It may be, and the exemption is narrower than most people are told. It generally covers storing farm equipment and produce or housing livestock, and it tends to end once there is human occupancy, retail sale, public access or employees working in the structure. An office or a restroom is usually enough to end it. We give you that answer in writing before the building goes up.

Sometimes both, and the land use path is the long one. Finding that out after the drawings are done is the most expensive way to learn it. It is the first thing we check.

Often, within limits. Oregon allows farm product processing facilities in exclusive farm use zones under state statute, with conditions on size and where the crops come from, plus county review. SASHKOV confirms the path for your parcel before design starts.

Oregon and many Washington counties exempt certain agricultural buildings from the structural code. The exemption usually ends where processing, retail, offices or public access start, and electrical permits still apply. SASHKOV gets the determination in writing.

It depends on size and location. Some agricultural structures are categorically exempt; others need a SEPA checklist. Critical areas or shorelines can remove an exemption.

It depends on land use review, environmental permits and agency workload. The Permit Path Determination lists every permit, its agency and sequence, with a timeline in business days.

SASHKOV determines the permit path, coordinates the licensed consultants who stamp their own scopes, produces the permit documents and carries the applications to issuance.

Typical projects run from 2,000 to 100,000 SF on sites under 40 acres. On larger programs SASHKOV teams with prime consultants.