Oregon Statutes 457.160 – Exceptions to plan requirements for disaster areas
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 federal law, the governing body may declare a need for an urban renewal agency, if necessary, and may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project for such area without regard to the provisions requiring:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 457.160
- agency: means an urban renewal agency created under ORS § 457. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- Municipality: means any county or any city in this state. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- plan: means a plan, as it exists or is changed or modified from time to time for one or more urban renewal areas, as provided in ORS § 457. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- project: means any work or undertaking carried out under ORS § 457. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- Urban renewal area: means a blighted area included in an urban renewal plan or an area included in an urban renewal plan under ORS § 457. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
(1) That the urban renewal plan conform to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, for the municipality as a whole.
(2) That the urban renewal area be a blighted area. [1957 c.456 § 15; 1979 c.621 § 18; 1993 c.18 § 114; 2019 c.625 § 71]