Oregon Administrative Code

734-060-0180 Restricted Sign Permits (1) This rule is enacted under the authority of ORS 377.725(14). (2) A Restricted Permit may be issued for non-conforming signs that were legally located prior to May 31, 2007, where no compensation has been exchanged for the sign’s placement …

734-060-0185 Public Convenience and Safety Signs (1) Location. Public convenience or safety signs are allowed on private property visible to a state highway, under the exemption in ORS 377.735, except as prohibited by these rules. Public convenience or safety signs are prohibited…

734-060-0190 Digital or LED Variable Message Signs Other than Outdoor Advertising Signs This rule is enacted pursuant to ORS 377.720(3) and (4) regarding signs other than Outdoor Advertising Signs that utilize digital or LED electronic message or variable message technology and a…

734-062-0005 Applicability and Purpose (1) The purpose of these regulations is to establish standards for the Department of Transportation to erect official traffic control signs to identify and provide directional information to qualified cultural and historical features. (2) Th…

734-062-0010 Definitions As used in these rules the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Engineer” means the State Traffic Engineer or the Engineer’s designee. (2) “Qualified Cultural Feature” means a museum determined by the Engineer t…

734-062-0015 Criteria For Location (1) Signs for qualified features shall conform to all requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission, any of its amended supplements, and all other standards established by the De…

734-062-0020 Facilities Requirements for Qualified Cultural and Historical Features (1) Qualified cultural and historical features that have features within a building or a restricted outdoor area must include: (a) Restroom facilities and drinking water. (b) Continuous operation …

734-062-0030 Distance to Qualified Cultural and Historical Feature and Follow-Up Signs (1) Qualified historical or cultural features must be located within one mile of the interchange measured by vehicle distance from the center point of the exit ramp intersection to the nearest …

734-062-0035 Application and Eligibility (1) The Department shall prioritize applications for qualified feature signs based on the date of receipt of a properly completed application. (2) Only the owner or responsible operator of a qualified historical or cultural feature may fil…

734-062-0040 Waiver (1) Upon request by an applicant the Engineer may authorize a waiver of OAR 734-062-0030(1) upon a showing by applicant that for qualified cultural or historical features located within 10 miles of an interchange but more than one mile from an interchange, the…

734-062-0050 Temporary Removal and Reinstallation Fees After the initial installation of any qualified cultural or historical feature sign, a $25 fee shall be charged for: (1) Temporary removal because of temporary or seasonal closure of the qualified cultural or historical featu…

734-062-0100 Signs Identifying Viticultural Features: Applicability and Purpose (1) The purpose of these regulations is to establish standards for the Department of Transportation to erect official traffic control signs to identify to motorists that they are entering a federally …

734-062-0105 Signs Identifying Viticultural Features: Definitions As used in these rules the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Engineer” means the State Traffic Engineer or the Engineer’s designee. (2) “Qualified Feature” means a fea…

734-062-0110 Criteria For Location (1) Signs for qualified viticultural features must conform to all requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission, any of its amended supplements, and all other standards establish…

734-062-0115 Application and Eligibility (1) The Department shall prioritize applications for signs for qualified features based on the date of receipt of a properly completed application. (2) Only the following may apply for a sign under these rules: the entity that submitted th…

734-062-0120 Signs for Qualified Viticultural Features (1) Location. A qualified viticultural feature applicant may apply for a sign near the border entering the viticultural area recognized by the federal Department of Treasury. Because a viticultural feature is a large geograph…

734-062-0125 Signs Identifying Viticultural Features: Installation (1) The Department may furnish, erect, and maintain all signs that have been approved for installation. (2) The Department shall notify applicant promptly when an application has been approved or denied, and when …

734-063-0005 Relocating Outdoor Advertising Signs on a Scenic Byway For the purpose of insuring that Oregon does not violate any federal scenic byway laws resulting in the loss of federal funding for its scenic byways: (1) No permit shall be issued to relocate an outdoor advertis…

734-063-0010 Scenic Byway Removal Incentive Program (1) As provided in ORS 377.759, the owner of an active outdoor advertising sign permit for a sign visible to a highway located along the Oregon Scenic Byway system may apply to the Department of Transportation to voluntarily rem…

734-064-0010 Definitions As used in these division 64 rules, the following definitions will apply: (1) “Comparable Location” means a location for an Outdoor Advertising Sign (“OAS”) that: (a) Is on the same parcel of land or another parcel of land within the same market area with…

734-064-0015 Sign Structure and Permit are Personal Property The OAS structure and OAS permit are considered personal property for purposes of these rules. Any condemnation of real property interests, including but not limited to easements, shall be conducted under ORS Chapter 35…

734-064-0020 Relocation of an Outdoor Advertising Sign Due to a Highway Project (1) An OAS that is a Total or Partial Loss, and is removed or cannot be relocated on the same property, may only be relocated to another legal site and reconstructed in compliance with any existing re…

734-064-0030 Compensation for Loss of an Outdoor Advertising Sign Due to a Highway Project (1) When the Department has a Highway Project that may impact an OAS, it shall determine whether there will be a Total or Partial Loss to any OAS. The Department shall issue a written notic…

734-064-0040 In-Kind Value The Department and an OAS Owner may enter into alternative dispute resolution and a settlement agreement for Partial or Full Compensation through in-kind value. Alternatively, if the OAS Owner can successfully modify the OAS structure to mitigate a Part…

734-064-0050 Request for Outdoor Advertising Sign Permit within the STIP ORS 377.725(4) requires an OAS Owner to sign an affidavit forgoing any claim for Full or Partial Compensation when applying for a permit to relocate or reconstruct an OAS in a location identified in a curren…

734-064-0060 Removal of Outdoor Advertising Sign through Written Notice Coinciding with an offer for the real property made to the owner of the underlying land, the OAS Owner shall be made eligible for relocation benefits applicable to the OAS. Notice of eligibility for relocatio…

734-064-0070 Request for Reconsideration upon Completion of Highway Project (1) Notwithstanding ORS Chapter 183 and the rules in this division, an OAS owner may request reconsideration of the Department’s notice of determination of Partial Loss or no impact within 60 days of the …

734-065-0010 Definitions (1) Transit shelters are structures erected and maintained at official stops for a mass transit district, transportation district or any other public transportation agency to protect their riders from the weather at transit stops, and will hereinafter be …

734-065-0015 Construction or Placement of Transit Benches or Shelters These rules do not grant any authority to construct or place any benches or shelters, nor to maintain any existing benches or shelters, but pertain solely to the placement of outdoor advertising signs on benche…

734-065-0020 Sign Location (1) Bench and Shelter signs are prohibited on state highway right-of-way. (2) Bench and Shelter signs are prohibited where visible from an interstate highway or a full access control highway. (3) Bench and Shelter signs are prohibited in a designated sc…

734-065-0025 Size and Construction of Sign (1) Shelters: (a) The maximum allowable size of a shelter sign is 24 square feet for each side of the sign. (b) The maximum distance between advertising panels placed back-to-back is one foot. (c) The sign must not extend beyond the oute…

734-065-0035 Spacing (1) The minimum spacing between signs is as follows: (a) Within the corporate boundaries of a city, 100 feet from any outdoor advertising sign located on the same side of the highway. (b) Outside the corporate boundaries of a city, 500 feet from any outdoor a…

734-065-0040 Compliance (1) All signs subject to these rules are also subject to the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.840 and to all applicable federal laws, regulations and agreements entered into by the Transportation Commission and the Federal Highway Administration. (2) All s…

734-065-0045 Size Variance for Transit Size variances are not issued for transit bench signs. Upon written request and for good cause shown the Department of Transportation may grant a variance from the size restrictions of OAR 734-065-0025(1) for transit shelter signs not to exc…

734-065-0050 Removal All signs granted permits under these rules are subject to removal procedures in accordance with ORS 377.775. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 377.729 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 377.725 History: HWD 9-2009, f. & cert. ef. 11-17-09 2HD 19-1981, f. & ef. 11-…

734-070-0005 Scope (1) Operating under special permits issued by the Department of Transportation pursuant to other rules, many over-dimensional vehicles or loads travel on state highways. Such permits may be valid for up to a one-year period, authorize dimensions considerably in…

734-070-0010 Imposition of Travel Restrictions (1) The Chief Engineer and the Administrator of the Commerce and Compliance Division are both authorized to impose time of travel restrictions, to halt the movement of over-dimensional vehicles and loads, or to impose other restricti…

734-070-0017 Weight Limitations – Exception The exemptions from maximum weight limitations in ORS 818.030(3), 818.070(3) and 818.140(3) apply to any department-owned vehicle, combination of vehicles, article, machine or other equipment leased from the department to a private cont…

734-070-0020 Test Run and Exception In order to determine whether or not a vehicle or combination of vehicles is approved to traverse a length-restricted highway, or section(s) thereof, the Department, upon request from an interested party, will conduct an evaluation of the propo…

734-070-0025 Permits Issued by a Third Party Agent The Department may enter into an agreement with any third party for the purpose of issuing approved overweight and over-dimensional permits. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.616, 184.619 & 818.200 Statutes/Other Implemented: OR…

734-070-0035 Permit Fees (1) The Department shall charge a fee of $8 for each permit issued by the Department under ORS 818.200. (2) The Department shall charge a fee of $2 for each permit issued by a third party agent. The $2 fee shall be collected by the private contractor and …

734-070-0060 Pilot Vehicle Operator Traffic Control (1) Movement of certain oversize loads may require traffic stoppage or other traffic control methods to provide for safe passage of the load. In specified areas where conditions may require traffic control to ensure safe operati…

734-070-0100 Continuous Operation Variance Permits; Purpose The Department of Transportation is required by ORS 818.205 to establish a program for issuing continuous operation variance permits that would allow a motor carrier to obtain one permit that is valid for every participa…

734-070-0110 Definitions The following definitions apply to the Continuous Operation Variance Permit (COVP) Program: (1) “Agent” means a participating road authority or private contractor authorized by ODOT to issue permits for other jurisdictions participating in the COVP Progra…

734-070-0120 Participation Each road authority choosing to participate in the COVP Program shall enter into an agreement with the Department indicating the road authority’s level of participation. Further, each participant shall: (1) Provide CCD with an electronic mail address; (…

734-070-0130 Permit Issuance Each Level 3 participant shall enter into an agreement with the Department to issue continuous trip permits covered by this program. The agreement will provide conditions under which permits shall be issued and provide that: (1) The participant shall …

734-070-0140 Permit Fees (1) Each participating road authority shall provide the Department with a schedule of fees established by the road authority’s governing body for permits in the road authority’s jurisdiction. Notice of any change in the road authority fee schedule shall b…

734-071-0005 Scope (1) Oregon's statutes are basically quite restrictive in establishing length of vehicles, loads, and combinations of vehicles. The lengths established are for those vehicles or combinations which can be operated safely upon any highway including older highways …

734-071-0010 Designated Highways and Definitions (1) The types of vehicles, combinations of vehicles, or loads listed in Table 1 or Table 2 may operate without special permit upon: (a) Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 highways as shown on Group Map 1 when the dimensions do not exceed…

734-071-0015 Possible Reclassification of Highways Due to Improvements Improvements may be made to some of the Group 2 and Group 3 highways indicated on Group Map 1, revised October 2023. Those improvements may make it appropriate to reclassify the highway or section of highway t…