Section 377.770 – Signs in protected, commercial or industrial areas.
(1) Signs and outdoor advertising signs erected or maintained within protected areas shall comply with the sign rules for protected areas. If any provision of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 or rules adopted pursuant thereto are more restrictive than the sign rules for protected areas, the more restrictive provision or rule applies. (2) In addition to […]
Section 377.835 – Creation of Travel Information Council as semi-independent state agency; members; qualifications; appointment; terms; chairperson; quorum; executive director; rules.
(1) The Travel Information Council is created as a semi-independent state agency. (2) The Travel Information Council shall consist of nine members. One shall be the chairperson of the Oregon Transportation Commission or a person designated by the chairperson. The Governor shall appoint the other eight members from the public at large. The Governor shall […]
Section 377.773 – When sign abandoned; removal.
Any sign that does not have a message on the display surface for a period of six months is deemed to have been abandoned by the owner and is a noncomplying sign subject to removal by the Director of Transportation under the procedure set forth in ORS 377.775. [1974 c.33 §7; 1975 c.336 §11; 1993 […]
Section 377.775 – Removal procedure for noncomplying signs; ownership issues at hearing; disposition of removed signs; costs of removal.
(1) Any sign that fails to comply with ORS 377.700 to 377.844 is a public and private nuisance. In addition to the penalties provided by ORS 377.992, such a sign may be removed by the Director of Transportation or the duly authorized representative of the director as provided by this section. The director may enter […]
Section 377.777 – Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.844.
If the Department of Transportation has issued three or more final orders in a 12-month period finding that a person has violated one or more provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the Director of Transportation may file an action for injunctive relief to enjoin the person, or any other entity substantially controlled or directed by […]
Section 377.780 – Removal of outdoor advertising signs; payment of compensation; value determinations.
(1) Where the Department of Transportation elects to remove and pay for a sign visible from secondary highways pursuant to ORS 377.765 (4), upon removal, the department shall pay just compensation. (2) For the purposes of ORS 377.700 to 377.844, the department may acquire by purchase, agreement, donation or exercise of the power of eminent […]
Section 377.785
[1971 c.770 §5; 1973 c.790 §15; 1983 c.324 §36; 1985 c.104 §4; renumbered 285.163 in 1991]
Section 377.787 – Contracts to study traveler information needs; council to establish sign programs; rules.
(1) The Travel Information Council may enter into contractual or other agreements with other governmental agencies of this state or an independent contractor to study various ways of providing information deemed necessary to the traveling public by signs, information centers or other means. The council may also enter into contractual or other agreements with other […]
Section 377.790 – Construction, maintenance and operation of tourist and motorist informational signs.
Pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the Department of Transportation and the Travel Information Council: (1) The department shall furnish, erect and maintain motorist informational signs, logo signs, tourist oriented directional signs and sign plazas as requested by the council. Such signs shall be erected and maintained at locations the council considers […]
Section 377.795 – Allocation of costs of telephone informational system; webpage fee; disposition of receipts.
(1) Whenever the Travel Information Council establishes a telephone reservation system for lodging accommodations or other travel services at a sign plaza, the costs thereof shall be apportioned among the subscribing motels, hotels, trailer parks, campgrounds or providers of other travel services on a per room or other equitable basis. (2)(a) Whenever the council establishes […]