Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Malheur County Records Inventory
County Commissioners Orders, Ordinances, and Resolutions
1965-[ongoing]
Series documents orders, ordinances, and resolutions passed by the board of county commissioners and the county court regulating and establishing guidelines for specific activities within the county. Information includes activity covered by order, ordinance, or resolution; administrative action number; who introduced; findings of fact; conclusions; recommendations; date heard; and hearings officer name and signature. Activities include noise abatement, nuisances, zoning, animal control, solid waste management, land division regulations, elections, comprehensive plan, and road and bridge use limits.
Before 1990 the orders, ordinances, and resolutions were part of the Commissioners Journal (County Commmissioners Administrative Journals). Since circa 1990 they have been included in the Clerk's Permanent Microfilm (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). An electronic index and imaged documents for the Clerk's Permanent Microfilm beginning in 2000 are available on computers in the clerk's office.
Records at the Malheur County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:
Malheur County Zoning Ordinance, 1994 (1 volume);
[Orders, Ordinances, and Resolutions], 1990-1991 (.10
cu.ft.); 1998-present (1.25 cu.ft.);
Planning & Zoning [Subdivision and Partitioning Ordinance], 1983
(1 volume);
Planning & Zoning [Zoning Ordinances], 1970-1978
(.20 cu.ft.); 1983 (1 volume).
Records at the Malheur County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement Storage
Room:
Malheur County Code No. 11 [includes zoning, subdivision, and
partition ordinances], 1965-1976 (1 binder);
Malheur County Code No. 13 [includes zoning, subdivision, and
partition ordinances], 1965-1981 (1 binder).
Records at the Malheur County Courthouse, Planning Department Office:
Malheur County Code [includes zoning, subdivision, and
partition ordinances], 1965-present (1 binder);
[Ordinances-includes comprehensive plan amendment, zoning and subdivision], 1973-present (.75 cu.ft.).
Records at the Malheur County Web Site:
County Code [includes zoning and subdivision information], n.d.-present (Internet).