Title: Urban growth boundary | Metro
Headings: Urban growth boundary
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Urban growth boundary

Content: The proposals call for at least 9,200 new homes in those areas. Guidelines for bringing land into the urban growth boundary
State law defines the criteria that are used to determine the order in which lands are included within the urban growth boundary. In general, high priority lands must be included before lower priority lands can be added. First priority
Urban reserve land: Urban reserves are areas outside the current urban growth boundary that are designated as lands that could be brought inside the boundary over 50 years (to 2060) to accommodate growth. Urban reserves are intended to provide certainty to land owners, developers and governments as to where future development of land could occur. Rural reserves are areas outside the boundary where future urban development cannot occur for a period of up to 50 years. Second priority
Exception land (also known as non-resource land): Exception land is land next to the urban growth boundary that is not farm or forestland and is not designated as either urban or rural reserve. Second priority also could include farm or forestland that is completely surrounded by exception land but that is not "high value" farm or forest land.