Springfield, OR

Springfield, Oregon bars anyone from burning garbage or refuse out of doors unless duly licensed or franchised. Municipal Code section 4.418(4) carves out leaf and dry-rubbish burning…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.288 bans possessing or igniting fireworks, as defined in ORS 480.110, inside Willamalane park and recreation district…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.292 bans open fires inside Willamalane park and recreation district facilities open to the public, including parks, roads…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, the Hillside Development (HD) Overlay District imposes added fire protection duties on hillside land the Fire Marshal determines is vegetated and…

Oregon law requires working smoke alarms on every level of a home, outside sleeping areas, and inside bedrooms where building code requires. For rentals, the landlord must supply…

A new house or mobile home sited in Lane County's Important Forest Land (F-1) or Forest Land (F-2) districts must clear a 100-foot fuel break of flammable material between the dwelling…

Oregon requires a State Fire Marshal license to install, extend, alter, or repair LP gas containers, appliances, or piping. Installers must report every new propane installation to the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Municipal Code § 5.220(3)(b) makes it a per se noise violation to operate any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle so out of repair…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Municipal Code § 5.220(3)(d) bars erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering, or repairing any building between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Municipal Code § 5.220(3)(f) bars operating a piano, phonograph, radio, loudspeaker, stereo, or other sound-amplifying device so its…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.420 makes it unlawful to unreasonably permit a dog to cause continuous annoyance. Section 5.402 defines continuous…

The City of Springfield, Oregon does not test noise with a decibel meter under its general ordinance; Springfield Municipal Code Section 5.220 bans any noise 'unreasonable in its…

Lane County's noise ordinance, LC Chapter 6.225, does not cover aircraft. LC 6.225.015(C) exempts any sound source regulated by federal law, naming aircraft specifically alongside…

Between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., Lane County doesn't need a decibel meter to cite you: under LC 6.225.010A(2), any sound from a regulated device that's simply "plainly audible" inside a…

Lane County has no leaf-blower ban. Yard and domestic tools such as lawn mowers, chain saws, drills and saws are treated as 'sound producing devices' only between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, the animal control code regulates dogs and farm animals running at large but expressly excuses cats. Section 5.418(2) exempts bees and cats from the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.418 makes it unlawful for a dog keeper to permit a dog to be at large within city limits. Section 5.402 defines 'at large'…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, the animal control code requires a microchip only for one narrow category of pet: licensed Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs. Section 5.426(6)(d) requires…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Section 5.476 bans keeping wildlife or an exotic animal anywhere inside city limits. Section 5.402 defines exotic animals to include non-native big…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, dangerous-dog enforcement is breed-neutral. Section 5.402 defines 'dog' to include an animal 'of any age, size, color or breed,' and Section 5.456…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, two separate sections protect birds. Section 5.290 bans hunting, trapping, molesting, injuring or capturing any wild bird or animal in public park…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.404 caps residential dog ownership at three adult dogs per dwelling unit, plus any number of their offspring under four…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, backyard fowl and poultry are limited by lot size under Municipal Code Section 5.408: up to four adult birds need no minimum lot, five require a…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, backyard beekeeping is limited by hive count and lot size under Municipal Code Section 5.412: one hive needs no minimum lot, two require 10,000…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Table 3.2.320 of the Springfield Development Code allows an Animal Hospital, Animal Clinic or Kennel only in the Community Commercial District…

Lane County's Animal Services Code has no blanket wildlife-feeding ban, but harboring an animal makes you its "owner" and responsible for it, and abandoning a domesticated animal is a…

Lane County does not ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats, but any 'pet dealer' selling live animals must keep detailed records on every animal for a full year under LC 7.005.164…

Anyone who adopts a dog or cat from Lane County Animal Services or another shelter must have it spayed or neutered within one to four months, depending on the animal's age. Skipping it…

Lane County allows small-scale pet grooming as a home occupation in unincorporated zoning districts, but Lane Code 10.340-15(8) caps it at two pets at a time, restricts hours to 8 a.m…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.005 requires vehicles to stand parallel to the curb, headed in the direction of traffic, with curbside wheels within 12…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.020 lets the city post maximum parking times on any block, and moving a car within the same block face does not restart the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.025 limits any vehicle in a designated loading zone to actively loading or unloading persons or materials, and caps that…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.050 confines any 'restricted truck', one weighing 10,000 pounds or more, to city-designated permitted truck routes except…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.335 defines any vehicle parked or placed on a street, alley, highway or other public way for more than 48 consecutive hours…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.050(2) caps how long a truck, bus, camper, motor home, trailer or boat may sit on any city street: no more than 16…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.002 lists off-street vehicle parking between the street and the primary building as an attractive nuisance unless it is on…

New residential and mixed-use buildings with 5 or more dwelling units in the City of Springfield, Oregon must wire for electric vehicle charging: Development Code Section 4.6.125(D)(3)…

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…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a retaining wall built alongside grading work triggers Development and Public Works Department review under the Land and Drainage Alteration…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a residential fence cannot exceed 6 feet in the front, side or rear yard under Springfield Development Code Section 4.4.115 and its Table 4.4.1…

Building a fence up to 6 feet tall in the City of Springfield, Oregon needs no development permit, but Springfield Development Code Section 4.4.115(B) requires a construction permit…

Barbed wire, razor wire and electrified fencing are tightly limited in the City of Springfield, Oregon: Development Code Section 4.4.115(C)(8) allows them only atop a 6-foot chain link…

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…

A Springfield, Oregon home business allowed under the Development Code's home occupation rules, SDC section 4.7-165, may post exactly one sign under SMC section 8.240(1): a single…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.365 allows a home business only as a secondary use inside a dwelling that does not change the residential…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.365(C)(5) bars a home business from creating hazardous traffic conditions or using on-street parking near…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a Family Child Care Home is listed as its own permitted land use in every residential zone and every commercial district, with no site plan…

Oregon's statewide Cottage Food Exemption lets residents make and sell certain low-risk foods from home with no ODA license, permit, or registration, provided annual sales stay under…

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…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.200 requires anyone with a swimming pool or other outdoor body of water deeper than 18 inches to completely enclose it with…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.202 requires a building permit before anyone constructs an in-ground swimming pool, and the building inspector cannot issue…

A short-term rental hosting platform operating in Springfield, Oregon may only collect its own booking fee once the underlying rental is lawfully registered with the city and holds a…

A short-term rental hosting platform doing business in Springfield, Oregon is jointly and severally liable for the city's 4.5% transient lodging tax alongside the property host, under…

Anyone operating a short-term rental in Springfield, Oregon must register as a transient lodging provider with the city's tax administrator within 15 calendar days of starting…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.355(A)(4) requires a Type 1 short-term rental dwelling to be occupied by its owner or operator; the same…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.355(A)(1) caps a Type 1 short-term rental at 5 or fewer guest rooms and 10 or fewer total occupants; the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, felling more than 5 trees of 5-inch DBH or larger within any 12-month period on a private lot of 10,000 square feet or more requires a Tree Felling…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.050 declares any tree or shrub in a parking strip, public place, or private lot a public nuisance if it endangers the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 4.4.105 requires most new development to irrigate its required landscaping with a permanent system, but exempts areas…

Rainwater harvesting is legal statewide. ORS 537.141 exempts collecting precipitation from an artificial impervious surface, like a rooftop, from Oregon's water-right permit system. A…

Lane Code 9.057.574 defines weeds more than ten inches high as "noxious vegetation," along with poison oak or ivy, tansy ragwort, thistle, and encroaching blackberry. In UGBs and…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.360 caps an accessory structure such as a shed, detached garage or workshop at 1,500 square feet of floor…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 3.2.275 lets a homeowner add an accessory dwelling unit by converting a garage or attic, adding floor area, or building…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 3.2.275(B)(1) lets a homeowner convert a garage into an accessory dwelling unit as one of four ways to create an ADU. A…

Lane County charges its Parks and Recreation System Development Charge on every new dwelling built in the unincorporated area, but Lane Code 4.030.020(C) sets the accessory dwelling…

A tiny house on a permanent foundation is treated as a dwelling or ADU under Lane Code 16.290 and must meet building code plus the 900 sq ft ADU cap. In the RR zone, one recreational…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, no one may cut, dig up, bore, jack or otherwise alter any street, sidewalk, alley or other public way without first obtaining an encroachment permit…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, property owners must keep the sidewalks abutting their land clean and in good repair and are liable for injuries caused by their neglect, while the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.052 bars leaving merchandise, boxes, construction materials, or any other article on a sidewalk, street, alley, or public…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, the city's franchised garbage collector must pick up residential garbage at least once a week and follow a business-district schedule set by the…

Springfield, Oregon does not shift the whole city's garbage day around holidays. Instead, Municipal Code section 4.406(1) requires the franchised collector to make a special evening…

Homeowners in Springfield, Oregon who use the franchised hauler's rolling-cart service must wheel their own 90-gallon or 60-gallon garbage cart to the curb for pickup. Municipal Code…

Springfield, Oregon caps standard household garbage cans at 32 gallons and 60 pounds when full. Municipal Code section 4.410 bars sunken receptacles and overloaded cans, and the…

Springfield, Oregon bans dumping garbage, tires, dead animals, sewage, or other refuse on someone else's property or on any public street, alley, or right-of-way without the owner's…

Springfield, Oregon lets residents set out grass clippings, hedge trimmings, and branches under eight inches in diameter as yard debris, in containers, bags, or bundles up to four feet…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, the city's licensed garbage haulers must give every customer the opportunity to recycle under Springfield Municipal Code § 4.410(7), following…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, any rental property with four or more units must set aside a spot for recycling containers under Springfield Municipal Code § 7.346, built to the…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, dumpsters and recycling bins are not decoration-exempt street furniture: Springfield Development Code Section 4.4.110 requires screening wherever…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Municipal Code § 5.220(3)(c) makes it a per se noise violation to run a generator, air compressor, or any other mechanical device…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.220 makes any unreasonably loud or long noise a violation, but subsection (4)(d) carves out an exception for burglar and…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.220(3)(f) is the general noise-ordinance clause bars and nightclubs fall under: it makes it a per se violation to run a…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, rooftop and ground-mounted HVAC units in mixed-use developments cannot just hum away in plain sight of the neighbors: Springfield Development Code…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, anyone who buys, pawns or lends against secondhand goods, from jewelry to power tools, must hold a used merchandise dealer license under Springfield…

A tobacco or vape retailer in unincorporated Lane County needs a state-authorized license and cannot operate within 1,000 feet of a school. Retailing is fixed-location only; selling…

Lane County pawnbrokers are licensed by the state under ORS Chapter 726, but the county's used-merchandise-dealer ordinance still governs their day-to-day operations. Lane Code 3.200…

Rural Lane County home occupations can repair, service, modify or assemble no more than two vehicles or trailers on site at one time. Lane Code 10.342-15(2) sets that as the ceiling…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Municipal Code § 5.256(2) bans consuming alcoholic liquor on public property, with narrow exceptions for permitted sidewalk cafes and…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, urinating or defecating in public view or in a public place is a code violation under Springfield Municipal Code Section 5.279, with the sole…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.132 bans riding a skateboard, skates, or in-line skates within a defined downtown rectangle bordered by North 7th Street, B…

The City of Springfield, Oregon, does not have a stand alone loitering statute; Municipal Code section 5.054 instead makes it unlawful for a crowd to gather on a sidewalk or street…

Lane County bans smoking and tobacco use at any time on all outdoor property it owns or occupies, including parks, natural areas and parking lots, plus personal vehicles while on…

Lane County holds hosts liable when a gathering they run lets an underage person drink or use drugs. A first offense in three years draws a warning and a $500 fine; repeat responses…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a garage sale can advertise with only one sign on the sale premises under Springfield Municipal Code § 7.266. Posting a sign to advertise more than…

Billboards over 200 square feet in the City of Springfield, Oregon are confined to the mapped Billboard District under SMC section 8.260 and capped at 38 signs citywide plus nine more…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, election signs are exempt from a sign permit under SMC section 8.234(5)(b) as long as each face stays at or under 32 square feet and the sign goes…

Inside Springfield, Oregon's Downtown Sign District, SMC section 8.250(6)(a) lets businesses cover up to 10 percent of their windows' and doors' gross glass area with signage, per…

Holiday lighting displays in the City of Springfield, Oregon are exempt from the city's outdoor lighting standards altogether: Development Code Section 4.5.105(C)(6) excuses…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a garage sale needs a city permit good for 10 consecutive days under Springfield Municipal Code § 7.264. No individual or group can get more than…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, anyone canvassing residences door to door for sales, subscriptions or charitable donations needs a license under Springfield Municipal Code § 7.202…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a resident can bar door-to-door solicitors by posting a weatherproof 'No Solicitors' or 'No Soliciting' card at least three by four inches under…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, anyone operating a rental property, from a four-plex to an apartment building or motel, needs a city business license under Springfield Municipal…

Landlords in unincorporated Lane County cannot legally rent out a dwelling that lacks working water heat to 120 degrees, room heat to 70 degrees, and sound plumbing and structure: LC…

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…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Article III governs how bicycles may be ridden on city streets. Section 6.405 bars bicycle racing on any street, alley or public way…

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…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.510 requires a parade permit from the chief of police before anyone may start, join or aid a parade, march, race or similar…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, restaurants in the Downtown District can serve food and drinks on the public sidewalk only with a revocable Sidewalk Cafe Permit from the city…

Springfield requires a special event license for any block party, festival or fair that will use city streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way, under Springfield Municipal Code section…

Any gathering of 1,000 to 3,000 people in unincorporated Lane County expected to run more than 12 hours but no more than 120 hours needs an Outdoor Assembly License from the Land…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, no construction, fill, or other development can begin inside a mapped special flood hazard area without a Floodplain Development Permit under…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code Section 3.3.430 requires new or substantially improved homes in a mapped flood zone to elevate the lowest floor…

Construction sites in the City of Springfield, Oregon must control erosion and sediment under the Land and Drainage Alteration Program, SMC sections 8.400 to 8.436. A Land and Drainage…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code § 3.3.540(B) requires a Fire Marshal-approved wildfire defense plan for each lot before the city issues a building permit, whenever…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 4.3.110 requires a site-specific stormwater management plan with structural controls for any development adding 5,000…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a private dock, boat shelter, or pier is a permitted use only in the strip between the Willamette River and the Greenway Setback Line under…

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…

The City of Springfield, Oregon bans glare from any illuminated sign, including billboards, under SMC section 8.236(9): no sign may be illuminated or lit in a way that is directed at a…

New outdoor lighting installed after July 1, 2022 in the City of Springfield, Oregon must use full cut-off or shielded fixtures under Development Code Section 4.5.110(A), and the same…

Outdoor lighting in the City of Springfield, Oregon must stay off neighboring land: Development Code Section 4.5.110(B) requires exterior fixtures to be shielded so glare and…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.116 bars anyone under 18 from being on a street, highway, park, or alley between midnight and 4:00 a.m. unless accompanied…

Lane County closes its parks between the posted daily closing time and opening time, and entering or staying past hours is a Class A violation. Moorage holders and their guests may…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.124 gives property owners, lessees, and occupants just two hours after snow or ice stops falling to clear the sidewalk…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.003 bans occupying or leaving standing a secured, abandoned, partially constructed, unsafe, or otherwise unfit structure…

Lane County has no separate vacant-lot ordinance; vacant parcels are governed by the general nuisance code. Storing an unregistered or inoperable vehicle over 90 days, or two or more…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.130 lets camping occur only in places the ordinance does not prohibit, but even where camping is allowed it bars leaving…

The City of Springfield, Oregon, does not ban simply sitting or lying on a sidewalk; instead, Municipal Code section 5.130 prohibits camping, defined broadly as sheltering or sleeping…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code § 3.3.540(A) lets a developer install a residential fire sprinkler system instead of siting a building within 50 feet of an…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.340 requires every child care center to protect children from vehicular traffic with a dedicated drop-off…

Lane County requires an approved building permit for all work covered under the county's Building Codes before construction unless the code specifically exempts it. Lane Code § LC…

Lane County adopts the Oregon State Building Code, including its plumbing specialty code, as its own Building Codes under Lane Code § 11.010, and § 11.015 requires a permit for all…

Mobile food vending in Springfield, Oregon is confined to specific zones depending on the licensing path: the Downtown Food Cart Program restricts carts to the downtown redevelopment…

A mobile food cart operating in downtown Springfield, Oregon needs a permit under the city's Downtown Food Cart Program, Springfield Municipal Code section 7.810, which also charges a…

Vending on Springfield, Oregon's public streets and sidewalks requires a city license under Springfield Municipal Code section 7.802, whether the vendor is selling from a stand, a…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, the Historic (H) Overlay District designates Historic Landmark Sites and Structures, Springfield's closest equivalent to a cultural monument…

Springfield, Oregon imposes a 4.5% transient lodging tax on every occupant of a hotel, motel, inn, RV space or short-term rental within city limits, under Springfield Municipal Code…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, subdivision approvals may require removal of species on the City's Invasive Plants List, defined at Springfield Development Code § 6.1.110 as…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.001 lists conditions that attract, feed, or harbor vermin, defined elsewhere in the chapter as insects and rats or other…

Every food handler working in a Lane County restaurant must get a Food Handler Certificate from the Health and Human Services Department within thirty days of starting the job, plus…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 4.2.140 requires a street tree in the public right-of-way planter strip for every new development, or in the front or…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, a Marijuana Retail Outlet cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a school attended primarily by minors, within 500 feet of a park where minors…

Marijuana retail outlets in the City of Springfield, Oregon are confined to two zoning districts: Development Code Section 4.7.177(A) requires them fully enclosed in a permanent…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 3.2.220 sets a uniform 10-foot front yard setback for R-1, R-2 and R-3 homes, 18 feet to a garage or carport door, a 5-foot…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 3.2.225 caps impervious surface at 35 percent on residential lots steeper than 15 percent slope or above 670 feet…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 3.2.230 caps building height at 35 feet in the R-1 district and 50 feet in R-2, while R-3 carries no height maximum at all…

Lane County can inspect any rented dwelling in the unincorporated area for violations of its minimum housing standards. Inspectors need reasonable timing and proper credentials, and by…

A tenant or owner in unincorporated Lane County can ask the County to inspect their rental for housing-code violations. The County must inspect and mail a written report within five…

In Lane County's Exclusive Farm Use zone, land-applying reclaimed water, industrial process water, biosolids or septage for farming, horticulture, silviculture or irrigation requires a…

Lane County's Exclusive Farm Use zone allows onsite filming as an accessory farm use under ORS 215.306. Table 16.212-1 lets filming and its related activities run 45 days or less with…

Lane County's Exclusive Farm Use (EFU-RCP) zone, Lane Code § 16.212, protects commercial agriculture on land the Rural Comprehensive Plan designates Agriculture. New parcels must meet…

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 837.300-837.390 govern recreational drone use in Oregon, banning weaponized UAS, restricting flights over critical infrastructure and private property, and largely preempting local…

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 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…

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…