Title 31, Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries

The State Parks and Recreation Department is hereby directed to protect, to maintain and to promulgate rules governing use of the public of property that is subject to ORS 390.640, property subject to public rights or easements declared by ORS 390.610 and property abutting, adjac…

The improvement on any property within the ocean shore without a permit issued under ORS 390.650 or 390.657, or in a manner contrary to the conditions set out in the permit, is a public nuisance. [1999 c.373 §12; 2025 c.494 §5]

(1) If the State Parks and Recreation Director determines that any improvement is being made on property within the ocean shore without a permit issued under ORS 390.650 or 390.657, or in a manner contrary to the conditions set out in the permit, the director may: (a) Investigate…

If the State Parks and Recreation Director finds that a person or governmental body holding a permit issued under ORS 390.650 or 390.657 is making an improvement on property within the ocean shore contrary to the conditions set out in the permit, the director may revoke, suspend …

(1) In addition to any enforcement action taken under ORS 390.663, civil proceedings to abate alleged public nuisances under ORS 390.661 may be instituted in the name of the State of Oregon upon relation of the State Parks and Recreation Director or by any person in the person’s …

(1) If any person or governmental body, through negligence, violates ORS 390.640, the State Parks and Recreation Director, in a proceeding brought pursuant to ORS 390.669, may seek and the court may award double a sum of money sufficient to compensate the public for any destructi…

(1) Civil penalties under ORS 390.992 shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745. (2) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty or sanction provided by law. An action taken by the State Parks and Recreation Director under this section…

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Director shall adopt by rule the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation under ORS 390.992. (2) In imposing a penalty under the schedule adopted under subsection (1) of this section, the director shall consider the…

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department may establish zones on the ocean shore where travel by motor vehicles or landing of any aircraft except for an emergency shall be restricted or prohibited. After the establishment of a zone and the erection of signs or markers thereon…

Nothing in ORS 390.605, 390.615, 390.678 and 390.685 is intended to repeal ORS 836.510 to 836.525. [Formerly 274.110 and then 390.750]

Nothing in ORS 390.610, 390.620 to 390.676, 390.690 and 390.705 to 390.770 shall be construed to relinquish, impair or limit the sovereign title or rights of the State of Oregon in the shores of the Pacific Ocean as the same may exist before or after July 6, 1967. [1967 c.601 §10…

No person shall: (1) Place any pipeline, cable line or other conduit across and under the state recreation areas described by ORS 390.635 or the submerged lands adjacent to the ocean shore, except as provided by ORS 390.715. (2) Remove any natural product from the ocean shore, ot…

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department may issue permits under ORS 390.650 to 390.659 for pipelines, cable lines and other conduits across and under the ocean shore, state recreation areas and the submerged lands adjacent to the ocean shore, upon payment of just compensati…

(1) Removal of natural products such as fish or wildlife, agates or small amounts of driftwood from a state recreation area as defined in ORS 390.605 for personal, noncommercial use is not subject to the provisions of ORS 390.650 or 390.657. (2) The collection of natural products…

(1) A person may not operate a Class I all-terrain vehicle on the ocean shore unless the person obtains a permit from the State Parks and Recreation Department as provided in this section. (2) The department may issue a permit for the operation of a Class I all-terrain vehicle on…

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department is directed to periodically reexamine the line of vegetation as established and described by ORS 390.770 for the purpose of obtaining information and material suitable for a re-evaluation and re-definition, if necessary, of such line …

ORS 390.640 does not apply to any state-owned land or to headlands and other lands located at an elevation of more than 16 feet and seaward of a line running between the following designated and numbered points which are more particularly described by ORS 390.770. The elevation m…

Except for the areas described by ORS 390.760, ORS 390.640 applies to all the land located along the Pacific Ocean between the Columbia River and the Oregon-California boundary between extreme low tide and the lines of vegetation as established and described according to the Oreg…

As used in ORS 390.805 to 390.925, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Related adjacent land” means all land within one-fourth of one mile of the bank on the side of Waldo Lake, or a river or segment of river within a scenic waterway, except land that, in the State Parks …

The people of Oregon find that many of the free-flowing rivers of Oregon and Waldo Lake and lands adjacent to such lake and rivers possess outstanding scenic, fish, wildlife, geological, botanical, historic, archaeologic, and outdoor recreation values of present and future benefi…

The following lakes and rivers, or segments of rivers, and related adjacent land are designated as scenic waterways: (1) The Metolius Scenic Waterway which includes the Metolius River from Metolius Springs downstream to its confluence with Candle Creek. (2) The Klamath Scenic Wat…

Nothing in ORS 390.826 shall: (1) Affect or modify any treaty or other rights of any Indian tribe; or (2) Affect lands held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for Indian tribes or individual members of Indian tribes or other lands acquired by the Army Corps of Engineers an…

(1) It is declared that the highest and best uses of the waters within scenic waterways are recreation, fish and wildlife uses. The free-flowing character of these waters shall be maintained in quantities necessary for recreation, fish and wildlife uses. No dam, or reservoir, or …

(1) Except as provided in ORS 390.835, scenic waterways shall be administered by the State Parks and Recreation Department, each in such manner as to protect and enhance the values which caused such scenic waterway to be included in the system. In such administration primary emph…

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department shall establish, by rule, a system for issuing passes necessary to comply with the requirements under ORS 390.851. The department shall establish a reasonable fee for issuance of a pass under this section. The department may establish…

(1) Unless the person has an appropriate pass issued under ORS 390.848, no person shall launch, operate or ride in any boat or engage in any camping, fishing or other activity in connection with being transported by a boat on those portions of the Deschutes River designated as sc…

The State Parks and Recreation Department shall undertake a continuing study and submit periodic reports to the Governor, with the concurrence of the Water Resources Commission, recommending the designation of additional rivers or segments of rivers and related adjacent land by t…

The designation of a river or segment of a river and related adjacent land, pursuant to ORS 390.855, shall not become effective until the day following the adjournment sine die of the regular session of the Legislative Assembly next following the date of the designation or that w…

Any public land within or adjacent to a scenic waterway, with the consent of the governing body having jurisdiction thereof, may be transferred to the jurisdiction of the State Parks and Recreation Department with or without compensation. Any land so transferred shall become stat…

In acquiring related adjacent land by exchange, the State Parks and Recreation Department may accept title to any property within a scenic waterway and, in exchange therefor, may convey to the grantor of the property any property under the department’s jurisdiction that the depar…

In addition to State of Oregon funds available for the purposes of ORS 390.805 to 390.925, the State Parks and Recreation Department shall use such portion of moneys made available to it by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and other federal agencies, including matching funds, as …

Nothing in ORS 390.805 to 390.925 affects the jurisdiction or responsibility of other state agencies with respect to boating, fishing, hunting, water pollution, health or fire control; except that such state agencies shall endeavor to perform their responsibilities in a manner co…

In carrying out the provisions of ORS 390.805 to 390.925, the State Parks and Recreation Department may enter into intergovernmental agreements to form committees to advise the various governmental agencies involved regarding management of the scenic waterways. Each such agreemen…

For ad valorem tax purposes, real property that is subject to a scenic easement shall be valued at its real market value, less any reduction in value caused by the scenic easement, and assessed in accordance with ORS 308.232. The easement shall be exempt from assessment and taxat…

In addition to any other penalties provided by law for violation of ORS 390.805 to 390.925 or rules adopted thereunder, the State Parks and Recreation Department is vested with power to obtain injunctions and other appropriate relief against violations of any provisions of ORS 39…

As used in ORS 390.930 to 390.940: (1) “Managing agencies” includes: (a) State Parks and Recreation Department; (b) State Department of Fish and Wildlife; (c) Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation; (d) State Marine Board; (e) Sherman, Wasco and Jefferson Coun…

There is created the Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Recreation Area consisting of the segment of the Deschutes River scenic waterway under ORS 390.826 that is designated as the segment from immediately below the existing Pelton reregulating dam downstream approximately 100 miles…

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department shall have primary management responsibility for the State of Oregon to manage the Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Recreation Area. In managing the recreation area, the department shall cooperate with other managing agencies having ju…

In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Parks and Recreation Department shall adopt rules necessary to carry out those provisions of ORS 390.930 to 390.940 that the department is charged with administering. [1987 c.624 §§12,22]

The Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Recreation Area shall be managed and developed in accordance with the following guidelines: (1) To the extent allowed under ORS 390.805 to 390.925, the recreational area shall be administered to allow continuance of compatible existing uses, wh…

The State Parks and Recreation Department and state and local managing agencies shall manage the Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Recreation Area according to the provisions of ORS 390.805 to 390.925 and 390.930 to 390.940 and rules adopted under ORS 390.805 to 390.925 and 390.930…

ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2) may be cited as the Oregon Recreation Trails System Act. [1971 c.614 §1]

(1) In order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding resident and tourist population and in order to promote public access to, travel within and enjoyment and appreciation of, the open-air, outdoor areas of Oregon, trails should be established …

The system of Oregon recreation trails shall be composed of trails established as provided in ORS 390.962 and 390.965. The State Parks and Recreation Department, in consultation with appropriate federal, state and local governmental agencies and public and private organizations, …

(1) Upon finding that such trails will meet the criteria established in ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2) and such supplementary criteria as the State Parks and Recreation Department may prescribe, the department is encouraged and empowered to establish and designate Oregon …

(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department may establish trails after public meetings in the areas of the state where trails are planned and only in accordance with the following criteria: (a) Emphasis shall be given to the development of trails across public lands. (b) No tra…