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Or. Rev. Stat. § 377.705 (2026)

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      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 of such highways and adjacent areas; to provide information about and direct travelers to public accommodations, services for the traveling public, campgrounds, parks, recreational areas and points of scenic, historic, cultural and educational interest, it is the policy of this state and the purpose of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 and 377.992:

      (1) To establish official information centers and motorist informational signs, including sign plazas or travel plazas in appropriate locations.

      (2) To provide for publication and distribution of official guidebooks and other publications.

      (3) To prohibit the indiscriminate use of other outdoor advertising.

      (4) To provide motorists, where feasible, with information and access to communications systems for emergency and travel-related purposes. [1971 c.770 §2; 1999 c.877 §1; 2012 c.63 §5]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1981–2011 · leading case: Outdoor Media Dimensions, Inc. v. Dep't of Transp., 132 P.3d 5 (Or. 2006).
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Outdoor Media Dimensions, Inc. v. Dep't of Transp., 132 P.3d 5 (Or. 2006). · cites it 8× “The OMIA, for example, prohibits signs that prevent a driver from having a clear and unobstructed view of approaching or merging traffic, ORS 377.”
Outdoor Media Dimensions Inc. v. State, 20 P.3d 180 (Or. 2001). “’ ORS 377.705. A blank billboard is just as contrary to that purpose as is a billboard with advertising.”
Outdoor Media Dimensions Inc. v. State, 945 P.2d 614 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 3× “Also, ORS 377.705 provides that one of the purposes of the OMIA is to “preserve the natural beauty and aesthetic features of [the state’s] highways and adjacent areas.”
Van v. Travel Info. Council, 628 P.2d 1217 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “The express purposes of the Oregon Act, insofar as relevant, are "to promote the public safety, to preserve the recreational value of public travel on state’s highways, and to preserve the natural beauty and aesthetic features of such highways and adjacent areas * * ORS 377.705.…”
Lombardo v. Warner, 132 P.3d 22 (Or. 2006). “See ORS 377.705 (policy of OMIA includes promoting public safety and preserving natural beauty of state highways).”
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Portland, 262 P.3d 782 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “705 that the purposes of the OMIA include ‘promoting] public safety,’ ‘preserving] the natural beauty and aesthetic features’ of state highways, and ‘prohibiting] the indiscriminate use of * * * outdoor advertising.”
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