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(1) "Governing body" means the board or body in which the general legislative power of a political subdivision is vested.
(2) "Governmental body" means the State of Oregon, a political subdivision, the United States of America or an agency thereof.
(3) "Political subdivision" means any local government unit, including, but not limited to, a county, city, town, port, dock commission or district, that exists under the laws of Oregon and has power to levy and collect taxes. [1981 c.787 §2]
271.100 Action by council. The city governing body may deny the petition after notice to the petitioners of such proposed action, but if there appears to be no reason why the petition should not be allowed in whole or in part, the governing body shall fix a time for a formal hearing upon the petition.
(2) Within five days after the first day of publication of the notice the city recording officer shall cause to be posted at or near each end of the proposed vacation a copy of the notice which shall be headed, "Notice of Street Vacation," "Notice of Plat Vacation" or "Notice of Plat and Street Vacation," as the case may be; the notice shall be posted in at least two conspicuous places in the proposed vacation area. The posting and first day of publication of such notice shall be not less than 14 days before the hearing.
(3) The city recording officer shall, before publishing such notice, obtain from the petitioners a sum sufficient to cover the cost of publication, posting and other anticipated expenses. The city recording officer shall hold the sum so obtained until the actual cost has been ascertained, when the amount of the cost shall be paid into the city treasury and any surplus refunded to the depositor. [Amended by 1991 c.629 §1]
271.130 Vacation on council’s own motion; appeal. (1) The city governing body may initiate vacation proceedings authorized by ORS 271.080 and make such vacation without a petition or consent of property owners. Notice shall be given as provided by ORS 271.110, but such vacation shall not be made before the date set for hearing, nor if the owners of a majority of the area affected, computed on the basis provided in ORS 271.080, object in writing thereto, nor shall any street area be vacated without the consent of the owners of the abutting property if the vacation will substantially affect the market value of such property, unless the city governing body provides for paying damages. Provision for paying such damages may be made by a local assessment, or in such other manner as the city charter may provide.
271.230 Records of vacations; fees. (1) If any town or plat of any city or town is vacated by a county court or municipal authority of any city or town, the vacation order or ordinance shall be recorded in the deed records of the county. Whenever a vacation order or ordinance is so recorded, the county surveyor of such county shall, upon a copy of the plat that is certified by the county clerk, trace or shade with permanent ink in such manner as to denote that portion so vacated, and shall make the notation "Vacated" upon such copy of the plat, giving the book and page of the deed record in which the order or ordinance is recorded. Corrections or changes shall not be allowed on the original plat once it is recorded with the county clerk.
(A) "Qualifying nonprofit corporation" means a corporation that is a public benefit corporation under ORS 65.001 (37) and that has obtained a ruling from the federal Internal Revenue Service providing that the corporation is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
271.390 Lease or purchase of real estate by municipality; financing agreement. (1) As used in this section:
(a) "Municipality" has the meaning given that term in ORS 288.515.
(b) "Real or personal property" means land, improvements to land, structures, fixtures, personal property, including furnishings, equipment and computer software purchases and licenses, and any costs that may be capitalized under generally accepted accounting principles and treated as costs of personal property.
(2) Any municipality may enter into contracts for the leasing, rental or financing of any real or personal property that the governing body determines is needed, including contracts for rental, long term leases under an optional contract for purchase, financing agreements with vendors, financial institutions or others, or for purchase of any property. Leases or contracts made by a municipality shall be made subject to the terms of its charter, if applicable. If authorized by the governing body, such contracts may:
(a) Provide that the obligations of the municipality under the contract shall be secured by a mortgage on or other security interest in the property to be leased, rented, purchased or financed under the contract.
(b) Provide that the obligations of the municipality under the contract shall be payable out of all or any designated portion of the lawfully available revenues of the municipality, which revenues may be pledged to the payment of those obligations.
(c) If authorized by the charter of the municipality, contain a covenant on the part of the municipality to budget and appropriate in each fiscal year, in accordance with law, sums sufficient to pay when due the amounts owing under the contract.
(d) Provide for the issuance of certificates of participation in the payment obligations of the municipality under the contract and contain such other covenants, agreements and provisions as are determined to be necessary or appropriate in order to better secure the obligations of the municipality.
(3) The lien of any such pledge, mortgage or security interest shall be valid and binding from the time the contract is entered into. The revenues or property shall be immediately subject to the lien without physical delivery, filing or other act, and the lien shall be superior to all other claims and liens of any kind whatsoever. Subject to the terms, provisions and limitations of the contract, the lien may be foreclosed by a proceeding brought in the circuit court of the county in which the municipality or the greater part thereof is located, and any tangible real or personal property subject to the lien may be sold upon the order of the court. The proceeds of the sale shall first be applied to the payment of the costs of foreclosure and then to the amounts owing under the contract, with any balance being paid to the municipality. The authority granted by this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other statutory or charter authority.
(4) Any municipality that has entered into a lease purchase or installment purchase agreement may enter into a financing agreement to refinance the municipality’s obligations under the lease purchase or installment purchase agreement.
(5) The estimated weighted average life of a financing contract executed under this section shall not exceed the estimated dollar weighted average life of the real or personal property that is financed with the contract. [Amended by 1995 c.333 §2; 1997 c.171 §7; 1999 c.559 §1]
(2) The Governor shall direct the Department of Transportation and the Division of State Lands to take such action as necessary to ensure that affected city and county governments are informed of applications for the installation and maintenance of fiber-optic lines on public land and in public rights of way that have been submitted to the state agencies. [1999 c.1093 §40]
271.510 Definitions for ORS 271.510 to 271.540. As used in ORS 271.510 to 271.540, "industrial facility" means any land, any building or other improvement, and all real and personal properties, including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for use for industrial, commercial, manufacturing, research and development or warehousing purposes, but shall not include port facilities, railroads or facilities for any purposes or enterprises which are subject to regulation by the Public Utility Commission of Oregon. [1965 c.553 §2; 1981 c.787 §39; 1983 c.459 §13; 1985 c.541 §3]
271.540 County or city not to operate industrial facility except as lessor. A county or city shall not operate an industrial facility as a business enterprise or in any manner except as a lessor. [1965 c.553 §4]
271.600 Prohibition on use of term "squaw." (1) As used in this section and section 2, chapter 652, Oregon Laws 2001:
(b) "Public property" has the meaning given that term in ORS 131.705.
(2) Except as required by federal law, a public body may not use the term "squaw" in the name of a public property. [2001 c.652 §1]
Note: Section 2, chapter 652, Oregon Laws 2001, provides:
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding section 1 (2) of this 2001 Act [271.600 (2)], a public body that, on the effective date of this 2001 Act [June 27, 2001], owns or leases public property with the term "squaw" in the name of the public property may use the term "squaw" in the name until the later of January 2, 2005, or two years after the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of the Interior discontinue the use of the term "squaw" in the names of geographic places. [2001 c.652 §2]
(a) The state or any county, metropolitan service district, city or park and recreation district acting alone or in cooperation with any federal or state agency, public corporation or political subdivision;
(4) "Third-party right of enforcement" means a right provided in a conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association or charitable trust, which, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder. [1983 c.642 §1; 1985 c.160 §1; 1997 c.249 §78; 1999 c.208 §1; 2001 c.708 §12; 2001 c.907 §2]
271.725 Acquisition and creation of conservation or highway scenic preservation easement. (1) The state, any county, metropolitan service district, city or park and recreation district 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, city or park and recreation district determines that the acquisition will be in the public interest.
(3) The state, any county, metropolitan service district, city or park and recreation district 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.
(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]
271.735 Hearing; notice. (1) Before the acquisition of a conservation easement or highway scenic preservation easement, the state agency, county, metropolitan service district, city, or park and recreation district considering acquisition of such an easement shall hold one or more public hearings on the proposal and the reasons therefor. The hearings shall be held in the community where the easement would be located and all interested persons, including representatives of other governmental agencies, shall have the right to appear and a reasonable opportunity to be heard.
(4) This section does not apply to conservation easements or highway scenic preservation easements acquired pursuant to ORS 390.121, 390.310 to 390.338 and 390.805 to 390.925 or acquired pursuant to a metropolitan service district bond measure authorizing the acquisition of open spaces within specific areas. [1983 c.642 §9; 1985 c.160 §3; 1989 c.904 §29; 1999 c.208 §3]
271.775 Rules governing conservation and highway scenic preservation easements. The board or officer administering a state agency or the governing body of any county, metropolitan service district, city or park and recreation district may make and enforce reasonable rules, regulations, orders or ordinances governing the care, use and management of its conservation easements and highway scenic preservation easements. [1983 c.642 §7; 1985 c.160 §8; 1999 c.208 §4]
271.785 Taxation of property subject to conservation or highway scenic preservation easement. For the purpose of taxation, real property that is subject to a conservation easement or a highway scenic preservation easement shall be assessed on the basis of the real market value of the property less any reduction in value caused by the conservation easement or a highway scenic preservation easement. Such an easement shall be exempt from assessment and taxation the same as any other property owned by the holder. [1983 c.642 §8; 1985 c.160 §6; 1991 c.459 §371]