(1) The periodic review process is divided into two phases. Phase one is the evaluation of the existing comprehensive plan, land use regulations and citizen involvement program and, if necessary, the development of a work program to make needed changes to the comprehensive plan or land use regulations. Phase two is the completion of work tasks outlined in the work program.
(2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt rules for conducting periodic review. The rules shall provide a process for:
(a) Initiating periodic review;
(b) Citizen participation;
(c) The participation of state agencies;
(d) The preparation, review and approval of an evaluation of a comprehensive plan and land use regulations;
(e) Review of a work program; and
(f) Review of completed work tasks.
(3) A decision by the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve a work program, that no work program is necessary or that no further work is necessary is final and not subject to appeal.
(4) The director:
(a) Shall take action on a work task not later than 120 days after the local government submits the work task for review unless the local government waives the 120-day deadline or the commission grants the director an extension. If the director does not take action within the time period required by this subsection, the work task is deemed approved. The department shall provide a letter to the local government certifying that the work task is approved unless an interested party has filed a timely objection to the work task consistent with administrative rules for conducting periodic review. If a timely objection is filed, the director shall refer the work task to the commission.
(b) May approve or remand a work task or refer the work task to the commission for a decision. A decision by the director to approve or remand a work task may be appealed to the commission.
(5) Except as provided in this subsection, the commission shall take action on the appeal or referral within 90 days of the appeal or referral. Action by the commission in response to an appeal from a decision of the director is a final order subject to judicial review in the manner provided in ORS 197.650. The commission may extend the time for taking action on the appeal or referral if the commission finds that:
(a) The appeal or referral is appropriate for mediation;
(b) The appeal or referral raises new or complex issues of fact or law that make it unreasonable for the commission to give adequate consideration to the issues within the 90-day limit; or
(c) The parties to the appeal and the commission agree to an extension, not to exceed an additional 90 days.
(6) The commission and a local government shall attempt to complete periodic review within three years after approval of a work program. In order to promote the timely completion of periodic review, the commission shall establish a system of incentives to encourage local government compliance with timelines in periodic review work programs. [1991 c.612 §3; 1993 c.18 §38; 1999 c.622 §3; 2001 c.527 §1; 2005 c.829 §4]
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