Section 454.285 – Resolution or ordinance.
(1) The governing body may adopt by resolution or ordinance a proposal to construct sewage treatment works and to finance the construction by revenue bonds, general obligation bonds or by assessment against the benefited property. (2) The resolution or ordinance shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the affected area which must be located within a […]
Section 454.290 – Study; preliminary plans.
(1) The governing body shall order a study and the preparation of preliminary plans and specifications for the treatment works. (2) The study shall include: (a) Engineering plans demonstrating the feasibility of the treatment works and conformance of the plan with regional treatment works plans. (b) Possible methods for financing the treatment works. (c) The […]
Section 454.295 – Commission review; hearing; notice.
(1) After receiving a certified copy of a resolution or ordinance adopted under ORS 454.285, the Environmental Quality Commission shall review and investigate conditions in the affected area. If substantial evidence reveals the existence of a threat to drinking water, the commission shall set a time and place for a hearing on the resolution or […]
Section 454.300 – Conduct of hearing; notice of issuance of findings; petition for argument.
(1) At the hearing on the resolution or ordinance, any interested person shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written testimony. The hearing shall be for the purpose of determining whether a threat to drinking water exists in the affected area, whether the conditions could be eliminated or alleviated by treatment […]
Section 454.305 – Effect of findings; exclusion of areas; filing of findings.
(1) If the Environmental Quality Commission finds a threat to drinking water does exist but treatment works would not alleviate the conditions, the commission shall terminate the proceedings. (2) If the commission finds a threat to drinking water exists within the territory and the conditions could be removed or alleviated by the construction of treatment […]
Section 454.310 – Construction authorized upon commission approval; when connection may be required; final plans.
(1) When a certified copy of the findings and order approving the proposal is filed with the governing body, the governing body shall order construction of the treatment works and proceed with the financing plan as specified in the order. As part of the construction of the treatment works, the governing body may require property […]
Section 454.317 – Resolution or ordinance authorizing levy and collection of seepage charge.
(1) When a certified copy of the findings and order approving the proposal is filed with the governing body as provided in ORS 454.305, the governing body may adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the levy and collection of a seepage charge upon all real properties served by on-site subsurface sewage disposal systems, as defined […]
Section 454.320 – Hearing on resolution or ordinance; notice of levy.
(1) The governing body shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing on the resolution or ordinance by publishing the notice of the intent to adopt the resolution or ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected area once each week for four successive weeks and by such other means […]
Section 454.330 – County to collect seepage charge for municipality.
(1) The county in which a municipality is levying a seepage charge under ORS 454.317 to 454.350 shall collect the seepage charge for the municipality. (2) The county shall establish a separate account for each ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipality and imposing a seepage charge within the county. The seepage charges collected under […]