquisition date, the claimant lawfully was permitted to establish at least the number of dwellings on the property that are authorized under this section;
(e) The property is zoned for residential use;
(f) One or more land use regulations prohibit establishing the single-family dwellings;
(g) The establishment of the single-family dwellings is not prohibited by a land use regulation described in ORS 197.352 (3) [renumbered 195.305 (3)];
(h) The land use regulation described in paragraph (f) of this subsection was enacted after the date the property, or any portion of the property, was brought into the urban growth boundary;
(i) If the property is located within the boundaries of Metro, the land use regulation that is the basis for the claim was enacted after the date the property was included within the boundaries of Metro;
(j) If the property is located within a city, the land use regulation that is the basis for the claim was enacted after the date the property was annexed to the city; and
(k) The enactment of one or more land use regulations, other than land use regulations described in ORS 197.352 (3), that are the basis of the claim caused a reduction in the fair market value of the property, as determined under subsection (6) of this section, that is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the single-family dwellings that may be established on the property under subsection (2) of this section.
(6) The reduction in the fair market value of the property caused by the enactment of one or more land use regulations that were the basis for the claim is equal to the decrease, if any, in the fair market value of the property from the date that is one year before the enactment of the land use regulation to the date that is one year after the enactment, plus interest. If the claim is based on the enactment of more than one land use regulation enacted on different dates, the reduction in the fair market value of the property caused by each regulation shall be determined separately and the values added together to calculate the total reduction in fair market value. The reduction in fair market value shall be adjusted by any ad valorem property taxes not paid as a result of any special assessment of the property under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, 321.257 to 321.390, 321.700 to 321.754 or 321.805 to 321.855, plus interest, offset by any severance taxes paid by the claimant and by any recapture of potential additional tax liability that the claimant has paid or will pay for the property if the property is disqualified from special assessment under ORS 308A.703. Interest shall be computed under this subsection using the average interest rate for a one-year United States Government Treasury Bill on December 31 of each year of the period between the date the land use regulation was enacted and the date the claim was filed, compounded annually on January 1 of each year of the period.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) of this section, a claimant must provide an appraisal showing the fair market value of the property one year before the enactment of the land use regulation that was the basis for the claim and the fair market value of the property one year after the enactment. The appraisal also must show the fair market value of each single-family dwelling to which the claimant is entitled under subsection (2) of this section, along with evidence of any ad valorem property taxes not paid, any severance taxes paid and any recapture of additional tax liability that the owner has paid or will pay for the property if the property is disqualified from special assessment under ORS 308A.703. The actual and reasonable cost of preparing the claim, including the cost of the appraisal, not to exceed $5,000, may be added to the calculation of the reduction in fair market value under section 7 (6) of this 2007 Act. The appraisal must:
(a) Be prepared by a person certified under ORS chapter 674 or a person registered under ORS chapter 308;
(b) Comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as authorized by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989; and
(c) Expressly determine the highest and best use of the property at the time the land use regulation was enacted.
(8) Relief may not be granted under this section if the highest and best use of the property was not residential use at the time the land use regulation was enacted.
(9) When Metro, a city or a county has issued a final decision authorizing one or more single-family dwellings under this section on the portion of the property located within the urban growth boundary, the claimant may seek other governmental authorizations required by law for that use, and a land use regulation enacted by a public entity that has the effect of prohibiting the use does not apply to the review of those authorizations, except as provided in section 11 of this 2007 Act. If Metro is reviewing a claim for a property, and a city or a county is reviewing a claim for the same property, Metro and the city or county shall coordinate the review and decisions and may:
(a) Provide that one of the public entities be principally responsible for the review; and
(b) Provide that the decision of each of the public entities is contingent on the decision of the other public entity.
(10) The only types of land use that are authorized by this section are the subdivision or partition of land for one or more single-family dwellings, or the establishment of one or more single-family dwellings on land on which the dwellings would not otherwise be allowed. [2007 c.424 §9]
Sec. 10. (1) If Metro, a city or a county issued a waiver before the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007] for property located, in whole or in part, within an urban growth boundary, the public entity that issued the waiver must review the claim, the record on the claim and the waiver to determine whether the claimant is entitled to relief under section 9 of this 2007 Act. If the public entity that issued the waiver lacks information needed to determine whether the claimant is entitled to relief, the public entity shall issue a written request to the claimant for the required information. The claimant must file the required information within 90 days after receiving the request. If the claimant does not file the information, the public entity shall review the claim based on the information that is available. The public entity shall complete a tentative review no later than 240 days after the effective date of this 2007 Act. The public entity shall provide written notice to the claimant, the Department of Land Conservation and Development and any other person entitled to notice of the tentative determination as to whether the claimant qualifies for relief under section 9 of this 2007 Act and, if so, the specific number of single-family dwellings that the public entity proposes to authorize. The notice must state that the recipient has 15 days to submit evidence or arguments in response to the tentative determination, after which the public entity shall make a final determination. A public entity shall make the final determination under this subsection within 300 days after the effective date of this 2007 Act.
(2) If Metro, a city or a county has not made a final decision before the effective date of this 2007 Act on a claim filed for property located, in whole or in part, within an urban growth boundary, the public entity with which the claim was filed shall send notice to the claimant within 90 days after the effective date of this 2007 Act. The notice must:
(a) Explain that the claimant is entitled to seek relief under section 9 of this 2007 Act;
(b) Identify the information that the claimant must file; and
(c) Provide a form for the claimant’s use.
(3) Within 120 days after the date the public entity mails notice under subsection (2) of this section, a claimant must notify the public entity if the claimant intends to continue the claim and must file the information required in the notice. If the claimant fails to file the notice and required information with the public entity within 120 days after the date the public entity mails the notice, the claimant is not entitled to relief under section 9 of this 2007 Act.
(4) A public entity that receives a notice from a claimant under subsection (3) of this section shall review the claim, the record on the claim, the notice received from the claimant and the information required under subsection (3) of this section to determine whether the claim demonstrates that the requirements of section 9 of this 2007 Act are satisfied. The public entity shall complete a tentative review no later than 120 days after receipt of the notice from the claimant and shall provide written notice to the claimant, the department and any other person entitled to notice of the tentative determination as to whether the claimant qualifies for relief under section 9 of this 2007 Act and, if so, the specific number of single-family dwellings that the public entity proposes to authorize. The notice must state that the recipient has 15 days to submit evidence or arguments in response to the tentative determination, after which the public entity shall make a final determination. A public entity shall make the final determination under this subsection within 180 days after receipt of the notice from the claimant.
(5) If a claimant filed a claim that is subject to this section after December 4, 2006, the claim must have included a copy of a final land use decision by the city or county with land use jurisdiction over the property that denied an application by the claimant for the residential use described in the claim. If the claim was filed after December 4, 2006, and did not include a final land use decision denying the residential use described in the claim, the claimant is not entitled to relief under section 9 of this 2007 Act. [2007 c.424 §10]
Sec. 11. (1) A subdivision or partition of property, or the establishment of a dwelling on property, authorized under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act must comply with all applicable standards governing the siting or development of the dwelling, lot or parcel including, but not limited to, the location, design, construction or size of the dwelling, lot or parcel. However, the standards must not be applied in a manner that has the effect of prohibiting the establishment of the dwelling, lot or parcel authorized under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act unless the standards are reasonably necessary to avoid or abate a nuisance, to protect public health or safety or to carry out federal law.
(2) Before beginning construction of any dwelling authorized under section 6 or 7 of this 2007 Act, the owner must comply with the requirements of ORS 215.293 if the property is in an exclusive farm use zone, a forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone.
(3)(a) A city or county may approve the creation of a lot or parcel to contain a dwelling authorized under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act. However, a new lot or parcel located in an exclusive farm use zone, a forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone may not exceed:
(A) Two acres if the lot or parcel is located on high-value farmland, on high-value forestland or on land within a ground water restricted area; or
(B) Five acres if the lot or parcel is not located on high-value farmland, on high-value forestland or on land within a ground water restricted area.
(b) If the property is in an exclusive farm use zone, a forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone, the new lots or parcels created must be clustered so as to maximize suitability of the remnant lot or parcel for farm or forest use.
(4) If an owner is authorized to subdivide or partition more than one property, or to establish dwellings on more than one property, under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act and the properties are in an exclusive farm use zone, a forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone, the owner may cluster some or all of the dwellings, lots or parcels on one of the properties if that property is less suitable than the other properties for farm or forest use. If one of the properties is zoned for residential use, the owner may cluster some or all of the dwellings, lots or parcels that would have been located in an exclusive farm use zone, a forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone on the property zoned for residential use.
(5) An owner is not eligible for more than 20 home site approvals under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act, regardless of how many properties that person owns or how many claims that person has filed.
(6) An authorization to partition or subdivide the property, or to establish dwellings on the property, granted under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act runs with the property and may be either transferred with the property or encumbered by another person without affecting the authorization. There is no time limit on when an authorization granted under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act must be carried out, except that once the owner who obtained the authorization conveys the property to a person other than the owner’s spouse or the trustee of a revocable trust in which the owner is the settlor, the subsequent owner of the property must create the lots or parcels and establish the dwellings authorized by a waiver under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act within 10 years of the conveyance. In addition:
(a) A lot or parcel lawfully created based on an authorization under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act remains a discrete lot or parcel, unless the lot or parcel lines are vacated or the lot or parcel is further divided, as provided by law; and
(b) A dwelling or other residential use of the property based on an authorization under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act is a permitted use and may be established or continued by the claimant or a subsequent owner, except that once the claimant conveys the property to a person other than the claimant’s spouse or the trustee of a revocable trust in which the claimant is the settlor, the subsequent owner must establish the dwellings or other residential use authorized under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act within 10 years of the conveyance.
(7) When relief has been claimed under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act:
(a) Additional relief is not due; and
(b) An additional claim may not be filed, compensation is not due and a waiver may not be issued with regard to the property under sections 5 to 22 of this 2007 Act [195.305 to 195.336 and sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act] or ORS 197.352 [renumbered 195.305] as in effect immediately before the effective date of this 2007 Act [December 6, 2007], except with respect to a land use regulation enacted after January 1, 2007.
(8) A person that is eligible to be a holder as defined in ORS 271.715 may acquire the rights to carry out a use of land authorized under sections 5 to 11 of this 2007 Act from a willing seller in the manner provided by ORS 271.715 to 271.795. Metro, cities and counties may enter into cooperative agreements under ORS chapter 195 to establish a system for the purchase and sale of severable development interests as described in ORS 94.531. A system established under this subsection may provide for the transfer of severable development interests between the jurisdictions of the public entities that are parties to the agreement for the purpose of allowing development to occur in a location that is different from the location in which the development interest arises.
(9) If a claimant is an individual, the entitlement to prosecute the claim under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act and an authorization to use the property provided by a waiver under section 6, 7 or 9 of this 2007 Act:
(a) Is not affected by the death of the claimant if the death occurs on or after the effective date of this 2007 Act; and
(b) Passes to the person that acquires the property by devise or by operation of law. [2007 c.424 §11]
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