Chapter 17.04
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Sections:
17.04.030 Repeal of ordinances as affecting existing liabilities.
17.04.050 Construction and terminology.
17.04.060 Extension of approvals.
17.04.010 Purpose.
In accordance with the provisions of Chapters 92 and 215 ORS, this title sets forth the minimum standards governing the approval of land development, including subdivisions and partitioning, within Crook County as necessary to carry out the county’s comprehensive plan and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare. The purpose of these provisions and regulations are to:
(1) Encourage well-planned subdivision and partition development to the end that good livable neighborhoods with all needed amenities and community facilities may be created.
(2) Encourage development in harmony with the natural environment and within resource carrying capacities.
(3) Safeguard the interest of the public, the applicant, and the future lot owner.
(4) Improve land records and boundary monumentation.
(5) Ensure equitable processing of subdivision plats and partitioning plans, and accomplish to the greatest extent possible the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan for the county of Crook.
(6) Provide for orderly and efficient urban development, and to coordinate development with public facility and service plans and capabilities.
No person may subdivide or partition land within the county of Crook except in accordance with Chapters 92 and 215 ORS, and the provisions of this title. (Ord. 19 § 1.010, 2003)
17.04.020 Interpretation.
The provisions of this title shall be constructed to effect the purposes set forth in CCC 17.04.010. These provisions are declared to be the minimum requirements fulfilling such objectives, and the county may impose additional requirements deemed necessary to promote health, safety, and general welfare, and to carry out the comprehensive plan of the county. Where conditions set forth herein are less restrictive than comparative conditions imposed by any other provision of this title, by provisions of any other local ordinance, resolution or regulation, or by provisions of state statute or administrative regulation, the more restrictive shall govern. To the extent state law differs from the provisions of this title, state law shall be followed. (Ord. 231 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 19 § 1.020, 2003)
17.04.030 Repeal of ordinances as affecting existing liabilities.
The repeal of any ordinance by this title shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such ordinance, unless a provision of this title shall so expressly provide, and such ordinance repealed shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability, and for the purpose of authorizing the accusation, prosecution, conviction, and punishment of a person or persons who violated the repealed ordinance or a part thereof prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title. (Ord. 231 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 19 § 1.040, 2003)
17.04.040 Severability.
The provisions of this title are severable. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this title is adjudged to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title. (Ord. 19 § 1.050, 2003)
17.04.050 Construction and terminology.
(1) Construction. Words used in the present tense include the future tense; words used in the singular include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular; the word “shall” is mandatory; the word “may” is permissive; the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
(2) Terminology. The word “county” shall mean the county of Crook, state of Oregon. The words “county court” and “court” shall mean the county court of Crook County. The words “planning commission” and “commission” shall mean the county planning commission of the county of Crook duly appointed by the county court. The words “planning director,” “county roadmaster,” “assessor,” “county sanitarian,” “county surveyor,” “county clerk,” and “tax collector” shall mean the planning director, roadmaster, sanitarian, surveyor, county clerk, tax collector, and assessor of the county of Crook. (Ord. 19 § 1.060, 2003)
17.04.060 Extension of approvals.
(1) All preliminary subdivision plat approvals, partition plat approvals, or planned unit development approvals that expired between January 1, 2007, and the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section shall hereby be extended for an additional two years beyond the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, unless such an extension would violate any time limitation on the land use approval imposed by Oregon state law or administrative rule, in which case the subdivision plat approval, partition plat approval, or planned unit development approval is hereby extended by the maximum time allowed under state law.
(2) Preliminary subdivision plat approvals, partition plat approvals, or planned unit development approvals that have received extensions under subsection (1) of this section may receive further extensions as provided for in amended CCC 17.20.010.
(3) All preliminary subdivision plat approvals, partition plat approvals, or planned unit development approvals that were issued prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, but will not expire until after such effective date, are subject to the expiration provisions of amended CCC 17.20.010. (Ord. 216 § 1, 2009)