ORS 374.355
Dispute resolution procedures

  • rules

There is created a set of dispute resolution procedures governing an appeal of the Department of Transportation’s decision regarding an approach permit or the removal or modification of an approach. The procedures described in this section include but are not necessarily limited to notice, guarantee of an impartial tribunal, burden of proof and admission and weight of evidence, as follows:

(1)

Decisions by the department to deny an application, to deny a deviation or to approve an application with mitigation measures are appealable by the applicant or permit holder. An applicant or permit holder may request a hearing. A hearing conducted under this subsection shall be conducted as a contested case hearing in accordance with ORS chapter 183.

(2)

In addition to requesting a hearing under subsection (1) of this section, an applicant or permit holder may request the following dispute resolution procedures to resolve issues relating to the department’s decision:

(a)

Collaborative discussion, as established by the department by rule;

(b)

Review by an Access Management Dispute Review Board established under ORS 374.360 (Access Management Dispute Review Board); or

(c)

Both.

(3)

The time required for a collaborative discussion or review by an Access Management Dispute Review Board process is in addition to the 120 days required for the department’s final decision under ORS 374.312 (Rules regarding permits for approach roads).

(4)

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(a)

The department shall conduct a collaborative discussion within 45 days of the date the department receives a request from an applicant or permit holder for collaborative discussion unless the applicant or permit holder and the department agree to a longer amount of time.

(b)

The department shall conduct a review by an Access Management Dispute Review Board within 45 days of the date the department receives a request for a review by an Access Management Dispute Review Board from an applicant or permit holder unless the applicant or permit holder and the department agree to a longer amount of time.

(5)

A request for a dispute resolution procedure shall stay the time in which the department must issue a final decision for a concurrent contested case hearing.

(6)

If an agreement between the parties is reached using collaborative discussion, the Director of Transportation shall issue the written decision. The written decision is a binding agreement for the department and for the applicant or permit holder.

(7)

The decision pursuant to the collaborative discussion or the Access Management Dispute Review Board to approve, modify or reverse the department’s decision to approve an application for an approach permit with conditions, to modify or require mitigation measures of an existing approach permit, to deny an approach permit or to remove or modify an approach is a settlement offer and is not a decision that may be appealed.

(8)

The department may adopt rules for the dispute resolution procedures described under this section. [2011 c.330 §14]

Source: Section 374.355 — Dispute resolution procedures; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors374.­html.

374.005
Policy and purpose of ORS 374.005 to 374.095
374.010
“Throughway” defined
374.015
Department of Transportation to establish and maintain throughways
374.020
Interference with railroad facilities prohibited
374.025
Change from throughway to highway
374.030
Separation of throughways into separate roadways
374.035
Acquisition of real property
374.040
Acquisition of land not immediately needed
374.045
Payment for land acquired
374.050
Parties bringing eminent domain proceedings
374.055
Evidentiary purposes of improvement plan
374.060
Power of Department of Transportation as to intersecting streets and roads
374.065
Intersection of throughways and county roads
374.070
Throughways in cities
374.075
Cooperation of municipal and county authorities with Department of Transportation
374.080
Agreements with federal government, counties and cities
374.085
Severance by throughway of agricultural land
374.090
Destruction by throughway of access to agricultural property
374.095
Utility roads where access to abutting property affected
374.300
Legislative intent
374.302
Definitions for ORS 374.302 to 374.334
374.305
Necessity of permission to build on rights of way
374.307
Removal or repair of installation constructed without permission
374.308
Presumption of written permission
374.309
County permits
374.310
State permits
374.311
Permit standards
374.312
Rules regarding permits for approach roads
374.313
Claim for relief after closure of approach road
374.314
Traffic impact analysis
374.315
Construction under permits
374.317
Approach road maintenance
374.320
Removal or repair of installation on right of way at expense of applicant
374.325
Effect of ORS 374.305 to 374.325
374.326
Collaboration with highway users
374.328
Highway classification
374.329
Agreements with cities
374.330
Prior status preserved
374.331
Facility plans
374.334
Access management strategy
374.335
Driving certain motor vehicles across public highway not considered operation on highway
374.340
Cattle crossings under public road
374.345
Rules regarding turning onto state highway from approach road
374.350
Process for appeal of decisions regarding access to highways
374.355
Dispute resolution procedures
374.360
Access Management Dispute Review Board
374.405
Access rights of property abutting on state highways
374.410
Department of Transportation to prescribe access rights of abutting property
374.415
Action to prevent entering or leaving state highways in manner not authorized
374.420
County throughways
374.425
County court to prescribe access rights of abutting property
374.430
Action to prevent entering or leaving county roads in unauthorized manner
374.990
Penalty for violation of ORS 374.305 or rule adopted under ORS 374.309 or 374.310
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