Chapter 17.05
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS
Sections:
17.05.030 Compliance with provisions.
17.05.040 State and federal regulations.
17.05.050 Classification of zones.
17.05.010 Purpose.
The several purposes of this title are to encourage the most appropriate use of land; to conserve and stabilize the value of property; to aid in the rendering of fire and police protection; to provide for adequate light and air; to lessen congestion; to encourage the orderly growth of the city; to prevent undue concentration of population; to facilitate adequate provisions for community utilities and facilities such as water, sewerage, electrical distribution systems, transportation, schools, parks and other public requirements; and, in general, to promote public health, safety, convenience and general welfare. [Ord. 1278 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1266 § 2 (Exh. B), 2021; Ord. 950 § 1, 1991.]
17.05.020 Definitions.
As used in this title, the masculine includes the feminine and neuter, and the singular includes the plural. The following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean:
“Accessory structure or use” means a structure or use incidental and subordinate to the main use of the property and which is on the same lot with the main use.
“Alley” means a narrow street through a block primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on another street.
“Bicycle facilities” is a general term denoting improvements and provisions made to accommodate or encourage bicycling, including parking facilities and all bikeways.
“Bikeway” means any road, path, or way that is in some manner specifically open to bicycle travel, regardless of whether such facilities are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or are shared with other transportation modes. The five types of bikeways are:
1. Multi-Use Path. A paved 10- to 12-foot-wide way that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic; typically shared with pedestrians, skaters, and other nonmotorized users.
2. Bike Lane. A four- to six-foot-wide portion of the roadway that has been designated by permanent striping and pavement markings for the exclusive use of bicycles.
3. Shoulder Bikeway. The paved shoulder of a roadway that is four feet or wider; typically shared with pedestrians in rural areas.
4. Shared Roadway. A travel lane that is shared by bicyclists and motor vehicles.
5. Multi-Use Trail. An unpaved path that accommodates all-terrain bicycles; typically shared with pedestrians.
“Boarding, lodging, or rooming house” means a building or portion of a building, other than a hotel, where lodging with or without meals is provided for compensation for five or more persons that are not temporary occupants.
“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature greater than 120 square feet or 10 feet in height.
“City” means the city of Junction City, Oregon.
“Civic center” means a building or complex of buildings that house municipal offices and services, and which may include cultural, recreational, athletic, convention and entertainment facilities owned and/or operated by a governmental agency.
“Club” means a group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and a constitution and bylaws.
“Day care facility” means any facility that provides day care to children, including a child day care center, group day care home, home of a family day care provider, including those known under a descriptive name such as nursery school, preschool, or kindergarten.
“Day care home” means a day care facility located in a building constructed as a single-family dwelling that is certified to care for no more than 12 children at any given time.
“Dormitory” means a building or buildings with rooms that provide sleeping and living accommodations for students as an ancillary use to an educational institution.
“Dwelling, multifamily” means a building containing three or more dwelling units.
“Dwelling, single-family attached” means a building containing two dwelling units that share a single wall but are located on separate lots. Single-family attached dwellings:
1. Shall conform to all residential use development standards for single-family dwellings.
2. Shall be constructed or installed in accordance with the Oregon Residential Specialty Code as adopted by the city, or as defined within the statutes of the state of Oregon.
3. Shall have a pitched roof of at least one foot in height for every three feet in width.
4. Exterior siding and roofing shall be similar in color, material, and appearance to that of surrounding buildings.
5. The dwelling shall provide on-site covered parking consistent with the predominant construction patterns of immediately surrounding dwellings.
“Dwelling, single-family detached” means a detached building containing one dwelling unit. Single-family detached dwellings:
1. Shall conform to all residential use development standards for single-family dwellings.
2. Shall be constructed or installed in accordance with the Oregon Residential Specialty Code as adopted by the city, or as defined within the statutes of the state of Oregon.
3. Shall have a pitched roof of at least one foot in height for every three feet in width.
4. Exterior siding and roofing shall be similar in color, material, and appearance to that of surrounding dwellings.
5. The dwelling shall provide on-site covered parking consistent with the predominant construction patterns of immediately surrounding dwellings.
“Dwelling, two-family” means a structure on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or an unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units. Two-family dwellings:
1. Shall conform to all residential use development standards for single-family dwellings.
2. Shall be constructed or installed in accordance with the Oregon Residential Specialty Code as adopted by the city, or as defined within the statutes of the state of Oregon.
3. Shall have a pitched roof of at least one foot in height for every three feet in width.
4. Exterior siding and roofing shall be similar in color, material, and appearance to that of surrounding dwellings.
5. The dwelling shall provide on-site covered parking consistent with the predominant construction patterns of immediately surrounding dwellings.
“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms designed for occupancy by one family and designed to have no more than one kitchen.
“Easement” means a grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, a corporation or another person or entity.
“Factory-built house” means a dwelling unit that is constructed and assembled at a factory in conformance with the State Building Codes and transported to the building’s site and placed on a prebuilt foundation.
“Family” means a group of related individuals by blood or marriage, or five or fewer individuals, unless certified as disabled, not related by blood or marriage occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single household unit.
“Fence, sight-obscuring” means a fence or planting arranged in such a way as to obstruct visibility of land uses on a parcel from adjacent properties.
“Floor area, gross” means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floor(s) of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles, or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
“Garage, private” means an accessory building or portion of a main building used for the parking or temporary storage of vehicles owned or used by occupants of the main building.
“Garage, public” means a building other than a private garage used for the care and repair of motor vehicles where such vehicles are owned or used or stored for compensation, hire, or sale.
“Grade” means the average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls of the building. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the above ground level should be measured at the sidewalk.
“Height” means the vertical distance of a structure measured from the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the structure to the highest point of the structure.
“Home occupation” means a lawful activity carried on within a dwelling by members of the family occupying the dwelling with no servant, employee or other person being engaged; provided, that:
1. The residential character of the dwelling is maintained.
2. The activity occupies less than one-quarter of the ground floor area of the dwelling.
3. The activity is conducted in such a manner as not to give an outward appearance nor manifest any characteristic of a business in the ordinary meaning of the term nor infringe upon the right of neighboring residents to enjoy the peaceful occupancy of their homes.
“Hospital” means an establishment which provides sleeping and eating facilities to persons receiving medical, obstetrical or surgical care and nursing service on a continuous basis.
“Industrial park” means a large tract of land that has been planned, developed and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.
“Industry” means those fields of economic activity related to forestry, fishing, hunting and trapping; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation, communication, electric, gas, and sanitary services; and wholesale trade.
“Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped or ruined motor vehicles, or motor vehicle parts, iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material, metal or nonmetal materials.
“Junkyard” means any establishment or place of business where there is accumulated on the premises eight or more motor vehicles or an equivalent volume of junk that is maintained, operated or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling of junk and the term includes automobile graveyards, wrecking yards, and salvage yards.
“Lot” means a parcel or tract, or area of land whose boundaries have been established by some legal instrument, which is recognized as a separate legal entity for purposes of transfer of title, has frontage upon a public or private street, and complies with the dimensional requirements of this code.
“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
“Lot, corner” means any lot having at least two contiguous sides abutting upon one or more streets; provided, that the interior angle of the intersection of such two sides is less than 135 degrees.
“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance ordinarily measured from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.
“Lot, interior” means a lot other than a corner lot.
“Lot line” means the property line bounding a lot.
“Lot line, front” means, in the case of an interior lot, the lot line separating the lot from the street other than an alley, and in the case of a corner or through lot, the lot line along a street other than an alley over which the primary vehicular access to the property is gained, except as provided for corner lot duplex residential uses in JCMC 17.15.040 and 17.20.050.
“Lot line, rear” means the lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. Where a rear lot line cannot be determined, it shall be developed by striking a cord 10 feet in length within the lot parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.
“Lot line, side” means any lot line not a front or rear lot line.
“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, ordinarily measured at the front lot line.
“Manufactured home” means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways, that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, is being used for residential purposes and was constructed in accordance with federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards regulations in effect at the time of construction.
“Manufacturing” means establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products including the assembling of component parts, the manufacturing of products, and the blending of materials such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins or liquors.
“Mini-warehouse” means a structure containing separate storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on an individual basis.
“Mobile food unit” means any vehicle used to sell and dispense food to the general public that is self-propelled or can be pulled or pushed down a street or highway.
“Mobile home park” means any tract, lot, or parcel of land maintained, offered or used for the purpose of parking four or more mobile homes as dwelling units.
“Nonconforming structure or use” means a lawful existing structure or use at the time the ordinance codified in this chapter or any amendment thereto becomes effective which does not conform to the requirements of the zone in which it is located.
“Outdoor storage” means the keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours.
“Parcel” means a unit of land that is created by the partitioning of land.
“Park” means a tract of land, designated and used by the public for active or passive recreation.
“Parking space” means a rectangle not less than 20 feet long and nine feet wide.
“Parking space, handicapped” means a rectangle not less than 20 feet long and nine feet wide with a six-foot access aisle which is part of the access route to the building.
“Pedestrian facilities” is a general term denoting improvements and provisions made to accommodate or encourage walking, including sidewalks, accessways, crosswalks, ramps, paths, and trails.
“Person” means every natural person, firm, partnership, association and/or corporation.
“Planned unit development” means a parcel of land planned as a single unit rather than as an aggregate of individual lots, with design flexibility from traditional zoning regulations.
“Planning commission” means the city planning commission.
“Plat” includes a final map, diagram, drawing, replat or other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, provisions and information concerning a subdivision.
“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled or driven and primarily designed as temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and including but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers and self-propelled motor homes.
“Residential care facility” means a facility licensed by or under the authority of the Department of Human Resources under ORS 443.400 through 443.460 which provides residential care alone or in conjunction with treatment or training or a combination thereof for six to 15 individuals who need not be related.
“Residential care home” means a home licensed by or under the authority of the Department of Human Resources under ORS 443.400 through 443.825 which provides residential care alone or in conjunction with treatment or training or a combination thereof for five or fewer individuals who need not be related.
“Rubbish” is a general term for solid waste, excluding food waste and ashes, taken from residences, commercial establishments and institutions.
“Scrap” means discarded or rejected materials that result from manufacturing or fabricating operations.
“Screening” means a method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms or densely planted vegetation.
“Setback” means the distance between the property line and the building foundation, excluding uncovered steps.
“Spot zoning” means rezoning of a lot or parcel of land to benefit an owner for a use incompatible with surrounding uses and not for the purpose or effect of furthering the comprehensive zoning plan.
“Story” means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the top story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the top floor and the ceiling above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement or cellar is more than six feet above grade, such basement or cellar shall be considered a story.
“Street” means any vehicular way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway and is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the county recording officer, and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved.
“Street, arterial” means a street with signals at important intersections and stop signs on the side streets, and which collects and distributes traffic to and from collector streets.
“Street, collector” means a street which collects traffic from local streets and connects with minor and major arterials.
“Street, cul-de-sac” means a street with a single common ingress and egress and with a turnaround at the end.
“Street, local” means a street designed to provide vehicular access to abutting property and to discourage through traffic.
“Structural alteration” means a change to the supporting members of a structure including the supporting parts of foundations, bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, girders or the roof.
“Structure” means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building or any kind or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner and which requires location on the ground or which is attached to something having a location on the ground.
“Swimming pool” means a water-filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable, having a depth of more than 18 inches below the level of the surrounding land, or an above-surface pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches, designed, used and maintained for swimming and bathing.
“Unstable soil” means soil types which pose severe limitations upon development or create a ground water pollution hazard due to poor filtration, high water table and/or cemented hardpan, as defined by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
“Use” means the purpose for which land or a structure is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
“Vision clearance area” means a triangular area on a lot at the intersection of two streets or a street and an alley, driveway, other point of vehicular access or railroad, two sides of which are lot lines measured from the corner intersection of the curb lines to a distance specified in JCMC 17.95.090. The third side of the triangle is a line across the corner of the lot adjoining the ends of the other two sides. Where the curb lines at intersections have rounded corners, the lot lines will be extended in a straight line to a point of intersection (refer to Appendix A, Diagram 1). The vision clearance area contains no plantings, walls, structures, or temporary or permanent obstructions exceeding three and one-half feet or lower than eight feet in height measured from the grade of the street centerline.
“Wetlands” means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions (ORS 196.800(16)). Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.
“Yard” means an open space on a lot which is unobstructed with buildings from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this title.
“Yard, front” means a yard between side lot lines and measured horizontally at right angles to the front lot line from the front lot line to the nearest point of the foundation of a building.
“Yard, rear” means a yard extending between side lot lines and measured horizontally at right angles to the rear lot line from the rear lot line to the nearest point of the foundation of a building.
“Yard, side” means a yard between the front and rear yards measured horizontally and at right angles to the side lot lines from the side lot line to the nearest point of the foundation of a building. [Ord. 1278 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1266 § 2 (Exh. B), 2021; Ord. 1254 § 1, 2018; Ord. 1103 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1037 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1021 § 1, 1996; Ord. 975 § 1, 1993; Ord. 950 § 2, 1991.]
17.05.030 Compliance with provisions.
No structure or premises shall hereafter be used or occupied and no structure or part thereof shall be erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged or altered contrary to the provisions of this title. [Ord. 1278 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1266 § 2 (Exh. B), 2021; Ord. 950 § 3, 1991.]
17.05.040 State and federal regulations.
All development within the city shall adhere to:
A. State and federal air quality standards.
B. State and federal clean water regulations.
C. State noise regulations.
D. State and federal solid and hazardous waste regulations. [Ord. 1278 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1266 § 2 (Exh. B), 2021; Ord. 950 § 4, 1991.]
17.05.050 Classification of zones.
For the purpose of this title, the city is divided into zones, designated as follows:
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Zone |
Abbreviated Designation |
|---|---|
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Agricultural |
AG |
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Single-Family Residential |
R1 |
|
Duplex Residential |
R2 |
|
Multiple-Family Residential |
R3 |
|
Multi-Structure Residential |
R4 |
|
Commercial/Residential |
CR |
|
Central Commercial |
C2 |
|
General Commercial |
GC |
|
Professional-Technical |
PT |
|
Light Industrial |
M1 |
|
Heavy Industrial |
M2 |
|
Public Lands |
PL |
[Ord. 1278 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1266 § 2 (Exh. B), 2021; Ord. 950 § 5, 1991.]
17.05.060 Zoning map.
A. The location of boundaries of the zones designated in JCMC 17.05.050 are hereby established as shown on the map entitled “Zoning Map of the City of Junction City,” dated with the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter and signed by the mayor and city recorder, and hereafter referred to as the “zoning map.”
B. The signed copy of the zoning map shall be maintained on file at City Hall and is hereby made a part of this title. [Ord. 1278 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023; Ord. 1266 § 2 (Exh. B), 2021; Ord. 950 § 7, 1991.]