OAR 309-040-0330: Zoning for Adult Foster Homes

Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2017-07-01Last verified: 2026-09-07

(1) An AFH is a residential use of property for zoning purposes. Under ORS 197.665, an AFH is a permitted use in any residential zone that allows a single family dwelling and in any commercial zone that allows a single family dwelling. (2) No city or county may impose any zoning requirement on the establishment and maintenance of an AFH in residential or commercial zones that is more restrictive than that imposed on a single-family dwelling in the same zone.

Official history and status

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.042

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 443.705 - 443.825

History: MHS 9-2017, f. 6-29-17, cert. ef. 7-1-17 MHS 3-2017(Temp), f. 3-3-17, cert. ef. 3-4-17 thru 8-30-17 MHS 14-2016(Temp), f. 9-6-16, cert. ef. 9-7-16 thru 3-3-17 Renumbered from 309-040-0100, MHD 3-2005, f. & cert. ef. 4-1-05 MHD 6-1999, f. 8-24-99, cert. ef. 8-26-99 MHD 1-1992, f. & cert. ef. 1-7-92 (and corrected 1-31-92) MHD 6-1986, f. & ef. 7-2-86

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