Oregon Statutes 455.325 – Definitions for ORS 455.325 to 455.350
As used in ORS § 455.325 to 455.350, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 455.325
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Structural code: means the specialty code prescribing structural standards for building construction. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
(1) ‘Owner’ means the owner of the title to real property or the contract purchaser of real property, of record as shown on the last available complete assessment roll.
(2) ‘Owner-built dwelling and outbuildings’ means a single-family residence and adjacent auxiliary structures the components of which, that are exempted from the structural code under ORS § 455.330, are constructed entirely by the owner who intends to occupy the structures or by that owner and friends and relatives of the owner assisting on an unpaid basis.
(3) ‘Rural area’ means any land in a county which is located outside city limits and any recognized urban growth boundaries under that county’s comprehensive plan and which are described by the ordinance allowed under ORS § 455.330. [Formerly 456.925]