STATUTORY REFERENCES

FOR

OREGON CITIES

The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Oregon cities. They are up to date through June, 2005.

General Provisions

Incorporation of cities

ORS §§ 221.005--221.106

City charters

Oregon Const. Art. XI

Charter amendments

ORS § 221.210

Boundary changes

ORS § 222.005 et seq.

Ordinances

ORS §§ 221.275--221.330

Enforcement of ordinances

ORS §§ 30.315 and 221.315

Procedures for infractions, violations and traffic offenses

ORS Ch. 153

Elections

ORS §§ 221.180, 221.200, 221.230

Initiative and referendum

ORS §§ 221.210 and 250.255--250.355

Administration and Personnel

City officers

ORS §§ 221.110--221.230

Municipal courts

ORS §§ 221.140, 221.336--221.390

Public meetings

ORS §§ 192.610--192.710

Emergency management and services

ORS Ch. 401

Planning commissions

ORS § 227.010 et seq.

Revenue and Finance

Financial administration

ORS Ch. 294

Public contracts and purchasing

ORS Ch. 279

Assessments for local improvements

ORS Ch. 223

Limitations on powers of city to assist corporations

Oregon Const. Art. XI § 9

Business Licenses and Regulations

Licensing and taxation

ORS § 221.410 et seq.

Taxation of liquor prohibited

ORS § 473.190

Animals

Animal control

ORS Ch. 609

Rabies control

ORS §§ 433.340--433.390

Health and Safety

General authority

ORS § 221.410

State and local enforcement of health laws

ORS Ch. 431

Health hazard abatement

ORS Ch. 222

Camping by homeless

ORS § 203.077 et seq.

Oregon Fireworks Law

ORS § 480.110 et seq.

Public Peace, Morals and Welfare

General authority

ORS § 221.410

State Penal Code

ORS Title 16

Curfew

ORS § 419C.680

Firearms regulation

ORS § 166.170 et seq.

Public intoxication

ORS § 430.325

Vehicles and Traffic

Oregon Vehicle Code

ORS Title 59

Local authority

ORS § 801.040

Driving while intoxicated

ORS Ch. 813

Off-road vehicles

ORS Ch. 821

Abandoned vehicles

ORS Ch. 819

Procedures for traffic infractions

ORS § 153.500 et seq.

Parking offenses

ORS § 221.277, 221.285, 221.287, 221.333

Bicycles

ORS § 814.400 et seq.

Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

City improvements and works

ORS Ch. 223

City parks, memorials and cemeteries

ORS Ch. 226

Public Services

Municipal utilities

ORS Ch. 225

Regulation of public utilities

ORS § 221.420 et seq.

City sewers and sanitation

ORS Ch. 224

System development charges

ORS §§ 223.297--223.314

Buildings and Construction

State Building Code

ORS Ch. 455

Adoption of codes by reference

ORS § 221.330

Radio antennas

ORS § 221.295

Subdivisions

Subdivisions and partitions

ORS Ch. 92

Zoning

City planning and zoning

ORS Ch. 227