In addition to the procedures authorized in ORS 222.010 to 222.750, territory otherwise eligible for annexation in accordance with ORS 222.111 which is within the urban growth boundary of a city may be annexed by passage of an ordinance as provided in ORS 222.900 without any vote in such territory or any consent by the owners of land therein if it is found, as provided in ORS 222.840 to 222.915, that a danger to public health exists because of conditions within the territory and that such conditions can be removed or alleviated by sanitary, water or other facilities ordinarily provided by incorporated cities.
ORS 222.855
Known as the Health Hazard Abatement Law
The act spans §§ 222–222 (98 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 152 Or. App. 720 - City of Eugene v. Nalven (1998)
Most recently applied in 304 Or. App. 171 - City of Corvallis v. State of Oregon (May 2020)
1967 c.624 §2; 1973 c.637 §2; 1975 c.639 §2; 1981 c.888 §7
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.