ORS 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 erection, control, relocation or reconstruction of the sign.

(2)

A person who applies for a permit to the Director of Transportation shall complete forms furnished by the director. The permit application shall include a precise description of the outdoor advertising sign and such other information as the director considers necessary or desirable to determine compliance with ORS 377.700 (Short title) to 377.844 (Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety). The director shall issue a permit for an outdoor advertising sign that complies with ORS 377.700 (Short title) to 377.844 (Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety). A valid permit may be transferred to another person upon written notice to the director.

(3)

A permit may not be issued for an outdoor advertising sign located adjacent to an interstate highway or freeway unless the director determines that access to the outdoor advertising sign from the interstate highway or freeway can be obtained without violating the access control line of the interstate highway or freeway.

(4)

If an application for a permit to relocate or reconstruct an outdoor advertising sign is for a location identified in the current Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, the department shall require the applicant to execute an affidavit acknowledging the project and forgoing any claim for compensation under ORS 377.713 (Compensation following partial or total loss of outdoor advertising sign).

(5)

A permit shall be renewed annually on the first day of January. Application for renewal of a permit shall be filed prior to expiration of the term of the permit. If application for renewal of a permit is filed within 30 days after the expiration of the term, the permit shall be granted if any additional fee specified by the department in rules adopted under ORS 377.729 (Fees for sign permits and business licenses) is paid at the time the application is filed. Any permit not renewed in accordance with this section shall be canceled.

(6)

Permit fees for purposes of this section are as established by the department by rule under ORS 377.729 (Fees for sign permits and business licenses).

(7)

A permit shall be issued for one year. The applicable fee shall accompany the permit application. A fee may not be prorated for a fraction of a year or be refunded if the outdoor advertising sign is removed.

(8)

The display surface of an outdoor advertising sign may be changed or cutouts may be attached or removed within the sign area without obtaining a permit. However, a permit shall be obtained if the outdoor advertising sign is reconstructed.

(9)

A reconstruction permit may be issued for the addition of another display surface on the opposite side of an existing, conforming outdoor advertising sign under permit, that is no larger than the existing display surface.

(10)

The director shall require removal of a sign or shall cancel a permit and require removal of an outdoor advertising sign as provided by ORS 377.775 (Removal procedure for noncomplying signs) if the director finds a sign or an outdoor advertising sign has been erected, maintained or serviced from the highway right of way at any portion of the right of way where the department has acquired rights of access to the highway or rights of access have not accrued to the abutting property. If there is no permit for the outdoor advertising sign, then the director shall require removal of the outdoor advertising sign. In addition, the department may recover from the owner of the sign or outdoor advertising sign or from the person erecting, maintaining or servicing the sign or outdoor advertising sign, the amount of damage to landscaping, sod, fencing, ditches or other highway appurtenances resulting from such acts. If a permit is canceled under this subsection, an outdoor advertising sign may not be relocated under ORS 377.767 (Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign).

(11)

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(a)

The director may cancel a permit, unless a corrected application is filed or the outdoor advertising sign is brought into compliance within 30 days after written notice thereof is mailed to the permittee, if the director finds:

(A)

The applicant has knowingly supplied materially false or misleading information in the application for a permit or renewal thereof; or

(B)

The outdoor advertising sign covered by the permit violates ORS 377.700 (Short title) to 377.844 (Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety).

(b)

If a permit is canceled under this subsection, an outdoor advertising sign may not be relocated under ORS 377.767 (Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign), and the holder of the permit is not entitled to a relocation credit.

(12)

The director shall cancel a permit immediately upon failure of a permittee to erect or maintain the outdoor advertising sign as described by the permit application and to attach a permit plate to the outdoor advertising sign 180 days after the date of issuance of the permit.

(13)

The director shall assign a permit plate with an identification number to the permit issued for an outdoor advertising sign. The permittee shall attach the permit plate to the outdoor advertising sign so the plate is visible from the adjacent state highway. The absence of a permit plate or failure to renew the permit annually is prima facie evidence that the outdoor advertising sign does not comply with ORS 377.700 (Short title) to 377.844 (Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety).

(14)

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 377.712 (Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs), 377.753 (Permits for outdoor advertising signs) and 377.765 (Status of previously existing signs), no permits shall be issued for the erection of any new outdoor advertising sign after May 30, 2007.

(15)

The director may establish more than one class or type of outdoor advertising sign permit as necessary or desirable to carry out ORS 377.700 (Short title) to 377.844 (Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety).

(16)

Any hearing under this section shall be conducted as a contested case hearing under ORS chapter 183. [1971 c.770 §23; 1973 c.790 §4; 1974 c.33 §3; 1975 c.336 §4; 1977 c.265 §2; 1985 c.553 §1; 1993 c.376 §2; 1993 c.741 §56; 1999 c.877 §5; 2001 c.750 §5; 2003 c.126 §1; 2007 c.199 §9; 2009 c.463 §6; 2018 c.93 §47]

Source: Section 377.725 — Permit; application; fee; cancellation; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors377.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Lack of statutory time limit for approval of permit transfer does not violate due process or free speech rights. Outdoor Media Dimensions, Inc. v. State of Oregon, 150 Or App 106, 945 P2d 614 (1997), aff’d 331 Or 634, 20 P3d 180 (2001)

Attorney General Opinions

Concerning “lawfully erected” signs, (1976) Vol 37, p 1538; cancellation of relocation permits after 120 days, (1978) Vol 38, p 1871

377.030
Destruction or removal of trees on state highways without permission prohibited
377.040
Application to department to remove trees along state highways
377.050
Consent of department for removal of trees along state highways
377.100
Study of highway system
377.105
Effect of designation as historic and scenic highway
377.505
Definitions for ORS 377.505 to 377.540
377.510
Signs visible from state highways regulated
377.515
Removal of nonconforming signs deferred
377.521
Status of previously designated scenic areas
377.540
Director of Transportation to enforce orders and render administrative assistance
377.605
Definitions for ORS 377.605 to 377.655
377.610
Public policy on junkyards
377.615
Director’s authority to promulgate regulations, enter into agreements with federal government
377.620
Restrictions on maintaining or establishing junkyard along highway
377.625
Screening junkyard located in restricted area
377.630
Removing junkyard from restricted area
377.635
Junkyard in violation of restrictions declared a public nuisance
377.640
Acquisition of land necessary to screen or relocate junkyards
377.645
Expenditure of moneys to screen or relocate junkyards prior to availability of federal matching funds
377.650
Personal property on state highway
377.653
Personal property under state highway bridge
377.655
Rules for removal and disposition of signs and property in violation of ORS 377.650
377.700
Short title
377.705
Policy
377.707
Identifying location of signs on construction plans
377.708
Effect on certain signs of transfer of jurisdiction over state highway
377.710
Definitions for ORS 377.700 to 377.844
377.712
Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs
377.713
Compensation following partial or total loss of outdoor advertising sign
377.715
Application of ORS 377.700 to 377.844
377.720
Prohibited signs
377.723
Affidavit of city or county necessary for issuance of sign permit
377.725
Permit
377.729
Fees for sign permits and business licenses
377.730
License for business of maintaining or erecting signs
377.735
Exemptions from sign permit requirements
377.737
Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs
377.740
ORS 377.700 to 377.844 not intended to authorize signs prohibited by other governmental units
377.745
Limitation on form and size of signs
377.750
Spacing between signs
377.753
Permits for outdoor advertising signs
377.756
Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community
377.757
Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756
377.758
Notification by federal authorities of illegal sign
377.759
Issuance of relocation credits for removal of outdoor advertising signs from scenic byway
377.762
Issuance of relocation credits for removal of sign
377.763
Consolidation of relocation credits
377.765
Status of previously existing signs
377.767
Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign
377.768
Effect of relocation permit on existing sign permit
377.770
Signs in protected, commercial or industrial areas
377.773
When sign abandoned
377.775
Removal procedure for noncomplying signs
377.777
Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.844
377.780
Removal of outdoor advertising signs
377.787
Contracts to study traveler information needs
377.790
Construction, maintenance and operation of tourist and motorist informational signs
377.795
Allocation of costs of telephone informational system
377.800
Tourist and motorist informational signs
377.805
Form of tourist and motorist informational signs
377.820
Application for tourist or motorist informational sign permit
377.825
Fees for sign applications, maintenance costs and reinstallation
377.830
Limitation on motorist informational sign permits
377.831
Application for digital billboard permit
377.833
Public notifications
377.835
Creation of Travel Information Council as semi-independent state agency
377.836
Application of certain statutes to Travel Information Council
377.838
Authority of executive director of Travel Information Council
377.839
Authority of Travel Information Council
377.840
Travel Information Council account
377.841
Roadside rest areas
377.842
Refreshments at roadside rest areas
377.844
Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety
377.845
Use of funds by Department of Transportation after repayment of highway fund
377.880
Informational materials in roadside rest areas
377.885
Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund
377.887
State Parks and Recreation Department Human Trafficking Awareness Fund
377.992
Penalties
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