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 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
Incorporation of cities
Initiative and referendum
ORS §§ 221.210 and 250.255 et seq.
Ordinances
Procedures for infractions, violations and traffic offenses
Administration and Personnel
City officers
Emergency management and services
Municipal courts
ORS §§ 221.140, 221.336—221.357
Planning commissions
ORS § 227.010 et seq.
Revenue and Finance
Assessments for local improvements
Financial administration
Limitations on powers of city to assist corporations
Oregon Constitution Art. XI § 9
Public contracts and purchasing ("Public Contracting Code")
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
Health and Safety
Camping by homeless
General authority
ORS § 221.410 et seq.
State and local enforcement of health laws
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
Prohibitions on local governments as to crimes involving use of alcohol and drugs
ORS § 430.402
State penal code ("Oregon Criminal Code of 1971")
Vehicles and Traffic
Abandoned vehicles
Bicycles
ORS § 814.400 et seq.
Local authority
ORS § 801.040
Oregon vehicle code
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
City parks, memorials and cemeteries
Water and Sewers
City sewers and sanitation
Municipal utilities
System development charges
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
Subdivisions
Subdivisions and partitions
Zoning
City planning and zoning
Mobile and manufactured dwelling parks
ORS § 446.003 et seq.