Title 21, Cities

Any city may surrender its charter and be merged into an adjoining city in the same or another county. Cities having a river as a common boundary, or cities the boundaries of which at the nearest point of proximity are separated a distance of not more than 1,500 feet, for the pur…

(1) The question of merger shall be submitted to the electors of the city desiring to surrender its charter and be merged into an adjoining city, as provided in this section. The governing body of the city shall call an election on the question when a petition is filed as provide…

(1) The question of merger shall be submitted to the electors of the city into which the city surrendering its charter is to be merged as provided in this section. The governing body: (a) May order the election on its own resolution; or (b) Shall order the election when a petitio…

If the two cities affected vote affirmatively on the question of merger upon the same day, the merger of the two cities shall become effective 30 days after the date on which the elections were held. If the question is affirmatively voted upon at elections held on different dates…

On the date the surrender and merger become effective under ORS 222.680, without any further or formal action, all rights and property, both real and personal, then vested in or belonging to the city which voted to surrender its charter, including all parks, public grounds, build…

(1) The merger shall not affect any suits, actions or proceedings pending in any court in which the city surrendering its charter is a party, but all such suits, actions and proceedings shall be defended or prosecuted to termination by the city into which it is merged. All suits,…

If any two cities vote to merge under ORS 222.610 to 222.710, the officer having charge and custody of the records of the city into which the city surrendering its charter is merged, on or before the date on which the merger becomes effective, shall file for record with the offic…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Creek” means a natural course of water that is smaller than, and often tributary to, a river, but is not shallow or intermittent. (b) “River” means a large, continuous and natural stream of water that is fed along its course by converging tributa…

ORS 222.840 to 222.915 shall be known and may be cited as the Health Hazard Abatement Law. [1983 c.407 §2]

As used in ORS 222.840 to 222.915, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Affected territory” means an area within the urban growth boundary of a city and which is otherwise eligible for annexation to that city and in which there exists an actual or alleged danger to public …

In addition to the procedures authorized in ORS 222.010 to 222.750, territory otherwise eligible for annexation in accordance with ORS 222.111 which is within the urban growth boundary of a city may be annexed by passage of an ordinance as provided in ORS 222.900 without any vote…

(1) The city council of any city shall adopt a resolution containing a proposal for annexation without vote or consent in the affected territory. The proposal may contain terms of annexation as provided in ORS 222.111 and shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the affected territo…

(1) Upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution, and verification by the local board of health having jurisdiction, the Oregon Health Authority shall review and investigate conditions in the affected territory. If it finds substantial evidence that a danger to public hea…

(1) The hearing shall be for the sole purpose of determining whether a danger to public health exists due to conditions in the affected territory. It may be conducted by one or more members of the staff of the Oregon Health Authority to whom authority to conduct such a hearing is…

(1) Within 30 days following the final hearing of any arguments received by petition under the provisions of ORS 222.875 (2) the Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall review the arguments and the findings and recommendations of the person conducting the hearing as provide…

At any time after the Director of the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 222.880 finds that conditions dangerous to public health exist, the Oregon Health Authority may order further proceedings on the findings filed under ORS 222.880 halted in order to allow a city, district or p…

(1)(a) Within 60 days after the Director of the Oregon Health Authority finds, pursuant to ORS 222.880, that conditions dangerous to public health exist, not less than 51 percent of the electors registered in the affected territory may file a petition with the Oregon Health Autho…

(1) An alternative plan proposed pursuant to ORS 222.885 shall be reviewed by the Oregon Health Authority in cases where danger to public health is caused by impure or inadequate domestic water and in all other cases by the Environmental Quality Commission. The plan shall be appr…

Judicial review of final orders under ORS 222.840 to 222.915 shall be as provided in ORS 183.480 to 183.500 for judicial review of contested cases. [1975 c.639 §10 (enacted in lieu of 222.895)]

(1) Upon receipt of a certified copy of the findings of the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 222.880, the city council shall cause a study to be made and preliminary plans and specifications developed for the sanitary, water or other facilities necessary to remove or alleviate t…

(1) Within 60 days of receipt of the preliminary plans and other documents submitted as required by ORS 222.897, the appropriate reviewing authority shall determine whether the conditions dangerous to public health within the territory proposed to be annexed can be removed or all…

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, upon receipt of the certified copy of the finding as provided in ORS 222.880 (2) or (3) and certification of approval of plans under ORS 222.898, the city council shall adopt an ordinance which shall: (a) Contain the legal descriptio…

(1) If a local board of health believes that a danger to public health exists within a territory within its jurisdiction that is otherwise eligible for annexation in accordance with ORS 222.111, the board shall proceed in the same manner as a city is authorized to proceed under O…

No officer or employee of the Oregon Health Authority who owns property or resides within affected territory that is subject to proceedings under the provisions of ORS 222.840 to 222.915 shall participate in an official capacity in any investigation, hearing or recommendation rel…

The provisions of ORS 222.840 to 222.915 do not apply to proceedings to annex territory to any city if the charter or ordinances of the city conflict with or are inconsistent with ORS 222.840 to 222.915. [1967 c.624 §12; 1971 c.673 §5] PENALTIES

Failure to comply with the provisions of ORS 222.010 subjects the city to a penalty of $100 which may be recovered by an action in the name of the county in which the city is located. _______________