Gresham, OR

Gresham's Springwater Plan District caps lawn and sod area at 10 percent of a site's undeveloped land and requires new landscaping to have a working irrigation system until plants are…

Every parcel in Gresham, developed or vacant, falls under the city's Tree Protection, Removal and Replacement regulations in Development Code Section 9.1000, which requires a permit…

Gresham's Springwater Plan District requires landscaping plans to select native or drought-tolerant plant species suited to Western Oregon's climate, mandatory for the IND-SW, VC-SW…

Gresham requires property owners to keep vegetation trimmed so it doesn't hang lower than 8 feet over a sidewalk or 12 feet over a street, treating low branches as a nuisance.

Gresham caps herbaceous vegetation at 10 inches on your own property as well as the planter strip and street or alley frontage next to it, with exceptions for cultivated, native, or…

Oregon allows rainwater collection from impervious rooftop surfaces without a water right under ORS 537.141. The statute explicitly exempts rooftop harvesting, providing universal…

A Gresham 'hosted homeshare' STR must have an owner who actually lives there: registrants must prove owner-occupancy to the city manager before the unit can be registered.

Gresham bars short-term rentals from hosting organized events such as parties or weddings and requires occupants to follow the city's Noise Control Code, observing quiet hours from 10…

Gresham requires short-term rental owners to submit a registration application naming the STR's location, all owners, and a primary and backup contact, one of whom must live in the…

Gresham caps short-term rental occupancy at two people per legal bedroom plus two, overnight, and adds six more for daytime gatherings; children under two don't count, and both limits…

Gresham requires every short-term rental registrant to submit proof of liability insurance as part of the registration application, with the coverage type and amount set by the city…

Gresham requires one off-street parking space per two bedrooms at every registered short-term rental, garage space included, under the city's 2020 Short-Term Residential Rental Code.

In the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area portion of unincorporated Multnomah County, MCC 38.7337 lets a landowner rent a dwelling as a short-term "overnight accommodation" for…

Multnomah County taxes short-term rental stays at 11.5% of rent, a 5% base rate plus three surcharges, collected by the operator from every guest staying 30 days or less.

New single detached, duplex, triplex, and quadplex buildings in Gresham can satisfy a required sustainable-design measure by installing a Level 2 EV charging unit for all units, or a…

Gresham exempts vehicles holding a valid residential parking permit from posted time limits in residential areas the city manager designates, available to proven residents.

Gresham's Development Code requires off-street loading spaces at commercial, industrial and mixed-use buildings, and only lets passenger vehicles park in those loading areas under…

Gresham bars parking, standing, or stopping wherever official signs or curb markings, including curbs painted yellow or red, prohibit it, under GRC 8.25.010(2)(a).

Single-family and duplex properties in Gresham may keep no more than five motor vehicles, including at most two recreational vehicles, and must keep them off the front yard except in…

Gresham prohibits parking any vehicle or combination over 10,000 pounds GVW on public streets, highways, or rights-of-way, except while actively loading or unloading.

Vehicles left on a Gresham street or public property for more than 72 consecutive hours are unlawfully parked, unless the vehicle sits at the street address where it is registered.

A vehicle left on a Gresham street that snow removal equipment is about to clear counts as a hazardous vehicle under city code, and the city may tow and impound it immediately without…

Gresham regulates on-street parking with time limits in certain areas. Vehicles must be currently registered and operable. Abandoned vehicles are subject to towing.

Single detached homes in Gresham face a hard cap on front-yard driveway width: garage-door width plus 2 feet per side, carport width if there's a carport, or 16 feet flat where there's…

Leaving an inoperative, wrecked, discarded, or dismantled vehicle on private or public property, unless the property runs a licensed wrecking business, is a nuisance violation under…

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…

Gresham allows honeybee hives on single-family lots under GRC Article 7.18, capping colonies at six with flyway-barrier and siting requirements.

Gresham allows up to three permitted hens on a single-detached-dwelling lot, bans roosters outright, and separately lets the development code allow poultry and livestock in specific…

Multnomah County's zoning code excludes veterinary clinics and animal hospitals from the dog-kennel conditional-use permit requirement and from the C-3 zone's by-right "hospital or…

Any rescue or sanctuary in unincorporated Multnomah County, wildlife rescues included, that keeps 10 or more animals and solicits donations must get an enforcing-agency license and…

Animal Services can order an owner to abate a nuisance when animals exceed what they can reasonably care for, and impound the animals if the order is ignored.

Multnomah County requires owners to license dogs and cats by age six months under County Code § 13.101, but § 13.002 excludes domestic cats from the "animal at large" definition, so…

Multnomah County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but Multnomah County Code § 13.999(D)(5) lets the Animal Services director or hearings officer order an owner to…

Multnomah County classifies dogs as potentially dangerous or dangerous based on documented behavior, not breed. There is no pit bull or other breed-specific ban in the county code.

Off the owner's property, Multnomah County requires a dog be confined so it can't reach public areas, or restrained by a leash, tether or other control device no longer than eight feet…

Multnomah County makes it unlawful to harbor or own a dangerous or exotic animal, lions, primates, bears, venomous reptiles, large constrictors, anywhere in the county, with narrow…

Oregon has no blanket statewide ban on feeding deer or elk. Under ORS 496.731, ODFW may order removal of attractants for potentially habituated wildlife, and many cities adopt their…

Gresham allows one Accessory Dwelling per single detached dwelling, capped at 900 square feet or 75 percent of the primary home's floor area, whichever is smaller, under Development…

Gresham's Development Code flatly bars Accessory Dwellings from being used as short-term rentals, closing off a popular way homeowners elsewhere convert ADUs into vacation rental…

Gresham's Development Code sets sliding setbacks for backyard sheds and other detached accessory structures based on size, from 3 feet for small sheds up to full zoning-district…

In Multnomah County's Multiple Use Agriculture (MUA-20) zone, an accessory dwelling unit must be a permanent structure: recreational vehicles, park model RVs, yurts, and similar…

Where a grade difference between neighboring lots would leave a standard 6-foot fence too short for real privacy, Gresham lets homeowners build up to 6 feet above the highest grade…

Gresham requires a building permit for any retaining wall taller than 4 feet, measured from footing to top, and for any wall built within twice its own height of a building, under the…

New residential subdivisions in Gresham's LDR-5, LDR-7, TLDR and TR districts must build required perimeter fences from stone, brick, cast masonry, stucco, or vinyl panels on a masonry…

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…

Gresham requires any swimming pool, water feature or excavation four feet deep and a foot wide to be fenced or securely covered, treating an unsecured one as a public nuisance.

Gresham's amended Property Maintenance Code requires a working smoke alarm outside every sleeping area, inside every bedroom, and on every story of a dwelling, including basements…

Gresham allows temporary fireworks sales stands in residential districts under a Type I development permit, capped at 20 days per year with no renewal, and state law requires a…

Gresham bans burning yard debris or other material on residential property citywide unless the city fire marshal issues an open burn permit or a burn season is declared.

In unincorporated Multnomah County's Significant Environmental Concern overlay zones, propane and heating oil tanks up to 1,000 gallons are exempt from an SEC development permit if…

New dwellings in Multnomah County's Commercial Forest Use zones must maintain 30-foot primary and 100-foot secondary defensible-space fire breaks around every structure.

Buildings in Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area forest zones need a 50-foot defensible space fuel break clearing hazardous fuels around structures, plus wider clearance on steep slopes…

Multnomah County bans operating fire pits and other wood burning devices during red day air quality advisories under MCC § 21.453, with exemptions for sole heat sources, low-income…

Gresham exempts domestic tools like leaf blowers, mowers, and trimmers from the city's noise limits only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.; outside that window the general Noise Control Code…

Gresham requires heliport developers to submit a professional acoustical study and noise-mitigation plan before a heliport can win Special Use Review approval, addressing flight paths…

Construction, industrial, and agricultural noise is exempt from Gresham's Noise Control Code only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.; work outside those hours needs an off-hours right-of-way…

Gresham's noise code sets hard decibel ceilings measured at a neighboring noise-sensitive property: 50 dBA overnight from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and 60 dBA during the day from 7 a.m. to 10…

Vehicle engines and exhaust systems count as a regulated sound producing source under Gresham's noise code: loud aftermarket exhausts or revving engines off normal street traffic must…

Beyond its decibel meter test, Gresham separately bans any sound that's simply 'plainly audible' inside a neighbor's home or 50 feet into the public right-of-way between 10 p.m. and 7…

Playing amplified music or using any sound-amplifying device in a Gresham city park, trail, or open space requires a use permit from the parks manager: unpermitted amplification is a…

Multnomah County bans dogs and other animals from barking, howling or making other noise disturbances audible beyond the owner's property for 10 minutes straight or 30 minutes on and…

Gresham allows a home-based business as an accessory home occupation in any dwelling and its garage in any residential zone, provided permanent residents live on site and the use meets…

Gresham home occupations must set aside two dedicated on-site parking spaces beyond the dwelling's normal requirement, and no more than two customer vehicles may be at the property at…

Gresham bans all signage for home occupations: no sign may reveal a home business exists, and nothing visible from the street or a neighbor's yard may show the home is used for…

Registered (up to 10 kids) and certified (up to 16 kids) family child care homes run by a resident are an accessory residential use in Gresham, not a commercial land use requiring…

Oregon lets a home kitchen sell food without any State Department of Agriculture license under ORS 616.723, provided five conditions are met at once: the establishment is in a…

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…

A construction dumpster or roll-off can sit in Gresham's public right-of-way without a permit only briefly and under strict limits: size capped at 20.5 by 8 feet, kept 10 feet from…

Gresham residents must set out yard debris in approved carts, kraft paper bags, or tied bundles under strict size and weight limits for weekly curbside pickup.

Gresham requires residential trash and recycling carts at the curb, clear of mailboxes, hydrants, driveways and on-street parking, with special curbside arrangements available for…

Gresham requires licensed haulers to collect bulky items like appliances, furniture, and large branches for every customer, on a schedule set by agreement but within seven working days…

Gresham limits residential and multifamily trash, recycling and yard debris collection to 6 a.m.-6 p.m., but its code expressly allows licensees to run outside that window when a…

Every licensed hauler in Gresham must give residential customers weekly curbside recycling pickup, provide multifamily properties shared receptacles, and set up recycling service for…

Gresham requires customers to load carts so contents fall freely, keep lids closed against overfilling, and bag ashes, pet waste, kitty litter and diapers before setting bins out for…

Dumping trash, debris, or refuse on public or private land without permission is banned citywide, and violations of Gresham's dumping and littering rule are punishable by fines up to…

Every occupied home and business in Gresham must have licensed trash, recycling, and yard debris service, with weekly collection the default for residential customers unless they…

Restaurants, grocers, hospitals, schools and other food-handling businesses in Gresham must separate food scraps from the rest of their trash once they generate enough waste to hit the…

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires licensed haulers to collect recycling from every household and business, and requires businesses to source-separate recyclables under County…

Gresham lets permitted street and sidewalk vendors sell food from carts in commercial areas, but GRC 9.45.080 bans setting up within 10 feet of intersections, 8 feet of property lines…

Food carts and food cart pods operating in Gresham need a city development permit plus a Multnomah County Mobile Food Unit Operating License before serving customers on qualifying…

Selling food, flowers, or merchandise from a Gresham street or sidewalk requires a Street and Sidewalk Vendor permit from the city manager, with cart-size, siting, and litter rules…

Gresham caps homes and townhouses in its standard residential districts at 35 feet under Development Code Table 4.0130.

Gresham caps building lot coverage at 50 percent in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zoning district under Table 4.0230, with additional on-site activity limits applying under Section…

In Gresham's Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zoning district, Table 4.0230 of the Development Code sets a 20-foot front setback, a 0-foot interior side setback, a 0-to-15-foot corner side…

Gresham bans owning or operating a property with a derelict structure and requires registration, securing, and repair or demolition under the city's Property Maintenance Code.

Gresham caps herbaceous vegetation on any property, including vacant and unimproved lots, at 10 inches tall as part of its general nuisance code, with exceptions for tended ornamental…

Gresham bars letting snow, ice, leaves, rubbish, or other litter build up on the sidewalk, driveway approach, or planter strip next to your property once it obstructs or endangers…

Parades and street closures on Gresham streets need a city permit filed at least 45 days ahead, with a fee, a traffic control plan, and insurance, before the manager will approve it.

Gresham requires a special event reservation, application fee, and possible security deposit before anyone may use a city park or public facility for an organized event.

Any development within Gresham's Floodplain Overlay District needs a floodplain development permit from the Community Development Manager, reviewed under a Type II procedure: a…

Gresham requires approved grading and drainage plans, Building Code Appendix J compliance, and a stormwater report before construction on any development adding 1,000 square feet or…

Gresham requires a separate building permit before anyone builds, alters, moves or removes a dock, moorage, marina or other floating structure on city waters.

New and substantially improved homes in Gresham's Floodplain Overlay District must have their lowest floor built at least one foot above the base flood elevation, the city's mandatory…

Gresham owns and operates its public stormwater system as a city utility funded by recurring user charges, and requires property owners who alter runoff to build and maintain private…

Inside the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area's forest zones, new buildings must be surrounded by a maintained 50-foot defensible space fuel break clearing hazardous fuels to…

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…

New Gresham development must include one street tree for every 35 feet of frontage, each at least 1.75 inches in caliper and spaced no closer than 20 feet apart in the planter strip.

Gresham designates individual trees or groves as Significant when they show distinctive size, beauty, historic association, or ecological value, adding them to a protected inventory…

Before a Gresham building or land-use permit disturbs ground near a Regulated, Required, or Significant tree, the developer must fence off a protection zone sized to the tree's trunk…

Gresham prohibits drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in any public place unless the location is licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

Gresham makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in view of a public place, including in view of a residential area, with fines up to $1,000 per violation.

Gresham bans smoking or using tobacco in any form in city parks, trails, and open spaces, covering cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping devices, and smokeless tobacco, with an exception…

Properties on Gresham's Historic and Cultural Landmarks List sit in an HL overlay district, and altering, relocating, or demolishing a designated landmark requires Historic Resources…

Gresham closes its parks, trails, and open spaces overnight, with earlier closing in fall and winter, and unlawfully remaining after hours is a misdemeanor.

Minors under 18 cannot be on Gresham streets, parks, or other public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent, engaged in a lawful activity, or legally…

Gresham bans dumping or storing dirt, gravel, lumber, or personal property on a sidewalk or adjacent street, keeping rights-of-way clear for pedestrians and vehicles.

Gresham requires an encroachment permit for temporary facilities, stored materials, or minor construction placed in the public right-of-way in front of a property.

Gresham places the duty to keep sidewalks, driveway approaches, and planter strips in good repair on the person in charge of the abutting property, not the city, and shields the city…

Gresham won't register or renew a marijuana business within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility, park, or religious institution, with the distance measured from the protected…

Gresham confines marijuana dispensaries and retailers to specific commercial and industrial land use districts, and confines growers, processors, and wholesalers to industrial…

Tenants and neighbors file rental-property complaints with Gresham's code compliance manager, who investigates, can inspect the unit, and can suspend or revoke the rental license until…

Gresham licenses every residential rental property and pulls a nondiscriminatory annual sample of licensed units for Property Maintenance Code inspection, whether or not anyone has…

Gresham requires secondhand and precious-metal dealers to hold a police-issued permit under GRC Article 9.15, with daily transaction reports and a 30-day hold on regulated property…

Gresham outright bans vehicle repair, maintenance, or dismantling, along with vehicle sales and industrial activity, as a home occupation, so a home-based auto repair shop cannot get a…

A Gresham lot owner may only have a vehicle towed by a company holding a city-issued PPI Tower's License, and every non-consent tow needs compliant lot signage, written owner…

Gresham requires every massage business to hold a City business license under GRC Article 9.11, on top of the state OBMT permit, and bars operation between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires an annual Sheriff-issued license to run an adult bookstore or adult theater, with removal ordered if unlicensed or over-concentrated.

Multnomah County requires every retailer that sells vape products, e-cigarettes, or nicotine e-liquid to hold an annual Tobacco Retail License from the Health Department, and…

Gresham enforces the Oregon Structural Specialty Code as its building code, and the Building Official must issue a permit before construction, alteration, demolition, or moving of a…

Gresham requires floating homes moved or added onto to carry an NFPA 13D sprinkler system whenever they sit closer than six feet to a neighboring floating home.

Gresham enforces the Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code as its local plumbing code, so new plumbing installation, alteration, and repair work in the city is permitted and inspected under…

Mixed-use, industrial and office buildings in Gresham's Springwater Plan District must earn 3 points from a LEED-based menu of measures: bike parking, alternative-fuel infrastructure…

Gresham inspects every business location for fire code compliance once each calendar year, charging an inspection fee set by council resolution.

Gresham enforces the Oregon Electrical Specialty Code as its local electrical code, so wiring, panel, and other electrical work in the city is permitted and inspected under that state…

Gresham requires carbon monoxide alarms in residential units, installed, maintained and repaired according to Oregon's landlord-tenant statute, ORS Chapter 90.

Unincorporated Multnomah County's zoning code allows a stand-alone child care center only as a conditional use, and only within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area: on…

Property maintenance and derelict-structure complaints in Gresham go to the city manager, who must investigate and can pursue license revocation or Article 7.50 enforcement.

Unincorporated Multnomah County enforces zoning, land division and road-rule violations through Code Compliance Specialists under MCC 39.1500-39.1565. Fines run $45 to $3,500 per day…

New buildings, additions and remodels in Downtown Gresham's Plan District go through design review under Development Code Section 4.1100, with two tracks: a Clear and Objective…

Gresham grants an automatic density and height bonus to affordable housing developments citywide, with the bonus size set by the property's maximum allowed density under Development…

Gresham landlords must supply heat maintaining at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit in every habitable room of a rental year-round, under the city's Property Maintenance Code.

Gresham requires owners of any residential rental property, including owner-occupied homes renting a single room, to hold an annually renewed City rental license under GRC Article 9.55…

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…

Oregon law requires landlords to have a qualifying reason to terminate most month-to-month tenancies after the first year. ORS 90.427 enumerates landlord-based and tenant-based just…

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…

Under ORS 90.323 and 90.600, an Oregon landlord cannot raise rent during the first year of a tenancy, must give at least 90 days' written notice for any later increase, and may not…

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…

Gresham's Development Code requires full cut-off outdoor light fixtures with a 90-degree cutoff angle on Corridor District, multi-family, and several other developments, and bars any…

Multnomah County requires new and permit-triggered exterior lighting in unincorporated areas to be fully shielded and directed downward, containing light within the lot line, under the…

Multnomah County Code § 39.6770(E)(11) requires every light fixture on a billboard in the unincorporated county to be aimed downward onto the billboard face, never toward a street or…

Gresham caps garage and yard sales at three consecutive days per sale and no more than 10 cumulative days per residence each calendar year, with no permit required.

Gresham taxes overnight stays at hotels, motels and short-term rentals alike under its Transient Lodging Tax, with the rate set by council resolution and collected by the operator.

Gresham bans camping on public property and rights-of-way outside city-approved campgrounds, and requires that a person experiencing homelessness first be offered shelter before facing…

Solar energy systems in Gresham require a development permit under Development Code Article 11, with the review level set by a size-based scale, small, medium, or large, before…

Gresham exempts qualifying rooftop solar installations from Planning Development Permit review entirely: only a Building Permit is required, skipping design review and land-use…

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…

Holiday decorations in Gresham skip the sign development permit entirely, but the exemption only holds if you take them down within 15 days after the holiday they mark has passed.

Gresham doesn't allow stand-alone digital billboards: an electronic message center may only be built into a freestanding or wall sign, and the electronic panel itself is capped at 8…

Gresham caps garage sale A-board signs at 12 square feet, limits them to two consecutive days, and only allows them out between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. in residential, mixed-use and plan…

Gresham exempts window signs on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties from a development permit, but only if the signage covers no more than 50 percent of the window…

Unincorporated Multnomah County treats campaign and election signs as temporary signs: six-month time limit, no permanent attachment, and a three-square-foot cap for lawn signs under…

Multnomah County caps freeway billboards at the pre-existing countywide inventory and limits relocated interstate billboards to a 2,000-foot separation: unincorporated area only, since…

Gresham bans selling, planting, releasing, or spreading any plant on the city's official Invasive Plant List, which the city manager adopts and maintains.

Before approving a new house in Multnomah County's Exclusive Farm Use zone, the county makes the landowner sign a recorded covenant waiving any nuisance claim against neighboring farms…

New, replacement, or expanded homes in Multnomah County's MUA-20 farm zone must record a covenant honoring Oregon's Right to Farm Law or accepting nearby farm activity before the…

Multnomah County bans mobile syringe service programs, free needle distribution from a temporary site, within 1,000 feet of any school under its Safe School Zones ordinance, unless a…

County code bans letting property or overgrown weeds and brush become infested with or harbor vectors and rodents, backed by inspection, abatement orders and fines for owners who don't…

Multnomah County requires anyone handling food in a licensed food establishment countywide, including Portland, to hold a valid food handler's certificate within 30 days of hire, keep…

In the county's Dunthorpe Riverdale sewerage district, licensed contractors can fix a leaking or broken pipe, sewer, drain or conduit immediately without a permit, but must file for…

Multnomah County's Exclusive Farm Use zone allows landowners to land-apply reclaimed water, industrial process water or biosolids for irrigation and crop production under MCC…

Multnomah County requires a special event permit before filming on any of its six Willamette River bridges, Broadway, Burnside, Hawthorne, Morrison, Sellwood or Sauvie Island, whenever…

Multnomah County has no film-specific noise permit: its general Sound Control Law caps sound at 60 dBA daytime, 50 dBA at night, or any plainly audible sound after 10 p.m., enforced by…

Closing or using a Willamette River bridge for filming requires a Multnomah County special event permit: filming triggers the requirement even below the 200-person threshold that…

Heat pumps, air conditioners, and refrigeration units are regulated sound-producing devices in unincorporated Multnomah County; their noise can't exceed 50 dBA overnight or 60 dBA…

Bars and nightclubs in unincorporated Multnomah County must keep loudspeaker, PA, and live music sound at or below 60 dBA daytime and 50 dBA overnight at the nearest noise-sensitive…

Unincorporated Multnomah County caps stereo, radio, and musical-instrument noise (including vehicle systems) at 50 dBA overnight and 60 dBA daytime at a neighboring property, or bans…

Unincorporated Multnomah County caps sound from sirens and alarms at 60 dBA daytime and 50 dBA nighttime under the county Sound Control Law, but exempts genuine alarm-system…

The county's Sound Control Law treats a delivery truck's engine or exhaust as a regulated sound source once it's parked off the public street: capping noise at 50 dBA overnight and 60…

Multnomah County limits backup generator noise at wireless facilities to 5 dBA above ambient or 55 dBA, whichever is greater; testing is barred from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., though…

Multnomah County taxes partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, LLPs, family limited partnerships, estates and trusts as the liable taxfiler under its 2.00% business income tax, not the…

In unincorporated Multnomah County's Exclusive Farm Use zone, a landowner may set aside a site for model aircraft, including radio-controlled drones, takeoff and landing under MCC…

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 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…

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…

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'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…

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…