Oregon Revised Statutes
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: “Blighted areas” means areas that, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning, inadequate or improper facilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe structures, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to the safety, health or welfare of the community. A blighted area …
It hereby is found and declared: That there exist within the state blighted areas. That such areas impair economic values and tax revenues. That such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and that these conditions necessitate excessive and …
The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES; PLANS; ACTIVITIES
In each municipality, as defined in ORS 457.010, there hereby is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “urban renewal agency” of the municipality. However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the municipality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the…
The governing body of a municipality shall, in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.035, elect to have the powers of an urban renewal agency under this chapter exercised in one of the following ways: By a housing authority of the municipality established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law in which case the name of the body corporate and politic shall be…
At any time following adoption of the ordinance under ORS 457.035, or for urban renewal agencies activated before October 3, 1979, at any time following adoption of a proper resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the municipality, the governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, transfer the authority to exercise the powers of the urban rene…
For the purpose of coordinating its activities and undertakings under this chapter with the needs and undertakings of other local organizations and groups, a housing authority exercising the powers of an urban renewal agency under ORS 457.045 shall establish an advisory board consisting of the chairperson of the authority, who shall be chairperson of the adv…
If the governing body of a municipality which has an urban renewal agency under ORS 457.035 finds that there no longer exists a need for an urban renewal agency in the municipality, the governing body shall provide, by ordinance, for a termination of the agency and a transfer of the agency’s facilities, files and personnel to the municipality. The terminatio…
An urban renewal agency shall provide for public involvement in all stages in the development of an urban renewal plan. An urban renewal plan proposed by an urban renewal agency shall include all of the following: A description of each urban renewal project to be undertaken. An outline for the development, redevelopment, improvements, land acquisition, de…
An urban renewal plan proposed by an urban renewal agency shall be accompanied by a report that contains: A description of the physical, social and economic conditions in the urban renewal areas of the plan and the expected impact, including the fiscal impact, of the plan in light of added services or increased population; Reasons for the selection of each…
An urban renewal agency shall forward an urban renewal plan and the accompanying report to the planning commission of the municipality for recommendations before presenting the plan to the governing body of the municipality for approval under ORS 457.095. The urban renewal agency shall deliver the urban renewal plan and accompanying report to the governing …
The governing body of a municipality, upon receipt of a proposed urban renewal plan and report from the municipality’s urban renewal agency and after public notice and hearing and consideration of public testimony and planning commission and taxing district recommendations, if any, may approve the urban renewal plan. The approval shall be by nonemergency ord…
In addition to the approval of a plan by the governing body of the municipality under ORS 457.095, when any portion of the area of a proposed urban renewal plan extends beyond the boundaries of the municipality into any other municipality and, in the case of a proposed plan by a county agency, when any portion of such area is within the boundaries of a city,…
Notice of adoption of an urban renewal plan required under ORS 457.095 and notice of filing of an annual financial statement required under ORS 457.460 shall be published in the newspaper, as defined in ORS 193.010, having the greatest circulation in the municipality and which is published within the municipality. If no newspaper is published within the muni…
In addition to any required public notice of hearing on a proposed urban renewal plan or substantial amendment or change to a plan, as described in ORS 457.085 (2)(i) and 457.220, the municipality shall cause notice of a hearing by the governing body on a proposed plan for a new urban renewal area or on a proposed change containing one of the types of amendm…
A copy of the ordinance approving an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.095 shall be sent by the governing body of the municipality to the urban renewal agency. A copy of the resolution approving an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.105 shall be sent by the governing body of a municipality to the urban renewal agency. Upon receipt of the necessary approval of e…
After October 3, 1979, any urban renewal plan purported to be adopted in conformance with applicable legal requirements shall be conclusively presumed valid for all purposes 90 days after adoption of the plan by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality. No direct or collateral attack on the action may thereafter be commenced.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS chapter 455 or 456 or this chapter, where the governing body of a municipality certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under feder…
An urban renewal agency may plan or undertake any urban renewal project to carry out an approved urban renewal plan. In planning or undertaking an urban renewal project, the urban renewal agency has the power: To carry out any work or undertaking and exercise any powers which a housing authority is authorized to perform or exercise under ORS 456.055 to 456.…
An urban renewal agency, in addition to its other powers, may: Make plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements. Make plans for the enforcement of laws, codes and regulations relating to: The use of land. The use and occupancy of buildings and improvements. The repair, rehabilitation, demolition …
An urban renewal agency may borrow money and accept advances, loans, grants and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the state, county or other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects. An urban renewal agency may do all things necessary or des…
Any state public body, as defined in ORS 456.305, shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate with and assist urban renewal agencies with respect to urban renewal projects that such state public body has pursuant to ORS 456.305 to 456.325 to cooperate and assist housing authorities with respect to housing projects in the same manner as though those se…
Except for the provisions of subsections (2) and (4) of this section, an urban renewal agency shall carry out the urban renewal plan approved under ORS 457.095. Any substantial change made in the urban renewal plan shall, before being carried out, be approved and recorded in the same manner as the original plan. An urban renewal agency may not by amendment…
The urban renewal agency shall, in accordance with the approved urban renewal plan, make land in an urban renewal project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies. Such land shall be made available at a value determined by the urban renewal agency to be its fair reuse value, which represents the value, whether expressed in terms of rental o…
Any property which the urban renewal agency leases to private persons as defined in ORS 174.100 under an urban renewal plan shall have the same tax status as if such leased property were owned by such private individuals or corporations.
In addition to the other powers granted a municipality under this chapter, a municipality may exercise any of its powers otherwise provided by law to assist in the planning or the carrying out of an urban renewal plan. Without limiting the powers granted by the preceding sentence, a municipality may issue its general obligation bonds for the purpose of assis…
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OF URBAN RENEWAL INDEBTEDNESS
Any urban renewal plan may contain a provision that the ad valorem taxes, if any, levied by a taxing district in which all or a portion of an urban renewal area is located, shall be divided as provided in section 1c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 457.420 to 457.470. Ad valorem taxes shall not be divided if there is no provision in the urban …
As soon as practicable after the approval of a plan containing a provision authorized by ORS 457.420, the county assessor of each county in which an urban renewal area is located shall prepare, in duplicate, a certified statement of the total assessed value, as shown on the county assessment roll last certified prior to the effective date of the ordinance ap…
For each existing urban renewal plan that includes a provision for a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.420 to 457.470, the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall adopt an ordinance choosing one of the options listed in subsection (2) of this section as the method of collecting ad valorem property tax…
Prior to the establishment of a maximum amount of indebtedness for an urban renewal plan under ORS 457.190 and before an option is adopted under ORS 457.435, the urban renewal agency that is carrying out the plan shall meet with the governing bodies of the municipality that activated the urban renewal agency and other municipalities affected by the urban ren…
During the period specified under ORS 457.450: The county assessor shall determine the amount of funds to be raised each year for urban renewal within the county levied by taxing districts in accordance with Article IX, section 1c, of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 457.420 to 457.470. Not later than July 15 of each tax year, each urban renewal agency sha…
As used in this section, “post-2012 local option tax” means a local option tax, as defined in ORS 280.040, that is approved by taxing district electors after January 1, 2013. The consolidated billing tax rate of an urban renewal plan equals the total of all taxing district ad valorem property tax rates used to extend taxes, after any adjustment to reflect t…
ORS 457.440 shall first apply to the assessment roll next following the tax roll referred to in ORS 457.430 if the assessor is provided notice of a plan adoption or amendment changing area boundaries by the agency prior to January 1 before the tax year to which the plan first applies. If the assessor is not provided notice of plan adoption or amendment chan…
If the maximum amount of funds under ORS 457.440 is not required to pay the principal and interest on indebtedness incurred for an urban renewal plan, the urban renewal agency may take formal action to limit collections under a plan for a single fiscal year, and may notify the county assessor pursuant to ORS 457.440 (2)(e) to compute the division of taxes fo…
Not later than January 31 of each year, an urban renewal agency shall prepare a statement, on the same basis on which its financial statements are prepared, containing: The amount of moneys received during the preceding fiscal year under ORS 457.420 to 457.470 and from indebtedness incurred under ORS 457.420 to 457.470; The purposes and amounts for which a…
As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: “Assumed increment” means the assessed value of the increment in the prior year, increased by the average percentage increase of the increment, if any, during the three prior years. “Large metropolitan plan” means a plan for an urban renewal area by a city with a population of more than 500,00…