Landscaping Rules in Oregon (2026)

In the City of Albany, Oregon, the owner of a private tree overhanging a street or right-of-way must prune it to leave…

Beaverton requires property owners to prune trees and bushes to at least ten feet above roadways and eight feet above…

Owners of property next to a Bend right-of-way must keep the trees between their lot and the nearest travel lane…

In unincorporated Benton County's Urban Commercial zone, BCC § 68.410(7) caps vegetation, structures and embankments in…

County code bars trees, shrubs, hedges and overhanging limbs on or near a road right-of-way if they block the view…

Every property owner in the City of Corvallis must prune trees, shrubs, and vegetation growing in the park strip in…

Eugene regulates how trees, shrubs and vegetation in the public right-of-way along streets, alleys and sidewalks may be…

Gresham requires property owners to keep vegetation trimmed so it doesn't hang lower than 8 feet over a sidewalk or 12…

Hillsboro property owners must keep limbs, bushes and other vegetation clear of the street and sidewalk in front of…

In unincorporated Lane County, trees and shrubs must clear nine feet over a sidewalk or parking strip and fifteen feet…

Marion County requires no permit to trim trees on your own property, but vegetation that blocks the view of a public…

Medford Code Section 6.730 makes every property owner responsible for trimming, pruning, and spraying trees on private…

Portland requires property owners to keep tree branches trimmed to 7.5 feet above sidewalks and 11 feet above roadways…

Property owners in Salem must maintain and prune trees, shrubs, or other plants on their land that project into City…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.050 declares any tree or shrub in a parking strip, public…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, branches of trees and bushes that adjoin the right-of-way, including an adjoining…

On forestland, the Oregon Forest Practices Act (ORS Chapter 527) preempts local tree-cutting regulation. ORS 527.722…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, removing a large tree takes a City Forester permit, and § 7.98.180 approves removal only…

In the City of Bend, only the City, or an adjacent property owner with a City tree permit, may plant, remove, or…

In the High-Protection Floodplain areas of unincorporated Benton County within the Corvallis Urban Fringe, Benton…

A Corvallis property owner needs a City Manager permit under Municipal Code Section 2.19.060 before pruning or removing…

Eugene requires a permit before felling most trees on private property, with stricter thresholds on larger lots: more…

Removing a mature tree, 8+ inches in diameter or a 30-foot conifer, during a Type II or Type III development…

SRC 808.030 requires a City tree and vegetation removal permit before cutting a significant tree, a riparian-corridor…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, no person shall remove a street tree without prior written approval, obtained either…

Removing trees from a Beaverton Significant Grove or Natural Resource Area triggers mitigation planting under…

Unincorporated Clackamas County has no standalone yard-tree permit, but ZDO 1002.02 caps non-exempt removals at three…

Every parcel in Gresham, developed or vacant, falls under the city's Tree Protection, Removal and Replacement…

Lane County issues no yard-tree removal permit for ordinary residential lots. Commercial harvesting on forestland…

Unincorporated Marion County requires no permit to remove a private tree. Inside the City of Salem, protected trees and…

Medford requires written permission from the Parks and Recreation Director before anyone other than a city employee…

In unincorporated Multnomah County's mapped Significant Water Resources (SEC-wr) overlay, no more than half of mature…

Portland requires tree-for-tree replacement for most permitted removals under Title 11, stepping up to inch-for-inch…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, felling more than 5 trees of 5-inch DBH or larger within any 12-month period on a…

Removing trees on unincorporated Washington County land triggers Community Development Code Section 407-3, which…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, grass in excess of 10 inches is a public nuisance. So are weeds or other noxious…

Beaverton caps weeds and grass on property at 12 inches; anything taller is declared 'noxious vegetation,' a public…

The City of Bend does not set a maximum weed height; instead, Bend Code 13.30.005(B)(2) requires owners of tax lots…

No. Clackamas County has no ordinance addressing tall grass or weeds. The county states that properties outside city…

In the City of Corvallis, owners and anyone with care or custody of a lot, including the adjacent park strip in the…

Eugene caps weeds and grass on undeveloped property at 10 inches between June 15 and September 30, and separately bans…

Gresham caps herbaceous vegetation at 10 inches on your own property as well as the planter strip and street or alley…

Hillsboro caps grass and weeds at 12 inches on every lot in the city. The Municipal Code defines anything taller as…

Lane Code 9.057.574 defines weeds more than ten inches high as "noxious vegetation," along with poison oak or ivy…

Within the unincorporated Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary, Marion County Code 8.15 defines nuisance vegetation as…

Medford bans letting grass, weeds, brush, or bushes grow past ten inches tall on any real property from May 1 through…

Multnomah County declares uncontrolled or uncultivated weeds, brush or grass a nuisance when they harbor vectors or…

Portland requires property owners to cut grass and weeds in lawn areas whenever they exceed a prevailing height of 10…

Salem caps weeds and grass at ten inches: SRC 50.025 defines 'noxious vegetation' as weeds or grass over ten inches…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, weeds and grass more than 10 inches high are noxious vegetation. No responsible party…

Uncontrolled weeds, brush or grass on unincorporated property is a declared nuisance under county code: the health…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, watering limits switch on when the Public Works Director declares a severe or critical…

In the City of Bend, irrigation is banned every day, year-round, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and outdoor watering…

Wasting or negligently using water on a Corvallis premises lets the City utility shut off service if the customer…

Gresham's Springwater Plan District caps lawn and sod area at 10 percent of a site's undeveloped land and requires new…

Hillsboro has no standing lawn-watering schedule; non-voluntary water curtailment activates only after the City Manager…

Marion County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In Salem, the Public Works Director may curtail water use…

Portland has no standing odd-even watering schedule. Instead, the City Administrator can order mandatory water…

Salem bars knowingly or negligently wasting public system water and lets the Director curtail water use citywide during…

Beaverton has no standing lawn-watering schedule; instead the city council can prohibit or restrict water use by…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, the Public Works Director can order limits on water use by hours, purpose or manner, and…

Oregon allows rainwater collection from impervious rooftop surfaces without a water right under ORS 537.141. The…

Rainwater harvesting is legal statewide. ORS 537.141 exempts collecting precipitation from an artificial impervious…

Oregon law lets you collect rain and snowmelt from a rooftop or other artificial impervious surface without a water…

Portland's zoning code lets water collection cisterns 6 feet or less in height extend fully into required side and rear…

Beaverton's Development Code requires new site landscaping to draw from approved plant lists, including Metro's Native…

In Eugene's NR Natural Resource zone, EC 9.2530 requires all planting and replanting to use native species from a list…

Gresham's Springwater Plan District requires landscaping plans to select native or drought-tolerant plant species…

Marion County does not require any particular plants and does not ban native or xeric landscaping. Ornamental landscape…

In land mapped SEC-h for significant wildlife habitat, Multnomah County requires every mitigation planting to be a…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, grass and weeds more than 10 inches high are noxious vegetation that a responsible party…

In rural Josephine County, outside the Grants Pass and Cave Junction urban growth boundaries, the Rural Land…

Portland's property maintenance code defines a 'naturescaped' yard as one planted predominantly with native plants, and…

In the City of Corvallis, a Naturescape yard, landscaping and gardening that uses predominantly native plants for…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 4.4.105 requires most new development to irrigate its…

Portland residents get weekly curbside compost collection through the city's franchised haulers, but contaminating the…

Clackamas County does not require a permit to compost at home, but a compost pile that smells, breeds pests or creates…

Corvallis exempts residential composting from its rat-eradication waste ban, letting households pile waste vegetable…