STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR OREGON CITIES

The statutory references direct the code user to those portions of the state statutes that are applicable to the laws of the municipality. This reference list is up to date through April 2015.

General Provisions

Boundary changes

ORS 222.005 et seq.

Charter amendments

ORS 221.210

City charters

Oregon Constitution Art. XI § 2

Elections

ORS 221.160 – 221.200, 221.230

Enforcement of ordinances

ORS 30.315 and 221.315

Incorporation of cities

ORS 221.005 – 221.106

Initiative and referendum

ORS 221.210 and 250.255 et seq.

Ordinances

ORS 221.275 – 221.333

Procedures for infractions, violations and traffic offenses

ORS Title 14, Ch. 153

Administration and Personnel

City officers

ORS 221.110 – 221.200

Emergency management and services

ORS Title 32, Ch. 401

Municipal courts

ORS 221.140, 221.336 – 221.357

Planning commissions

ORS 227.010 et seq.

Revenue and Finance

Assessments for local improvements

ORS 223.387 – 223.401

Financial administration

ORS Title 28, Ch. 294

Limitations on powers of city to assist corporations

Oregon Constitution Art. XI § 9

Public contracts and purchasing (“Public Contracting Code”)

ORS 279.835 – 279.855

ORS Title 26, Chs. 279A, 279B, and 279C

Business Licenses and Regulations

Licensing and taxation

ORS 221.410 et seq.

Liquor licenses

ORS 471.155 et seq.

Taxation of liquor prohibited

ORS 473.190

Animals

Animal control

ORS 609.015 et seq.

Rabies control

ORS 433.340 – 433.390

Health and Safety

Camping by homeless

ORS 203.077 – 203.082

General authority

ORS 221.410 et seq.

State and local enforcement of health laws

ORS Title 36, Ch. 431

Public Peace, Morals and Welfare

Curfew

ORS 419C.680

Firearms regulation

ORS 166.170 et seq.

General authority

ORS 221.410 et seq.

Noise control

ORS 467.100

Obscenity and indecency

ORS 167.060 – 167.100

Prohibitions on local governments as to crimes involving use of alcohol and drugs

ORS 430.402

State penal code (“Oregon Criminal Code of 1971”)

ORS Title 16 (Chs. 161 – 169)

Vehicles and Traffic

Abandoned vehicles

ORS 819.100 – 819.215

Bicycles

ORS 814.400 et seq.

Local authority

ORS 801.040

Oregon vehicle code

ORS Title 59 (Chs. 801 – 826)

Parking offenses

ORS 221.275 – 221.290, 221.333

Procedures for traffic infractions

ORS 153.530 et seq.

Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

City improvements and works

ORS Title 21, Ch. 223

City parks, memorials and cemeteries

ORS Title 21, Ch. 226

Water and Sewers

City sewers and sanitation

ORS Title 21, Ch. 224

Municipal utilities

ORS Title 21, Ch. 225

System development charges

ORS 223.297 – 223.314

Buildings and Construction

Adoption of codes by reference

ORS 221.330

Radio antennas

ORS 221.295

Municipal Regulation

ORS 455.148 et seq.

Municipal Review and inspection

ORS 455.675 et seq.

State building code

ORS Title 36, Ch. 455

Subdivisions

Subdivisions and partitions

ORS Title 10, Ch. 92

Zoning

City planning and zoning

ORS Title 21, Ch. 227

Mobile and manufactured dwelling parks

ORS 446.003 et seq.