New Oregon Rural Residential ADU Legislation

[Doug Miller]

Hi All,

While there's a lot of buzz around Oregon's ADU laws in medium and larger cities, those with rural residential parcels may be interested to follow Senate Bill 391, which already passed the OR Senate and is in the House now. You can subscribe to updates and read more about the proposed legislation here: SB391.  Here's an article from this week about the legislation.

In short, this would apply to single family Oregon rural lots >2 acres, allowing a second unit up to 900 SF. Must be <100' from primary residence. Use for short term rentals and future subdivision have limitations. There are a number of other provisions.

Unfortunately many smaller rural lots are part of subdivisions that may have CC&R precluding more than one dwelling unit, so there's another challenge to consider.

This could open some new opportunities for a number of rural properties in our state.

Support seems to have been generally positive. The bill passed the House almost unanimously. You can e-subscribe to receive email notices on the progress of the bill from the state site.

Thanks all!

Doug in Sisters