Section 818.250 – Permit for fire company warning lights.
The governing body of a rural fire protection district or of a municipal fire department may issue written authorization for the use of fire company warning lights on vehicles that are used while driving to a fire station or fire location in response to a fire alarm. Written authorization issued under this section shall comply […]
Section 818.260 – Permit for use of bus safety lights on certain buses; rules; fee.
(1) Upon receipt of a qualifying application and payment of any fee required, the Department of Transportation shall issue a permit that will allow the use of bus safety lights described in ORS 816.260 on any bus that is operated by a religious organization while the bus is being used to transport children to and […]
Section 818.270 – Fees for permits.
(1) The fee for issuance of a variance permit under ORS 818.200 may be any amount determined by a road authority, not to exceed $8. If the variance permit is issued by a private contractor, the contractor may charge an additional fee not to exceed $5. (2) The fee for issuance of a sifting or […]
Section 818.200 – Authority to issue variance permits; effect of permit; violation of permit.
(1) A road authority, or a private contractor authorized by a road authority to do so, may issue a variance permit if it determines the public interests will be served. A variance permit issued under this section may allow any vehicle, combination of vehicles, load article, property, machine or thing to move over any highway […]
Section 818.205 – Continuous operation variance permit; standards; relationship to permit issued under ORS 818.200; fee.
(1) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with other road authorities, shall develop and implement a system of issuing continuous operation variance permits. The system shall allow a person to obtain one permit that is valid for every road authority in whose jurisdiction the person will travel. (2) The department, in consultation with other road […]
Section 818.210 – Limits on authority to issue variance permit.
Except as provided under ORS 818.220, a road authority shall not issue a variance permit under ORS 818.200 for any vehicle or load that can readily or reasonably be dismantled or disassembled. The limit under this section does not apply to the following: (1) Combinations of vehicles consisting of not more than a motor truck […]
Section 818.220 – Requirements, conditions and procedures for issuance of variance permit; duration; cancellation; rules.
This section establishes requirements, conditions and procedures for issuance of variance permits under ORS 818.200 as follows: (1) In issuing a permit, the road authority may: (a) Grant a permit that is valid for a single trip, a number of trips or continuous operation. (b) Establish seasonal or other time limitations on a permit. (c) […]
Section 818.225 – Road use assessment fee for single-trip nondivisible load permittee; rules.
(1) As used in this section, “equivalent single-axle load” means the relationship between actual or requested weight and an 18,000 pound single-axle load as determined by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Road Tests reported at the Proceedings Conference of 1962. (2)(a) In addition to any fee for a single-trip nondivisible load […]
Section 818.230 – Sifting or leaking load permit; duration; fee.
A sifting or leaking load permit is a vehicle permit that is issued as evidence of a grant of authority to operate a vehicle loaded or constructed in a manner that, without the permit, would violate ORS 818.300. Each road authority shall grant permits for its own highways. Permits issued under this section shall comply […]
Section 818.235 – Permit for wide load of hay bales.
Notwithstanding ORS 818.210, a granting authority may issue a permit under ORS 818.200 for any vehicle or combination of vehicles engaged in the transportation of hay bales with a manufactured width of more than three feet, if the total width of load does not exceed 10 feet and the load is not wider than the […]