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OR Rev Stat § 210.200 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 210 - County Accountants|Section 210.200 - Claim investigation powers.

A county accountant may administer oaths. The accountant may require any person presenting for settlement an account or claim for any cause against the county to be sworn before the accountant touching such account or claim, and when so sworn to answer orally as to any facts relative to the justice and items of such account or claim. No demand shall be approved, allowed, audited or paid unless it specifies each item, date and amount composing it. [Amended by 1981 c.216 §10; 1983 c.310 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 210.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 210 - County Accountants|Section 210.210 - Duties and powers of accountant.

A county accountant shall: (1) Keep a register of all claims presented against the county and place upon each a uniform mark or stamp, to indicate that it has been examined by the accountant. (2) Keep an account with each department of the county government and with each county official. (3) Check the deposits made with the county treasurer, by the several officers, of the fees received daily by them, and the fines, forfeited bails and all county, school, road, state or other funds received from any source and deposited with the county treasurer. (4) Establish and maintain, in each department and office of the county, such system of keeping accounts and transacting the county business as shall secure accuracy, economy and protection of the county’s interests. (5) At all times have access to any and all public books, records, and documents kept by the various officers of the county. (6) See that all fees, dues or funds of any description, or on any account to which the county is entitled, are deposited with the county treasurer; and immediately report to the board of county commissioners any officer in default in this regard. (7) Examine all reports of sheriffs, as to the collection of taxes, and all other general or special reports of officers or persons where any of the county’s finances are involved, and report to the board of county commissioners findings and recommendations in each case. (8) Prepare and publish, at the close of business on June 30 of each year, a statement showing the contracts entered into by the county for the year covered by the report, the name of the contractor, the work contracted for, the amount of the same, whether the bonds were required and the amount and whether let privately or by public bidding, and also publish a certified statement of the assets and liabilities of the county. (9) Prepare at least once in each calendar year an exhibit of all receipts and disbursements of the county fund for the year. Such exhibit shall also include a detailed statement of the expenses of the county, segregated as to each office and each department of the county government and business, showing the total amounts for which warrants or orders were issued or drawn during the year, and a statement showing the total amount of money paid into the county treasury for the year, from what source derived, and the amounts apportioned to the various funds. [Amended by 1981 c.216 §11; 1983 c.310 §12; 1991 c.683 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 210.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 210 - County Accountants|Section 210.220 - System of accounts and statements; inspection of books.

A county accountant shall establish a standard system of keeping accounts and a uniform method of statements for the same. The books of the accountant shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of county commissioners, or any member thereof, and of the grand jury, or to any person or persons appointed by the board or by the grand jury to examine the same. [Amended by 1981 c.216 §12; 1983 c.310 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 210.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 210 - County Accountants|Section 210.230 - Preparation, distribution and use of official receipts.

(1) A county accountant shall have prepared suitable forms of receipts, and from time to time shall deliver to the treasurer and to every officer authorized by law to charge any fee, commission, percentage, allowance or compensation for the performance of any official duty, as many official receipts as may be required, charging such officers for them. (2) When the books or rolls containing receipts are exhausted by the officer receiving them, the officer shall file a record of the receipts issued and keep the same in convenient form for examination. (3) Whenever any receipt is issued by any officer, it shall contain the date issued, the name of the person making payment, the amount of payment, the nature of the service for which the charge is made and the name and official designation of the officer performing the service. Corresponding entries shall appear on each record of the receipt. (4) The receipt shall be given to the person making payment, and at the close of each day a record of such receipts shall be filed with the accountant. (5) Each officer receiving any fee, commission, percentage, allowance or compensation, as described in this section, shall, on or before the fourth day of each month, pay the same to the treasurer and take a receipt therefor. (6) The treasurer shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, file duplicates of all receipts issued by the treasurer with the accountant. (7) All such payments by officers to the treasurer shall be accompanied by an itemized statement of the various services for which charges were made and the amount of each charge. Each officer shall file a duplicate of the statement with the accountant. (8) Every officer receiving blank receipts from the accountant shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, exhibit to the accountant all unused receipts remaining. [Amended by 1981 c.216 §13; 1983 c.310 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 214.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 214 - (Former Provisions)|Section 214.010

[Renumbered 214.910]
OR Rev Stat § 214.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 214 - (Former Provisions)|Section 214.020

[Renumbered 214.920]
OR Rev Stat § 214.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 214 - (Former Provisions)|Section 214.030

[Renumbered 214.930]
OR Rev Stat § 214.040 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 214 - (Former Provisions)|Section 214.040

[Renumbered 214.940]
OR Rev Stat § 215.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter: (1) The terms defined in ORS 92.010 shall have the meanings given therein, except that "parcel": (a) Includes a unit of land created: (A) By partitioning land as defined in ORS 92.010; (B) In compliance with all applicable planning, zoning and partitioning ordinances and regulations; or (C) By deed or land sales contract, if there were no applicable planning, zoning or partitioning ordinances or regulations. (b) Does not include a unit of land created solely to establish a separate tax account. (2) "Tract" means one or more contiguous lots or parcels under the same ownership. (3) The terms defined in ORS chapter 197 shall have the meanings given therein. (4) "Farm use" has the meaning given that term in ORS 215.203. (5) "Recreational vehicle" has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.101. (6) "The Willamette Valley" is Clackamas, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill Counties and the portion of Benton and Lane Counties lying east of the summit of the Coast Range. [Amended by 1955 c.756 §25; 1963 c.619 §1 (1); 1985 c.717 §4; 1993 c.792 §8; 1999 c.327 §1; 2019 c.585 §19a]
OR Rev Stat § 215.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.020 - Authority to establish county planning commissions.

(1) The governing body of any county may create and provide for the organization and operations of one or more county planning commissions. (2) This section shall be liberally construed and shall include the authority to create more than one planning commission, or subcommittee of a commission, for a county or the use of a joint planning commission or other intergovernmental agency for planning as authorized by ORS 190.003 to 190.130. [Amended by 1973 c.552 §1; 1975 c.767 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 215.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.030 - Membership of planning commission.

(1) The county planning commission shall consist of five, seven or nine members appointed by the governing body for four-year terms, or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified; provided that in the first instance the terms of the initial members shall be staggered for one, two, three and four years. (2) A commission member may be removed by the governing body, after hearing, for misconduct or nonperformance of duty. (3) Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the governing body for the unexpired term. (4) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation other than reimbursement for duly authorized expenses. (5) Members of a commission shall be residents of the various geographic areas of the county. No more than two voting members shall be engaged principally in the buying, selling or developing of real estate for profit, as individuals, or be members of any partnership or officers or employees of any corporation that is engaged principally in the buying, selling or developing of real estate for profit. No more than two voting members shall be engaged in the same kind of occupation, business, trade or profession. (6) The governing body may designate one or more officers of the county to be nonvoting members of the commission. (7) Except for subsection (5) of this section, the governing body may provide by ordinance for alternative rules to those specified in this section. [Amended by 1963 c.619 §2; 1973 c.552 §2; 1977 c.766 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 215.035 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.035

[1973 c.552 §10; renumbered 244.135 in 1993]
OR Rev Stat § 215.042 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.042 - Planning director.

(1) The governing body of each county shall designate an individual to serve as planning director for the county responsible for administration of planning. The governing body shall provide employees as necessary to assist the director in carrying out responsibilities. The director shall be the chief administrative officer in charge of the planning department of the county, if one is created. (2) The director shall provide assistance, as requested, to the planning commission and shall coordinate the functions of the commission with other departments, agencies and officers of the county that are engaged in functions related to planning for the use of lands within the county. (3) The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the county. [1973 c.552 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 215.044 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.044 - Solar access ordinances; purpose; standards.

(1) County governing bodies may adopt and implement solar access ordinances. The ordinances shall provide and protect to the extent feasible solar access to the south face of buildings during solar heating hours, taking into account latitude, topography, microclimate, existing development, existing vegetation and planned uses and densities. The county governing body shall consider for inclusion in any solar access ordinance, but not be limited to, standards for: (a) The orientation of new streets, lots and parcels; (b) The placement, height, bulk and orientation of new buildings; (c) The type and placement of new trees on public street rights of way and other public property; and (d) Planned uses and densities to conserve energy, facilitate the use of solar energy, or both. (2) The State Department of Energy shall actively encourage and assist county governing bodies’ efforts to protect and provide for solar access. (3) As used in this section, "solar heating hours" means those hours between three hours before and three hours after the sun is at its highest point above the horizon on December 21. [1981 c.722 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 215.047 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.047 - Effect of comprehensive plan and land use regulations on solar access ordinances.

Solar access ordinances shall not be in conflict with acknowledged comprehensive plans and land use regulations. [1981 c.722 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 215.050 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.050 - Comprehensive planning, zoning and subdivision ordinances; copies available.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 527.722, the county governing body shall adopt and may from time to time revise a comprehensive plan and zoning, subdivision and other ordinances applicable to all of the land in the county. The plan and related ordinances may be adopted and revised part by part or by geographic area. (2) Zoning, subdivision or other ordinances or regulations and any revisions or amendments thereof shall be designed to implement the adopted county comprehensive plan. (3) A county shall maintain copies of its comprehensive plan and land use regulations, as defined in ORS 197.015, for sale to the public at a charge not to exceed the cost of copying and assembling the material. [Amended by 1955 c.439 §2; 1963 c.619 §3; 1973 c.552 §4; 1977 c.766 §2; 1981 c.748 §41; 1987 c.919 §5; 1991 c.363 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 215.060 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.060 - Procedure for action on plan; notice; hearing.

Action by the governing body of a county regarding the plan shall have no legal effect unless the governing body first conducts one or more public hearings on the plan and unless 10 days’ advance public notice of each of the hearings is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or, in case the plan as it is to be heard concerns only part of the county, is so published in the territory so concerned and unless a majority of the members of the governing body approves the action. The notice provisions of this section shall not restrict the giving of notice by other means, including mail, radio and television. [Amended by 1963 c.619 §5; 1967 c.589 §1; 1973 c.552 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 215.080 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.080 - Power to enter upon land.

The commission, and any of its members, officers and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain the necessary monuments and markers thereon.
OR Rev Stat § 215.090 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.090 - Information made available to commission.

Public officials, departments and agencies, having information, maps or other data deemed by the planning commission pertinent to county planning shall make such information available for the use of the commission. [Amended by 1977 c.766 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 215.100 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.100 - Cooperation with other agencies.

The county planning commission shall advise and cooperate with other planning commissions within the state, and shall upon request, or on its own initiative, furnish advice or reports to any city, county, officer or department on any problem comprehended in county planning.
OR Rev Stat § 215.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.110 - Recommendations for implementation of comprehensive plan; enactment of ordinances; referral; retroactivity.

(1) A planning commission may recommend to the governing body ordinances intended to implement part or all of the comprehensive plan. The ordinances may provide, among other things, for: (a) Zoning; (b) Official maps showing the location and dimensions of, and the degree of permitted access to, existing and proposed thoroughfares, easements and property needed for public purposes; (c) Preservation of the integrity of the maps by controls over construction, by making official maps parts of county deed records, and by other action not violative of private property rights; (d) Conservation of the natural resources of the county; (e) Controlling subdivision and partitioning of land; (f) Renaming public thoroughfares; (g) Protecting and assuring access to incident solar energy; (h) Protecting and assuring access to wind for potential electrical generation or mechanical application; and (i) Numbering property. (2) The governing body may enact, amend or repeal ordinances to assist in carrying out a comprehensive plan. If an ordinance is recommended by a planning commission, the governing body may make any amendments to the recommendation required in the public interest. If an ordinance is initiated by the governing body, it shall, prior to enactment, request a report and recommendation regarding the ordinance from the planning commission, if one exists, and allow a reasonable time for submission of the report and recommendation. (3) The governing body may refer to the electors of the county for their approval or rejection an ordinance or amendments thereto for which this section provides. If only a part of the county is affected, the ordinance or amendment may be referred to that part only. (4) An ordinance enacted by authority of this section may prescribe fees and appeal procedures necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the ordinance. (5) An ordinance enacted by authority of this section may prescribe limitations designed to encourage and protect the installation and use of solar and wind energy systems. (6) No retroactive ordinance shall be enacted under the provisions of this section. [Amended by 1963 c.619 §7; 1973 c.696 §22; 1975 c.153 §2; 1977 c.766 §4; 1979 c.671 §2; 1981 c.590 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 215.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.135 - Expansion of nonconforming school in exclusive farm use zone.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 215.130, 215.213 or 215.283 or any local zoning ordinance or regulation, a public or private school, including all buildings essential to the operation of the school, formerly allowed pursuant to ORS 215.213 (1)(a) or 215.283 (1)(a), as in effect before January 1, 2010, may be expanded provided: (a) The expansion complies with ORS 215.296; (b) The school was established on or before January 1, 2009; (c) The expansion occurs on a tax lot: (A) On which the school was established; or (B) Contiguous to and, on January 1, 2015, under the same ownership as the tax lot on which the school was established; and (d) The school is a public or private school for kindergarten through grade 12. (2) A county may not deny an expansion under this section upon any rule or condition establishing: (a) A maximum capacity of people in the structure or group of structures; (b) A minimum distance between structures; or (c) A maximum density of structures per acre. [2009 c.850 §14; 2019 c.416 §1] Note: 215.135 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 215 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 215.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.170 - Authority of cities in unincorporated area.

The powers of an incorporated city to control subdivision and other partitioning of land and to rename thoroughfares in adjacent unincorporated areas shall continue unimpaired by ORS 215.010 to 215.190 and 215.402 to 215.438 until the county governing body that has jurisdiction over the area adopts regulations for controlling subdivision there. Any part of the area subject to the county regulations shall cease to be subject to the two powers of the city, unless otherwise provided in an urban growth area management agreement jointly adopted by a city and county to establish procedures for regulating land use outside the city limits and within an urban growth boundary acknowledged under ORS 197.251. [Amended by 1963 c.619 §10; 1983 c.570 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 215.185 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.185 - Remedies for unlawful structures or land use.

(1) In case a building or other structure is, or is proposed to be, located, constructed, maintained, repaired, altered, or used, or any land is, or is proposed to be, used, in violation of an ordinance or regulation designed to implement a comprehensive plan, the governing body of the county or a person whose interest in real property in the county is or may be affected by the violation, may, in addition to other remedies provided by law, institute injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate proceedings to prevent, temporarily or permanently enjoin, abate, or remove the unlawful location, construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, or use. When a temporary restraining order is granted in a suit instituted by a person who is not exempt from furnishing bonds or undertakings under ORS 22.010, the person shall furnish undertaking as provided in ORCP 82 A(1). (2) The court may allow the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees and expenses in a judicial proceeding authorized by this section that involves a dwelling approved to relieve a temporary hardship. However, if the court allows the plaintiff reasonable attorney fees or expenses, such fees or expenses shall not be charged to the county if the county did not actively defend itself or the landowner in the proceeding. (3) Nothing in this section requires the governing body of a county or a person whose interest in real property in the county is or may be affected to avail itself of a remedy allowed by this section or by any other law. [1955 c.439 §7; 1963 c.619 §12; 1977 c.766 §6; 1981 c.898 §48; 1983 c.826 §5; 2001 c.225 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 215.190 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 215 - County Planning; Zoning; Housing Codes|Section 215.190 - Violation of ordinances or regulations.

No person shall locate, construct, maintain, repair, alter, or use a building or other structure or use or transfer land in violation of an ordinance or regulation authorized by ORS 215.010 to 215.190 and 215.402 to 215.438. [1955 c.439 §9; 1963 c.619 §13]