ORS 468B.212: Land use compatibility statement; permitted or conditional use required.

(1) Prior to applying for a permit under ORS 468B.050, an applicant for a proposed confined animal feeding operation shall request, from the city or county in which the confined animal feeding operation is proposed to be located, a land use compatibility statement that authorizes the land use.

      (2) The land use compatibility statement must demonstrate that the requested permit pertains to a land use that is allowable as a permitted or conditional use within the given zoning designation where the land is located.

      (3) The Department of Environmental Quality or the State Department of Agriculture may not issue the permit under ORS 468B.050 if the land use compatibility statement demonstrates that the proposed land use is prohibited in the applicable zone.