Title: Urban growth boundary | Metro
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Urban growth boundary

Content: Urban reserve lands will be the first lands studied and considered for possible expansion. Lower priority lands will be considered only if certain growth needs cannot be met by expanding the urban growth boundary into urban reserves. Once an urban growth report is completed, the Metro Council has up to two years to consider a possible expansion of the urban growth boundary. Can Metro add land to the urban growth boundary at any time? The Metro Council can, under certain circumstances, expand the urban growth boundary to meet immediate needs to provide lands for specific purposes that cannot be accommodated within the existing urban growth boundary and cannot wait until the completion of the next urban growth report. This rarely happens. In some cases, local governments may petition the Metro Council to consider an urban growth boundary expansion outside of the six-year review cycle in order to meet more immediate regional economic needs. ( These petitions cannot be made in the year in which an urban growth report is required to be completed.) Since the Metro Council is required to maintain a 20-year supply of land within the boundary for future jobs and housing and review that supply every five years, petitioners must address extensive criteria to justify such a narrowly targeted boundary expansion outside of the normal review cycle. Types of urban growth boundary amendments
Legislative urban growth boundary amendments
Metro is required by state law to have a 20-year supply of land for future residential development inside the boundary.