Title 20, Counties and County officers

(1) As used in this section, “owner” means the owner of the title to real property or the contract purchaser of real property, of record as shown on the last available complete tax assessment roll. (2) All legislative acts relating to comprehensive plans, land use planning or zon…

(1) A mortgagee, lienholder, vendor or seller of real property who receives a mailed notice required by this chapter shall promptly forward the notice to the purchaser of the property. Each mailed notice required by this chapter shall contain the following statement: “NOTICE TO M…

For the protection of the public health, welfare and safety, the governing body of a county may adopt ordinances establishing housing codes for the county, or any portion thereof, except where housing code ordinances are in effect on August 22, 1969, or where such ordinances are …

Each county in this state shall adopt standards and specifications for clustered mailboxes within the boundaries of county roads and rights-of-way that conform to the standards and specifications for such mailboxes contained in the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code. [2011…

The provisions of housing code ordinances authorized by ORS 215.605 and this section shall apply to all buildings or portions thereof used, or designed or intended to be used for human habitation, and shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Standards for space, occupancy, light…

The Legislative Assembly declares that land use regulations limit residential development on some less productive resource land acquired before the owners could reasonably be expected to know of the regulations. In order to assist these owners while protecting the state’s more pr…

(1) A governing body of a county or its designate may allow the establishment of a single-unit dwelling on a lot or parcel located within a farm or forest zone as set forth in this section and ORS 215.710, 215.720, 215.740 and 215.750 after notifying the county assessor that the …

(1) For purposes of ORS 215.705, high-value farmland is land in a tract composed predominantly of soils that, at the time the siting of a dwelling is approved for the tract, are: (a) Irrigated and classified prime, unique, Class I or Class II; or (b) Not irrigated and classified …

(1) A dwelling authorized under ORS 215.705 may be allowed on land zoned for forest use under a goal protecting forestland only if: (a) The tract on which the dwelling will be sited is in western Oregon, as defined in ORS 321.257, and is composed of soils not capable of producing…

(1) A local government shall require as a condition of approval of a single-unit dwelling allowed under ORS 215.705 on lands zoned forestland that: (a)(A) If the lot or parcel is more than 30 acres in eastern Oregon as defined in ORS 321.805, the property owner submits a stocking…

(1) If a dwelling is not allowed under ORS 215.720 (1), a dwelling may be allowed on land zoned for forest use under a goal protecting forestland if it complies with other provisions of law and is sited on a tract: (a) In eastern Oregon of at least 240 contiguous acres except as …

(1) As used in this section, “center of the subject tract” means the mathematical centroid of the tract. (2) In western Oregon, a governing body of a county or its designate may allow the establishment of a single-unit dwelling on a lot or parcel located within a forest zone if t…

Subject to the approval of the governing body or its designee, the following dwellings may be established in any area zoned for forest use under a land use planning goal protecting forestland, provided that the requirements of the acknowledged comprehensive plan, land use regulat…

(1) As used in this section, “owner or a relative” means the owner of the lot or parcel, or a relative of the owner or the owner’s spouse, including a child, parent, stepparent, grandchild, grandparent, stepgrandparent, sibling, stepsibling, niece, nephew or first cousin of eithe…

(1) An agricultural building, as defined in ORS 455.315, customarily provided in conjunction with farm use or forest use is an authorized use on land zoned for forest use or for mixed farm and forest use. (2) A person may not convert an agricultural building authorized by this se…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the following minimum lot or parcel sizes apply to all counties: (a) For land zoned for exclusive farm use and not designated rangeland, at least 80 acres; (b) For land zoned for exclusive farm use and designated rangeland…

(1) The governing body of a county or its designee may approve a proposed division by partition of land in a forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone to create one new parcel if the proposed division of land is for the purpose of allowing a provider of public parks or open spa…

(1) As used in this section, notwithstanding ORS 215.010, “parcel” has the meaning given that term in ORS 92.010. (2) Notwithstanding the minimum lot or parcel size established under ORS 215.780 (1), when a portion of a lawfully established unit of land has been included within a…

(1) For the purposes of correcting mapping errors made in the acknowledgment process and updating the designation of farmlands and forestlands for land use planning, a county may conduct a legislative review of lands in the county to determine whether the lands planned and zoned …

(1) If a county amends its comprehensive plan or a land use regulation mapping zoning designations under ORS 215.788 to 215.794, the county shall review lands that are planned or rezoned as nonresource lands to determine whether the lands contain ecologically significant natural …

(1) A county shall submit decisions on planning and rezoning designations under ORS 215.788 to 215.794 to the Department of Land Conservation and Development for review pursuant to the procedures set forth in this section and ORS 197.659. (2) The department shall coordinate with:…

(1) New and existing dwellings may be allowed on a lot or parcel subject to wildlife habitat special assessment under ORS 308A.403 to 308A.430 as follows: (a) Lawfully existing dwellings, pursuant to ORS 215.130 (5) to (11), may remain. (b) For a lot or parcel without an existing…