1996-11391-Ordinance No. 96-003 Recorded 3/28/1996gf _x,1391
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
An Ordinance Amending Deschutes County
Code Title 18 to Add Zoning Districts
for the La Pine Urban Unincorporated
Community and Declaring an Emergency.
REVIEWED
LEGAL COUNSEL
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
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ORDINANCE NO. 96-003
WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners has determitxe:d;�hat to
comply with Periodic Review and OAR 660 Division 22, amend��nts,�to the
Deschutes County Code Title 18 are required; and �-
WHEREAS, after notice and hearing as required by law, the Board of
County Commissioners has considered the recommendation of the Planning
Commission; now therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
ORDAINS as follows:
Amendments to Title 18
Section 1. Adoption of New Chapter 18.61 to County Code. A new
chapter 18.61, Urban Unincorporated Community Zone, is added to Title
18 of the Deschutes County Code as shown in Exhibit "A" attached hereto
and by this reference incorporated herein.
Section 2. Adoption of Amendment to Chapter 18.04 of the
Deschutes County Code Title 18. Section 18.04.800, Definitions -Nursing
Home, of the Deschutes County Code, is to read as follows (with deleted
wording in brackets and added wording in bold):
"18.04.800 Definition -Nursing Home
Nursing Home. Any home, institution or other structure
maintained or operated for the nursing or care of [four or
more] sixteen or more ill, aged or infirm adults not
requiring hospital care or hospital facilities."
Section 3. Adoption of Amendment to Chapter 18.04 of the County
Code. Chapter Section 18.04 of the Deschutes County Code, is amended
to add a new definition, "Unincorporated Community," as follows:
"18.04.1063 Definition -Unincorporated Community
"Unincorporated Community" means an unincorporated
community having a zoning designation under this title of
Urban Unincorporated Community, Rural Service Center
(designated under OAR 660 Division 22 and otherwise), Resort
Community or Rural Community."
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Section 4. Adoption of Amendment to Chapter 18.12 of County Code.
Section 18.12.010 of Title 18 of the Deschutes County Code is amended
to insert the "Urban Unincorporated Community" zone and its associated
abbreviation "UUC" into the list of zones and abbreviations.
Section 5. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 18.64 of the
Deschutes County Code. Section 18.64.010, Purpose, of the Deschutes
County Code, is amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in
brackets and added wording in bold):
"18.64.010 Purpose and Applicability
The purpose of the Rural Service Center Zone is to provide
standards and review procedures for concentrations of local
commercial services to meet the needs of rural residents, as
well as limited tourist commercial services consistent with
the maintenance of the rural character of the area. The
provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any Rural
Service Center that has been planned pursuant to OAR 660
Division 22 and for which there is a separate chapter in this
title."
Section 6. Adoption of Amendment to Chapter 18.88 of the
Deschutes County Code. Section 18.88.020, Application of Provision, of
the Deschutes County Code, is amended to read as follows (with deleted
wording in brackets and added wording in underline and bold):
"18.88.020 Application of Provisions
The provisions of this section shall apply to all areas
identified in the Comprehensive Plan as a winter deer range,
significant elk habitat, antelope range or deer migration
corridor. [Rural Service Centers] Unincorporated communities
are exempt from the provisions of this [title] chapter."
Section 7. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 18.116 of County
Code. Subsection 18.116.030(F) of Title 18 of the Deschutes County
Code is amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets
and added wording in bold):
"F. Development and Maintenance Standards for Off -Street
Parking Areas. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a
public or private parking area, including commercial parking
lots, shall be developed as follows:
1. An off-street parking area for more than five vehicles
shall be effectively screened by a sight -obscuring fence.
2. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking
areas shall be so arranged that it will not project light
rays directly upon any adjoining property in a residential
zone.
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3. Groups of more than two parking spaces shall be located
and designed to prevent the need to back vehicles into a
street or right of way other than an alley.
4. Areas used for standing and maneuvering of vehicles
shall be paved surfaces adequately maintained for all-weather
use and so drained as to contain any flow of water on the
site. An exception may be made to the paving requirements by
the Planning Director or Hearings Body upon finding that:
a. A high water table in the area necessitates a
permeable surface to reduce surface water runoff problems; or
b. The subject use is located outside of [a Rural Service
Center] an unincorporated community and the proposed
surfacing will be maintained in a manner which will not
create dust problems for neighboring properties; or
C. The subject use will be in a Rural Industrial Zone
[area] or an Industrial District in an unincorporated
community and dust control measures will occur on a
continuous basis which will mitigate any adverse impacts on
surrounding properties.
5. Except for parking to serve residential uses, parking
and loading areas adjacent to residential uses shall be
designed to minimize disturbance of residents.
6. Access aisles shall be of sufficient width for all
vehicular turning and maneuvering.
7. Service drives to off-street parking areas shall be
designed and constructed to facilitate the flow of traffic,
provide maximum safety of traffic access and egress and
maximum safety of pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the
site. The number of service drives shall be limited to the
minimum that will accommodate and serve the traffic
anticipated. Service drives shall be clearly and permanently
marked and defined through the use of rails, fences, walls or
other barriers or markers. Service drives to drive-in
establishments shall be designed to avoid backing movements
or other maneuvering within a street other than an alley.
8. Service drives shall have a minimum vision clearance
area formed by the intersection of the driveway centerline,
the street right of way line and a straight line joining said
lines through points 30 feet from their intersection.
9. Parking spaces along the outer boundaries of a parking
area shall be contained by a curb or bumper rail placed to
prevent a motor vehicle from extending over an adjacent
property line or a street right of way."
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Section B. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 18.116 of County
Code. Subsection 18.116.070 of Title 18 of the Deschutes County Code
is amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets and
added wording in bold):
"18.116.070. Placement standards for manufactured homes.
A. As defined in section 18.116.050, Class A and B
manufactured homes shall be permitted as follows, subject to
the requirements of the underlying zone:
1. In the following zones, except where there is a
Conventional Housing Overlay Zone (CH): [EFU-320, EFU-80,
EFU-40, EFU-20,] Any EFU zone, MUA-10, F-2, [F-3,] RR -10,
[RSC] any area zoned as an unincorporated community (as that
term is defined herein), RSR -M, RSR -5, FP as the primary
dwelling, and R -I and SM as a caretaker's residence.
2. In manufactured home parks and subdivisions.
3. As permitted in sections 18.116.080 and 18.116.090.
4. Class A and B manufactured homes are not permitted in
any historic district or on any historic site.
B. Class C manufactured homes shall be permitted as
follows:
1. Except as otherwise allowed in this subsection, on
parcels 10 acres in size or larger.
2. As a secondary accessory farm dwelling.
3. In manufactured home parks and manufactured home
subdivisions.
4. As permitted in sections 18.116.080 and 18.116.090.
5. As a replacement to an existing nonconforming
manufactured home destroyed by fire or other natural act, or
as an upgrade to an existing manufactured home.
6. In the following subdivisions: Rockview II, Tetherow
Crossing, Chaparral Estates, Crystal Acres, Hidden Valley
Mobile Estates, Johnson Acres, Seven Peaks, Sun Mountain
Ranches, River Homesites, Happy Acres, Rancho E1 Sereno,
Whispering Pines, Bend Cascade View Estates, Raintree, Holmes
Acres, La Pine Meadows North, Pine Crest Ranchettes, Dora's
Acres, Pierce Tracts, Roan Park, South Forty, Tomes, Crooked
River Ranch, Dale Acres, Replat/Hillman, Lake Park Estates,
Mary K. Falls Estates.
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7. Class C manufactured homes are not permitted in any
historic district or on any historic site.
C. An exception may be granted by the Planning Director
or Hearings Body to allow a Class C manufactured home to be
placed in a subdivision which is not listed in paragraph
(B)(6), above, where all of the following conditions exist:
1. The manufactured home is specifically designed or has
been substantially modified for wheelchair or handicapped
access (handicapped accessible manufactured home).
2. There are Class C manufactured homes in the
subdivision located within one-quarter mile of the lot upon
which the manufactured home will be placed.
3. The handicapped -accessible manufactured home and lot
upon which the manufactured home is to be placed were
purchased by the applicant prior to February 22, 1989.
D. Class D manufactured homes shall be permitted as
follows:
1. In manufactured home parks and subdivisions.
2. As permitted in sections 18.116.080 and 18.116.090.
3. Class D manufactured homes are not permitted in any
historic district or on any historic site."
Section 9. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 18.128 of County
Code. Subsection 18.128.040(Q) of Title 18 of the Deschutes County
Code is amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets
and added wording in bold):
"Q. Planned development.
1. Such uses may be authorized as a conditional use
only after consideration of the following factors:
a. Proposed land uses and densities.
b. Building types and densities.
C. Circulation pattern, including bicycle and
pedestrian circulation, and a demonstration of how those
facilities connect to the county transportation facilities.
Private developments with private roads shall provide bicycle
and pedestrian facilities.
d. Bicycle and pedestrian connections shall be
provided at the ends of cul-de-sacs, at mid -block, between
subdivision plats, etc., wherever the addition of such a
connection would reduce the walking or cycling distance to a
connecting street by 400 feet and by at least 50 percent over
other available routes. These connections shall have a 20
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foot right of way, with at least a 10 foot wide useable
surface, and should not be more than 100 feet long if
possible.
e. Parks, playgrounds, open spaces.
f. Existing natural features.
g. Environmental, social, energy and economic impacts
likely to result from the development, including impacts on
public facilities such as schools, roads, water and sewage
systems, fire protection, etc.
h. Effect of the development on the rural character of
the area.
i. Proposed ownership pattern.
j. Operation and maintenance proposal (i.e.,
homeowners association, condominium, etc.).
k. Waste disposal facilities.
1. Water supply system.
M. Lighting.
n. General timetable of development.
2. The conditional use may be granted upon the
following findings:
a. All subdivision restrictions contained in Deschutes
County Code Title 17, the Subdivision/Partition Ordinance,
shall be met.
b. The proposed development conforms to the
Comprehensive Plan.
C. Any exceptions from the standards of the underlying
district are warranted by the design and amenities
incorporated in the development plan and program.
d. The proposal is in harmony with the surrounding
area or its potential future use.
e. The system of ownership and the means of
developing, preserving and maintaining open space is
adequate.
f. That sufficient financing exists to assure the
proposed development will be substantially completed within
four years of approval.
g. Sixty-five percent of the land is to be maintained
in open space.
h. Adequate provision is made for the preservation of
natural resources such as bodies of water, natural vegetation
and special terrain features.
3. All applications for planned developments shall
include the materials and information required for approval
of a subdivision as specified in Deschutes County Code Title
17, the Subdivision/Partition Ordinance and the materials and
information required for approval of a conditional use as
specified in this title.
a. Approval for the conditional use application and
the planned development application may be given
simultaneously.
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4. Dimensional Standards:
a. Setbacks and height limitations shall be as
determined by the Planning Director or Hearings Body upon
review of the evidence submitted.
b. Densities shall not exceed that established by the
underlying zone.
C. The minimum lot area, width, frontage and yard
requirements otherwise applying to individual buildings in
the zone in which a planned development is proposed do not
apply within a planned development. An equivalent overall
density factor may be utilized in lieu of the appropriate
minimum lot area.
d. Minimum size for a planned development shall be 40
acres.
5. Any commercial use permitted outright in an area
zoned as an unincorporated community as that term is defined
herein [the RSC zone] will be allowed in a planned
development, subject to the following conditions:
a. Each use shall be wholly enclosed in a building.
b. The total area of such uses shall not exceed three
percent of the total area of the planned development."
Amendments to Title 17
Section 10. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 17.08. Subsection
17.08.620 of Title 17 of the County Code is amended to read as follows
(with deleted wording in brackets and added wording in bold):
"17.08.620. Definition -Road or street.
"Road" or "street" means a public or private way that is
created to provide ingress and egress to one or more lots,
parcels, areas or tracts of land, excluding a private way
that is created to provide ingress and egress to land in
conjunction with the use of such land for forestry, mining or
agricultural purposes.
A. "Alley" means a public way through the middle of a
block, giving access to the rear of parcels or buildings.
B. "Arterial" includes three types of arterials,
Principal Arterial, Urban Minor and Rural Minor Arterial,
defined as follows:
1. "Principal Arterial" means a road which carries the
major portion of trips entering and leaving the urban areas
and outlying rural and recreation areas (state highways).
2. "Urban Minor Arterial" means a road that
interconnects with and augments the principal arterial system
and provides service to intra-urban/intra-community areas.
3. "Rural Minor Arterial" means a road that connects
with the principal arterial system and forms the rural road
network that links cities and [rural service centers]
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unincorporated communities (as that term is defined in Title
18).
C. "Collector" means a restricted access street
supplementary to the arterial street system used or intended
to be used primarily for the movement of traffic between
arterials and local streets.
D. "Frontage road" means a street parallel and
adjacent to an arterial providing access to abutting
properties, but protected from through traffic.
E. "Industrial road" means a street to or through
property zoned industrial.
F. "Local street" means a street which provides access
to property abutting the public right of way; this includes
vehicular and pedestrian access. Moving traffic is a
secondary function of a local street and it should not carry
through traffic.
G. "Modernization" means the widening or
reconstruction of an existing county road to an adopted
county standard.
H. "Special pedestrian way" means a sidewalk or
pathway not located within a public road right of way which
enables pedestrian access to a street, school, park or other
similar facility or service.
I. "Stubbed street" means a street having only one
outlet for vehicular traffic and which is intended to be
extended or continued to serve future subdivisions or
developments on adjacent lands."
Section 11. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 17.36 of County
Code. Section 17.36.130 of Title 17 of the Deschutes County Code is
amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets and added
wording in bold):
"17.36.130. Sidewalks.
A. Within an urban growth boundary, sidewalks shall be
installed on both sides of a public road or street and in any
special pedestrian way within the subdivision or partition,
and along any collectors and arterials improved in accordance
with the subdivision or partition approval.
B. Within an urban area, sidewalks shall be required along
frontage roads only on the side of the frontage road abutting
the development.
C. Sidewalk requirements for areas outside of urban areas
are set forth in section 17.48.175. In the absence of a
special requirement set forth by the Director of Public Works
under section 17.48.030, sidewalks and curbs are never
required in rural areas outside [rural service centers]
unincorporated communities as that term is defined in Title
18."
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Section 12. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 17.48 of County
Code. Section 17.48.175 of Title 17 of the Deschutes County Code is
amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets and added
wording in bold):
"17.48.175. Road development requirements -[Rural service
centers] Unincorporated communities.
A. Standards.
1. In the areas zoned Urban Unincorporated Community -
Commercial or Rural Service Center in La Pine, Tumalo and
Terrebonne, all roads shall be improved with curbs and
sidewalks and to the width specified for the applicable urban
classification in Table A of this title.
2. For areas zoned Urban Unincorporated Community -
Industrial or Rural Industrial (RI) all roads shall be
improved to the width specified for the applicable urban
classification in Table A; no curbs or sidewalks are
required.
3. For the areas designated residential within
unincorporated communities or zoned Rural Service Residential
( RSR -M and RSR -5) , all roads shall be improved with curbs and
sidewalks if the density of development is greater than 2.2
dwelling units per acre. If the density is 2.2 dwelling
units per acre or less, the adjacent roads shall be improved
with curbs and to the width, without sidewalks, specified for
the applicable urban classification in Table A of the title.
4. No curbs or sidewalks are required in the rural service
centers of Alfalfa, Brothers, Hampton, Millican, Whistle
Stop, Wickiup Junction, Wild Hunt, Deschutes River Woods and
Spring River.
B. All required road improvements shall be located on the
applicant's side of the street, unless the subject property
lies on both sides of the street."
Amendments to Title 15
Section 13. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 15.08 of County
Code. Section 15.08.290 of Title 15 of the Deschutes County Code is
amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets and added
wording in bold):
"15.08.290. Outdoor advertising signs.
The following criteria shall be applicable for all outdoor
advertising signs:
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A. Outdoor advertising signs shall only be permitted in
the following locations:
1. On property zoned commercial or industrial which
adjoins roadways designated as arterials within the urban
growth boundaries of Bend and Redmond;
2. On property zoned commercial which adjoins roadways
designated as arterials within the La Pine [Rural Service
Center] Urban Unincorporated Community area.
B. All such signs shall be spaced a minimum of 500 feet
apart. Outdoor advertising signs in existence on the date of
adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not
be considered as nonconforming signs and are not subject to
the provisions of section 15.08.420 of this chapter.
C. No outdoor advertising sign shall exceed a maximum
height of 30 feet.
D. The face size of any outdoor advertising sign shall
not exceed 12 feet in vertical height or 24 feet in
horizontal length.
E. All outdoor advertising signs shall be installed
outside of the highway right of way.
F. All structural supports for outdoor advertising signs
shall be constructed of steel.
G. Evidence must be provided showing the obtaining of a
state permit in compliance with the Oregon Motorist's
Information Act of 1971, where applicable."
Section 14. Adoption of Amendments to Chapter 15.08 of County
Code. Section 15.08.390 of Title 15 of the Deschutes County Code is
amended to read as follows (with deleted wording in brackets and added
wording in bold):
"15.08.390. Unincorporated community [Rural service center]
zones.
This section applies to all signs within the [rural
service center (RSC)] unincorporated community zones as
identified within [the zoning ordinance] Title 18. No sign
shall be permitted in [this] such zones except as provided in
this section.
A. Sign Area. The maximum permitted sign area for retail
or service establishments in the [RSC] unincorporated
community zones shall not exceed the following:
1. For those businesses with a street frontage
providing vehicular access to a roadway designated as an
arterial on the County Roadway Network Plan, the requirements
of sections 15.08.350 through 15.08.380 of this chapter shall
apply.
2. For those businesses without direct vehicular
access to a roadway designated as an arterial on the County
Roadway Network Plan, the requirements of section 15.08.330
shall apply.
B. All signs for agricultural and residential uses within
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the [rural service center] unincorporated community zones
shall be subject to the requirements of sections 15.08.320
and 15.08.330 respectively."
Section 15. Findings. Findings to support this ordinance are set
forth in the findings supporting Ordinance 96-002 and attached thereto
as Exhibit C, which findings are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 16. Codification. Legal Counsel or the Code Book Review
Committee shall have the authority to format the provisions contained
herein in a manner that will integrate them into the County Code
consistent with the prescribed form and style for ordinance
codification. Such codification shall include the authority to make
format changes, to make changes in numbering systems and to make such
numbering changes consistent with interrelated code sections. In
addition, as part of codification of these ordinances, Legal Counsel or
the Code Book Review Committee may insert appropriate legislative
history references. Any legislative history references included herein
are not adopted as part of the substance of this ordinance, but are
included for administrative convenience and as a reference. They may
be changed to correct errors and to conform to proper style without
action of the Board of County Commissioners.
Section 17. Repeal of Ordinances as Affecting Existing
Liabilities. The repeal, express or implied, of any ordinance,
ordinance provision, code section or any map or any line on a map by
this ordinance shall not release or extinguish any duty, condition,
penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such ordinance, unless
a provision of this ordinance shall so expressly provide, and such
ordinance repealed shall be treated as still remaining in force for the
purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the
enforcement of such duty, condition, penalty, forfeiture, or liability,
and for the purpose of authorizing the prosecution, conviction and
punishment of the person or persons who violated the repealed
ordinance.
Section 18. Corrections. This ordinance may be corrected by
order of the Board of County Commissioners to cure editorial and
clerical errors and to insert appropriate legislative history
references.
Section 19. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are
severable. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or any exhibit thereto is found to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction that decisions shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance.
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Section 20. Emergency. This ordinance being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an
emergency is declared to exist, and this Ordinance takes effect on its
passage.
DATED this-,�'%"'day of blkta'-, , 1996.
RD OF COUNTY COMMI SIONERS
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DESCHUTECOUNTY, IOREGON
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RO RT L. NIPPER, Coffiissioner
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Recording Secre4ary BARRY H. SLAUGHTER, Commissioner
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EXHIBIT °A°
Chapter 18.61
URBAN UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITY ZONE - LA PINE
Sections:
18.61.010
Purpose
18.61.020
Residential District
18.61.030
Commercial District
18.61.040
Industrial District
18.61.050
Sewer Treatment District
18.61.060
Flood Plain District
18.61.070
Standards for all Districts
In an UUC Zone, the following regulations
shall apply:
18.61.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the Urban
Unincorporated Community (UUC) Zone is
to provide standards and review
procedures for the future development of
the urban unincorporated community of La
Pine. The UUC Zone is composed of 5
separate zoning districts, each with its own
set of allowed uses and its own distinct
regulations, as further set forth in this
chapter.
18.61.020. Residential District.
A. Uses Permitted Outright. The
following uses and their accessory uses
are permitted outright:
1. Single-family dwelling.
2. Manufactured home subject to
Section 18.116.070.
3. Two family dwelling or duplex.
4. Agricultural use as defined in this
Title, subject to the following limitations:
a. Cows, horses, goats or sheep shall
not be kept on lots having an area less
than 20,000 square feet. The total number
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of all such animals over the age of six
months shall be limited to the square
footage of the lot divided by 20,000.
b. The number of chickens, fowl or
rabbits over the age of six months shall
not exceed one for each 500 square feet of
land.
5. Class I and II road or street project
subject to approval as part of a land
partition, subdivision or subject to the
standards and criteria established by
Section 18.116.230.
6. Class III road and street project.
7. Excavation, grading or fill and
removal activities involved in creation of a
wetland in areas not requiring a
conditional use permit for fill or removal.
8. Forest operation and forest practice
including, but not limited to, reforestation
of forest land, road construction and
maintenance, harvesting of a forest tree
species, application of chemicals and
disposal of slash.
B. Conditional Uses Permitted. The
following uses may be allowed subject to
applicable provisions of this chapter and
Chapters 18.116, Supplementary
Provisions, 18.124, Site Plan Review, and
18.128, Conditional Use, of this title:
1. Multi -family dwelling with three or
more units.
2. Park, playground and community
building.
3. Utility facility, except landfill.
4. Excavation, grading and fill and
removal within the bed and banks of a
stream or river or in a wetland.
5. Home occupation.
6. Church.
7. School.
8. Manufactured home park.
9. Multifamily dwelling complex.
10. Cluster development.
11. Nursery school, kindergarten and
day care facility.
12. Nursing home.
13. Public use.
14. Residential care facility for more
than 15 people.
C. Lot Sizes.
1. Partitions:
a. Parcels served by an approved
community, municipal or public water
system and an approved community or
public sewage system shall have a minimum
width of 50 feet and a minimum area of
5,000 sq. ft.
b. Parcels served by an approved
community, non -community, municipal or
public water system, but not by sewer, shall
have a minimum width of 100 feet and a
minimum area of 22,000 square feet.
C. Parcels not served by either an
approved community, municipal or public
water system or an approved community or
public sewage system shall have a minimum
width of 150 feet with a minimum area of
one (1) acre. In addition, all lots must meet
DEQ on-site sewage disposal rules.
2. Subdivisions: For subdivisions, cluster
developments or manufactured home parks,
the following standards shall apply:
a. All new lots shall be connected to a
Department of Environmental Quality
permitted community or municipal sewer
system.
b. Minimum lot size for a residential
subdivision shall be 5,000 square feet.
Maximum residential lot size for a
subdivision shall be 15,000 square feet.
D. Dimensional Standards. The following
dimensional standards shall apply:
1. Lot Coverage. The main building and
accessory buildings located on any building
site or lot shall not cover more than thirty
percent of the total lot area.
2. Building Height. No building or
structure shall be erected or enlarged to
exceed thirty (30) feet in height, except as
approved under Section 18.120.040.
E. Yard and Setback Requirements.
1. Front Yard. The minimum front yard
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shall be 20 feet.
2. Side Yard. A side yard shall be a
minimum of 5 feet and the sum of the two
side yards shall be a minimum of 15 feet. A
parcel or lot with a side yard adjacent to
zoned forest land shall have a minimum side
yard of 100 feet.
3. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard
shall be 20 feet, except a parcel or lot with a
side yard adjacent to zoned forest land shall
have a minimum rear yard of 100 feet.
18.61.030. Commercial District.
A. Uses Permitted Outright. The following
uses and their accessory uses are permitted
outright:
1. Single-family dwelling on a lot existing
on March 27, 1996.
2. Manufactured home, on a lot existing
on March 27, 1996, subject to Section
18.116.070.
3. Class I and II road or street project
subject to approval as part of a land
partition, subdivision or subject to the
standards and criteria established by
Section 18.116.230.
4. Class III road and street project.
5. Excavation, grading or fill and removal
activities involved in creation of a wetland in
areas not requiring a conditional use permit
for fill or removal.
B. Uses Permitted Suboect to Site Plan
Review. The following uses and their
accessory uses are permitted subject to the
applicable provisions of this chapter,
Chapters 18.116, Supplementary Provisions
and 18.124, Site Plan Review, of this Title:
1. Park, playground and community
building.
2. Public use.
3. A building or buildings not exceeding
8,000 square feet of floor space housing any
combination of:
a. Retail store, office and service
establishment.
b. Residential use in the same building
as a permitted use.
c. Art studio in conjunction with retail
sales.
d. Medical clinic.
e. Automobile service station.
f. Car wash.
g. Day care facility.
h. Restaurant and cocktail lounge.
i. Club and fraternal lodge.
j. Automobile and trailer sales.
k. Uses accessory to the uses identified
in this subsection.
4. Any of the uses allowed under
subsection 3 of this section housed in a
building or buildings exceeding 8,000
square feet, subject to the provisions of
18.61.030(D).
C. Conditional Uses Permitted. The
following uses and their accessory uses are
permitted subject to applicable provisions of
this chapter and Chapters 18.116,
Supplementary Provisions, 18.124, Site Plan
Review and 18.128, Conditional Use, of this
title:
1. Multi -family dwelling on a lot existing
on March 27, 1996.
2. Tourist and travelers' accommodation
of up to 100 units, provided the use is
served by a community water system as that
term is defined in OAR 660-22-010(2).
3. Manufactured home park and travel
trailer park.
4. Church.
5. School.
6. Excavation, grading and fill and
removal within the bed and banks of a
stream or river or in a wetland, subject to
Sections 18.120.050 and 18.128.040(W).
7. Water supply and treatment facility.
8. Utility facility, except landfill.
9. Television and radio station with or
without a transmitter tower.
10. Nursing home.
11. Residential care facility for more than
15 people.
12. A building or buildings not exceeding
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8,000 square feet of floor space housing any
combination of:
a. Veterinary clinic including enclosed
kennel.
b. Automobile repair garage.
c. Commercial amusement and
recreation establishment.
d. Shopping complex subject to a
master plan.
e. Mini -storage facility.
f. Uses accessory to the uses identified
in this subsection.
13. Any of the uses allowed under
subsection 12 of this section housed in a
building or buildings exceeding 8,000
square feet, subject to the provisions of
18.61.030(D).
D. Special Requirements for Large Scale
Uses. Any of the uses listed in subsection
B(4) and C(13) above may be allowed in a
building or buildings exceeding 8,000
square feet of floor space if the Planning
Director or Hearings Body finds:
1. That the intended customers for the
proposed use will come from the community
and surrounding rural area, or the use will
meet the travel needs of the people passing
through the area
2. The use will primarily employ a work
force from the community and surrounding
rural area, and
3. That it is not practical to locate the use
in a building or buildings under 8,000
square feet of floor space.
For the purposes of this subsection, the
surrounding rural area shall be that area
identified in the map depicted as Figure 3 in
the La Pine Urban Unincorporated
Community section of the Comprehensive
Plan.
E. Lot Size and Dimensional Standards.
1. Lot Size. New commercial lots shall be
served by an approved community or public
sewage system and shall have a minimum
width of 50 feet and a minimum area of
5,000 sq. ft.
2. Lot Coverage. No requirements.
3. Building Height. No building or
structure shall be erected or enlarged to
exceed thirty (30) feet in height, except as
approved under Section 18.120.040.
F. Yard and Setback Requirements.
1. Front Yard. The front yard shall be no
more than 15 feet, except as otherwise
allowed by Section 18.124.070(C) (3) (b) and
except when abutting a lot in a Residential
District, in which case the front yard shall
be the front yard required in the abutting
Residential District. All buildings shall be set
at the front yard setback line.
2. Side Yard. None required, except
when a parcel or lot with a side yard
adjacent to zoned forest land shall have a
minimum side yard of 100 feet.
3. Rear Yard. None required, except
when abutting a yard in a Residential
District, and then the rear yard shall be a
minimum of 20 feet. A parcel or lot with a
rear yard adjacent to zoned forest land shall
have a minimum rear yard of 100 feet.
18.61.040. Industrial District.
A. Uses Permitted Outright. The following
uses and their accessory uses are permitted
outright:
1. Agricultural use as defined in this Title.
2. Excavation, grading or fill and removal
activities involved in creation of a wetland in
areas not requiring a conditional use permit
for fill or removal.
3. Class I and II road or street project
subject to approval as part of a land
partition, subdivision or subject to the
standards and criteria established by
Section 18.116.230.
4. Class III road or street project.
5. Forest operation and forest practice
including, but not limited to, reforestation of
forest land, road construction and
maintenance, harvesting of a forest tree
species, application of chemicals and
disposal of slash.
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B. Uses Permitted Sub*ect to Site Plan
Review. The following uses and their
accessory uses are permitted subject to
Section 18.61.040(D) (3) (b) and other
applicable provisions of this chapter and
Chapters 18.116, Supplementary Provisions,
and 18.124, Site Plan Review, of this Title:
1. Expansion of a valid use existing on
December 5, 1994.
2. Public use compatible with industrial
uses.
3. Uses that require proximity to rural
resources, as defined in OAR 660-04-
022(3) (a).
4. Scientific research or experimental
development of materials, methods or
products, including engineering and
laboratory research.
5. Light manufacturing, assembly, fabri-
cating or packaging, and wholesale
distribution.
6. Cold storage plant, including storage
and office.
7. Kennel or veterinary clinic operated
entirely within an enclosed building.
8. Processing use such as bottling plant,
creamery, laboratory, blueprinting and
photocopying, laundry, carpet and rug
cleaning plant, cleaning and dyeing plant,
tire retreading, recapping and rebuilding.
9. Contractor's equipment storage or sale
yard, house mover, delivery vehicles, transit
storage, trucking terminal and used
equipment in operable condition.
10. Manufacture of concrete products and
ceramic products using only previously
comminuted raw materials.
11. All types of automobile, motorcycle,
boat, trailer and truck sales, service, repair,
storage and rental.
12. Retail or combination retail/wholesale
lumber and building materials yard, not
including concrete mixing.
13. Manufactured home sales and service.
14. Plant nursery and greenhouse.
C. Conditional Uses Permitted. The
following uses may be allowed subject to
the applicable provisions of this chapter and
Chapters 18.124, Site Plan Review, and
Chapter 18.128, Conditional Use, of this title:
1. Mini -storage facility.
2. Hydroelectric facility, subject to
Sections 18.116.130 and 18.128.0400.
3. Asphalt plant.
4. Lumber manufacturing and wood
processing including pulp and paper
manufacturing.
5. Electrical substation.
6. Concrete, asphalt and ready -mix plant.
7. Petroleum products storage and
distribution.
8. Storage, crushing and processing of
minerals, including the processing of
aggregate into asphaltic concrete or
portland cement concrete.
9. Commercial feedlot, stockyard, sales
yard, slaughterhouse and rendering plant.
10. Railroad track, freight depot and
related facilities.
11. Agricultural products storage and
processing plant.
12. Transfer station.
13. Automotive wrecking yard totally
enclosed by a sight -obscuring fence.
14. Any use permitted by 18.61.040(B)
that is expected to:
a. Require lot coverage in excess of 70%;
b. Require more than one acre of land; or
c. Generate any odor, dust, fumes, glare,
flashing lights or noise that would be
perceptible without instruments 500 feet
from the property line of the subject use.
15. Service commercial use, such as
office, restaurant, cafe, refreshment stand,
bar and tavern, whose primary purposes is
to serve industrial uses in the surrounding
area, provided that such use is allowed as
part of an Industrial Park Master Plan.
D. Use Limits. The following limitations
and standards shall apply to uses listed in
subsections (B) and (C):
1. Sewer and Water Requirements:
a. New uses that require Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
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water pollution control facility (WPCF)
permits shall be required to connect to the
La Pine Sewer Treatment Facility in lieu of
obtaining a WPCF permit.
b. Uses that do not require a water
pollution control facility (WPCF) permit shall
demonstrate the ability to obtain approval for
an on-site sewage disposal system either
before approval of the land use permit or as
a condition of permit approval.
c. If a use requires more than 5,000
gallons of water per day, an application shall
be made to the Oregon Water Resources
Department for a water rights permit or the
use must be connected to a municipal,
community or public water system.
2. Compatibility:
a. A use that requires a lot area
exceeding 9,000 square feet shall not be
permitted to locate adjacent to a lot in a
residential district.
b. A use expected to generate more than
30 truck -trailer or other heavy equipment
trips per day to and from the subject
property shall not be permitted to locate on
a lot adjacent to or across a street from a lot
in a residential district.
c. Any use on a lot adjacent to or across
the street from a lot in a residential district
shall not emit odor, dust, fumes, glare,
flashing lights, noise, or similar disturbances
perceptible without instruments more than
200 feet in the direction of the affected
residential use or lot.
d. Storage, loading and parking areas for
uses permitted by subsections (B) and (C)
shall be screened from residential zones.
e. No use requiring air contaminant
discharge permits shall be approved by the
Planning Director or Hearings Body prior to
review by the applicable state or federal
permit -reviewing authority, nor shall such
uses be permitted adjacent to or across a
street from a residential lot.
f. A property hosting a service
commercial use shall be subject to a waiver
of remonstrance recorded in the Deschutes
County Book of Records declaring that the
operator and his or her successors will not
now or in the future file a complaint aimed at
curtailing industrial activities on adjacent
properties conducted in conformance with
this Chapter.
3. Traffic/Parking
a. A use that generates more than 20
auto or truck trips during the busiest hour of
the day to and from the premises shall be
served directly by an arterial or collector.
b. An applicant must demonstrate that
affected transportation facilities are adequate
to serve the proposed use, considering the
functional classification, capacity and the
level of service of such facilities.
c. All parking demand created by any use
permitted by this section shall be
accommodated on the applicant's premises
entirely off-street.
d. There shall be only one ingress and
one egress from properties accommodating
uses covered by this section per each 300
feet or fraction thereof of street frontage. If
necessary to meet this requirement, uses
shall provide for shared ingress and egress.
E. Additional Requirements. As a
condition of approval of any use proposed,
the Planning Director or Hearings Body may
require:
1. An increase in required setbacks.
2. Additional off-street parking and
loading facilities.
3. Limitations on signs or lighting, hours
of operation and points of ingress and
egress.
4. Additional landscaping, screening and
other improvements.
F. Dimensional Standards. The following
dimensional standards shall apply:
1. Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot
size shall be determined subject to the
provisions of this section concerning
setback requirements, off-street parking and
loading.
2. Lot Coverage. Notwithstanding
Section 18.61.040(C)(14), a use permitted by
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this section that is located adjacent to or
across the street from a lot in a residential
district shall not exceed 70% lot coverage by
all buildings, storage areas or facilities and
required off-street parking and loading area.
3. Setbacks.
a. The minimum building setback
between a non -railroad related structure and
a street, road or railroad right-of-way line
shall be 50 feet unless a greater setback is
required for compliance with Comprehensive
Plan policies.
b. The minimum setback between a
structure and a property line adjoining a
residential district shall be 50 feet.
c. The minimum setback between a
structure and an existing use shall be three
feet from the property line and at least six
feet from a structure on the adjoining
property.
4. Building Heights. The maximum
building height for any structure shall be 25
feet on any lot adjacent to or across a street
from a residential district and 45 feet on any
other lot.
5. Minimum Lot Frontage. The minimum
lot frontage shall be 50 feet.
6. Side Yard. None required, except
when a parcel or lot with a side yard
adjacent to zoned forestland shall have a
minimum side yard of 100 feet.
7. Rear Yard. None required, except
when abutting a yard in a Residential
District, and then the rear yard shall be a
minimum of 20 feet. A parcel or lot with a
rear yard adjacent to zoned forest land shall
have a minimum rear yard of 100 feet.
18.61.050. Sewer Treatment District.
A. Uses Permitted Outright. The following
uses and their accessory uses are permitted
outright:
1. Any use that is allowed by ORS
215.283(1), including utility facility necessary
for public service, except commercial
facilities for the purpose of generating power
for public use by sale and transmission
towers over 200 feet in height.
B. Conditional Uses Permitted. The
following uses may be allowed subject to
applicable provisions of this chapter and
Chapters 18.116, Supplementary Provisions,
18.124, Site Plan Review, and 18.128,
Conditional Use, of this title and DCC
18.16.040(A):
1. Parks, playground or community
centers owned and operated by a
governmental agency or a nonprofit
community organization.
C. Dimensional Standards. The following
dimensional standards shall apply:
1. Lot Coverage. No requirements.
2. Building Height. No building or
structure shall be erected or enlarged to
exceed thirty (30) feet in height, except as
approved under Section 18.120.040.
E. Yard and Setback Requirements.
1. Front Yard. The minimum front yard
shall be 20 feet.
2. Side Yard. A side yard shall be a
minimum of 5 feet and the sum of the two
side yards shall be a minimum of 15 feet.
3. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard
shall be 20 feet.
18.61.060. Flood Plain District.
All uses proposed within this district shall
be subject to the provisions in Chapter
18.96, Flood Plain Zone, of this title.
18.61.070 Standards in All Districts.
A. Solar Setback. The setback from the
north lot line shall meet the solar setback
requirements in Section 18.116.180.
B. Stream Setback. To permit better
light, air, vision, stream or pollution control,
protect fish and wildlife areas and to
preserve the natural scenic amenities and
vistas along the streams and lakes the
following setback shall apply:
1. All sewage disposal installations,
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such as septic tanks and septic drainfields,
shall be setback from the ordinary high
water mark along all streams or lakes a
minimum of 100 feet, measured at right
angles to the ordinary high water mark. In
those cases where practical difficulties
preclude the location of the facilities at a
distance of 100 feet and the County
Sanitarian finds that a closer location will not
endanger health, the Planning Director or
Hearings Body may permit the location of
these facilities closer to the stream or lake,
but in no case closer than 25 feet.
2. All structures, buildings and similar
permanent fixtures shall be set back from
the ordinary high water mark along all
streams or lakes a minimum of 100 feet
measured at right angles to the ordinary
high water mark.
C. Building Code Setbacks. In addition
to the setbacks set forth herein, any greater
setbacks required by applicable building or
structural codes adopted by the State of
Oregon and/or the County under Chapter
15.04 of this title shall be met.
D. Off -Street Parking and Loading. Off-
street parking and loading shall be provided
subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.116,
Supplementary Provisions.
E. Outdoor Lighting. All outdoor lighting
shall be installed in conformance with
Chapter 15.10 Deschutes County Code
providing outdoor lighting control.