{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-90.262","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 90.262","heading":"Use and occupancy rules and regulations; adoption; enforceability; restrictions.","body":"(1) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt a rule or regulation, however described, concerning the tenant’s use and occupancy of the premises. It is enforceable against the tenant only if:\n      (a) Its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord’s property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally;\n      (b) It is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted;\n      (c) It applies to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner;\n      (d) It is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction or limitation of the tenant’s conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what the tenant must or must not do to comply;\n      (e) It is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and\n      (f) The tenant has written notice of it at the time the tenant enters into the rental agreement, or when it is adopted.\n      (2) If a rule or regulation adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement works a substantial modification of the bargain, it is not valid unless the tenant consents to it in writing.\n      (3) If adopted, an occupancy guideline for a dwelling unit shall not be more restrictive than two people per bedroom and shall be reasonable. Reasonableness shall be determined on a case-by-case basis. Factors to be considered in determining reasonableness include, but are not limited to:\n      (a) The size of the bedrooms;\n      (b) The overall size of the dwelling unit; and\n      (c) Any discriminatory impact on those identified in ORS 659A.421.\n      (4) As used in this section:\n      (a) “Bedroom” means a habitable room that:\n      (A) Is intended to be used primarily for sleeping purposes;\n      (B) Contains at least 70 square feet; and\n      (C) Is configured so as to take the need for a fire exit into account.\n      (b) “Habitable room” means a space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility space and similar areas are not included.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","10. Property Rights and Transactions","Chapter 90 — Residential Landlord and Tenant"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"9ec028f5f552051608fc3a83a27166319e4c5f3899021270a5b61781d11a2c8f","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-90.260","next":"us-or/ors-90.263"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}