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Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.493 (2026)

Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle

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      197.493 Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle. (1) A state agency or local government may not prohibit the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle, or impose any limit on the length of occupancy of a recreational vehicle as a residential dwelling, solely on the grounds that the occupancy is in a recreational vehicle, if the recreational vehicle is:

      (a) Allowed under ORS 215.490;

      (b)(A) Located in a manufactured dwelling park, mobile home park or recreational vehicle park;

      (B) Occupied as a residential dwelling; and

      (C) Lawfully connected to water and electrical supply systems and a sewage disposal system; or

      (c) On a lot or parcel with a manufactured dwelling or single-unit dwelling that is uninhabitable due to damages from a natural disaster, including wildfires, earthquakes, flooding or storms, until no later than the date:

      (A) The dwelling has been repaired or replaced and an occupancy permit has been issued;

      (B) The local government makes a determination that the owner of the dwelling is unreasonably delaying in completing repairs or replacing the dwelling; or

      (C) Five years after the date the dwelling first became uninhabitable.

      (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not limit the authority of a state agency or local government to impose other special conditions on the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle. [2005 c.619 §12; 2021 c.235 §1; 2023 c.9 §11; 2023 c.295 §3; 2023 c.327 §1; 2025 c.38 §11]

 

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Jared v. Harmon, 374 Or. 381 (Or. 2025).
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Jared v. Harmon, 374 Or. 381 (Or. 2025). “In addition, ORS 197.493(1)(b)(C) provides that state and local governments may not prohibit locating RVs in an RV park if they are lawfully connected to a sewage dis- posal system.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 197.493(1)(b)(C) — 1 case
Jared v. Harmon, 374 Or. 381 (Or. 2025). “In addition, ORS 197.493(1)(b)(C) provides that state and local governments may not prohibit locating RVs in an RV park if they are lawfully connected to a sewage dis- posal system.”
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