Oregon Statutes - Chapter 376 - Ways of Necessity; Special Ways; Pedestrian Malls - Section 376.820 - Jurisdiction over mall; abandonment or modification.

(1) Proceedings under ORS 376.705 to 376.825 and the adoption of such ordinance notwithstanding, the city and its legislative body shall retain its police powers and other rights and powers relating to the city streets constituting a part of the pedestrian mall. No action taken pursuant to ORS 376.705 to 376.825 shall be interpreted or construed to be a vacation or abandonment, in whole or in part, of any city street or any right therein, it being intended that the establishment of a pedestrian mall pursuant to ORS 376.705 to 376.825 be a matter of regulation only.

(2) Nothing in ORS 376.705 to 376.825 shall be interpreted or construed to prevent the city and its legislative body, at any time subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance provided for in ORS 376.705 to 376.825, from abandoning the operation of the pedestrian mall, from changing the extent of the pedestrian mall, or from changing or repealing any of the rules and regulations pertaining to the pedestrian mall. [1961 c.666 §34]

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