ORS 368.081
Requirements for petition to initiate road proceedings

  • fees

(1)

A petition to initiate proceedings under ORS 368.073 (Initiation of proceedings to acquire property for road purposes) must contain all of the following:

(a)

A statement of the public necessity for the public road.

(b)

A description of the proposed public road.

(c)

A list containing the names and mailing addresses of any owner of property that:

(A)

Is proposed to be acquired for the public road;

(B)

Abuts the proposed public road; or

(C)

Would otherwise be affected by the proposed acquisition of property for the public road.

(d)

The signatures and mailing addresses of a majority of the owners of property that would abut the proposed road.

(2)

The petition described under this section is subject to the following:

(a)

Where a signature from an owner is required, the signature of an owner of property that has multiple ownership is valued as a fraction of an owner signature for that property in the same proportion as that owner’s interest in the property bears to the interest of all other owners of the same property.

(b)

Any person signing the petition may withdraw the signature by filing a written withdrawal with the county governing body.

(c)

A signature that is required on the petition does not qualify for purposes of the petition if the signature is withdrawn or if the person whose signature appears on the petition files an objection under ORS 368.091 (Owners’ rights to terminate road proceedings).

(3)

A county governing body may establish and require payment of a fee for the filing of a petition under this section. [1981 c.153 §11]

Source: Section 368.081 — Requirements for petition to initiate road proceedings; fees, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors368.­html.

368.001
Definitions 368.011
County authority to supersede statutes 368.016
County authority over roads 368.021
County authority over trails 368.026
Withdrawal of county road status 368.031
County jurisdiction over local access roads 368.036
Standards for county roads and road work 368.039
Road standards adopted by local government supersede standards in fire codes 368.041
Widths of county roads 368.046
Employment of county road official 368.051
Accounting for county road work 368.056
Permit for gate construction on public road 368.062
Transferring road within city to county jurisdiction 368.073
Initiation of proceedings to acquire property for road purposes 368.081
Requirements for petition to initiate road proceedings 368.086
Road proceedings 368.091
Owners’ rights to terminate road proceedings 368.096
Alternative methods to acquire property for roads 368.101
Authority to change road proceedings 368.106
Records and survey of property acquired for road 368.111
Assessment of costs and damages from road proceedings 368.116
Acquisition of railroad right of way 368.121
Financial assistance to persons displaced by county road acquisition 368.126
Order establishing new road along existing road to identify parts of existing road to be vacated 368.131
Right of way over United States public lands 368.161
Use of road viewers to establish road 368.166
Road viewer report 368.171
Order, costs and damages under proceeding with road viewers 368.201
Basis for legalization of road 368.206
Proceedings for legalization of roads 368.211
Compensation for property affected by road legalization 368.216
Order under road legalization proceeding 368.221
Legalization of road of substandard width 368.251
Obstruction of road drains prohibited 368.256
Creation of road hazard prohibited 368.261
Order to abate road hazard 368.266
Hearing on abatement of road hazard 368.271
Abatement of road hazard by county 368.276
Hearing, notice and costs when county abates road hazard 368.281
County recovery of costs for road hazard abatement 368.326
Purpose of vacation procedures 368.331
Limitation on use of vacation proceedings that would eliminate access 368.336
Abutting owners in vacation proceedings 368.341
Initiation of vacation proceedings 368.346
Report, notice and hearing for vacation proceedings 368.351
Vacation without hearing 368.356
Order and costs in vacation proceedings 368.361
Intergovernmental vacation proceedings 368.366
Vesting of vacated property 368.401
General notice provisions 368.406
Notice by service 368.411
Notice by posting 368.416
Notice by publication 368.421
Record of notice 368.426
Contents of notice 368.705
County road fund 368.706
Expending road fund moneys of certain counties for patrolling 368.708
Interfund loan of county road fund moneys for patrolling 368.709
Loaning of road fund money by certain counties to other counties and districts 368.710
Apportionment of certain local option taxes 368.715
Using county funds for noncounty roads during emergency 368.717
County borrowing of money from county general road fund 368.720
Using road funds outside of county 368.722
Expenditure of general road fund on city streets and bridges 368.910
Owner to repair sidewalks and curbs along road 368.915
Payment and reimbursement when county makes repairs 368.920
Expense of repairs as lien on abutting property 368.925
Delinquency in paying assessment for repairs 368.942
Posting notices, signs or pictures on structures within county road right of way prohibited 368.945
Authority of county road official to remove unlawfully posted matter 368.950
Applicability of ORS 368.942 and 368.945 368.955
Posting notices, signs or pictures within view of county road on property of another without consent prohibited 368.960
Authority of property owner to remove unlawfully posted matter 368.990
Penalties
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Current through early 2024

§ 368.081’s source at oregon​.gov