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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Oh, it's not too bad, in general.  When we were in the neighborhood, I 
saw a property with goats.  It's mostly about livestock here in Oregon, 
and this property is well outside the city.  Let's just say that every 
piece of land that's cleared and outside the city has livetock here.  
But I've never heard of a place going back to rural or agricultural 
zoning once it acquired some "higher" status.

What's restrictive is new wells and subdivisions.  I understand that out 
West there's only so much water.  But when they tell you that you can't 
split 40 acres, because a family every 20 acres would deplete the water, 
and right nearby people who've been "grandfathered in" are on a 
half-acre, it seems too highly constrained.  I basically can't have a 
second dwelling in this property (but a 10' x 12' "shed" yes), even if I 
swear that it's only to have a sunnier spot to spend the winter, because 
another family _might_ move in.  But right nearby people on a half-acre 
are watering their voluptuous lawn constantly from our aquifer.

Bill
S. Oregon coast

Rob wrote:

> At  9/29/2006 03:05 PM,Bill Jones wrote:
>  
>
> > I'm trying to buy a 2-5 acre parcel in Oregon's banana belt where we can
> > take the sheep for the winter when we're retired.
> >    
>
> Doesn't Oregon have some restrictive State land use laws?
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida AT comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>
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