2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 227 - City Planning and Zoning
Section 227.172 - Siting casino in incorporated city.

(a) "Casino" means a facility in which casino games, as defined in ORS 167.117, are played for the purpose of gambling.
(b) "Tribal casino" means a facility used for:
(A) Class I gaming or class II gaming regulated by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of October 17, 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(B) Class III gaming conducted under a tribal-state compact approved by the Secretary of the Interior under section 11(d)(8) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)); or
(C) Gaming conducted in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and federal regulations.
(2) A casino may not be sited on land in an incorporated city unless the electors of the city approve the development.
(3) Before a permit, as defined in ORS 227.160, can be approved authorizing a proposed development of land in an incorporated city as a site for a casino, the governing body of the city that contains the site shall submit the question of siting the casino to the electors of the city for approval or rejection.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a tribal casino. [2007 c.724 §2]

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Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 227 - City Planning and Zoning

Section 227.020 - Authority to create planning commission.

Section 227.030 - Membership.

Section 227.090 - Powers and duties of commission.

Section 227.110 - City approval prior to recording of subdivision plats and plats or deeds dedicating land to public use within six miles of city; exception.

Section 227.160 - Definitions for ORS 227.160 to 227.186.

Section 227.170 - Hearing procedure; rules.