ORS 197.493: Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle.

(1) A state agency or local government may not prohibit the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle, or impose any limit on the length of occupancy of a recreational vehicle as a residential dwelling, solely on the grounds that the occupancy is in a recreational vehicle, if the recreational vehicle is:

      (a) Allowed under ORS 215.490;

      (b)(A) Located in a manufactured dwelling park, mobile home park or recreational vehicle park;

      (B) Occupied as a residential dwelling; and

      (C) Lawfully connected to water and electrical supply systems and a sewage disposal system; or

      (c) On a lot or parcel with a manufactured dwelling or single-unit dwelling that is uninhabitable due to damages from a natural disaster, including wildfires, earthquakes, flooding or storms, until no later than the date:

      (A) The dwelling has been repaired or replaced and an occupancy permit has been issued;

      (B) The local government makes a determination that the owner of the dwelling is unreasonably delaying in completing repairs or replacing the dwelling; or

      (C) Five years after the date the dwelling first became uninhabitable.

      (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not limit the authority of a state agency or local government to impose other special conditions on the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle. [2005 c.619 §12; 2021 c.235 §1; 2023 c.9 §11; 2023 c.295 §3; 2023 c.327 §1; 2025 c.38 §11]

MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT