The following provisions are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197:
(1) If a public entity enacts or enforces a new land use regulation
or enforces a land use regulation enacted prior to the effective
date of this amendment that restricts the use of private real
property or any interest therein and has the effect of reducing
the fair market value of the property, or any interest therein,
then the owner of the property shall be paid just compensation.
(2) Just compensation shall be equal to the reduction in the fair
market value of the affected property interest resulting from
enactment or enforcement of the land use regulation as of the
date the owner makes written demand for compensation under this
act.
(3) Subsection (1) of this act shall not apply to land use regulations:
(A) Restricting or prohibiting activities commonly and historically recognized as public nuisances under common law. This subsection shall be construed narrowly in favor of a finding of compensation under this act;
(B) Restricting or prohibiting activities for the protection of public health and safety, such as fire and building codes, health and sanitation regulations, solid or hazardous waste regulations, and pollution control regulations;
(C) To the extent the land use regulation is required to comply with federal law;
(D) Restricting or prohibiting the use of a property for the purpose of selling pornography or performing nude dancing. Nothing in this subsection, however, is intended to affect or alter rights provided by the Oregon or United States Constitutions; or
(E) Enacted prior to the date of acquisition of the property by the owner or a family member of the owner who owned the subject property prior to acquisition or inheritance by the owner, whichever occurred first.
(4) Just compensation under subsection (1) of this act shall
be due the owner of the property if the land use regulation continues
to be enforced against the property 180 days after the owner of
the property makes written demand for compensation under this
section to the public entity enacting or enforcing the land use
regulation.
(5) For claims arising from land use regulations enacted prior
to the effective date of this act, written demand for compensation
under subsection (4) shall be made within two years of the effective
date of this act, or the date the public entity applies the land
use regulation as an approval criteria to an application submitted
by the owner of the property, whichever is later. For claims arising
from land use regulations enacted after the effective date of
this act, written demand for compensation under subsection (4)
shall be made within two years of the enactment of the land use
regulation, or the date the owner of the property submits a land
use application in which the land use regulation is an approval
criteria, whichever is later.
(6) If a land use regulation continues to apply to the subject
property more than 180 days after the present owner of the property
has made written demand for compensation under this act, the present
owner of the property, or any interest therein, shall have a cause
of action for compensation under this act in the circuit court
in which the real property is located, and the present owner of
the real property shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees,
expenses, costs, and other disbursements reasonably incurred to
collect the compensation.
(7) A metropolitan service district, city, or county, or state
agency may adopt or apply procedures for the processing of claims
under this act, but in no event shall these procedures act as
a prerequisite to the filing of a compensation claim under subsection
(6) of this act, nor shall the failure of an owner of property
to file an application for a land use permit with the local government
serve as grounds for dismissal, abatement, or delay of a compensation
claim under subsection (6) of this act.
(8) Notwithstanding any other state statute or the availability
of funds under subsection (10) of this act, in lieu of payment
of just compensation under this act, the governing body responsible
for enacting the land use regulation may modify, remove, or not
to apply the land use regulation or land use regulations to allow
the owner to use the property for a use permitted at the time
the owner acquired the property.
(9) A decision by a governing body under this act shall not be
considered a land use decision as defined in ORS 197.015(10).
(10) Claims made under this section shall be paid from funds,
if any, specifically allocated by the legislature, city, county,
or metropolitan service district for payment of claims under this
act. Notwithstanding the availability of funds under this subsection,
a metropolitan service district, city, county, or state agency
shall have discretion to use available funds to pay claims or
to modify, remove, or not apply a land use regulation or land
use regulations pursuant to subsection (6) of this act. If a claim
has not been paid within two years from the date on which it accrues,
the owner shall be allowed to use the property as permitted at
the time the owner acquired the property.
(11) Definitions - for purposes of this section:
(A) “Family member” shall include the wife, husband, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, stepparent, stepchild, grandparent, or grandchild of the owner of the property, an estate of any of the foregoing family members, or a legal entity owned by any one or combination of these family members or the owner of the property.
(B) “Land use regulation” shall include:(i) Any statute regulating the use of land or any interest therein;
(ii) Administrative rules and goals of the Land Conservation and Development Commission;
(iii) Local government comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, land division ordinances, and transportation ordinances;
(iv) Metropolitan service district regional framework plans, functional plans, planning goals and objectives; and
(v) Statutes and administrative rules regulating farming and forest practices.
(C) “Owner” is the present owner of the property, or any interest therein.
(D) “Public entity” shall include the state, a metropolitan service district, a city, or a county.
(12) The remedy created by this act is in addition to any other
remedy under the Oregon or United States Constitutions, and is
not intended to modify or replace any other remedy.
(13) If any portion or portions of this act are declared invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of
this act shall remain in full force and effect.
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