ORS 197.665 Locations of residential homes

In addition to allowing residential homes within an urban growth boundary under ORS 197A.385:

Residential homes are a permitted use in:

Any residential zone, including a residential zone which allows a single-unit dwelling; and

Any commercial zone which allows a single-unit dwelling.

A city or county may not impose any zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of a residential home in a zone described in subsection (1) of this section that is more restrictive than a zoning requirement imposed on a single-unit dwelling in the same zone.

A city or county may:

Allow a residential home in an existing dwelling in any area zoned for farm use, including an exclusive farm use zone established under ORS 215.203;

Impose zoning requirements on the establishment of a residential home in areas described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, provided that these requirements are no more restrictive than those imposed on other nonfarm single-unit dwellings in the same zone; and

Allow a division of land for a residential home in an exclusive farm use zone only as described in ORS 215.263 (9).