Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 457 § 457.160 — Exceptions to plan requirements for disaster areas

Exceptions to plan requirements for disaster areas. Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS chapter 455 or 456 or this chapter, where the governing body of a municipality certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under federal law, the governing body may declare a need for an urban renewal agency, if necessary, and may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project for such area without regard to the provisions requiring: (1) That the urban renewal plan conform to the comprehensive plan and economic development plan, if any, for the municipality as a whole. (2) That the urban renewal area be a blighted area. [1957 c.456 §15; 1979 c.621 §18; 1993 c.18 §114; 2019 c.625 §71]