Oregon Statutes 307.651 – Definitions for ORS 307.651 to 307.687
As used in ORS § 307.651 to 307.687, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 307.651
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Governing body’ means the city legislative body having jurisdiction over the property for which an exemption may be applied for under ORS § 307.651 to 307.687.
(2) ‘Qualified dwelling unit’ means a dwelling unit that, at the time an application is filed pursuant to ORS § 307.667, has a market value for the land and improvements of no more than 120 percent, or a lesser percentage as adopted by the governing body by resolution, of the median sales price of dwelling units located within the city.
(3) ‘Single-unit housing’ means a structure having one or more dwelling units that:
(a) Is, or will be, upon purchase, rehabilitation or completion of construction, in conformance with all local plans and planning regulations, including special or district-wide plans developed and adopted pursuant to ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 197A and 227.
(b) If newly constructed, is completed within two years after application for exemption is approved under ORS § 307.674.
(c) Is designed for each dwelling unit within the structure to be purchased by and lived in by one person or one family.
(d) Has one or more qualified dwelling units within the single-unit housing.
(e) Is not a floating home, as defined in ORS § 830.700, or a manufactured structure, other than a manufactured home described in ORS § 197.307 (8)(a) to (f) (2021 Edition).
(4) ‘Structure’ does not include the land or any site development made to the land, as those terms are defined in ORS § 307.010. [Formerly 458.005; 2011 c.354 § 8; 2013 c.426 § 1; 2017 c.294 § 1; 2019 c.585 § 22; 2021 c.528 § 9; 2022 c.54 § 16]