Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) All uses allowed under Statewide Planning
Goal 3 are allowed on agricultural land within a state park, and all uses
allowed under Statewide Planning Goal 4 are allowed on forest land within a
state park, provided such uses are also allowed under OAR chapter 736, division
18 and all other applicable laws, goals, and rules. Local governments may allow
state parks and park uses as provided in OAR chapter 660, division 33, and ORS
215.213 or
215.283 on agricultural lands,
or as provided in OAR 660-006-0025(4) on forest lands, regardless of whether
such uses are provided for in a state park master plan.
(2) The park uses listed in subsection (a)
through (i) of this section are allowed in a state park subject to the
requirements of this division, OAR chapter 736, division 18, and other
applicable laws. Although some of the uses listed in these subsections are
generally not allowed on agricultural lands or forest lands without exceptions
to Statewide Planning Goals 3 or 4, a local government is not required to adopt
such exceptions in order to allow these uses on agricultural or forest land
within a state park provided the uses, alone or in combination, meet all other
applicable requirements of statewide goals and are authorized in a state park
master plan adopted by OPRD, including a state park master plan adopted by OPRD
prior to July 15, 1998:
(a) Campground areas:
recreational vehicle sites; tent sites; camper cabins; yurts; teepees; covered
wagons; group shelters; campfire program areas; camp stores;
(b) Day use areas: picnic shelters, barbecue
areas, swimming areas (not swimming pools), open play fields, play
structures;
(c) Recreational
trails: walking, hiking, biking, horse, or motorized off-road vehicle trails;
trail staging areas;
(d) Boating
and fishing facilities: launch ramps and landings, docks, moorage facilities,
small boat storage, boating fuel stations, fish cleaning stations, boat sewage
pumpout stations;
(e) Amenities
related to park use intended only for park visitors and employees: laundry
facilities; recreation shops; snack shops not exceeding 1500 square feet of
floor area;
(f) Support facilities
serving only the park lands wherein the facility is located: water supply
facilities, sewage collection and treatment facilities, storm water management
facilities, electrical and communication facilities, restrooms and showers,
recycling and trash collection facilities, registration buildings, roads and
bridges, parking areas and walkways;
(g) Park Maintenance and Management
Facilities located within a park: maintenance shops and yards, fuel stations
for park vehicles, storage for park equipment and supplies, administrative
offices, staff lodging;
(h) Natural
and cultural resource interpretative, educational and informational facilities
in state parks: interpretative centers, information/orientation centers,
self-supporting interpretative and informational kiosks, natural history or
cultural resource museums, natural history or cultural educational facilities,
reconstructed historic structures for cultural resource interpretation, retail
stores not exceeding 1500 square feet for sale of books and other materials
that support park resource interpretation and education;
(i) Visitor lodging and retreat facilities in
state parks: historic lodges, houses or inns and the following associated uses
in a state park retreat area only:
(A) Meeting
halls not exceeding 2000 square feet of floor area;
(B) Dining halls (not restaurants).
Stat. Auth.: ORS
195.120 &
197.040
Stats. Implemented: ORS
195.120 -
195.125
