In Marion County, animals raised for food, fur or monetary gain are livestock and a farm use. Farm use is allowed in the rural farm and forest zones (EFU, SA, FT, TC) and the Acreage Residential zone, but not in the Single Family Residential zone.
Whether you can keep cattle, goats, llamas, horses or other livestock depends on your zone. The county's Rural Zone Code treats livestock as a farm use, defined in Ch. 17.110.223 as employing land for profit through 'the feeding, breeding, management and sale of, or the produce of, livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals or honeybees.' Farm use, including stabling and training horses, is permitted in the EFU, SA, FT and TC farm/forest zones and in the Acreage Residential (AR) zone. It is not allowed in the Single Family Residential (RS) zone, in urban zones (except Urban Transition, UT), or generally in commercial or industrial zones.
Keeping livestock in a zone where farm use is not permitted is a zoning violation enforced by Marion County Code Enforcement (503-373-4333), which can require removal of the animals.
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