Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
Chapter contents
197A.015Definitions 197A.018Definition of “needed housing.” 197A.020Limitations on requiring contribution for government assisted housing 197A.025Policy; rulemaking principles 197A.030Department support to local governments and tribes to incentivize needed housing 197A.100Housing production strategy 197A.103Review of housing production strategy; rules 197A.110City report on housing permitting and production 197A.115City report on implementation of housing production strategy 197A.130Cities with unmet housing needs; referral to housing acceleration program; housing acceleration agreement 197A.140Expedited land division; procedures; application fee 197A.142Eligibility for expedited land division 197A.146Expedited process for certain residential development applications 197A.200Local government planning for needed housing 197A.205Housing and Community Services Department review of certain local housing measures 197A.207Zoning for urban services; capital improvement plan; tax assessment 197A.208Disqualification of farm use assessment upon sale for land zoned for urban services 197A.210Development-ready lands 197A.212Refinement plan; effect on procedures within plan area 197A.215Application to remove property from within urban growth boundary; conditions 197A.216Removal of open spaces from buildable lands inventory 197A.218Availability of urban facilities and services 197A.230Definitions for ORS 197A.230 to 197A.250 197A.232Findings regarding long-range planning 197A.235Designation of rural and urban reserves pursuant to intergovernmental agreement; rules 197A.242Coordinated and concurrent process for designation of urban and rural reserves 197A.245Urban reserves; rules 197A.250Designation of certain Washington County lands 197A.270Determination of housing capacity and accommodation of needed housing by cities with population of 25,000 or greater 197A.278Lane County accommodation of needed housing 197A.280Determination of housing capacity and accommodation of needed housing by cities with population of less than 25,000 197A.285Priority of land to be included within urban growth boundaries; rules 197A.300Definition of “serviceable.” 197A.302Purposes; rules 197A.305Alternative amendment process; rules 197A.310Cities with population of less than 10,000; rules 197A.312Cities with population of 10,000 or greater; rules 197A.315Expansion study areas; notice; urban service agreements 197A.320[2013 c.575 §7; 2023 c.13 §24; renumbered 197A.285 in 2023] 197A.325Review of final decision of city; rules 197A.335Determination of housing capacity and accommodation of needed housing by Metro cities 197A.340Metro urbanizable lands; use in planning; county responsibility 197A.348Definition of “needed housing.” 197A.350Determination of housing capacity and accommodation of needed housing by Metro 197A.355Priority of land to be included within Metro urban growth boundary 197A.358Metro urban growth boundary designation 197A.362Timing of Metro accommodation of needed housing; lands for public schools 197A.365Metro housing coordination strategy 197A.370Metro report of performance measures 197A.372Metro evaluation of accommodation of needed housing; corrective action; enforcement 197A.385Residential treatment facilities 197A.386Crisis stabilization centers 197A.395Limits on local government prohibitions 197A.400Clear and objective approval criteria required; alternative approval process 197A.402Local approval of land division or construction of housing; conditions of approval 197A.405[2017 c.709 §1; 2018 c.15 §10; repealed by 2023 c.13 §96] 197A.407[2017 c.709 §2; 2018 c.15 §11; repealed by 2023 c.13 §96] 197A.408Adoption of preapproved residential development types; rules 197A.409[2017 c.709 §3; repealed by 2023 c.13 §96] 197A.411[2017 c.709 §4; repealed by 2023 c.13 §96] 197A.413[2017 c.709 §6; repealed by 2023 c.13 §96] 197A.420Duplexes; middle housing 197A.421Additional accessible or affordable middle housing units 197A.425Accessory dwelling units 197A.430Single room occupancies 197A.431Policy 197A.432Siting of manufactured home or prefabricated structure 197A.434Prohibition of restrictions on manufactured dwelling or prefabricated structure 197A.436Planning for parks; inventory; placement and design standards 197A.438Restriction on parks in commercial or industrial zones 197A.440Replacement of park destroyed by natural disaster 197A.445Affordable housing allowed outright; commercial conversion to residential use; affordable housing density bonus 197A.447Planning and uses of home start lands for affordable housing 197A.449Conversion of hotel or motel to emergency shelter or affordable housing 197A.452Transitional housing accommodations 197A.460Residential use of commercial lands for affordable housing 197A.465Local requirements to develop affordable housing 197A.470Final action on affordable housing application; affordable housing developed by religious corporation 197A.500Definitions for ORS 197A.500 to 197A.521 197A.502Legislative findings; equivalency of project procedures and requirements to certain land use procedures; construe liberally 197A.503Preemptive effect of ORS 197A.500 to 197A.521 197A.505Establishment of criteria for decisions in land use final order 197A.507Procedure for review of established criteria 197A.509Development of land use final order; steering committee; application to council for land use final order; council procedures; public hearing; notice; staff report 197A.511Land use final order; notice 197A.513Plan amendments; approvals; petition for writ of mandamus 197A.515Land Use Board of Appeals review of land use final order 197A.517Supreme Court review of Land Use Board of Appeals opinion on land use final order 197A.519Amendments to land use final order 197A.521Failure to meet timeline 197A.800Establishment of Housing Accountability and Production Office; rules 197A.805Office responses to violations of housing laws 197A.810Office enforcement orders; order request notice; rules 197A.820Housing Accountability and Production Office Fund

Chapter 197A — Land Use Planning: Housing and Urbanization

ORS 197A.425 Accessory dwelling units

(1)(a)

A city with a population greater than 2,500 or a county with a population greater than 15,000 shall allow in areas within the urban growth boundary that are zoned for detached single-unit dwellings the development of at least one accessory dwelling unit for each detached single-unit dwelling, subject to reasonable local regulations relating to siting and design.

(b)

As used in this subsection:

(A)

“Accessory dwelling unit” means an interior, attached or detached residential structure that is used in connection with or that is accessory to a single-unit dwelling.

(B)

“Reasonable local regulations relating to siting and design” does not include owner-occupancy requirements of either the primary or accessory structure or requirements to construct additional off-street parking.

(2)

Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit local governments from regulating vacation occupancies, as defined in ORS 90.100, to require owner-occupancy or off-street parking.

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Online copy of the published ORS edition

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Version history

Earlier statutory text is available in an ingested published ORS edition.