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Deschutes County adopts ordinance allowing RVs as rental dwellings in specified rural zones
Summary
Deschutes County commissioners unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025-004 May 7, allowing recreational vehicles to be used as rental dwellings in specified rural zones under new local standards for minimum lot size, placement, defensible space and emergency access.
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2025-004 by emergency at its May 7 meeting, immediately allowing recreational vehicles (RVs) to be used as rental dwellings in specific rural zones subject to new standards for lot size, placement, defensible space and emergency access.
Tanya Saltzman, senior planner, summarized a multi-year process that included a November 2023 Planning Commission hearing, board deliberations in 2024 and a reopened record to gather fire district input. The adoption implements Senate Bill 1013 (state law enabling counties to allow RVs as rental dwellings) while adding local safeguards the board directed during deliberations.
Key features of the ordinance and implementation details:
- Eligibility and minimum lot size: The board adopted a 2-acre minimum lot size across most eligible zones with a 5-acre minimum for…
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