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Estacada planner outlines how Oregon land‑use system shapes city growth
Summary
Alan Wilson, Estacada senior planner, briefed the Economic Development Commission on Oregon’s land‑use framework, urban growth boundaries and the city’s planning documents, and reviewed recent local housing projects including a 78‑lot subdivision and a 36‑unit affordable apartment development.
Alan Wilson, Estacada senior planner, told the Economic Development Commission on July 15 that Oregon’s state land‑use laws and implementing agencies shape where and how development can occur in the city.
Wilson said Senate Bill 10 (1969) and the expanded Senate Bill 100 (1973) created the statewide framework that led to the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) and the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). He described the urban growth boundary (UGB) as “one of the most powerful tools that land use planners have,” drawing a line that separates expected urban development from rural farmland and forest.
Wilson said every Oregon city must maintain a state‑acknowledged comprehensive plan and implementing development code. He explained that Estacada’s comprehensive plan (first adopted around 1980 and revised several times, most recently…
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