Chapter 437 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

HB 3664

Relating to real estate sales offices; amending ORS 197.312.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 197.312 is amended to read:

197.312. (1) [No] A city or county may not by charter prohibit from all residential zones attached or detached single-family housing, multiple-family housing for both owner and renter occupancy or manufactured homes. [No] A city or county may not by charter prohibit government assisted housing or impose additional approval standards on government assisted housing that are not applied to similar but unassisted housing.

(2) [No] A city or county may not impose any approval standards, special conditions or procedures on seasonal and year-round farmworker housing that are not clear and objective or have the effect, either in themselves or cumulatively, of discouraging seasonal and year-round farmworker housing through unreasonable cost or delay or by discriminating against such housing.

(3) A city or county may not prohibit a property owner or developer from maintaining a real estate sales office in a subdivision or planned community containing more than 50 lots or dwelling units for the sale of lots or dwelling units that remain available for sale to the public.

Approved by the Governor June 18, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 18, 2001

Effective date January 1, 2002

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