Oregon no longer has a statewide wildfire hazard map. Senate Bill 83 (2025) repealed the map and the building and defensible-space mandates tied to it, so no state wildfire-zone designation currently applies to Marion County parcels.
Oregon's SB 762 (2021) directed a statewide wildfire hazard map that would have assigned risk classes and triggered defensible-space and wildland-urban-interface building requirements. After strong public backlash, Senate Bill 83 (2025) repealed the map, its use in seller disclosures, the mandatory hazard-mitigation building code, and the defensible-space rules, replacing them with a voluntary model code local governments may choose to adopt. As a result there is presently no binding state wildfire-zone overlay on Marion County property. The Cascade-foothill east side of the county remains genuinely fire-prone, so Firewise practices are still advised.
No penalty attaches to a wildfire-zone designation, since the statewide map is repealed. Any future mitigation rules would apply only to new construction if a jurisdiction adopts them.
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Marion County has no ordinance banning backyard composting, and no permit is needed for a home compost pile. It must not become a nuisance, attract rodents o...
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Marion County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf. Installation on private property is generally allowed. Check d...
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Marion County does not require any particular plants and does not ban native or xeric landscaping. Ornamental landscape grasses that are not a fire or traffi...
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Oregon law lets you collect rain and snowmelt from a rooftop or other artificial impervious surface without a water right. Marion County has no ordinance ban...
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Marion County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In Salem, the Public Works Director may curtail water use whenever a supply shortage or emergency...
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All of Marion County outside city limits is a weed control district. Landowners must destroy designated noxious weeds and stop them from seeding. Inside the ...
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