Section 197A.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] City addition of sites outside of metro(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS chapter 197A, a city outside of Metro may add a site to the city's urban growth boundary under sections 49 to 59 of this 2024 Act, if: (a) The site is adjacent to the existing urban growth boundary of the city or is separated from the existing urban growth boundary by only a street or road;(b) The site is: (A) Designated as an urban reserve under ORS 197A.230 to 197A.250, including a site whose designation is adopted under ORS 197.652 to 197.658;(B) Designated as nonresource land; or(C) Subject to an acknowledged exception to a statewide land use planning goal relating to farmland or forestland;(c) The city has not previously adopted an urban growth boundary amendment or exchange under sections 49 to 59 of this 2024 Act;(d) The city has demonstrated a need for the addition under section 52 of this 2024 Act;(e) The city has requested and received an application as required under sections 53 and 54 of this 2024 Act;(f) The total acreage of the site: (A) For a city with a population of 25,000 or greater, does not exceed 100 net residential acres; or(B) For a city with a population of less than 25,000, does not exceed 50 net residential acres; and(g)(A) The city has adopted a binding conceptual plan for the site that satisfies the requirements of section 55 of this 2024 Act; or(B) The added site does not exceed 15 net residential acres and satisfies the requirements of section 56 of this 2024 Act.(2) A county shall approve an amendment to an urban growth boundary made under this section that complies with sections 49 to 59 of this 2024 Act and shall cooperate with a city to facilitate the coordination of functions under ORS 195.020 to facilitate the city's annexation and the development of the site. The county's decision is not a land use decision.(3) Notwithstanding ORS 197.626, an action by a local government under sections 49 to 59 of this 2024 Act is not a land use decision as defined in ORS 197.015.Added by 2024 Ch. 110,§ 50, eff. 6/6/2024.