Chapter 197 — Chapter 197
279 sections in this chapter.
ORS 197.675 [1989 c.964 §4; repealed by 2001 c.613 §1]
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FARMWORKER HOUSING
ORS 197.677 Policy. In that the agricultural workers in this state benefit the social and economic welfare of all of the people in Oregon by their unceasing efforts to bring a bountiful crop to market, the Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to insure adequate agricultural labor accommodations commensurate with the housing needs of Oregon’s workers that meet decent health, safety and welfare standards. To accomplish this objective in the interest of all of the people in this state, it is necessary that
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(1) Every state and local government agency that has powers, functions or duties with respect to housing, land use or enforcing health, safety or welfare standards, under this or any other law, shall exercise its powers, functions or duties consistently with the state policy decl…
ORS 197.680 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that
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(1) This state has a large stock of existing farmworker housing that does not meet minimum health and safety standards and is in need of rehabilitation; (2) It is not feasible to rehabilitate much of the existing farmworker housing stock to meet building code standards; (3) In or…
ORS 197.685 Location of farmworker housing; approval standards. (1) The availability of decent, safe and sanitary housing opportunities for farmworkers is a matter of statewide concern
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(2) Farmworker housing within the rural area of a county shall be permitted in a zone or zones in rural centers and areas committed to nonresource uses. (3) Any approval standards, special conditions and procedures for approval adopted by a local government shall be clear and obj…
ORS 197.705 [1973 c.482 §1; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ORS 197.707 Legislative intent. It was the intent of the Legislative Assembly in enacting ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 197A, 215 and 227 not to prohibit, deter, delay or increase the cost of appropriate development, but to enhance economic development and opportunity for the benefit of all citizens. [1983 c.827 §16]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.710 [1973 c.482 §3; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.712 Commission duties; comprehensive plan provisions; public facility plans; state agency coordination plans; compliance deadline; rules. (1) In addition to the findings and policies set forth in ORS 197.005, 197.010 and 215.243, the Legislative Assembly finds and declares that, in carrying out statewide comprehensive land use planning, the provision of adequate opportunities for a variety of economic activities throughout the state is vital to the health, welfare and prosperity of all the people of the state
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(2) By the adoption of new goals or rules, or the application, interpretation or amendment of existing goals or rules, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall implement all of the following: (a) Comprehensive plans shall include an analysis of the community’s econo…
ORS 197.713 Industrial development on industrial lands outside urban growth boundaries; exceptions. (1) Notwithstanding statewide land use planning goals relating to urbanization or to public facilities and services, a county or its designee may authorize
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(a) Industrial development, including accessory uses subordinate to the industrial development, in buildings of any size and type, subject to the permit approval process described in ORS 215.402 to 215.438 and to applicable building codes, in an area planned and zoned for industr…
ORS 197.714 Cooperation of county and city concerning industrial development. (1) Notwithstanding the authority granted in ORS 197.713 and 197.716 to allow industrial or other employment use development, when a county or its designee considers action under ORS 197.713 or 197.716 for land within 10 miles of the urban growth boundary of a city, the county or its designee shall give notice to the city at least 21 days prior to taking action
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(2) If the city objects to the authorization of industrial or other employment use development under ORS 197.713 or 197.716, the city and county shall negotiate to establish conditions on the industrial or other employment use designation, development or changes in the developmen…
ORS 197.715 [1973 c.482 §2; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.716 Industrial and employment uses in listed counties; economic opportunity analysis. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Economic opportunity analysis” means an analysis performed by a county that: (A) Identifies the major categories of industrial uses or other employment uses that could reasonably be expected to expand or locate in the county based on a review of trends on a national, state, …
ORS 197.717 Technical assistance by state agencies; information from Oregon Business Development Department; model ordinances; rural economic development. (1) State agencies shall provide technical assistance to local governments in
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(a) Planning and zoning land adequate in amount, size, topography, transportation access and surrounding land use and public facilities for the special needs of various industrial and commercial uses; (b) Developing public facility plans; and (c) Streamlining local permit procedu…
ORS 197.719 Industrial use of abandoned or diminished mill sites; amendment of comprehensive plans and land use regulations; sewer facilities. (1) As used in this section, “abandoned or diminished mill site” means a mill, plant or other facility engaged in the processing or manufacturing of wood products, including sawmills and facilities for the production of plywood, veneer, hardboard, panel products, pulp and paper, that
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(a) Is located outside of urban growth boundaries; (b) Was closed after January 1, 1980, or has been operating at less than 25 percent of capacity since January 1, 2003; and (c) Contains or contained permanent buildings used in the production or manufacturing of wood products. (2…
ORS 197.722 Definitions for ORS 197.722 to 197.728. As used in ORS 197.722 to 197.728
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(1) “Industrial use” means employment activities, including, but not limited to, manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing, storage, logistics, warehousing, importation, distribution and transshipment and research and development, that generate income from the production, …
ORS 197.723 Designation of regionally significant industrial areas; rules. (1) Within three years after June 28, 2011, in cooperation with local governments and private industry, the Economic Recovery Review Council, by rule, shall designate at least five and not more than 15 regionally significant industrial areas. The council shall base the designation of regionally significant industrial areas on the criteria in the definition of “regionally significant industrial area” and the judgment of the council concerning the relative importance of the areas in terms of potential, long-term job creation
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(2) A local government may nominate a regionally significant industrial area for designation by the council. (3) An area containing multiple sites certified by the Oregon Business Development Department as ready for development within six months or less is eligible for designatio…
ORS 197.724 Review of application for land use permit within regionally significant industrial area. (1) An applicant for a new industrial use or the expansion of an existing industrial use located within a regionally significant industrial area may request that an application for a land use permit be reviewed as an application for an expedited industrial land use permit under this section if the proposed use does not require
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(a) An exception taken under ORS 197.732 to a statewide land use planning goal; (b) A change to the acknowledged comprehensive plan or land use regulations of the local government within whose land use jurisdiction the new or expanded industrial use would occur; or (c) A federal …
ORS 197.725 [1973 c.482 §4; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.726 [2011 c.564 §9; repealed by 2025 c.476 §21]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.727 [2011 c.564 §10; repealed by 2025 c.476 §21]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.728 Rules. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall administer regionally significant industrial areas and may adopt rules as necessary to implement ORS 197.722 to 197.728. [2011 c.564 §11]
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Note: See note under 197.722.
ORS 197.729 Local government encouragement of microgrids. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Community microgrid” means a microgrid that is located within a geographical area that a local government designates as a microgrid zone under this section. (b) “Consumer-owned utility,” “electric company” and “governing body” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 757.6…
ORS 197.730 [1973 c.482 §6; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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GOAL EXCEPTIONS
ORS 197.732 Goal exceptions; criteria; rules; review. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Compatible” is not intended as an absolute term meaning no interference or adverse impacts of any type with adjacent uses. (b) “Exception” means a comprehensive plan provision, including an amendment to an acknowledged comprehensive plan, that: (A) Is applicable to specific …
ORS 197.734 Exceptions to certain statewide planning goal criteria; rules. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall adopt or amend rules regarding the statewide planning goal criteria described in ORS 197.732 (2)(a) and (b). The rules adopted or amended pursuant to this subsection must allow a local government to rezone land in an area physically developed or committed to residential use, as described in ORS 197.732, without requiring the local government to take a new exception to statewide planning goals related to agricultural and forest lands. The rules must allow for a rezoning that authorizes the change, continuation or expansion of an industrial use that has been in operation for the five years immediately preceding the formal land use planning action that was initiated for the change, continuation or expansion of use
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(2) The rules adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must provide that: (a) The rezoned use will maintain the land: (A) As rural land as described by commission rule; and (B) In a manner consistent with other statewide planning goal requirements; (b) The rural uses, d…
ORS 197.735 [1973 c.482 §7; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.736 Commission implementation of ORS 197.340 and 197.732; rules. The Land Conservation and Development Commission shall amend goals, in accordance with ORS 197.240 and 197.245, and amend and adopt rules and guidelines, as necessary, to implement the provisions of this section and ORS 197.340 and 197.732. [1995 c.521 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.740 [1973 c.482 §8; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.746 [Formerly 446.265; renumbered 197A.452 in 2025]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.747 [1983 c.827 §14; 1989 c.761 §9; 1991 c.612 §18; 2009 c.873 §11; renumbered 197.627 in 2019]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.748 [2021 c.16 §2; renumbered 197A.449 in 2025]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.750 [1973 c.482 §5; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.752 [1983 c.827 §19; renumbered 197A.218 in 2025]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.754 [1999 c.503 §3; 2001 c.104 §68; renumbered 197A.207 in 2025]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.755 [1973 c.482 §9; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.756 [1999 c.503 §6; 2001 c.104 §69; renumbered 197A.208 in 2025]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.757 [1983 c.827 §13; renumbered 197.256 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.758 [2019 c.639 §2; 2023 c.223 §20; 2023 c.283 §2; renumbered 197A.420 in 2023]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.760 [1973 c.482 §9a; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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MISCELLANEOUS
ORS 197.761 Development of residential platted lot. Within the urban growth boundary of a city with a population greater than 25,000, local governments shall allow, subject to reasonable local regulations relating to siting and design, the development of at least one dwelling unit on each platted lot that is zoned to allow for single-unit dwellings, unless the local government determines that
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(1) The lot cannot be adequately served by water, sewer, storm water drainage or streets, or will not be adequately served at the time that development on the lot is complete; (2) The lot contains a slope of 25 percent or greater; (3) The lot is within a 100-year floodplain; or (…
ORS 197.762 [1987 c.729 §15; repealed by 1989 c.761 §10 (197.763 enacted in lieu of 197.762)]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.763 [1989 c.761 §10a (enacted in lieu of 197.762); 1991 c.817 §31; 1995 c.595 §2; 1997 c.763 §6; 1997 c.844 §2; 1999 c.533 §12; renumbered 197.797 in 2021]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.764 [1999 c.503 §1; 2001 c.104 §70; 2023 c.13 §88; renumbered 197A.215 in 2023]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.765 [1973 c.482 §2a; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.766 [1999 c.503 §2; repealed by 2023 c.13 §89]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.767 [1987 c.729 §4; repealed by 1989 c.837 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 197.768 Local government or special district adoption of public facilities strategy; public hearing; written findings. (1) As used in this section, “special district” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.505
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(2)(a) A local government or special district may adopt a public facilities strategy if the public facilities strategy: (A)(i) Is acknowledged under ORS 197.251; or (ii) Is approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission under ORS 197.628 to 197.651; and (B) Meets th…
ORS 197.770 Firearms training facilities. (1) Any firearms training facility in existence on September 9, 1995, shall be allowed to continue operating until such time as the facility is no longer used as a firearms training facility
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(2) For purposes of this section, a “firearms training facility” is an indoor or outdoor facility that provides training courses and issues certifications required: (a) For law enforcement personnel; (b) By the State Department of Fish and Wildlife; or (c) By nationally recognize…
ORS 197.772 Historic property; consent for designation; portable cooling devices allowed. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local government shall allow a property owner to refuse to consent to any form of historic property designation at any point during the designation process. Such refusal to consent shall remove the property from any form of consideration for historic property designation under ORS 358.480 to 358.545 or other law, except for consideration or nomination to the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.)
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(2) A permit for the demolition or modification of property removed from consideration for historic property designation under subsection (1) of this section may not be issued during the 120-day period following the date of the property owner’s refusal to consent. (3) A local gov…
ORS 197.775 [1973 c.482 §11; repealed by 1977 c.665 §24]
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[Repealed or reserved.]