{ "batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_anchor_167_100", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Oregon Revised Statutes: ORS 167.100 heading (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Oregon Legislature's official ORS HTML publishes ORS 167.100 under the heading quoted.", "body": "The Oregon Legislature's official ORS HTML publishes ORS 167.100 under the heading quoted.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“167.100 Application of ORS 167.060 to 167.100”\n\nNote: Anchor record: legislature's own statute site, state .gov domain.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "167.100 Application of ORS 167.060 to 167.100", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Oregon Revised Statutes", "topic": "ORS 167.100 heading (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_s167100", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] ORS 167.100: Local rules may not conflict with the obscenity sections", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] ORS 167.100: ORS 167.060 to 167.100 apply uniformly statewide and no local authority may enact ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with them.", "body": "ORS 167.100: ORS 167.060 to 167.100 apply uniformly statewide and no local authority may enact ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with them.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“ORS 167.060 to 167.100 shall be applicable and uniform throughout the state and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions thereof.”\n\nNote: The sections cover minors' access, public display for advertising and live shows; they do not by themselves license adult businesses.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "ORS 167.060 to 167.100 shall be applicable and uniform throughout the state and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions thereof.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS 167.100", "topic": "Local rules may not conflict with the obscenity sections", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_s167062", "category": "Business", "title": "ORS 167.062: Live public shows with sexual conduct are crimes", "summary": "ORS 167.062: engaging in sexual conduct in a live public show is a Class A misdemeanor; presenting or financing such a show is a Class C felony.", "body": "ORS 167.062: engaging in sexual conduct in a live public show is a Class A misdemeanor; presenting or financing such a show is a Class C felony.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“It is unlawful for any person to knowingly engage in sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct in a live public show. (2) Violation of subsection (1) of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly direct, manage, finance or present a live public show in which the participants engage in sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct. (4) Violation of subsection (3) of this section is a Class C felony.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "It is unlawful for any person to knowingly engage in sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct in a live public show. (2) Violation of subsection (1) of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly direct, manage, finance or present a live public show in which the participants engage in sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct. (4) Violation of subsection (3) of this section is a Class C felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS 167.062", "topic": "Live public shows with sexual conduct are crimes", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_s167080", "category": "Business", "title": "ORS 167.080: Operator duty: no visible nudity or sexual images where minors may be", "summary": "ORS 167.080: an owner, operator or manager commits a Class A misdemeanor by letting an unaccompanied minor enter or remain where nudity or sexual conduct is visibly displayed.", "body": "ORS 167.080: an owner, operator or manager commits a Class A misdemeanor by letting an unaccompanied minor enter or remain where nudity or sexual conduct is visibly displayed.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the crime of displaying obscene materials to minors if, being the owner, operator or manager of a business or acting in a managerial capacity, the person knowingly or recklessly permits a minor who is not accompanied by the parent or lawful guardian of the minor to enter or remain on the premises, if in that part of the premises where the minor is so permitted to be, there is visibly displayed: (a) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture or other visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse; or (b) Any book, magazine, paperback, pamphlet or other written or printed matter, however reproduced, that reveals a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse. (2) Displaying obscene materials to minors is a Class A misdemeanor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the crime of displaying obscene materials to minors if, being the owner, operator or manager of a business or acting in a managerial capacity, the person knowingly or recklessly permits a minor who is not accompanied by the parent or lawful guardian of the minor to enter or remain on the premises, if in that part of the premises where the minor is so permitted to be, there is visibly displayed: (a) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture or other visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse; or (b) Any book, magazine, paperback, pamphlet or other written or printed matter, however reproduced, that reveals a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic abuse. (2) Displaying obscene materials to minors is a Class A misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS 167.080", "topic": "Operator duty: no visible nudity or sexual images where minors may be", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_s167090", "category": "Business", "title": "ORS 167.090: Storefront and advertising display", "summary": "ORS 167.090: displaying nudity or sexual conduct publicly for advertising purposes (visible from a public thoroughfare) is a Class A misdemeanor.", "body": "ORS 167.090: displaying nudity or sexual conduct publicly for advertising purposes (visible from a public thoroughfare) is a Class A misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Displays publicly or causes to be displayed publicly a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture or other visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct or sexual excitement, or any page, poster or other written or printed matter bearing such representation or a verbal description or narrative account of such items or activities, or any obscenities;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Displays publicly or causes to be displayed publicly a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture or other visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct or sexual excitement, or any page, poster or other written or printed matter bearing such representation or a verbal description or narrative account of such items or activities, or any obscenities;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS 167.090", "topic": "Storefront and advertising display", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_s215448", "category": "Business", "title": "ORS 215.448: County home occupations", "summary": "ORS 215.448(1): a county governing body may allow a home occupation in any zone; in exclusive farm use, forest or mixed zones the business must be run by a resident, employ no more than five people on site, run substantially in the dwelling or normal outbuildings, and not unreasonably interfere with other uses.", "body": "ORS 215.448(1): a county governing body may allow a home occupation in any zone; in exclusive farm use, forest or mixed zones the business must be run by a resident, employ no more than five people on site, run substantially in the dwelling or normal outbuildings, and not unreasonably interfere with other uses.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“The governing body of a county or its designate may allow, subject to the approval of the governing body or its designate, the establishment of a home occupation and the parking of vehicles in any zone. However, in an exclusive farm use zone, forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone that allows residential uses, the following standards apply to the home occupation: (a) It shall be operated by a resident or employee of a resident of the property on which the business is located; (b) It shall employ on the site no more than five full-time or part-time persons; (c) It shall be operated substantially in: (A) The dwelling; or (B) Other buildings normally associated with uses permitted in the zone in which the property is located; and (d) It shall not unreasonably interfere with other uses permitted in the zone in which the property is located.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors215.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "The governing body of a county or its designate may allow, subject to the approval of the governing body or its designate, the establishment of a home occupation and the parking of vehicles in any zone. However, in an exclusive farm use zone, forest zone or a mixed farm and forest zone that allows residential uses, the following standards apply to the home occupation: (a) It shall be operated by a resident or employee of a resident of the property on which the business is located; (b) It shall employ on the site no more than five full-time or part-time persons; (c) It shall be operated substantially in: (A) The dwelling; or (B) Other buildings normally associated with uses permitted in the zone in which the property is located; and (d) It shall not unreasonably interfere with other uses permitted in the zone in which the property is located.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS 215.448", "topic": "County home occupations", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_s215448_2", "category": "Business", "title": "ORS 215.448: County may add conditions to home occupations", "summary": "ORS 215.448(2): a county may establish additional reasonable conditions of approval for a home occupation.", "body": "ORS 215.448(2): a county may establish additional reasonable conditions of approval for a home occupation.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“The governing body of the county or its designate may establish additional reasonable conditions of approval for the establishment of a home occupation”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors215.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "The governing body of the county or its designate may establish additional reasonable conditions of approval for the establishment of a home occupation", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS 215.448", "topic": "County may add conditions to home occupations", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_port_notpermit", "category": "Business", "title": "Portland business tax is not a permit", "summary": "Portland's Business License Tax is a tax, not a regulatory permit fee, and does not entitle a taxpayer to engage in business activity not otherwise allowed by federal, state or local law.", "body": "Portland's Business License Tax is a tax, not a regulatory permit fee, and does not entitle a taxpayer to engage in business activity not otherwise allowed by federal, state or local law.\n\nWhat City of Portland Revenue Division actually says:\n\n“is not a regulatory permit fee and does not entitle a taxpayer to engage in business activity not otherwise allowed by federal, state and/or local laws.”\n\nNote: City .gov page. The same page names the Multnomah County Business Income Tax and the Metro SHS business income tax.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.portland.gov/revenue/business-tax", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City of Portland Revenue Division", "evidence_quote": "is not a regulatory permit fee and does not entitle a taxpayer to engage in business activity not otherwise allowed by federal, state and/or local laws.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "City of Portland Revenue Division: business tax", "topic": "Portland business tax is not a permit", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_port_dbiz", "category": "Business", "title": "Presumption of doing business", "summary": "Portland treats any profit-seeking activity in the city, county or Metro as 'doing business'.", "body": "Portland treats any profit-seeking activity in the city, county or Metro as 'doing business'.\n\nWhat City of Portland Revenue Division actually says:\n\n“if you are engaged in any profit-seeking activity in those jurisdictions.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.portland.gov/revenue/business-tax", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City of Portland Revenue Division", "evidence_quote": "if you are engaged in any profit-seeking activity in those jurisdictions.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "City of Portland Revenue Division: business tax", "topic": "Presumption of doing business", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_321_oregon_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_no_state_license", "category": "Business", "title": "ORS ch. 167 and 215: No state adult-business licence found", "summary": "The obscenity and prostitution sections of ORS chapter 167 and the county home-occupation section contain no state licence or permit for adult-entertainment or adult-content businesses.", "body": "The obscenity and prostitution sections of ORS chapter 167 and the county home-occupation section contain no state licence or permit for adult-entertainment or adult-content businesses.\n\nWhat Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES   167.051 Definitions for ORS 167.057   167.057 Luring a minor   167.060 Definitions for ORS 167.060 to 167.095   167.062 Sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct in live show   167.075 Exhibiting an obscene performance to a minor   167.080 Displaying obscene materials to minors   167.085 Defenses in prosecutions under ORS 167.075 and 167.080   167.090 Publicly displaying nudity or sex for advertising purposes   167.095 Defenses in prosecutions under ORS 167.090   167.100 Application of ORS 167.060 to 167.100”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Read the chapter 167 index for obscenity (167.051-167.100) and the full text of 167.060 to 167.100: no licensing section. ORS ch. 197 and 215 searched for 'adult', 'sexually oriented', 'adult business': no hits except an unrelated 'adult foster home' reference.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Oregon Legislature (Oregon Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES   167.051 Definitions for ORS 167.057   167.057 Luring a minor   167.060 Definitions for ORS 167.060 to 167.095   167.062 Sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct in live show   167.075 Exhibiting an obscene performance to a minor   167.080 Displaying obscene materials to minors   167.085 Defenses in prosecutions under ORS 167.075 and 167.080   167.090 Publicly displaying nudity or sex for advertising purposes   167.095 Defenses in prosecutions under ORS 167.090   167.100 Application of ORS 167.060 to 167.100", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "321-oregon-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "ORS ch. 167 and 215", "topic": "No state adult-business licence found", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "OR", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-or" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }