Josephine County, OR Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)

Section 19.64.020 lists uses allowed outright on farm-zoned land, meaning no permit or authorization is required to conduct them, and subsection (C) places on-site filming and activities accessory to it in that category as long as the filming runs 45 days or less, citing ORS 215.306 as the authorizing statute. The section's own introductory text carves filming out of the structure-permit rule that applies to other outright uses: it specifies that structures placed in conjunction with outright uses need ministerial review and a development permit under Chapter 19.41 JCC, except for film sets authorized under subsection (C), which are exempt from that structure-permit step.

Once a shoot exceeds 45 days, § 19.64.040(L) reclassifies the same activity, on-site filming and its accessory activities, as a conditional use, again citing ORS 215.306. Conditional uses under § 19.64.040 go through quasi-judicial review procedures under Chapter 19.22 JCC, must meet the conditional-use requirements of Chapter 19.45 JCC and site plan review under Chapter 19.42 JCC, and still need a development permit under Chapter 19.41 JCC as final approval, along with the development standards in § 19.64.095. The 45-day line is the only variable between the two provisions; the underlying activity description is identical.