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OR Rev Stat § 377.708 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.708 - Effect on certain signs of transfer of jurisdiction over state highway.

(1) As part of the negotiation process between the Department of Transportation and another road authority concerning transfer of jurisdiction over a state highway from the department to the other road authority, the department shall identify any tourist oriented directional signs and logo signs on the state highway that will be affected by the transfer. If there are such signs, the department shall notify the Travel Information Council of the proposed transfer of jurisdiction. (2) When signs described in subsection (1) of this section are identified, the road authority that will receive jurisdiction over the state highway shall, as part of the negotiation process, agree in writing to protect the signs from destruction or removal. The transfer of jurisdiction may not take place until the receiving road authority has entered into the written agreement described in this subsection. (3) After the transfer of jurisdiction, the Travel Information Council shall retain authority over signs on the highway as though the highway were still a state highway. (4) After a transfer of jurisdiction over a state highway from the department to another road authority, the council shall notify the receiving road authority of any request for a new sign and shall request approval of the sign’s location from that road authority. [2003 c.388 §2] Note: 377.708 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 377.712 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.712 - Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.780, the owner of any outdoor advertising sign in existence on May 30, 2007, located in a commercial or industrial zone in existence on May 30, 2007, that meets all requirements for obtaining an outdoor advertising sign permit as set out in ORS 377.700 to 377.780 and for which the owner had not secured an outdoor advertising permit as required by ORS 377.725 prior to May 30, 2007, either because of ignorance of the requirements of ORS 377.725 or because the area, road or street adjacent to which the sign was situated was not, at that time, designated as a state highway, shall be entitled to the issuance of an outdoor advertising sign permit by the Department of Transportation upon application by the owner of the sign and the payment of the fee established by the department under ORS 377.729. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.780, the owner of any outdoor advertising sign visible from a road or street that is designated as a state highway after May 30, 2007, is entitled to the issuance of an outdoor advertising sign permit for the sign upon application by the owner of the sign, payment of the fee established by the department under ORS 377.729 and receipt of the affidavit required under ORS 377.723, if the sign was lawfully located within a commercial or industrial zone at the time of designation as a state highway. [1977 c.265 §7; 1993 c.376 §1; 2001 c.104 §127; 2001 c.750 §4; 2007 c.199 §6] Note: 377.712 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of any series in ORS chapter 377 by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 377.715 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.715 - Application of ORS 377.700 to 377.844; prohibition against erection or maintenance of certain signs not in compliance with law.

ORS 377.700 to 377.844, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, apply to signs erected or maintained outside the right of way along state highways and visible to the traveling public from a state highway. A person may not erect or maintain a sign visible to the traveling public from a state highway, except where permitted outside the right of way of a state highway, unless the sign complies with the provisions of ORS 377.505 to 377.540 and 377.700 to 377.844, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. A person may not erect or maintain a sign on the right of way of a state highway, other than a traffic control sign or device. [1971 c.770 §8; 1973 c.790 §2; 1974 c.33 §2; 1975 c.336 §2; 1983 c.111 §2; 1987 c.336 §3; 1999 c.877 §3; 2007 c.199 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 377.723 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.723 - Affidavit of city or county necessary for issuance of sign permit; requirements of affidavit.

Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the Department of Transportation shall not issue a permit under ORS 377.725 or 377.767 unless the applicant for the permit submits affidavits that meet the following requirements: (1) The applicant must submit an affidavit from each city or county that would have jurisdiction over the proposed sign. (2) Each affidavit must contain a certification by the respective city or county that the proposed sign would comply with all applicable ordinances, plans, rules and other requirements of the city or county. (3) Each affidavit must be on a form prepared by the department. [1981 c.329 §2; 1987 c.336 §4; 1993 c.741 §55]
OR Rev Stat § 377.729 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.729 - Fees for sign permits and business licenses; rules.

The Department of Transportation may adopt rules establishing permit fees for purposes of ORS 377.725 and fees for an outdoor advertising business license issued under ORS 377.730. Fees established by the department shall be designed to recover the cost to the department of regulating signs that are outside the right of way of a highway but are visible from the highway. [1985 c.553 §4; 1987 c.336 §1; 2001 c.750 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 377.730 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.730 - License for business of maintaining or erecting signs; fee; application; revocation; suspension.

(1) A person shall not engage in the business of erecting or maintaining outdoor advertising signs for other persons without first obtaining an annual license therefor from the Director of Transportation and paying the annual license fee established by the Department of Transportation by rule as provided in ORS 377.729. (2) An application for a license or renewal thereof shall be made on a form furnished by the director, shall contain such pertinent information as the director may require and shall be accompanied by the applicable annual fee. A license granted under this section expires on June 30 of each year. The fee shall not be prorated. The director shall by certified mail send to each licensee a notice of expiration of license and a renewal application form not less than 30 days before the date of expiration. (3) If the director finds that an applicant has knowingly provided materially false or misleading information in the application or that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the director may revoke, suspend for a period of up to one year or refuse to renew the license unless a corrected application is filed or the violation ceases, within 30 days after written notice to do so is mailed to the applicant or licensee. During the suspension of a license, the licensee may continue in business, but shall not erect or reconstruct any sign requiring a permit under ORS 377.700 to 377.844. [1971 c.770 §22; 1973 c.790 §5; 1993 c.741 §57; 2001 c.750 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 377.735 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.735 - Exemptions from sign permit requirements; historic signs; rules.

(1) The permit requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 do not apply to: (a) Signs of a governmental unit, including but not limited to traffic control signs or devices, legal notices or warnings. (b) A temporary sign on private property if: (A) The sign does not exceed 12 square feet; (B) The sign is not on a permanent base; (C) The sign does not remain in place for a period of more than 60 days in a calendar year, except that a sign erected by a resident on the resident’s residential property may remain in place for longer than 60 days in a calendar year; (D) No person receives compensation or anything of value as defined by the Department of Transportation by rule for displaying the sign; and (E) The sign complies with ORS 377.720. (2) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules that, for good cause shown, allow a person displaying a temporary sign to obtain a variance from the restrictions in subsection (1)(b) of this section. The department shall not consider the content of the sign in deciding whether to allow a variance. (3) The department shall adopt rules for the approval and preservation of historic signs. Rules adopted under this subsection may not be based on or allow consideration of the content of the signs. (4) The department shall adopt rules for the erection and maintenance of permanent signs that do not exceed six square feet and that provide messages for the safety or convenience of the public. (5) ORS 377.700 to 377.844 do not apply to a sign erected or maintained within a city more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right of way of a state highway, unless the sign is designed to be viewed primarily from the state highway. [1971 c.770 §14; 1973 c.790 §6; 1975 c.336 §5; 1977 c.265 §3; 1987 c.336 §5; 1993 c.741 §58; 1999 c.877 §7; 2007 c.199 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 377.737 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.737 - Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs; rules.

(1) To determine whether a person is giving or receiving, or has given or received, compensation or anything of value as defined by the Department of Transportation by rule for displaying a sign, the department may issue an investigative demand upon any person it reasonably believes may have relevant documents or information. (2) If any person after being served an investigative demand under subsection (1) of this section fails or refuses to obey the demand, the Department of Transportation may request that the Department of Justice apply to an appropriate circuit court and, after a hearing, request an order requiring compliance with the demand. [2007 c.199 §2] Note: 377.737 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 377.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.740 - ORS 377.700 to 377.844 not intended to authorize signs prohibited by other governmental units.

Nothing in ORS 377.700 to 377.844 and 377.992 is intended to permit a person to erect or maintain any sign that is prohibited by any governmental unit. [1971 c.770 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 377.745 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.745 - Limitation on form and size of signs.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an outdoor advertising sign may not exceed: (a) A length of 48 feet; (b) A height, excluding foundation and supports, of 14 feet; or (c) A sign area of 825 square feet. (2) In determining the dimensions of an outdoor advertising sign or sign area under this section: (a) Cutouts that project beyond the borders of an outdoor advertising sign shall be included in measuring the area of a sign, but not the height or length of a sign. The sign area of cutouts shall be no more than 20 percent of the area of the sign to which attached. (b) The limitations apply separately to each side of a back-to-back sign. (c) The size limitations apply separately to each sign forming a V-type sign. (d) The size limitations apply separately to each of the display surfaces on a tri-vision sign. (3) A nonconforming outdoor advertising sign in existence on May 30, 2007, may continue to exceed the size limitations established in this section until the sign is reconstructed or relocated, at which time the sign must comply with subsection (1) of this section. [1971 c.770 §20; 1973 c.790 §7; 1999 c.877 §8; 2007 c.199 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 377.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.750 - Spacing between signs.

(1) For the purpose of applying the spacing provided by subsection (2) of this section: (a) Distances shall be measured lineally along the highway and parallel to the center line of the highway. (b) A back-to-back sign, digital billboard, double-faced sign, V-type sign or tri-vision sign shall be considered one sign. (c) Distance from an interchange shall be measured from a point departing from or entering onto the main traveled way. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, minimum spacing between outdoor advertising signs shall be: ______________________________________________________________________________ Minimum space between signs Minimum on same side space from Type of highway of highway interchange where erected (in feet) (in feet) Interstate Highway Inside cities 500 None Outside cities 2,000 500 Freeway Inside cities 500 None Outside cities 1,000 500 Other state highway Inside cities 100 None Outside cities 500 None ______________________________________________________________________________ (3) A nonconforming outdoor advertising sign in existence on May 30, 2007, may continue to deviate from the spacing limitations established in this section until the sign is reconstructed or relocated, at which time the sign shall comply with the spacing limitations established in this section. [1971 c.770 §21; 1973 c.790 §8; 1997 c.249 §120; 1999 c.877 §9; 2007 c.199 §12; 2011 c.562 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 377.753 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.753 - Permits for outdoor advertising signs; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 377.715, 377.725 and 377.770, the Department of Transportation may issue permits for outdoor advertising signs placed on benches or shelters erected or maintained for use by customers of a mass transit district, a transportation district or other public transportation agency. (2) The department shall determine by rule the fees and criteria for the number, size, and location of such signs but the department may not issue a permit for a sign that is visible from an interstate highway. [2007 c.199 §3] Note: 377.753 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 377.756 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.756 - Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community.

(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue permits for the erection of signs authorized by ORS 377.756 to 377.758. Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, permits shall be issued at no cost to any city or county that applies or to any nonprofit or civic applicant approved by a city or county. Each permit entitles the holder of the permit to erect one sign in accordance with this section. (2) Each city may be given permits under this section entitling the city to erect signs that are visible from state highways and that are within the city limits or, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with appropriate federal authorities, are no more than one mile outside of the city limits. The permits may be given directly to the city or may be given to a nonprofit or civic organization designated by the city governing body. (3) Each county may be given permits under this section entitling each unincorporated community identified in the county comprehensive plan, as defined in ORS 197.015, to erect signs that are visible from state highways and that are within one mile of the community growth boundary as designated by the county. The permits may be given directly to the county or, if the county governing body so authorizes, to an unincorporated community or a nonprofit or civic organization designated by the county governing body. [1987 c.631 §2; 2018 c.93 §49]
OR Rev Stat § 377.757 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.757 - Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756; payment of cost of sign.

(1) A sign authorized by ORS 377.756 shall not exceed 48 square feet in size and may not have a vertical or horizontal dimension of more than eight feet. Nothing in this subsection affects size requirements for signs of a governmental unit that are authorized under ORS 377.735. (2) Signs erected pursuant to ORS 377.756 to 377.758 shall be kept in good repair and shall be clean and attractive. (3) A county may require an unincorporated community authorized to erect a sign under ORS 377.756 to 377.758 to pay for the cost of erecting and maintaining the sign. (4) If a city or county obtains a permit under ORS 377.756 for a nonprofit or civic organization, the city or county may require the organization to pay the cost of erecting and maintaining the sign. (5) Signs erected pursuant to ORS 377.756 to 377.758 shall conform to the provisions of ORS 377.720. [1987 c.631 §§3,4]
OR Rev Stat § 377.758 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.758 - Notification by federal authorities of illegal sign; consequences.

If appropriate federal authorities notify the Department of Transportation that the erection of a sign pursuant to any of the provisions of ORS 377.756 to 377.758 is contrary to any federal law, the department shall cease issuing permits and shall cause any signs erected pursuant to ORS 377.756 to 377.758 to be removed. [1987 c.631 §5; 2001 c.104 §128]
OR Rev Stat § 377.759 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.759 - Issuance of relocation credits for removal of outdoor advertising signs from scenic byway; rules.

(1) The Department of Transportation shall administer an incentive program to encourage voluntary removal of outdoor advertising signs from particularly scenic areas of scenic byways. (2) An owner of an outdoor advertising sign that is visible from a scenic byway may apply to the department for participation in the incentive program. The sign and permit must meet the requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 to qualify for relocation. A sign that is a nonconforming sign for a defect that cannot be remedied upon reconstruction at the same location does not qualify for the incentive program. (3) If the department determines that the sign is in a particularly scenic area of a scenic byway, the department shall notify the owner that the sign qualifies for the incentive program. If the owner chooses to remove the sign, the owner shall notify the department of the date by which the owner will remove the sign. The removal date must be not later than 90 days after the department’s notification. (4) The department shall issue two relocation credits to the owner in exchange for the removal of a qualified sign. If the owner also submits an application for relocation of the sign and permit under ORS 377.767, the department may issue the relocation permit and one relocation credit. Any relocation credit or relocation permit issued under the incentive program is subject to all the requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844. (5) The department shall adopt rules to establish standards to determine whether a sign is in a location that is particularly scenic such that it qualifies for the incentive program. [2009 c.463 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 377.762 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.762 - Issuance of relocation credits for removal of sign.

The Department of Transportation shall issue a relocation credit upon the owner’s request if a sign is removed, the owner has lost the lease for that sign site and the sign and permit meet the requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.844. [2009 c.463 §3] Note: See note under 377.759.
OR Rev Stat § 377.763 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 10 - Highways, Military|Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs|Section 377.763 - Consolidation of relocation credits.

The owner of a relocation credit may combine relocation credits for outdoor advertising signs that have 249 square feet or less of display surface on one side to form a single relocation credit. After the relocation credits are combined, the Department of Transportation shall cancel the smaller relocation credits used to create the combined relocation credit. The first time an owner uses a combined relocation credit, the combined relocation credit is not restricted by the provisions of ORS 377.767 (4). [2009 c.463 §4] Note: See note under 377.759.