Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 478 > General Provisions

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value of the district, is located. See Oregon Statutes 478.001
• County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Demolition material: means any waste resulting from the complete or partial destruction of any man-made structure such as a house, apartment, commercial building or industrial building. See Oregon Statutes 478.001
• District: means a rural fire protection district proposed to be organized or organized under, or subject to, this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 478.001
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Open burning: means any burning conducted in such a manner that combustion air is not effectively controlled and that combustion products are not vented through a stack or chimney, including but not limited to burning conducted in open outdoor fires, common burn barrels and backyard incinerators. See Oregon Statutes 478.001
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.