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  STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR OREGON CITIES  

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  • The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Oregon cities. They are current with the 2017 Regular Session of the State legislature effective through Oct. 6, 2017, pending classification of undesignated material and text revision by the Oregon Reviser.

    General Provisions

    Incorporation of cities
    ORS § 221.005 et seq.

    City charters
    Oregon Const. Art. XI, § 2

    Charter amendments
    ORS § 221.210

    Boundary changes
    ORS ch. 222

    Ordinances
    ORS § 221.275 et seq.

    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 et seq.

    Administration and Personnel

    City officers
    ORS § 221.110 et seq.

    Municipal courts
    ORS §§ 221.140, 221.336 et seq.

    Public meetings
    ORS § 192.610 et seq.

    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 chs. 279A—279C

    Assessments for local improvements
    ORS ch. 223

    Limitations on powers of city to assist corporations
    Oregon Const. Art. XI § 9

    Revenue sharing for cities
    ORS § 221.770

    Business Licenses and Regulations

    Taxation of liquor prohibited
    ORS § 473.190

    Animals

    Animal control
    ORS ch. 609

    Rabies control
    ORS § 433.340 et seq.

    Health and Safety

    General authority
    ORS § 221.410

    Health Hazard Abatement Law
    ORS § 222.840 et seq.

    Camping by homeless
    ORS § 203.077 et seq.

    Fireworks
    ORS § 480.111 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 § 430.402

    Vehicles and Traffic

    Oregon vehicle code
    ORS title 59

    Local authority
    ORS §§ 801.038, 801.040

    Rules of the road
    ORS ch. 811

    Driving under influence of intoxicants
    ORS ch. 813

    Off-road vehicles
    ORS ch. 821

    Abandoned vehicles
    ORS ch. 819

    Parking offenses
    ORS § 221.275 et seq.

    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 et seq.

    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