Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Washington County Records Inventory
County Commissioners Orders, Ordinances, and Resolutions
1852-[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.
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 130, Public Research Area:
Minute Orders [Board of Commissioners], no. 67.1-95.588, 1967-1995 (92 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [County], no. 1-534, 1963-1998 (10 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Exhibits to A Engrossed Ordinance #220-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (2 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ordinance #265 Flood Plain Maps-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (1 reel of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ord. #280-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982-1983 (4 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ord. #294-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (1 reel of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ord. #332-333-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (2 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Oversize Exhibits Ord. #47, 148, 218, 219, 242, 263, 265-includes zoning map amendments and comprehensive framework plan information], ca.1967-1983 (1 reel of microfilm);
Ordinances [Oversize Exhibits Ord. #265-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], ca.1982 (3 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Prior to Enactment Ordinance 45-294-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1967-1985 (9 reels of microfilm);
Resolutions & Orders, 1965-1998 (49 reels of microfilm);
Resolutions & Orders [Commissioners Orders], 1920-1922 (1 reel of microfilm);
Resolutions & Orders [Index], 1965-1985 (4 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 300, Commissioners Office:
BCC Minute Orders [Board of County Commissioners], 2001-2006 (5 cu.ft.);
BCC Resolutions & Orders], 2005-2006 (2 cu.ft.).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 350, Long Range Planning Division Office:
[Ordinance Exhibits-includes zoning], 1983-1996 (20 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 350, Long Range Planning Division Office, Library:
[Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Records-includes code development and update information], ca.1983-2006 (ca.20 cu.ft.).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 200, Survey Division Vault:
County Road [Record-includes commissioners orders, resolutions, and surveyor reports], no. 2037-3243, 1967-present (11 volumes);
[County Road Record-includes field notes, drawings, viewers reports, and establishment information], 1852-1902 (1 volume);
Record of County Roads [includes commissioners orders, resolutions, surveyor reports, plats, viewers reports, and related information-no. 6 to 2036-title varies], vol. 2-9, 1876-1967 (8 volumes).
Records at the Public Services Building, Basement Room B20, Imaging Center:
[Minute Orders, Resolutions and Orders, and Ordinances], 2007-present (.50 cu.ft.).
Records at the Walnut Street Center Complex, Building E, County Records Center:
BOC Ordinances/Exhibits [Board of Commissioners], 1993-1999 (5 cu.ft.);
Commissioners Orders, 1891-1932 (3 cu.ft.);
Commissioners Orders [includes county budgets and commissioners proceedings], 1937-1941 (1 cu.ft.); 1946-1960 (3 cu.ft.);
Land Use Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], no. 337-350, 1989 (1 cu.ft.);
Minute Orders [Board of Commissioners], 1976 (.60 cu.ft.);
Minute Orders BOC [Board of Commissioners], 1993 (9 cu.ft.); 1995-2007 (106 cu.ft.);
Planning Commission Zoning Orders [actually Board of Commissioners], 1971-1977 (3 cu.ft.);
Resolutions & Orders, 1976 (.30 cu.ft.);
Resolutions & Orders BOC [Board of Commissioners], 1993-2007 (21 cu.ft.);
Rural/Natural Resource Plan Element [Ordinance #219, 220, 223 Exhibits], 1980-1982 (2 cu.ft.).
Records at the Walnut Street Center Complex, Building E, County Historical Records Vault:
Deed Book no. 445 [Zoning no. 6-Zoning Orders], 1978-1982 (1 volume);
Zoning [Resolutions and Orders-with index], vol. 1-5A, 5B, 1970-1978 (6 volumes).
Records at the Washington County Web Site:
County Code [includes land division information], n.d.-present (Internet);
Land Use Ordinances [Washington County-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 2000-present (Internet).
