ORS Chapter 368

Chapter 368 — CountyRoads

 

2009 EDITION

 

 

COUNTYROADS

 

HIGHWAYS,ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES

 

GENERALPROVISIONS

 

368.001     Definitions

 

368.011     Countyauthority to supersede statutes; limitations

 

368.016     Countyauthority over roads; limitations

 

368.021     Countyauthority over trails

 

368.026     Withdrawalof county road status; report; notice; hearing

 

368.031     Countyjurisdiction over local access roads

 

368.036     Standardsfor county roads and road work

 

368.039     Roadstandards adopted by local government supersede standards in fire codes;consultation with fire agencies

 

368.041     Widthsof county roads; maintenance of designated roads as county roads

 

368.046     Countyroad official; duties

 

368.051     Accountingfor county road work

 

368.056     Permitfor gate construction on public road

 

368.062     Transferringroad within city to county jurisdiction

 

ACQUISITIONOF PROPERTY FOR ROADS

 

368.073     Initiationof proceedings to acquire property for road purposes

 

368.081     Requirementsfor petition to initiate road proceedings

 

368.086     Roadproceedings; hearing; notice

 

368.091     Owners’rights to terminate road proceedings

 

368.096     Alternativemethods to acquire property for roads

 

368.101     Authorityto change road proceedings; limitation

 

368.106     Recordsand survey of property acquired for road

 

368.111     Assessmentof costs and damages from road proceedings

 

368.116     Acquisitionof railroad right of way

 

368.121     Financialassistance to persons displaced by county road acquisition; rules

 

368.126     Orderestablishing new road along existing road to identify parts of existing road tobe vacated

 

368.131     Rightof way over United States public lands

 

ROADVIEWERS

 

368.161     Useof road viewers to establish road

 

368.166     Roadviewer report; hearing; notice

 

368.171     Order,costs and damages under proceeding with road viewers

 

LEGALIZATIONOF ROADS

 

368.201     Basisfor legalization of road

 

368.206     Proceedingsfor legalization of roads; report; notice

 

368.211     Compensationfor property affected by road legalization

 

368.216     Orderunder road legalization proceeding

 

368.221     Legalization;county determination of lesser width

 

ROADHAZARDS

 

368.251     Obstructionof road drains prohibited

 

368.256     Creationof road hazard prohibited

 

368.261     Orderto abate road hazard

 

368.266     Hearingon abatement of road hazard; notice

 

368.271     Abatementof road hazard by county

 

368.276     Hearing,notice and costs when county abates road hazard

 

368.281     Countyrecovery of costs for road hazard abatement; lien

 

VACATIONOF COUNTY PROPERTY

 

368.326     Purposeof vacation proceedings; limitation

 

368.331     Limitationon use of vacation proceedings to eliminate access

 

368.336     Abuttingowners in vacation proceedings

 

368.341     Initiationof vacation proceedings; requirements for resolution or petition

 

368.346     Report,notice and hearing for vacation proceedings

 

368.351     Vacationwithout hearing

 

368.356     Orderand costs in vacation proceedings

 

368.361     Intergovernmentalvacation proceedings

 

368.366     Ownershipof vacated property

 

NOTICE

 

368.401     Generalnotice provisions

 

368.406     Noticeby service

 

368.411     Noticeby posting

 

368.416     Noticeby publication

 

368.421     Recordof notice

 

368.426     Contentsof notice

 

COUNTYROAD FUNDS

 

368.705     Countyroad fund; use of fund

 

368.710     Apportionmentof certain local option taxes; compression

 

368.715     Usingcounty funds for noncounty roads during emergency

 

368.720     Usingroad funds outside of county

 

368.722     Expenditureof general road fund on city streets and bridges

 

MISCELLANEOUSPROVISIONS

 

368.910     Ownerto repair sidewalks and curbs along road; county may repair if owner fails

 

368.915     Paymentand reimbursement when county makes repairs

 

368.920     Expenseof repairs as lien on abutting property

 

368.925     Delinquencyin paying assessment for repairs; execution sale

 

368.942     Postingnotices, signs or pictures on structures within county road right of wayprohibited

 

368.945     Authorityof county road official to remove unlawfully posted matter

 

368.950     Applicabilityof ORS 368.942 and 368.945

 

368.955     Postingnotices, signs or pictures within view of county road on property of anotherwithout consent prohibited

 

368.960     Authorityof property owner to remove unlawfully posted matter

 

PENALTIES

 

368.990     Penalties

 

GENERALPROVISIONS

 

      368.001Definitions.As used in this chapter:

      (1)“County road” means a public road under the jurisdiction of a county that hasbeen designated as a county road under ORS 368.016.

      (2)“County road official” means the roadmaster, engineer, road supervisor, publicworks director or other administrative officer designated by the countygoverning body as being responsible for administration of the road activitiesof the county.

      (3)“Local access road” means a public road that is not a county road, statehighway or federal road.

      (4)“Owner” means a vendee under a recorded land sale contract or, if there is norecorded land sale contract, the holder of the record title of land if thevendee or holder has a present interest equal to or greater than a life estate.

      (5)“Public road” means a road over which the public has a right of use that is amatter of public record.

      (6)“Road” means the entire right of way of any public or private way that providesingress to or egress from property by means of vehicles or other means or thatprovides travel between places by means of vehicles. “Road” includes, but isnot limited to:

      (a)Ways described as streets, highways, throughways or alleys;

      (b)Road related structures that are in the right of way such as tunnels, culvertsor similar structures; and

      (c)Structures that provide for continuity of the right of way such as bridges. [1981c.153 §2]

 

      368.005 [Amended by1971 c.135 §1; repealed by 1981 c.153 §79]

 

      368.010 [Amended by1963 c.501 §1; repealed by 1981 c.153 §79]

 

      368.011County authority to supersede statutes; limitations. (1) Except asotherwise provided in this section, a county may supersede any provision inthis chapter by enacting an ordinance pursuant to the charter of the county orunder powers granted the county in ORS 203.030 to 203.075.

      (2)A county may not enact an ordinance to supersede a provision of this section orORS 368.001, 368.016, 368.021, 368.026, 368.031, 368.051, 368.705, 368.710,368.720 or 368.722. [1981 c.153 §3; 2007 c.679 §3]

 

      368.016County authority over roads; limitations. (1) Except as provided in thissection or as otherwise specifically provided by law, the exercise ofgovernmental powers relating to a road within a county is a matter of countyconcern.

      (2)A county governing body:

      (a)Does not have jurisdiction over any public road that is a state highway.

      (b)Shall only take action involving a local access road within a city if the citygoverning body consents to the action.

      (c)May by resolution or order make any public road within its jurisdiction acounty road.

      (3)Any road that has a classification as a county road on November 1, 1981, shallretain that classification unless the classification is changed under ORS368.026 or as otherwise provided by law.

      (4)A county governing body may seek assistance from the Department ofTransportation as provided under ORS 366.155. [1981 c.153 §4; 1993 c.741 §44]

 

      368.021County authority over trails. (1) A county governing body has thesame jurisdiction over trails as it has over local access roads.

      (2)This section applies to trails that:

      (a)Are easements over land or by watercourse that are not part of a road right ofway;

      (b)Provide certain forms of ingress to or egress from land or water or permittravel between places;

      (c)Do not provide vehicle access of the type provided by a road; and

      (d)Are not under the jurisdiction of a state or federal agency. [1981 c.153 §5]

 

      368.026Withdrawal of county road status; report; notice; hear