2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 376 - Ways of Necessity; Special Ways; Pedestrian Malls
Section 376.705 - Definitions for ORS 376.705 to 376.825.


(1) "City" includes every county, city, and city and county within this state. "The city" means the particular county, city, or city and county, acting pursuant to ORS 376.705 to 376.825.
(2) "Legislative body" means the legislative body of the city.
(3) "Street" as used in the definitions of the terms "city streets," "mall intersection" and "intersecting streets," defined in subsections (4), (6) and (7) of this section, means any public street, road, highway, alley, land, court, way or place of any nature open to the use of the public.
(4) "City street," as used with regard to streets located within a city or city and county, means any street located within the city or city and county, except a freeway, state highway, or county highway. "City street," as used with regard to streets located within a county, means any street, located within the county, except a throughway as defined in ORS 374.010 or state highway as defined in ORS 373.010.
(5) "Pedestrian mall" means one or more city streets, or portions thereof, on which vehicular traffic is or is to be restricted in whole or in part and which is or is to be used exclusively or primarily for pedestrian travel.
(6) "Mall intersection" means any intersection of a city street constituting a part of a pedestrian mall with any street, which intersection is itself part of the pedestrian mall.
(7) "Intersecting street" means any street which meets or crosses a pedestrian mall at a mall intersection but includes only those portions thereof on either side of a mall intersection which lie between the mall intersection and the first intersection of the intersecting street with a public street or highway open to vehicular traffic.
(8) "Assessment roll" means the assessment roll or rolls used by the county for purposes of city ad valorem taxes on real property.
(9) "Improvements" means the improvements referred to in ORS 376.720 (1). [1961 c.666 ยง2]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 10 - Highways, Military

Chapter 376 - Ways of Necessity; Special Ways; Pedestrian Malls

Section 376.150 - Definitions for ORS 376.150 to 376.200.

Section 376.155 - Petition to establish way of necessity; contents; requirements.

Section 376.157 - Continuation of preexisting sewer service.

Section 376.160 - Notice to landowners; investigation of proposed way; report to county governing body.

Section 376.170 - Filing of answer by landowner; reply to answer by petitioner.

Section 376.175 - Order granting or denying way of necessity; contents; liability for costs; appeal.

Section 376.180 - Conditions for way of necessity.

Section 376.185 - Way of necessity over public land.

Section 376.190 - Responsibility for maintenance of way of necessity; alteration limited.

Section 376.197 - Way of necessity to historic cemeteries.

Section 376.200 - Transfer of jurisdiction over establishment of ways of necessity to circuit court; local court rules; procedure after transfer.

Section 376.305 - Policy and purpose of Act.

Section 376.310 - Definitions for ORS 376.305 to 376.390.

Section 376.315 - Application to become forest road contractor.

Section 376.320 - Hearing on application; posting, publishing, serving and proof of notice.

Section 376.325 - Signing and contents of notice.

Section 376.340 - Bond and insurance of forest road contractor.

Section 376.345 - Contents of forest road contract.

Section 376.355 - Limitations on using motor vehicles to transport forest products over forest road; regulations and permits for crossing state highways.

Section 376.370 - Supervision over forest road work by roadmaster.

Section 376.505 - Filing statement of route and bond; right of entry.

Section 376.535 - Use of appropriated property; reversion on disuse.

Section 376.620 - Skyline, logging line, ferry skyline or cable footbridge; authorization and regulation by Department of State Lands.

Section 376.705 - Definitions for ORS 376.705 to 376.825.

Section 376.710 - Legislative findings; short title.

Section 376.715 - Construction of Pedestrian Mall Law; validity of proceedings.

Section 376.720 - Powers of city with respect to pedestrian mall.

Section 376.725 - Resolution for establishment of mall; general contents of resolution.

Section 376.735 - Contents of resolution when landowners to be paid for damages by assessments on benefited property.

Section 376.740 - Contents of resolution when improvements are proposed.

Section 376.745 - Resolution to be published and posted.

Section 376.750 - Copies of resolution to be mailed to affected persons.

Section 376.755 - Objections to mall; claims for damages; right to damages not created.

Section 376.760 - Effect of objections by landowners.

Section 376.765 - Changing boundaries when assessments to be levied under ORS 376.735; notice; objections.

Section 376.770 - Allowing claims for damages; payment.

Section 376.775 - Hearing objections, claims and protests; waiver; decision; continuations.

Section 376.780 - Resolution after hearing; fixing boundaries.

Section 376.785 - Judicial proceedings to determine unsettled claims for damages; satisfaction prior to traffic prohibition.

Section 376.795 - Manner of assessment; sale of bonds representing unpaid assessments.

Section 376.800 - Special fund for payment of damages and expenses; use of surplus.

Section 376.810 - Ordinance establishing mall; contents.

Section 376.815 - Adoption of ordinance; payment of claims, damages and compensation.

Section 376.820 - Jurisdiction over mall; abandonment or modification.

Section 376.825 - Improvements on mall; payment of costs.

Section 376.990 - Penalties.