Chapter 227 — Chapter 227
58 sections in this chapter.
ORS 227.320 City program for demolition of residences or residential buildings. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a city of this state may establish by ordinance or otherwise a program for the demolition of residences or residential buildings. A program established under this subsection
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(a) Must require a person performing a demolition to acquire a permit from the city authorizing the person to perform the demolition; (b) If a person performing a demolition is a contractor, as defined in ORS 701.005 (5)(a), and if a residence or residential building to be demoli…
ORS 227.350 Notice of proposed wetlands development; exception; approval by city. (1) After the Department of State Lands has provided the city with a copy of the applicable portions of the Statewide Wetlands Inventory, the city shall provide notice to the department, the applicant and the owner of record, within five working days of the acceptance of any complete application for the following activities that are wholly or partially within areas identified as wetlands on the Statewide Wetlands Inventory
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(a) Subdivisions; (b) Building permits for new structures; (c) Other development permits and approvals that allow physical alteration of the land involving excavation and grading, including permits for removal or fill, or both, or development in floodplains and floodways; (d) Con…
ORS 227.400 Truck routes; procedures for establishment or revision; notice; hearing. (1) A city council shall not establish a new truck route or revise an existing truck route within the city unless the council first provides public notice of the proposed truck route and holds a public hearing concerning its proposed action
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(2) The city council shall provide notice of a public hearing held under this section by publishing notice of the hearing once a week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the city. The second publication of the notice must occur not later than the…
ORS 227.450 Recycling containers; recommendations for new construction. (1) Multiunit housing with more than 10 individual residential units should include adequate space and access for collection of containers for solid waste and recyclable materials
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(2) Each commercial building and each industrial and institutional building should include adequate space and access for collection of containers for solid waste and recyclable materials. (3) As used in this section, “commercial,” “recyclable material” and “solid waste” have the …
ORS 227.455 Clustered mailboxes in city streets and rights-of-way. Each city in this state shall adopt standards and specifications for clustered mailboxes within the boundaries of city streets and rights-of-way that conform to the standards and specifications for such mailboxes contained in the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code. [2011 c.488 §2]
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Note: 227.455 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 227 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. PERMITTED USES IN ZONES
ORS 227.500 Use of real property for religious activity; city regulation of real property used for religious activity. (1) If a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, chapel, meeting house or other nonresidential place of worship is allowed on real property under state law and rules and local zoning ordinances and regulations, a city shall allow the reasonable use of the real property for activities customarily associated with the practices of the religious activity, including
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(a) Worship services. (b) Religion classes. (c) Weddings. (d) Funerals. (e) Meal programs. (f) Child care or any preschool or prekindergarten education, but not private or parochial education for kindergarten through grade 12 or higher education. (2) A city may: (a) Subject real …
ORS 227.505 Solar energy systems on residential and commercial structures. (1) The installation and use on a residential structure of a solar photovoltaic energy system or a solar thermal energy system is an outright permitted use in any zone in which residential structures are an allowed use
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(2) The installation and use on a commercial structure of a solar photovoltaic energy system or a solar thermal energy system is an outright permitted use in any zone in which commercial structures are an allowed use. (3) Approval of a permit application under ORS 227.160 to 227.…
ORS 227.600 Land use approval preapplication review. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Compost” has the meaning given that term in ORS 459.005. (b) “Disposal site” has the meaning given that term in ORS 459.005. (c) “Local government” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.116. (2) Before an applicant may submit an application under ORS 227.160 to 227.186 …