Oregon Statutes 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:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 197.493
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
(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-family 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]
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