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DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION 44
METROPOLITAN GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS
660-044-0000
Purpose
(1) This division
implements provisions of chapter 865, section 37 (6), Oregon Laws 2009, and chapter
85, section 5 (1), Oregon Laws 2010, that direct the Land Conservation and Development
Commission (“commission”) to adopt rules setting targets for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel for each of the state’s
metropolitan areas for the year 2035 to aid in meeting the state goal in ORS 468A.205
to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 to 75 percent below
1990 levels.
(2) This
division also implements provisions of Oregon Laws 2009, chapter 865, section 38
regarding land use and transportation scenario planning to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions in the Portland metropolitan area. The commission’s intent and
expectation is that the requirements set forth in this rule will be integrated into
and addressed as part of existing procedures for coordinated regional planning in
the Portland metropolitan area. The requirements set forth in this division for
scenario planning apply only to the Portland metropolitan area. Nothing in this
division is intended to require other metropolitan areas to conduct scenario planning,
or provide for commission or department review or approval of scenario plans that
other metropolitan areas may develop or adopt. While a preferred scenario may include
assumptions about state or federal policies, programs, or actions that would be
put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nothing in this division or commission
approval of a preferred scenario is intended to grant authority to the commission,
Metro or local governments to approve or require implementation of those policies,
programs or actions.
(3) The targets
in this division provide guidance to local governments in metropolitan areas on
the level of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to achieve as they conduct land
use and transportation scenario planning. Land use and transportation scenario planning
to meet the targets in this division is required of the Portland metropolitan area
and is encouraged, but not required, in other metropolitan areas. Success in developing
scenarios that meet the targets will depend in large part on the state funding for
scenario planning; on the state developing strategies and actions that reduce greenhouse
gas emissions from light vehicle travel within metropolitan areas; and on state
and local governments jointly and actively engaging the public on the costs and
benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
(4) Land
use and transportation scenario planning is intended to be a means for local governments
in metropolitan areas to explore ways that urban development patterns and transportation
systems would need to be changed to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions from light vehicle travel. Scenario planning is a means to address
benefits and costs of different actions to accomplish reductions in ways that allow
communities to assess how to meet other important needs, including accommodating
economic development and housing needs, expanding transportation options and reducing
transportation costs.
(5) The expected
result of land use and transportation scenario planning is information on the extent
of changes to land use patterns and transportation systems in metropolitan areas
needed to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel
in metropolitan areas, including information about the benefits and costs of achieving
those reductions. The results of land use and transportation scenario planning are
expected to inform local governments as they update their comprehensive plans, and
to inform the legislature, state agencies and the public as the state develops and
implements an overall strategy to meet state goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(6) The greenhouse
gas emissions reduction targets in this division are intended to guide an initial
round of land use and transportation scenario planning over the next two to four
years. The targets are based on available information and current estimates about
key factors, including improvements in vehicle technologies and fuels. Pursuant
to OAR 660-044-0035, the commission shall review the targets by June 1, 2015, based
on the results of scenario planning, and updated information about expected changes
in vehicle technologies and fuels, state policies and other factors.
(7) Success
in meeting the targets will require a combination of local, regional and state actions.
State actions include not only improvements in vehicle technology and fuels, but
also other statewide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle
travel. These efforts—which are programs and actions to be implemented at
the state level—are currently under review by the Oregon Department of Transportation
as part of its Statewide Transportation Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
As metropolitan areas develop scenario plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and compare them to the targets in this division, it is incumbent that metropolitan
areas and the state work as partners, with a shared responsibility of determining
how local and statewide actions and programs can reach the targets.
(8) Nothing
in this division is intended to amend statewide planning goals or administrative
rules adopted to implement statewide planning goals.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040; Chapter 865 Oregon Laws 2009 (House Bill 2001) §37(6) and (8); Chapter
85 Oregon Laws 2010 Special Session (Senate Bill 1059) §5
Stats. Implemented:
Chapter 865 Oregon Laws 2009 (House Bill 2001) §37(6) and (8); Chapter 85 Oregon
Laws 2010 Special Session (Senate Bill 1059) §5
Hist.: LCDD
5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11; LCDD 10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
660-044-0005
Definitions
For the purposes
of this division, the definitions in ORS 197.015 and the statewide planning goals
apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “1990
baseline emissions” means the estimate of greenhouse gas emissions from light
vehicle travel in each metropolitan area for the year 1990, as presented by the
Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Energy included
in the Agencies’ Technical Report.
(2) “2005
emissions levels” means an estimate of greenhouse gas emissions from light
vehicle travel in a metropolitan area for the year 2005.
(3) “2035
greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal” means the percentage reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel in a metropolitan area needed
by the year 2035 in order to meet the state goal of a 75 percent reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions from 1990 levels by the year 2050 as recommended by the Department
of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Energy in the Agencies’
Technical Report.
(4) “Agencies’
Technical Report” means the report prepared by the Oregon Department of Transportation,
the Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Energy and
submitted to the commission on March 1, 2011, that provides information and estimates
about vehicle technologies and vehicle fleet to support adoption of greenhouse gas
reduction targets as required by chapter 865, section 37 (7), Oregon Laws 2009,
and chapter 85, section 5 (2), Oregon Laws 2010.
(5) “Design
type” means the conceptual areas described in the Metro Growth Concept text
and map in Metro’s regional framework plan, including central city, regional
centers, town centers, station communities, corridors, main streets, neighborhoods,
industrial areas and employment areas.
(6) “Framework
plan” or “regional framework plan” means the plan adopted by Metro
as defined by ORS 197.015(16).
(7) “Functional
plan” or “regional functional plan” means an ordinance adopted
by Metro to implement the regional framework plan through city and county comprehensive
plans and land use regulations.
(8) “Greenhouse
gas” means any gas that contributes to anthropogenic global warming including,
but not limited to, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons,
perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. ORS 468A.210(2). Greenhouse gases are
generally measured in terms of CO2 equivalents — CO2e — which means
the quantity of a given greenhouse gas multiplied by a global warming potential
factor provided in a state-approved emissions reporting protocol.
(9) “Greenhouse
gas emissions reduction target” or “target” means the percent
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel within a metropolitan
area from 2005 emissions levels that is to be met by the year 2035 through scenario
planning. Greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets are expressed as a percentage
reduction in emissions per capita, i.e., total emissions divided by the population
of the metropolitan area. Targets represent additional reductions from 2005 emissions
levels beyond reductions in vehicle emissions that are likely to result by 2035
from the use of improved vehicle technologies and fuels and changes to the vehicle
fleet. When determining whether a scenario meets a target, the reduction per capita
is to be calculated as a percentage of the emissions per capita assuming 2005 light
vehicle travel per capita and 2035 baseline assumptions for light vehicle technologies,
fuels and fleet as set forth in Tables 1 and 2 of OAR 660 044 0010. The combined
effect of the baseline assumptions for light vehicle technologies, fuels and fleet
from 1990 to 2035, estimated changes to light vehicle travel from 1990 to 2005,
and scenario planning to meet targets from 2005 to 2035 is to meet the greenhouse
gas emissions reduction goal from 1990 to 2035.
(10) “Greenhouse
gas emissions reduction toolkit” means the toolkit prepared by the Oregon
Department of Transportation and the department to assist local governments in developing
and executing actions and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light
vehicle travel in metropolitan areas as provided in chapter 85, section 4, Oregon
Laws 2010.
(11) “Land
use and transportation scenario planning” means the preparation and evaluation
by local governments of two or more land use and transportation scenarios and the
cooperative selection of a preferred scenario that accommodates planned population
and employment growth while achieving a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from
light vehicle travel in the metropolitan area. Land use and transportation scenario
planning may include preparation and evaluation of alternative scenarios that do
not meet targets specified in this division.
(12) “Light
vehicles” means motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000
pounds or less.
(13) “Light
vehicle travel within a metropolitan area” means trips made by light vehicles
that begin and end within the same metropolitan planning area, and that portion
of other trips made by light vehicles that occurs within the metropolitan planning
area, including a portion of through trips (i.e., trips that pass through the metropolitan
planning area but do not begin or end there) and that portion within the metropolitan
planning area of other light vehicle trips that begin or end within the metropolitan
planning area. Trips and portions of trips that are within the metropolitan planning
area are illustrated by solid lines as shown in Figure 1. [Figures not included.
See ED. NOTE.]
Figure 1. Light
vehicle travel within a metropolitan area. Circles indicate trip origins and destinations.
Arrows indicate the direction of travel. Solid lines indicate the portion of each
type of trip that is considered travel within a metropolitan area for purposes of
this definition.
(14) “Metro”
means the metropolitan service district organized for the Portland metropolitan
area under ORS chapter 268.
(15) “Metropolitan
planning area” or “metropolitan area” means lands within the boundary
of a metropolitan planning organization as of the effective date of this division.
(16) “Metropolitan
planning organization” means an organization located wholly within the State
of Oregon and designated by the Governor to coordinate transportation planning in
an urbanized area of the state pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5303(c). ORS 197.629(7). Included
are metropolitan planning organizations for the following areas: the Portland metropolitan
area, the Bend metropolitan area, the Corvallis metropolitan area, the Eugene-Springfield
metropolitan area, the Salem-Keizer metropolitan area and the Rogue Valley metropolitan
area.
(17) “Planning
period” means the period of time over which the expected outcomes of a scenario
plan are estimated, measured from a base year, typically 2005, to a future year
that corresponds with greenhouse gas emission targets set forth in this division.
(18) “Preferred
land use and transportation scenario” means a generalized plan for the Portland
metropolitan area adopted by Metro through amendments to the regional framework
plan that achieves the targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions set forth in
OAR 660-044-0020 as provided in 660-044-0040.
(19) “Scenario
planning guidelines” means the guidelines established by the Oregon Department
of Transportation and the department to assist local governments in conducting land
use and transportation scenario planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from
light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas as provided in chapter 85, section 3,
Oregon Laws 2010.
(20) “Statewide
Transportation Strategy” means the statewide strategy adopted by the Oregon
Transportation Commission as part of the state transportation policy to aid in achieving
the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals set forth in ORS 468A.205 as provided
in chapter 85, section 2, Oregon Laws 2010.
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are not included in rule text. Click here for PDF copy of table(s).]
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040; Chapter 865 Oregon Laws 2009 (House Bill 2001) §37(6) and (8); Chapter
85 Oregon Laws 2010 Special Session (Senate Bill 1059) §5
Stats. Implemented:
Chapter 865 Oregon Laws 2009 (House Bill 2001) §37(6) and (8); Chapter 85 Oregon
Laws 2010 Special Session (Senate Bill 1059) §5
Hist.: LCDD
5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11; LCDD 10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
660-044-0010
Target Setting Process and Considerations
(1) This rule describes information and factors that provide the basis for greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets included in this division. The purpose of this rule is to inform local governments and the public about information that was relied upon to set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, to inform local governments as they conduct land use and transportation scenario planning, and to inform the department and commission in the review and evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as required in OAR 660 044 0035.
(2) Section 37 (6), chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009, and section 5 (1), chapter 85, Oregon Laws 2010, direct the commission to adopt rules identifying greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for emissions caused by light vehicle travel for each of the state’s metropolitan areas. These statutes direct that the rules must reflect greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals set forth in ORS 468A.205 and must take into consideration the reductions in vehicle emissions that are likely to result by 2035 from the use of improved vehicle technologies and fuels. The statutes also direct that the rules must take into consideration methods of equitably allocating reductions among the metropolitan areas given differences in population growth rates. The commission has addressed these statutory considerations as follows:
(a) Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel needed in 2035 to achieve the state goal of a 75 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2050. Based on recommendations from the Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Energy in the Agencies’ Technical Report, the commission concludes that a reduction of 52 percent in greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas from 1990 levels is needed by the year 2035 to support achieving greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals for 2050 set forth in ORS 468A.205. Based on population projections, the overall 52 percent reduction corresponds to a 74 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per capita from light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas from 1990 levels by the year 2035. This percentage reduction assumes steady year-by-year progress per capita through 2050 in reducing emissions and that the reduction in light vehicle emissions will be proportionate to the overall state goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In reaching this conclusion, the commission notes that absent a Statewide Transportation Strategy and plan for achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions there is no policy or other basis at this time for assuming that light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas should be responsible for a larger or smaller share of expected statewide greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
(b) Consideration of reductions in vehicle emissions likely to result by 2035 from use of improved vehicle technologies and fuels.
(A) The commission has considered recommendations from the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Energy about expected changes to the light vehicle fleet, vehicle technologies and vehicle fuels through the year 2035 as set forth in the Agencies’ Technical Report. The commission notes that the Agencies’ Technical Report indicates considerable uncertainty and a broad range of possible outcomes for each of the relevant factors. The commission concludes that a midpoint in the range of plausible fleet, technologies and fuel outcomes provides a reasonable basis for greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets to guide an initial round of land use and transportation scenario planning. The baseline assumptions for 2035 light vehicle fleet, light vehicle technologies and vehicle fuels for each metropolitan area are set forth in Tables 1 and 2.
(B) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in this division are for greenhouse gas emissions reductions to be met through land use and transportation scenario planning and are in addition to reductions estimated to result from changes to the light vehicle fleet, light vehicle technologies and light vehicle fuels in Tables 1 and 2.
(C) In evaluating whether a proposed land use and transportation scenario combined with actions and programs included in the Statewide Transportation Strategy meets greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in this division, a local government or metropolitan planning organization may include:
(i) Policies or actions included in the Statewide Transportation Strategy that the Oregon Department of Transportation estimates are likely to result in changes to vehicle fleet, technologies or fuels above and beyond the values listed in Tables 1 and 2;
(ii) Local or regional programs or actions identified in a land use and transportation scenario plan that are likely to result in changes to vehicle fleet, technologies or fuels above and beyond the values listed in Tables 1 and 2. One example of such an action would be a local or regional program that is estimated to result in use of hybrid or electric vehicles in a metropolitan area at greater than the eight percent statewide assumption for the 2035 model year provided in Table 1; and
(iii) Policies or actions included in the Statewide Transportation Strategy, other than those attributable to changes in vehicle fleet, technologies or fuels. Examples of such an action would be increased inter-city transit or pay-as-you-drive insurance. The Oregon Department of Transportation would coordinate with local governments and metropolitan planning organizations in each metropolitan area on estimating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions reductions expected to result within the metropolitan area from these programs and actions.
(c) Equitable allocation of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions reductions among metropolitan areas considering differences in population growth rates. The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in this division are in the form of percentage reductions in emissions per capita. The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for individual metropolitan areas range from 17 percent to 21 percent per capita. The commission concludes that setting the targets in the form of per capita reductions and adoption of comparable per capita reductions for each of the state’s six metropolitan areas assures that those metropolitan areas that are expected to experience higher than average rates of population growth between 1990 and 2035 do not bear a greater responsibility for emissions reductions than metropolitan areas that are expected to grow more slowly.
(d) Use of 2005 as a reference year for greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in this division are set forth as reductions to be achieved from 2005 emissions levels. 2005 is specified as a reference year for greenhouse gas reduction targets because more detailed data on emissions and light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas is available for this date than for 1990, the base year set by statute, and because it corresponds better with adopted land use and transportation plans and will thus enable local governments to better estimate what changes to land use and transportation plans might be needed to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. While the targets are specified as reductions from 2005 emissions levels, the targets have been set at a level that corresponds to the required reduction from 1990 levels to be achieved by 2035.
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are not included in rule text. Click here for PDF copy of table(s).]
Stat. Auth.: ORS 197.040; Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6); Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
Stats. Implemented: Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HBl 2001) § 37(6), Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SBl 1059) § 5
Hist.: LCDD 5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11
660-044-0020
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target for the Portland Metropolitan Area
(1) Purpose and effect of targets
(a) Metro shall use the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set forth in section (3) of this rule as it develops two or more alternative land use and transportation scenarios that accommodate planned population and employment growth while achieving a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel in the metropolitan area as required by section 37 (6), chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009.
(b) This rule does not require that Metro or local governments in the Portland metropolitan area select a preferred scenario or amend the Metro regional framework plan (as defined in ORS 197.015(16)), functional plans, comprehensive plans or land use regulations to meet targets set in this rule. Requirements for cooperative selection of a preferred land use and transportation scenario and for implementation of that scenario through amendments to comprehensive plans and land use regulations as required by section 37 (8), chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009, shall be addressed through a separate rulemaking that the commission is required to complete by January 1, 2013.
(2) This rule applies to the Portland metropolitan area.
(3) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, as set forth in OAR 660 044 0005(6), for the Portland metropolitan area is a 20 percent reduction per capita in greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2035 below year 2005 emissions levels.
(4) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target in section (3) of this rule identifies the level of greenhouse gas emissions reduction to be met through land use and transportation scenario planning consistent with baseline assumptions and guidance in OAR 660 044 0010(2)(b)(A) to (C), including reductions expected to result from actions and programs identified in the Statewide Transportation Strategy.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 197.040; Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6); Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
Stats. Implemented: Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HBl 2001) § 37(6), Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SBl 1059) § 5
Hist.: LCDD 5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11
660-044-0025
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets for Other Metropolitan Areas
(1) Purpose and effect of targets
(a) Local governments in metropolitan planning areas listed in section (2) of this rule may use the relevant targets set forth in section (3) of this rule as they conduct land use and transportation scenario planning to reduce expected greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel in the metropolitan planning area.
(b) This rule does not require that local governments or metropolitan planning organizations conduct land use and transportation scenario planning. This rule does not require that local governments or metropolitan planning organizations that choose to conduct land use or transportation scenario planning develop or adopt a preferred land use and transportation scenario plan to meet targets in section (3) of this rule.
(2) This rule applies to the following metropolitan planning areas:
(a) Bend,
(b) Corvallis,
(c) Eugene-Springfield,
(d) Rogue Valley, and
(e) Salem-Keizer.
(3) Targets, as set forth in OAR 660 044 0005(6), for other metropolitan areas are as follows:
(a) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the Bend metropolitan planning area is an 18 percent reduction per capita in greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2035 below year 2005 emissions levels.
(b) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the Corvallis metropolitan planning area is a 21 percent reduction per capita in greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2035 below year 2005 emissions levels.
(c) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan planning area is a 20 percent reduction per capita in greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2035 below year 2005 emissions levels.
(d) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the Rogue Valley metropolitan planning area is a 19 percent reduction per capita in greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2035 below year 2005 emissions levels.
(e) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the Salem-Keizer metropolitan planning area is a 17 percent reduction per capita in greenhouse emissions in the year 2035 below year 2005 emissions levels.
(4) The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in section (3) of this rule identify the level of greenhouse gas emissions reduction to be met through land use and transportation scenario planning consistent with baseline assumptions and guidance in OAR 660 044 0010(2)(b)(A) to (C), including reductions expected to result from actions and programs identified in the Statewide Transportation Strategy.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 197.040; Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6); Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
Stats. Implemented: Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HBl 2001) § 37(6), Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SBl 1059) § 5
Hist.: LCDD 5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11
660-044-0030
Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Emissions Reductions
(1) Local governments conducting land use and transportation scenario planning to meet greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets established in this division may use information and methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions levels from light vehicle travel recommended by the Oregon Department of Transportation and the department as set forth in the greenhouse gas emissions reduction toolkit, or as otherwise approved by the director of the department and the director of the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(2) Local governments conducting land use and transportation scenario planning to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets established in this division may use methods recommended by the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Energy to account for additional greenhouse gas emissions resulting from increased traffic congestion or reductions in emissions resulting from measures that reduce traffic congestion in estimating greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicles.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 197.040; Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6); Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
Stats. Implemented: Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HBl 2001) § 37(6), Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SBl 1059) § 5
Hist.: LCDD 5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11
660-044-0035
Review and Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
(1) The commission shall by June 1, 2015, and at four year intervals thereafter, conduct a review of the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in OAR 660 044 0020 and OAR 660 044 0025.
(2) The review by the commission shall evaluate whether revisions to the targets established in this division are warranted considering the following factors:
(a) Results of land use and transportation scenario planning conducted within metropolitan planning areas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicles;
(b) New or revised federal and state laws or programs established to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicles;
(c) State plans or policies establishing or allocating greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals to specific sectors or subsectors;
(d) Policies and recommendations in the Statewide Transportation Strategy adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission;
(e) Additional studies or analysis conducted by the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Department of Energy or other agencies regarding greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas, including but not limited to changes to vehicle technologies, fuels and the vehicle fleet;
(f) Changes in population growth rates, metropolitan planning area boundaries, land use or development patterns in metropolitan planning areas that affect light vehicle travel in metropolitan areas;
(g) Efforts by local governments in metropolitan areas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources;
(h) Input from affected local governments and metropolitan planning organizations;
(i) Land use feasibility and economic studies regarding land use densities;
(j) State funding and support for scenario planning and public engagement; and
(k) The share of light vehicle travel within a metropolitan area not attributable to residents of that area.
(2) The department shall, in consultation and collaboration with affected local governments, metropolitan planning organizations and other state agencies, prepare a report addressing factors listed in section (2) of this rule to aid the commission in determining whether revisions to targets established in this division are warranted.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 197.040; Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HB 2001) § 37(6); Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SB 1059) § 5
Stats. Implemented: Ch. 865 OL 2009 (HBl 2001) § 37(6), Ch. 85 OL 2010 Special Session (SBl 1059) § 5
Hist.: LCDD 5-2011, f. 5-26-11, cert. ef. 6-1-11
660-044-0040
Cooperative
Selection of a Preferred Scenario; Initial Adoption
(1) Metro shall
by December 31, 2014, amend the regional framework plan and the regional growth
concept to select and incorporate a preferred land use and transportation scenario
that meets targets in OAR 660-044-0020 consistent with the requirements of this
division.
(2) In preparing
and selecting a preferred land use and transportation scenario Metro shall:
(a) Consult
with affected local governments, the Port of Portland, TriMet, and the Oregon Department
of Transportation;
(b) Consider
adopted comprehensive plans and local aspirations for growth in developing and selecting
a preferred land use and transportation scenario;
(c) Use assumptions
about population, housing and employment growth consistent with the coordinated
population and employment projections for the metropolitan area for the planning
period;
(d) Use evaluation
methods and analysis tools for estimating greenhouse gas emissions that are:
(A) Consistent
with the provisions of this division;
(B) Reflect
best available information and practices; and,
(C) Coordinated
with the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(e) Make
assumptions about state and federal policies and programs expected to be in effect
in over the planning period, including the Statewide Transportation Strategy, in
coordination with the responsible state agencies;
(f) Evaluate
a reference case scenario that reflects implementation of existing adopted comprehensive
plans and transportation plans;
(g) Evaluate
at least two alternative land use and transportation scenarios for meeting greenhouse
gas reduction targets and identify types of amendments to comprehensive plans and
land use regulations likely to be necessary to implement each alternative scenario;
(h) Develop
and apply evaluation criteria that assess how alternative land use and transportation
scenarios compare with the reference case in achieving important regional goals
or outcomes;
(i) If the
preferred scenario relies on new investments or funding sources to achieve the target,
evaluate the feasibility of the investments or funding sources including:
(A) A general
estimate of the amount of additional funding needed;
(B) Identification
of potential/likely funding mechanisms for key actions, including local or regional
funding mechanisms; and,
(C) Coordination
of estimates of potential state and federal funding sources with relevant state
agencies (i.e. the Oregon Department of Transportation for transportation funding);
and,
(D) Consider
effects of alternative scenarios on development and travel patterns in the surrounding
area (i.e. whether proposed policies will cause change in development or increased
light vehicle travel between metropolitan area and surrounding communities compared
to reference case).
(3) The preferred
land use and transportation scenario shall include:
(a) A description
of the land use and transportation growth concept providing for land use design
types;
(b) A concept
map showing the land use design types;
(c) Policies
and strategies intended to achieve the target reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
in OAR 660-044-0020;
(d) Planning
assumptions upon which the preferred scenario relies including:
(A) Assumptions
about state and federal policies and programs;
(B) Assumptions
about vehicle technology, fleet or fuels, if those are different than those provided
in OAR 660-044-0010;
(C) Assumptions
or estimates of expected housing and employment growth by jurisdiction and land
use design type; and
(D) Assumptions
about proposed regional programs or actions other than those that set requirements
for city and county comprehensive plans and land use regulations, such as investments
and incentives;
(e) Performance
measures and targets to monitor and guide implementation of the preferred scenario.
Performance measures and targets shall be related to key elements, actions and
expected outcomes from the preferred scenario. The performance measures shall
include performance measures adopted to meet requirements of OAR 660-012-0035(5);
and
(f) Recommendations
for state or federal policies or actions to support the preferred scenario.
(4) When
amending the regional framework plan, Metro shall adopt findings demonstrating that
implementation of the preferred land use and transportation scenario meets the requirements
of this division and can reasonably be expected to achieve the greenhouse gas emission
reductions as set forth in the target in OAR 660-044-0020. Metro’s findings
shall:
(a) Demonstrate
Metro’s process for cooperative selection of a preferred alternative meets
the requirements in subsections (2)(a)-(j);
(b) Explain
how the expected pattern of land use development in combination with land use and
transportation policies, programs, actions set forth in the preferred scenario will
result in levels of greenhouse gas emissions from light vehicle travel that achieve
the target in OAR 660-044-0020;
(c) Explain
how the framework plan amendments are consistent with and adequate to carry out
the preferred scenario, and are consistent with other provisions of the Regional
Framework Plan; and,
(d) Explain
how the preferred scenario is or will be made consistent with other applicable statewide
planning goals or rules.
(5) Guidance
on evaluation criteria and performance measures.
(a) The purpose
of evaluation criteria referred to in subsection (2)(h) is to encourage Metro to
select a preferred scenario that achieves greenhouse gas emissions reductions in
a way that maximizes attainment of other community goals and benefits. This rule
does not require the use of specific evaluation criteria. The following are examples
of categories of evaluation criteria that Metro might use:
(A) Public
health;
(B) Air quality;
(C) Household
spending on energy or transportation;
(D) Implementation
costs;
(E) Economic
development;
(F) Access
to parks and open space; and,
(G) Equity
(b) The purpose
of performance measures and targets referred to in subsection (3)(e) is to enable
Metro and area local governments to monitor and assess whether key elements or actions
that make up the preferred scenario are being implemented, and whether the preferred
scenario is achieving the expected outcomes. This rule does not establish or require
use of particular performance measures or targets. The following are examples of
types of performance measures that Metro might establish:
(A) Transit
service revenue hours;
(B) Mode
share;
(C) People
per acre by 2040 Growth Concept design type;
(D) Percent
of workforce participating in employee commute options programs; and
(E) Percent
of households and jobs within one-quarter mile of transit.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040 & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Stats. Implemented:
2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Hist.: LCDD
10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
660-044-0045
Adoption
of Regional Plans to Implement the Preferred Scenario
(1) Within one year
of the commission’s order approving Metro’s amendments to the regional
framework plan to select and incorporate a preferred land use and transportation
scenario, Metro shall adopt regional functional plan amendments to implement the
framework plan amendments.
(2) Functional
plan amendments shall establish requirements, deadlines and compliance procedures
for amendments to local comprehensive plans, transportation system plans and land
use regulations as necessary to implement the framework plan amendments. The functional
plan amendments shall require affected cities and counties to adopt implementing
amendments to comprehensive plans and land use regulations within two years of acknowledgement
of Metro’s functional plan amendments or by a later date specified in the
adopted functional plan.
(3) Functional
plan amendments shall include requirements that local governments amend local comprehensive
plans, transportation system plans and land use regulations to:
(a) Use population,
housing and employment allocations to specific areas and land use design types that
are consistent with estimates in the framework plan including assumptions about
densities, infill, and redevelopment;
(b) Apply
comprehensive plan designations and zoning districts that are consistent with land
use design type, allowing uses and densities that are consistent with land use
design type and limiting uses that would be incompatible with the design type specified
in the preferred scenario; and,
(c) Include
other provisions needed to implement the amended framework plan.
(4) As part
of its adoption of functional plan amendments under this rule, Metro shall adopt
findings demonstrating that actions required by the functional plan amendments are
consistent with and adequate to implement the relevant portions of the preferred
land use and transportation scenario set forth in the adopted framework plan amendments.
The findings shall demonstrate that assumptions or allocations of housing and employment
growth to specific areas are consistent with the estimates or assumptions in the
framework plan amendments. In the event Metro’s allocations or assumptions
vary from those upon which the framework plan amendments are based, Metro shall
demonstrate that the revised assumptions or allocations, in combination with other
measures adopted as part of the functional plan will meet the GHG reduction target
in OAR 660-044-0020.
(5) Those
portions of the preferred scenario in the framework plan that Metro chooses to implement
by establishing requirements for city and county comprehensive plans and land use
regulations shall be set forth in amendments to the functional plan. The amendments
shall meet the following minimum planning standards:
(a) For adoption
of amendments to the regional framework plan, the Metro Council shall follow the
process set forth in the Metro Charter;
(b) For adoption
of amendments to the functional plan, the Metro Council shall follow the process
set forth in the Metro Charter for adoption of ordinances;
(c) The Metro
Council shall strive for flexibility when establishing new requirements for cities
and counties, and shall consider offering optional compliance paths to cities and
counties, such as adoption of a model ordinance developed by Metro;
(d) Metro
shall make new requirements for cities and counties included in the functional plan
amendments adopted under this rule enforceable by Metro pursuant to ORS 268.390(6);
(6) When
it adopts an updated regional transportation system plan required by OAR chapter
660, division 12, Metro shall demonstrate that the updated plan is consistent with
framework plan amendments adopting a preferred scenario as provided in 660-044-0040(3).
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040 & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Stats. Implemented:
2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Hist.: LCDD
10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
660-044-0050
Commission
Review of Regional Plans
(1) The commission
shall review Metro’s framework plan amendments adopting a preferred land use
and transportation scenario and amendments to functional plans to implement the
framework plan amendments in the manner provided for periodic review under ORS 197.628
to 197.650.
(2) The commission’s
review of framework plan amendments adopting a preferred land use and transportation
scenario shall determine whether the preferred scenario can reasonably be expected
to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions as set forth in the targets in OAR
660-044-0020, other requirements of this division, and any applicable statewide
planning goals.
(3) The commission’s
review of amendments to functional plans shall determine whether the adopted functional
plans are consistent with and adequate to carry out relevant portions of the framework
plan amendments.
(4) The commission
may conduct review of Metro’s framework plan amendments adopting a preferred
scenario in conjunction with review of a UGB update or an update to the regional
transportation system plan.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040, 197.274(2) & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Stats. Implemented:
ORS 197.274(2) & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Hist.: LCDD
10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
660-044-0055
Adoption
of Local Plans to Implement the Preferred Scenario
(1) Local governments
shall amend comprehensive plans, land use regulations, and transportation system
plans to be consistent with and implement relevant portions of the preferred land
use and transportation scenario as set forth in Metro’s functional plans or
amendments. “Consistent” for the purpose of this section means city
and county comprehensive plans and implementing ordinances, on the whole, conforms
with the purposes of the performance standards in the functional plan and any failure
to meet individual performance standard requirements is technical or minor in nature.
(2) Beginning
one year from Metro’s adoption of a preferred scenario, local governments
in the Portland metropolitan area shall, in adopting an amendment to a comprehensive
plan or transportation system plan, other than a comprehensive plan or transportation
system plan update or amendment to implement the preferred scenario, demonstrate
that the proposed amendment is consistent with the preferred land use and transportation
scenario.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040, 197.274(2) & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Stats. Implemented:
ORS 197.274(2) & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Hist.: LCDD
10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
660-044-0060
Monitoring
(1) Metro shall
as part of reports required by ORS 197.301 prepare a report monitoring progress
in implementing the preferred scenario including status of performance measures
and performance targets adopted as part of the preferred scenario.
(2) Metro’s
report shall assess whether the region is making satisfactory progress in implementing
the preferred scenario; identify reasons for lack of progress, and identify possible
corrective actions to make satisfactory progress.
(3) The commission
shall review the report and shall either find Metro is making satisfactory progress
or provide recommendations for corrective actions to be considered or implemented
by Metro prior to or as part of the next scheduled update of the preferred scenario.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
197.040, 197.301, 197.274(2) & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Stats. Implemented:
ORS 197.301 & 2009 OL Ch. 865 §37(8) (HB 2001)
Hist.: LCDD
10-2012, f. 12-4-12, cert. ef. 1-1-13
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