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

Content: On May 29, 1973, Senate Bill 100 was signed into law by Gov. McCall. The bill created the Land Conservation and Development Commission and the Department of Land Conservation and Development. State land use goals require: urban growth boundaries
wise use of urban land
protection of natural resources. The Portland area urban growth boundary
To meet SB 100’s requirements, the Columbia Region Association of Governments, Metro's predecessor, proposed an urban growth boundary for the Portland region in 1977. The plans and growth projections of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, along with 24 cities and more than 60 special service districts, had to be accommodated when drawing the initial boundary. When Metro was created by voters in 1978, it inherited the boundary planning effort. That year, the Oregon Legislature gave Metro responsibility for managing the Portland metropolitan area’s urban growth boundary. Since 1997, Oregon law also requires Metro to maintain a 20-year supply of land for future residential development inside the boundary. In 1980, the Land Conservation and Development Commission approved the region’s initial urban growth boundary as consistent with statewide planning goals.