Property Maintenance in Oregon (2026)

Portland City Code Chapter 29.40 declares any structure that endangers life, health, or safety a "dangerous structure,"…

Beaverton requires every dwelling to meet baseline maintenance standards, and treats a violation as a public nuisance…

The City of Bend prohibits occupancy of any structure that is boarded, partially constructed and abandoned, unfit for…

Unsafe or dilapidated buildings in unincorporated Benton County are declared public nuisances under the county's…

Clackamas County can order a substandard or dangerous building repaired, vacated or demolished as a public nuisance…

Eugene bars any person responsible from causing or allowing a nuisance, including a derelict structure that is…

Gresham bans owning or operating a property with a derelict structure and requires registration, securing, and repair…

Hillsboro can order owners of structurally unsafe, fire-damaged, or unsanitary buildings to repair or demolish within…

When a Medford structure is so deteriorated, dilapidated, or out of repair that it's unsafe or unfit for occupancy, the…

In unincorporated Multnomah County, the building official can declare a dangerous or dilapidated structure a public…

County health officers can declare junk, unsealed wells, discarded lockable containers and fire-hazard debris on…

Piling up solid waste, garbage, demolition debris or fill dirt on unincorporated Lane County property is a nuisance if…

In unincorporated Marion County, Oregon, accumulating solid waste or inoperable vehicles that are offensive, hazardous…

Salem Revised Code 56.215 declares any dangerous building a public nuisance that must be abated by repair, demolition…

Hillsboro requires owners of registered vacant or foreclosed residential property to keep it looking occupied, free of…

Beaverton bans weeds or grass over 12 inches tall on any property, including vacant and unimproved lots, as an abatable…

Owners of vacant or undeveloped tax lots larger than one-half acre in the City of Bend must establish and maintain a…

Gresham caps herbaceous vegetation on any property, including vacant and unimproved lots, at 10 inches tall as part of…

Lane County has no separate vacant-lot ordinance; vacant parcels are governed by the general nuisance code. Storing an…

Marion County has no separate vacant-lot registry, but owners of vacant land within the unincorporated Salem-Keizer…

Undeveloped Medford lots over an acre, unbuilt subdivisions, and unmaintained farmland face their own…

Multnomah County code makes uncontrolled or uncultivated weeds, brush, or grasses a nuisance on any property, including…

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

Beaverton property owners must clear snow or ice from sidewalks abutting their property within four hours of daylight…

BC 5.35.020 requires property owners abutting a public sidewalk to clear snow within six daylight hours in commercial…

Eugene treats snow, ice, leaves and litter left on a sidewalk as a public nuisance under EC 6.010(k), letting code…

Gresham bars letting snow, ice, leaves, rubbish, or other litter build up on the sidewalk, driveway approach, or…

Hillsboro property owners must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 8 hours of daylight after it falls or forms, or cover…

Medford requires property owners and occupants to clear snow and make ice-covered sidewalks safe within the first two…

Portland property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from sidewalks abutting their land at all times, with no…

Salem requires owners, lessees, and occupants of property abutting a sidewalk to keep it clean and clear of ice, snow…