Chapter 377

      377.630

ATTY. GEN. OPINIONS: Term “zoned industrial” used in federal and Oregon law as including areas zoned for industrial use though not specifically so labeled, (1977) Vol 38, p 1433

      377.700 to 377.840

NOTES OF DECISIONS

      Exclusion of on-premises signs from regulation as outdoor advertising signs is not content-based discrimination against noncommercial speech. 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)

      Imposition of content-neutral regulatory requirements does not infringe on protected speech. Outdoor Media Dimensions v. Department of Transportation, 340 Or 275, 132 P3d 5 (2006)

ATTY. GEN. OPINIONS: City and county “police power” for removal of billboards and signs; compensation or amortization period, (1974) Vol 36, p 1145

      377.710

NOTES OF DECISIONS

      Sign announcing future construction of facility at sign location constituted outdoor advertisement of facility not located on premises where sign was located. Hoffman v. Hwy. Div., 23 Or App 497, 543 P2d 50 (1975), Sup Ct review denied

ATTY. GEN. OPINIONS: Construing “reconstruction,” (1976) Vol 37, p 1538; construing “freeways,” (1976) Vol 38, p 404

      377.725

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)

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

      377.735

NOTES OF DECISIONS

      “For good cause shown” means that determination must be based on whether applicant has demonstrated sufficient reason for variance. Lombardo v. Warner, 340 Or 264, 132 P3d 22 (2006)

      To extent consistent with orderly processing of variance requests, decision regarding variance request must be rendered in sufficiently timely fashion to make display of sign meaningful. Lombardo v. Warner, 340 Or 264, 132 P3d 22 (2006)

      Notwithstanding that any message might be related to on-premises or off-premises activity, requiring permit for highway signs relating to off-premises activities while granting permit exemption to highway signs related to on-premises activities is unconstitutional content-based regulation of speech. Outdoor Media Dimensions v. Department of Transportation, 340 Or 275, 132 P3d 5 (2006)

ATTY. GEN. OPINIONS: Concerning ownership of sign structures, (1976) Vol 38, p 158; permits for exempted signs, (1976) Vol 38, p 158; removal of residential directional signs not located on premises to which they refer, (1980) Vol 40, p 277; regulation of temporary political signs, (1982) Vol. 42, p 372

      377.765

NOTES OF DECISIONS

      Lack of statutory time limit for approval of relocation 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)

      377.767

ATTY. GEN. OPINIONS: Effect of issuance of permit, (1976) Vol 37, p 1538

      377.775

NOTES OF DECISIONS

      Billboard may be nonconforming sign subject to removal notwithstanding that it is no longer outdoor advertising sign. 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)