The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Oregon cities. This reference list is as reviewed in the Oregon Revised Statutes, 2023 edition and is up-to-date as of June 2023.
Subject
Reference
Authority over local affairs
ORS 221.410
Boundary changes
ORS 222.005 et seq.
Charter amendments
ORS 221.210
City charters
Oregon Const. Art. XI § 2
Elections
ORS 221.160 – 221.200 and 221.230
Enforcement of ordinances
ORS 30.315 and 221.315
Incorporation of cities
ORS 221.005 – 221.106
Initiative and referendum
ORS 221.210 and 250.255 et seq.
Ordinances
ORS 221.275 – 221.333
Procedures, fines and penalties for traffic violations
ORS Title 59, Ch. 801 et seq. and Chapter 153
Violations and fines; procedures for criminal matters
ORS Chapter 153
Subject
Reference
City officers
ORS 221.110 – 221.200
Emergency management and services
ORS Chapter 401
Municipal courts
ORS 221.140 and 221.336 – 221.358
Planning commissions
ORS 227.010 et seq.
Subject
Reference
Assessments for local improvements
ORS 223.387 – 223.401
Financial administration
ORS Chapter 294
Limitations on powers of city to assist corporations
Oregon Const. Art. XI § 9
Public contracts and purchasing (“Public Contracting Code”)
ORS 279.835 – 279.855, ORS Chapters 279A, 279B and 279C
Subject
Reference
Cannabis ordinances and licensing
ORS § 475C.950
Licensing and taxation
ORS 221.410 et seq.
Liquor licenses
ORS 471.155 et seq.
Medical Marijuana ordinances and licensing
ORS § 475C.945
Taxation of liquor prohibited
ORS 473.190
Subject
Reference
Animal control
ORS 609.015 et seq.
Rabies control
ORS 433.340 – 433.390
Subject
Reference
Camping by homeless
ORS 195.500 et seq.
Disease and condition control; mass gatherings; indoor air
ORS Vol. 12, Title 36, Ch. 433
General authority
ORS 221.410 et seq.
Health districts
ORS 440.305 – 440.410
Public health measures
ORS 433.110 – 433.220
State and local enforcement of health laws
ORS Chapter 431
Weed control
ORS Chapter 569
Subject
Reference
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
ORS 167.060 – 167.100
Oregon Criminal Code of 1971
ORS § 161.005 et seq.
Prohibitions on local governments as to crimes involving use of alcohol, cannabis or drugs
ORS 430.402
Recreational use of cannabis
ORS Chapter 475C
State penal code (“Oregon Criminal Code of 1971”)
ORS Chapters 161 – 169
Subject
Reference
Abandoned vehicles
ORS 819.100 – 819.215
Bicycles, motorcycles, scooters
ORS Chapter 814
Local authority
ORS 801.040
Oregon vehicle code
ORS Chapters 801 – 826
Parking offenses
ORS 221.275 – 221.290 and 221.333
Procedures for traffic offenses
ORS 153.530 et seq.
Subject
Reference
City improvements and works
ORS Chapter 223
City parks, memorials and cemeteries
ORS Chapter 226
Subject
Reference
City sewers and sanitation
ORS Chapter 224
Municipal utilities
ORS Chapter 225
System development charges
ORS 223.297 et seq.
Subject
Reference
Adoption of codes by reference
ORS 221.330
Municipal regulation
ORS 455.148 et seq.
Municipal review and inspection
ORS 455.675 et seq.
Radio antennas
ORS 221.295
State Building Code
ORS Chapter 455
Subject
Reference
Subdivisions and partitions
ORS Chapter 92
Subject
Reference
City planning and zoning
ORS Chapter 227
Land use planning
ORS Chapter 197
Mobile home and manufactured dwelling parks
ORS 446.003 et seq.