Title 21, Cities

Whenever the council of any city deems it necessary or expedient to construct a sewer partially within and partially without the city, or to construct a sewer outlet, or do any other work, acts or things without the city for proper disposal of sewerage and drainage, the city, thr…

A city, through its council, may divert water and waterways, fill or drain lakes, ponds or other waters, increase or diminish the flow of waters in natural channels or dam channels and do such other acts and things as may be found necessary or essential for the matters provided f…

The council may provide for and make a local assessment for benefits against any and all property whether within or without the city or partially within or partially without the city and enforce a collection of such assessments.

The owners of property without the city shall be given like notice and shall have like opportunities of remonstrance and have all other rights and remedies which the owners of property within the city may have or be given, including the privileges of the Bancroft Bonding Act or s…

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of ORS 224.010 to 224.170, owners of any property against which an assessment for a local improvement under this chapter has been imposed may seek a review thereof under the provisions of ORS 34.010 to 34.100. [1967 c.280 §2 (enacted in lieu …

Upon final determination of the review a transcript of the judgment shall be filed with the auditor, clerk or other official of the city having charge of the assessment records, whereupon it shall be entered in the records of the city and other records as provided in ORS 224.090 …

No assessment under ORS 224.040 against property beyond the limits of the city shall be a lien on the property until a certified transcript of the assessment in so far as it affects such property has been filed with the county clerk or other person having custody and charge of th…

The clerk or officer referred to in ORS 224.090 shall record the transcript referred to in that section in the mortgage records of the county and properly index it. The issuance of a writ of review shall not prevent the recording and indexing of such transcript, but upon final de…

The city, through its council, may collect and enforce or provide for collecting and enforcing payment of liens created by virtue of ORS 224.090 or 224.100 by a sale of the property in the same manner and with the same force and effect as is or may be provided with respect to pro…

In case of a sale without a foreclosure in court a duplicate certificate of sale shall be made by the city official making the sale and recorded with the county clerk or other officer having charge of mortgage records of the county. In case of redemption or issuance of a deed upo…

Nothing contained in ORS 224.010 to 224.170 shall authorize the city to assess any property now included in any drainage district organized under ORS 547.005 to 547.030 and beyond the limits of the city unless the owner of such property or the officers of such district consent th…

A city, through its council, may enact and enforce such ordinances and other provisions as may be necessary or essential for the proper policing, protection, management and control of sewers, ditches, canals and other works beyond the city limits and constructed by the city under…

The city may negotiate and obtain from the federal government financial aid in construction referred to in ORS 224.140 by a work relief program, grant, loan or other means of like or different nature.

Pending the making of an assessment for all or part of any construction referred to in ORS 224.140, the city may make temporary loans or advances from the fund legally available under its charter in order to procure the federal aid or perform such construction, or both. Such loan…

The provisions of the city charter applicable to curative measures or reassessments shall be applicable to property without the city limits as well as to the property within the city. The owners of property beyond the city limits shall have like rights of objection, remonstrances…

(1) The governing body of the municipality, by proposed charter amendment or ordinance, may refer the question of acquiring and constructing the facilities to a vote of its electors, and after approval thereof by a majority of such electors, may authorize the issuance of and caus…

All proceedings and elections had prior to March 9, 1935, in cities of less than 100,000 population under ORS 224.232 and 224.270 are validated. All bonds voted prior to March 9, 1935, by any municipality, as defined in ORS 224.210 (1971 Replacement Part), for a sanitary disposal…

As used in ORS 224.310 to 224.420, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Municipality” means a duly incorporated city or town having a population of not more than 3,500 inhabitants as determined from the latest official enumeration of inhabitants, either federal or state, m…

Municipalities that have been certified by the Environmental Quality Commission as being in need of sewerage systems and that are unable to sell bonds upon the public market, or are unable to obtain satisfactory offers for bonds upon such market, for the purpose of financing the …

A municipality shall not apply to the State Treasurer for financing under ORS 224.320 unless: (1) It submits to the State Treasurer plans and specifications prepared by competent registered engineers setting forth the type or character of sewer system or sewerage facilities propo…

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act or of any city charter, the bonds issued by municipalities pursuant to ORS 224.350 and 224.370 shall bear such dates, be in such form, run for such periods of time, bear such rates of interest, and be sold by the municipalities at s…

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the sole judge as to whether state funds shall be invested in the project and as to which undertakings shall first be financed. The decision of the State Treasurer on the subject of investment and priority shall be final. (2) The State Treasurer m…

So long as any of the sewerage bonds of the municipality or district are owned by the state, the municipality or district shall not issue other bonds of any character without prior written approval of the State Treasurer. [Amended by 1953 c.287 §9]

The State Treasurer may purchase sewerage bonds from a municipality or sanitary district at private sale if the municipality or district does not receive any bids for the bonds, or if bids received therefor are unsatisfactory. General obligation sewer bonds or sewerage system bon…

The State Sewer Bond Revolving Fund is created for investment under authority of ORS 224.310 to 224.420 and for payment of costs of the State Treasurer in carrying out the provisions of those sections. The State Treasurer may engage such assistance and incur such expenses as may …

(1) Each municipality financing the cost of a sewerage system under authority of ORS 224.310 to 224.420 shall submit to the State Treasurer for approval a schedule of its rates and proposed method of collection of its sewerage charges. The rates shall be such as, in the judgment …

If any municipality fails to meet, when due, any obligation sold to the state under authority of ORS 224.310 to 224.420, the State Treasurer, with the approval of the circuit court of the county in which the major portion of the assessed valuation of the municipality is located, …

The treasurer of each municipality and of each sanitary district that finances the cost of a sewerage system or facilities under authority of ORS 224.310 to 224.420 shall keep collections or assessments for sewerage service separate and distinct from other funds of the municipali…

All bonds or other obligations issued prior to November 15, 1936, by any city or town of less than 100,000 population, for the purpose of financing in whole or in part the construction, enlargement, extension, repair or improvement of a sewer system, including a sewage treatment …

(1) Unless prohibited by its charter, a city may impose on the users of water a sewage charge which shall be billed and collected by the city. The proceeds of the sewage charge may be used for paying, in whole or in part, the cost of planning, constructing or operating a sewage d…

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, “city” means any incorporated city or town.

(1) When the power to do so is conferred by or contained in its charter or act of incorporation, any city may build, own, operate and maintain waterworks, water systems, railways and railroads, electric light and power plants, within and without its boundaries for the benefit and…

Any city owning, controlling or operating a system of waterworks or electric light and power system for supplying water or electricity for its inhabitants and for general municipal purposes, and any person controlling or operating any water system or electric light and power syst…

All contracts or agreements made prior to May 20, 1911, and in effect as of that date, for sale and disposal of water or electricity by any city or person operating, controlling or owning water or electric light and power systems, to any person within or without the limits of the…

(1) Any or all cities may construct, own or operate jointly, in such proportion as they may agree, waterworks and water pipelines, water rights and water. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the cities may: (a) Purchase, own, hold, appropriate and condemn land…

(1) Whenever authorized by their charter or incorporation law, cities and other municipal corporations may, either severally or in joint agreement, purchase, own, operate and maintain any works in an adjoining state necessary or pertinent to the furnishing of water supply or elec…

The governing body of any city may contract with and permit the United States of America to use for military purposes within or without the boundaries of such city the surplus waters thereof and such use shall be deemed to be for municipal purposes.

(1) In order to finance the cost of installing any improvement for waterworks or water systems authorized by ORS 225.020, a city council may provide for and make a local assessment for benefits, for all or part of the cost of such construction, against any and all property whethe…

Notwithstanding any other law, the City of Klamath Falls, acting solely in connection with the ownership and operation of the Klamath Cogeneration Project, may enter into transactions with other persons or entities for the production, supply or delivery of electricity or fuel on …

(1) This section applies to the City of Bandon, the City of North Bend and the City of Reedsport. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of the city’s charter or code to the contrary, fees, rates or any other charges imposed for municipal water and wastewater services provided by the …

When authorized by its charter or act of incorporation, a city may purchase, build, own, operate and maintain telephone or telegraph systems within or without its boundaries, for the benefit and use of its inhabitants at cost or for profit. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §169]

For the purposes of ORS 225.110, a city may interconnect by agreement or otherwise with other public or private telephone systems and conduct both a local and long distance telephone business or it may cooperate with the state at any time that the state undertakes to handle the l…

For any of the purposes of ORS 225.110 and 225.120, a city may acquire rights of way, easements and real property within or without its boundaries.

Except as provided in ORS 225.150 and 225.160, in exercising the powers granted by ORS 225.110 to 225.130, a city may bring actions for condemnation or taking of any private property necessary for such public use, in the manner provided or permitted by law for private corporation…

The city shall pay compensation by deposit in court of an order drawn on the city treasurer for the amount of compensation fixed by the court in the condemnation proceeding.

In lieu of proceeding under ORS 225.140, a city may elect to proceed with condemnation in the manner provided by law for condemnation of land for highway or other purposes by this state. MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND POWER SYSTEM