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24.90.030 Adoption of Codes and Regulatory Authority.

City Code Section

(Amended by Ordinance 192117, effective November 21, 2025.)

  1. A. Manufactured Dwelling Installation Specialty Code. The Oregon Manufactured Dwelling Installation Specialty Code as adopted by OAR 918-500-0510 and amended by OAR 918-500-0520 is adopted by this reference.
  2. B.  Manufactured Dwelling and Park Specialty Code. The following provisions of the Oregon Manufactured Dwelling and Park Specialty Code as adopted by OAR 918-600-0010, are adopted by this reference:
    1. 1.  All of Chapter One (Administration), except the following:
      1. a.  1-1.4 (Design Loads)
      2. b. 1-2.4 (Energy Conservation Equivalents)
      3. c.  1-3 (Manufactured Dwellings Sold "As Is")
      4. d. 1-6.7 (Plot Plans Required)
      5. e.  1-6.8 (Plot Plans Not Required)
      6. f. 1-6.11 (Multiple-family Housing Plans)
      7. g.  1-7.12 (Manufactured Dwelling Installation Permits)
      8. h.  1-8.6 (Visual Inspections)
      9. i.  1-8.7 (Appliance Inspections)
      10. j. 1-8.9 (Alteration Inspections)
      11. k. 1-8.11 (Quality Assurance Inspections)
      12. l.  1-8.13 (Installation Inspections)
      13. m. 1-9 (Insignias and Labels)
      14. n. 1-10 (Certifications), except section 1-10.2.1 (Certificates of Occupancy Required) is adopted
      15. o. 1-11 (License Required) –all, except for introductory language and paragraph (h) in 1-11.3 (Electrical) and introductory language and paragraph (i) in 1-11.4 (Plumbing) are adopted
    2. 2.  All of Chapter Ten (Manufactured Dwelling Park Construction) and the corresponding tables and figures
    3. 3.  Appendix A (Definitions)
    4. 4.  Appendix B (Acronyms)
    5. 5. Appendix C (Symbols)
  3. C.  The City, through Portland Permitting & Development ("Bureau"), adopts regulatory authority for the installation maintenance and alteration of manufactured dwellings and accessory structures as authorized in ORS 446.250 and 446.253, and OAR 918-500-0055; for the development and maintenance of manufactured dwelling parks as authorized in ORS 446.062 and 446.430 and OAR 918-600-0010; and for the development and maintenance of recreation parks, picnic parks and organizational camps as authorized in ORS 455.170.  Nothing contained in this Chapter provides regulatory authority when delegation of authority is expressly withheld by the State.

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