ORS 30.930 to 30.947 protect farm and forest practices from most nuisance and trespass claims when conducted on land zoned for those uses.
Oregon's Right to Farm law, originally enacted in 1981 and strengthened by SB 1010 (2001), bars private nuisance and trespass claims arising from generally accepted farming or forest practices on land zoned for exclusive farm use, forest, or mixed use. ORS 30.937 invalidates conflicting local ordinances purporting to declare such practices a nuisance. ORS 30.936 protects practices that comply with applicable laws and good practices. Plaintiffs who lose Right-to-Farm cases may be liable for the prevailing farmer's attorney fees. Aerial pesticide application and certain non-accepted practices remain outside the law's protection.
Plaintiffs filing barred nuisance claims may face dismissal and adverse fee awards under ORS 30.938.
Salem, OR
Salem designates public parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. Those spaces are reserved exclusively for vehicles that are actively charging. Paying t...
Salem, OR
Salem Revised Code Chapter 102 prohibits vehicles from remaining parked on the same public street block for more than 24 consecutive hours. Overnight parking...
Salem, OR
Salem has no city ordinance setting a specific defensible-space distance (e.g., 30 or 100 feet). Tall grass, brush, and dead vegetation can be abated as a pu...
Salem, OR
Salem adopts the Oregon Fire Code (OFC) in SRC Chapter 58, which incorporates OFC Chapter 61 and NFPA 58 standards governing LP-gas and propane storage, hand...
Salem, OR
Salem declares overgrown weeds and tall grass a public nuisance under SRC Chapter 98. Property owners must maintain vegetation to prevent it from becoming a ...
Salem, OR
Salem encourages home composting and offers curbside yard-debris collection. SRC Chapter 47 governs solid waste and yard debris. No permit is required for ba...
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