OAR 808-002-0872: Retaining Walls

Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2019-09-24Last verified: 2026-09-07

Landscape "retaining walls" as used in ORS 671 and this chapter is a structure designed to a height exceeding six (6) inches from the lowest finish grade and constructed to resist the lateral pressure of soil, when there is an actual, or desired change in ground elevation that exceeds the angle of repose of the soil.

Official history and status

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 671.760 & ORS 670.310

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 671.520 & ORS 671.540

History: LCB 5-2019, adopt filed 09/24/2019, effective 09/24/2019

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