ORS § 223.745 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.745
223.745 Scope of power granted
Status: in_force

The power granted by ORS 223.705 (Rebonding of unpaid assessments) to 223.750 (Enactment of rulemaking ordinances) is vested in each local government and is self-operating therein without further necessity of enacting charter or ordinance provisions incorporating the terms of those sections. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §83; 2003 c.802 §57]

Source: Section 223.745 — Scope of power granted , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.187 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.187
227.187 Public sale of copies of city comprehensive plan and land use regulations
Status: in_force

A city shall maintain copies of its comprehensive plan and land use regulations, as defined in ORS 197.015 (Definitions for ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A) , for sale to the public. [1991 c.363 §3]

Source: Section 227.187 — Public sale of copies of city comprehensive plan and land use regulations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.640 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.640
223.640 Allegations of jurisdictional facts
Status: in_force

In any suit authorized by ORS 223.610 (Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity) , it shall be a sufficient allegation of jurisdictional facts authorizing the local government to make and levy any lien if the complaint alleges in general terms that the local improvement was made in the manner and as provided by law, by the local government’s charter, ordinances, resolutions, or any of them, relating to such local improvement. It is not necessary to specifically set forth in the complaint any such charter provisions, ordinances or resolutions. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §74; 2003 c.802 §49]

Source: Section 223.640 — Allegations of jurisdictional facts , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.145 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.145
221.145 Basing compensation of city officers upon fines prohibited
Status: in_force

The amount of compensation for city police officers, municipal judges or other city officers shall not be based upon the amount of revenues collected from fines or any set percentage thereof. [1981 c.402 §1; 1999 c.1051 §261]

Note: 221.145 (Basing compensation of city officers upon fines prohibited) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 221 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 221.145 — Basing compensation of city officers upon fines prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.270 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.270
225.270 Use of surplus revenue
Status: in_force

When any city which owns or operates a municipal electric power plant or system or distributing system, has paid principal and interest to date on all indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, and has created and accumulated an adequate depreciation and replacement reserve in the judgment of the officer having control of such plant or system, the city shall, for the purpose of reducing general property taxes within such city, pay to itself not less than three percent of the annual gross operating revenue of such plant or system, or a volumetric charge based upon the amounts of electricity delivered, transmitted or distributed to retail electricity consumers regardless of the source. The volumetric charge shall not be less than the equivalent of three percent of the gross operating revenues of the municipality utility in 1999. The city shall adjust a volumetric charge to end users such that charges established for different customer classes bear the same approximate relationship as the gross revenues per kilowatt hour paid by the classes in 1999. [Amended by 1999 c.865 §32]

Source: Section 225.270 — Use of surplus revenue , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.030 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.030
222.030 Assessor to furnish statement of assessed valuation of property in territory to be annexed
Status: in_force

When a change of the boundaries of a city through the annexation of territory is proposed pursuant to ORS 199.410 (Policy) to 199.519 (Effective date of boundary change) , or 222.111 (Authority and procedure for annexation) to 222.180 (Effective date of annexation) or city charter, the assessor of the county or counties wherein the territory to be annexed is located, shall furnish upon official request within 20 days, a statement showing for the current fiscal year the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the territory to be annexed. [1957 c.236 §1; 1969 c.494 §27]

Source: Section 222.030 — Assessor to furnish statement of assessed valuation of property in territory to be annexed , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.350 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.350
224.350 General powers of State Treasurer under ORS 224.310 to 224.420
Status: reserved

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the sole judge as to whether state funds shall be invested in the project and as to which undertakings shall first be financed. The decision of the State Treasurer on the subject of investment and priority shall be final.

(2) The State Treasurer may enlist the technical services of any state officer or department in a study of the feasibility and cost of the sewerage project.

(3) The State Treasurer, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, may purchase, with funds subject to investment by the State Treasurer, or with moneys from the revolving fund as provided in ORS 224.390 (State Sewer Bond Revolving Fund) , general obligation sewerage system bonds of any municipality including bonds issued under statutory or charter authority pursuant to applications to pay assessments in installments. To facilitate the construction of a sewerage system for a municipality, the state may purchase at current market prices with such funds the outstanding water system bonds of the municipality. After the purchase of such bonds, the State Treasurer may agree with the municipality as to allocation of the net revenues of the water system of the municipality to the payment of the principal of and the interest upon the water system bonds, and upon the sewerage system bonds of the municipality. If the State Treasurer deems it expedient in the acquisition and construction of a sewerage system for a municipality to furnish sewerage service for territory that is contiguous to a municipality, or for territory outside the municipality that, in the judgment of the State Treasurer, can conveniently be served by the sewerage system thereof, the state may purchase the sewerage system bonds of a sanitary district or districts comprising such territory, or any part thereof, provided the public indebtedness for all purposes within said sanitary district or districts shall not exceed 12-1/2 percent of the real market value of all taxable property therein.

(4) The State Treasurer may authorize municipalities or sanitary districts, or both, to issue sewerage system bonds with the right reserved to them to redeem bonds at par value and accrued interest prior to the final maturity dates of the bonds.

(5) The State Treasurer, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, may authorize deferment of payment of interest upon the sewerage bonds of the municipality or district for a period not exceeding three years, and may provide for the issuance of such bonds with graduated rates of interest.

(6) The State Treasurer may adopt rules and regulations specifying the procedure to be followed by a municipality or sanitary district in availing itself of the provisions of ORS 224.310 (Definitions for ORS 224.310 to 224.420) to 224.420 (Duty of local treasurer to keep funds separate and withhold bond payments) . [Amended by 1953 c.287 §9; 1967 c.293 §25; 1991 c.459 §352]

Source: Section 224.350 — General powers of State Treasurer under ORS 224.310 to 224.420; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.903 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.903
221.903 Bond and oath of officers
Status: in_force

The recorder, treasurer and marshal mentioned in ORS 221.902 (City officers) shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, each execute a bond to the city in such penal sum as the council by ordinance may determine upon, conditioned for the faithful performance of duties, including in the same bond the duties of all offices of which the recorder, treasurer or marshal is ex officio incumbent under ORS 221.901 (Cities organized under 1893 Act) to 221.928 (Record of ordinances) . The bond shall be approved by the council before the officer enters upon the discharge of duties. The bonds when approved shall be filed with the recorder, except the bond of the recorder, which shall be filed with the mayor. All the provisions of any law of this state relating to official bonds of officers shall apply to such bonds, except as otherwise provided in ORS 221.901 (Cities organized under 1893 Act) to 221.928 (Record of ordinances) . Every officer of the city, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and file with the recorder an oath to honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of office, and that the officer will support the laws and Constitution of this state and of the United States to the best of the ability of the officer.

Source: Section 221.903 — Bond and oath of officers , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.530 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.530
226.530 Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation, by and through its governing body, in addition to the powers and privileges heretofore conferred upon municipal corporations by the laws of this state, shall for the purposes of ORS 226.530 (Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site) to 226.630 (Acts to be done by city in removing and reinterring remains) have the power to:

(1) Acquire cemeteries and cemetery properties, by eminent domain, conveyance or otherwise.

(2) Acquire real property for the purpose of reinterment of remains.

(3) Disinter remains and remove all gravestones, monuments or other evidences of the location or existence of graves, and to move the same to another site.

(4) Sell, lease or convey land acquired under the authority of ORS 226.530 (Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site) to 226.630 (Acts to be done by city in removing and reinterring remains) , or through voluntary transfers or otherwise. [1953 c.298 §3]

Source: Section 226.530 — Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.370 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.370
225.370 Terms of bonds
Status: in_force

The city governing body may determine the maturities and tenor of bonds issued under ORS 225.360 (Approval, issuance, payment of bonds) . However, the bonds shall be serial in character and in accordance with any provisions of law or charter. The bonds shall:

(1) Be payable in not to exceed 30 years from the date of issuance thereof.

(2) Be sold at a price to net the city not less than the par value thereof with accrued interest.

(3) Bear interest at not to exceed six percent per annum. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §170]

Source: Section 225.370 — Terms of bonds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.210 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.210
221.210 Referendum and initiative for municipal measures and charter amendments
Status: in_force

The city council may refer and the people may initiate municipal measures or amendments to the charter of a city as provided in ORS 250.265 (Prospective petition) to 250.346 (Retention of petition materials) , unless ORS 250.255 (Application of ORS 250.265 to 250.346) makes ORS 250.265 (Prospective petition) to 250.346 (Retention of petition materials) inapplicable to the city. [Amended by 1955 c.18 §1; 1983 c.350 §24]

Source: Section 221.210 — Referendum and initiative for municipal measures and charter amendments , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.310 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.310
225.310 Definitions for ORS 225.310 to 225.400
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 225.310 (Definitions for ORS 225.310 to 225.400) to 225.400 (Scope of municipal authority) , unless the context requires otherwise, “facilities” means a water supply for irrigation and for fire protection of property within the city together with a distribution system therefor, reservoirs, pumps, mains, stations, with all appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the treatment, storage and distribution of water supply.

Source: Section 225.310 — Definitions for ORS 225.310 to 225.400 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.460 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.460
221.460 Duration of franchises, privileges and permits
Status: in_force

All franchises, privileges or permits for the use of the public highways, streets or alleys granted after June 5, 1931, by any municipal corporation shall not be granted for a longer term than 20 years, and shall be subject to the provision of ORS 221.470 (Removal of structures after expiration of grant or franchise) .

Source: Section 221.460 — Duration of franchises, privileges and permits , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.725 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.725
221.725 Sale of real property by city
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in ORS 221.727 (Alternative procedure for sale of city-owned real property) and 221.729 (Sale of city-owned real property to develop affordable housing) , when a city council considers it necessary or convenient to sell real property or any interest therein, the city council shall publish a notice of the proposed sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, and shall hold a public hearing concerning the sale prior to the sale.

(2) The notice required by subsection (1) of this section shall be published at least once during the week prior to the public hearing required under this section. The notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing, a description of the property or interest to be sold, the proposed uses for the property and the reasons why the city council considers it necessary or convenient to sell the property. Proof of publication of the notice may be made as provided by ORS 193.070 (Proof of publication) .

(3) Not earlier than five days after publication of the notice, the public hearing concerning the sale shall be held at the time and place stated in the notice. Nothing in this section prevents a city council from holding the hearing at any regular or special meeting of the city council as part of its regular agenda.

(4) The nature of the proposed sale and the general terms thereof, including an appraisal or other evidence of the market value of the property, shall be fully disclosed by the city council at the public hearing. Any resident of the city shall be given an opportunity to present written or oral testimony at the hearing.

(5) As used in this section and ORS 221.727 (Alternative procedure for sale of city-owned real property) , “sale” includes a lease-option agreement under which the lessee has the right to buy the leased real property in accordance with the terms specified in the agreement. [1983 c.216 §1; 2005 c.22 §164; 2021 c.624 §3]

Note: 221.725 (Sale of real property by city) and 221.727 (Alternative procedure for sale of city-owned real property) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 221 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 221.725 — Sale of real property by city; publication of notice; public hearing , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.560 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.560
223.560 Unsold property reoffered
Status: in_force

If any property remains unsold at the sale, it may, in the discretion of the recorder, again be offered for sale in like manner, but not sooner than three months after the expiration of any sale, except that in the matter of an assessment for the opening, widening, laying out or establishing of a street, proceedings for such sale may be taken immediately.

Source: Section 223.560 — Unsold property reoffered; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.150 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.150
226.150 Duties of secretary
Status: in_force

The board shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep an accurate record of all proceedings of the board, including all rules and regulations adopted for government or use of the parks.

Source: Section 226.150 — Duties of secretary , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.625 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.625
223.625 Liens which may be included in foreclosure suit
Status: in_force

In any suit authorized by ORS 223.610 (Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity) , the local government may include any number of lots upon which it has delinquent liens though the liens may have been levied under the same or different ordinances or resolutions. Any number of different delinquent liens may be foreclosed upon the same lot in one suit. If there is more than one delinquent lien on any lot, the various amounts thereof, including accrued interest, penalties, costs and attorney fees, shall be added together and the total thereof shall be deemed the amount of the lien for which the lot is to be sold. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §73; 1993 c.18 §40; 2003 c.802 §48]

Source: Section 223.625 — Liens which may be included in foreclosure suit , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.132 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.132
223.132 Formation of economic improvement districts as additional power of cities
Status: in_force

The authority granted to cities by ORS 223.112 (Definitions for ORS 223.112 to 223.132) to 223.132 (Formation of economic improvement districts as additional power of cities) , is in addition to any other authority a city may have under state law, its charter or its ordinances to create or finance economic improvement districts. [1989 c.1018 §2]

Source: Section 223.132 — Formation of economic improvement districts as additional power of cities , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.605 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.605
223.605 Definition for ORS 223.605 to 223.650
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 223.605 (Definition for ORS 223.605 to 223.650) to 223.650 (Redemption) , “liens” means liens, final assessments or installments of final assessments and includes any of those terms. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §70]

Source: Section 223.605 — Definition for ORS 223.605 to 223.650 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.160 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.160
227.160 Definitions for ORS 227.160 to 227.186
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 227.160 (Definitions for ORS 227.160 to 227.186) to 227.186 (Notice to property owners of hearing on certain zone change) :

(1) “Hearings officer” means a planning and zoning hearings officer appointed or designated by a city council under ORS 227.165 (Planning and zoning hearings officers) .

(2) “Permit” means discretionary approval of a proposed development of land, under ORS 227.215 (Regulation of development) or city legislation or regulation. “Permit” does not include:

(a) A limited land use decision as defined in ORS 197.015 (Definitions for ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A) ;

(b) A decision which determines the appropriate zoning classification for a particular use by applying criteria or performance standards defining the uses permitted within the zone, and the determination applies only to land within an urban growth boundary;

(c) A decision which determines final engineering design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair or preservation of a transportation facility which is otherwise authorized by and consistent with the comprehensive plan and land use regulations; or

(d) An expedited land division, as described in ORS 197.360 (“Expedited land division” defined) . [1973 c.739 §6; 1975 c.767 §5; 1991 c.817 §8a; 1995 c.595 §13; 2015 c.260 §5]

Source: Section 227.160 — Definitions for ORS 227.160 to 227.186 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.270 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.270
222.270 Canvass of votes
Status: in_force

(1) The chief elections officer shall canvass separately the votes cast in each city and in each unincorporated area on the question of consolidation and adoption of a city charter and permanent rate limit for operating taxes. The chief elections officer shall deliver a certified copy of the abstracts to the governing body of each of the cities.

(2) Not later than the 10th day after the chief elections officer has delivered the certified copies of the abstracts under subsection (1) of this section, the governing bodies of each of the cities to be included in the proposed city shall meet in joint convention at the usual place of meeting of the governing body of the city with the largest population as shown by the last federal census.

(3) The joint convention shall determine from the abstracts the results of the election on the question. The joint convention shall make an order proclaiming creation of the consolidated city and shall enter the order upon the joint convention’s minutes if a majority of the votes cast in the most populous city and a majority of the votes cast in another city or an unincorporated area proposed to be included in the proposed city favor creation of the city.

(4) Except as provided in ORS 222.210 (Authority to consolidate adjoining and nonadjoining cities or territories) (2), the consolidated city shall consist of the most populous city proposed to be included therein, each other city whose electors vote in favor of creating the consolidated city and each unincorporated area whose electors so vote. Its charter shall be the charter prepared by the charter commission and its permanent rate limit for operating taxes shall be the rate limit submitted to the electors at the election held under ORS 222.250 (Joint convention of governing bodies) and 222.260 (Ordinance calling election) .

(5) The officer performing the duties of clerk of the joint convention shall deliver to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the order proclaiming the election results and a certified copy of the charter adopted as the charter for the proposed city.

(6) If a consolidated city is created under subsection (3) of this section, the consolidated city shall pay the total cost of the election. If a consolidated city is not so created:

(a) Each city that would have been included in the proposed city shall pay a part of the total cost of holding the election on the proposed consolidation equal to the proportion that the number of persons registered to vote in the city holds to the number of persons registered to vote in all cities and unincorporated areas that would have been included in the proposed city; and

(b) Each county in which lies an unincorporated area that would have been included in the proposed city shall pay a part of the total cost of the election equal to the proportion that the number of persons registered to vote in the unincorporated area holds to the number of persons registered to vote in the total area that would have been included in the proposed city. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §7; 1981 c.173 §9; 1983 c.350 §42; 1985 c.702 §25; 1989 c.92 §37; 1997 c.541 §358]

Source: Section 222.270 — Canvass of votes; joint convention of governing bodies; proclamation; report to Secretary of State; cost of election , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.570 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.570
226.570 Power of city to condemn cemetery
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption by the governing body of a municipal corporation of an ordinance or resolution, as provided by ORS 226.540 (Public hearing concerning abandoned or neglected cemetery) and 226.550 (Governing body to publish resolution or ordinance upon finding that cemetery should be relocated) , such governing body shall have the authority, by an action filed in the circuit court of the State of Oregon for the county in which such municipal corporation is located to condemn any cemetery subject to condemnation by the provisions of ORS 226.510 (Certain cemeteries as menace to public) to 226.640 (Issuance of permit to restore, maintain and preserve abandoned cemetery) . [1953 c.298 §7; 1979 c.284 §124]

Source: Section 226.570 — Power of city to condemn cemetery , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.185 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.185
227.185 Transmission tower
Status: in_force

The governing body of a city or its designee may allow the establishment of a transmission tower over 200 feet in height in any zone subject to reasonable conditions imposed by the governing body or its designee. [1983 c.827 §27a; 2019 c.13 §35]

Source: Section 227.185 — Transmission tower; location; conditions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.886 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.886
223.886 Loans authorized to finance improvements
Status: in_force

In carrying out the powers conferred by ORS 223.882 (Acquisition of property by city to aid water commerce) , the city may borrow money from any person, corporation or agency of the United States Government for the purchase of any real property described in ORS 223.882 (Acquisition of property by city to aid water commerce) , or for paying the cost of improvements on any real property, which improvements may include the construction of docks, wharves or other structures and appurtenant appliances or fixtures or machinery necessarily required to operate a wharf or dock. In borrowing money for any of these purposes the cities may secure money so borrowed by executing and giving a mortgage or similar indenture on any such real property and its revenues. If repayment of money borrowed for acquisition or improvement of any such real property is not to be secured solely by the real property and the income derived therefrom, then, before a debt for the purpose of this section or ORS 223.882 (Acquisition of property by city to aid water commerce) can be contracted or incurred, the consent of the electors of the city must first be obtained. [Formerly 223.865]

Source: Section 223.886 — Loans authorized to finance improvements; security for loans; consent of electors , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.450 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.450
226.450 Authority to expend funds for maintenance of cemeteries
Status: in_force

All cities owning and controlling lands, lots or parcels of ground used for cemetery purposes may expend, for the purpose of beautifying, caring for and keeping up all such lands and premises, such public funds as have been included for that purpose in their annual budget.

Source: Section 226.450 — Authority to expend funds for maintenance of cemeteries , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.465 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.465
222.465 Effective date of withdrawal from domestic water supply district, water control district or sanitary district
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 199 which provides a different effective date, when territory is withdrawn by a city from a domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264, a water control district organized under ORS chapter 553 or a sanitary district organized under ORS chapter 450, if the ordinance, annexation or incorporation that results in the withdrawal is enacted or approved after March 31 in any year, the effective date of the withdrawal of territory shall be July 1 in the following year. However, if the ordinance, annexation or incorporation that results in the withdrawal is enacted or approved before April 1 in any year, the effective date of the withdrawal of territory shall be July 1 in the same year. When less than the entire area of a domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264, a water control district organized under ORS chapter 553 or a sanitary district organized under ORS chapter 450 is annexed by or incorporated into a city, the district shall, for purposes of administration, operation and the collection of service charges, continue to operate that portion of the district separately until the effective date of the withdrawal of territory as determined under this section. This section does not limit any agreement between a city and a district under ORS 222.530 (Procedure for division of assets on withdrawal of part of district) (5), 222.540 (Procedure for division of installations on withdrawal of part of water district) (4) or 222.560 (Procedure for division of installations on withdrawal of part of sanitary district) (4). [1985 c.702 §4a]

Note: See note under 222.460 (Procedures for withdrawal of territory) .

Source: Section 222.465 — Effective date of withdrawal from domestic water supply district, water control district or sanitary district , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.309 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.309
223.309 Preparation of plan for capital improvements financed by system development charges
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to the establishment of a system development charge by ordinance or resolution, a local government shall prepare a capital improvement plan, public facilities plan, master plan or comparable plan that includes a list of the capital improvements that the local government intends to fund, in whole or in part, with revenues from an improvement fee and the estimated cost, timing and percentage of costs eligible to be funded with revenues from the improvement fee for each improvement.

(2) A local government that has prepared a plan and the list described in subsection (1) of this section may modify the plan and list at any time. If a system development charge will be increased by a proposed modification of the list to include a capacity increasing capital improvement, as described in ORS 223.307 (Authorized expenditure of system development charges) (2):

(a) The local government shall provide, at least 30 days prior to the adoption of the modification, notice of the proposed modification to the persons who have requested written notice under ORS 223.304 (Determination of amount of system development charges) (6).

(b) The local government shall hold a public hearing if the local government receives a written request for a hearing on the proposed modification within seven days of the date the proposed modification is scheduled for adoption.

(c) Notwithstanding ORS 294.160 (Opportunity for public comment on new fee or fee increase) , a public hearing is not required if the local government does not receive a written request for a hearing.

(d) The decision of a local government to increase the system development charge by modifying the list may be judicially reviewed only as provided in ORS 34.010 (Former writ of certiorari as writ of review) to 34.100 (Power of court on review) . [1989 c.449 §6; 1991 c.902 §30; 2001 c.662 §4; 2003 c.765 §7a; 2003 c.802 §23]

Note: See note under 223.297 (Policy) .

Source: Section 223.309 — Preparation of plan for capital improvements financed by system development charges; modification , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.540 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.540
222.540 Procedure for division of installations on withdrawal of part of water district
Status: in_force

(1) When a part of a water district, including a domestic water supply corporation, is withdrawn, the district shall, by action of its governing body, turn over to the city, of which the withdrawn area becomes a part, its water mains, service installations, structures, facilities, improvements and other property in the area withdrawn from the district that are not necessary for the operation of the remainder of the water control or water supply system of the district. All water mains, service installations, reservoirs, structures, facilities, improvements and other property that are necessary for the district to continue maintenance and operation of its water control or water supply system remain the property of the district, regardless of whether they are located within or without the city. If the city is not satisfied with the property division made by the district governing body, or if, within 90 days from the effective date of the withdrawal, the district governing body has failed to make a division, the city’s governing body may request the county court or board of county commissioners of the county in which the property is situated to decide upon the division.

(2) After giving 10 days’ notice and an opportunity to be heard to the district governing body, the court or board shall, in accordance with the standards of guidance provided in this section for the district governing board, divide the property.

(3) The decision of the county court or board of commissioners is binding upon all parties in interest, except that an appeal may be taken therefrom for abuse of discretion in arriving at the decision to the circuit court of the county in which the property withdrawn is located within 30 days from the announcement of the decision. The functions of the district must be continued in the entire preexisting area by the district until the final determination of the division of property.

(4) This section does not prevent the governing bodies of the city and the district from arriving at a binding agreement for a joint operation of the water or other facilities of each that will be beneficial to and equitable for the inhabitants and property owners of each after the withdrawal of part of the water district. [Amended by 1965 c.509 §6; 2007 c.420 §2]

Source: Section 222.540 — Procedure for division of installations on withdrawal of part of water district; appeal; joint operations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.359 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.359
221.359 Appeals from conviction in municipal court
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, whenever any person is convicted in the municipal court of any city of any offense defined and made punishable by any city charter or ordinance, such person shall have the same right of appeal to the circuit court within whose jurisdiction the city has its legal situs and maintains its seat of city government as now obtains from a conviction from justice courts. The appeal shall be taken and perfected in the manner provided by law for taking appeals from justice courts, except that in appeals taken under this section, ORS 221.360 (Appeal on issue of constitutionality of charter provision or ordinance) , 221.380 (Appeal by city from invalidating order) or 221.390 (Trial, procedure and sentence in circuit court on appeal from municipal court) :

(a) The notice thereof shall be served upon the city attorney;

(b) When the notice of appeal has been filed with the court from which the appeal is being taken, the appellate court shall have jurisdiction of the cause. Failure to serve a notice of appeal on the appropriate attorney shall not preclude jurisdiction in the appellate court; and

(c) No undertaking providing for the payment of costs and disbursements shall be required.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, in a prosecution of any offense defined and made punishable by any city charter or ordinance, a plaintiff may appeal to the circuit court within whose jurisdiction the city has its legal situs and maintains its seat of city government in the manner provided by ORS 157.020 (Who may appeal) (2) for taking appeals from justice courts.

(3) The provisions of this section apply only to municipal courts that have not become courts of record under ORS 221.342 (Method by which municipal court becomes court of record) . Appeals of criminal judgments in municipal courts that have become courts of record under ORS 221.342 (Method by which municipal court becomes court of record) shall be as provided in ORS chapter 138 for appeals from judgments of circuit courts. [Formerly 221.350; 2003 c.687 §8]

Source: Section 221.359 — Appeals from conviction in municipal court , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.150 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.150
222.150 Election results
Status: in_force

The city legislative body shall determine the results of the election from the official figures returned by the county clerk. If the city legislative body finds that the majority of all votes cast in the territory favors annexation and the city legislative body has dispensed with submitting the question to the electors of the city, the city legislative body, by resolution or ordinance, shall set the final boundaries of the area to be annexed by a legal description and proclaim the annexation. [Amended by 1983 c.83 §23; 1983 c.350 §34; 1985 c.702 §9]

Source: Section 222.150 — Election results; proclamation of annexation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.110 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.110
224.110 Enforcing liens on property outside city limits
Status: in_force

The city, through its council, may collect and enforce or provide for collecting and enforcing payment of liens created by virtue of ORS 224.090 (Assessment lien on property outside city limits) or 224.100 (Records and indexes of transcripts) by a sale of the property in the same manner and with the same force and effect as is or may be provided with respect to property within the city, or a proceeding in court to foreclose such liens.

Source: Section 224.110 — Enforcing liens on property outside city limits , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.265 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.265
223.265 Payment of installments
Status: in_force

(1) The installments due and payable under an assessment contract shall be due and payable periodically as the governing body of the local government shall determine but shall not be due and payable over a term in excess of 30 years. Each installment is due and payable with interest as described under subsection (3) of this section.

(2) The installments and interest are payable to the treasurer by the property owner whose application to pay the cost of the local improvement by installments has been filed as provided in ORS 223.210 (Right of property owners to apply for installment payment of assessment) .

(3) The amount of each installment (percentage of the total final assessment) shall be determined by the governing body of the local government and shall be as appears by the bond lien docket described in ORS 223.230 (Lien docket) . Each installment shall be due and payable with the accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid balance of the final assessment amount at the rate per annum determined by the governing body of the local government under ORS 223.215 (Contents of application to pay in installments) .

(4) The first payment shall be due and payable on the date that the governing body shall determine, and subsequent payments shall be due and payable on subsequent periodic dates thereafter as shall have been determined by the governing body. [Amended by 1957 c.103 §10; 1959 c.653 §6; 1969 c.531 §3; 1971 c.100 §3; 1975 c.320 §4; 1981 c.322 §4; 1991 c.902 §18; 2003 c.802 §12]

Source: Section 223.265 — Payment of installments; due dates , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.415 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.415
223.415 Basis for, amount and method of reassessment
Status: in_force

The reassessment shall be based upon the special and peculiar benefit of the local improvement to the respective lots at the time of the original making of the local improvement. The amount of the reassessment shall not be limited to the amount of the original estimated or final assessment. In the case of a reassessment of a final assessment:

(1) The property embraced in the reassessment shall be limited to property embraced in the original final assessment;

(2) Property on which the original final assessment was paid in full shall not be included in the reassessment; and

(3) Interest from the date of delinquency of the original final assessment may be added by the governing body to the reassessment in cases where the property was included in the original final assessment, but such interest shall not apply to any portion of the reassessment that exceeds the amount of the original final assessment. The reassessment shall be made in an equitable manner as nearly as may be in accordance with the law in force at the time the local improvement was made, but the governing body may adopt a different plan of apportioning benefits or exclude portions of the district when in its judgment it is essential to secure an equitable assessment. Credit shall be allowed on the new assessment for all payments made on the original final assessment. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §44]

Source: Section 223.415 — Basis for, amount and method of reassessment , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.390 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.390
224.390 State Sewer Bond Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

The State Sewer Bond Revolving Fund is created for investment under authority of ORS 224.310 (Definitions for ORS 224.310 to 224.420) to 224.420 (Duty of local treasurer to keep funds separate and withhold bond payments) and for payment of costs of the State Treasurer in carrying out the provisions of those sections. The State Treasurer may engage such assistance and incur such expenses as may be necessary for that purpose. The earnings of the revolving fund shall accrue to the General Fund, and the amounts received in payment of the principal of investments thereof shall be credited to the General Fund, to be available for the payment of general governmental expenses. [Amended by 1963 c.341 §3]

Source: Section 224.390 — State Sewer Bond Revolving Fund , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.020 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.020
227.020 Authority to create planning commission
Status: in_force

(1) A city may create a planning commission for the city and provide for its organization and operations.

(2) This section shall be liberally construed and shall include the authority to create a joint planning commission and to utilize an intergovernmental agency for planning as authorized by ORS 190.003 (Definition for ORS 190.003 to 190.130) to 190.130 (Effect of ORS 190.125) . [Amended by 1973 c.739 §1; 1975 c.767 §2]

Source: Section 227.020 — Authority to create planning commission , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.550 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.550
222.550 Withdrawal of greater portion of water district
Status: in_force

When the greater portion of a water district including a domestic water supply corporation or a water control district is thus withdrawn, measured by the comparative assessed valuations of the portion withdrawn and the portion remaining in the district, the remainder of the district may dissolve in the manner provided for water districts. If dissolution is determined upon and the city agrees to furnish water or other facilities theretofore provided by the water district to the remainder of the district and if the city agrees to assume the liabilities of the district, then all assets of the district become the property of the city. A city to which the major portion of a water district has been annexed may make such agreement notwithstanding any charter or statute limitation. [Amended by 1965 c.509 §7]

Source: Section 222.550 — Withdrawal of greater portion of water district; dissolution optional; transfer of property to city , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.898 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.898
222.898 Determination if health danger can be alleviated
Status: in_force

(1) Within 60 days of receipt of the preliminary plans and other documents submitted as required by ORS 222.897 (Study and plan for alleviation of health danger by city) , the appropriate reviewing authority shall determine whether the conditions dangerous to public health within the territory proposed to be annexed can be removed or alleviated by the sanitary, water or other facilities proposed by the plans and specifications.

(2) If such authority considers the proposed facilities and the time schedule for installation of such facilities adequate to remove or alleviate the dangerous conditions, it shall approve the proposal and certify its approval to the city.

(3) If the authority considers the proposed facilities or time schedule inadequate, it shall disapprove the proposal and certify its disapproval to the city including the particular matters causing the disapproval. The city council shall then submit an additional or revised proposal.

(4) In the event the authority upon review of the plans and other documents submitted under subsection (1) of this section determines that the danger to public health in the area proposed to be annexed cannot be removed or alleviated by sanitary, water or other facilities ordinarily provided by incorporated cities it shall terminate the proceedings upon the proposal and notify the city. [1975 c.639 §13]

Source: Section 222.898 — Determination if health danger can be alleviated; approval of plans; notice to city , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.327 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.327
223.327 Procedure for equitable apportionment by ordinance or regulation
Status: in_force

A local government that imposes final assessments shall adopt an ordinance or other regulations establishing procedures for the equitable apportionment of final assessments under ORS 223.317 (Apportionment of special assessment among parcels in subsequent partition of tract) to 223.327 (Procedure for equitable apportionment by ordinance or regulation) . The ordinance or regulations shall authorize the local government to establish fees reasonably calculated to reimburse it for its actual costs in apportioning final assessments under ORS 223.317 (Apportionment of special assessment among parcels in subsequent partition of tract) to 223.327 (Procedure for equitable apportionment by ordinance or regulation) . The provisions of ORS 223.317 (Apportionment of special assessment among parcels in subsequent partition of tract) to 223.327 (Procedure for equitable apportionment by ordinance or regulation) relating to apportionment of final assessments shall apply to estimated assessments with respect to any tract or parcel divided into smaller parcels prior to the levy of the final assessment. [Formerly 308.150; 1991 c.902 §35; 2003 c.802 §27]

Note: See note under 223.317 (Apportionment of special assessment among parcels in subsequent partition of tract) .

Source: Section 223.327 — Procedure for equitable apportionment by ordinance or regulation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.118 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.118
222.118 Provision of city services to airport without requiring annexation
Status: in_force

A city and an airport may enter into an agreement pursuant to which the city provides sewer and water services to the airport without requiring the annexation, or consent to eventual annexation, to the city of the territory on which the airport is situated. [2015 c.787 §1]

Note: 222.118 (Provision of city services to airport without requiring annexation) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 222 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 222.118 — Provision of city services to airport without requiring annexation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.010 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.010
224.010 Definitions for ORS 224.010 to 224.170
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 224.010 (Definitions for ORS 224.010 to 224.170) to 224.170 (Certain laws and charter provisions applicable to property beyond city limits) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “City” means any incorporated city or town.

(2) “Council” means the council or other municipal authority of a city.

Source: Section 224.010 — Definitions for ORS 224.010 to 224.170 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.280 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.280
227.280 Enforcement of development legislation
Status: in_force

The council may provide for enforcement of any legislation established under ORS 227.215 (Regulation of development) . [Amended by 1975 c.767 §14]

Source: Section 227.280 — Enforcement of development legislation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.630 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.630
223.630 Joinder of parties in interest as defendants
Status: in_force

In any suit authorized by ORS 223.610 (Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity) , the record owner and all persons and corporations claiming some right, title, lien or interest in and to any lot involved in the suit, and also all other parties or persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described therein or any part thereof, may be joined as party defendants.

Source: Section 223.630 — Joinder of parties in interest as defendants , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.313 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.313
223.313 Applicability of ORS 223.297 to 223.316
Status: in_force

(1) ORS 223.297 (Policy) to 223.316 (Local governments required to make system development charge information public) shall apply only to system development charges in effect on or after July 1, 1991.

(2) The provisions of ORS 223.297 (Policy) to 223.316 (Local governments required to make system development charge information public) shall not be applicable if they are construed to impair bond obligations for which system development charges have been pledged or to impair the ability of local governments to issue new bonds or other financing as provided by law for improvements allowed under ORS 223.297 (Policy) to 223.316 (Local governments required to make system development charge information public) . [1989 c.449 §8; 1991 c.902 §32; 2003 c.802 §25]

Note: See note under 223.297 (Policy) .

Source: Section 223.313 — Applicability of ORS 223.297 to 223.316 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.040 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.040
221.040 Hearing on petition to incorporate
Status: in_force

(1) When a petition for incorporation described in ORS 221.031 (Petition to incorporate) is signed by 20 percent or, in a county with a population over 300,000, by 10 percent, of the electors registered in the area proposed to be incorporated, the petition shall be filed with the county court of the county in which the proposed petition was filed under ORS 221.031 (Petition to incorporate) . A petition shall not be accepted for filing unless all the signatures on the petition were obtained within the six-month period immediately following the date on which the petitions were filed under ORS 221.031 (Petition to incorporate) . Upon the filing of the petition, the county court shall fix the time and place for the hearing of such petition and shall give notice thereof by publication once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed and of general circulation within the boundaries, and by posting the notice for the same period of time in three public places in the area proposed to be incorporated. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing, describe the boundaries set forth in the petition and state the purpose of the petition. If any portion of the proposed incorporation of a city lies within another county or counties, then the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties and in the same time and manner.

(2) At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place at which the hearing may be continued or postponed, any person interested may appear and present oral or written objections to the granting of the petition, the forming of the proposed incorporated city or the estimated rate of taxation set forth in the petition. The court may alter the boundaries as set forth in the petition to include all territory which may be benefited by being included within the boundaries of the proposed incorporated city, but shall not modify boundaries so as to exclude any land which would be benefited by the formation of the proposed city. No land shall be included in the proposed city which will not, in the judgment of the court, be benefited. If the court determines that any land has been improperly omitted from the proposed city and the owner has not appeared at the hearing, it shall continue the hearing and shall order notice given to the nonappearing owner requiring the owner to appear before it and show cause, if any the owner has, why the owner’s land should not be included in the proposed city. The notice shall be given by publication and posting in the same manner as the original notice for hearing and for the same period. For the purposes of this subsection, “owner” means the legal owner of record except that if there is a vendee under a duly recorded contract, the vendee shall be deemed to be the owner.

(3) Upon the final hearing of the petition, the court, if it approves the petition as originally presented or in an altered form, shall provide by order for the holding of an election relating to the incorporation of the proposed city. The order calling the election shall fix the date of the election on the date of the next primary election or general election that is not sooner than the 90th day after the date of the order. The order shall contain:

(a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed city as determined by the court. The description shall be a metes and bounds or legal description prepared by the county surveyor or county assessor. The description prepared under this paragraph shall accurately describe the exterior boundaries of the proposed city as indicated on the map filed under ORS 221.031 (Petition to incorporate) (3) unless those boundaries were altered by the county court, in which case the description shall accurately describe the boundaries as altered;

(b) A provision requiring the county official in charge of elections to include on the ballot for the election a description of the boundaries of the proposed city using streets and other generally recognized features and a statement of the proposed permanent rate limit for operating taxes included in the petition for incorporation of the proposed city as required by ORS 221.031 (Petition to incorporate) , which statement shall comply with the requirements of ORS 250.035 (Form of ballot titles for state and local measures) ; and

(c) The date on which the election will be held in the proposed city. [Amended by 1953 c.593 §3; 1979 c.316 §9; 1981 c.890 §7; 1983 c.83 §18; 1983 c.350 §17; 1989 c.92 §30; 1995 c.712 §90; 1997 c.541 §353; 1999 c.21 §3; 2007 c.669 §5]

Source: Section 221.040 — Hearing on petition to incorporate; order fixing date of election on approved petition , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.180 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.180
227.180 Review of action on permit application
Status: in_force

(1) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) A party aggrieved by the action of a hearings officer may appeal the action to the planning commission or council of the city, or both, however the council prescribes. The appellate authority on its own motion may review the action. The procedure for such an appeal or review shall be prescribed by the council, but shall:

(A) Not require that the appeal be filed within less than seven days after the date the governing body mails or delivers the decision of the hearings officer to the parties;

(B) Require a hearing at least for argument; and

(C) Require that upon appeal or review the appellate authority consider the record of the hearings officer’s action. That record need not set forth evidence verbatim.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, the council may provide that the decision of a hearings officer or other decision-making authority in a proceeding for a discretionary permit or zone change is the final determination of the city.

(c) The governing body may prescribe, by ordinance or regulation, fees to defray the costs incurred in acting upon an appeal from a hearings officer, planning commission or other designated person. The amount of the fee shall be reasonable and shall be no more than the average cost of such appeals or the actual cost of the appeal, excluding the cost of preparation of a written transcript. The governing body may establish a fee for the preparation of a written transcript. The fee shall be reasonable and shall not exceed the actual cost of preparing the transcript up to $500. In lieu of a transcript prepared by the governing body and the fee therefor, the governing body shall allow any party to an appeal proceeding held on the record to prepare a transcript of relevant portions of the proceedings conducted at a lower level at the party’s own expense. If an appellant prevails at a hearing or on appeal, the transcript fee shall be refunded.

(2) A party aggrieved by the final determination in a proceeding for a discretionary permit or zone change may have the determination reviewed under ORS 197.830 (Review procedures) to 197.845 (Stay of decision being reviewed) .

(3) No decision or action of a planning commission or city governing body shall be invalid due to ex parte contact or bias resulting from ex parte contact with a member of the decision-making body, if the member of the decision-making body receiving the contact:

(a) Places on the record the substance of any written or oral ex parte communications concerning the decision or action; and

(b) Has a public announcement of the content of the communication and of the parties’ right to rebut the substance of the communication made at the first hearing following the communication where action will be considered or taken on the subject to which the communication related.

(4) A communication between city staff and the planning commission or governing body shall not be considered an ex parte contact for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section.

(5) Subsection (3) of this section does not apply to ex parte contact with a hearings officer. [1973 c.739 §§11,12; 1975 c.767 §9; 1979 c.772 §12; 1981 c.748 §43; 1983 c.656 §2; 1983 c.827 §25; 1991 c.817 §12]

Source: Section 227.180 — Review of action on permit application; fees , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.620 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.620
223.620 Laws applicable to foreclosure proceedings
Status: in_force

Suits authorized by ORS 223.610 (Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity) shall be governed by ORS 88.010 (Foreclosure of lien by suit) to 88.100 (Payment of amount due before foreclosure sale) and 93.760 (Recordability of documents, orders and decrees of the United States District Court) and by all other laws relating to suits in equity insofar as applicable, except as otherwise provided in ORS 223.610 (Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity) to 223.650 (Redemption) . [Amended by 1987 c.586 §48a]

Source: Section 223.620 — Laws applicable to foreclosure proceedings , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.420 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.420
221.420 Municipal regulation of public utilities
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Public utility” has the meaning for that term provided in ORS 757.005 (Definition of public utility) .

(b) “Commission” means the Public Utility Commission of Oregon.

(c) “Council” means the common council, city council, commission or any other governing body of any municipality wherein the property of the public utility is located.

(d) “Municipality” means any town, city or other municipal government wherein property of the public utility is located.

(e) “Service” is used in its broadest and most inclusive sense and includes equipment and facilities.

(f) “Heating company” means any person furnishing heat but not electricity or natural gas to its customers.

(2) Subject to ORS 758.025 (Relocation of utilities in highway right of way) , a city may:

(a) Determine by contract or prescribe by ordinance or otherwise, the terms and conditions, including payment of charges and fees, upon which any public utility, electric cooperative, people’s utility district or heating company, or Oregon Community Power, may be permitted to occupy the streets, highways or other public property within such city and exclude or eject any public utility or heating company therefrom.

(b) Require any public utility, by ordinance or otherwise, to make such modifications, additions and extensions to its physical equipment, facilities or plant or service within such city as shall be reasonable or necessary in the interest of the public, and designate the location and nature of all additions and extensions, the time within which they must be completed, and all conditions under which they must be constructed.

(c) Fix by contract, prescribe by ordinance, or in any other lawful manner, the rates, charges or tolls to be paid to, or that may be collected by, any public utility or the quality and character of each kind of product or service to be furnished or rendered by any public utility furnishing any product or service within such city. No schedule of rates, charges or tolls, fixed in the manner provided in this paragraph, shall be so fixed for a longer period than five years. Whenever it is proposed by any city to enter into any contract, or to enact any ordinance, or other municipal law or regulation concerning the matters specified in this paragraph, a copy of such proposed contract, ordinance or other municipal law or resolution shall be filed with the Public Utility Commission of Oregon before the same may be lawfully signed or enacted, as the case may be, and the commission shall thereafter have 90 days within which to examine into the terms thereof. If the commission is of the opinion that in any respect the provisions of the proposed contract, ordinance or other municipal law or resolution are not in the public interest, the commission shall file, in writing, with the clerk or other officer who has the custody of the files and records of the city, the commission’s reasons therefor. If the objections are filed within said period of 90 days, no proposed contract, ordinance or other municipal law or regulation shall be valid or go into effect until it has been submitted to or ratified by the vote of the electors of the city. Unless and until a city exercises its powers as provided in this paragraph, the commission is vested with all powers with respect to the matters specified in this paragraph. If the schedule of rates, charges and tolls or the quality and character of each kind of product or service is fixed by contract, ordinance or other municipal law or regulation and in the manner provided in this paragraph, the commission has no power or jurisdiction to interfere with, modify or change it during the period fixed thereby. Upon the expiration of said period such powers shall again be vested in the commission, to be exercised by the commission unless and until a new schedule of rates or the quality and character for such service or product is fixed or prescribed by contract, ordinance or other municipal law or regulation in the manner provided in this paragraph.

(d) Provide for a penalty for noncompliance with the provisions of any charter provision, ordinance or resolution adopted by the city in furtherance of the powers specified in this subsection. [Amended by 1971 c.655 §245; 1987 c.245 §2; 1987 c.628 §1; 1989 c.5 §1; 1989 c.999 §6; 1999 c.1093 §6; 2007 c.807 §40; 2009 c.444 §3]

Source: Section 221.420 — Municipal regulation of public utilities , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.015 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.015
223.015 Manner of appropriation or condemnation
Status: in_force

After selection of such rights and property under ORS 223.010 (Right of city to enter upon, survey, examine and select property to be appropriated or condemned) in such manner as the council provides, the city seeking to make the appropriation may proceed in the manner prescribed by the statutes for the appropriation of land for corporate purposes, and not otherwise, unless otherwise provided by law, to have such property appropriated and the compensation therefor determined and paid. However, the compensation for such condemnation by a city shall be paid by a deposit in the court of an order drawn upon the city treasurer for the amount of compensation.

Source: Section 223.015 — Manner of appropriation or condemnation; compensation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.160 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.160
225.160 Alternate condemnation proceeding
Status: in_force

In lieu of proceeding under ORS 225.140 (Condemnation of private property for telephone system) , a city may elect to proceed with condemnation in the manner provided by law for condemnation of land for highway or other purposes by this state.

Source: Section 225.160 — Alternate condemnation proceeding , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.640 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.640
226.640 Issuance of permit to restore, maintain and preserve abandoned cemetery
Status: in_force

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department may issue a permit to an entity to restore, maintain and preserve an abandoned cemetery.

(2) An entity issued a permit under subsections (1) to (5) of this section may:

(a) Restore, maintain and preserve the grounds of the abandoned cemetery;

(b) Take custody, for the time during which the entity holds a valid permit, of documents relating to the abandoned cemetery for the purpose of restoration and preservation of those documents; and

(c) Establish a fund to collect donations for the restoration, maintenance and preservation of the abandoned cemetery.

(3) A permit issued under subsections (1) to (5) of this section does not authorize the permit holder to inter remains in the abandoned cemetery.

(4) An entity that holds a permit issued under subsections (1) to (5) of this section is not liable:

(a) For reasonable alterations made during restoration to memorials, roadways, walkways, plantings or other details or features of the abandoned cemetery.

(b) To a person who claims burial rights, ancestral ownership or an unrecorded claim to the abandoned cemetery.

(c) In contract or tort for personal injury, death or property damage that arises out of the use of the abandoned cemetery if the principal purpose for the use is for maintenance or visitation of the abandoned cemetery, or for similar activities. This paragraph does not limit the liability of an entity for intentional injury or damage.

(5) The department shall revoke a permit issued under subsections (1) to (5) of this section if the entity dissolves or otherwise ceases to exist.

(6) The department may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of subsections (1) to (5) of this section, including but not limited to:

(a) Establishment of a permit application and issuance process;

(b) Criteria to determine whether an entity is qualified to restore, maintain and preserve an abandoned cemetery;

(c) A process through which the department may communicate with a municipal corporation regarding a permit issued to restore, maintain and preserve an abandoned cemetery located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation;

(d) A method to determine whether an entity is dissolved or otherwise ceases to exist; and

(e) Other rules necessary to carry out the provisions of subsections (1) to (5) of this section. [2017 c.160 §§2,3]

Source: Section 226.640 — Issuance of permit to restore, maintain and preserve abandoned cemetery; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.112 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.112
223.112 Definitions for ORS 223.112 to 223.132
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 223.112 (Definitions for ORS 223.112 to 223.132) to 223.132 (Formation of economic improvement districts as additional power of cities) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Council” means the city council or other controlling body of a city.

(2) “Economic improvement” means:

(a) The planning or management of development or improvement activities.

(b) Landscaping or other maintenance of public areas.

(c) Promotion of commercial activity or public events.

(d) Activities in support of business recruitment and development.

(e) Improvements in parking systems or parking enforcement.

(f) Any other economic improvement activity for which an assessment may be made on property specially benefited thereby. [1985 c.576 §1; 1991 c.902 §4]

Source: Section 223.112 — Definitions for ORS 223.112 to 223.132 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.725 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.725
223.725 Issuance and sale of bonds
Status: in_force

Each local government may, by ordinance or resolution of its governing body from time to time, issue and sell pursuant to rebonding applications, bonds of the tenor of those designated in ORS 223.235 (Issuance of bonds) , in an amount not exceeding the total amount of such applications. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §81; 2003 c.802 §55]

Source: Section 223.725 — Issuance and sale of bonds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.286 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.286
227.286 Regulations applicable to public property
Status: in_force

City ordinances regulating the location, construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, use and occupancy of land and buildings and other structures shall apply to publicly owned property, except as the ordinances prescribe to the contrary. [1969 c.460 §3 (enacted in lieu of 227.285); 1975 c.767 §12]

Source: Section 227.286 — Regulations applicable to public property , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.590 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.590
226.590 Service of summons
Status: in_force

The summons in the action shall be served on all named defendants who, by diligent search, can be found, in a like manner as service of summons in a civil action. Service of summons on named defendants who cannot be found may be made by publication as provided in ORCP 7. Service of summons on the defendants included in the complaint as “all other persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest” may be made by publication. The manner of making publication in the case of those defendants designated as “all other persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest” shall be the same as provided in the order for publication of summons in the case of named defendants, except that no order shall be required. [1953 c.298 §9; 1979 c.284 §125]

Source: Section 226.590 — Service of summons , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.070 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.070
225.070 Use of surplus city waters for federal military purposes
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city may contract with and permit the United States of America to use for military purposes within or without the boundaries of such city the surplus waters thereof and such use shall be deemed to be for municipal purposes.

Source: Section 225.070 — Use of surplus city waters for federal military purposes , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.395 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.395
223.395 Deficit assessments or refunds when initial assessment based on estimated cost
Status: in_force

If the initial assessment has been made on the basis of estimated cost, and upon the completion of the work the cost is found to be greater than the estimated cost, the governing body may make a deficit assessment for the additional cost. Proposed assessments upon the respective lots within the assessment district for the proportionate share of the deficit shall be made; and notices shall be sent; opportunity for objections shall be given; such objections shall be considered; and determination of the assessment against each particular lot, block or parcel of land shall be made as in the case of the initial assessment; and the deficit assessment spread by ordinance. If assessments have been made on the basis of estimated cost, and upon completion the cost is found to be less than the estimated cost, provision shall be made for refund of the excess or overplus. [1959 c.219 §5; 1991 c.902 §40]

Source: Section 223.395 — Deficit assessments or refunds when initial assessment based on estimated cost , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.610 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.610
223.610 Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity
Status: in_force

In addition to methods now provided by law, charters, ordinances or acts of incorporation for the foreclosure or collection of liens, any local government may foreclose any lien lawfully levied or assessed by it, by suit in equity in the circuit court of the county in which the local government is located. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §71; 2003 c.802 §46]

Source: Section 223.610 — Foreclosure of certain liens by suits in equity , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.720 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.720
221.720 Situs of cities
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of the administration of all laws relating to incorporated cities, other than ORS 221.090 (Terms of office of first city council) , every city shall be deemed to have its legal situs in the county in which the seat of the city government is situated.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law the jurisdiction and application of government of cities shall be coextensive with the exterior boundaries of such cities, regardless of county lines.

Source: Section 221.720 — Situs of cities; jurisdiction of cities coextensive with boundaries , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.480 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.480
225.480 City liability
Status: in_force

(1) In carrying out the powers granted in ORS 225.470 (Authority of city to acquire interest in power facilities) , a city of this state shall be liable only for its own acts with regard to the planning, financing, construction, acquisition, operation, ownership or maintenance of common facilities. No moneys or other contributions supplied by a city of this state for the planning, financing, construction, acquisition, operation or maintenance of common facilities shall be credited or applied otherwise to the account of any other participant in the common facilities.

(2) A city shall not exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire a then existing thermal power plant or any part thereof. [1967 c.603 §5]

Source: Section 225.480 — City liability; application of moneys; use of eminent domain prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.036 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.036
221.036 Inclusion of area within urban growth boundary in incorporation of rural unincorporated community
Status: in_force

For an area that includes a rural unincorporated community, as defined in ORS 221.034 (Incorporation of rural unincorporated community and contiguous lands) , if a notice of intent to prepare an economic feasibility statement is filed under ORS 221.035 (Economic feasibility statement) (1) or a petition for incorporation is filed under ORS 221.031 (Petition to incorporate) (1) before all or a part of the rural unincorporated community is included in the acknowledged urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268, the incorporation may continue under the statutory requirements that apply to the incorporation of a rural unincorporated community under ORS 221.034 (Incorporation of rural unincorporated community and contiguous lands) . However, the area proposed to be incorporated may include any lands that are included in the acknowledged urban growth boundary. [2001 c.557 §5]

Source: Section 221.036 — Inclusion of area within urban growth boundary in incorporation of rural unincorporated community , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.380 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.380
224.380 Limitations on authority of State Treasurer to purchase bonds
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer may purchase sewerage bonds from a municipality or sanitary district at private sale if the municipality or district does not receive any bids for the bonds, or if bids received therefor are unsatisfactory. General obligation sewer bonds or sewerage system bonds, other than those issued pursuant to applications to pay assessments in installments, may be purchased by the State Treasurer under the provisions of ORS 224.310 (Definitions for ORS 224.310 to 224.420) to 224.420 (Duty of local treasurer to keep funds separate and withhold bond payments) only if the revenues of the sewerage system of the issuing municipality or district, or both, after the payment of operation and maintenance expenses, are pledged wholly to the payment of the principal of and the interest upon the said bonds, and the municipality and the sanitary district, if any, served by the sewerage system of a municipality covenant to levy ad valorem taxes upon all of the taxable property within their corporate limits to meet deficiencies in such revenues for such purposes, and only if the combined indebtedness for all public purposes, other than state or federal, within the boundaries of the municipality, including the proposed sewerage system indebtedness, but excluding obligations issued for other utilities that are self-supporting or self-liquidating or are approximately so, does not exceed 12-1/2 percent of the real market value of all property that is by law assessable for state and county purposes within the limits of the municipality. Notwithstanding that such revenues may have been pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest upon a particular issue of general obligation bonds owned by the state, the same revenues, with the approval of the State Treasurer, may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest on additional issues of such bonds purchased by the state from the municipality or district. The additional issues shall be on a parity with previous issues as to the pledge of such revenues for such purposes. Municipalities may provide that receipts from the payment of assessments levied under authority of chapter 593, Oregon Laws 1955, and the interest thereon shall be applied to payment of the principal of and the interest upon their general sewerage system bonds issued under authority of chapter 593, Oregon Laws 1955, rather than issue Bancroft or assessment bonds pursuant to such assessments. In order to complete the financing of a sewerage system, the State Treasurer may purchase issues of general obligation sewerage system bonds of municipalities or sanitary districts, payable only from ad valorem property taxes, provided the issues do not exceed the debt limits specified in this section. If, in addition to the net revenues of the sewerage system of the issuing municipality, the net revenues of the municipality-owned water system of the municipality that may become available in not more than five years from the issue date of the sewerage system bonds also are pledged to the said bonds, and the municipality further covenants to levy ad valorem taxes upon all the taxable property within its corporate limits to meet deficiencies in sewerage system and water system revenues for such purposes, the sewerage system bonds of the municipality may be purchased by the State Treasurer, provided the combined indebtedness for all purposes within the boundaries of the municipality, including the proposed sewerage system indebtedness, but excluding obligations issued for other utilities that are self-supporting or self-liquidating or are approximately so, does not exceed 15-3/8 percent of the real market value of the property within the limits of the municipality. This limitation shall include the ratios of indebtedness to real market value of other subdivisions that overlap the municipality to an extent of more that 12-1/2 percent of the real market value of all the taxable property of the municipality. [Amended by 1953 c.287 §9; 1955 c.593 §4; 1967 c.293 §26; 1991 c.459 §353]

Source: Section 224.380 — Limitations on authority of State Treasurer to purchase bonds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.095 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.095
227.095 Definitions for ORS 227.100 and 227.110
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 227.100 (Submission of plats for subdivisions and plans for street alterations and public buildings to commission) and 227.110 (City approval prior to recording of subdivision plats and plats or deeds dedicating land to public use within six miles of city) , “subdivision” and “plat” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 92.010 (Definitions for ORS 92.010 to 92.192) . [1955 c.756 §28]

Source: Section 227.095 — Definitions for ORS 227.100 and 227.110 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.435 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.435
223.435 Personal notice to each owner
Status: in_force

The recorder shall, within five days after the date of first publication of the notice, mail or personally deliver to the owner of each lot affected by the proposed reassessment, or to the agent of such owner, a notice of the proposed reassessment, stating the matters set out in the printed notice and also the amount proposed to be charged against the lot. If the address of the owner or of the owner’s agent is unknown to the recorder, the recorder shall mail the notice addressed to the owner or owner’s agent at the address where such property is located. Any mistake, error, omission or failure with respect to such mailing shall not be jurisdictional or invalidate the reassessment proceedings. The owners of any property included in the description of the printed notice, or any person having an interest in that property, may, within 10 days from the day of last insertion of the printed notice, file in writing with the recorder objections against the proposed reassessment. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §48]

Source: Section 223.435 — Personal notice to each owner; right to file objections , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.351 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.351
221.351 Liens based on municipal court judgment
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the requirements of ORS 221.344 (Registration of municipal court) , a lien on real property of a judgment debtor may be acquired under a judgment docketed in a municipal court in the manner provided in this section. A lien on real property of a judgment debtor may be acquired under the provisions of this section only if:

(a) The judgment when docketed in the municipal court exceeds $3,000; or

(b) Two or more judgments against the same debtor are docketed in a municipal court in favor of a single judgment creditor and the total amount owing to the judgment creditor, determined by adding the amount of each individual judgment as of the date the judgment is docketed, is greater than $3,000.

(2) After a judgment is docketed in a municipal court, a certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract for the judgment may be recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record for the county that contains the municipal court that rendered the judgment. The judgment must be in an amount in excess of $3,000 as required by subsection (1) of this section, or be in excess of $3,000 when added to one or more other judgments in favor of a single judgment creditor as provided in subsection (1) of this section. The certified copy or lien record abstract may be recorded by the judgment creditor or by the agent of the judgment creditor at any time after the judgment is rendered and before the judgment expires under ORS 18.194 (Expiration and extension of judgment remedies for justice and municipal court judgments) or is fully satisfied. From the time the judgment is recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record, the judgment is a lien upon the real property of the defendant in the county.

(3) A certified copy of a docketed municipal court judgment or a lien record abstract for the judgment may be recorded in any County Clerk Lien Record. The judgment must be in an amount in excess of $3,000 as required by subsection (1) of this section, or be in excess of $3,000 when added to one or more other judgments in favor of a single judgment creditor as provided in subsection (1) of this section. A certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract for the judgment need not be recorded in the county that contains the court that rendered the judgment before a certified copy or a lien record abstract is recorded in any other county. If a certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract for the judgment has been recorded in any County Clerk Lien Record, a lien record abstract for the judgment in the form provided by ORS 18.170 (Form for lien record abstract) may be recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record for any other county. From the time the certified copy or lien record abstract is recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record of another county, the judgment is a lien upon the real property of the defendant in that county.

(4) A certified copy of a certificate of extension filed under ORS 18.194 (Expiration and extension of judgment remedies for justice and municipal court judgments) , or a lien record abstract for the certificate of extension, may be recorded in a County Clerk Lien Record in the same manner as provided for judgments under this section and with like effect. The judgment must meet the requirements of subsection (1) of this section.

(5) The recording of a certified copy of a municipal court judgment or a lien record abstract under this section does not extend the lien of the judgment more than 10 years from the original entry of the judgment in the municipal court.

(6) The fee for recording a certified copy of a municipal court judgment or a lien record abstract under this section shall be as provided in ORS 205.320 (Fees collected by county clerk) .

(7) A municipal court and county clerk may enter into an agreement to allow for electronic recording of judgments and lien record abstracts under this section. [1999 c.788 §9; 2003 c.576 §99]

Source: Section 221.351 — Liens based on municipal court judgment; recording judgment or lien; recording fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.180 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.180
221.180 Procedure for nomination of candidates for city offices
Status: in_force

(1) This section and ORS chapters 249 and 254 govern the manner of nominating and electing candidates for municipal offices in all cities.

(2) Notwithstanding ORS 249.037 (Time for filing petition or declaration) , if a city does not hold a nominating election for municipal offices, a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy shall be filed not sooner than the 15th day after the date of the primary election and not later than the 70th day before the date of the general election. A candidate who is nominated under this subsection may withdraw candidacy under ORS 249.830 (Procedure for withdrawing nomination) .

(3) All nominating petitions and declarations of candidacy shall be filed with the city elections officer. If the city charter or ordinance provides a manner of filing for nomination, a candidate for any office of that city shall file in that manner. [Amended by 1957 c.608 §226; 1979 c.190 §408; 1983 c.350 §22; 1987 c.267 §67; 1995 c.712 §91]

Source: Section 221.180 — Procedure for nomination of candidates for city offices , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.906 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.906
221.906 Election procedure generally
Status: in_force

All elections in a city organized under sections 1 to 6, pages 119 to 123, Oregon Laws 1893, shall be governed by ORS chapters 246 to 260. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §31]

Source: Section 221.906 — Election procedure generally , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.300 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.300
227.300 Use of eminent domain power to establish setback lines
Status: in_force

The council or other governing body of any incorporated city, under an exercise of the power of eminent domain, may establish or alter building setback lines on private property adjacent to any alley, street, avenue, boulevard, highway, or other public way in such city in cases where the establishment of such setback lines is for street widening purposes, and in cases where the establishment of such setback lines affects buildings or structures existing at the time. The council or other governing body of the city shall pass and put into effect such ordinances as may be needed for the purpose of providing for a notice to and hearing of persons whose property is affected by such establishment. In case of the exercise of the power of eminent domain, provision shall be made for ascertaining and paying just compensation for any damages caused as the result of establishing such setback lines.

Source: Section 227.300 — Use of eminent domain power to establish setback lines , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.420 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.420
226.420 Acquisition of property of cemetery association
Status: in_force

Any incorporated city may acquire, by purchase or gift, any ground or other property belonging to any cemetery association, situate within the corporate limits of the city, for the purpose of owning, controlling or operating such cemetery and the interment of the body of any deceased person therein, or the disinterment and removal to a different cemetery of the body of any person buried therein, or for any other purpose.

Source: Section 226.420 — Acquisition of property of cemetery association , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.916 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.916
221.916 Powers of common council
Status: in_force

(1) The mayor and alderpersons shall compose the common council of any city organized under sections 1 to 6, pages 119 to 123, Oregon Laws 1893. At any regular council meeting, the common council may:

(a) Provide for lighting the streets and furnishing such city and its inhabitants with gas or other lights, and with pure and wholesome water. For such purpose it may construct such water, gas or other works, within or without the city limits, as may be necessary or convenient therefor. It may allow the use of the city streets and alleys to any person, company or corporation who may desire to establish works for supplying the city and inhabitants thereof with such water or lights upon such reasonable terms and conditions as the common council may prescribe.

(b) Permit, allow and regulate the laying down of tracks for streetcars and other railroads upon such streets as the common council may designate, and upon such terms and conditions as the common council may prescribe.

(c) Allow and regulate the erection and maintenance of poles, or poles and wires, for telegraph, telephone, electric light or other purposes, upon or through the streets, alleys or public grounds of such city.

(d) Permit and regulate the use of alleys, streets and public grounds of the city for laying down or repairing gas and water mains, for building and repairing sewers and for erecting gas or other lights.

(e) Preserve the streets, lights, side and crosswalks, bridges and public grounds from injury, prevent the unlawful use of the same and regulate their use.

(f) Fix the maximum rate of wharfage, rates for gas or other lights, rates for carrying passengers on street railways and water rates. No city shall ever deprive itself of the right through its common council of regulating and adjusting any such rates, so that the same shall be reasonable for the service rendered, at least once in any period of two years.

(g) License, tax, regulate, restrain and prohibit barrooms and tippling houses, and all places where spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are sold, or in any manner disposed of contrary to law. No license shall be issued for a lesser sum than that provided by law.

(h) Prevent and suppress gaming and gambling houses, and all games of chance, including lotteries and pool selling.

(i) Prevent and suppress bawdyhouses, lewd and lascivious cohabitation, opium-smoking houses and places occupied or kept therefor.

(j) License, regulate and control any lawful business, trade, occupation, profession or calling, carried on or conducted within the corporate limits of any such city.

(k) Suppress and prohibit anything that is injurious to the public morals, public safety or public health of the inhabitants of any such city. The common council may define, suppress and prohibit nuisances of every kind, including those arising out of the receipt, sale or disposal of intoxicating liquor in violation of law.

(L) Regulate, suppress and prohibit the running at large within the corporate limits of any and all domestic animals, including fowls, and provide for the impoundment and sale, after notice, of such animals.

(m) Exercise any and all police regulations concerning the public morals, public safety, public health and public convenience of the inhabitants of any such city.

(n) Provide for the surveying of blocks and streets of the city and for marking the boundary lines of such blocks and streets, and the establishing of grades of the streets, sidewalks and crosswalks.

(o) Prevent and punish trespass on real and personal property within the corporate limits of such city.

(p) Make bylaws and ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state to carry into effect the provisions of ORS 221.901 (Cities organized under 1893 Act) to 221.928 (Record of ordinances) .

(q) Provide, in addition to such action as may be appropriate to carry into full effect the object to be achieved, for the punishment of persons violating any bylaws or ordinances by fine or imprisonment, or both, and the working of such persons on the city streets or at any other work.

(2) Nothing contained in ORS 221.901 (Cities organized under 1893 Act) to 221.928 (Record of ordinances) shall be so construed as to oust the state courts of jurisdiction to indict or punish persons for offenses against any law of the state committed within the limits of any such city. [Amended by 2003 c.14 §110; 2005 c.22 §165; 2011 c.597 §171]

Source: Section 221.916 — Powers of common council , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.455 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.455
223.455 Right of purchaser at sale under prior assessment
Status: in_force

In cases where a sale was made under the original final assessment or any previous reassessment, with reference to such local improvement, and the property was not redeemed from the sale, the purchaser at the sale is subrogated to the rights of the local government with reference to the property upon such reassessment if the purchaser waives all penalties and interest, except such interest as may be provided for on the reassessment, and delivers up for cancellation any certificate or other evidence of the sale. If a deed was issued at the sale, the grantee therein, or the heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the grantee, shall execute a deed of release and quitclaim of all right, title and interest in the property under such sale to the owner of the property and deliver the deed to the recorder, so that the owner’s title may be cleared of the sale. The recorder shall act as escrow holder of such certificate or other evidence of sale and of such deed pending completion of reassessment. If the reassessment is not completed, the recorder shall return the certificate or other evidence of sale and the deed to the person delivering it to the recorder. If the reassessment is completed, the certificate or other evidence of sale shall be canceled and placed on file in the office of the recorder and the deed shall be delivered to the owner of the property specified therein. If any such purchaser, or the heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of such purchaser fails to comply with this section, that person is not entitled to subrogation. In any event, the amount of subrogation shall not exceed the amount that has been paid to the local government on such sale, together with interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the date of sale until the date of payment. This amount is to be paid by the local government to the purchaser, or the heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the purchaser if and when the local government collects the amount of the reassessment against the property. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §52; 2003 c.802 §34]

Source: Section 223.455 — Right of purchaser at sale under prior assessment , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.111 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.111
222.111 Authority and procedure for annexation
Status: in_force

(1) When a proposal containing the terms of annexation is approved in the manner provided by the charter of the annexing city or by ORS 222.111 (Authority and procedure for annexation) to 222.180 (Effective date of annexation) or 222.840 (Short title) to 222.915 (Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915) , the boundaries of any city may be extended by the annexation of territory that is not within a city and that is contiguous to the city or separated from it only by a public right of way or a stream, bay, lake or other body of water. Such territory may lie either wholly or partially within or without the same county in which the city lies.

(2) A proposal for annexation of territory to a city may be initiated by the legislative body of the city, on its own motion, or by a petition to the legislative body of the city by owners of real property in the territory to be annexed.

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the proposal for annexation may provide that, during each of not more than 10 full fiscal years beginning with the first fiscal year after the annexation takes effect, the rate of taxation for city purposes on property in the annexed territory shall be at a specified ratio of the highest rate of taxation applicable that year for city purposes to other property in the city.

(b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection, a proposal for annexation initiated by the legislative body of a city may provide for a duration of not more than 20 full fiscal years.

(c) The proposal may provide for the ratio to increase from fiscal year to fiscal year according to a schedule of increase specified in the proposal, but in no case may the proposal provide for a rate of taxation for city purposes in the annexed territory that exceeds the highest rate of taxation for city purposes applicable to other property in the city for the current year.

(d) If the annexation takes place pursuant to a proposal providing for taxation at a ratio, the city may not tax property in the annexed territory at a rate other than the ratio that the proposal authorizes for that fiscal year.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of this subsection, during the term of fiscal years provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the ratio shall be 100 percent for property that is sold or transferred to new ownership, beginning with the first property tax year that begins after the sale or transfer.

(4) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) When the territory to be annexed includes a part less than the entire area of a district named in ORS 222.510 (Annexation of entire district) , the proposal for annexation may provide that if annexation of the territory occurs the part of the district annexed into the city is withdrawn from the district as of the effective date of the annexation.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, if the affected district is a district named in ORS 222.465 (Effective date of withdrawal from domestic water supply district, water control district or sanitary district) , the effective date of the withdrawal of territory shall be determined as provided in ORS 222.465 (Effective date of withdrawal from domestic water supply district, water control district or sanitary district) .

(5) The legislative body of the city shall submit, except when not required under ORS 222.120 (Procedure for annexation without election) , 222.170 (Annexation by consent before public hearing or order for election) and 222.840 (Short title) to 222.915 (Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915) to do so, the proposal for annexation to the electors of the territory proposed for annexation and, except when permitted under ORS 222.120 (Procedure for annexation without election) or 222.840 (Short title) to 222.915 (Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915) to dispense with submitting the proposal for annexation to the electors of the city, the legislative body of the city shall submit such proposal to the electors of the city. The proposal for annexation may be voted upon at a general election or at a special election to be held for that purpose.

(6) The proposal for annexation may be voted upon by the electors of the city and of the territory simultaneously or at different times not more than 12 months apart.

(7) Two or more proposals for annexation of territory may be voted upon simultaneously, but in the city, each proposal shall be stated separately on the ballot and voted on separately, and in the territory proposed for annexation, no proposal for annexing other territory may appear on the ballot. [1957 c.613 §2 (enacted in lieu of 222.110); 1959 c.415 §1; 1967 c.624 §13; 1985 c.702 §7; 2019 c.315 §1]

Source: Section 222.111 — Authority and procedure for annexation; specifying tax rate in annexed territory , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.730 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.730
223.730 Application of proceeds from sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under ORS 223.725 (Issuance and sale of bonds) shall be applied as follows:

(1) The amount provided under ORS 223.705 (Rebonding of unpaid assessments) to be rebonded shall be placed to the credit of the improvement bond sinking fund. Thereafter, as soon as practicable and in so far as possible, there shall be called and paid an equivalent amount of the bonds originally issued and so refunded by new applications to pay in installments.

(2) The balance of the proceeds of the sale shall be placed to the credit of the improvement bond interest fund.

Source: Section 223.730 — Application of proceeds from sale of bonds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.389 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.389
223.389 Procedure in making local assessments for local improvements
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a local government may prescribe by ordinance or resolution the procedure to be followed in making estimated assessments and final assessments for benefits from a local improvement upon the lots that have been benefited by all or part of the local improvement, to the extent that the charter of the local government does not prescribe the method of procedure. In addition, in any case where the charter of a local government specifies a method of procedure that does not comply or is not consistent with the requirements of the Oregon Constitution, the governing body of the local government may prescribe by ordinance or resolution the procedure that shall comply and be consistent with the requirements of the Oregon Constitution, and the provisions of the ordinance or resolution shall apply in lieu of the charter provisions.

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The ordinance or resolution prescribing the procedure shall provide for adoption or enactment of an ordinance or resolution designating the local improvement as to which an assessment is contemplated, describing the boundaries of the district to be assessed. Provision shall be made for at least 10 days’ notice to owners of property within the proposed district in which the local improvement is contemplated. The notice may be made by posting, by newspaper publication or by mail, or by any combination of such methods. The notice shall specify the time and place where the governing body will hear and consider objections or remonstrances to the proposed local improvement by any parties aggrieved thereby.

(b) If the governing body determines that the local improvement shall be made, when the estimated cost thereof is ascertained on the basis of the contract award or the departmental cost of the local government, the governing body shall determine whether the property benefited shall bear all or a portion of the cost. The recorder or other person designated by the governing body shall prepare the estimated assessment to the respective lots within the assessment district and file it in the appropriate office of the local government. Notice of the estimated assessment shall be mailed or personally delivered to the owner of each lot proposed to be assessed. The notice shall state the amounts of the estimated assessment proposed on that property and shall fix a date by which time objections shall be filed with the recorder. Any objection shall state the grounds for the objection. The governing body shall consider the objections and grounds and may adopt, correct, modify or revise the estimated assessments.

(c) The governing body shall determine the amount of estimated assessment to be charged against each lot within the district, according to the special and peculiar benefits accruing to the lot from the local improvement, and shall by ordinance or resolution spread the estimated assessments. [1959 c.219 §2; 1991 c.902 §37; 2003 c.802 §28]

Source: Section 223.389 — Procedure in making local assessments for local improvements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.740 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.740
223.740 General provisions applicable
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 223.705 (Rebonding of unpaid assessments) to 223.750 (Enactment of rulemaking ordinances) , the provisions of ORS 223.205 (Scope and application) and 223.210 (Right of property owners to apply for installment payment of assessment) to 223.295 (Limit on city indebtedness) or any charter shall apply to the rebonding application, to the form, to the manner of paying the amount entered in the bond lien docket, to the collection of delinquent installments and to issuance, sale and redemption of improvement bonds issued pursuant to ORS 223.725 (Issuance and sale of bonds) .

Source: Section 223.740 — General provisions applicable , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.110 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.110
221.110 City officers
Status: in_force

The officers of a city created under ORS 221.010 (Definitions for ORS 221.020 to 221.100) to 221.100 (Validation of incorporation under prior laws) shall be five councillors, a municipal judge and such other officers as the council deems necessary. Any resident of a city shall be eligible to hold an office of the city. [Amended by 2003 c.14 §101]

Source: Section 221.110 — City officers; eligibility , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.001 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.001
223.001 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 223.112 (Definitions for ORS 223.112 to 223.132) to 223.132 (Formation of economic improvement districts as additional power of cities) , 223.205 (Scope and application) to 223.295 (Limit on city indebtedness) , 223.297 (Policy) to 223.316 (Local governments required to make system development charge information public) , 223.317 (Apportionment of special assessment among parcels in subsequent partition of tract) to 223.327 (Procedure for equitable apportionment by ordinance or regulation) , 223.387 (Description of real property) to 223.399 (Powers of local government concerning assessments for local improvements) , 223.405 (Definitions for ORS 223.405 to 223.485) to 223.485 (When reassessment authority inapplicable) , 223.505 (Definitions for ORS 223.505 to 223.595) to 223.595 (Validation of prior foreclosure proceedings) , 223.605 (Definition for ORS 223.605 to 223.650) to 223.650 (Redemption) , 223.705 (Rebonding of unpaid assessments) to 223.755 (Reinstatement of delinquent bonded assessments authorized) , 223.765 (Bonds accepted as payment for assessment liens) , 223.770 (Assessment of public property benefited by improvements) , 223.775 (Assessment of property of cemetery authority benefited by certain improvements) and 223.805 (Short title of ORS 223.805 to 223.845) to 223.845 (Limitation on operation of parking facilities) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Actual cost” has the meaning given the term under ORS 310.140 (Legislative findings) .

(2) “Capital construction project” means a project for “capital construction,” as defined under ORS 310.140 (Legislative findings) .

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Estimated assessment” means, with respect to each property to be assessed in connection with a local improvement, the total assessment that, at the time of giving notice of the assessment and the right to object or remonstrate, the local government estimates will be levied against the property following completion of the local improvement. The estimate shall be based on the local government’s estimate at that time of the actual costs of the local improvement and the proposed formula for apportioning the actual costs to the property.

(b) “Estimated assessment” shall be determined by:

(A) Excluding from estimated actual costs the estimated financing costs associated with any bonds issued to accommodate the payment of the assessment in installments; and

(B) Including in estimated actual costs the estimated financing costs associated with interim financing of the local improvement.

(4) “Final assessment” means, with respect to each property to be assessed in connection with a local improvement, the total assessment levied against the property following completion of the local improvement. The total assessment shall be based on the actual costs of the local improvement and the formula for apportioning the actual costs to the property.

(5) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Financing” means all costs necessary or attributable to acquiring and preserving interim or permanent financing of a local improvement.

(b) The costs of financing may include the salaries, wages and benefits payable to employees of the local government to the extent the same are reasonably allocable to the work or services performed by the employees in connection with the financing of a local improvement or any part thereof. However, as a condition to inclusion of any salaries, wages or benefits payable to employees of a local government as financing costs of a local improvement or any part thereof, the local government shall establish a record keeping system to track the actual work done or services performed by each employee on or in connection with such local improvement.

(c) Financing costs that are to be incurred after the levy of a final assessment may be included in the final assessment based on the local government’s reasonable estimate of the financing costs if the local government first documents the basis for the estimate and makes the documentation available to interested persons on request.

(6) “Governing body” means the council, commission, board or other controlling body, however designated, in which the legislative powers of a local government are vested.

(7) “Installment application” means an application filed by a property owner to have a final assessment paid in installments over a period of years.

(8) “Local government” means a local government as defined in ORS 174.116 (“Local government” and “local service district” defined) that has authority to undertake the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, betterment or extension of a local improvement.

(9) “Local improvement” has the meaning given the term under ORS 310.140 (Legislative findings) .

(10) “Lot” means a lot, block or parcel of land.

(11) “Owner” means the owner of the title to real property or the contract purchaser of real property of record as shown on the last available complete assessment roll in the office of the county assessor.

(12) “Recorder” means the auditor, recorder, clerk or other person or officer of a local government serving as clerk of the local government or performing the clerical work of the local government, or other official or employee as the governing body of a local government shall designate to act as recorder.

(13) “Structure” has the meaning given the term under ORS 310.140 (Legislative findings) .

(14) “Treasurer” means the elected or appointed official of a local government, however designated, charged by law with the responsibility for acting as custodian of and investment officer for the public moneys of the local government. [1991 c.902 §3; 2003 c.802 §2; 2017 c.283 §3]

APPROPRIATION AND CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY FOR CITY PURPOSES; SPECIAL PROCEDURE

Source: Section 223.001 — Definitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.370 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.370
224.370 Municipality or district not to issue other bonds
Status: in_force

So long as any of the sewerage bonds of the municipality or district are owned by the state, the municipality or district shall not issue other bonds of any character without prior written approval of the State Treasurer. [Amended by 1953 c.287 §9]

Source: Section 224.370 — Municipality or district not to issue other bonds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.350 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.350
227.350 Notice of proposed wetlands development
Status: in_force

(1) After the Department of State Lands has provided the city with a copy of the applicable portions of the Statewide Wetlands Inventory, the city shall provide notice to the department, the applicant and the owner of record, within five working days of the acceptance of any complete application for the following activities that are wholly or partially within areas identified as wetlands on the Statewide Wetlands Inventory:

(a) Subdivisions;

(b) Building permits for new structures;

(c) Other development permits and approvals that allow physical alteration of the land involving excavation and grading, including permits for removal or fill, or both, or development in floodplains and floodways;

(d) Conditional use permits and variances that involve physical alterations to the land or construction of new structures; and

(e) Planned unit development approvals.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply if a permit from the department has been issued for the proposed activity.

(3) Approval of any activity described in subsection (1) of this section shall include one of the following notice statements:

(a) Issuance of a permit under ORS 196.600 (Definitions for ORS 196.600 to 196.655) to 196.921 (Applicability) by the department required for the project before any physical alteration takes place within the wetlands;

(b) Notice from the department that no permit is required; or

(c) Notice from the department that no permit is required until specific proposals to remove, fill or alter the wetlands are submitted.

(4) If the department fails to respond to any notice provided under subsection (1) of this section within 30 days of notice, the city approval may be issued with written notice to the applicant and the owner of record that the proposed action may require state or federal permits.

(5) The city may issue local approval for parcels identified as or including wetlands on the Statewide Wetlands Inventory upon providing to the applicant and the owner of record of the affected parcel a written notice of the possible presence of wetlands and the potential need for state and federal permits and providing the department with a copy of the notification of comprehensive plan map or zoning map amendments for specific properties.

(6) Notice of activities authorized within an approved wetland conservation plan shall be provided to the department within five days following local approval.

(7) Failure by the city to provide notice as required in this section will not invalidate city approval. [1989 c.837 §31; 1991 c.763 §26]

Source: Section 227.350 — Notice of proposed wetlands development; exception; approval by city , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.240 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.240
225.240 Sole authority to set rates
Status: in_force

The officer referred to in ORS 225.220 (Enforcement of statutory requirements) shall be the sole judge of what rates or charges shall be exacted for the electric current furnished for use of street lighting and other public purposes for the city.

Source: Section 225.240 — Sole authority to set rates , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.342 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.342
221.342 Method by which municipal court becomes court of record
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipal court may become a court of record by:

(a) The passage of an ordinance by the governing body of the city in which the court is located; and

(b) The entry of an order by the Supreme Court acknowledging the filing of the declaration required under subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Before a municipal court may become a court of record, the governing body of the city in which the court is located must file a declaration with the Supreme Court that includes:

(a) A statement that the municipal court satisfies the requirements of this section for becoming a court of record;

(b) The address and telephone number of the clerk of the municipal court; and

(c) The date on which the municipal court will commence operations as a court of record.

(3) The Supreme Court may not charge a fee for filing a declaration under subsection (2) of this section. Not later than 30 days after a declaration is filed under subsection (2) of this section, the Supreme Court shall enter an order acknowledging the filing of the declaration and give notice of the order of acknowledgment to the city and the public.

(4) The city shall provide a court reporter or an audio recording device for each municipal court made a court of record under this section.

(5) The appeal from a judgment entered in a municipal court that becomes a court of record under this section shall be as provided in ORS chapter 138 for appeals from judgments of circuit courts.

(6) As a qualification for the office, a municipal judge for any municipal court that becomes a court of record must be a member of the Oregon State Bar. [1999 c.682 §3; 2003 c.687 §7; 2007 c.330 §4]

Source: Section 221.342 — Method by which municipal court becomes court of record , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.147 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.147
223.147 Requirements of business license fee ordinance
Status: in_force

(1) An ordinance adopted under ORS 223.144 (Economic improvement district) , shall provide for enactment of a business license fee ordinance that:

(a) Describes the economic improvement project to be undertaken or constructed.

(b) Contains a preliminary estimate of the probable cost of the economic improvement.

(c) Describes the boundaries of the district in which property will be assessed.

(d) Specifies the number of years, to a maximum of five, in which business license fees for the economic improvement will be imposed.

(e) Contains provision for notices to be mailed or delivered personally to affected persons that announce the intention of the council to construct or undertake the economic improvement project and to impose a business license fee upon persons conducting business within the district for a part or all of the cost. The notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing required under paragraph (f) of this subsection.

(f) Provides for a hearing not sooner than 30 days after the mailing or delivery of notices to affected persons at which the persons may appear to support or object to the proposed improvement and business license fee.

(2) The ordinance shall also:

(a) Provide that if, after the hearing held under subsection (1)(f) of this section, the council determines that the economic improvement shall be made, the council shall determine whether the businesses benefited shall bear all or a portion of the cost and shall determine, based on the actual or estimated cost of the economic improvement, the amount of the business license fee.

(b) Require notice of such proposed business license fee to be mailed or personally delivered to each person conducting business within the proposed economic improvement district, which notice shall state the amount of the business license fee. The notice shall state the time and place of a public hearing at which affected persons may appear to support or object to the proposed business license fee. The hearing shall not be held sooner than 30 days after the mailing or personal delivery of the notices.

(c) Provide that the council shall consider the objections of persons subject to the proposed business license fee and may adopt, correct, modify or revise the proposed business license fee.

(d) Provide that the business license fee will not be imposed and the economic improvement project terminated when written objections are received at the public hearing from more than 33 percent of persons conducting business within the economic improvement district who will be subject to the proposed business license fee. [1991 c.698 §3]

Source: Section 223.147 — Requirements of business license fee ordinance , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.210 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.210
225.210 Compliance with rate statutes
Status: in_force

Each city which owns and operates an electric light and power system or which distributes electric energy for hire, shall charge such rates therefor as meet the requirements of ORS 225.220 (Enforcement of statutory requirements) to 225.300 (Filing for use of unappropriated state waters) .

Source: Section 225.210 — Compliance with rate statutes , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.405 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.405
223.405 Definitions for ORS 223.405 to 223.485
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 223.405 (Definitions for ORS 223.405 to 223.485) to 223.485 (When reassessment authority inapplicable) , unless the context requires otherwise, “objection” includes remonstrances. [Amended by 1965 c.282 §5; 1991 c.902 §42]

Source: Section 223.405 — Definitions for ORS 223.405 to 223.485 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.856 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.856
223.856 Measure imposing assessments
Status: in_force

(1) A measure authorizing assessments under ORS 223.851 (Special assessment for street lighting, street maintenance and street cleaning) to 223.876 (Charter authority not affected) shall specify the services proposed to be financed by the assessments, the maximum amount that may be imposed and the number of years in which assessments will be made.

(2) Each assessment measure shall provide for the operation and maintenance of a single street lighting, street maintenance or street cleaning service. More than one measure may be submitted to the electors at a single election. Assessments for street lighting may include an amount sufficient to pay construction, reconstruction, modification and installation costs as well as operating and maintenance costs.

(3) The measure shall provide that assessments are in lieu of any existing local option tax for the service to be provided. [1983 c.234 §3; 1999 c.21 §4]

Source: Section 223.856 — Measure imposing assessments; contents , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.902 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.902
221.902 City officers
Status: in_force

(1) The mayor, alderpersons, recorder, treasurer, and marshal of a municipal corporation organized under sections 1 to 6, pages 119 to 123, Oregon Laws 1893, shall be elected to two-year terms by the electors of the city. Each term of office commences on the first Monday in January next following the general election and expires on the day immediately preceding the first Monday in January next following the subsequent general election.

(2) The council may appoint an attorney, a superintendent of streets, a civil engineer, a municipal judge and police and other subordinate officers, and fix their compensation. These officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the council. [Amended by 1981 c.173 §8; 1983 c.350 §29; 1999 c.788 §53; 2003 c.14 §105]

Source: Section 221.902 — City officers; elective; appointive; terms , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.175 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.175
222.175 City to provide information on taxes and services when soliciting statements of consent
Status: in_force

If a city solicits statements of consent under ORS 222.170 (Annexation by consent before public hearing or order for election) from electors and owners of land in order to facilitate annexation of unincorporated territory to the city, the city shall, upon request, provide to those electors and owners information on that city’s ad valorem tax levied for its current fiscal year expressed as the rate per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, a description of services the city generally provides its residents and owners of property within the city and such other information as the city considers relevant to the impact of annexation on land within the unincorporated territory within which statements of consent are being solicited. [1985 c.702 §21; 1987 c.737 §6; 1987 c.818 §9]

Note: See note under 222.173 (Time limit for filing statements of consent) .

Source: Section 222.175 — City to provide information on taxes and services when soliciting statements of consent , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.100 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.100
227.100 Submission of plats for subdivisions and plans for street alterations and public buildings to commission
Status: in_force

All subdivision plats located within the city limits, and all plans or plats for vacating or laying out, widening, extending, parking and locating streets or plans for public buildings shall first be submitted to the commission by the city engineer or other proper municipal officer, and a report thereon from the commission secured in writing before approval is given by the proper municipal official. [Amended by 1955 c.756 §26]

Source: Section 227.100 — Submission of plats for subdivisions and plans for street alterations and public buildings to commission; report , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.990 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.990
222.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

Failure to comply with the provisions of ORS 222.010 (Report of city boundary changes) subjects the city to a penalty of $100 which may be recovered by an action in the name of the county in which the city is located.

Source: Section 222.990 — Penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.250 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.250
222.250 Joint convention of governing bodies
Status: in_force

(1) After the charter commission has prepared and adopted a charter, the secretary of the charter commission shall file copies of the charter, certified as correct by the secretary or two or more members of the commission, with the governing bodies of each of the incorporated cities to be included in the proposed city. Within 30 days after the filing the governing bodies of the cities shall meet in joint convention, at the usual place of meeting of the governing body of the city having the largest population as shown by the last federal census, to adopt a ballot title for the question of consolidation and adoption of a city charter and tax base. The ballot title shall comply with the requirements of ORS 250.035 (Form of ballot titles for state and local measures) . The permanent rate limit for operating taxes that is submitted to the electors shall be the permanent rate limit included in the petition for consolidation filed under ORS 222.230 (Form and contents of petition) .

(2) The election shall be held on the date of the next primary election or general election that is not earlier than the 90th day after the filing. The election shall be called and held for the purpose of submitting the following question to the electors of each incorporated city and of each unincorporated area to be included in the proposed city:

(a) Whether an incorporated city shall be created consisting of the largest city proposed to be included therein, of each other incorporated city whose electors vote to create the proposed city, and of each unincorporated area in which the electors vote to create the proposed city;

(b) Whether the charter proposed by the charter commission shall be adopted as the charter for the city; and

(c) Whether the proposed permanent rate limit included in the petition for consolidation filed under ORS 222.230 (Form and contents of petition) shall be adopted as the proposed permanent rate limit of the new city.

(3) If the governing bodies cannot agree at the joint convention upon a date and a ballot title for the election, the county court of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city, by resolution duly adopted by the county court, shall determine a date and adopt a ballot title. The election in that case shall be called by the county court for the purposes provided in the petitions and ORS 222.210 (Authority to consolidate adjoining and nonadjoining cities or territories) to 222.310 (Construction of ORS 222.210 to 222.310) .

(4) The statement summarizing the measure and its major effect in a ballot title for an election under this section shall include a general description of the boundaries of the proposed city. The description shall use streets and other generally recognized features and name the cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. Notwithstanding ORS 250.035 (Form of ballot titles for state and local measures) , the statement summarizing the measure and its major effect shall not exceed 150 words.

(5) Not later than the 61st day before the date of the election, the officer performing the duties of clerk of the joint convention or the county court shall file the ballot title with the county clerk of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. The ballot title may be challenged in the manner provided for county measures in ORS 250.195 (Procedure for elector dissatisfied with ballot title of county measure) . [Amended by 1971 c.761 §5; 1979 c.316 §11; 1983 c.350 §38; 1985 c.565 §34; 1989 c.92 §35; 1995 c.79 §81; 1995 c.534 §11; 1995 c.712 §93; 1997 c.541 §357]

Source: Section 222.250 — Joint convention of governing bodies; election on consolidation, charter and tax rate limit; date; functions of county court; ballot title , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.260 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.260
222.260 Ordinance calling election
Status: in_force

After the date and other election details have been determined, the governing body of each of the cities shall enact an ordinance calling an election as required by this section and ORS 222.250 (Joint convention of governing bodies) for the purposes specified. A copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which any territory included in the proposed consolidation lies. [Amended by 1967 c.283 §2; 1971 c.761 §6; 1983 c.350 §39; 1989 c.92 §36]

Source: Section 222.260 — Ordinance calling election , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.283 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.283
227.283 Regulations applicable to resumption of nonconforming uses
Status: repealed

City land use regulations that allow the resumption of a nonconforming use after its interruption or abandonment may not consider a use interrupted or abandoned during the time that a federal, state or local emergency order limits or prohibits the use or the repair or replacement of the use. [2021 c.25 §2]

Note: Section 4, chapter 25, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:

Sec. 4. Section 2 of this 2021 Act [ 227.283 (Regulations applicable to resumption of nonconforming uses) ] and the amendments to ORS 215.130 (Application of ordinances and comprehensive plan) by section 3 of this 2021 Act apply to uses limited or prohibited by federal, state or local emergency orders issued on or after January 1, 2020. [2021 c.25 §4]

Note: 227.283 (Regulations applicable to resumption of nonconforming uses) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 227 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Note: Sections 5 and 6, chapter 25, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:

Sec. 5. Restoration or replacement of uses lost to 2020 wildfires. Restoration or replacement of a use under ORS 215.130 (Application of ordinances and comprehensive plan) (5) or under city land use regulations that allow the restoration or reestablishment of a nonconforming use, including under section 2 of this 2021 Act [ 227.283 (Regulations applicable to resumption of nonconforming uses) ], must commence no later than September 30, 2025, notwithstanding the time limitation under ORS 215.130 (Application of ordinances and comprehensive plan) (6) or any other local land use regulation if the restoration is for uses that between September 1 and September 30, 2020, were damaged or destroyed by wildfires that were:

(1) The subject of a federal or state major disaster declaration; or

(2) Subject to a Governor’s executive order invocating the Emergency Conflagration Act under ORS 476.510 (Short title) to 476.610 (Payment of claims) . [2021 c.25 §5]

Sec. 6. Section 5 of this 2021 Act is repealed January 2, 2026. [2021 c.25 §6]

Source: Section 227.283 — Regulations applicable to resumption of nonconforming uses , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.500 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.500
227.500 Use of real property for religious activity
Status: in_force

(1) If a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, chapel, meeting house or other nonresidential place of worship is allowed on real property under state law and rules and local zoning ordinances and regulations, a city shall allow the reasonable use of the real property for activities customarily associated with the practices of the religious activity, including:

(a) Worship services.

(b) Religion classes.

(c) Weddings.

(d) Funerals.

(e) Meal programs.

(f) Child care, but not including private or parochial school education for prekindergarten through grade 12 or higher education.

(2) A city may:

(a) Subject real property described in subsection (1) of this section to reasonable regulations, including site review and design review, concerning the physical characteristics of the uses authorized under subsection (1) of this section; or

(b) Prohibit or regulate the use of real property by a place of worship described in subsection (1) of this section if the city finds that the level of service of public facilities, including transportation, water supply, sewer and storm drain systems is not adequate to serve the place of worship described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a city may allow a private or parochial school for prekindergarten through grade 12 or higher education to be sited under applicable state law and rules and local zoning ordinances and regulations. [2001 c.886 §4; 2017 c.745 §8; 2019 c.640 §20; 2021 c.385 §5; 2021 c.446 §5]

Source: Section 227.500 — Use of real property for religious activity; city regulation of real property used for religious activity , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.230 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.230
223.230 Lien docket
Status: in_force

(1) After expiration of the time for filing application under ORS 223.210 (Right of property owners to apply for installment payment of assessment) , the local government shall enter in a docket kept for that purpose, under separate heads for each local improvement, by name or number, a description of each lot or parcel of land or other property against which the final assessment is made, or which bears or is chargeable for a portion of the actual cost of the local improvement, with the name of the owner and the amount of the unpaid final assessment. The entries shall be made as of the date of initial determination and levy of the final assessment.

(2) The docket shall stand thereafter as a lien docket as for ad valorem property taxes assessed and levied in favor of the local government against each lot or parcel of land or other property, until paid, for the following:

(a) For the amounts of the unpaid final assessments therein docketed, with interest on the installments of the final assessments at the rate determined by the governing body of the local government under ORS 223.215 (Contents of application to pay in installments) ; and

(b) For any additional interest or penalties imposed by the local government with respect to any installments of final assessments that are not paid when due.

(3) All unpaid final assessments together with accrued and unpaid interest and penalties are a lien on each lot or parcel of land or other property, respectively, in favor of the local government, and the lien shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances whatsoever.

(4) For a local improvement district assessment lien or system development charge installment payment contract lien to continue, each local government shall make the appropriate lien record, as prescribed by this section and ORS 223.393 (Estimated and final assessments become liens) , available on hard copy or through an online electronic medium. [Amended by 1957 c.103 §6; 1959 c.653 §3; 1969 c.531 §2; 1975 c.642 §2a; 1981 c.94 §10; 1981 c.322 §2; 1991 c.902 §13; 1995 c.709 §2; 1997 c.840 §2; 2003 c.195 §10; 2005 c.46 §1]

Source: Section 223.230 — Lien docket; interest; priority; public access , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.888 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.888
223.888 Authority of city to carry out law
Status: in_force

In the execution of powers conferred by ORS 223.882 (Acquisition of property by city to aid water commerce) to 223.886 (Loans authorized to finance improvements) , a city may act through its council, commission of public docks, or other administrative body having jurisdiction of its wharves, docks or waterfront property. The city or its said administrative body may enter into and execute contracts or leases and do all acts and things requisite for carrying out the purposes of ORS 223.882 (Acquisition of property by city to aid water commerce) to 223.900 (Leasing property to individuals) . [Formerly 223.870]

Source: Section 223.888 — Authority of city to carry out law , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.600 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.600
226.600 Effect of service by publication on persons or parties in interest
Status: in_force

All such persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest in the real property in controversy, so served by publication as in ORS 226.590 (Service of summons) provided, shall have the same rights as provided by law in case of all other defendants upon whom service is made by publication, and the suit shall proceed against such persons in the same manner as against defendants who are named, upon whom service is made by publication, and with like effect; and any such persons or parties who claim any right, title, estate or interest in said real property in controversy, at the time of the commencement of the suit, duly served as aforesaid, shall be found and concluded by the judgment in such suit, and if the same is in favor of the plaintiff therein, as effectually as if the suit was brought against such defendant by his or her name and constructive service obtained. [1953 c.298 §10; 2003 c.576 §401]

Source: Section 226.600 — Effect of service by publication on persons or parties in interest , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.045 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.045
222.045 Written agreement required regarding unfunded PERS liability or surplus when cities split, consolidate or merge
Status: in_force

If a city splits into two or more cities, or two or more cities consolidate or merge, the cities affected by the split, consolidation or merger, including cities created by the split, consolidation or merger, must enter into a written agreement that addresses any unfunded Public Employees Retirement System liabilities or surpluses and deliver a copy of the agreement to the Public Employees Retirement Board as required by ORS 238.235 (Unfunded liability or surplus after employee transfer or employer merger, consolidation or split) . [2003 c.802 §164; 2005 c.808 §23]

Note: 222.045 (Written agreement required regarding unfunded PERS liability or surplus when cities split, consolidate or merge) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 222 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 222.045 — Written agreement required regarding unfunded PERS liability or surplus when cities split, consolidate or merge , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 224.510 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 224 / Section 224.510
224.510 Sewage charge on water users
Status: in_force

(1) Unless prohibited by its charter, a city may impose on the users of water a sewage charge which shall be billed and collected by the city. The proceeds of the sewage charge may be used for paying, in whole or in part, the cost of planning, constructing or operating a sewage disposal system.

(2) The sewage charge shall be established and the rate fixed by the city’s governing body. [1957 c.400 §1]

Source: Section 224.510 — Sewage charge on water users , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors224.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.505 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.505
221.505 Policy
Status: in_force

The Legislative Assembly recognizes that significant changes have occurred in the regulation, technology and marketing of telecommunications carriers as defined in ORS 133.721 (Definitions for ORS 41.910 and 133.721 to 133.739) over the past decade. It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly in adopting the privilege tax authorized by ORS 221.505 (Policy) to 221.515 (Privilege tax on telecommunications carriers) and 759.219 (Certain taxes as operating expense) to respond to these changes by establishing a uniform base for municipal charges for street use by telecommunications carriers. [1989 c.484 §1; 1999 c.1093 §8]

Source: Section 221.505 — Policy , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.450 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.450
223.450 Lien docket entry
Status: in_force

When the reassessment is duly made it shall be entered in the lien docket of the local government. All provisions for bonding and paying by installments shall be applicable, and such liens of the local government shall be enforced and collected in the manner provided for collection of liens for an original local improvement. All sums paid upon the former final assessment or any previous reassessment shall be credited to the property on account of which it was paid and as of the date of payment. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §51; 2003 c.802 §33]

Source: Section 223.450 — Lien docket entry; crediting prior payments , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.180 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.180
222.180 Effective date of annexation
Status: in_force

(1) The annexation shall be complete from the date of filing with the Secretary of State of the annexation records as provided in ORS 222.177 (Transmittal of annexation records to Secretary of State) and 222.900 (City to adopt ordinance) . Thereafter the annexed territory shall be and remain a part of the city to which it is annexed. The date of such filing shall be the effective date of annexation.

(2) For annexation proceedings initiated by a city, the city may specify an effective date that is later than the date specified in subsection (1) of this section. If a later date is specified under this subsection, that effective date shall not be later than 10 years after the date of a proclamation of annexation described in ORS 222.177 (Transmittal of annexation records to Secretary of State) . [Amended by 1961 c.322 §1; 1967 c.624 §15; 1973 c.501 §2; 1981 c.391 §5; 1985 c.702 §12; 1991 c.637 §9]

Source: Section 222.180 — Effective date of annexation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.120 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.120
225.120 Interconnections
Status: in_force

For the purposes of ORS 225.110 (Ownership and operation of telephone system by city within or without city limits) , a city may interconnect by agreement or otherwise with other public or private telephone systems and conduct both a local and long distance telephone business or it may cooperate with the state at any time that the state undertakes to handle the long distance telephone service for its cities, telephone districts or both.

Source: Section 225.120 — Interconnections; cooperation with state , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.525 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.525
223.525 Conduct of foreclosure sale
Status: in_force

(1) Each lawfully established unit of land or tract must be sold separately and for a sum equal to or exceeding the greater of:

(a) The amount of the unpaid final assessment plus interest, penalties and the costs of conducting the sale; or

(b) Seventy-five percent of the total assessed value of the real property, as determined by the assessor of the county in which the land and improvements are located.

(2) If more than one bid equals or exceeds the minimum sum for which real property may be sold under this section, the real property must be sold to the highest bidder.

(3) If none of the bids equals or exceeds the minimum sum for which real property may be sold under this section or the sale is not completed for any other reason, the real property may be offered for sale as provided in ORS 223.560 (Unsold property reoffered) .

(4) If the sum received for the sale of real property under this section exceeds the amount of the unpaid final assessment, plus interest, penalties and the costs of conducting the sale, the treasurer shall apply the proceeds of the sale as follows:

(a) To the costs of conducting the sale.

(b) To the unpaid final assessment or installment secured by the lien and the interest and penalties.

(c) To persons with recorded liens or other interest in the real property in the order of their priority.

(d) To the debtor or the debtor’s heirs or assigns.

(5) A levy is not required upon lawfully established units of land or tracts on the list described in ORS 223.515 (Preparation, transmission and contents of delinquent list) , but a notice of sale must be posted four consecutive weeks before the sale of each lawfully established unit of land or tract. [Amended by 1977 c.403 §3; 1991 c.902 §59; 2012 c.47 §3]

Source: Section 223.525 — Conduct of foreclosure sale , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.118 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.118
223.118 Remonstrance against assessment
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the requirements listed in ORS 223.117 (Requirements of assessment ordinance) (2), an assessment ordinance adopted under ORS 223.114 (Economic improvement) and 223.117 (Requirements of assessment ordinance) may, at the discretion of the council, provide that:

(a) When the council receives written objections at the public hearing only from owners of property upon which less than 33 percent of the total amount of assessments is levied, the economic improvement project may be undertaken or constructed, but that assessments shall not be levied on any lot or parcel of property if the owner of that property submitted written objections at the public hearing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner of property who fails to submit written objections at the public hearing as provided for in the ordinance shall be deemed to have made a specific request for the economic improvement services to be provided during the period of time specified in the assessment ordinance.

(b) The council, after excluding from assessment property belonging to such owners, shall determine the amount of assessment on each of the remaining lots or parcels in the district.

(c) Notice of such proposed assessment be mailed or personally delivered to the owner of each lot to be assessed, which notice shall state the amount of the assessment proposed on the property of the owner receiving the notice.

(2) When assessments are levied against property within an economic improvement district in accordance with an assessment ordinance that contains the provisions described in subsection (1) of this section:

(a) Any new owner of benefited property in the district or any owner of benefited property who excluded the property from assessment by submitting written objections to the council may subsequently agree to the assessment of the owner’s property in the district. The council shall apportion the costs to the property for the remaining time in which assessments will be levied.

(b) The assessed property may not be relieved from liability for that assessment.

(c) If the council considers it necessary to levy assessments upon property in the district for longer than the period of time specified in the assessment ordinance, the council shall enact an ordinance that provides for continued assessments for a specified number of years and grants to property owners in the district the notice and right of remonstrance described in ORS 223.117 (Requirements of assessment ordinance) (2)(b) to (e) and subsection (1)(a) to (c) of this section. [1991 c.773 §2]

Source: Section 223.118 — Remonstrance against assessment; exclusion of property , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.050 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.050
222.050 Certain consolidations and mergers
Status: repealed

(1) This section applies if a consolidation or merger proposes to consolidate or merge two or more cities and at least one of the cities has not previously imposed ad valorem property taxes.

(2) The question of the consolidation or merger that is submitted to the electors of the city that has not previously imposed ad valorem property taxes may also propose a permanent rate limit on operating taxes as described in section 11 (3)(c), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution.

(3) The permanent rate limit proposed under subsection (2) of this section shall be taken into account in determining the permanent rate limit for the city following consolidation or merger as provided in section 11 (3)(d), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution.

(4) The question of the consolidation or merger that is submitted to the electors of the city that has not previously approved operating taxes shall be considered approved by such electors if a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the consolidation or merger and:

(a) At least 50 percent of registered voters eligible to vote in the election cast a ballot; or

(b) The election is held in May or November of any year.

(5) ORS 250.036 (Form of ballot title for measure subject to Article XI, section 11 (8), of Oregon Constitution) applies to a ballot title for an election described in this section.

(6) Notwithstanding that a majority of all electors voting on the question of consolidation or merger approve the consolidation or merger, the consolidation or merger shall not be considered approved if the voting participation requirements in subsection (4) of this section have not been met in the city to which this section applies.

(7) If the city to which this section applies approves the consolidation or merger but the consolidation or merger is not approved by the other electors voting on the question or for some other reason does not occur, no permanent rate limit for operating taxes shall be established for the city as a result of the election. [1997 c.541 §358d; 2010 c.29 §13]

Note: 222.050 (Certain consolidations and mergers) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 222 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Note: Sections 3 and 10, chapter 737, Oregon Laws 1987, provide:

Sec. 3. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when property:

(a) Is property on which no electors reside;

(b) Is zoned for industrial uses;

(c) Has sewer and water lines paid for and installed by the property owner; and

(d) Has an assessed valuation, including improvements, of more than $7 million

that property can only be annexed by or to a city after the city receives a petition requesting annexation from the owner of the property.

(2) Property described in subsection (1) of this section shall not be included with other territory as part of an annexation, or annexed under ORS 222.750 (Annexation of unincorporated territory surrounded by city) , unless the owner of the property consents to the annexation in the form of a petition for annexation.

(3) This section applies to property that, on September 27, 1987, was within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission. [1987 c.737 §3; 1997 c.516 §14]

Sec. 10. Section 3, chapter 737, Oregon Laws 1987, is repealed on June 30, 2035. [1987 c.737 §10; 1989 c.226 §1; 1997 c.226 §1; 2005 c.844 §8]

Note: Sections 7, 8 and 11, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2005, provide:

Sec. 7. Section 8 of this 2005 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 222.111 (Authority and procedure for annexation) to 222.180 (Effective date of annexation) . [2005 c.539 §7]

Sec. 8. (1) A lot, parcel or tract may not be included in territory proposed to be annexed unless the owner of the lot, parcel or tract gives written consent to the annexation, if the lot, parcel or tract:

(a) Is zoned for industrial use or designated for industrial use zoning in an acknowledged comprehensive plan;

(b) Is land on which no electors reside, unless one or more electors living on-site are employed or engaged to provide security services for the industrial user of the land;

(c) Has an assessed value of more than $2 million, including improvements; and

(d) Is in unincorporated Jackson County within the urban unincorporated community of White City, west of Oregon Route 62.

(2) After annexation of a lot, parcel or tract described in subsection (1) of this section, the development rights that apply to the lot, parcel or tract under the industrial zoning classification applicable to the lot, parcel or tract when it is annexed are retained and run with the lot, parcel or tract.

(3) As used in this section, “urban unincorporated community” means an unincorporated community that:

(a) Includes at least 150 permanent residential dwelling units;

(b) Contains a mixture of land uses, including three or more public, commercial or industrial land uses;

(c) Includes areas served by a community sewer system; and

(d) Includes areas served by a community water system. [2005 c.539 §8; 2016 c.121 §4]

Sec. 11. Sections 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2005, are repealed June 30, 2026. [2005 c.539 §11; 2016 c.121 §6]

Note: Sections 5, 6, 7, 9 (2) and 11, chapter 844, Oregon Laws 2005, provide:

Sec. 5. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 195.205 (Annexation by provider) to 195.225 (Boundary commission review) , 199.410 (Policy) to 199.534 (Legislative annexation of territory to cities and districts) , 222.111 (Authority and procedure for annexation) to 222.180 (Effective date of annexation) , 222.750 (Annexation of unincorporated territory surrounded by city) and 222.840 (Short title) to 222.915 (Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915) , property described in subsection (2) or (3) of this section may not be annexed by or to a city unless the city receives consent to the annexation from the owner of the property in the form of a petition for annexation.

(2) Property for which annexation is limited by subsection (1) of this section is property:

(a) That is composed of one or more lots, parcels or tracts that:

(A) Are owned by the same individual or entity, including an affiliate or subsidiary of the entity;

(B) Are contiguous or are separated from each other only by a public right of way, a stream, a bay, a lake or another body of water; and

(C) Together comprise at least 150 acres;

(b) On which no electors reside;

(c) That was zoned for industrial, employment or transit-oriented employment uses on December 31, 2004;

(d) That has private, on-premises security services; and

(e) That has an assessed valuation, including improvements, of more than $12 million.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section applies to a lot, parcel or tract that is owned by the same individual or entity, including an affiliate or a subsidiary of the entity, that owns the property described in subsection (2)(a) of this section if the lot, parcel or tract:

(a) Is within two miles of the property described in subsection (2)(a) of this section; and

(b) Contains 10 or more acres that are contiguous or separated from each other only by a public right of way, a stream, a bay, a lake or another body of water.

(4) A city may not obtain approval of an owner for annexation under this section by requiring or requesting that the owner waive remonstrance or agree to annexation in order to receive utility service or other city services located in the city right of way at the same price the city charges an owner of similar property that is within the city. [2005 c.844 §5]

Sec. 6. An area of land within the urban growth boundary of the metropolitan service district established in the Portland metropolitan area may not be annexed under ORS 222.750 (Annexation of unincorporated territory surrounded by city) if:

(1) The area of land is larger than seven acres and is zoned for industrial use;

(2) The land is owned by an Oregon-based business entity that has been in continuous operation, either directly or through a predecessor, for at least 60 years; and

(3) The business entity employs more than 500 individuals on the land. [2005 c.844 §6]

Sec. 7. An area of land within the urban growth boundary of the metropolitan service district established in the Portland metropolitan area may not be annexed under ORS 222.750 (Annexation of unincorporated territory surrounded by city) if:

(1) The area of land is larger than 14 acres and is zoned for industrial use;

(2) The land is owned by an Oregon-based business entity that has been in continuous operation on a portion of the land for at least 40 years; and

(3) The business entity employs more than 300 individuals on the land. [2005 c.844 §7]

Sec. 9. (2) Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this 2005 Act apply to an annexation of territory approved on or after March 1, 2005, and to an annexation of territory proposed on or after the effective date of this 2005 Act. [2005 c.844 §9(2)]

Sec. 11. (1) Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this 2005 Act are repealed on June 30, 2035.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, unless this section is amended, sections 5 and 6 of this 2005 Act are repealed five years after June 30, 2035. [2005 c.844 §11]

Source: Section 222.050 — Certain consolidations and mergers; additional question concerning taxes authorized; requirements for approval , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.031 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.031
221.031 Petition to incorporate
Status: in_force

(1) Before circulating a petition to incorporate unincorporated territory as a city, the petitioners shall file a petition for incorporation in a form prescribed by rule of the Secretary of State with:

(a) The county clerk of the county in which the proposed city lies; or

(b) If the proposed city lies in more than one county, the county clerk of the county in which the largest part of its territory lies.

(2) The county clerk shall immediately date and time stamp the prospective petition and shall authorize the circulation of the petition when the economic feasibility statement required by ORS 221.035 (Economic feasibility statement) is filed with the county clerk. The county clerk shall retain the prospective petition and economic feasibility statement and shall immediately send two copies of the prospective petition to the appropriate county court.

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) A petition for incorporation filed with the county clerk under subsection (1) of this section shall designate the name and residence address of not more than three persons as chief petitioners, who shall be electors registered within the boundaries of the proposed city.

(b) The petition shall contain the name of the proposed city.

(c) The petition shall include a proposed permanent rate limit for operating taxes that would generate operating tax revenues sufficient to support an adequate level of municipal services. The tax rate limit shall be expressed in dollars per thousand dollars of assessed value. The tax rate limit shall be calculated for the latest tax year for which the assessed value of the proposed city is available.

(d) There shall be attached to the cover sheet of the petition a map indicating the exterior boundaries of the proposed city. The map shall not exceed 14 inches by 17 inches in size and shall be used in lieu of a metes and bounds or legal description of the proposed city.

(e) If the territory proposed to be incorporated is within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, the petition shall be accompanied by the economic feasibility analysis required under ORS 199.476 (When petition for major boundary change required) (1). Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, unless the economic feasibility analysis is approved by the local government boundary commission as provided in ORS 199.522 (Economic feasibility analysis for proposed city) , the county clerk shall not authorize the circulation of the petition.

(f) If the petitioners propose not to extinguish a special district pursuant to ORS 222.510 (Annexation of entire district) (2) or a county service district pursuant to ORS 451.585 (Duty of city when all or part of district incorporated or annexed) (1), the petition shall include a statement of this proposal.

(4) Each sheet of signatures shall be attached to a full and correct copy of the petition for incorporation. Not more than 20 signatures on each sheet of the petition for incorporation shall be counted. The circulator shall certify on each signature sheet that the circulator witnessed the signing of the signature sheet by each individual whose signature appears on the signature sheet and that the circulator believes each individual is an elector registered in the county. If the territory proposed to be incorporated is within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, each signature sheet shall contain a statement that the economic feasibility analysis for the proposed city was approved by the boundary commission, that the analysis is available for inspection at the offices of the boundary commission and that subsequent to the gathering of the petitions the boundary commission must review and finally approve the proposal prior to submission at an election. [1981 c.890 §3 (enacted in lieu of 221.030); 1983 c.83 §17; 1987 c.882 §12; 1989 c.92 §29; 1997 c.541 §351; 1999 c.318 §22; 2005 c.396 §1; 2007 c.669 §3; 2007 c.848 §21; 2010 c.41 §2]

Source: Section 221.031 — Petition to incorporate; filing; form; contents; approval by boundary commission , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.358 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.358
221.358 Audio recording or reporting of municipal court proceedings
Status: in_force

(1) In any proceeding conducted in open court in a municipal court, any party may arrange for audio recording or reporting of the proceeding by stenographic or other means. The court may not prohibit recording or reporting of the proceeding under this section.

(2) A reporter providing stenographic reporting services under this section must be certified in shorthand reporting under ORS 8.415 (Definitions for ORS 8.415 to 8.455) to 8.455 (Advisory committee, membership) or by a nationally recognized certification program. A party arranging for reporting of the proceeding by stenographic means must provide the court with the name of the reporter and an address and telephone number where the reporter may be contacted.

(3) If all parties to the proceeding and the court agree, the audio recording or stenographic or other reporting of the proceeding arranged under this section may be used by the parties during the proceeding.

(4) If all parties to the proceeding and the court agree, the audio recording or stenographic or other reporting of the proceeding arranged under this section is the official record of the proceeding.

(5) Unless other parties agree to pay all or part of the cost of the audio recording or stenographic or other reporting of the proceeding, the party arranging for the recording or reporting must pay all costs of the recording or reporting. [2015 c.623 §11]

Source: Section 221.358 — Audio recording or reporting of municipal court proceedings , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.926 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.926
221.926 Authority to enact ordinances
Status: in_force

Every city organized under sections 1 to 6, pages 119 to 123, Oregon Laws 1893, may pass any and all necessary ordinances for the purpose of carrying into force and effect any provisions of ORS 221.901 (Cities organized under 1893 Act) to 221.928 (Record of ordinances) or any other laws concerning city government.

Source: Section 221.926 — Authority to enact ordinances , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.175 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.175
227.175 Application for permit or zone change
Status: reserved

(1) When required or authorized by a city, an owner of land may apply in writing to the hearings officer, or such other person as the city council designates, for a permit or zone change, upon such forms and in such a manner as the city council prescribes. The governing body shall establish fees charged for processing permits at an amount no more than the actual or average cost of providing that service.

(2) The governing body of the city shall establish a consolidated procedure by which an applicant may apply at one time for all permits or zone changes needed for a development project. The consolidated procedure shall be subject to the time limitations set out in ORS 227.178 (Final action on certain applications required within 120 days) . The consolidated procedure shall be available for use at the option of the applicant no later than the time of the first periodic review of the comprehensive plan and land use regulations.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (10) of this section, the hearings officer shall hold at least one public hearing on the application.

(4) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) A city may not approve an application unless the proposed development of land would be in compliance with the comprehensive plan for the city and other applicable land use regulation or ordinance provisions. The approval may include such conditions as are authorized by ORS 227.215 (Regulation of development) or any city legislation.

(b) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(A) A city may not deny an application for a housing development located within the urban growth boundary if the development complies with clear and objective standards, including clear and objective design standards contained in the city comprehensive plan or land use regulations.

(B) This paragraph does not apply to:

(i) Applications or permits for residential development in areas described in ORS 197A.400 (Clear and objective approval criteria required) (2); or

(ii) Applications or permits reviewed under an alternative approval process adopted under ORS 197A.400 (Clear and objective approval criteria required) (3).

(c) A city may not condition an application for a housing development on a reduction in density if:

(A) The density applied for is at or below the authorized density level under the local land use regulations; and

(B) At least 75 percent of the floor area applied for is reserved for housing.

(d) A city may not condition an application for a housing development on a reduction in height if:

(A) The height applied for is at or below the authorized height level under the local land use regulations;

(B) At least 75 percent of the floor area applied for is reserved for housing; and

(C) Reducing the height has the effect of reducing the authorized density level under local land use regulations.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection, a city may condition an application for a housing development on a reduction in density or height only if the reduction is necessary to resolve a health, safety or habitability issue or to comply with a protective measure adopted pursuant to a statewide land use planning goal. Notwithstanding ORS 197.350 (Burden of persuasion or proof in appeal to board or commission) , the city must adopt findings supported by substantial evidence demonstrating the necessity of the reduction.

(f) As used in this subsection:

(A) “Authorized density level” means the maximum number of lots or dwelling units or the maximum floor area ratio that is permitted under local land use regulations.

(B) “Authorized height level” means the maximum height of a structure that is permitted under local land use regulations.

(C) “Habitability” means being in compliance with the applicable provisions of the state building code under ORS chapter 455 and the rules adopted thereunder.

(5) Hearings under this section may be held only after notice to the applicant and other interested persons and shall otherwise be conducted in conformance with the provisions of ORS 197.797 (Local quasi-judicial land use hearings) .

(6) Notice of a public hearing on a zone use application shall be provided to the owner of an airport, defined by the Oregon Department of Aviation as a “public use airport” if:

(a) The name and address of the airport owner has been provided by the Oregon Department of Aviation to the city planning authority; and

(b) The property subject to the zone use hearing is:

(A) Within 5,000 feet of the side or end of a runway of an airport determined by the Oregon Department of Aviation to be a “visual airport”; or

(B) Within 10,000 feet of the side or end of the runway of an airport determined by the Oregon Department of Aviation to be an “instrument airport.”

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, notice of a zone use hearing need only be provided as set forth in subsection (6) of this section if the permit or zone change would only allow a structure less than 35 feet in height and the property is located outside of the runway “approach surface” as defined by the Oregon Department of Aviation.

(8) If an application would change the zone of property that includes all or part of a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park as defined in ORS 446.003 (Definitions for ORS 446.003 to 446.200 and 446.225 to 446.285) , the governing body shall give written notice by first class mail to each existing mailing address for tenants of the mobile home or manufactured dwelling park at least 20 days but not more than 40 days before the date of the first hearing on the application. The governing body may require an applicant for such a zone change to pay the costs of such notice.

(9) The failure of a tenant or an airport owner to receive a notice which was mailed shall not invalidate any zone change.

(10)(a)(A) The hearings officer or such other person as the governing body designates may approve or deny an application for a permit without a hearing if the hearings officer or other designated person gives notice of the decision and provides an opportunity for any person who is adversely affected or aggrieved, or who is entitled to notice under paragraph (c) of this subsection, to file an appeal.

(B) Written notice of the decision shall be mailed to those persons described in paragraph (c) of this subsection.

(C) Notice under this subsection shall comply with ORS 197.797 (Local quasi-judicial land use hearings) (3)(a), (c), (g) and (h) and shall describe the nature of the decision. In addition, the notice shall state that any person who is adversely affected or aggrieved or who is entitled to written notice under paragraph (c) of this subsection may appeal the decision by filing a written appeal in the manner and within the time period provided in the city’s land use regulations. A city may not establish an appeal period that is less than 12 days from the date the written notice of decision required by this subsection was mailed. The notice shall state that the decision will not become final until the period for filing a local appeal has expired. The notice also shall state that a person who is mailed written notice of the decision cannot appeal the decision directly to the Land Use Board of Appeals under ORS 197.830 (Review procedures) .

(D) An appeal from a hearings officer’s decision made without hearing under this subsection shall be to the planning commission or governing body of the city. An appeal from such other person as the governing body designates shall be to a hearings officer, the planning commission or the governing body. In either case, the appeal shall be to a de novo hearing.

(E) The de novo hearing required by subparagraph (D) of this paragraph shall be the initial evidentiary hearing required under ORS 197.797 (Local quasi-judicial land use hearings) as the basis for an appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals. At the de novo hearing:

(i) The applicant and other parties shall have the same opportunity to present testimony, arguments and evidence as they would have had in a hearing under subsection (3) of this section before the decision;

(ii) The presentation of testimony, arguments and evidence shall not be limited to issues raised in a notice of appeal; and

(iii) The decision maker shall consider all relevant testimony, arguments and evidence that are accepted at the hearing.

(b) If a local government provides only a notice of the opportunity to request a hearing, the local government may charge a fee for the initial hearing. The maximum fee for an initial hearing shall be the cost to the local government of preparing for and conducting the appeal, or $250, whichever is less. If an appellant prevails at the hearing or upon subsequent appeal, the fee for the initial hearing shall be refunded. The fee allowed in this paragraph shall not apply to appeals made by neighborhood or community organizations recognized by the governing body and whose boundaries include the site.

(c) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(A) Notice of a decision under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be provided to the applicant and to the owners of record of property on the most recent property tax assessment roll where such property is located:

(i) Within 100 feet of the property that is the subject of the notice when the subject property is wholly or in part within an urban growth boundary;

(ii) Within 250 feet of the property that is the subject of the notice when the subject property is outside an urban growth boundary and not within a farm or forest zone; or

(iii) Within 750 feet of the property that is the subject of the notice when the subject property is within a farm or forest zone.

(B) Notice shall also be provided to any neighborhood or community organization recognized by the governing body and whose boundaries include the site.

(C) At the discretion of the applicant, the local government also shall provide notice to the Department of Land Conservation and Development.

(11) A decision described in ORS 227.160 (Definitions for ORS 227.160 to 227.186) (2)(b) shall:

(a) Be entered in a registry available to the public setting forth:

(A) The street address or other easily understood geographic reference to the subject property;

(B) The date of the decision; and

(C) A description of the decision made.

(b) Be subject to the jurisdiction of the Land Use Board of Appeals in the same manner as a limited land use decision.

(c) Be subject to the appeal period described in ORS 197.830 (Review procedures) (5)(b).

(12) At the option of the applicant, the local government shall provide notice of the decision described in ORS 227.160 (Definitions for ORS 227.160 to 227.186) (2)(b) in the manner required by ORS 197.797 (Local quasi-judicial land use hearings) (2), in which case an appeal to the board shall be filed within 21 days of the decision. The notice shall include an explanation of appeal rights.

(13) Notwithstanding other requirements of this section, limited land use decisions shall be subject to the requirements set forth in ORS 197.195 (Limited land use decision) and 197.828 (Board review of limited land use decision) . [1973 c.739 §§9,10; 1975 c.767 §8; 1983 c.827 §24; 1985 c.473 §15; 1987 c.106 §3; 1987 c.729 §18; 1989 c.648 §63; 1991 c.612 §21; 1991 c.817 §6; 1995 c.692 §2; 1997 c.844 §5; 1999 c.621 §2; 1999 c.935 §24; 2001 c.397 §2; 2017 c.745 §3; 2019 c.640 §18]

Source: Section 227.175 — Application for permit or zone change; fees; consolidated procedure; hearing; approval criteria; decision without hearing , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.299 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.299
223.299 Definitions for ORS 223.297 to 223.316
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 223.297 (Policy) to 223.316 (Local governments required to make system development charge information public) :

(1) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Capital improvement” means facilities or assets used for the following:

(A) Water supply, treatment and distribution;

(B) Waste water collection, transmission, treatment and disposal;

(C) Drainage and flood control;

(D) Transportation; or

(E) Parks and recreation.

(b) “Capital improvement” does not include costs of the operation or routine maintenance of capital improvements.

(2) “Improvement fee” means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed.

(3) “Reimbursement fee” means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements already constructed, or under construction when the fee is established, for which the local government determines that capacity exists.

(4) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “System development charge” means a reimbursement fee, an improvement fee or a combination thereof assessed or collected at the time of increased usage of a capital improvement or issuance of a development permit, building permit or connection to the capital improvement. “System development charge” includes that portion of a sewer or water system connection charge that is greater than the amount necessary to reimburse the local government for its average cost of inspecting and installing connections with water and sewer facilities.

(b) “System development charge” does not include any fees assessed or collected as part of a local improvement district or a charge in lieu of a local improvement district assessment, or the cost of complying with requirements or conditions imposed upon a land use decision, expedited land division or limited land use decision. [1989 c.449 §2; 1991 c.817 §29; 1991 c.902 §26; 1995 c.595 §28; 2003 c.765 §2a; 2003 c.802 §18]

Note: See note under 223.297 (Policy) .

Source: Section 223.299 — Definitions for ORS 223.297 to 223.316 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 227.455 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 227 / Section 227.455
227.455 Clustered mailboxes in city streets and rights-of-way
Status: in_force

Each city in this state shall adopt standards and specifications for clustered mailboxes within the boundaries of city streets and rights-of-way that conform to the standards and specifications for such mailboxes contained in the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code. [2011 c.488 §2]

Note: 227.455 (Clustered mailboxes in city streets and rights-of-way) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 227 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 227.455 — Clustered mailboxes in city streets and rights-of-way , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors227.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.925 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.925
221.925 Tax deeds
Status: in_force

In making a deed for any real property sold for delinquent taxes, it is not necessary to recite or set forth the proceedings prior to the sale, but it is sufficient, if it substantially appears from such deed that the property was sold by virtue of a warrant from any city referred to in ORS 221.906 (Election procedure generally) , and the date thereof for delinquent taxes, and the amount thereof, together with the date of the sale and the amount paid thereat by the purchaser. The style of the warrant for the collection of delinquent taxes shall be: “In the name of the city (or town) of______.” The warrant must require the marshal to forthwith levy upon sufficient property of the person or persons owing such taxes and sell the same in the manner provided by law, and return the proceeds of such sale to the city treasurer and the warrant to the recorder, with the doings of the marshal indorsed thereon, together with the receipts of the city treasurer for the proceeds of such sale as paid to the treasurer. The warrant shall have the force and effect of an execution against real and personal property, and shall be executed in a like manner, except as otherwise provided by law or this section. Real property when sold for delinquent taxes may be redeemed in like manner as real property is redeemed after sale thereof for county or state taxes, and not otherwise. The deed of the purchaser must express the true consideration thereof, which is the amount paid by the purchaser, and the return of the marshal executing the warrant must specify the amount for which each lot or part thereof is sold, and the name of the purchaser.

Source: Section 221.925 — Tax deeds; tax warrants , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.505 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.505
223.505 Definitions for ORS 223.505 to 223.595
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 223.505 (Definitions for ORS 223.505 to 223.595) to 223.595 (Validation of prior foreclosure proceedings) :

(1) “Lawfully established unit of land” has the meaning given that term in ORS 92.010 (Definitions for ORS 92.010 to 92.192) .

(2) “Tract” has the meaning given that term in ORS 215.010 (Definitions) .

(3) “Treasurer” means the officer designated by charter or ordinance of the local government to collect unpaid liens or final assessments, take all steps necessary to enforce delinquent liens or assessments and to maintain records pertaining to collection proceedings thereon. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §54; 2003 c.802 §36; 2012 c.47 §1]

Source: Section 223.505 — Definitions for ORS 223.505 to 223.595 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.393 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.393
223.393 Estimated and final assessments become liens
Status: in_force

Estimated and final assessments shall become a lien upon the property assessed from and after the passage of the ordinance or resolution spreading the same and entry in appropriate lien record of the local government. The estimated assessment lien shall continue until the time the estimated assessment becomes a final assessment. The local government may enforce collection of such assessments as provided by ORS 223.505 (Definitions for ORS 223.505 to 223.595) to 223.650 (Redemption) . [1959 c.219 §4; 1991 c.902 §39; 2003 c.802 §30]

Source: Section 223.393 — Estimated and final assessments become liens , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 221.380 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.380
221.380 Appeal by city from invalidating order
Status: in_force

From an order declaring a charter or ordinance provision invalid, the city may appeal from the municipal court to the circuit court for the county in which the city has its legal situs and maintains its seat of city government; and, from such order by a circuit court, may appeal to the Court of Appeals, in the same manner as appeals are taken in criminal cases to such courts. Upon the order of the appellate court upon such issue the case shall be remanded with direction. If a city so appeals, pending the appellate decision thereon, the defendant shall be released, with or without bond, for reappearance at the discretion of the trial court, until such time as the case is remanded. [Amended by 1975 c.227 §1; 1985 c.342 §18; 1995 c.658 §94; 1999 c.788 §52]

Source: Section 221.380 — Appeal by city from invalidating order; release of defendant during appeal , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors221.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.815 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.815
223.815 Acquisition of property for parking facilities
Status: in_force

For the purposes of ORS 223.810 (Establishment of motor vehicle parking facilities) , a city may acquire property at or below the surface of the earth, by purchase, condemnation, exchange or other lawful manner. However, a city may not so acquire privately owned property used for public parking unless the facility to be constructed by the city would substantially increase the number of vehicle off-street parking spaces available for public use. The city may use the area below the street surface or the area beneath the surface of a park or other public property. [Amended by 1959 c.653 §8; 1967 c.478 §1]

Source: Section 223.815 — Acquisition of property for parking facilities , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.915 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.915
222.915 Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915
Status: in_force

The provisions of ORS 222.840 (Short title) to 222.915 (Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915) do not apply to proceedings to annex territory to any city if the charter or ordinances of the city conflict with or are inconsistent with ORS 222.840 (Short title) to 222.915 (Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915) . [1967 c.624 §12; 1971 c.673 §5]

Source: Section 222.915 — Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.570 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.570
222.570 Effect on metropolitan sanitary districts
Status: in_force

ORS 222.560 (Procedure for division of installations on withdrawal of part of sanitary district) shall not prevent the formation of metropolitan sanitary districts which may include cities under authority of other laws.

Source: Section 222.570 — Effect on metropolitan sanitary districts , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 225.380 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 225 / Section 225.380
225.380 Application of debt limitations
Status: in_force

The amount of any self-liquidating bonds issued under ORS 225.360 (Approval, issuance, payment of bonds) shall not be within any limitation of indebtedness fixed by law or charter, but shall be in addition to the amount of the bonds within the limitation. However, the aggregate of the bonds, after deducting sinking funds applicable to payment of principal of the bonds, shall not exceed two and one-half percent of the latest real market value of the issuing city. [Amended by 1967 c.293 §27; 1981 c.804 §74; 1991 c.459 §355]

Source: Section 225.380 — Application of debt limitations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors225.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 222.700 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.700
222.700 Effect of merger on pending actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

(1) The merger shall not affect any suits, actions or proceedings pending in any court in which the city surrendering its charter is a party, but all such suits, actions and proceedings shall be defended or prosecuted to termination by the city into which it is merged. All suits, actions and proceedings pending in the municipal court of the city surrendering its charter shall be transferred to the municipal court of the city into which it is merged.

(2) The merger shall not affect any proceedings for the opening, widening or extension of any street or for any street improvement or sewer pending at the time of the election in the merged city, but the proceedings shall be continued and all provisions of the charter and ordinances of the merged city shall remain in effect so far as they may affect any matter set out in this section. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §5; 1999 c.788 §55]

Source: Section 222.700 — Effect of merger on pending actions and proceedings; street work proceedings , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors222.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 226.360 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 226 / Section 226.360
226.360 Application of proceeds from sale of excess land
Status: in_force

The proceeds from resale of any neighboring property taken in excess of what may be necessary for actual construction, opening, widening, extending and laying out of any public square, park or playground as provided in ORS 226.310 (Definition of “city” for ORS 226.320 to 226.400) to 226.390 (Financing of projects by bond issues) shall be deposited in the city treasury and used in payment of interest and as a sinking fund to retire any bond issues authorized under ORS 226.390 (Financing of projects by bond issues) . Any surplus arising from such transaction shall be turned over to and for the use of the park department of the city.

Source: Section 226.360 — Application of proceeds from sale of excess land , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors226.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 223.545 — OR Code / Title 21 / Chapter 223 / Section 223.545
223.545 Purchase by local government in absence of bids
Status: in_force

If no bid is received for the sale of the property, the local government may purchase the property by bidding therefor the amount of the lien or liens and the cost of advertising and sale. The property may be struck off and sold to the local government without actual payment of money. [Amended by 1991 c.902 §63; 2003 c.802 §41]

Source: Section 223.545 — Purchase by local government in absence of bids , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors223.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).