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- A. Appraisal. A written statement prepared by a person certified under ORS chapter 674 or a person registered under ORS chapter 308 that complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as authorized by the Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
- B. Approved Measure 37 Claim. A claim filed under ORS 197.352 and approved by the City Council before December 6, 2007.
- C. Department. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development.
- D. Exempt Land Use Regulation. A land use regulation that:
- 1. Restricts or prohibits activities commonly and historically recognized as public nuisances under common law;
- 2. Restricts or prohibits activities for the protection of public health and safety;
- 3. Is required in order to comply with federal law;
- 4. Restricts or prohibits the use of property for the purpose of selling pornography or performing nude dancing; or
- E. Land Use Regulation. A provision of the City of Portland comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance or land division ordinance that restricts the residential use of private real property zoned for residential use.
- F. Measure 37. A ballot measure adopted by the voters of the State of Oregon and effective on November 6, 2004 that was codified as Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 197.352 and that required, under certain circumstances, the payment of just compensation to landowners if a government land use regulation restricted the use or property and reduced its value, or, in the alternative, authorized the government to remove, modify, or not apply one or more challenged regulations.
- G. Owner. A person who is:
- 1. The owner of fee title to the property as shown in the deed records of the county where the property is located;
- 2. The purchaser under a land sale contract, if there is a recorded land sale contract in force for the property; or
- 3. If the property is owned by the trustee of a revocable trust, the settlor of a revocable trust, except that when the trust becomes irrevocable only the trustee is the owner.
- H. Program Manager. The person authorized to administer and oversee the processing of claims under this Chapter.
- I. Protection of Public Health and Safety. A law, rule, ordinance, order, policy or permit or other governmental authorization that restricts a use of property in order to reduce the risk or consequence of fire, earthquake, landslide, flood, storm, pollution, disease, crime or other natural or human disaster or threat to persons or property including, but not limited to, building and fire codes, health and sanitation regulations, solid or hazardous waste regulations and pollution control regulations.
- J. Reduction in Value. A decrease in fair market value of the property from the date that is one year before the enactment of the land use regulation to the date that is one year after enactment, plus interest, adjusted by any ad valorem property taxes not paid as a result of any special assessment of the property under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, 321.257 to 321.390, 321.754 or 321.805 to 321.855, plus interest, offset by any severance taxes paid by the claimant and by any recapture of potential additional tax liability that the claimant has paid or will pay for the property if the property is disqualified from special assessment under ORS 308A.703.
- K. Waiver. Action by the Portland City Council to modify, remove or not apply one or more land use regulations found to have caused a reduction in value.