Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 197A.395: Limits on local government prohibitions.

(1) A local government may not prohibit from all residential zones attached or detached single-unit or multiunit housing for both owner and renter occupancy, manufactured homes or prefabricated structures. A city or county may not prohibit government assisted housing or impose additional approval standards on government assisted housing that are not applied to similar but unassisted housing.
      (2)(a) A single-unit dwelling for a farmworker and the farmworker’s immediate family is a permitted use in any residential or commercial zone that allows single-unit dwellings as a permitted use.
      (b) A city or county may not impose a zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of a single-unit dwelling for a farmworker and the farmworker’s immediate family in a residential or commercial zone described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on other single-unit dwellings in the same zone.
      (3)(a) Multiunit housing for farmworkers and farmworkers’ immediate families is a permitted use in any residential or commercial zone that allows multiunit housing generally as a permitted use.
      (b) A city or county may not impose a zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of multiunit housing for farmworkers and farmworkers’ immediate families in a residential or commercial zone described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on other multiunit housing in the same zone.
      (4) A city or county may not prohibit a property owner or developer from maintaining a real estate sales office in a subdivision or planned community containing more than 50 lots or dwelling units for the sale of lots or dwelling units that remain available for sale to the public. [Formerly subsections (1) to (4) of 197.312; 2025 c.38 §23]
(Temporary provisions relating to housing land use adjustments)

Where this section sits in the code

05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use
19. Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs
Chapter 197A — Land Use Planning: Housing and Urbanization

(2)(a) A single-unit dwelling for a farmworker and the farmworker’s immediate family is a permitted use in any residential or commercial zone that allows single-unit dwellings as a permitted use.

(b) A city or county may not impose a zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of a single-unit dwelling for a farmworker and the farmworker’s immediate family in a residential or commercial zone described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on other single-unit dwellings in the same zone.

(3)(a) Multiunit housing for farmworkers and farmworkers’ immediate families is a permitted use in any residential or commercial zone that allows multiunit housing generally as a permitted use.

(b) A city or county may not impose a zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of multiunit housing for farmworkers and farmworkers’ immediate families in a residential or commercial zone described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on other multiunit housing in the same zone.

(4) A city or county may not prohibit a property owner or developer from maintaining a real estate sales office in a subdivision or planned community containing more than 50 lots or dwelling units for the sale of lots or dwelling units that remain available for sale to the public. [Formerly subsections (1) to (4) of 197.312; 2025 c.38 §23]

(Temporary provisions relating to housing land use adjustments)

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