Section 197.493 - Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle(1) A state agency or local government may not prohibit the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle, or impose any limit on the length of occupancy of a recreational vehicle as a residential dwelling, solely on the grounds that the occupancy is in a recreational vehicle, if the recreational vehicle is: (a) Allowed under ORS 215.490;(b)(A) Located in a manufactured dwelling park, mobile home park or recreational vehicle park;(B) Occupied as a residential dwelling; and(C) Lawfully connected to water and electrical supply systems and a sewage disposal system; or(c) On a lot or parcel with a manufactured dwelling or single-family dwelling that is uninhabitable due to damages from a natural disaster, including wildfires, earthquakes, flooding or storms, until no later than the date: (A) The dwelling has been repaired or replaced and an occupancy permit has been issued;(B) The local government makes a determination that the owner of the dwelling is unreasonably delaying in completing repairs or replacing the dwelling; or(C) Five years after the date the dwelling first became uninhabitable.(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not limit the authority of a state agency or local government to impose other special conditions on the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle.Amended by 2023 Ch. 9, § 11, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2023 Ch. 295,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2023 Ch. 327,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2021 Ch. 235, § 1, eff. 1/1/2022.