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Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.035 (2026)

Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; area of operation

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      457.035 Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; area of operation. (1) In each municipality, as defined in ORS 457.010, there hereby is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “urban renewal agency” of the municipality. However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the municipality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the municipality and elects to have the powers of an urban renewal agency exercised in any of the three ways provided in ORS 457.045.

      (2) An urban renewal agency, upon activation under subsection (1) of this section, shall have authority to exercise its powers within the same area of operation given a housing authority of the municipality under ORS 456.060. [Formerly 457.130]

 

      457.040 [Repealed by 1979 c.621 §28]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2022 · leading case: Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).
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Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 6× “However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the munici- pality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the…”
City of Portland v. Smith, 838 P.2d 568 (Or. 1992). · cites it 2× “130 (1957), renumbered ORS 457.035 (creating urban renewal agencies); ORS 457.”
Dennehy v. Dep't of Revenue, 756 P.2d 13 (Or. 1988). “ORS 457.035, 457.045, 457.095. The Tax Court correctly concluded, however, that the tax revenues obtained from the increase of property values in the urban renewal area, by whomever levied, were akin to special assessments for the benefit of the property in that area, to which…”
Dennehy v. City of Portland, 740 P.2d 806 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Since a city urban renewal agency may exercise its powers beyond the territorial limits of the city pursuant to ORS 457.035(2), it is reasonable to require both the city and county to approve a plan or plan amendment if the plan or amendment includes both incorporated and…”
Owen v. City of Portland, 470 P.3d 390 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). “Those subsections provide: “(3) This section does not impair the right of any state agency, city, county or urban renewal agency as defined by ORS 457.035 to reserve to itself the right to approve rent increases, establish base rents or establish limitations on rents on any…”
Portland Dev. Comm'n v. State Ex Rel. Bureau of Labor & Indus., 171 P.3d 1012 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). “PDC is Portland’s urban renewal and development agency, established pursuant to ORS 457.035, which encourages and coordinates projects throughout the city.”
Comeaux v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 12 Or. Tax 132 (Or. T.C. 1992). “210 or an urban renewal agency established under ORS 457.035.” *135 Petitioners reason that a corporation organized under ORS chapter 554 is defined as a “district” under ORS 198.”
City of Eugene v. Dep't of Revenue, 13 Or. Tax 120 (Or. T.C. 1994). · cites it 2× “1 The agency was created pursuant to ORS 457.035 and activated pursuant to ORS 457.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.035(1) — 1 case
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the munici- pality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.035(2) — 2 cases
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the munici- pality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the…”
Dennehy v. City of Portland, 740 P.2d 806 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “Since a city urban renewal agency may exercise its powers beyond the territorial limits of the city pursuant to ORS 457.035(2), it is reasonable to require both the city and county to approve a plan or plan amendment if the plan or amendment includes both incorporated and…”
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