STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR OREGON CITIES
The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Oregon cities. They are current through October 2017.
General Provisions
Incorporation of cities
ORS 221.005 et seq.
City charters
Oregon Constitution Art. XI, § 2
Charter amendments
ORS 221.210
Boundary changes
ORS Chapter 222
Ordinances
ORS 221.275 et seq.
Enforcement of ordinances
Procedures for infractions, violations and traffic offenses
ORS Chapter 153
Elections
Initiative and referendum
ORS 221.210 and 250.255 et seq.
Administration and Personnel
City officers
ORS 221.110 et seq.
Municipal courts
Public meetings
ORS 192.610 et seq.
Emergency management and services
ORS Chapter 401
Planning commissions
ORS 227.010 et seq.
Revenue and Finance
Financial administration
ORS Chapter 294
Public contracts and purchasing
ORS 279.835--279.855
ORS Chapters 279A--279C
Assessments for local improvements
ORS 223.387--223.401
Limitations on powers of city to assist corporations
Oregon Constitution Art. XI, § 9
Revenue sharing for cities
ORS 221.770
Business Licenses and Regulations
Liquor licenses
ORS 471.155 et seq.
Taxation of liquor prohibited
ORS 473.190
Animals
Animal control
ORS Title 48
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--203.082
Fireworks
ORS 480.111 et seq.
State and local enforcement of health laws
ORS Chapter 431
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
Noise control
ORS 467.100
Obscenity, indecency
ORS 167.051--167.100
Prohibitions on local governments as to crimes involving use of alcohol, cannabis and drugs
ORS 430.402
Vehicles and Traffic
Oregon vehicle code
ORS Title 59
Local authority
Rules of the road
ORS Chapter 811
Driving under influence of intoxicants
ORS Chapter 813
Off-road vehicles
ORS Chapter 821
Abandoned vehicles
ORS 819.100--819.215
Parking offenses
Bicycles
ORS 814.400 et seq.
Procedures for traffic infractions
ORS 153.530 et seq.
Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
City improvements and works
ORS Chapter 223
City parks, memorials and cemeteries
ORS Chapter 226
Public Services
Municipal utilities
ORS Chapter 225
Regulation of public utilities
ORS 221.420 et seq.
City sewers and sanitation
ORS Chapter 224
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 regulations
ORS 455.148 et seq.
State building code
ORS Chapter 455
Subdivisions
Subdivisions and partitions
ORS Chapter 92
Zoning
City planning and zoning
ORS Chapter 227
Mobile, manufactured dwelling unit parks
ORS 446.003 et seq.