OAR 150-321-0350
Acceptable Uses of Western Oregon Forestland
Certain lands do not support sufficient minimum stocking of trees to qualify for designation as forestland. However, when the use of these lands supports desirable forestry management practices on surrounding lands to promote the state policy of encouraging forestry, they may be designated as forestland.
# (1)
(1) Rock Pits. Forest roads, except principal exterior access roads, are recognized as forestland under ORS 308.236. Fills, ballast, bridges, culverts, drains, and surfacing are included in the definition of forest roads. Since rock is necessary to maintain or improve the usefulness of these roads, rock pits and adjacent rock storage areas are an acceptable use and are eligible for designation as forestland under the following conditions:
(a) The rock pit comprises less than 5 percent of the total forestland of the owner in the area served by the pit.
(b) The rock from the pit is used on land defined as forestland under ORS 321.257(2).
(c) The rock produced from the pit is not commercially sold, but is used on forestland of the owner of the pit, or traded to other forestland owners in the area for in-kind products to be used at economically distant locations.
(d) The forestland owner maintains appropriate records to be available at the request of the Assessor to substantiate forest management use of rock pits and other similar items.
# (2)
(2) Easements. Some lands are encumbered by easements for road or transmission line rights-of-way which prohibit establishment of commercial forests. Such lands may be valued and assessed as forestland when:
(a) Application for designation as forestland has been made.
(b) The lands are adjacent to, and an integral part of, the forest property of the owner.
(c) The lands would otherwise qualify for designation as forestland, if sufficient stocking of trees was permitted.
(d) Not more than 20 percent of the forestland of the owner is encumbered by easements.
Amendment history
Renumbered from 150-321.358(4)(b), REV 70-2016, f. 8-15-16, cert. ef. 9-1-16
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 150-321-0010 · Establishing Legal Taxpayer for FPHT
- 150-321-0020 · Timber Subject to the Forest Products Harvest Tax:…
- 150-321-0030 · Estimated Tax Payments for FPHT
- 150-321-0200 · Forestland Valuation Rule
- 150-321-0210 · Forestland Classification
- 150-321-0300 · Redetermination of Forestland Land Classes
- 150-321-0310 · Requirements to Qualify Certain Forestland for Special…
- 150-321-0320 · Common Ownership of Forestland for Large Landowners
- 150-321-0330 · Date of Acquisition
- 150-321-0340 · Minimum Stocking and Acreage Requirements for…
- 150-321-0350 · Acceptable Uses of Western Oregon Forestland
- 150-321-0360 · Notification by Assessor of Denial of Application
- 150-321-0500 · Procedure to Ensure Timber Tax Return Filing
- 150-321-0510 · Notice of Intent to Harvest
- 150-321-0520 · Penalty for Failure to Obtain Notification of Operations
- 150-321-0530 · Prescribed Filing of Timber Harvest Returns
- 150-321-0540 · Check Scaling at the Point of First Measurement
- 150-321-0550 · Measuring Harvested Timber
- 150-321-0560 · Timber Harvest Records
- 150-321-0570 · Use of Microfilm and Microfiche Records
- 150-321-0580 · Records Kept by Automated Data Processing
- 150-321-0590 · Preservation of Records and Their Reproductions
- 150-321-0600 · Requests for Confidential Information
- 150-321-0610 · Information Which May Be Furnished
- 150-321-0620 · Common Ownership of Small Tract Forestlands
- 150-321-0630 · Establishing the Identity of the Taxpayer for Severance…
- 150-321-0640 · Timber Subject to the Small Tract Forestland Severance…
- 150-321-0650 · Definition of Owner for Small Tract Forestland Purposes
- 150-321-0660 · Required Signatures for Small Tract Forestland…
- 150-321-0670 · Powers Delegated to County Assessor
- 150-321-0680 · Definition of Taxpayer for Appeal of Small Tract…
- 150-321-0690 · Contiguous Parcels Held in Common Ownership
- 150-321-0700 · Minimal Stocking and Species Requirements for Small…
- 150-321-0710 · Notation on Assessment and Tax Roll
- 150-321-0720 · Notification to County Assessor by Small Tract…
- 150-321-0730 · Common Ownership for Sale of Small Tract Forestland
- 150-321-0750 · Distribution of Severance Tax Receipts for Western Oregon
- 150-321-0760 · Distribution of Severance Tax Receipts for Eastern Oregon
- 150-321-0770 · Definition of “Sound Management Practices”
- 150-321-0780 · Common Ownership for Special Assessment of Forestland…