2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 094 - Real Property Development › Section 94.580 - Declaration; recordation; contents.

(1) A declarant shall record, in accordance with ORS 94.565, the declaration for a planned community in the office of the recording officer of each county in which the planned community is located.
(2) The declaration shall include:
(a) The name and classification of the planned community;
(b) The name of the association and the type of entity formed in accordance with ORS 94.625;
(c) A statement that the planned community is subject to ORS 94.550 to 94.783;
(d) A statement that the bylaws adopted under ORS 94.625 must be recorded;
(e) A legal description, as required under ORS 93.600, of the real property included in the planned community;
(f) A legal description, as required under ORS 93.600, of any real property included in the planned community which is or must become a common property;
(g) A description of any special declarant rights other than the rights described under subsections (3) and (4) of this section;
(h) A statement of the number of votes allocated to each lot in accordance with ORS 94.658;
(i) A method of determining the liability of each lot for common expenses and the right of each lot to any common profits of the association;
(j) A statement of when the lots, including lots owned by the declarant, become subject to assessment;
(k) If a Class I planned community, provisions for establishing a reserve account and for the preparation, review and update of the reserve study and the maintenance plan as required by ORS 94.595;
(L) Any restrictions on the alienation of lots. Any such restriction created by any document other than the declaration may be incorporated by reference to the official records of the county where the property is located;
(m) A statement of the use, residential or otherwise, for which each lot is intended;
(n) A statement as to whether or not the association pursuant to ORS 94.665 may sell, convey or subject to a security interest any portion of the common property and any limitation on such authority;
(o) A statement of any restriction on the use, maintenance or occupancy of lots or units;
(p) The method of amending the declaration and a statement of the percentage of votes required to approve an amendment of the declaration in accordance with ORS 94.590;
(q) A description of any contemplated improvements which the declarant agrees to build, or a statement that the declarant does not agree to build any improvement or does not choose to limit declarant’s rights to add improvements not described in the declaration;
(r) A statement of any period of declarant control or other special declarant rights reserved by the declarant under ORS 94.600;
(s) A statement of the time at which the deed to the common property is to be delivered, whether by date or upon the occurrence of a stipulated event; and
(t) Any provisions restricting a right of the association with respect to the common property, or an individual lot owner with respect to the lot or improvements on the lot, including but not limited to:
(A) A right to divide the lot or to combine it with other lots;
(B) A right to repair or restore improvements on the lot at the owner’s discretion in the event of damage or destruction;
(C) The requirement for architectural controls, including but not limited to fencing, landscaping or choice of exterior colors and materials of structures to be placed on the common property or on a lot; and
(D) The requirement of review of any plans of any structure to be placed on the common property or a lot.
(3) If the declarant reserves the right to expand the planned community by annexing lots or common property or by creating additional lots or common property by developing existing property in the planned community, the declaration shall contain, in addition to the provisions required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a general description of the plan of development including:
(a) The procedure by which the planned community will be expanded;
(b) The maximum number of lots and units to be included in the planned community or a statement that there is no limitation on the number of lots or units which the declarant may create or annex to the planned community;
(c) A general description of the nature and proposed use of any common property which the declarant agrees to create or annex to the planned community or a statement that there is no limitation on the right of the declarant to create or annex common property;
(d) The method of allocation of votes if additional lots are to be created or annexed to the planned community; and
(e) The formula to be used for reallocating the common expenses if additional lots are to be created or annexed to the planned community, and the manner of reapportioning the common expenses if lots are created or annexed during the fiscal year.
(4) If the declarant may withdraw property from the planned community, the declaration shall include in addition to the provisions required under subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section:
(a) The procedure by which property will be withdrawn;
(b) A general description of the property which may be withdrawn from the planned community;
(c) The method of allocation of votes if lots are withdrawn from the planned community;
(d) The formula to be used for reallocating the common expenses if the property to be withdrawn has been assessed for common expenses prior to withdrawal; and
(e) The date after which the right to withdraw property from the planned community shall expire or a statement that such a right shall not expire. [1981 c.782 §12; 1999 c.677 §4; 2001 c.756 §8; 2003 c.569 §6; 2007 c.409 §6a]