Portland, OR

Portland requires every motor vehicle on public roads to run a working muffler, bans exhaust cutouts and screeching tires, and prohibits engine/compression brakes near homes for trucks…

Portland bars running sound equipment between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it's plainly audible inside a neighboring dwelling, and separately cuts citywide ambient noise limits by 5 dBA…

Homes within PDX's 65 and 68 DNL noise contours must meet a 45 dBA interior noise standard, sign a recorded noise disclosure statement, and grant the Port of Portland a noise easement…

Amplified outdoor music in Portland must stay within Title 18's zone-based decibel limits: only non-amplified sound from athletic and entertainment events is exempt.

Portland bars gasoline leaf blowers citywide from January through September starting in 2026, expanding to a year-round ban in 2028; electric blowers stay legal under City Code Chapter…

Portland caps industrial-zoned noise sources at 65-75 dBA measured at the property line, with the exact ceiling depending on the zoning of the receiving property, plus a five dBA cut…

Portland bans animal noise that unreasonably disturbs neighbors: barking, whining, or howling must run continuously for 10 minutes or intermittently for 30 minutes to count as a…

Commercial construction equipment may run up to 85 dBA from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays. From 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily, all day Sunday, and on legal holidays, only the lower…

Portland zoning exempts registered or certified family child care homes for up to 16 children from its accessory home occupation rules, treating them as a standard residential use…

Portland allows home-based businesses as an accessory use in any residential zone under City Code Chapter 33.203, split into no-permit Type A and permitted Type B home occupations.

Portland limits Type B home occupations to customer visits between 7 am and 9 pm, capping traffic at 15 customers or clients per day under City Code Title 33.

Unincorporated Multnomah County bars any signage for a registered Type A home occupation, while a Type B home occupation may post one non-illuminated ID sign up to 2 square feet.

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…

Portland forms Area Parking Permit Program zones in congested neighborhoods, letting residents and businesses buy permits to park past posted visitor time limits.

Portland designates truck loading zones near commercial properties where only trucks, marked commercial vehicles, permitted delivery vehicles, or taxicabs may park, and only for up to…

Parking next to a curb painted or taped yellow is illegal in Portland once the City Administrator has authorized that marking, whether it's fresh paint, tape, or worn thin.

Portland tows vehicles left in violation for over 24 hours that are unregistered, inoperative, or wrecked and dismantled: with just 24 hours' notice if the vehicle is an immediate…

Portland City Code Chapter 16.30 lets parking enforcement officers, police officers, Portland Streetcar supervisors, PBOT maintenance operations supervisors, Water Bureau and…

New commercial parking lots and buildings with 5+ dwelling units in Portland must wire a set share of spaces for future Level 2 EV chargers.

Portland allows overnight on-street parking citywide but limits continuous vehicle storage to 24 hours and enforces Area Parking Permit zones and street cleaning restrictions.

Portland requires vehicles to park facing the direction of traffic and bans stopping in front of any driveway, fire hydrant, or crosswalk. The Bureau of Transportation enforces Chapter…

Houses in Portland must pave driveways and parking areas, and can pave at most 40% of the front yard between the lot line and the house, per Title 33.266.120.

Trucks, buses, RVs, utility trailers, drop boxes, and vehicles with two-plus rear axles can't park in the right-of-way next to residential, park, church, or school property, with…

Portland zoning bars RVs, boats, and trailers from parking in the front yard between the lot line and the building line; they're only allowed in legal parking areas farther back on the…

Portland requires bird-safe glass on new buildings and major remodels in the Central City and South Reach areas to cut bird-to-building collisions, under Title 33 zoning standards.

Portland lets residents keep up to four chickens, ducks, or pigeons per lot without a permit, six on lots 10,000 square feet or larger, but roosters are banned outside agricultural…

Portland classifies animal grooming as a Retail Sales and Service personal-service use under Title 33.920.250, letting groomers operate in commercial zones alongside hair salons and…

Portland City Code bars anyone from feeding or offering food to wild animals or aquatic life inside a city park, a parks-conduct rule enforced by Portland Parks & Recreation and…

Portland City Code requires any animal inside a city park to be leashed to no more than eight feet, with waste picked up promptly; general dog-at-large enforcement outside parks…

Portland zones veterinary clinics and boarding-only kennels under the Retail Sales And Service use category, so each zone's use table, not a separate vet ordinance, decides where one…

Portland allows up to 4 beehives per lot (6 on lots 10,000+ sq ft), with mandatory setbacks, flyaway barriers, and a 150-foot neighbor notice before installing hives.

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.

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…

Portland requires a permit for any retaining wall over 4 feet tall, measured from the footing bottom to the wall top, and for any wall supporting a surcharge; engineered design is…

Portland requires a building permit to build a fence unless it falls under a height exemption: wood fences up to 7 feet, masonry or concrete walls up to 4 feet, and woven-wire or…

Portland conditions barbed wire on fence height and placement, but bans battery-charged electric fences outright on residential property. Hardwired electric fencing is limited to…

In Portland's single-dwelling zones, front-yard fences top out at 3-1/2 feet, while side and rear yard fences can go up to 8 feet under the zoning code.

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…

Portland requires a Fire Marshal permit to store or use more than 17 ounces of LP gas, and an annual permit once containers exceed 25 gallons WC or 100 lbs for 90+ days.

Portland maps Wildfire Hazard Zones based on topography, vegetation, and fuel density, and any structure inside one must meet the fire-resistive requirements of the Oregon Structural…

Portland requires smoke detectors in every sleeping room, in the area immediately outside each sleeping room, and on every additional story, including basements and attics with…

Portland bans selling, possessing, or exploding fireworks within city limits except for the narrow types allowed under Oregon law, with the Fire Marshal empowered to confiscate illegal…

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…

Multnomah County bars operating a wood burning device or doing recreational outdoor burning on any Red Day Air Quality Advisory. The Health Department forecasts and posts air quality…

Booking agents and platforms like Airbnb cannot complete a booking or collect any fee for a Portland short-term rental unless it's on the city's registry, or they face a…

Portland revokes an accessory short-term rental permit under City Code Section 3.30.040 procedures when the operator violates Title 33.207, and bars a new permit for that dwelling unit…

Portland caps Type A accessory short-term rentals at 5 overnight guests under City Code § 33.207.040.B.5. Type B rentals, which can rent up to 5 bedrooms, set guest counts through a…

Portland requires short-term rental hosts to occupy their dwelling unit at least 270 days each calendar year, so the property stays a genuine primary residence rather than a full-time…

Portland requires the resident of a Type A accessory short-term rental to occupy the dwelling unit at least 270 days each calendar year, and the rented bedrooms must be within the unit…

Portland requires a Type A or Type B accessory short-term rental permit from Portland Permitting & Development before renting bedrooms to overnight guests, renewed every two years for…

Portland limits Type B accessory short-term rentals to no more than three parking spaces; adding more violates the appearance standard meant to keep the property looking residential…

Booking agents and rental platforms must collect a $4-per-night Housing and Homelessness Fee on every Portland short-term rental stay of 30 nights or less.

Portland's zoning code lets water collection cisterns 6 feet or less in height extend fully into required side and rear setbacks in single-dwelling zones, while taller cisterns face…

Portland residents get weekly curbside compost collection through the city's franchised haulers, but contaminating the compost cart with plastic bags, diapers, Styrofoam, pet waste, or…

Portland's property maintenance code defines a 'naturescaped' yard as one planted predominantly with native plants, and exempts dead bushes, trees, and stumps on a naturescaped…

Portland requires property owners to keep tree branches trimmed to 7.5 feet above sidewalks and 11 feet above roadways, with 14 feet on major traffic streets.

Portland has no standing odd-even watering schedule. Instead, the City Administrator can order mandatory water curtailment during a shortage or emergency, with rules issued…

Portland requires property owners to cut grass and weeds in lawn areas whenever they exceed a prevailing height of 10 inches, treating overgrowth as a public nuisance under the city's…

Portland requires tree-for-tree replacement for most permitted removals under Title 11, stepping up to inch-for-inch replacement for large or high-volume removals, with a…

Portland caps accessory dwelling units at 800 square feet or 75% of the primary home's living area, whichever is smaller, and requires a 40-foot front setback or placement behind the…

Portland caps detached sheds and other covered accessory structures at 20 feet tall, holds them to standard building setbacks unless they qualify for a small-structure exception, and…

Multnomah County bars short-term rental of accessory dwelling units in rural residential zones like MUA-20 outside Portland; owners must record a covenant limiting the ADU to long-term…

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…

Portland treats any pool holding water over 24 inches deep as a swimming pool, above-ground included, and the code carves out a specific exception: unlike an ordinary fence of the same…

Portland requires a permit for any barrier or enclosure around a hot tub or spa deeper than 24 inches, since City Code classifies it as a swimming pool regardless of the usual…

Portland landlords must give tenants at least 90 days' written notice before any rent increase of 5% or more within a rolling 12-month period.

Portland's Housing Maintenance Code requires landlords to keep supplied facilities and equipment in working order, and every residential property must meet current building, plumbing…

Portland landlords ending a tenancy without cause must give 90 days' written notice and pay relocation assistance of $2,900 to $4,500 depending on unit size.

Oregon caps rent hikes statewide, but Portland adds its own trigger: a 10%+ increase in 12 months forces the landlord to pay relocation assistance on top of the state notice.

Portland requires every residential rental unit owner to register the unit and file an annual schedule listing all owned rental addresses in the city.

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 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…

Portland requires tow companies to register as PPI (Private Property Impound) towers with the Bureau of Transportation and follow strict conditions before towing an unauthorized…

Portland's home occupation code prohibits running a vehicle repair or assembly business from a residential dwelling anywhere in the city, no permit available.

Portland treats pawnbrokers as secondhand dealers under Chapter 14B.90, requiring a City permit from the Revenue Division plus Oregon's separate pawnbroker license.

Portland requires a Revenue Division permit to buy or resell secondhand goods, with police vetting, ID checks on sellers, and mandatory transaction reporting.

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…

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires a massage treatment business to hold a state massage business license under ORS Chapter 687 before opening; operating without one is an…

Portland's zoning code sets height, mounting, and street-screening rules for rooftop solar panels on houses in single-dwelling zones, letting installers exceed normal roof height…

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…

Portland property owners must keep adjacent sidewalks clear of earth, rock, vegetation, and overhanging limbs under City Code § 29.20.010(K), maintaining a 7.5-foot vertical clearance…

Portland puts sidewalk, curb, driveway, and parking-strip repair squarely on the abutting property owner, not the City.

Portland requires a City Administrator permit before any private structure is built or kept in the public street area, including the sidewalk zone abutting a property.

Portland bans private businesses and other private entities from using facial recognition technology on customers in places of public accommodation, with narrow exceptions for legal…

Portland residents must get a temporary street closure permit from the City Administrator before blocking off a street for a block party, under City Code § 17.24.017.

Vendors at Portland street fairs and parades like the Rose Festival must hold a sidewalk vending permit plus a special event designation from the City Administrator, filed at least…

Portland requires a City permit before any restaurant sets up outdoor dining in the sidewalk or parking lane, with an application fee, insurance, and annual fee review.

Portland bans painting, taping, or dropping objects in the right-of-way to save parade route space without authorization, and the city can remove unauthorized markers on sight.

Portland requires a Parks & Recreation permit for any park activity involving 150+ people, added structures, extra city services, exclusive use, or building use: issued by the City…

Portland charges a 6 percent transient lodgings tax on rent for any hotel or short-term rental stay of 30 days or less, collected by the operator at the time of payment.

Portland City Code bars city staff and resources from enforcing federal immigration law, codified in Chapter 23.20 after years as a policy-only sanctuary city.

New residential floating docks on Portland's Willamette River frontage are capped at 200 square feet with no variances, and shallow water habitat is off-limits to docks entirely.

Portland requires new construction in flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor above the base flood elevation plus a freeboard buffer that runs 1 to 2 feet depending on the…

Portland requires development and redevelopment projects that create or replace impervious surface to manage stormwater onsite, treating pollutants and controlling flow rate under…

Portland requires a development permit before any construction, fill, or grading in a mapped flood hazard area, with elevation and floodproofing standards set by zone.

Portland requires a permit for most grading and earthwork, with drainage and terracing standards for every cut or fill slope on private property.

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…

Portland allows farming by right only in its Residential Farm/Forest and R20 zones; it's a conditional use in R10/R7 and largely prohibited in R5/R2.5 unless a Chapter 33.237 Market…

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…

Portland bars crossing a street outside a marked crosswalk whenever one sits within 150 feet, and requires pedestrians crossing elsewhere to cross the street at right angles under City…

Portland City Code bans lighting, smoking, or vaping in any city park, with limited exceptions for designated employee areas and Native American ceremonial tobacco use; violators face…

Portland bans skateboards, in-line skates, and scooters on sidewalks within the downtown core bounded by SW Jefferson, Naito Parkway, NW Hoyt, and 13th Avenue, with a minimum $115 fine…

Portland bans urinating or defecating anywhere in a city park except inside a public restroom fixture or a facility built for toileting; even bodily discharge must go in a waste…

Portland bans intentionally blocking sidewalk passage or property entrances anywhere in the city, and layers on stricter pedestrian-only hours in the Downtown and Rose Quarter/Lloyd…

Portland bans consuming alcoholic liquor or possessing an open container on any public property, street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way, with narrow exceptions for permitted sidewalk…

Portland has no film-specific closure law: a production blocking a street uses the same temporary street closure permit any applicant needs, issued by the City Administrator under Code…

Film crews shooting in Portland for up to three days a year must get a temporary business license under City Code Chapter 7.03, paying $25 per day.

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…

Portland requires an inspection of all permitted construction work, scheduled by the permit holder, before the City Administrator will approve each stage of the project and let work…

Portland requires owners of five-story Type V-A apartment buildings to keep required fire and life-safety systems operable and quarterly-tested at all times.

Portland decks, stairs, and ramps no more than 2-1/2 feet above grade can extend fully into your required yard setback with no exception process; taller decks intrude only 20% of the…

Portland bans lead-based paint on any residential structure surface and requires hazardous-materials remediation before a property can be occupied.

Portland requires CO alarms in existing rental units with a carbon monoxide source, and in all existing dwellings once one is added or structural permit work begins.

Portland requires an electrical permit before most electrical work begins, under Title 26, and enforces the Oregon Electrical Specialty Code as the city's adopted electrical code with…

Every exterior door on a Portland dwelling must have a lock that discourages unwanted entry but still opens from inside without a key, under the city's housing maintenance code.

Portland requires a permit or minor label for nearly all plumbing work, from new water and sewer systems to rainwater harvesting and fixture removal.

Portland caps house size in single-dwelling zones with a maximum floor area ratio tied to unit count, not a lot-coverage percentage.

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…

Portland bars, taprooms, and nightclubs with amplified music must not cause a noise disturbance, and after 10 p.m. their sound cannot be plainly audible inside a nearby dwelling until…

Portland has no HVAC-specific noise rule; air conditioners, heat pumps and other stationary equipment fall under the citywide zone-based decibel limits, capped at 55 dBA into a…

Portland bans parking or stopping a vehicle whose alarm doesn't shut itself off within an aggregate three minutes during any 15-minute period, on any public street or in a public park.

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…

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…

Downtown Portland buildings in the Design overlay zone must pass design review against the Central City Fundamental Design Guidelines before a permit issues, a mandatory approval…

Portland lets commercial/mixed-use developers build past base FAR and height limits by providing affordable housing or affordable commercial space under City Code § 33.130.212.

Portland can review and remove a public monument if it draws sustained community opposition or fails nine listed criteria, with findings routed through the Historic Landmarks…

Portland bans flying drones, remote-controlled aircraft, and RC watercraft in any city park, except for permitted City work, emergency operations, or areas the City designates for that…

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…

Portland requires property owners to eradicate tree-of-heaven and every other species on the City's Nuisance Plants List under Code Section 29.20.010.G, enforced through the same…

Portland property owners must eradicate every species on the City's Nuisance Plants List, roots, shoots, and seeds included, under the outdoor maintenance requirements of City Code…

Portland requires rental property owners to provide tenants weekly recycling and composting (yard debris) pickup, paired with every-other-week garbage collection.

Trash, litter, and debris dumped or left on Portland property or the adjacent right-of-way is a nuisance under City Code 29.20.010; the City can abate it and bill the owner, with added…

Portland requires covered food-scrap generating businesses to separate food scraps from trash for compostable collection under City Code Chapter 17.102.

Portland treats roll-off dumpsters as parked vehicles: no dumpster within 50 feet of an intersection without City Administrator permission, and overnight dumpsters need reflectors.

Portland requires businesses and multifamily complexes to recycle 75% of the solid waste they produce, and to recycle all paper and containers, under City Code Chapter 17.102.

Portland rental properties must subscribe to a franchised hauler: weekly recycling and composting, garbage every other week for four units or fewer.

Portland caps how long garbage, recycling, and compost carts can sit in the public right-of-way: no more than two hours before or after collection without a City permit.

Portland residents get weekly curbside recycling through a City-franchised hauler, and putting the wrong material in the cart is a code violation.

Portland limits how long garbage, recycling, and compost carts can sit in the public right-of-way: no more than two hours before or after your scheduled collection.

Non-illuminated signs placed inside Portland windows are exempt from the sign code, but illuminated window signs lose that exemption in the OS, RF through RM4, RMP, CI1, CR, and IR…

Portland caps changing image sign features, its term for digital displays, at 20 square feet total per site under Title 32, with brightness limits, a narrow sports-field exception, and…

Portland has no separate political-sign ordinance; campaign yard signs are regulated the same as any other lawn sign under Title 32: capped at 3 square feet with no permit required.

In unincorporated Multnomah County, a garage-sale sign counts as a temporary lawn sign: capped at 3 square feet and 42 inches tall, and it must come down within six months of going up.

In the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area's General Management Area, Multnomah County exempts seasonal holiday light displays from its ban on luminous and internally illuminated signs…

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…

Portland's property maintenance code requires every structure be kept free of insect and rodent infestation, with prompt extermination and reinfestation prevention required under…

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…

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…

Portland marijuana dispensaries and retailers must sit at least 1,000 feet from any school and 1,000 feet from another dispensary or retailer.

Portland bars new medical dispensaries or marijuana retailers within 1,000 feet of another dispensary or retailer, within 1,000 feet of a school, or in residential zones RF through RM4…

Portland requires new development and street-improvement projects to plant one street tree for every 25 feet of frontage in the public right-of-way, reviewed under City Code Title 11's…

Portland designates Heritage Trees by City Council action, and removing, pruning, or injuring one without written authorization from the City Administrator is unlawful.

Within Multnomah County's mapped SEC riparian overlays, developers cannot clear more than half of mature trees (6-inch DBH or larger) without replacing them one-for-one with a…

Portland bans stopping or parking any vehicle on or within a bicycle lane, path, or trail under Chapter 16.20, and separately bars leaving a bicycle so it blocks sidewalk, roadway, or…

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…

Portland bars non-pedestrians from the sidewalk's 6-8 foot pedestrian use zone in Downtown and the Rose Quarter/Lloyd district, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, effectively restricting sitting…

Portland bans leaving garbage, sewage, or drug paraphernalia around a campsite on public property, alongside limits on fires, structures, and digging.

Portland taxes partnerships, LLCs, S corps, and trusts at the entity level under the Business License Law, not the individual owners.

Portland parks close to the public every night from 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under City Code § 20.12.210, with limited exceptions for roadway crossings, scheduled events, and municipal…

Portland bars unaccompanied minors from public property and rights-of-way late at night, with cutoff times set by age and school-attendance status.

Portland requires a City Administrator permit for every sidewalk vending cart and caps cart size to 24 square feet of sidewalk, six feet in length, five feet in height.

Selling food from a cart on a Portland sidewalk requires a City Administrator permit under the sidewalk vendor code before any transaction can happen.

Portland requires a City Administrator permit to vend from a sidewalk cart, and only allows vending in permit operating areas within commercial or employment zones, subject to spacing…

Portland property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from sidewalks abutting their land at all times, with no grace period, and are liable for injuries or City costs from…

Portland requires owners of any unimproved lot to keep weeds and lawn grass under 10 inches, or the city abates it and bills the owner.

Portland City Code Chapter 29.40 declares any structure that endangers life, health, or safety a "dangerous structure," and the City Administrator can order repair, vacation, or…

Along the Willamette River, Portland's zoning code bans upward-facing exterior lights and requires full opaque shielding on light fixtures.

Portland caps glare from nonresidential lighting at 0.5 foot candles measured on a neighboring property and bans strobe lights visible from adjacent land, under the city's off-site…

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…

Portland's single-dwelling zoning code sets minimum yard setbacks in Table 110-4: a 20-foot front setback in the RF, R20, and R10 zones, tapering to 10 feet in R5 and R2.5, with 5- to…

Portland caps single-dwelling home height at 30 feet in most residential zones and 35 feet in the denser R2.5 zone, per Table 110-4 under City Code § 33.110.215, with narrow exceptions…

Portland caps building footprint by lot size in single-dwelling zones, from 50% on small lots down to a sliding percentage on larger ones.

Portland caps garage sales at 3 consecutive days, held on no more than 2 separate occasions per calendar year, in residential and mixed-employment zones under the temporary activities…

Multnomah County's Health Department inspects rental units in unincorporated areas only after a tenant or resident files a complaint, not on a routine schedule.

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 residents can report suspected nuisances, stagnant water, dead animal carcasses, abandoned vehicles, unsecured vacant buildings, to the Health Officer or Sheriff, who…

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…

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'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…