Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.045 (2026)

Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency’s powers

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      457.045 Election of method of exercise of urban renewal agency’s powers. The governing body of a municipality shall, in the ordinance adopted under ORS 457.035, elect to have the powers of an urban renewal agency under this chapter exercised in one of the following ways:

      (1) By a housing authority of the municipality established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law in which case the name of the body corporate and politic shall be the “housing authority and urban renewal agency” of the municipality.

      (2) By appointing a board or commission composed of not less than three members.

      (3) By the governing body, itself, provided, however, that any act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be, and shall be considered, the act of the urban renewal agency only and not of the governing body. [Formerly 457.140]

 

      457.050 [Amended by 1953 c.230 §3; 1957 c.456 §19; repealed by 1979 c.621 §28]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “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 municipality and…”
Umrein v. Topaz, 658 P.2d 568 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “ORS 457.045(3) provides that, even when the municipal governing body designates itself as the board of the agency: “* * * [A]ny act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be, and shall be considered, the act of the urban renewal agency only and not of the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 457.045(3) — 2 cases
Urban Renewal Comm. of Oregon City v. Williams, 521 P.3d 494 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “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 municipality and…”
Umrein v. Topaz, 658 P.2d 568 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “ORS 457.045(3) provides that, even when the municipal governing body designates itself as the board of the agency: “* * * [A]ny act of the governing body acting as the urban renewal agency shall be, and shall be considered, the act of the urban renewal agency only and not of the…”
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