ORS 376.150

Known as the Pedestrian Mall Law

The act spans §§ 376–376 (84 sections).

Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case 240 Or. App. 201 - Petroff v. Williams (2010)

Most recently applied in Curry Properties, Inc. v. Coldiron (January 2026)

1979 c.862 §1; 1989 c.674 §1; 2009 c.318 §1

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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.

As used in ORS 376.150 to 376.200:

(1) “Public road” means the entire right of way of any road over which the public has the right of use or any right of way held by the state or a political subdivision of the state for road purposes that is not open for public use.

(2) “Way of necessity” means:

(a) A road established under ORS 376.150 to 376.200 to provide motor vehicle access from a public road to land that would otherwise have no motor vehicle access;

(b) A route established under ORS 376.150 to 376.200 to provide utility service access from an existing service location to a service point that would otherwise have no utility service access; or

(c) A route established under ORS 376.150 to 376.200 to provide a continuation of preexisting sewer service to land that has access to a public road.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.