Oregon Statutes - Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs

377.010 [Amended by 1959 c.382 §1; repealed by 1981 c.153 §79]
377.020 [Repealed by 1981 c.153 §79]
377.030 Destruction or removal of trees on state highways without permission prohibited.
No person shall dig up, cut down, injure, destroy or in any manner remove any trees growing upon the right of way of any state...
377.040 Application to department to remove trees along state highways.
Whenever any person, firm or corporation, including any public, municipal or private corporation and any privately or publicly owned utility or cooperative association, desires to...
377.050 Consent of department for removal of trees along state highways.
(1) Upon the filing of the application mentioned in ORS 377.040 the Department of Transportation may, if in its judgment and discretion the destruction or...
377.100 Study of highway system; designation of historic and scenic highways.
The Oregon Transportation Commission shall conduct a study of the historic, scenic and cultural values of the state highway system. The study required by this...
377.105 Effect of designation as historic and scenic highway.
When a highway, portion of a highway or highway related structure is designated as an historic and scenic highway under ORS 377.100, the Oregon Transportation...
377.110 [1955 c.541 §1; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.115 [1959 c.309 §1; 1965 c.219 §1; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.120 [1955 c.541 §2; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.125 [1959 c.309 §2; 1963 c.400 §1; 1965 c.219 §2; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.130 [1955 c.541 §3; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.135 [1959 c.309 §3; 1965 c.219 §3; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.140 [1955 c.377 §14; 1959 c.94 §1; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.145 [1959 c.309 §4; 1965 c.219 §4; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.150 [1955 c.541 §4; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.155 [1959 c.309 §5; 1965 c.219 §5; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.160 [1955 c.541 §5; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.165 [1959 c.309 §6; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.170 [1955 c.541 §15; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.175 [1959 c.309 §7; 1965 c.219 §6; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.178 [1965 c.219 §13; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.180 [1955 c.541 §6; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.181 [1961 c.615 §13; 1965 c.219 §7; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.185 [1959 c.309 §8; 1961 c.615 §9; 1965 c.219 §8; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.190 [1955 c.541 §7; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.195 [1959 c.309 §9; 1961 c.615 §10; 1965 c.219 §9; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.200 [1955 c.541 §8; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.205 [1959 c.309 §10; 1961 c.615 §11; repealed by 1965 c.219 §10 (377.206 enacted in lieu of 377.205)]
377.206 [1965 c.219 §11 (enacted in lieu of 377.205); repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.210 [1955 c.541 §9; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.215 [1959 c.309 §11; 1963 c.400 §2; 1965 c.219 §14; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.220 [1955 c.541 §10; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.225 [1959 c.309 §12; 1963 c.400 §3; 1965 c.219 §15; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.230 [1955 c.541 §11; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.235 [1959 c.309 §13; 1963 c.400 §4; 1965 c.219 §16; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.240 [1955 c.541 §12; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.245 [1959 c.309 §14; 1963 c.400 §5; 1965 c.219 §17; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.250 [1955 c.541 §16; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.255 [1959 c.309 §15; 1961 c.615 §14; 1963 c.400 §6; 1965 c.219 §18; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.260 [1955 c.541 §18; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.265 [1959 c.309 §16; 1963 c.400 §7; 1965 c.219 §19; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.270 [1955 c.541 §17; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.275 [1959 c.309 §17; 1963 c.400 §8; 1965 c.219 §20; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.280 [1955 c.541 §13; 1957 c.465 §2; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]
377.285 [1959 c.309 §18; 1961 c.615 §15; 1963 c.400 §9; 1965 c.219 §21; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.295 [1959 c.309 §19; 1963 c.400 §10; 1965 c.219 §22; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.305 [1959 c.309 §20; 1963 c.400 §11; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.310 [Repealed by 1953 c.335 §1]
377.320 [Repealed by 1953 c.335 §1]
377.330 [Repealed by 1953 c.335 §1]
377.340 [Repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.350 [Repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.360 [Amended by 1957 c.663 §3; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.405 [1961 c.615 §1; 1963 c.400 §12; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.410 [1961 c.615 §5; 1963 c.400 §13; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.415 [1961 c.615 §§7,16; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.420 [1961 c.615 §§2,4; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.425 [1961 c.615 §8; 1963 c.400 §14; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.430 [1961 c.615 §6; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]
377.505 Definitions for ORS 377.505 to 377.540.
As used in ORS 377.505 to 377.540: (1) �State highway� has the meaning given that term in ORS 377.710. (2) �Scenic area� means an area...
377.510 Signs visible from state highways regulated; junkyards prohibited; exceptions.
(1) A sign that is visible from a state highway may not be erected or maintained in an area that has been established by final...
377.515 Removal of nonconforming signs deferred.
Any sign lawfully maintained in a scenic area prior to the establishment of the area as a scenic area and not included within the exceptions...
377.520 [1961 c.614 §2; 1963 c.400 §16; 1965 c.219 §26; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5]
377.521 Status of previously designated scenic areas.
All scenic areas designated prior to October 4, 1977, shall continue to retain their designation as scenic areas. [1977 c.578 §2] Note: 377.521 was enacted...
377.525 [1961 c.614 §4; 1963 c.400 §17; 1969 c.314 §30; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5]
377.530 [1961 c.614 §5; 1963 c.400 §18; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5]
377.535 [1961 c.614 §6; 1963 c.400 §19; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5]
377.540 Director of Transportation to enforce orders and render administrative assistance.
The Director of Transportation shall take appropriate action for the administration and enforcement of orders issued under the provisions of ORS 377.505 to 377.545 (1975...
377.545 [1961 c.614 §9; repealed by 2001 c.750 §7]
377.605 Definitions for ORS 377.605 to 377.655.
As used in ORS 377.605 to 377.655, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Department� means the Department of Transportation. (2) �Director� means the Director of...
377.610 Public policy on junkyards.
The Legislative Assembly hereby finds and declares that establishment, maintenance and operation of junkyards along public highways should be controlled in accordance with the provisions...
377.615 Director�s authority to promulgate regulations, enter into agreements with federal government.
(1) The Director of Transportation shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 377.605 to 377.655. Except where federal...
377.620 Restrictions on maintaining or establishing junkyard along highway.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no junkyard in existence on June 30, 1967, may be maintained after June 30, 1967,...
377.625 Screening junkyard located in restricted area.
(1) Any junkyard which is in existence on June 30, 1967, less than 1,000 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way line and visible...
377.630 Removing junkyard from restricted area.
(1) Where a junkyard is in existence on June 30, 1967, less than 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way line of the...
377.635 Junkyard in violation of restrictions declared a public nuisance; authority to abate; when junk placed on state highway right of way.
(1) Any junkyard which comes into existence after June 30, 1967, and which is in violation of ORS 377.620, is hereby found and declared to...
377.640 Acquisition of land necessary to screen or relocate junkyards.
The Department of Transportation may acquire by purchase, agreement, donation, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, such lands or interest in lands...
377.645 Expenditure of moneys to screen or relocate junkyards prior to availability of federal matching funds.
(1) The Department of Transportation may expend moneys appropriated to the department for the purposes of the screening, relocating, removal or disposal of junkyards as...
377.650 Personal property not junk as nuisance; disposition of property; liability.
Any personal property not coming within the definition of junk, except a vehicle as defined in ORS 801.590 or a manufactured structure as defined in...
377.655 Rules for removal and disposition of signs and property in violation of ORS 377.650.
(1) The department shall adopt rules consistent with this section to provide procedures for the removal and disposition of portable signs or personal property that...
377.700 Short title.
ORS 377.700 to 377.840 and 377.992 shall be known and may be cited as the Oregon Motorist Information Act of 1971. [1971 c.770 §1]
377.705 Policy.
To promote the public safety; to preserve the recreational value of public travel on the state�s highways; to preserve the natural beauty and aesthetic features...
377.707 Identifying location of signs on construction plans; repair or replacement of damaged signs.
(1) The Department of Transportation shall ensure that all construction and engineering plans for state highways identify the locations of motorist informational signs, tourist oriented...
377.708 Effect on certain signs of transfer of jurisdiction over state highway.
(1) As part of the negotiation process between the Department of Transportation and another road authority concerning transfer of jurisdiction over a state highway from...
377.710 Definitions for ORS 377.700 to 377.840; rules.
As used in ORS 377.700 to 377.840 unless the context otherwise requires: (1) �Back-to-back sign� means a sign with multiple display surfaces mounted on a...
377.712 Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.780, the owner of any outdoor advertising sign in existence on May 30, 2007, located in a...
377.715 Application of ORS 377.700 to 377.840; prohibition against erection or maintenance of certain signs not in compliance with law.
ORS 377.700 to 377.840, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, apply to signs erected or maintained outside the right of way along state highways and...
377.720 Prohibited signs; exceptions.
A sign may not be erected or maintained if it: (1) Interferes with, imitates or resembles any traffic control sign or device, or attempts or...
377.723 Affidavit of city or county necessary for issuance of sign permit; requirements of affidavit.
Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 377.700 to 377.840, the Department of Transportation shall not issue a permit under ORS 377.725 or 377.767 unless the...
377.725 Permit; application; fee; cancellation; rules.
(1) A person may not erect, control, relocate or reconstruct an outdoor advertising sign unless the Department of Transportation has issued a permit for the...
377.726 [1977 c.265 §8; 1979 c.146 §3; 1981 c.308 §2; 1999 c.877 §6; 2001 c.750 §6; repealed by 2007 c.199 §28]
377.727 [1974 c.33 §8; 1999 c.663 §1; 2007 c.71 §100; repealed by 2007 c.199 §28]
377.729 Fees for sign permits and business licenses; rules.
The Department of Transportation may adopt rules establishing permit fees for purposes of ORS 377.725 and fees for an outdoor advertising business license issued under...
377.730 License for business of maintaining or erecting signs; fee; application; revocation; suspension.
(1) A person shall not engage in the business of erecting or maintaining outdoor advertising signs for other persons without first obtaining an annual license...
377.735 Exemptions from sign permit requirements; historic signs; rules.
(1) The permit requirements of ORS 377.700 to 377.840 do not apply to: (a) Signs of a governmental unit, including but not limited to traffic...
377.737 Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs; rules.
(1) To determine whether a person is giving or receiving, or has given or received, compensation or anything of value as defined by the Department...
377.740 ORS 377.700 to 377.840 not intended to authorize signs prohibited by other governmental units.
Nothing in ORS 377.700 to 377.840 and 377.992 is intended to permit a person to erect or maintain any sign that is prohibited by any...
377.745 Limitation on form and size of signs.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an outdoor advertising sign may not exceed: (a) A length of 48 feet; (b) A...
377.750 Spacing between signs.
(1) For the purpose of applying the spacing provided by subsection (2) of this section: (a) Distances shall be measured lineally along the highway and...
377.753 Permits for outdoor advertising signs; rules.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 377.715, 377.725 and 377.770, the Department of Transportation may issue permits for outdoor advertising signs placed on benches or...
377.755 [1971 c.770 §13; 1973 c.790 §9; 1974 s.s. c.33
§4; 1977 c.256 §1; repealed by 1987 c.336 §7]

377.756 Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community.
(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue permits for the erection of signs authorized by ORS 377.756 to 377.758. Subject to subsections (2) and (3)...

377.757 Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756; payment of cost of sign.
(1) A sign authorized by ORS 377.756 shall not exceed 48 square feet in size and may not have a vertical or horizontal dimension of...

377.758 Notification by federal authorities of illegal sign; consequences.
If appropriate federal authorities notify the Department of Transportation that the erection of a sign pursuant to any of the provisions of ORS 377.756 to...

377.760 [1971 c.770 §26; 1973 c.790 §10; repealed by 1987 c.336 §7]

377.765 Status of previously existing signs; removal upon payment of compensation.
(1) Outdoor advertising signs in existence on May 30, 2007, and lawfully located within commercial or industrial zones in existence on May 30, 2007, and...

377.766 Relocation credit for removal of outdoor advertising sign.
(1) An outdoor advertising sign under state permit prior to May 30, 2007, that has been removed by its owner due to loss of lease...

377.767 Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign; conditions.
A permit or a relocation credit as defined in ORS 377.766 shall be issued for the relocation of a permitted outdoor advertising sign lawfully located...

377.768 Effect of relocation permit on existing sign permit; duty of director.
Notwithstanding ORS 377.700 to 377.840: (1) Issuance of a permit under ORS 377.767 to relocate an outdoor advertising sign for which a permit has been...

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...

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...

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 377.840 is a public and private nuisance. In addition to the penalties provided by...

377.777 Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.840.
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...

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 (5), upon removal,...

377.785 [1971 c.770 §5; 1973 c.790 §15; 1983 c.324 §36; 1985 c.104 §4; renumbered 285.163 in 1991]

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...

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...

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...

377.800 Tourist and motorist informational signs; logo signs; sign and travel plazas.
(1) For the convenience and information of the traveling public, a person may upon obtaining a permit therefor display messages as may be allowed by...

377.805 Form of tourist and motorist informational signs; use of logo signs.
(1) The Travel Information Council shall by regulation prescribe the size, shape, color, lighting, and lettering of and manner of displaying messages on tourist oriented...

377.810 [1971 c.770 §12; repealed by 1973 c.790 §27]

377.820 Application for tourist or motorist informational sign permit; investigation; disposition.
(1) An application for a tourist oriented directional sign, logo sign or a motorist informational sign permit shall be submitted to the Travel Information Council...

377.825 Fees for sign applications, maintenance costs and reinstallation.
(1) An applicant for a logo sign, tourist oriented directional sign or a motorist informational sign shall pay to the Travel Information Council an initial...

377.830 Limitation on motorist informational sign permits; use of logo signs.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of ORS 377.700 to 377.840, the Travel Information Council shall not issue, for any one place or business eligible therefor, more...

377.835 Creation of Travel Information Council as semi-independent state agency; members; qualifications; appointment; terms; chairperson; quorum; rules.
(1) The Travel Information Council is created as a semi-independent state agency. (2) The Travel Information Council shall consist of 11 members. One shall be...

377.836 Application of certain statutes to Travel Information Council.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of ORS 279.835 to 279.855 and...

377.837 [1973 c.790 §26; repealed by 1983 c.111 §10]

377.838 Authority of director of Travel Information Council.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in carrying out the duties, functions and powers of the Travel Information Council, the director...

377.840 Travel Information Council account; budget process; disposition of moneys received.
(1) All moneys collected or received by the Travel Information Council shall be deposited into a Travel Information Council account established in a depository insured...

377.845 Use of funds by Department of Transportation after repayment of highway fund.
After the Travel Information Council has repaid the State Highway Fund for all moneys advanced or owed it may then utilize any funds received in...

377.990 [Amended by 1953 c.335 §2; subsection (4) of 1957 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.541 §19; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22]

377.992 Penalties.
(1)(a) A person who violates any provision of ORS 377.510 or 377.700 to 377.840 or any regulation of the Travel Information Council adopted pursuant thereto...

377.995 [1959 c.309 §21; subsection (5) enacted as 1961 c.615 §17; subsection (6) enacted as 1961 c.614 §11; subsection (7) enacted as 1967 c.590 §12; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]

Last modified: August 7, 2008