OAR 839-014-0060: Exemptions from Farmworker Camp Licensing Requirements

(1) A building or other structure is not considered to be a farm-worker camp if it is: (a) A single dwelling place, isolated and independent of other dwelling places, which is occupied solely by members of the same family; (b) A single dwelling place, isolated and independent of other dwelling places, which is occupied by five or fewer persons who are unrelated to one another; or (c) A hotel or motel provided that the housing provided to workers is provided under the same terms and conditions that is offered on a commercial basis to the general public. (2) An operator of a farm-worker camp is not required to obtain the farm-worker camp operator's indorsement when the operator has a substantial ownership interest in the real property on which the camp is located or has any form of ownership interest in the business organization that operates the camp or is related by blood or marriage to a person with such interests provided: (a) The property on which the camp is located is subject to a special farm use assessment under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128; and, provided further, (b) The business organization which operates the camp filed an income tax return reporting farm activity in the preceding tax year. (3) Permanent employees of the farm-worker camp operator are not required to obtain a farm-worker camp operator indorsement, provided they have no financial interest in the camp or the business other than the wages paid to the employee.