Accessory dwellings for farmworkers; rules.

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(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Farm unit" means the contiguous and noncontiguous tracts in common ownership used by the farm operator for farm use as defined in ORS 215.203.

(b) "Farmworker" means an individual who, for an agreed remuneration or rate of pay, performs labor, temporarily or on a continuing basis, for a person in the:

(A) Production of farm products;

(B) Planting, cultivating or harvesting of seasonal agricultural crops; or

(C) Forestation or reforestation of land, including but not limited to planting, transplanting, tubing, precommercial thinning and thinning of trees or seedlings, the clearing, piling and disposal of brush and slash and other related activities.

(c) "Farmworker housing" means housing:

(A) Limited to occupancy by farmworkers and their immediate families; and

(B) No dwelling unit of which is occupied by a relative of the owner or operator of the farmworker housing.

(d) "Owner" means a person that owns farmworker housing. "Owner" does not mean a person whose interest in the farmworker housing is that of a holder of a security interest in the housing.

(e) "Relative" means:

(A) A spouse of the owner or operator; and

(B) An ancestor, lineal descendant or whole or half sibling of the owner or operator or the spouse of the owner or operator. [2001 c.613 §6; 2011 c.471 §6]

Note: 215.278 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 215 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.


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