Landscaping Rules in Lane County, OR (2026)
4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lane County, Oregon.
Verified from official government sources
Tree Trimming
In unincorporated Lane County, trees and shrubs must clear nine feet over a sidewalk or parking strip and fifteen feet over a street. Vegetation that blocks a stop sign, traffic signal or street light is a nuisance the County can force you to cut back.
Vegetation Clearance Over Lane County Streets
Some RestrictionsLane Code § LC 9.057.576
Any vegetation that creates the following conditions on any public or private property shall constitute a nuisance and no person responsible shall cause or permit such conditions to exist: A. Vegetation that is a hazard to pedestrian or vehicular use of any sidewalk or street by obstructing passage or vision. The hazards include, but are not limited to: 1. Vegetation that encroaches upon or ove...
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Lane County issues no yard-tree removal permit for ordinary residential lots. Commercial harvesting on forestland requires advance notification to the Oregon Department of Forestry under the Forest Practices Act (ORS 527.670). Forest-zone dwellings must maintain fuel-break clearances instead.
Tree-Removal Permits: Forest Notification, Not Yard Permits
Some RestrictionsLC 16.211 (Fire Siting / Primary Safety Zone)
The primary safety zone is a fire break extending a minimum of 30 feet in all directions around dwellings, manufactured dwellings and structures... Trees must be spaced with greater than 15 feet between the crown and pruned to remove dead and low (less than eight feet) branches.
Weed Ordinances
Lane Code 9.057.574 defines weeds more than ten inches high as "noxious vegetation," along with poison oak or ivy, tansy ragwort, thistle, and encroaching blackberry. In UGBs and RR/RA-zoned areas, owners may not permit noxious vegetation on their property.
Weeds Over 10 Inches Are a Nuisance
Some RestrictionsLC 9.057.574
"Noxious Vegetation" means: A. Weeds more than ten (10) inches high. ... C. Poison Oak or Poison Ivy. D. Tansy Ragwort. E. Blackberry bushes that extend into a public thoroughfare or across a property line. F. Thistle.
Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is legal statewide. ORS 537.141 exempts collecting precipitation from an artificial impervious surface, like a rooftop, from Oregon's water-right permit system. A plumbing or building permit may still apply depending on how the system is plumbed and used.
Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Is Legal in Oregon
Some RestrictionsORS 537.141(1)(h)
The collection of precipitation water from an artificial impervious surface and the use of such water.
Landscaping Rules by City in Lane County
1 cities in Lane County have their own landscaping rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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