Comprehensive plans (county)

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A comprehensive plan is a document stating the general, long-range policies that will govern a local community's future development. These plans are required of each city and county by Oregon legislation. They must include wide citizen participation, address 19 statewide planning goals, be officially adopted by the jurisdiction, receive approval by the Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development, and be reviewed periodically.

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Lincoln County : Comprehensive plan and zoning code (2009)
(Lincoln County (Or.), 2009) Lincoln County (Or.)
Chapter One shall be known and may be cited or pleaded as the Lincoln County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Regulations. This chapter applies to all that area of Lincoln County subject to county jurisdiction under the provisions of ORS 215.130 and subsequent amendments to the Oregon Revised Statutes. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to implement the goals and policies of the Lincoln County Comprehensive Plan, LCC 1.0005 to 1.0190. [From the document]
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Harney County : Comprehensive plan (2009)
(Harney County (Or.), 2009) Harney County (Or.); Harney County (Or.). Planning Dept.
The purpose of the Harney County Comprehensive Plan is to provide general guidance on land use decisions in order to promote the greatest land use efficiency and equity. The preparation of this plan responded to a statewide comprehensive planning initiative that was developed to provide an open and objective land use decision making process. The plan is intended to respond to growth and change in the county. [From the Plan]
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Multnomah County : Comprehensive plan
(Multnomah County (Or.), 2009) Multnomah County (Or.)
The Multnomah County Comprehensive Framework Plan Summary is the county's land use mission statement. It describes the policies that guide decisions made by the Land Use Planning Division as well as the relationship between Multnomah County land use decisions and the policies adopted by the Metro Council and statewide planning agencies. [From the Plan]
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Washington County : Comprehensive plan
(Washington County (Or.), 2008-07-03) Washington County (Or.)
The Comprehensive Framework Plan contains the broad policy directions that are the basis for the other Comprehensive Plan elements. The steps in the development of the Comprehensive Framework Plan (CFP) included: the collection of inventory data for the County Resource Document; the formulation, with citizen input, of a development concept for the urban portion of the County; the allocation of population and employment to Community Planning Areas based on this concept and on growth projected for the County; and the development of policies and strategies designed to guide the future growth of the County. [From the Plan]
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Deschutes County : 2030 Comprehensive plan update
(Deschutes County (Or.), 2008-05-14) Deschutes County (Or.)
The purpose of the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan is to provide general guidance on land use decisions, in order to promote the greatest land use efficiency and equity. The preparation of this plan responded to a statewide comprehensive planning initiative that was developed to provide an open and objective land use decision making process. The plan was intended to respond to the dramatic growth and change the County was experiencing that was putting pressure on the land as well as on the economic, social and governmental structures. [From the Plan]
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Crook County : comprehensive plan (2008)
(Crook County (Or.), 2008-01-08) Crook County (Or.); Meader, Daniel; Tenneson Engineering Corp.; Lake, Brent; Central Oregon Land Use Consultants; Crook County (Or.). Planning Dept.
The Crook County Comprehensive Land Use Plan was adopted in 1978 and has been in use by the County since that time. Over the years, there have been 49 amendments to the maps and text and, in recent years, there have been minor amendments to the amendments— particularly in the Powell Butte area. This document represents a codified version of the County’s Comprehensive Plan. The purpose is to update the Plan to make it easier to use by the elected and appointed officials of Crook County and by the average citizen needing to glean information from it. [From the Plan]
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Clatsop County : Comprehensive plan goals and policies (2007)
(Clatsop County (Or.), 2007-05-29) Clatsop County (Or.); Clatsop County (Or.). Community Development Dept.
The Clatsop County Comprehensive Plan is a very large and complex document. The Clatsop County Comprehesive Plan Goals and Policies Document version is a much smaller document; it is reduced to contain ONLY the Goals and Policies adopted by Clatsop County since 1979.... The Comprehensive Plan/Zoning Map, located on page 9, is a greatly reduced (in size) version of the official County map. The map should be used as a general guide only. [From the Plan]
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Benton County : Comprehensive plan (2007)
(Benton County (Or.), 2007-03-22) Benton County (Or.); Frenkel, Robert; David Reed & Associates; Willamette Valley Planning; Cascades West Council of Governments; Benton County (Or.). Community Development Dept.
The Comprehensive Plan is the official policy guide for decisions about growth, development, services, and resource management in Benton County – outside of incorporated cities. The policies of the Comprehensive Plan serve as the basis for developing the implementing regulations of the Development Code. The policies of the Comprehensive Plan are not in themselves implementing regulations and are not applied to individual applications except as provided by the Development Code. [From the Plan]
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Sherman County : Comprehensive plan
(Sherman Countty (Or.), 2007) Sherman County (Or.)
The Comprehensive Plan is the public's conclusions about the development, conservation and preservation of the County. Comprehensive means all-inclusive in terms of natural and man caused activities. The term plan means the group of decisions made before changes are made in the area. The Comprehensive Plan shows how the County can best use what resources it has, to be the kind of place it would like to be in the future. [From the Plan]
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Jefferson County : Comprehensive plan
(Jefferson County (Or.), 2006-12-27) Jefferson County (Or.); Jefferson County (Or.). Community Development Dept.
This amended Comprehensive Plan presents the official goals and policies concerning land use in Jefferson County. It addresses all phases of land use and resource utilization and applicable statewide planning Goals adopted by LCDC. Its aim is to guide land use and development in the County until 2025, while recognizing that periodic review and amendment will be necessary to address changing conditions. The goals and policies in the Comprehensive Plan are aspirational and are not intended to be mandatory approval criteria. The goals and policies are implemented through other measures, primarily by regulations in the Zoning Ordinance. All land use regulations adopted by the County must be in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. [From the Plan]
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Benton County : Comprehensive plan (2006 draft)
(Benton County (Or.), 2006-06-12) Benton County (Or.)
The policies in the Comprehensive Plan involve a commitment by the County to responsible management of the county’s land use and resources. The policies are implemented by a variety of tools including the Benton County Development Code, the Urban Fringe Management Agreements, Area Plans (such as the North Corvallis Plan), and other plans and projects. The plan ... while an update of the previous plan, is essentially a new document. Some of the original Comprehensive Plan policies have been retained or revised, and some of the original background information has been used. However, the Value Statements, the Benton County goals, and most of the policies and findings are new – developed during the 2004-2006 update. This plan replaces the previously adopted Comprehensive Plan, which was effective July 2, 1982. [From the Plan]
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Tillamook County : Comprehensive plan
(Tillamook County (Or.), 2006-05-02) Tillamook County (Or.); Tillamook County (Or.). Dept. of Community Development
The Tillamook County Comprehensive Plan is organized into sections corresponding [to] the state land use goals. Each section includes Comprehensive Plan text. Some sections also have additional plan documents. The year [following each document's link] is when it was last updated. [From the Plan]
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Josephine County : Comprehensive plan (2005)
(Josephine County (Or.), 2005-10) Josephine County (Or.)
The comprehensive plan contains the general goals and policies, maps, inventories, functional plans and implementing ordinances that are required to guide the future development of Josephine County. As such, the plan is intended to be responsive to changes in the circumstances of the county and the desires of its citizens. [From the Plan]
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Clackamas County : Comprehensive plan
(Clackamas County (Or.), 2005-08-16) Clackamas County (Or.)
The overall goals of the Plan are: Balance public and private interests and adopt a coordinated set of goals and policies to guide future development in Clackamas County; identify the most appropriate land uses for individual sites by evaluating site characteristics in light of market demand, human needs, technology, and state, regional, and County goals; provide for growth in areas where public facilities can economically be provided to support growth; create development opportunities most compatible with the fiscal and financial capacity of the County and its residents; implement the policies of this Plan by adopting a zoning map and set of regulations, and by guiding public investments to support anticipated growth; establish a system whereby individual interests may be compared to stated County policy, and provide a process for review and amendment of those policies as expressed in this Comprehensive Plan. [From the Plan]
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Clatsop County : Comprehensive plan
(Clatsop County (Or.), 2005-03-25) Clatsop County (Or.)
The Clatsop County Plan is a statement of public goals, policies, objectives, standards and maps that are intended to be used in making specific decisions about present and future land use. In addition, the County-wide Elements and Community Plans contain information, explanations, and findings in a narrative form. [From the Plan]
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Lane County : Rural comprehensive plan
(Lane County (Or.), 2005-01) Lane County (Or.)
The Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan applies to all unincorporated lands within the County beyond the Urban Growth Boundaries of incorporated cities in the County and beyond the boundary of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Plan. Where these lands are beyond County jurisdiction (such as National Forest lands), the Plan applies but its application is regulated by federal law. In addition, it does contain provisions and representations of County positions on various issues, to be used by those agencies, such as the US Forest Service, in their own management actions, and also used in the event that lands not in County jurisdiction enter County jurisdiction. [From the Plan]
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Jackson County : Comprehensive plan
(Jackson County (Or.), 2004-01-12) Jackson County (Or.)
The Jackson County Comprehensive Plan is the official long-range land use policy document for Jackson County. The plan sets forth general land use planning policies and allocates land uses into resource, residential, commercial and industrial categories. The plan serves as the basis for the coordinated deelopment of physical resources, and the development or redevelopment of the county based on physical, social, economic and environmental factors .... The Jackson County Comprehensive Plan addresses each of the 14 applicable Statewide Planning Goals, as well as local goals, and contains policies and implementation strategies aimed at compliance with these goals. [From the Plan]
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Polk County : comprehensive plan
(Polk County, 2004) Polk County (Or.); Polk County (Or.). Community Development Dept. Planning Section
This current addition of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan comprises the original text adopted in 1978 and all subsequent revisions through December 20, 1989. The Plan includes a series of Background Reports, segregated into thirteen (13) separate elements. These elements include: Citizen Involvement; Agricultural Lands; Forest Lands; Natural Resources; Willamette River Greenway; Land Capability and Resources Quality; Recreation; Population and Economics; Public Facilities and Services; Urbanization; Housing; Transportation; and Energy Conservation. The reports provide an accounting of circumstances prevailing during the period they were authored (mid to late 1970's).... This document is the text of the Comprehensive Plan which sets forth goals and policies resulting from the background studies contained in the aforementioned reports. Together with the Comprehensive Plan Map, these goals and policies are intended to serve as a guide for land use planning and development in Polk County. Included within this text are provisions for review, evaluation and update of the Plan and procedures for its amendment. And finally, the Implementation section of the Plan is a brief overview of techniques and tools available for carrying out Plan goals, policies and general intent. [From the Plan]
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Wheeler County : Comprehensive plan
(Wheeler County (Or.), 2003-06-18) Wheeler County (Or.)
The comprehensive plan is Wheeler County's official document, with the public's participation and input, about the development and conservation of the unincorporated portions of Wheeler County. The plan is adopted by the County Court, and agreed to by all affected governmental units. [From the Plan]
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Wallowa County : comprehensive plan
(Wallowa County (Or.), 2003-06-16) Wallowa County (Or.); Wallowa County (Or.). Planning Dept.
Wallowa County long-range planning includes preparation and maintenance of plan map and related goals, policies, and background information (essentially this document), which can be used as a guideline for land conservation and development in the foreseeable future - 10 to 15 years. [From the Plan]