How To Use This Site

Navigation System
The navigation system of this website consists of two navigation bars. One is the "Main" Navigation Bar and the second is the "Department" Navigation Bar. The Main navigation system is located on every page and can be found at the left of the browser window- its location and content is static. The Department navigation system can only be found on the City's Department pages and is located below the Main navigation system and its content varies with each department.

Main Navigation Bar (Horizontal)
To select an item, simply move your mouse over the item you would like to select and then click the left mouse button. If the item you are choosing has multiple selections (indicated by the arrow), these will appear when moving your mouse over the menu item. Move your mouse over the item of your choice on the sub-menu and left-click your mouse button to select. To get back to the City Home Page, click HOME at any time.

Department Navigation Bar (Vertical)
Each Department has its own navigation system. Unlike the Main Navigation Bar, the Department Navigation Bar's content will vary from Department to Department. To get back to the Department Home Page, click HOME at any time.

About Your Browser
Although we have attempted to make this website as "browser-neutral" as possible, we nevertheless recommend that you use the freely available browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Netscape Navigator/Communicator for the most enjoyable browsing experience. Please be aware that the earlier versions of these browsers may display the same material in very different ways, and that some releases of the Microsoft and Netscape browsers tend to be problematic and may even pose certain security risks. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest versions available.

Viewing Tips
These pages are designed to be viewable on virtually any monitor display resolution from 640 x 480 pixels (Standard VGA) on up. However, the pages are optimized for screen resolutions of 800 x 600 with at leaset 256 colors and you will probably have the most comfortable viewing experience at that resolution or higher.

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Also keep in mind that if the size of the printed text is too small or too large for your preferences, you may be able to adjust the sizing in your browser's options. Go to: View > Text Size.

PDF Documents
A number of documents on this site are offered in Portable Document Format or PDF. These are usually indicated with the icon . To view and print these documents you will need Adobe Acrobat which is available for free downloading from the Adobe website.

Disclaimer
The City of Troutdale is providing this web site as a public service and we make an effort to have it contain useful and interesting information, but in order to prudently protect ourselves and our citizens, we have to make this disclaimer. We'll try to do it in plain language. Basically, you must assume all the risks associated with using this web site. Official records always take precedent over information contained in this web site. Before you make a decision based on information on our web site, contact us.

In order to make the information in this web site as accurate as possible, we may review the content and make changes periodically without providing notice that we have done so, except that sometimes we may list new or updated material on a page devoted to that purpose. There is too much information about our City to include all of it in our web site, so we select only certain information to be included in the web site. We may include links to other web sites, but we do not endorse the information in those web sites or the organizations that publish them.

Now for the legal wording: The City of Troutdale disclaims any responsibility and makes no representations or warranties as to the quality, accuracy, content, or completeness of any information that is contained in this web site. The City of Troutdale shall not be liable for damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from the use or misuse of the web site and/or the information contained in it. In any situation where the official printed document differs from the information contained in this web site, the official printed document takes precedence. The City of Troutdale is not responsible for any information located at any web site and shall not be liable for damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from your accessing other web sites from our web site. If there is anything about this disclaimer you don't understand, please contact us at 503-665-5175 or by email: click

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City of Troutdale- Last Updated May 29, 2006
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