5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Marion County, Oregon.
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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 Code 8.05.140
Placement of receptacles at curbside or roadside are limited to a time period of 24 hours prior to pickup and 24 hours after pickup. Receptacles shall be kept outside of any locked, latched, bolted or hooked enclosure when placed out for collection.
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 Code 8.10.030
No person shall store, collect, maintain or display on private property within Marion County solid waste or inoperable vehicles that (A) are offensive or hazardous to the health and safety of the public, (B) create offensive odors, or (C) create a condition of unsightliness.
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.
Marion County Code 8.15.040
No owner shall cause or permit nuisance vegetation on the owner's property within the unincorporated areas of the Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary.
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.
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
Marion County Code 8.15.030
Nuisance vegetation means, but is not limited to, weeds and grasses more than 10 inches in height; dead or dying vegetation; poison oak; hazardous thickets; other rank, noxious, and dangerous vegetation that is a health hazard or a fire hazard.
1 cities in Marion County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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