[Ord. No. 1744, 9-4-1979]
By this section the City Council affirms the adoption of the City’s Comprehensive Plan by its adoption of Resolution R-78-31 on July 18, 1978. The document adopted by that Resolution is a 122 page Plan which includes Background Information, Overall Objectives, General and Specific Policies with supportive text and map references for the four policy elements with an overall introduction and accompanied by a multicolored map entitled "Land Use Map". Incorporated in the described document pursuant to the terms of its Growth Management Policy Element is the "Marylhurst Area Policies and Land Use Map" adopted by City Council action through its adoption of Resolution R-79-23. The above described documents shall hereafter be officially known as "Volume I of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lake Oswego".
[Ord. No. 1744, 9-4-1979; Ord. No. 1870, 9-6-1983; Ord. No. 1882, 3-6-1984]
The City Council hereby incorporates into the City’s Comprehensive Plan as an accurate and complete summary of the supporting documentation for the Policy Elements contained in Volume I of the Comprehensive Plan a second document consisting of 14 sections which are identified as: §1 "The Comprehensive Planning Process in Lake Oswego", §2 "The Citizen Involvement Program", §3 "Summary of Supporting Material for Each Comprehensive Plan Element", §4 "Index: Planning Commission Study Sessions 1976-78", §5 "Record of Coordination With Public Agencies", §6 "Records of Planning Commission and City Council Public Hearings and Revisions to Draft of Comprehensive Plan", §7 "Findings", §8 "Summary Statement Addressing the Statewide Planning Goals", §9 "Buildable Lands Inventory", §10 "Revised Goal 5 Compliance Statement", §11 "City of Lake Oswego Assessment of Housing Needs, April 1981", §12 "Goal 5 Analysis - Historic Resources Inventory", §13 "Regional Transportation Plan for the Portland Metropolitan Area, July 1982" and §14 "Infiltration and Inflow Study of the McVey and Blue Heron Basins, 1983-84".
The above described document shall hereafter be officially known as "Volume II of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lake Oswego".
[Ord. No. 1744, 9-4-1979]
The City Council hereby declares that the documents described in LOC §§ 56.02.100 and 56.02.110 comprise the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lake Oswego, Oregon and its Urban Service Area. The action of the City Council to affirm the adoption of Volume I of the Comprehensive Plan is taken as a matter of convenience and for the preservation of the public welfare in order to insure that the integrity of the adopted Comprehensive Plan is protected from an attack based upon a challenge to the formalities of the process followed by the City Council in its adoption of the Plan. The actions taken by the City Council in LOC §§ 56.02.100, 56.02.110 and this section shall not be construed to nullify or void any lawful action whatsoever taken in reliance upon the Council’s adoption of the Plan by the means of Resolutions R-78-31 and R-79-23. It is declared to be the intent of the Council that the effect of the provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed as an admission by the City Council that any defect existed in the formalities followed to adopt the Plan, but rather this Chapter shall be construed as a prudent action to protect the community against the need to defend the validity of the Plan from an expensive, technical legal challenge to the Plan adoption process.
[Ord. No. 2033, 6-18-1991]
Both the General Policies and the Specific Policies of the Comprehensive Plan contain regulatory and non-regulatory provisions. During consideration of any application or proposed amendment which must be in conformance with the plan, the approving authority shall determine whether the requested action complies with applicable General and Specific Policies of the plan. A decision must identify and explain why the requirements of the applicable policies have or have not been satisfied. Not all policies are applicable to every decision. In some cases, applicable Comprehensive Plan policies may conflict. In this event, the approving authority shall balance the policies, and discuss in the findings why it selected one policy over another.