2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 3, Chapters 90 - 130
ORS Chapter 105
105.425 Definitions for ORS 105.420 to 105.445 and 105.455.

As used in ORS 105.420 to 105.445 and 105.455:

(1) Abatement means the removal or correction of any condition at a property including demolition that violates the provisions of any duly enacted building or housing code, as well as the making of such other improvements or corrections as are needed to effect the rehabilitation of the property or structure, but not including the closing or physical securing of the structure.

(2) Building code or housing code means any law, ordinance or governmental regulation concerning habitability or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any property.

(3) Governing body means the city council, board of commissioners, county court or other managing board of a municipality or county.

(4) Interested party means any person or entity that possesses any legal or equitable interest of record in the property, including but not limited to the holder of any lien or encumbrance of record on the property.

(5) Property means real property and all improvements thereon including edifices, structures, buildings, unit or part thereof used or intended to be used for residential purposes including single-family, duplex, multifamily structures and mixed-use structures which have one or more residential units. [1989 c.649 3]