Portland, OR Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)

Any type of repair or assembly of vehicles or equipment with internal combustion engines (such as autos, motorcycles, scooters, snowmobiles, outboard marine engines, lawn mowers, chain saws, and other small engines) or of large appliances (such as washing machines, dryers, and refrigerators) or any other work related to automobiles and their parts is prohibited.

2. Accessory home occupations may not serve as headquarters or dispatch centers where employees come to the site and are dispatched to other locations.

3. A Type B accessory home occupation is prohibited in a dwelling unit with any accessory short-term rental.

C. Additional Type B home occupation regulations. The following additional regulations apply to Type B home occupations.

1. Hours. Customers may visit the site only during the hours of 7 am to 9 pm.

2. Nonresident employees. One nonresident employee is allowed with a Type B home occupation. For the purpose of this Chapter, the term “one nonresident employee” includes an employee, business partner, co-owner, or other person affiliated with the home occupation, who does not live at the site, but who visits the site as part of the home occupation.

3. Customers. Up to 15 customers or clients may visit the site in a day.

4. Retail sales. Retail sales of goods must be entirely accessory to any services provided on the site (such as hair care products sold as an accessory to hair cutting).