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OR SB77

Bill

Status

Failed

6/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

Senate

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Amends ORS 215.448 to define "home occupation" as an occupation or profession customarily conducted in a dwelling that is accessory, incidental, and subordinate to residential use

  • Requires home occupations on exclusive farm use, forest, or mixed farm/forest zoned lands to be operated by a property owner who resides in the dwelling, with no more than five non-owner employees

  • Prohibits on-site dining, drinking, event hosting, or lodging of more than five unrelated persons (with specified statutory exceptions), and limits external signage to unlighted signs of 12 square feet or less

  • Restricts home occupation operations to no more than 2,000 square feet within the dwelling or accessory buildings, with a maximum of three client vehicle parking spaces

  • Authorizes counties to establish additional reasonable conditions for home occupation approval, while clarifying that home occupations cannot justify zone changes or authorize new structure development

Legislative Description

Relating to home occupations on resource lands.

Last Action

In committee upon adjournment.

6/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources and Wildfire1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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