Eugene, OR

Eugene bans consumer fireworks citywide year-round under EC 4.934. Display fireworks are allowed only July 3 through July 5, or with specific city manager authorization. Violations…

EC 8.425(6) requires every rental dwelling unit in Eugene to have an approved, properly functioning smoke alarm installed and maintained to the state building code and ORS 479.270…

EC 6.200 bans essentially all outdoor burning in Eugene, from bonfires and rubbish fires to land-clearing and commercial burning, with only cooking fires, approved-campsite fires…

Before Lane County approves a new dwelling in the Important Forest Land (F-1) or Forest Land (F-2) districts, the applicant must score the site's wildfire risk on the county's…

Backyard yard-debris fires in Lane County require a LRAPA permit and are only allowed on approved burn days during burn season. Recreational campfires are treated separately and are…

A new house or mobile home sited in Lane County's Important Forest Land (F-1) or Forest Land (F-2) districts must clear a 100-foot fuel break of flammable material between the dwelling…

Oregon requires a State Fire Marshal license to install, extend, alter, or repair LP gas containers, appliances, or piping. Installers must report every new propane installation to the…

Eugene bars storing an unlicensed or expired-plate vehicle in view from the street for more than 48 hours outside an I-3 industrial district or a licensed used-vehicle dealer's lot…

Eugene bars parking that blocks a driveway or that stands on the roadway side of another parked vehicle, under EC 5.225(2)(a) and (2)(b). The rule applies to any street in the city…

Eugene limits parking in a marked loading zone to 30 consecutive minutes within any two-hour period during the zone's posted hours, unless a different posted time limit applies, under…

Eugene can ban parking on designated snow routes the moment the city manager declares a snow emergency, or automatically once an inch of snow or any ice accumulates on a priority one…

Eugene prohibits parking anywhere the street or curb is marked with yellow paint, under EC 5.225(2)(g). The paint itself creates the restriction; no separate sign is required. A…

New multi-unit dwellings and mixed-use buildings with five or more residential units in Eugene must wire 40 percent of on-site parking spaces for electric vehicle charging under EC…

Eugene restricts RV and boat parking in residential areas through its land use code. Recreational vehicles should be stored on private property and may need screening.

Eugene limits parking in required front and interior yard setbacks to legal driveways. EC 9.6745(7) allows front-yard parking only for single-unit dwellings, accessory dwellings or…

Eugene bars parking a motorbus, motor truck, recreational vehicle, or PUC-licensed trailer on the street in front of or next to a residence, motel, apartment house, hotel, or other…

Lane County prohibits camping and abandoned vehicles within any public road right-of-way. Under state law a vehicle left standing on a public way for more than 24 hours without…

If you reach your car before the tow truck has finished hooking up, Oregon requires the tower to release it at no charge under ORS 98.853(2)(a); once the hookup is complete the tower…

Eugene caps commercial and industrial noise sources at set decibel levels under EC 6.752, with tighter nighttime limits than daytime ones. Blasting impulse sound is capped at 98 dBC by…

Eugene bans discharging vehicle, motorboat, or engine exhaust into the open air without a muffler that prevents loud or explosive noise, under EC 6.750(a). The rule reaches steam…

Eugene limits leaf blowers to 7 a.m.-9 p.m. hours, a 70 dBA-at-50-feet noise cap, and a 100-foot spacing rule between simultaneously operated blowers, under EC 6.750(e). A short-use…

Running a radio, speaker, or other sound-amplifying device on Eugene public property or in a public right-of-way so it's plainly audible 50 feet away is a noise disturbance under EC…

Eugene bans running a radio, TV, stereo, or other sound equipment loud enough to be plainly heard inside a neighboring home between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., under EC 4.083(a)(1). The rule…

Eugene addresses barking dogs through its noise disturbance ordinances and animal control regulations. Persistent barking that disturbs neighbors is a violation. Eugene Animal Services…

Eugene bars construction, demolition, and repair work on buildings, streets, sidewalks, driveways, sewers, and utility lines between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. under EC 6.750(d). The rule sits…

Lane County's noise ordinance, LC Chapter 6.225, does not cover aircraft. LC 6.225.015(C) exempts any sound source regulated by federal law, naming aircraft specifically alongside…

Eugene doesn't set a flat numeric pet cap; instead, keeping four or more dogs over six months old on one property makes it a 'kennel' under EC 9.0500, which triggers the kennel-license…

Eugene requires anyone who adopts or buys an animal from the city's animal regulation authority, or from any other agency that takes in unwanted or abandoned animals, to have it spayed…

EC 6.020 flatly bans feeding wildlife anywhere in Eugene: "No person shall feed wildlife within the city." The code's own definition of wildlife is narrow, covering only deer, raccoon…

Eugene has no breed-based dog ban: EC 4.435 classifies a dog as 'potentially dangerous' purely on what it did, sorted into five escalating behavior levels from menacing livestock up to…

Eugene bans heavy machinery within 300 feet of identified bird nesting areas in the NR Natural Resource zone and /WB wetland buffer overlay during nesting season: February 20 through…

Eugene's EC 9.5250 Urban Animal Keeping Standards, current through Ordinance 20739, let residents on lots under 20,000 square feet keep up to six chickens or domestic fowl over six…

Eugene's EC 9.5850 Wildlife Care Center Standards let a property take in injured or orphaned wildlife for rehabilitation, but only if a state-licensed wildlife rehabilitator occupies…

Eugene bans letting a dog run at large anywhere in the city under EC 4.425, and treats an owner as automatically negligent if an at-large dog hurts a person or damages property. The…

Lane County does not license or leash cats, but a cat is an "animal" under the code, so it is covered by the continuous-annoyance noise rule and the same impound and care provisions…

Lane County does not ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats, but any 'pet dealer' selling live animals must keep detailed records on every animal for a full year under LC 7.005.164…

Veterinary clinics aren't a listed permitted or conditional use in Lane County's Rural Residential (RR) zone under LC 10.130-10 and 10.130-15, so siting one there requires the…

Lane County allows small-scale pet grooming as a home occupation in unincorporated zoning districts, but Lane Code 10.340-15(8) caps it at two pets at a time, restricts hours to 8 a.m…

Lane County's Animal Services Code treats "exotic or dangerous animal" as a regulated category of "animal" and covers it under the same impound, licensing, and dangerous-animal…

Oregon Department of Agriculture requires all beekeepers with five or more hives to register annually under ORS 602.090. Registration funds apiary inspection and pest monitoring…

Eugene prohibits electrically charged fences citywide and bars barbed wire along any sidewalk or public way, treating both as public nuisances under EC 6.010(d). The rules exempt…

Eugene doesn't run a separate fence-permit process. EC 9.2751(14) sets the standard directly: fences up to 42 inches are allowed in the required front yard, up to 6 feet in interior…

Eugene caps residential fences at 42 inches within the required front yard setback and 6 feet within interior side or rear setbacks under EC 9.2751(14)(b). Corner lots get a partial…

Lane County treats retaining walls as structures subject to setback and Visual Clear Zone rules. Under the Oregon building code, retaining walls over 4 feet (measured bottom of footing…

Oregon's partition fence statutes (ORS Chapter 96) impose statewide rules requiring adjoining landowners to share costs of livestock fencing in livestock districts. The law applies…

Every Eugene short-term rental stay is subject to a 4.5% transient lodging tax under EC 3.772, collected by the host or the booking platform and remitted to the city. EC 3.775 blocks…

Eugene requires every short-term rental owner to register with the city before renting out a home, duplex, apartment, or spare bedroom for stays under 30 days. EC 3.350 sets what the…

Lane Code Section 4.005.123 makes short-term rental hosting platforms jointly and severally liable for the county's transient lodging tax, right alongside the property owner. Any…

Eugene regulates how trees, shrubs and vegetation in the public right-of-way along streets, alleys and sidewalks may be trimmed or pruned. EC 7.650 lets the city trim, prune or remove…

In Eugene's NR Natural Resource zone, EC 9.2530 requires all planting and replanting to use native species from a list the planning director keeps on file, sets a 90-day deadline to…

Eugene requires a permit before felling most trees on private property, with stricter thresholds on larger lots: more than five trees per year on parcels over 20,000 square feet, or…

Eugene caps weeds and grass on undeveloped property at 10 inches between June 15 and September 30, and separately bans poison oak, poison ivy and hazardous blackberry vines year-round…

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…

Eugene's old pool-fence ordinance, EC 8.905 Swimming Pools – Fences or Walls, was repealed by Ordinance No. 20692 effective September 1, 2023, and the Eugene Code carries no…

Eugene lets small day cares serving 4 to 16 people operate in residential zones under EC 9.5200, but at least one owner has to live on-site in R-1 and R-2 zones, education programs are…

Eugene's EC 9.5350 Home Occupation Standards cap the traffic a home business can generate: it can't create excessive traffic, glare, heat or emissions perceptible beyond the property…

Eugene lets residents run a home occupation in any dwelling as long as it stays incidental to the home's residential use under EC 9.5350, with no exterior signs of business activity…

A Eugene home occupation is limited to one non-illuminated sign, capped at a maximum of two signs per dwelling and 1½ square feet of surface area per sign, under EC 9.5350(2). The sign…

Oregon's statewide Cottage Food Exemption lets residents make and sell certain low-risk foods from home with no ODA license, permit, or registration, provided annual sales stay under…

Oregon has no microenterprise home kitchen operation permit and no meal-count carve-out of the kind Ohio and California use. Cooking meals to order for the public from a residence puts…

Eugene allows one accessory dwelling per lot in every residential zone under EC 9.2751(17), capping an attached ADU at 10 percent of the lot area or 800 square feet, whichever is…

Eugene caps accessory buildings, sheds, detached garages and workshops, at 10 percent of the lot area under EC 9.2751(16), with a tighter 400-square-foot limit inside the Amazon…

Lane County charges its Parks and Recreation System Development Charge on every new dwelling built in the unincorporated area, but Lane Code 4.030.020(C) sets the accessory dwelling…

A tiny house on a permanent foundation is treated as a dwelling or ADU under Lane Code 16.290 and must meet building code plus the 900 sq ft ADU cap. In the RR zone, one recreational…

Eugene requires used merchandise dealers, buyers of secondhand jewelry, electronics, tools and similar goods, to log seller ID, report every purchase electronically within 12 hours and…

Eugene regulates non-consent tows from private parking facilities under EC 4.980 to 4.988: no kickbacks between lot owners and tow operators, mandatory rate-schedule filing with the…

Eugene requires every retailer selling tobacco products, including vape and e-cigarette products, within city limits to hold a tobacco products retailer license under EC 3.500, and the…

Eugene's home occupation standards flatly bar motor vehicle or motorcycle repair as a home business except on vehicles owned by the residents themselves. Running a paying auto repair…

Lane County pawnbrokers are licensed by the state under ORS Chapter 726, but the county's used-merchandise-dealer ordinance still governs their day-to-day operations. Lane Code 3.200…

Eugene Code 2.495 bars city law enforcement money, equipment and personnel from being used to detect or apprehend anyone whose only violation is unlawful immigration status. Adopted by…

Eugene bans smoking within 10 feet of any entrance to a smoke-free building, on the exterior of city-owned youth facilities, and citywide in the downtown core unless the city manager…

Eugene bans skateboarding on sidewalks in the core downtown blocks, inside multi-level parking garages, within ten feet of major bus transfer stations, and on Alder and East 13th near…

Eugene requires a pedestrian crossing a street outside a crosswalk to cross at a right angle, straight across rather than diagonally, under EC 5.425. The rule is one sentence long…

Eugene bans drinking alcohol or carrying an open container in any public place or on private property open to the public under EC 4.190, current through Ordinance 20739 (June 8, 2026)…

Eugene makes it unlawful to use marijuana items in any public place under EC 4.241, adopted the same week Oregon's Measure 91 implementing statute took effect and unchanged since. A…

Eugene's EC 4.672 makes it unlawful to organize or host an 'unruly gathering,' a party with alcohol where two or more listed problems occur, like disorderly conduct, noise violations…

Eugene makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in, or within view of, a public place except in a lavatory, under EC 4.770. The one-sentence offense carries a flat $500 maximum fine…

Lane County bans loitering or wandering without a lawful purpose in or upon any County-owned building or premises under LC 6.050.025. A person who refuses to state their purpose or…

Eugene designates heritage trees by administrative rule based on size, history, location or species, and separately bars anyone from felling a heritage tree standing in the public…

Eugene requires an approved street tree plan before any new street can be created, under EC 7.280: developers must plant and establish trees on every street the development abuts…

Eugene requires a police-issued permit for any parade of more than ten people traveling over 100 feet for a common demonstration purpose, applied for at least 48 hours ahead, with a…

Serving food or drinks at tables set up in an Eugene public right of way requires an outdoor cafe permit under EC 3.344(3), issued only to a restaurant already operating next door. EC…

Eugene exempts street fairs and other approved special events from its standard vendor licensing law, but only if the event itself has been specifically approved or issued a special…

Camping in Eugene's PRO Park, Recreation and Open Space zone is capped at 9 continuous days and allowed only when tied to a special event held on or near the site, and it needs a…

Eugene requires every property where garbage accumulates to keep sturdy, watertight, rodent-proof containers with tight lids accessible to haulers, and its licensed collectors must in…

Eugene doesn't run its own garbage trucks. EC 3.247 caps the city at eight licensed solid waste collectors, each holding a renewable five-year license under EC 3.248. EC 3.270(2) bars…

Eugene doesn't let just anyone haul recyclables for pay: EC 3.245(1) requires a city solid waste collection license to collect residential recyclables, yard debris, or solid waste…

Every licensed hauler in Eugene must provide curbside recycling collection to its residential customers, not just trash pickup. EC 3.270(1) requires licensees to provide curbside…

Eugene defines what counts as yard debris under EC 3.005: grass clippings, leaves, hedge trimmings, and branches under four inches in diameter that fit inside the yard debris cart. EC…

Eugene's littering ordinance, EC 6.805, bars throwing or depositing garbage, rubbish, filth, or debris on public or private property outside places the city council has designated for…

Eugene lets licensed haulers' carts sit at the curb or on the sidewalk only in a narrow window: no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before collection, gone by midnight of collection day…

Outdoor dumpsters and recycling collection areas serving anything other than a single-unit home, ADU, or middle housing must be fully screened on all sides under EC 9.6740, with a…

Eugene makes property owners financially and legally responsible for their stormwater service and requires privately built stormwater facilities to be operated and maintained under a…

Eugene requires an erosion prevention permit before construction that disturbs an acre or more, sits in a sensitive area, or moves more than 5,000 cubic feet of material, with sediment…

Eugene limits engine idling to 15 consecutive minutes when plainly audible inside a nearby dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., under EC 6.750(b). The limit targets nighttime idling…

Eugene requires new residential construction in special flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor at least one foot above Base Flood Elevation, and requires a development permit…

Any construction, fill, or other development inside a FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area in Eugene needs a development permit under EC 9.6706 before work starts, and EC 9.6707 sets…

Building a new dock or pier in Lane County's Conservation Estuary Zone requires a Conditional Use Permit from the Hearings Official under Type III review, not a routine building…

Oregon's Beach Bill (ORS 390.605-390.770) and Statewide Planning Goals 16-19 give the state primary control over development on ocean shores, estuaries, dunes, and coastal headlands…

Eugene bars any person responsible from causing or allowing a nuisance, including a derelict structure that is unoccupied and unsecured, partially built, deteriorated, pest-infested or…

Eugene treats snow, ice, leaves and litter left on a sidewalk as a public nuisance under EC 6.010(k), letting code compliance order the property owner or occupant to clear it. The code…

Lane County has no separate vacant-lot ordinance; vacant parcels are governed by the general nuisance code. Storing an unregistered or inoperable vehicle over 90 days, or two or more…

Parking or standing in a marked bicycle lane is prohibited in Eugene unless the vehicle leaves at least 3.5 feet of unobstructed bike lane between it and the nearest travel lane, under…

Any company offering shared electric scooters or bikes for rent in Eugene needs a city license before operating, under EC 3.570. The city manager sets operating rules by administrative…

Oregon has one of the narrowest golf cart schemes in the country, and it is not a general neighbourhood-cart law. Under ORS 810.070 a road authority may permit golf carts on its own…

Eugene bars loading or unloading vehicles, and opening, closing, or destroying boxes, crates, and containers, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it creates a noise disturbance, under EC…

Eugene caps noise from residential heat pumps, fans, air conditioners, stationary pumps, cooling towers, and compressors installed after the 2023 ordinance's effective date at 60 dBA…

Eugene caps low-frequency industrial and commercial noise under EC 6.752, setting octave-band sound pressure limits at noise-sensitive properties. At 31.5 Hz the ceiling is 68 dBA by…

Eugene's historic review board designates historic landmarks under EC 9.8165 when a property meets Metro Plan consistency and specific historic-significance tests. Designation follows…

Eugene bars anyone under 18 from being in a street, park, alley or other public place between midnight and 4 a.m. under EC 4.685, unless accompanied by a parent or authorized adult…

Lane County closes its parks between the posted daily closing time and opening time, and entering or staying past hours is a Class A violation. Moorage holders and their guests may…

Eugene's EC 6.015 bars property owners from letting conditions that attract rats or mice exist on their land, naming open compost piles, uncontained garbage or animal waste, and…

Every food handler working in a Lane County restaurant must get a Food Handler Certificate from the Health and Human Services Department within thirty days of starting the job, plus…

Eugene bars camping on specific categories of public property under EC 4.815: streets and parking areas, sidewalks and paths that need clearance for disabled access, land near the…

Eugene bans blocking sidewalks, accessways and shared-use paths under EC 4.860, which lists specific prohibited acts from cutting wood to draining RV wastewater, and sets a hard ADA…

Eugene requires a revocable city permit before anyone builds a retaining wall, steps, terracing, plantings, walkways, or other private feature in the public right-of-way. EC 7.445 lets…

In Eugene, the owner of land abutting a sidewalk, not the city, must keep that sidewalk and curb in good repair and safe condition under EC 7.375, and is liable for any injury or…

Eugene exempts cooking fires from its outdoor-burning ban only if the fire stays in a fireplace, barbecue set, or is otherwise used solely for cooking. EC 6.200(1)(a) is the specific…

Eugene charges a 4.5% transient lodging tax on every hotel, motel, short-term rental, and RV or tent stay under 30 days, collected by whoever takes the rent. EC 3.772 has set that rate…

Eugene doesn't require door-to-door sellers to carry a separate city permit, but EC 3.845 forces every commercial solicitor to carry photo ID, write up every order, and hand the buyer…

Oregon's Home Solicitation Sales Act (ORS 83.710-83.750) gives consumers a statewide three-day right to cancel door-to-door purchases over $25 and requires written cancellation notice…

Selling from a pushcart on an Eugene sidewalk requires a private-commerce-on-public-property license under EC 3.336, and the city caps sidewalk commerce at six licenses per license…

Eugene confines licensed sidewalk commerce, the pushcart-style vending covered by EC 3.344(1), to one stretch of one street. EC 3.344(1)(a) restricts sidewalk commerce licenses to…

Oregon Health Authority licenses every mobile food unit statewide under ORS 624 and OAR 333-150. County environmental health offices act as state agents to inspect and permit food…

Eugene requires a separate city permit before any building, structure or building service equipment covered by the technical code is erected, altered, repaired, moved, converted or…

Eugene adopts an electrical code as part of its technical code under EC 8.010(1), and EC 8.005(7) requires a separate city permit before any building service equipment, including…

Eugene adopts a plumbing code as part of its technical code under EC 8.010(1), and EC 8.005(7) requires a separate city permit before plumbing fixtures or systems are installed…

EC 8.425(7) requires every Eugene rental unit with a carbon monoxide source, including an attached garage that opens directly into living space, to have at least one approved carbon…

Every rental unit in Eugene not exempt under EC 8.410(2) must be registered with the city under EC 8.440, using a form the city manager sets, and landlords pay a per-unit fee that…

EC 8.425 sets minimum habitability standards for Eugene rental housing: structural components rated to code, heat sources that hold 68 degrees in every habitable room, weatherproofed…

Eugene requires landlords who end a tenancy without cause or for a state-law qualifying reason to give 90 days' written notice and pay two months' rent in relocation assistance under…

Eugene landlords who raise rent by the state's maximum annual percentage under ORS 90.324 must deliver a written 90-day notice under EC 8.425(17)(c) stating the new rent, the dollar…

For nonpayment of rent under ORS 90.394, an Oregon landlord must serve written notice giving 10 days to pay (no sooner than the 8th day of the period) or 13 days (no sooner than the…

ORS 90.322 requires an Oregon landlord to give the tenant at least 24 hours' actual notice before entering the dwelling and to enter only at reasonable times for a lawful purpose such…

ORS 90.260 lets an Oregon landlord charge a late fee only if rent is not received by the fourth day of the rental period and the written rental agreement provides for it. The fee must…

Oregon is unusual: it bans cities and counties from passing their own rent control, yet imposes a statewide annual rent-increase cap that applies almost everywhere. The cap is the…

Oregon sets no dollar cap on residential security deposits, but it tightly controls how they are returned. After the tenancy ends and the tenant gives up possession, the landlord has…

Under ORS 105.620, a person may acquire title to Oregon real property by adverse possession only after 10 years of actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous…

Eugene classifies a licensed marijuana retailer as a Specialty Store, permitted by right in the C-1, C-2, C-3 and GO commercial zones under Table 9.2160. EC 9.2161(10) then bars any…

Lane County's marijuana rules measure buffers from property lines and neighboring dwellings, not from schools or parks. Outdoor production needs 100 feet from any exterior property…

Within the S-DR/CL Cultural Landscape and Open Space subdistrict of Eugene's Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone, EC 9.3185(3)(a)6 flatly bans non-native invasive species from any…

Eugene requires Design Review approval for alternatives to the S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone's development standards. EC 9.3190 lets the planning director approve…

Eugene sets a 10-foot front yard setback in all four residential zones (R-1 through R-4), with an 18-foot setback for garage doors and carports measured to the driveway centerline…

Eugene caps main building height at 30 feet in R-1, 35 feet in R-2, 50 feet in R-3 and 120 feet in R-4 under EC 9.2750. A 7-foot bonus applies for roof slopes of 6:12 or steeper, and…

Lane County's Rural Residential zone controls development density through minimum lot sizes of 2, 5 or 10 acres (shown on the zoning map) rather than a lot-coverage percentage…

Tenants in Eugene can file a written complaint with the city manager over a Rental Housing Code violation; EC 8.430 requires the landlord get 10 days (48 hours for essential-services…

Lane County can inspect any rented dwelling in the unincorporated area for violations of its minimum housing standards. Inspectors need reasonable timing and proper credentials, and by…

Eugene has no right-to-farm nuisance-immunity law of its own; instead it treats farming as an allowed interim use through its AG Agricultural Zone, EC 9.2000-9.2020. The zone requires…

Digital billboards in Eugene's highway commercial and employment zones must sit at least 1,200 feet from another digital billboard facing the same direction under EC 9.6675(7)…

Property fronting Eugene's designated freeway corridors, including the south side of I-5, I-105 near the Coburg interchange, and Highway 99 North, falls under the highway commercial…

Garage sales in Eugene are treated as a temporary activity under EC 9.5800, and every sign advertising one has to stay on the property holding the sale: EC 9.5800(4)(c) bars placing…

Political signs may not be placed in Lane County road right-of-way, and none may block a traffic-control device. On state highways, ODOT limits new temporary signs to 12 square feet on…

Eugene exempts holiday lights and decorations from its outdoor lighting permit and shielding standards between November 15 and January 15 each year, under EC 9.6725(5)(e). The only…

Digital billboards along Eugene's highway commercial corridors can't exceed an internal illumination intensity of 0.3 foot-candles over ambient light, measured 150 feet from the sign…

Eugene requires most outdoor lighting fixtures to be cutoff and shielded so light stays within the boundaries of the development site where it's installed, under EC 9.6725(3). Fixtures…

Eugene bans high pressure sodium, mercury vapor and floodlight fixtures in its Intrinsically Dark Areas and Low Ambient Light Areas, the natural-resource and low-density residential…

Eugene caps garage sales at 3 consecutive days per event and 3 separate occasions in a calendar year under EC 9.5800(5)(a)1.a, the Temporary Activity Special Development Standards for…

In Lane County's Exclusive Farm Use zone, land-applying reclaimed water, industrial process water, biosolids or septage for farming, horticulture, silviculture or irrigation requires a…

Lane County's Exclusive Farm Use zone allows onsite filming as an accessory farm use under ORS 215.306. Table 16.212-1 lets filming and its related activities run 45 days or less with…

Commercial drone operations in Oregon are governed by FAA Part 107 plus ORS 837.300-837.390. Public agency UAS must register with the Oregon Department of Aviation, and ORS 837.385…

ORS 837.300-837.390 govern recreational drone use in Oregon, banning weaponized UAS, restricting flights over critical infrastructure and private property, and largely preempting local…

ORS 653.025 sets a three-tier statewide minimum wage and ORS 653.017 preempts cities and counties from adopting different local minimums.

ORS 653.601 mandates paid sick leave statewide, and Paid Leave Oregon under ORS Chapter 657B provides paid family and medical leave benefits.

ORS 653.412 to 653.485 require large retail, food, and hospitality employers to provide advance schedules and predictability pay.

Oregon issues concealed handgun licenses through county sheriffs under ORS 166.291, with statewide eligibility, training, and reciprocity standards.

Oregon law preempts most local firearm regulation but permits limited city and county rules in public buildings and on adjacent grounds.

Open carry of firearms is generally lawful in Oregon, but limited local ordinances may restrict loaded carry in incorporated public places.

Oregon allows firearms in private vehicles, but concealed loaded handguns inside a vehicle generally require a concealed handgun license under ORS 166.250.

Oregon nonprofit, fraternal, and religious organizations must hold a Department of Justice license before running bingo, lotto, raffle, or Monte Carlo fundraising events. DOJ won't…

Oregon does not legalize card rooms or social gambling statewide. ORS 167.121 lets counties and cities pass their own ordinance authorizing and licensing social games, games with no…

Oregon never passed a sports-wagering law. When PASPA fell in 2018, the Oregon State Lottery revived betting on games using power it already had: ORS 461.210 lets the Lottery…

Under the Oregon Planned Community Act, an HOA has a lien on each lot for unpaid assessments (plus interest, late charges, attorney fees and costs) and may judicially foreclose it…

Oregon requires HOA board meetings to be open to owners, with notice posted or distributed at least three days ahead in residential communities. Executive sessions are limited to…

Oregon HOAs may enforce the declaration, bylaws, and rules through fines, litigation, or administrative action, but must first offer a county dispute-resolution program for adversarial…

Oregon has never enacted a right-to-dry statute. Nothing in the Oregon Planned Community Act or the Oregon Condominium Act mentions clotheslines or drying racks, so a covenant banning…

Oregon does not give a homeowner a standing right to xeriscape. What ORS 94.779(1) does is switch off the association's irrigation mandate: any provision of a planned community's…

Oregon gives an owner in a planned community the right to install an electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use in a parking space, on the lot, or in any other…

Oregon HOAs may levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, or rules, but only after written notice and an opportunity to be heard, and only when based on a fine…

An Oregon condominium association gets an automatic lien on a unit the moment it levies an assessment, but ORS 100.450 hedges collection with limits an owner can use. It must record a…

Oregon does not cap how far an association may restrict leasing, does not require that owners already renting be grandfathered, and sets no minimum lease term or maximum rental…

You will not meet a sobriety checkpoint in Oregon. The Oregon Revised Statutes contain no roadblock or checkpoint authority of any kind for impaired driving, and the state's stop…

Oregon is one of the few states that forbids recording an in-person conversation unless every participant is specifically informed, and violating ORS 165.540(1)(c) is a Class A…

Oregon has never enacted a stop-and-identify statute. ORS 131.615 lets a peace officer stop you when the officer reasonably suspects you have committed or are about to commit a crime…

Since chapter 78, Oregon Laws 2022, an Oregon officer may ask to search your car during a traffic stop only after telling you that you have the right to refuse. ORS 810.410(3)(e) says…

HB 2509 bans most single-use plastic checkout bags statewide and requires a minimum charge for paper or thicker reusable bags at retailers.

SB 543 prohibits restaurants and food vendors from using polystyrene foam containers and bans the sale of polystyrene foam packing peanuts statewide.

SB 90 (2019), codified at ORS 616.892, limits when restaurants and convenience stores may hand out single-use plastic straws, requiring customers to request one first.

Oregon ORS 105.880 to 105.890 declares unenforceable any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation of solar energy systems on…

Oregon prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco and inhalant delivery systems to anyone under age 21 under ORS 431A.175.

Oregon has no statewide flavored tobacco ban, but ORS 431A.190 authorizes counties and cities to adopt stricter local tobacco rules.

Oregon lets you add auxiliary lights, but ORS 816.060 defines the term narrowly and attaches four hard conditions. An "auxiliary light" in Oregon is a low beam auxiliary light; the…

Oregon has no dash-cam statute and no list of items a driver is allowed to stick on the windshield. The governing provision is ORS 815.220, which makes it the offense of obstruction of…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Oregon, not merely unauthorised. ORS 814.240(1)(b) makes it the offence of motorcycle or moped unlawful passing to operate a moped or motorcycle…

Oregon draws a hard line between a frame and a cover. ORS 803.550(2)(b) makes a plate illegally altered if any material or covering, other than a frame or plate holder, is placed on…

Oregon has no statute that prohibits owning, carrying or operating a radar or laser detector in a private passenger vehicle. The Oregon Vehicle Code regulates the officer's speed…

Oregon does not licence studded tires, it bans metal studs outright and then suspends the ban for one winter window. ORS 815.160 makes it an offence to drive on any tire with a metal…

Oregon lets you tint the side and rear windows of a car only down to 35 percent total light transmittance, measured through the glass and the film together, and the film itself must…