(1) In order to carry out the purposes described by ORS § 199.410 when reviewing a petition for a boundary change or application under ORS § 199.464, a boundary commission shall consider local comprehensive planning for the area, economic, demographic and sociological trends and projections pertinent to the proposal, past and prospective physical development of land that would directly or indirectly be affected by the proposed boundary change or application under ORS § 199.464 and the goals adopted under ORS § 197.225.

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(2) Subject to any provision to the contrary in the principal Act of the affected district or city and subject to the process of transfer of territory:

(a) Territory within a city may not be included within or annexed to a district without the consent of the city council;

(b) Territory within a city may not be included within or annexed to another city; and

(c) Territory within a district may not be included within or annexed to another district subject to the same principal Act. [Formerly 199.515; 1975 c.361 § 2; 1979 c.374 § 2; 1981 c.748 § 18; 1983 c.336 § 7; 1989 c.92 § 17]