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OR Rev Stat § 226.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.390 - Financing of projects by bond issues.

The municipal authorities may issue bonds for the costs and expenses of acquiring the private property for any of the purposes mentioned in ORS 226.320 to 226.380. The bonds shall be at such rate of interest and for such length of time as the municipal authorities determine, shall be advertised and sold in such manner as the municipal authorities determine and shall be a general obligation of the city. The municipal authorities shall, at the time of issuing the bonds, make provisions for the payment of interest and a sinking fund for the retirement thereof.
OR Rev Stat § 226.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.400 - Construction of memorials or veterans’ facilities in parks within city limits.

The city may permit and authorize the following uses of parks, which are lawful uses of any grounds or premises dedicated as public parks, unless the use thereof for such purposes is forbidden by the terms of the conveyance creating such parks: (1) The erection and construction of memorial monuments and buildings. (2) Pioneer memorials and pioneer museums. (3) Memorials and monuments to United States war veterans. (4) Buildings for meeting places of pioneer associations or veterans upon any public park within the limits of the city. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §172]
OR Rev Stat § 226.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.410 - Authority to establish facilities for disposition of human remains within or without city limits.

Any incorporated city may acquire, own, maintain and operate cemeteries, crematoria and other facilities authorized for the disposition of human remains either inside or outside its corporate limits, in accordance with such plans as the city governing body deems best. [Amended by 2021 c.296 §27] Note: The amendments to 226.410 by section 27, chapter 296, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 33, chapter 296, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience. Any incorporated city may acquire, own, maintain and operate cemeteries and crematoria either inside or outside its corporate limits, in accordance with such plans as the city governing body deems best.
OR Rev Stat § 226.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.420 - Acquisition of property of cemetery association.

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.
OR Rev Stat § 226.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.430 - Control by city after conveyance.

Whenever any cemetery association transfers to any incorporated city, as provided in ORS 226.420, the ground and property of such cemetery association, from and after such transfer the city shall have exclusive control of such cemetery and all property connected therewith.
OR Rev Stat § 226.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.440 - Sale of lots by city.

Any incorporated city acquiring incorporated cemetery association property as provided in ORS 226.420, may sell or otherwise dispose of any lots or blocks situate in and being a part of such cemetery in the manner prescribed by the common council of such city.
OR Rev Stat § 226.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.450 - Authority to expend funds for maintenance of cemeteries.

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.
OR Rev Stat § 226.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.510 - Certain cemeteries as menace to public; acquisition and removal of such cemeteries declared public use.

It hereby is found and declared: (1) That there exists within municipal corporations of the state, cemeteries which have been abandoned and cemeteries which have deteriorated and become dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, trees, shrubs or other uncontrolled growth. (2) That such cemeteries, by reason of their unsightly appearance, fire hazard, and by reason of their providing a place of concealment conducive to criminal activities and juvenile delinquency, constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of such municipal corporations; and that these conditions necessitate the use of public funds for crime prevention, fire protection, control of juvenile delinquency, accident protection and other public services and facilities. (3) That the clearance and removal of such cemeteries are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent, private property acquired, and are governmental functions of municipal and state concern. (4) That the varied nature of ownership of cemetery plots, the diverse ownership of land, the difficulty of locating interested persons, the existence of unknown graves and remains and other conditions prevent an orderly removal of such remains and clearance of such cemeteries, and because of such conditions, it is in the public interest that such cemeteries be acquired by municipal corporations by eminent domain or otherwise, for the orderly removal of such remains to other suitable place or places and the discontinuance of such cemeteries and the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and the financing of the acquisition and preparation of land by a municipal corporation for disinterment and reinterment is declared a public use and purpose. [1953 c.298 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 226.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.520 - Definitions for ORS 226.510 to 226.640.

As used in ORS 226.510 to 226.640: (1) "Abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery in which remains have not been interred in the last five years and: (a) That does not have a known owner; (b) For which the last known owner is deceased and the title was not conveyed; or (c) That was owned by an entity that no longer exists and that did not convey title. (2) "Cemetery" means a tract of land set apart by deed, will or otherwise, for a burial ground, or for the purpose of interring remains. (3) "Diligent search" means a search reasonably calculated to discover: (a) Graves from the existence of monuments, contour of land and terrain, fencing, curbing and other evidences of the location of graves; and (b) The location of remains and whether or not a given plot contains remains, for which it shall be sufficient to employ the method commonly known as probing. (4) "Municipal corporation" means the governing body of a city incorporated under the laws of this state. (5) "Remains" means the remains of a deceased person. (6) "Suitable location" means a cemetery, now in existence or hereafter established, including a portion of a cemetery subject to the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.640, where provision is made for the perpetual care and upkeep of the graves. [1953 c.298 §2; 2005 c.22 §173; 2017 c.160 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 226.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.530 - Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site.

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 to 226.630 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 to 226.630, or through voluntary transfers or otherwise. [1953 c.298 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 226.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.540 - Public hearing concerning abandoned or neglected cemetery.

(1) The governing body of a municipal corporation may hold a public hearing regarding an abandoned cemetery, or deteriorated and neglected cemetery, that is within the boundaries of the municipal corporation if: (a) The cemetery could, because of its location, endanger the health, welfare, comfort or safety of the public; (b) The municipal corporation verifies that the State Parks and Recreation Department: (A) Has not issued a permit to an entity under ORS 226.640 (1) to (5); and (B) No application for a permit under ORS 226.640 (1) to (5) is pending with the department; (c) At least 10 percent of the electors of the municipal corporation sign and file a petition for a hearing; and (d) The municipal corporation publishes notice of the date of the hearing once per week for two weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper that is generally circulated in the county where the municipal corporation is located. (2) The governing body of the municipal corporation shall hold the hearing within 60 days after the date on which a petition described in subsection (1) of this section is filed. [1953 c.298 §4; 2005 c.22 §174; 2017 c.160 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 226.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.550 - Governing body to publish resolution or ordinance upon finding that cemetery should be relocated.

Upon a finding by the governing body of a municipal corporation, after such hearing, that a cemetery located within such corporation is abandoned, or has become deteriorated or dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, trees, shrubs or other uncontrolled growth, and is so located as to endanger the health, welfare, comfort or safety of the public, and that the public welfare requires that such cemetery be discontinued, relocated and cleared, the governing body shall publish its findings by ordinance or resolution. [1953 c.298 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 226.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.560 - Expenditure of public funds for removal and reinterment of remains from discontinued cemetery.

Upon the adoption of a resolution or ordinance, as provided for by ORS 226.540 and 226.550, the governing body of said municipal corporation may provide for the expenditure of public funds necessary for the disinterment, removal and reinterment of remains and any and all other expenses incident thereto, including, but not limited to, acquisition of property, cost of court proceedings, publications, fees and other incidental expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding under the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.640, and may include the same in the next annual budget of such municipal corporation. [1953 c.298 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 226.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.570 - Power of city to condemn cemetery.

Upon the adoption by the governing body of a municipal corporation of an ordinance or resolution, as provided by ORS 226.540 and 226.550, 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 to 226.640. [1953 c.298 §7; 1979 c.284 §124]
OR Rev Stat § 226.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.580 - Parties defendant to condemnation suit.

The complaint in any suit brought under the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.640 shall include as defendants the names of all record owners of lots, or plots located in the cemetery sought to be condemned or any portion or parcel of such cemetery, and the names of the heirs of all record owners as shown by the probate records of the county in which such cemetery is located, and shall include any and all other persons having or claiming any interest of any kind or nature in such cemetery, or any lot or plot thereof, who may be joined as defendants and designated as "all other persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest." [1953 c.298 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 226.590 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.590 - Service of summons.

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]
OR Rev Stat § 226.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.600 - Effect of service by publication on persons or parties in interest.

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 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]
OR Rev Stat § 226.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.610 - Compensation for condemned property determined by jury; factors to be considered.

The matter of compensation, if any, shall be determined by a jury called for such purpose; and the court shall, in addition to other instructions, instruct that the jury shall consider the following factors as a benefit and offset: (1) The cost of a suitable reinterment site. (2) The cost of preparation of site and its perpetual care and maintenance. (3) The cost of removal and reinterment of remains. (4) The cost of such marker or monument as may be placed at the site of reinterment. [1953 c.298 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 226.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.620 - City acquiring condemned cemetery to proceed with removal and reinterment of remains.

Whenever any municipal corporation shall have proceeded under ORS 226.510 to 226.640, and a judgment of the court shall vest in said municipal corporation the title to such cemetery properties, as referred to herein, by eminent domain, such municipal corporation shall proceed with the removal of remains, stones, monuments and any and all evidences of a grave, and provide for reinterment in a suitable location, within a reasonable time after the entry of a general judgment, and the expiration of the time for appeal therefrom, or the final disposition of any appeal which may be filed in connection with the judgment. [1953 c.298 §12; 2003 c.576 §402]
OR Rev Stat § 226.630 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.630 - Acts to be done by city in removing and reinterring remains; compliance as complete defense in action for damages.

(1) The removal of remains, headstones and other evidence of the locations of graves, and the clearance of the cemetery property, may be done under the direct supervision of the governing body of the municipal corporation, or such commission as such governing body may appoint, and such removal, reinterment, clearance and other acts in connection with this program shall be sufficient, if the following specific acts are done: (a) If all of the remains that can be located within said cemetery, after a reasonable search for such remains, as in ORS 226.520 defined, has been conducted, are removed in a manner reasonably providing for respectful and careful treatment of such remains, and providing for reinterment and recommitment, in a respectful manner. (b) If the identity of remains is preserved in so far as reasonably practicable, having due regard to the conditions of the cemetery, the condition and location, or dislocation of stones and monuments, and other factors related to the particular project, and, in so far as practicable, the identity shall be shown upon the relocation of said graves in a new location, by the erection of suitable markers at the location of such graves. (c) In the event that there are remains in such cemetery which cannot be identified, all of such remains may be interred in a section of the new cemetery site, and the same may be marked by one suitable monument, which shall contain the names of persons, known to have been interred in said cemetery, but whose remains could not be identified. (2) It shall be a complete defense, in any action brought by any person for damages against the municipal corporation, or other persons or organization affecting such relocation and reinterment, as above described, upon any grounds whatever, to plead and prove a substantial compliance with the provisions of this section. [1953 c.298 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 226.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.640 - Issuance of permit to restore, maintain and preserve abandoned cemetery; rules.

(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]
OR Rev Stat § 226.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 226 - City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries|Section 226.990 - Penalties.

Violation of ORS 226.190 is punishable, upon conviction, in the same manner and to the same extent as for a crime defined in ORS 164.043, 164.045, 164.055 and 164.057. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §347; 1987 c.907 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 227.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 227 - City Planning and Zoning|Section 227.010 - Definition for ORS 227.030 to 227.300.

As used in ORS 227.030 to 227.300, "council" means a representative legislative body. [Amended by 1975 c.767 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 227.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 227 - City Planning and Zoning|Section 227.020 - Authority to create planning commission.

(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 to 190.130. [Amended by 1973 c.739 §1; 1975 c.767 §2]