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DLCD official briefs Astoria on Oregon land‑use framework and local procedures
Summary
Brett Estes, DLCD North Coast regional representative, walked Astoria officials through the history of Oregon land‑use law, the role of statewide planning goals and how state statutes and rules funnel into the city\'s comprehensive plan and development code.
Brett Estes, North Coast regional representative for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, told Astoria planning commissioners and council members that statewide planning goals and state law shape local land‑use rules and procedures. "My name is Brett Estes and I am the North Coast Regional Representative for the Department of Land Conservation and Development," he said as he opened the workshop and described DLCD's liaison role for the North Coast.
Estes traced the systemto early zoning in 1919, the 1963 exclusive farm‑use zone and Senate Bill 100 in 1973, which led to statewide planning goals and the Land Conservation and Development Commission. He explained that Oregon Revised Statutes and Oregon Administrative Rules provide the legal framework that local comprehensive plans and the Astoria development code implement, and that DLCD acknowledges and reviews local amendments to ensure conformity with state goals.
