Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/271.725
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ORS 271.725 - Acquisition and creation of conservation or highway scenic preservation easement - 2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Section 271.725
271.005 Defini­tions for ORS 271.005 to 271.540
271.080 Vaca­tion in incorporated cities
271.090 Filing of peti­tion
271.100 Ac­tion by city governing body
271.110 Notice of hear­ing
271.120 Hear­ing
271.130 Vaca­tion on city governing body’s own mo­tion
271.140 Title to vacated areas
271.150 Vaca­tion records to be filed
271.160 Vaca­tions for purposes of rededica­tion
271.170 Nature and opera­tion of statutes
271.180 Vaca­tions in mu­nic­i­pal­i­ties included in port districts
271.190 Consent of owners of adjoining prop­erty
271.200 Peti­tion
271.210 Hear­ing
271.220 Filing of objec­tions
271.230 Records of vaca­tions
271.300 Applica­tion and ad­min­is­tra­­tion of ORS 271.300 to 271.360
271.310 Transfer or lease of real prop­erty owned or controlled by po­lit­i­cal subdivision
271.320 Exchange of trust fund assets
271.330 Relinquishing title of prop­erty not needed for public use
271.335 Relinquishing reversionary interest held by po­lit­i­cal subdivision
271.340 Property valua­tion in exchange to be equal
271.350 Determining valua­tion of prop­erty in exchanges
271.360 Lease require­ments
271.375 Public grazing lands
271.380 Indemnifying po­lit­i­cal subdivision for loss or damage resulting from occupancy of its prop­erty
271.390 Lease or purchase of real estate by public body or council of govern­ments
271.400 Conveyances by po­lit­i­cal subdivision to state
271.405 Transfer of prop­erty by city or town to county for public institu­tions and works
271.410 Use of municipal prop­erty for rodeos, games, racing and exhibi­tions
271.420 City bonds as pay­ment for land sold by city
271.430 Lease of space above or below street or highway
271.440 Agree­ments for loca­tion of transmission lines on prop­erty of po­lit­i­cal subdivision
271.445 Installa­tion of fiber-optic lines on public land and in public right of way
271.510 Defini­tion of "industrial facility" for ORS 271.510 to 271.540
271.520 Declara­tion of legislative purpose
271.530 Powers of counties and cities to acquire and dispose of industrial facilities
271.540 County or city opera­tion of industrial facility
271.600 Use of term "squaw"
271.715 Defini­tions for ORS 271.715 to 271.795
271.725 Acquisi­tion and crea­tion of conserva­tion or highway scenic preserva­tion ease­ment
271.729 Report on effect of conserva­tion or highway scenic preserva­tion ease­ment on prop­erty value
271.745 Validity of conserva­tion or highway scenic preserva­tion ease­ment
271.755 Ac­tion affecting conserva­tion or highway scenic preserva­tion ease­ment
271.765 Applicability
271.775 Rules governing conserva­tion and highway scenic preserva­tion ease­ments
271.785 Taxa­tion of prop­erty subject to highway scenic preserva­tion ease­ment
271.795 Construc­tion of Act
271.725¹
Acquisition and creation of conservation or highway scenic preservation easement
(1) The state, any county, metropolitan service district, soil and water conservation district, city or park and recreation district or a county service district established under ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) to construct, maintain and operate service facilities in Washington or Clackamas Counties for the purposes specified in ORS 451.010 (Facilities and services provided by service districts) (1)(a) and (b) and in Washington County for the purpose specified in ORS 451.010 (Facilities and services provided by service districts) (5) may acquire by purchase, agreement or donation, but not by exercise of the power of eminent domain, unless specifically authorized by law, conservation easements in any area within their respective jurisdictions wherever and to the extent that a state agency or the governing body of the county, metropolitan service district, soil and water conservation district, city, park and recreation district or county service district established under ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) to construct, maintain and operate service facilities in Washington or Clackamas Counties for the purposes specified in ORS 451.010 (Facilities and services provided by service districts) (1)(a) and (b) and in Washington County for the purpose specified in ORS 451.010 (Facilities and services provided by service districts) (5) determines that the acquisition will be in the public interest.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 271.715 (Definitions for ORS 271.715 to 271.795) to 271.795 (Construction of Act), a conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements.
(3) The state, any county, metropolitan service district, soil and water conservation district, city or park and recreation district or a county service district established under ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) to construct, maintain and operate service facilities in Washington or Clackamas Counties for the purposes specified in ORS 451.010 (Facilities and services provided by service districts) (1)(a) and (b) and in Washington County for the purpose specified in ORS 451.010 (Facilities and services provided by service districts) (5) may acquire by purchase, agreement or donation, but not by exercise of the power of eminent domain unless specifically authorized by law, highway scenic preservation easements in land within 100 yards of state, county or city highway rights of way. These easements may be acquired only in lands that possess significant scenic value in themselves and contribute to the overall scenic beauty of the highway.
(4) No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and recordation of the acceptance.
(5) Except as provided in ORS 271.755 (Action affecting conservation or highway scenic preservation easement) (2) a conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement is unlimited in duration unless the instrument creating it otherwise provides.
(6) An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement is created is not impaired by it unless the owner of the interest is a party to or consents to the conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement. [1983 c.642 §2; 1985 c.160 §2; 1997 c.249 §79; 1999 c.208 §2; 2003 c.467 §2; 2005 c.368 §2]
Zoning limita­tions that do not require land to be left in natural state do not constitute taking of conserva­tion ease­ment on prop­erty. Dodd v. Hood River County, 317 Or 172, 855 P2d 608 (1993)
Under Former Similar Statute (Ors 271.720)
34 EL 247 (2004)
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 271—Use and Disposition of Public Lands Generally; Easements, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­ors271.­html (2015) (last ac­cessed Jul. 16, 2016).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2015, Chapter 271, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­ano271.­html (2015) (last ac­cessed Jul. 16, 2016).