This data layer is an element of the Oregon GIS Framework. This theme delineates urban growth boundaries (UGBs) in the state of Oregon. The line work was created by various sources including the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Metro Regional Council of Governments (Metro), county and city GIS departments, and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services - Geospatial Enterprise Office (DAS-GEO). UGB areas consist of unincorporated lands surrounding a city that show where the city plans to grow over the next 20 years. When a city needs to develop more residential, commercial, industrial, or public land, it annexes the needed area from its UGB. If a city runs out of needed land within the UGB, it can expand its UGB. Original UGBs were established under the Oregon Statewide Planning Goals in 1973 by the Oregon State Legislature (Senate Bill 100). Goal 14 of the statewide planning program is, "To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use, to accommodate urban population and urban employment inside urban growth boundaries, to ensure efficient use of land, and to provide for livable communities." The process and requirements for designating and amending UGBs are in Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 660, Division 24 (OAR 660-024). Designating or amending a UGB requires a public process, as required by Planning Goal 1, followed by approval by both the city and county elected officials and acknowledgement by the DLCD. This process includes the city submitting a Post Acknowledgement Plan Amendment (PAPA) to DLCD to review for consistency with Goal 14. The PAPA submittal includes GIS files that delineate the changes to the UGB. DLCD aggregates the local GIS layers into the statewide UGB layer. UGB line work and attributes are verified with the city PAPA submittals entered in DLCD’s tabular database to ensure that all UGB updates reported to DLCD have been included in this dataset. UGBs that are currently in the appeal process at the time of publication of this layer are not included. The effDate attribute indicates the year in which the UGB amendment was acknowledged by DLCD. In 2022, DLCD acknowledged amendments to the following UGBs: Central Point, Dayton, Phoenix, and Turner. Corrections were also made to the Astoria and Condon UGBs to reflect the current acknowledged boundary.

This data layer is an element of the Oregon GIS Framework. This theme delineates Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) in the state of Oregon. Oregon land use laws limit development outside of urban growth boundaries. The line work was created by various sources including the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Metro Regional Council of Governments (Metro), county and city GIS departments, and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services - Geospatial Enterprise Office (DAS-GEO). Urban growth boundaries (UGBs) are lines drawn on planning and zoning maps to show where a city expects to experience growth for the next 20 years. UGBs were established under Oregon Statewide Planning Goals in 1973 by the Oregon State Legislature (Senate Bill 100). Goal 14 specifically deals with UGBs (OAR 660-15-0000(4)). Other specific ORS that relate to the designation and delineation of UGBs are: 197.626 Expanding urban growth boundary and designating urban reserve area subject to periodic review. A city with a population of 2,500 or more within its urban growth boundary that amends the urban growth boundary to include more than 50 acres or that designates urban reserve areas under ORS 195.145 shall submit the amendment or designation to the Land Conservation and Development Commission in the manner provided for periodic review under ORS 197.628 to 197.650. [1999 c.622 §14; 2001 c.672 §10] and 197.628 Periodic review; policy; conditions that indicate need for periodic review.(1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to require the periodic review of comprehensive plans and land use regulations in order to respond to changes in local, regional and state conditions to ensure that the plans and regulations remain in compliance with the statewide planning goals adopted pursuant to ORS 197.230, and to ensure that the plans and regulations make adequate provision for needed housing, employment, transportation and public facilities and services. Determining UGBs in Oregon is done based on input from city and county governments. Such special districts as public safety and utilities also participate because they provide important services. Local citizens and other interested people also provide input at public hearings, and by voting. After local governments determine the UGB, they submit a Post Acknowledgement Plan Amendment and the state Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) reviews it for consistency with Goal 14. As part of this process jurisdictions send GIS files to DLCD highlighting the amended area. UGBs that are currently in the appeal process at the time of publication are not included. The effDate attribute is populated to indicate the data version and year in which the UGB was updated. UGB amendments are verified with DLCD’s Post Acknowledgement Plan Amendment (PAPA) database to ensure that all UGB updates reported to DLCD have been included in this data. In 2019 DLCD acknowledged amendments to the following UGBs: Madras, Mill City, Redmond, Springfield and Stanfield.