Section 197A.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Petition for additions of sites to metro urban growth boundary(1) A city within Metro may petition Metro to add a site within the Metro urban growth boundary if the site: (a) Satisfies the requirements of section 50 (1) of this 2024 Act; and(b) Is designated as an urban reserve.(2)(a) Within 120 days of receiving a petition under this section, Metro shall determine whether the site would substantially comply with the applicable provisions of sections 49 to 59 of this 2024 Act.(b) If Metro determines that a petition does not substantially comply, Metro shall: (A) Notify the city of deficiencies in the petition, specifying sufficient detail to allow the city to remedy any deficiency in a subsequent resubmittal; and(B) Allow the city to amend its conceptual plan and resubmit it as a petition to Metro under this section.(c) If Metro determines that a petition does comply, notwithstanding any other provision of ORS chapter 197A, Metro shall adopt amendments to its urban growth boundary to include the site in the petition, unless the amendment would result in more than 300 total net residential acres added under this subsection.(3) If the net residential acres included in petitions that Metro determines are in compliance on or before July 1, 2025, total less than 300 net residential acres, Metro shall adopt amendments to its urban growth boundary under subsection (2)(c) of this section: (a) On or before November 1, 2025, for all petitions deemed compliant on or before July 1, 2025; or(b) Within 120 days after a petition is deemed compliant after July 1, 2025, in the order in which the petitions are received.(4) If the net residential acres included in petitions that Metro determines are in compliance on or before July 1, 2025, total 300 or more net residential acres, on or before January 1, 2027, Metro shall adopt amendments to its urban growth boundary under subsection (2)(c) of this section to include the sites in those petitions that Metro determines will: (a) Best comply with the provisions of section 55 of this 2024 Act; and(b) Maximize the development of needed housing.(5) Metro may not conduct a hearing to review or select petitions or adopt amendments to its urban growth boundary under this section.Added by 2024 Ch. 110,§ 51, eff. 6/6/2024.