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Idling an engine over ten consecutive minutes so it's plainly audible in a dwelling at night is unlawful in Salem. Dynamic (jake) braking is banned except to avoid danger, and loud exhaust is governed by ORS 815.250.

Salem bars any amplified device, stereo, speaker or instrument whose sound is plainly audible inside a neighbor's dwelling, business or school. In the county, plainly-audible amplified sound in a dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. is prohibited.

Marion County's noise ordinance protects nighttime quiet between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sound that is plainly audible inside a neighbor's dwelling during those hours is unlawful in unincorporated areas. Incorporated cities like Salem apply their own code (SRC 93.010).

Salem sets a clear standard: it is unlawful to keep any dog that barks, cries or makes other sound on a frequent, repetitive or continuous basis for ten minutes or longer. Marion County treats persistent barking as a noise disturbance under MCC 8.45.

In Salem it is unlawful to construct, demolish, alter, excavate or repair buildings, streets or utility lines between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Marion County exempts daytime commercial construction from its dB table but bars nighttime construction noise.

Leaf blowers count as 'domestic power equipment.' In Salem it is unlawful to run them between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Marion County likewise bars domestic power tools that are plainly audible in a dwelling during nighttime hours.

Outside the Salem-Keizer UGB, unincorporated Marion County caps sound at a neighbor's property line at 55 dBA at night (10 p.m.–7 a.m.) and 65 dBA daytime. Inside the UGB, a detailed table sets limits by land use.

In Salem, amplified sound audible 150 feet or more from the device on public property or a right-of-way is unlawful without written government authorization. Outdoor events may need a variance; permitted mass gatherings are exempt in the county.

Marion County's noise ordinance does not regulate aircraft. MCC 8.45.080(K) exempts sounds regulated by federal and state law, including railroads and aircraft, so complaints go to the FAA, not the county.

Inside the Salem-Keizer UGB, industrial sources may not exceed 70 dBA day / 65 dBA night at commercial or industrial receivers, and only 55 dBA at noise-sensitive homes. Impulse sound is capped at 100 dB day and 80 dB night.

Salem imposes no additional off-street parking requirement specific to short-term rentals; guests use the dwelling's existing parking. Unincorporated Marion County parking follows the underlying zoning.

Marion County runs no countywide STR permit program; unincorporated rentals follow ORS 215 rural zoning. Inside Salem, the county seat, a short-term rental license is required for any rental under 30 days.

Every Oregon short-term rental owes the state transient lodging tax of 1.5 percent under ORS 320.305. Rentals within Salem also owe the City's 9 percent transient occupancy tax under SRC Chapter 37.

Salem requires an annual short-term rental license plus registration as a transient occupancy tax operator. Unincorporated Marion County has no separate registration; the state land-use rules apply.

Salem does not require every short-term rental to be an owner's primary home, but an accessory short-term rental license requires the owner to live in the dwelling at least 270 days per calendar year.

Salem's accessory short-term rental license comes in hosted and non-hosted forms. Hosted rentals require the owner living on-site; non-hosted accessory rentals of the whole home are capped at 95 days per year.

Salem caps accessory short-term rentals at 2 guests per room. Hosted accessory rentals allow up to 3 guest rooms; non-hosted accessory rentals cap the whole home at 10 guests total.

There is no STR-specific noise ordinance; short-term rental guests must obey Salem's general noise chapter and, in unincorporated areas, Marion County nuisance rules. Repeated noise complaints can jeopardize a Salem license.

Salem requires short-term rental operators to hold and maintain a current liability insurance policy for the property to keep the license in good standing. Unincorporated Marion County sets no STR insurance mandate.

Salem caps a non-hosted accessory short-term rental at 95 days per calendar year. Hosted accessory rentals and standard licensed short-term rentals have no annual night limit.

Marion County has no countywide defensible-space clearance mandate. Oregon's statewide defensible-space requirement was repealed by SB 83 in 2025, so any brush-clearing duty now comes only from local codes or your fire district.

In rural Marion County you may burn your own yard debris only on DEQ burn days, and local fire districts close backyard burning entirely during summer. Marion County Fire District #1 bans it from June 16 through September 30.

Oregon law, not a Marion County ordinance, sets smoke-alarm rules. Landlords must supply, install, and maintain working smoke alarms, and homes cannot be sold or rented without approved alarms in place.

Oregon is restrictive. Legal retail fireworks may not fly into the air, explode, or travel far. Bottle rockets, Roman candles, and firecrackers are illegal statewide, even in unincorporated Marion County.

Small recreational fires and barbeques are exempt from Oregon's open-burning rules, but they must burn only clean, dry firewood, stay attended, and be fully extinguished. Check for any active fire-district burn closure first.

Marion County has no separate propane-storage ordinance. Home propane is governed by the Oregon Fire Code (the state-adopted International Fire Code) and NFPA 58, enforced by your local fire district.

Outdoor debris burning is banned inside the Salem/Keizer Urban Growth Boundary and in burn barrels. Elsewhere you may burn only your own yard debris on DEQ-authorized burn days with a county backyard burn permit.

Oregon no longer has a statewide wildfire hazard map. Senate Bill 83 (2025) repealed the map and the building and defensible-space mandates tied to it, so no state wildfire-zone designation currently applies to Marion County parcels.

On unincorporated Marion County roads no vehicle may be parked for three consecutive days or longer. Within cities like Salem, streets follow municipal code plus adopted Oregon Vehicle Code parking offenses. Farm and rural driveways are common alternatives.

Marion County treats trucks over 25 feet long, over 8.5 feet wide, or over the axle weight table as "large vehicles" that cannot park within 200 feet of an intersection, near homes at night, or on narrow streets. Salem limits oversized vehicles on residential streets.

You may cross a curb, sidewalk, or planting strip only at an authorized driveway, and you are liable for any damage you cause. Salem also bans parking within the landscape strip. New rural driveway approaches need a county access permit.

Marion County and Salem set no dedicated parking ordinance reserving spaces for electric-vehicle charging on public streets. EV-readiness is handled through Oregon's statewide building code for new construction, not local street-parking rules. Private lots may post their own EV-only signs.

There is no blanket overnight ban, but Salem prohibits leaving a vehicle in one spot for more than five days, and large vehicles cannot park by homes 9 p.m.-7 a.m. On county roads, no vehicle may stay three consecutive days or longer.

In Salem, a motorized RV over 20 feet long or 8 feet wide may not park on a residential street between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Marion County's rural roads have no specific RV rule beyond the 3-day right-of-way limit; check your city.

Salem bars vehicles or trailer combinations over 23 feet long or 8 feet wide from residential streets except while loading. Marion County treats vehicles over 25 feet long or 8.5 feet wide as "large vehicles" restricted on rural roads.

Oregon law (ORS 819.100) makes abandoning a vehicle a Class B traffic violation. A vehicle left on a public way over 24 hours may be towed and impounded. Report abandoned vehicles to the Marion County Sheriff or your city police.

In Salem, parking in a public alley is allowed only for loading or unloading and only up to 30 minutes. Oversized vehicles may stop on restricted streets solely while actively loading. County parking rules likewise exempt vehicles briefly engaged in loading.

Only the City of Salem may paint curbs to control parking; residents cannot paint or mark curbs themselves. Parking against a City-painted red or yellow curb is unlawful. Report needed no-parking zones to your city or county public works.

Marion County sets no boundary-fence cost-sharing rule. Oregon's statewide partition-fence law (ORS 96.010) governs: a neighbor who encloses their land against your line fence must pay half the value of the shared portion.

In unincorporated Marion County, fences may reach 8 feet in interior yards, but only 48 inches within 10 feet of a street where above 24 inches would block driver sight lines. Salem allows 8/6/4 feet.

Marion County's zoning code regulates 'walls' under the same height limits as fences (MCC 17.117.080). A structural retaining wall over 4 feet high generally requires a building permit under Oregon's building code.

Marion County bans fence and wall materials that can cause bodily harm, including barbed wire, electric wire, broken glass, and spikes, with an exception for stock or wildlife fences (MCC 17.117.100).

Marion County's zoning code exempts fences from the minimum yard-setback requirements, so a conforming fence needs no land-use permit. Under Oregon's building code a structural building permit is required only for fences over 7 feet tall.

Along a public right-of-way, Marion County measures fence height from the sidewalk, or the curb, or the finished shoulder grade if neither exists. All other fences are measured from the finished grade where they sit (MCC 17.117.090).

Marion County allows any ordinary fencing material, wood, vinyl, chain link, masonry, so long as it is not hazardous. Barbed and electric wire are permitted only as stock or wildlife fences on farmland (MCC 17.117.100).

In residential zones outside city limits, Marion County Code 6.15 lets a resident of a single-family dwelling or duplex keep up to six hens on their lot. In the Woodburn or Silverton Urban Growth Boundary the maximum is three hens.

Marion County's Rural Zone Code prohibits beekeeping in the Single Family Residential (RS) zone. Keeping honeybees is treated as a farm use, allowed in the rural farm and forest zones (EFU, SA, FT, TC) and the Acreage Residential zone.

Marion County has no general ordinance banning the feeding of deer, raccoons or other wildlife on private property — your city may. Wildlife is managed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), which discourages feeding and regulates it under state law.

In Marion County's Rural Zone Code, a conditional use permit is required in the RS and AR zones if there are more than 10 mammals over four months old. Keeping four or more dogs, cats or pets for sale, breeding or boarding counts as a kennel.

Marion County prohibits dogs from running at large. A dog off the keeper's property and not under immediate control, restraint or command is 'at large.' It is a civil infraction under Marion County Code 6.05.050 and a Class B violation under state law ORS 609.060.

Marion County does not ban any dog breed. Regulation is behavior-based: state law ORS 609.098 makes it a crime to maintain a 'dangerous dog,' defined by what a dog does — inflicting serious injury or killing a person — not by its breed.

Marion County does not license cats or set an at-large rule for them the way it does for dogs. Cats fall under the zoning 'pet' definition, but keeping four or more cats over four months old for sale, breeding or boarding meets the county's kennel definition.

Oregon bars new exotic-animal ownership. Under ORS 609.341 you may not keep an exotic animal without a valid State Department of Agriculture permit issued before January 1, 2010. ORS 609.305 defines exotic animals to include big cats, primates, non-domestic canids, most bears and crocodilians.

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.

Marion County has no separate 'hoarding' ordinance; hoarding is prosecuted as animal neglect under Oregon law. ORS 167.325 and 167.330 criminalize failing to provide minimum care, with enhanced felony penalties when a large number of animals (10 or 11 or more) are involved.

Within the Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary, Marion County treats weeds and grasses more than 10 inches tall as "nuisance vegetation" that owners must abate. Salem, Keizer and Woodburn enforce their own overgrown-vegetation rules inside city limits.

All of Marion County outside city limits is a weed control district. Landowners must destroy designated noxious weeds and stop them from seeding. Inside the Salem-Keizer growth boundary, overgrown weeds and grasses over 10 inches are separately abatable as nuisance vegetation.

Marion County requires no permit to trim trees on your own property, but vegetation that blocks the view of a public right-of-way is a traffic-hazard nuisance you must cut back. In Salem, trimming near intersections must keep vision-clearance areas open.

Oregon law lets you collect rain and snowmelt from a rooftop or other artificial impervious surface without a water right. Marion County has no ordinance banning rain barrels; large tanks or indoor plumbing may need a building or plumbing permit.

Unincorporated Marion County has no general private-tree-removal permit. Inside Salem, a "significant tree" cannot be removed without a tree and vegetation removal permit. Keizer and Woodburn set their own tree rules, so removal depends on where your parcel sits.

Marion County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In Salem, the Public Works Director may curtail water use whenever a supply shortage or emergency threatens delivery, and Salem has activated drought-stage outdoor-watering limits in recent years.

Marion County has no ordinance banning backyard composting, and no permit is needed for a home compost pile. It must not become a nuisance, attract rodents or vermin, or create odors that interfere with neighbors' use of their property.

Marion County does not require any particular plants and does not ban native or xeric landscaping. Ornamental landscape grasses that are not a fire or traffic hazard are expressly excluded from the nuisance-vegetation rule, so water-wise plantings are allowed.

Marion County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf. Installation on private property is generally allowed. Check drainage and stormwater impacts, any grading permit, and Salem, Keizer or HOA landscape standards.

Pedestrian gates in a pool barrier must open outward away from the pool and be self-closing and self-latching. The latch must be high or shielded so a small child cannot reach over the gate and release it.

A spa or hot tub is exempt from the pool-barrier requirements if it has a safety cover meeting the ASTM F1346 standard. Without a compliant cover, the same 48-inch barrier rules that apply to pools apply to the spa.

A building permit is required to install a permanent in-ground or above-ground pool in Marion County. State code treats any pool holding water over 24 inches deep as a regulated swimming pool that must have a compliant barrier.

An above-ground pool needs the same barrier protection as an in-ground pool. If the pool wall itself serves as the barrier, the ladder or steps must be secured, locked, or removable so children cannot climb in when the pool is unattended.

A residential pool must be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high, measured from the outside. Openings in the barrier cannot let a 4-inch sphere pass through, keeping young children from slipping between rails or gaps.

Rural Marion County offers two paths: a Limited Home Occupation, allowed by meeting set standards, and a Conditional Home Occupation, which needs a Conditional Use permit. Resource zones allow only Conditional Use Home Occupations, with up to five employees.

Rural Marion County treats a home occupation as a subordinate, income-producing use of a dwelling. Whether it is allowed, and under what conditions, depends on your property's zone, and land-use approval is required before you operate.

Home child care is licensed by the state, not the county. A Registered Family Child Care home may care for up to 10 children, and Oregon law treats a family child care home as a residential use, so cities and counties generally cannot zone it out.

Home businesses face tight sign limits so neighborhoods keep their residential look. In Salem, a home occupation may post one small, non-illuminated sign up to one square foot without a sign permit; larger or lit signs are generally not allowed.

Oregon's Cottage Food Exemption lets residents make and sell certain non-perishable foods, like baked goods and jams, from a home kitchen without an inspection, up to an annual sales cap. Exceeding the cap requires an ODA Domestic Kitchen license.

Oregon law requires Marion County and its cities to allow at least one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) for each detached single-family home in urban-growth-boundary residential zones, subject only to reasonable siting and design rules. Owner-occupancy and extra off-street parking cannot be required.

In Marion County, an attached garage converted to living space is treated as part of the dwelling and must meet the same zoning and building-code standards. A detached garage turned into a living unit is regulated as an ADU or separate dwelling.

In Marion County's rural residential zones, all accessory structures, including sheds, may cover no more than 25 percent of the rear yard. A shed's peak height is capped at nine feet at the lot line, rising with distance from the line.

A carport is a residential accessory structure in Marion County. Its peak height is nine feet at the lot line, increasing with setback to 35 feet, and it counts toward the 25 percent rear-yard accessory-coverage cap under the Rural Zoning Code.

Marion County has no tiny-home-specific ordinance. A permanent tiny house on a foundation is regulated as a dwelling or accessory dwelling unit under state law and county zoning; a tiny house on wheels is generally treated as a recreational vehicle.

Backyard barbeques are exempt from Oregon's open-burning rules, so no burn day is needed. The main legal limits are Oregon Fire Code restrictions on using propane or charcoal grills near apartments and other multifamily buildings.

Wood and pellet smokers used for cooking count as recreational barbeque activity, not regulated open burning, so no DEQ burn day is required. They must burn only clean cooking fuel and stay away from combustible multifamily structures.

Standard rural setbacks are 20 feet front, side, and rear. But on farmland a new dwelling must sit 200 feet from any abutting parcel in farm use or timber production, and accessory buildings 100 feet, to protect agriculture.

In Marion County residential zones, all accessory structures combined may cover no more than 25 percent of the rear yard area, with fences in RS-zone uses excluded from that calculation (MCC 17.117.020).

Dwellings in Marion County's rural zones are capped at 35 feet. Accessory structures start at 9 feet at the lot line, rising one foot per foot of setback up to 35 feet. Farm buildings on farm parcels have no height limit.

Unincorporated Marion County requires no permit to remove a private tree. Inside the City of Salem, protected trees and native vegetation may not be removed without a tree and vegetation removal permit, with limited exceptions for utilities, hazards and routine maintenance.

In Marion County, residential garbage and recycling collection is provided by private franchised haulers (such as Valley Recycling/Loren's) regulated under the county Solid Waste Management code (MCC 8.05). It is unlawful for any unfranchised hauler to collect waste for compensation. Standard service is weekly garbage and every-other-week recycling.

Marion County Code 8.05.140 requires carts to be placed at the curb or roadside before collection time, with no part of a cart in the street more than three feet from the curb, and safe access for the hauler. Carts may be at the curb only within 24 hours before

Marion County residents can self-haul bulky waste to the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station, 3250 Deer Park Dr. SE, Salem, open 7 days a week. General garbage is $130.00 per ton ($30 minimum); yard waste is $80.00 per ton. Curbside bulky items bundled for a hauler may not exceed 60

Marion County provides curbside recycling to residents through franchised haulers, typically collected every other week alongside weekly garbage under MCC 8.05. Oregon's Opportunity to Recycle Act (ORS 459A) requires cities of 4,000-plus to offer at least monthly curbside recycling. Many materials also recycle free at the county transfer stations.

Dumping solid waste on any public or private land, or into ditches and waterways, is unlawful in Marion County under MCC 8.05.160 and the county nuisance code, and is a crime statewide under Oregon's offensive-littering law (ORS 164.785, a Class C misdemeanor). Report dumpsites to Marion County Public Works.

In unincorporated Marion County, Oregon, accumulating solid waste or inoperable vehicles that are offensive, hazardous, smelly, or unsightly is a public nuisance under the county Nuisance Abatement Ordinance (MCC 8.10, Ord. 1323). Salem, Keizer, Woodburn, and other cities enforce their own property-maintenance codes inside city limits.

Marion County sets no dedicated garage-sale permit for unincorporated land; occasional residential yard sales are an accessory use under the county rural zoning code. Inside Salem, Keizer, and Woodburn, city code governs the number, duration, and signage of sales, so check your city's rules.

Under Marion County Code 8.05.140, garbage and recycling carts may be set at the curb only within 24 hours before and 24 hours after pickup, and must be kept outside any locked enclosure when out for collection. Between pickups, store carts on your property, not at the roadside.

Marion County has no separate vacant-lot registry, but owners of vacant land within the unincorporated Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary must keep it free of nuisance vegetation (weeds and grass over 10 inches) under MCC 8.15, and junk or solid-waste accumulations are abatable nuisances under MCC 8.10.

Within the unincorporated Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary, Marion County Code 8.15 defines nuisance vegetation as weeds and grasses more than 10 inches tall, dead or dying vegetation, poison oak, and fire or traffic hazards. Owners must abate it within 10 days of a county notice. Cities set their own grass

Salem's development code requires exterior lighting not to shine or reflect onto adjacent properties or cast glare onto the right-of-way. Fixtures must be shielded from direct view, or held to five foot-candles, measured five feet outside the lot.

Salem's code states exterior lighting shall not shine or reflect onto adjacent properties or cast glare onto the right-of-way. Where no local standard applies, a neighbor's severe light spillover may be addressed as a private nuisance.

Salem's sign code is content-neutral, so political yard signs follow the same rules as other lawn signs: up to six square feet and 30 inches tall, displayed in two 60-day periods per year, and not attached to poles or trees in the right-of-way.

In Salem, garage-sale signs are temporary lawn signs: up to six square feet and 30 inches tall on private property. They cannot be attached to utility poles, trees, or fences, or installed in the public right-of-way.

Marion County's curfew ordinance bars minors under 16 from any park or public place between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and minors 16 or 17 between midnight and 6:00 a.m., unless with a parent or engaged in a lawful activity.