Albany, OR

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a vacation rental is a lodging facility under the Transient Room Tax Ordinance, so each guest staying 30 consecutive calendar days or less pays a nine…

Feeding of wildlife within the city limits of Albany, Oregon is declared a public nuisance and is prohibited at all times. Songbirds and waterfowl are the only stated exception, and…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a dog is at large whenever it is off its owner's premises and not under complete control by a leash or chain not exceeding 10 feet in length. Running at…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, exotic animals are permitted as house pets only when the required state or federal permits have been obtained and the animal is maintained within a…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, poultry, fowl, and rabbits are limited to two animals on any lot under 7,000 square feet, with 3,000 more square feet required for each additional…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, domestic cats are a public nuisance in six listed instances, including loud or frequent noises disruptful of any person's comfort or repose, offensive…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the City can take the steps authorized by the appropriate regulatory agency to disperse or otherwise control wildlife populations that threaten the…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the owner of a dog classified as potentially dangerous must have a microchip implanted that records the dog's classification status and the Albany Police…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no person, family, or business can keep more than two dogs past six months of age on a property, except in an approved kennel. A permit for up to four…

Oregon Department of Agriculture requires all beekeepers with five or more hives to register annually under ORS 602.090. Registration funds apiary inspection and pest monitoring…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a dog that barks cumulatively for more than 10 minutes during any one-hour period, with the barking audible off the owner's or keeper's premises, is a…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, AMC § 7.08.050 bars vehicle noise from loud grating, rattling or grinding, needless horn use, gasoline engines without a muffler, and muffler cutouts on…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, AMC § 7.08.050(1)(d) bars construction work outside 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with an owner-occupant window to 8:00 p.m. Support activities such as staging…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, AMC § 7.08.050(1)(m) bars amplified sound that is plainly audible inside a closed dwelling unit from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., or plainly audible at 50…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, night noise limits sit inside AMC § 7.08.050: gatherings whose voices are plainly audible in another dwelling from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and garage…

Oregon DEQ adopted statewide industrial noise standards under OAR 340-035-0035, setting maximum allowable decibel limits for new and existing industrial sources. While DEQ enforcement…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a retaining wall over 4 feet high, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, or any retaining wall supporting a surcharge, must be…

Oregon's partition fence statutes (ORS Chapter 96) impose statewide rules requiring adjoining landowners to share costs of livestock fencing in livestock districts. The law applies…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a vehicle the chief of police believes is abandoned cannot stay on a City street, alley, or City property for more than 24 hours. The vehicle can be…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, where signs limit parking time in a block or public parking lot, no one can park longer than the posted time, and moving to another space in the same…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, it is unlawful for any person to letter, mark or paint anything on a sidewalk, curb, street or alley, or to post on a parking strip anything meant to…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no vehicle or combination of vehicles longer than 23 feet or wider than 8 feet can park on a street, alley, public parking lot or parking strip between…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a driver in a designated loading zone can stop only for the expeditious loading or unloading of materials, freight or passengers, and staying in an…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, using a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle for sleeping or housekeeping on private property is unlawful except in an approved RV park, at a residence…

If you reach your car before the tow truck has finished hooking up, Oregon requires the tower to release it at no charge under ORS 98.853(2)(a); once the hookup is complete the tower…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a permit from the Albany Fire Department's Life Safety Division is required before fireworks retail sales, display, or storage. Albany Municipal Code §…

Oregon DEQ and Department of Forestry jointly regulate outdoor burning statewide, prohibiting open burning of garbage, plastics, and treated wood. Burn bans and seasonal restrictions…

Oregon requires a State Fire Marshal license to install, extend, alter, or repair LP gas containers, appliances, or piping. Installers must report every new propane installation to the…

Oregon SB 762 (2021) directs the State Forestry Department to create a statewide wildfire hazard map classifying property risk and triggers defensible space and home hardening rules…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, watering limits switch on when the Public Works Director declares a severe or critical water supply shortage. The Director can then order an odd/even…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, removing a large tree takes a City Forester permit, and § 7.98.180 approves removal only for hazardous or pest-infested trees, an Oregon Department of…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the owner of a private tree overhanging a street or right-of-way must prune it to leave a clear space of 14 feet above the street surface and eight feet…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, grass in excess of 10 inches is a public nuisance. So are weeds or other noxious vegetation that the fire chief or their designee finds to be a fire…

Oregon allows rainwater collection from impervious rooftop surfaces without a water right under ORS 537.141. The statute explicitly exempts rooftop harvesting, providing universal…

Under ORS 197A.425, Oregon cities over 2,500 population and counties over 15,000 must allow at least one accessory dwelling unit on each single-family lot inside urban growth…

Oregon requires every city over 2,500 people and every county over 15,000 to allow at least one accessory dwelling unit for each detached single-family house inside the urban growth…

Oregon lets a home kitchen sell food without any State Department of Agriculture license under ORS 616.723, provided five conditions are met at once: the establishment is in a…

Oregon licenses family child care homes through the Department of Early Learning and Care under ORS 329A.250-329A.450. State law preempts local zoning that would prohibit registered or…

Oregon has no microenterprise home kitchen operation permit and no meal-count carve-out of the kind Ohio and California use. Cooking meals to order for the public from a residence puts…

Oregon requires every public swimming pool, spa pool, and wading pool to hold an Oregon Health Authority license and follow OHA safety, sanitation, and accident-prevention rules set…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 3.28.040(4)(d) lets a charitable, civic or benevolent activity collect recyclables outside the exclusive hauler franchise, but…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 3.28.140 caps a garbage can at 60 pounds gross loaded weight and 32 gallons, requires round, rigid, rodentproof and fireproof…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 3.28.070 requires the franchised hauler to collect recyclables from every single-family home at least once a week. Commercial…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 3.28.140(3) bars any stationary compactor or other commercial or industrial container from exceeding the safe loading design…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.84.260 makes offensive littering a crime: intentionally dumping rubbish, trash, garbage, or debris on another person's land or…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, dead bushes, dead trees, stumps, and yard clippings or cuttings of plant material left outdoors count as nuisance debris that must be removed and kept…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, every transient who occupies a hotel, motel, inn, bed and breakfast or vacation rental pays a room tax of nine percent of the rent charged, in effect…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 8.17.010 declares derelict buildings and structures on any property unlawful. Section 8.17.020 defines a derelict building by…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.68.010(8) requires the owner, lessee, occupant, or person in control of a property to clear snow and ice from the abutting…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 9.04.055 bars any person from depositing or discharging human waste on public property upon any street, alley, public grounds…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, AMC § 7.08.040 makes it unlawful to drink any alcoholic beverage on a street, alley, public grounds, building, or other place open to the general public…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, gathering people on public or private premises and making noise from their collective voices between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. breaks Albany Municipal Code…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.68.010 bars obstructing pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any sidewalk or street and bars refusing to disperse when a police…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a pedestrian in a block with marked crosswalks must cross within a crosswalk, and anywhere else must cross by a route at right angles to the curb or by…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no person on roller skates or riding a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or similar device can go upon any street, sidewalk or municipal parking lot in a…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a generator powering a mobile food unit cannot run within 300 feet of residential zoning. An inverter generator can sit at 100 feet or more if the…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, marijuana uses cannot operate or locate within 300 feet of property zoned Residential, Mixed-Use, Office Professional or Neighborhood Commercial. The…

Oregon legalizes marijuana retail statewide, but ORS 475C.950 lets a city or county adopt an ordinance, referred to its own voters, that prohibits licensed marijuana retailers. Absent…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a food truck or any other mobile food unit cannot operate inside the city limits without an MFU permit from the city manager or a designee. Permits…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a food truck can only locate on a property in the zones named in Articles 4 and 5 of the Albany Development Code that is not used primarily for…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no one can use a street or sidewalk for selling, storing, or displaying merchandise or equipment except under a special event permit or road closure…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, anyone selling merchandise or services door to door in residential districts needs a peddler or solicitor license from the City Recorder first. The…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no one can solicit anywhere in the City from 9:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m., unless the solicitor's license says otherwise. Transient merchants have the same…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no one can run a massage business without a license under Chapter 334, Division 10 of the Oregon Administrative Rules. Operating without one is a…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a person who tows a vehicle at the request of the chief of police holds a lien on the vehicle and its contents for reasonable towing and storage charges…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.90.030 requires a secondhand dealer special license before anyone runs a secondhand dealer business. An occasional dealer must…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.90.020 defines a pawnbroker as any business required by ORS 726.040 to hold an Oregon pawnbroker's license, and requires each…

Oregon licenses tobacco and inhalant delivery system retailers and bans online or mail-order sales of vapor products to consumers.

In the City of Albany, Oregon, it is unlawful to do any work regulated by the Oregon Building Code, or by a city code the building official enforces, without first getting a permit…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, permitted work stays exposed and accessible until the building official approves each stage, and nothing may be covered before sign-off. Albany Municipal…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, parks are closed to the public between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. daily unless the Parks and Recreation Director posts other hours. During closed hours no…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a child under 18 cannot be on a street, alley, park, or other public place during curfew hours without a parent, guardian, or a proper companion aged 21…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no driver can stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any marked bicycle pathway. The ban sits in the prohibited parking list at AMC § 13.21.030 beside…

Oregon has one of the narrowest golf cart schemes in the country, and it is not a general neighbourhood-cart law. Under ORS 810.070 a road authority may permit golf carts on its own…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, camping on public property or public right-of-way is unlawful for a person who has access to reasonable alternate shelter, has the means to get it, or…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.84.330 bars lying down on the seats or floor of a bus shelter or train depot seating, and bars remaining in or within 20 feet…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no one can occupy or use a public right-of-way in a way that limits its unobstructed use by the public without first obtaining an encroachment permit…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the owner of land adjoining any street must maintain in good repair the sidewalks in front of the land. Under AMC Chapter 14.16 the City gives written…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no one can obstruct or help obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a sidewalk or street, refuse a police dispersal order, deposit earth or debris…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, fires in city parks are confined to barbecue stands, pits, or fireplaces provided for that purpose, and to portable stoves in established campsites or…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a rental permit from the Parks and Recreation Department is required before a park activity that reserves facilities. The Director approves or denies…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the City Manager can designate specific public streets and sidewalks as play streets for set hours. Drivers cannot enter a play street unless their…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no one can obstruct or use a public street, sidewalk or other right-of-way for a public or private gathering, parade or processional, or promotional…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, offering food, merchandise or services on a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way needs a special event permit or road closure permit. The City Manager…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the water utility repairs any leak between the main and the meter, while a leak on the customer's side of the meter is the customer's problem to fix. A…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.98.060 sets minimum planting strip widths for street trees: three feet for small trees, five feet for medium trees, and eight…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.98.120 lets the Parks, Recreation, and Tree Advisory Commission designate heritage trees with the owner's consent. A heritage…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no person can discharge a pollutant to a public right-of-way, the stormwater system or Waters of the State, and Title 12 lists banned discharges from…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, an erosion prevention and sediment control (EPSC) permit is required for land-disturbing activities affecting an area of 2,000 square feet or greater…

Oregon's Beach Bill (ORS 390.605-390.770) and Statewide Planning Goals 16-19 give the state primary control over development on ocean shores, estuaries, dunes, and coastal headlands…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, it is unlawful to offer household items for sale from a residential address more than three times per calendar year or for more than three consecutive…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, garage sale signs are capped at two on-premises and two off-premises signs, each no more than four square feet per face and four feet in height. Signs…

Structure height in Oregon is governed by the statewide Oregon Structural Specialty Code and Residential Specialty Code adopted under ORS 455.040. These set maximum heights by…

Commercial drone operations in Oregon are governed by FAA Part 107 plus ORS 837.300-837.390. Public agency UAS must register with the Oregon Department of Aviation, and ORS 837.385…

ORS 837.300-837.390 govern recreational drone use in Oregon, banning weaponized UAS, restricting flights over critical infrastructure and private property, and largely preempting local…

ORS 653.025 sets a three-tier statewide minimum wage and ORS 653.017 preempts cities and counties from adopting different local minimums.

ORS 653.601 mandates paid sick leave statewide, and Paid Leave Oregon under ORS Chapter 657B provides paid family and medical leave benefits.

ORS 653.412 to 653.485 require large retail, food, and hospitality employers to provide advance schedules and predictability pay.

Oregon issues concealed handgun licenses through county sheriffs under ORS 166.291, with statewide eligibility, training, and reciprocity standards.

Oregon law preempts most local firearm regulation but permits limited city and county rules in public buildings and on adjacent grounds.

Open carry of firearms is generally lawful in Oregon, but limited local ordinances may restrict loaded carry in incorporated public places.

Oregon allows firearms in private vehicles, but concealed loaded handguns inside a vehicle generally require a concealed handgun license under ORS 166.250.

Oregon nonprofit, fraternal, and religious organizations must hold a Department of Justice license before running bingo, lotto, raffle, or Monte Carlo fundraising events. DOJ won't…

Oregon does not legalize card rooms or social gambling statewide. ORS 167.121 lets counties and cities pass their own ordinance authorizing and licensing social games, games with no…

Oregon never passed a sports-wagering law. When PASPA fell in 2018, the Oregon State Lottery revived betting on games using power it already had: ORS 461.210 lets the Lottery…

Under the Oregon Planned Community Act, an HOA has a lien on each lot for unpaid assessments (plus interest, late charges, attorney fees and costs) and may judicially foreclose it…

Oregon requires HOA board meetings to be open to owners, with notice posted or distributed at least three days ahead in residential communities. Executive sessions are limited to…

Oregon HOAs may enforce the declaration, bylaws, and rules through fines, litigation, or administrative action, but must first offer a county dispute-resolution program for adversarial…

Oregon has never enacted a right-to-dry statute. Nothing in the Oregon Planned Community Act or the Oregon Condominium Act mentions clotheslines or drying racks, so a covenant banning…

Oregon does not give a homeowner a standing right to xeriscape. What ORS 94.779(1) does is switch off the association's irrigation mandate: any provision of a planned community's…

Oregon gives an owner in a planned community the right to install an electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use in a parking space, on the lot, or in any other…

Oregon HOAs may levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, or rules, but only after written notice and an opportunity to be heard, and only when based on a fine…

An Oregon condominium association gets an automatic lien on a unit the moment it levies an assessment, but ORS 100.450 hedges collection with limits an owner can use. It must record a…

Oregon does not cap how far an association may restrict leasing, does not require that owners already renting be grandfathered, and sets no minimum lease term or maximum rental…

You will not meet a sobriety checkpoint in Oregon. The Oregon Revised Statutes contain no roadblock or checkpoint authority of any kind for impaired driving, and the state's stop…

Oregon is one of the few states that forbids recording an in-person conversation unless every participant is specifically informed, and violating ORS 165.540(1)(c) is a Class A…

Oregon has never enacted a stop-and-identify statute. ORS 131.615 lets a peace officer stop you when the officer reasonably suspects you have committed or are about to commit a crime…

Since chapter 78, Oregon Laws 2022, an Oregon officer may ask to search your car during a traffic stop only after telling you that you have the right to refuse. ORS 810.410(3)(e) says…

For nonpayment of rent under ORS 90.394, an Oregon landlord must serve written notice giving 10 days to pay (no sooner than the 8th day of the period) or 13 days (no sooner than the…

ORS 90.320 requires Oregon landlords to maintain a habitable dwelling with weatherproofing, working plumbing, hot and cold water, heat, electrical systems, locks, and smoke and carbon…

Oregon law requires landlords to have a qualifying reason to terminate most month-to-month tenancies after the first year. ORS 90.427 enumerates landlord-based and tenant-based just…

ORS 90.322 requires an Oregon landlord to give the tenant at least 24 hours' actual notice before entering the dwelling and to enter only at reasonable times for a lawful purpose such…

ORS 90.260 lets an Oregon landlord charge a late fee only if rent is not received by the fourth day of the rental period and the written rental agreement provides for it. The fee must…

Oregon is unusual: it bans cities and counties from passing their own rent control, yet imposes a statewide annual rent-increase cap that applies almost everywhere. The cap is the…

Under ORS 90.323 and 90.600, an Oregon landlord cannot raise rent during the first year of a tenancy, must give at least 90 days' written notice for any later increase, and may not…

Oregon sets no dollar cap on residential security deposits, but it tightly controls how they are returned. After the tenancy ends and the tenant gives up possession, the landlord has…

Under ORS 105.620, a person may acquire title to Oregon real property by adverse possession only after 10 years of actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous…

ORS Chapter 215 establishes Exclusive Farm Use zones that limit non-farm development and preserve agricultural land statewide.

HB 2509 bans most single-use plastic checkout bags statewide and requires a minimum charge for paper or thicker reusable bags at retailers.

SB 543 prohibits restaurants and food vendors from using polystyrene foam containers and bans the sale of polystyrene foam packing peanuts statewide.

SB 90 (2019), codified at ORS 616.892, limits when restaurants and convenience stores may hand out single-use plastic straws, requiring customers to request one first.

Oregon ORS 105.880 to 105.890 declares unenforceable any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation of solar energy systems on…

Oregon prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco and inhalant delivery systems to anyone under age 21 under ORS 431A.175.

Oregon has no statewide flavored tobacco ban, but ORS 431A.190 authorizes counties and cities to adopt stricter local tobacco rules.

Oregon lets you add auxiliary lights, but ORS 816.060 defines the term narrowly and attaches four hard conditions. An "auxiliary light" in Oregon is a low beam auxiliary light; the…

Oregon has no dash-cam statute and no list of items a driver is allowed to stick on the windshield. The governing provision is ORS 815.220, which makes it the offense of obstruction of…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Oregon, not merely unauthorised. ORS 814.240(1)(b) makes it the offence of motorcycle or moped unlawful passing to operate a moped or motorcycle…

Oregon draws a hard line between a frame and a cover. ORS 803.550(2)(b) makes a plate illegally altered if any material or covering, other than a frame or plate holder, is placed on…

Oregon has no statute that prohibits owning, carrying or operating a radar or laser detector in a private passenger vehicle. The Oregon Vehicle Code regulates the officer's speed…

Oregon does not licence studded tires, it bans metal studs outright and then suspends the ban for one winter window. ORS 815.160 makes it an offence to drive on any tire with a metal…

Oregon lets you tint the side and rear windows of a car only down to 35 percent total light transmittance, measured through the glass and the film together, and the film itself must…