Right to Farm in Josephine County, OR (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Josephine County, Oregon.
Verified from official government sources
Farm Nuisance Protection
Section 19.64.010 of the Rural Land Development Code declares that normal farm and resource-management practices in the county's Exclusive Farm and Farm Resource zones are not a nuisance, even when they produce noise, dust or odor, and directs that any conflict between a farm zone resident and resource practices be resolved in favor of the resource practice.
Josephine County Right-to-Farm Zone Protection
Some RestrictionsJosephine County Code § 19.64.010
The purposes of the exclusive farm and farm resource zones (hereinafter called "farm zones") are to preserve agricultural land most appropriate for farm use and to provide beneficial uses for lands not capable of farming without creating conflicts between suburban expansion and farm use. The uses established by this zone are the ones authorized by ORS Chapter 215, and which are acknowledged to ...
Agricultural Zoning Protection
In rural Josephine County outside the Grants Pass and Cave Junction urban growth boundaries, the Rural Land Development Code zones farmland under two dedicated agricultural designations, Exclusive Farm (EF) and Farm Resource (FR), listed among the county's 13 basic zones. These EF and FR zones anchor the farm-use rules in Chapter 19.64 JCC, keeping productive agricultural land under Oregon's statewide farm-zoning framework instead of residential subdivision.
Josephine County Exclusive Farm and Farm Resource Zoning
Some RestrictionsJosephine County Code § 19.60.020
ZONE MAP SYMBOL ... Exclusive Farm EF Farm Resources FR
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