2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections
Chapter 227 - City Planning and Zoning
Section 227.500 - Use of real property for religious activity; city regulation of real property used for religious activity.
(1) If a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, chapel, meeting house or other nonresidential place of worship is allowed on real property under state law and rules and local zoning ordinances and regulations, a city shall allow the reasonable use of the real property for activities customarily associated with the practices of the religious activity, including:
(a) Worship services.
(b) Religion classes.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Funerals.
(e) Meal programs.
(f) Child care, but not including private or parochial school education for prekindergarten through grade 12 or higher education.
(g) Providing housing or space for housing in a building or buildings that are detached from the place of worship, provided:
(A) At least 50 percent of the residential units provided under this paragraph are affordable to households with incomes equal to or less than 60 percent of the median family income for the county in which the real property is located;
(B) The real property is in an area zoned for residential use that is located within the urban growth boundary; and
(C) The housing or space for housing complies with applicable land use regulations and meets the standards and criteria for residential development for the underlying zone.
(2) A city may:
(a) Subject real property described in subsection (1) of this section to reasonable regulations, including site review and design review, concerning the physical characteristics of the uses authorized under subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) Prohibit or regulate the use of real property by a place of worship described in subsection (1) of this section if the city finds that the level of service of public facilities, including transportation, water supply, sewer and storm drain systems is not adequate to serve the place of worship described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a city may allow a private or parochial school for prekindergarten through grade 12 or higher education to be sited under applicable state law and rules and local zoning ordinances and regulations.
(4) Housing and space for housing provided under subsection (1)(g) of this section must be subject to a covenant appurtenant that restricts the owner and each successive owner of a building or any residential unit contained in a building from selling or renting any residential unit described in subsection (1)(g)(A) of this section as housing that is not affordable to households with incomes equal to or less than 60 percent of the median family income for the county in which the real property is located for a period of 60 years from the date of the certificate of occupancy. [2001 c.886 §4; 2017 c.745 §8; 2019 c.640 §20]
