As provided in ORS 197A.210, at the time that a city is required to inventory buildable land, that city shall inventory development-ready land likely to support the production of housing during the period of their production strategy cycle. As used in this section, “adjacent” means facilities exist within 300 feet from the nearest property line of the site.

1. (1) Cities subject to ORS 197A.100 shall inventory development-ready land as a sub-set of land identified in a city’s Buildable Land Inventory.

   1. (a) A Development-Ready Land Inventory shall identify those parcels zoned to allow residential use that are readily-served (OAR 660-008-0005(45)) through adjacent public facilities, or financially committed to being served, by all public facilities necessary for the occupancy of a housing unit within the near-term (OAR 660-008-0005(35)).

      1. (A) If facility oversizing or facility improvements extending more than 300 feet are required, land may be considered readily-served if:

         1. (i) There are cost-sharing mechanisms in place to address costs of oversizing and improvements that will serve multiple developments; or
         2. (ii) A developer has agreed through recorded instrument to build the required public facility improvements in the near-term.

      2. (B) Cities may demonstrate that public facilities will be provided in the near-term if the projects are:

         1. (i) Included in an adopted five-year capital improvement plan used for budgeting purposes; or
         2. (ii) Included in an adopted public facility master plan and represent no more than a proportionate share of the total cost of projects included in that plan based on the near-term timeline defined in OAR 660-008-0005(35) as a share of the total planning horizon for the master plan.
   2. (b) Parcels identified as development-ready must be able to support the average achieved density of residential units of its assigned plan designation in the near-term.

2. (2) A city shall inventory development-ready land geospatially in acreage and housing unit capacity, as follows:

   1. (a) Buildable land zoned to allow residential urban development and readily-served shall be one category;
   2. (b) Buildable land zoned to allow residential urban development and serviced in the near-term shall be a separately identified category;
   3. (c) Where utility service limitations prevent land from supporting the average achieved density of residential units of its plan designation, cities shall overlay the geographic extent of each utility limitation on inventory mapping.
   4. (d) Where local, state, or federal policy encumbers land and prevents it from supporting the average achieved density of residential units of its plan designation, cities shall overlay the geographic extent of these encumbrances on inventory mapping.
3. (3) A city shall not consider any parcel that is not categorized as provided in subsections (a) or (b) as development-ready.
4. (4) The ineligibility of parcels to be qualified as development-ready under section (3) does not change their characterization in the jurisdiction’s Buildable Land Inventory.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 197.040

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 197A.210, ORS 197A.015 & ORS 197A.100

History

LCDD 8-2025, adopt filed 12/23/2025, effective 01/01/2026