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The county had rezoned 710 acres of rangeland for sprawling residential development, potentially impacting the farmability of nearby land in violation of state land use law.
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The ruling prevents potential unwarranted UGB expansion and threat valuable surrounding farmland, a win for the careful way we set our urban growth boundaries so that our communities don’t sprawl onto the irreplaceable lands that feed our region and support our economy.
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A decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals means there is now a successful example of a small community – in both Oregon and the wider United States – that has passed revolutionary zoning reform to allow a slew of housing types in residential zones.
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