A Timely, Orderly, and Efficient Arrangement of Public Facilities and Services — The Oregon Approach

65 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2013 Last revised: 23 Jul 2013

Date Written: June 1, 2013

Abstract

The provision of public facilities and services is not an exciting planning topic because it deals with the details of supply, rather than the grander issues of economics, social equity and policy. Yet these details occupy an inordinate amount of time and attention by planners, elected officials, and other policy-makers, and account for a substantial share of unresolved issues in planning law.

This Article sets out the rise of infrastructure planning policy in Oregon under a statewide land use planning system that began in 1973.1 In Part I, we give a brief history and description of the structure of that system, followed by a discussion of the evolution of state infrastructure policy under Statewide Planning Goal 11, Public Facilities and Services, and its implementing rules. Following this background, this Article will examine the application of that policy, particularly with respect to the mechanics (Part II) and financing (Part III) of infrastructure planning and its role in the reinforcement of the separation of urban and rural uses (Part IV).

Keywords: public facilities, infrastructure, planning

JEL Classification: R52, R53

Suggested Citation

Sullivan, Edward J. and Clark, Benjamin, A Timely, Orderly, and Efficient Arrangement of Public Facilities and Services — The Oregon Approach (June 1, 2013). Willamette Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 411, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2288085

Edward J. Sullivan (Contact Author)

Portland State University ( email )

United States
503-793-0291 (Phone)

Benjamin Clark

Independent ( email )

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