PPPM
410/510

Land Use Planning in Oregon:
Course Schedule

Jan 8

1

Introduction: Course Overview

Jan 10

2

What is Land Use Planning?

RP: General Development Plans

Assignment 1: Public Hearing

Jan 15

3

What is Growth Management; Overview of the Oregon Model

Web: The City Recorder’s Guide to Land Use Planning; Web: Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goals

Jan 17

4

Putting Policy in Context: How Land Use Decisions Are Made

RP: Land Use Procedures and Practices in Oregon

Jan 22

5

Municipal Zoning and Development Codes

RP: Zoning; Manual for Ordinance Drafting and Maintenance; Model Development Standards

Assignment 2 Writing Development Codes

Jan 24

6

Planning for Natural Disasters, Goal 7

Kathy Lynn, ONHW

Jan 29

7

Jan 31

8

Growth Management Techniques

Web: Tools of the Trade

Term Project Assigned

Feb 5

9

Goal 9: Economy and Goal 10: Housing

Web: Goal 9 and Goal 10; OAR 660-008 and OAR 660-009  Residential Planning Requirements - ORS 197.296

Feb 7

10

Goal 12: Transportation Planning

Web: Goal 12; OAR 660-012

Feb 12

11

Midterm Exam

Midterm Exam

Feb 14

12

Working with assessment data, how to draw a plot plan

RP: The Permit Process; How to Get a Permit; How to Draw a Plot Plan; Working with the Developer

Assignment 3: Preparing a plot plan

Feb 19

13

Urban Design: Jasper/Natron Case Study

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Feb 21

14

Goal 14: Urbanization

Goal 2: Land Use Planning Goal 14 Urbanization Goal

Feb 26

15

Writing findings

RP: Drafting Land Use Findings; Web: Sample application; Standards for findings

Assignment 4: Findings

Feb 28

16

Public Partnerships for Natural Resource Conservation: Land Trusts

Ryland Moore & Mike Running, McKenzie River Trust; the Land Trust Alliance

Mar 1

17

Goal 1: Citizen involvement

Web: Putting the People in Planning  

Mar 5

18

Urban Design 1

Class notes

Mar 7

19

Urban Design 2

Class notes

Mar 12

20

Goals 3 and 4: Farm Lands and Forest Lands

Farm and Forest Administrative Rules

Mar 14

21

Discussion: Is Growth Management Effective?

  RP: Milestones in Oregon Planning; Lessons on Statewide Planning in Oregon

Class Evaluation/ Project Due

Mar 21

Final Exam

8:00 am – 10:00 am, Thursday, March 21

Final Exam