DIVISION II.

ZONING DISTRICTS

Chapter 17.08
ZONING DISTRICTS GENERALLY

Sections:

17.08.010    Establishment of districts.

17.08.020    Area of application.

17.08.030    Location of districts.

17.08.040    District boundaries.

17.08.050    Zoning of annexed land.

17.08.060    Zoning map.

17.08.010 Establishment of districts.

For the purposes of this title, the following zoning districts are established:

Zoning District

Abbreviated Designation

Single-household residential district

R-7.2

Single-household residential district

R-5

Multi-household residential district

MR

Local commercial district

C-1

Community commercial district

C-2

General commercial district

C-3

Downtown core overlay district

DC

Office park district

OP

Light industrial district

LI

Open space district

OS

Water quality resource area district

WQ

Greenway conditional use district

GW

Flood management area district

FM

Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197, Ch. 227

History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990; Ord. 1334, 2002; Ord. 1517 §1 (Exh. A), 2023.

17.08.020 Area of application.

Each zoning district designation, with the exception of the DC, WQ, GW and FM overlay districts, corresponds to a comprehensive plan designation and shall be applied only to areas where the two designations are consistent. The corresponding designations are as follows:

Comprehensive Plan

Zoning District

Low density

R-7.2

Medium density

R-5

High density

MR

Commercial

C-1

Commercial

C-2

Commercial

C-3

Industrial

OP

Industrial

LI

Open Space

OS

Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197, Ch. 227

History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990; Ord. 1334, 2002; Ord. 1517 §1 (Exh. A), 2023.

17.08.030 Location of districts.

The boundaries for the zoning districts listed in this title are indicated in the city zoning map which is included by reference in this section. The boundaries shall be modified in accordance with zoning map amendments which shall be adopted by reference.

Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197, Ch. 227

History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990.

17.08.040 District boundaries.

Unless otherwise specified, zoning district boundaries are section lines, subdivision lines, lot lines, center lines of streets or railroad rights-of-way, or such lines extended.

Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197, Ch. 227

History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990.

17.08.050 Zoning of annexed land.

Zoning or land use ordinances applied to areas outside the city shall continue to apply to land that is annexed into the city until the city alters or discontinues such ordinances by the procedures outlined in GMC Chapter 17.68 (amendments and zone changes).

Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197, Ch. 227

History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990.

17.08.060 Zoning map.

(1) A zoning map or zoning map amendment adopted by GMC Section 17.08.030 (location of districts) or by an amendment thereto shall be prepared by authority of the Planning Commission or via modification by the City Council of a map or map amendment so prepared.

(2) The map or map amendment shall be dated with the effective date of the ordinance that adopts the map or map amendment.

(3) A certified print of the adopted map or map amendment shall be maintained in the office of the City Recorder as long as the ordinance codified in this title remains in effect.

Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197, Ch. 227

History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990.