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(19) “Public entity” means the state, Metro, a county <br />or a city. <br />(20) “Urban growth boundary” has the meaning given <br />that term in ORS 195.060. <br />(21) “Waive” or “waiver” means an action or decision <br />of a public entity to modify, remove or not apply one or <br />more land use regulations under sections 5 to 22 of this <br />2007 Act or ORS 197.352, as in effect immediately <br />before the effective date of this 2007 Act, to allow the <br />owner to use property for a use permitted when the <br />owner acquired the property. <br />(22) “Zoned for residential use” means zoning that <br />has as its primary purpose single-family residential use. <br />LEGISLATIVE POLICY <br />ON FAIRNESS TO PROPERTY OWNERS <br />SECTION 3.(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: <br />(a) In some situations, land use regulations unfairly <br />burden particular property owners. <br />(b) To address these situations, it is necessary to <br />amend Oregon’s land use statutes to provide just <br />compensation for unfair burdens caused by land use <br />regulations. <br />(2) The purpose of sections 5 to 22 of this 2007 Act <br />and the amendments to Ballot Measure 37 (2004) is to <br />modify Ballot Measure 37 (2004) to ensure that Oregon <br />law provides just compensation for unfair burdens <br />while retaining Oregon’s protections for farm and forest <br />uses and the state’s water resources. <br />BALLOT MEASURE 37 <br />SECTION 4.ORS 197.352 is amended to read: <br />197.352. [The following provisions are added to and made a <br />part of ORS chapter 197:] <br />(1) If a public entity enacts [or enforces a new land use <br />regulation or enforces a land use regulation enacted prior to <br />December 2, 2004, that restricts] one or more land use <br />regulations that restrict the residential use of private real <br />property or [any interest therein] a farming or forest <br />practice and [has the effect of reducing] that reduce the fair <br />market value of the property, [or any interest therein,] then the <br />owner of the property shall be [paid just compensation] <br />entitled to just compensation from the public entity <br />that enacted the land use regulation or regulations as <br />provided in sections 12 to 14 of this 2007 Act. <br />(2) Just compensation under sections 12 to 14 of this <br />2007 Act shall be [equal to] based on the reduction in the fair <br />market value of the [affected] property [interest] resulting from <br />[enactment or enforcement of] the land use regulation [as of <br />the date the owner makes written demand for compensation <br />under this section]. <br />(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to land use <br />regulations that were enacted prior to the claimant’s <br />acquisition date or to land use regulations: <br />[(A)] (a)Restricting or prohibiting activities commonly and <br />historically recognized as public nuisances under common <br />law[. This subsection shall be construed narrowly in favor of a <br />finding of compensation under this section]; <br />[(B)] (b)Restricting or prohibiting activities for the protection <br />of public health and safety[, such as fire and building codes, <br />health and sanitation regulations, solid or hazardous waste <br />regulations, and pollution control regulations]; <br />[(C)] (c)To the extent the land use regulation is required to <br />comply with federal law; or <br />[(D)] (d)Restricting or prohibiting the use of a property for <br />the purpose of selling pornography or performing nude <br />dancing. [Nothing in this subsection, however, is intended to <br />affect or alter rights provided by the Oregon or United States <br />Constitutions; or] <br />[(E) Enacted prior to the date of acquisition of the property by <br />the owner or a family member of the owner who owned the <br />subject property prior to acquisition or inheritance by the <br />owner, whichever occurred first.] <br />[(4) Just compensation under subsection (1) of this section <br />shall be due the owner of the property if the land use regulation <br />continues to be enforced against the property 180 days after the <br />owner of the property makes written demand for compensation <br />under this section to the public entity enacting or enforcing the <br />land use regulation.] <br />[(5) For claims arising from land use regulations enacted <br />prior to December 2, 2004, written demand for compensation <br />under subsection (4) shall be made within two years of <br />December 2, 2004, or the date the public entity applies the land <br />use regulation as an approval criteria to an application <br />submitted by the owner of the property, whichever is later. <br />For claims arising from land use regulations enacted after <br />December 2, 2004, written demand for compensation under <br />subsection (4) shall be made within two years of the enactment <br />of the land use regulation, or the date the owner of the property <br />submits a land use application in which the land use regulation <br />is an approval criteria, whichever is later.] <br />[(6) If a land use regulation continues to apply to the <br />subject property more than 180 days after the present owner <br />of the property has made written demand for compensation <br />under this section, the present owner of the property, or any <br />interest therein, shall have a cause of action for compensation <br />under this section in the circuit court in which the real <br />property is located, and the present owner of the real property <br />shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees, expenses, costs, <br />and other disbursements reasonably incurred to collect the <br />compensation.] <br />(4)(a) Subsection (3)(a) of this section shall be <br />construed narrowly in favor of granting just compensa- <br />tion under this section. Nothing in subsection (3) of <br />this section is intended to affect or alter rights provided <br />by the Oregon or United States Constitution. <br />(b) Subsection (3)(b) of this section does not apply to <br />any farming or forest practice regulation that is enacted <br />after January 1, 2007, unless the primary purpose of the <br />regulation is the protection of human health and safety. <br />(c) Subsection (3)(c) of this section does not apply to <br />any farming or forest practice regulation that is enacted <br />after January 1, 2007, unless the public entity enacting <br />the regulation has no discretion under federal law to <br />decline to enact the regulation. <br />[(7)] (5)A [metropolitan service district, city, or county, or <br />state agency] public entity may adopt or apply procedures for <br />the processing of claims under [this section, but in no event <br />shall these procedures act as a prerequisite to the filing of a <br />compensation claim under subsection (6) of this section, nor <br />shall the failure of an owner of property to file an application for <br />a land use permit with the local government serve as grounds <br />for dismissal, abatement, or delay of a compensation claim <br />under subsection (6) of this section] sections 12 to 24 of this <br />2007 Act. <br />[(8)] (6)[Notwithstanding any other state statute or the <br />availability of funds under subsection (10) of this section, in lieu <br />of payment of just compensation under this section, the <br />governing body responsible for enacting] The public entity <br />that enacted the land use regulation [may modify, remove, or <br />not to apply the land use regulation or land use regulations to <br />allow the owner to use the property for a use permitted at the <br />time the owner acquired the property] that gives rise to a <br />Measure 49 <br />Official 2007 November Special Election Voters’ Pamphlet <br />9 | State Measures <br />continued September 24, 2018, Meeting - Item 3