City Boundary Changes

ORS 222.860
Proposal for annexation

(1)

The city council of any city shall adopt a resolution containing a proposal for annexation without vote or consent in the affected territory. The proposal may contain terms of annexation as provided in ORS 222.111 (Authority and procedure for annexation) and shall:

(a)

Describe the boundaries of the affected territory; and

(b)

Describe the conditions alleged to be causing a danger to public health.

(2)

The governing body of any district having jurisdiction over the affected territory may adopt a resolution containing a proposal for annexation to the city without vote or consent in the affected territory. The proposal shall:

(a)

Describe the boundaries of the affected territory; and

(b)

Describe the conditions alleged to be causing a danger to public health.

(3)

The local board of health having jurisdiction shall verify the conditions alleged in the proposal to be causing a danger to public health, based upon its knowledge of those conditions.

(4)

The council or governing body shall cause a certified copy of the resolution together with verification by the local board of health having jurisdiction, to be forwarded to the Oregon Health Authority and request the authority to ascertain whether conditions dangerous to public health exist in the affected territory. [1967 c.624 §3; 1973 c.637 §3; 1975 c.639 §3; 1981 c.888 §8; 1983 c.407 §5; 2009 c.595 §182]
§§ 222.850 to 222.915

Notes of Decisions

These provisions authorizing the state Health Division to order annexation to a city or territory within which there exist conditions dangerous to the public health do not constitute an unlawful delegation of legislative power. Kelly v. Silver, 25 Or App 441, 549 P2d 1134 (1976)

These sections apply even though an area is served by an existing sanitary district. West Side Sanitary Dist. v. Health Div., 42 Or App 755, 601 P2d 858 (1979), aff'd as modified 289 Or 417, 614 P2d 1151 (1980)

As agency actions under these sections do not involve decisions concerning land use, ORS 197.180, requiring adherence to state-wide planning goals in planning and other actions by state agencies, is inapplicable. West Side Sanitary Dist. v. Health Div., 42 Or App 755, 601 P2d 858 (1979), aff'd as modified 289 Or 417, 614 P2d 1151 (1980)

Atty. Gen. Opinions

Territory separated into two parcels as eligible for health hazard annexation, (1980) Vol 41, p 195

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Notes of Decisions

Provisions of this chapter do not require final decisions on small tract annexations to be made in quasi-judicial proceedings rather than by popular vote. Stewart v. City of Corvallis, 48 Or App 709, 617 P2d 921 (1980), Sup Ct review denied

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