The Department of State Lands offers a leases, licenses and permits for a wide variety of uses of state-owned lands not authorized by other agency rules. A special use authorization allows a person to use a specific area of state-owned land under specific terms and conditions for a specific length of time.
Among the uses governed by the special uses adminstrative rules (OAR 141-122-0100 through 141-122-0220) are:
Agriculture
Communications facilities
Industrial, business and commercial purposes
Recreational cabins
Motor picture filming and set construction
Renewable energy projects not governed by other rules
Scientific experiments and demonstration projects
Sporting and other events
Sunken log and abandoned piling salvage
Upland quarries.
For a special use authorization, fill out a Special Use Application form.
DSL is currently revising these rules to specifically address other similar uses to those listed above. To see the proposed draft revisions, Public Notice that includes Hearing Dates, Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact Statement, click here.
If you have questions concerning a use of state-owned land which is governed by these rules, please contact the DSL Property Manager for the county in which the land is located.
