Auburn City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
18.01 User
Guide
Sections
- 18.01.010 What is the purpose of the zoning code?
- 18.01.020 I am unclear on some of the terms used in the code. Where can I find definitions?
- 18.01.030 How do I determine what uses are allowed on a particular property?
- 18.01.040 Where do I find information about landscaping, signs, and parking requirements?
- 18.01.050 How do city zoning and land use regulations relate to Indian lands?
18.02 General
Provisions
Sections
- 18.02.010 Short title.
- 18.02.020 Authority to adopt code.
- 18.02.030 Purpose.
- 18.02.040 Applicability.
- 18.02.050 Minimum requirements.
- 18.02.060 Rules for administrative interpretations.
- 18.02.065 Methods of calculating density.
- 18.02.067 Units allowed per lot.
- 18.02.070 Establishment of zones.
- 18.02.080 Zoning map.
- 18.02.090 Zone boundary interpretation.
- 18.02.100 Zoning for annexed land.
- 18.02.110 Zoning for property influenced by Auburn Municipal Airport.
- 18.02.120 Permitted land uses established.
- 18.02.130 Neighborhood review meeting.
18.04 Definitions
Sections
- 18.04.010 General definitions.
- 18.04.018 Accessory dwelling unit.
- 18.04.019 Accessible electric vehicle charging station.
- 18.04.020 Accessory use.
- 18.04.021 Accessory use, manufactured home community.
- 18.04.022 Adult book and video establishment.
- 18.04.023 Accessory use, residential.
- 18.04.024 Adult entertainment establishment.
- 18.04.025 Administrative use.
- 18.04.027 Adult entertainment.
- 18.04.030 Adult motion picture theater.
- 18.04.031 Adult family home.
- 18.04.032 Adult uses.
- 18.04.035 Agricultural enterprise.
- 18.04.036 Agricultural store.
- 18.04.039 Aircraft operations.
- 18.04.040 Airport, heliport or aircraft landing field.
- 18.04.050 Airport elevation.
- 18.04.060 Airport hazard.
- 18.04.070 Airport landing area.
- 18.04.072 Airport manager.
- 18.04.080 Airport reference point.
- 18.04.090 Alley.
- 18.04.100 Amusement device, mechanical.
- 18.04.105 Animal shelter, public.
- 18.04.110 Apartment building.
- 18.04.115 Apiary.
- 18.04.120 Arcade.
- 18.04.125 Assisted living facility.
- 18.04.130 Automobile repair.
- 18.04.140 Automobile service station.
- 18.04.150 Automobile wrecking.
- 18.04.160 Automobile wrecking yard.
- 18.04.170 Automobile, trailer, equipment sales area.
- 18.04.171 Battery charging station.
- 18.04.172 Battery electric vehicle (BEV).
- 18.04.173 Battery exchange station.
- 18.04.175 Bed and breakfast.
- 18.04.180 Boardinghouse.
- 18.04.185 Brew pub.
- 18.04.190 Building.
- 18.04.192 Building and landscape materials sales.
- 18.04.194 Building contractor, heavy.
- 18.04.195 Building contractor, light.
- 18.04.200 Building height.
- 18.04.210 Building, main.
- 18.04.220 Building official.
- 18.04.230 Building site.
- 18.04.235 Built green.
- 18.04.235.1 Caretaker apartment.
- 18.04.236 Charging levels.
- 18.04.237 Chicken coop.
- 18.04.238 Chicken run.
- 18.04.240 Commercial use.
- 18.04.245 Commercial vehicle.
- 18.04.246 Commercial recreation facility, indoor.
- 18.04.247 Commercial recreation facility, outdoor.
- 18.04.248 Community retail establishment.
- 18.04.249 Communal residence.
- 18.04.250 Comprehensive plan.
- 18.04.260 Conditional use.
- 18.04.265 Condominium.
- 18.04.270 Conforming use.
- 18.04.280 Contract rezone.
- 18.04.282 Convenience store.
- 18.04.283 Crematorium.
- 18.04.285 Dangerous waste.
- 18.04.290 Daycare center, nursery school, preschool.
- 18.04.294 Designated accessible space.
- 18.04.295 Designated facility zone.
- 18.04.300 Density.
- 18.04.301 Density, base.
- 18.04.302 Density bonus.
- 18.04.303 Density, minimum.
- 18.04.310 Development standards.
- 18.04.318 Dripline.
- 18.04.320 District.
- 18.04.325 Domestic fowl and poultry.
- 18.04.330 Dwelling.
- 18.04.340 Dwellings, types of.
- 18.04.350 Dwelling unit.
- 18.04.351 Electric scooters and motorcycles.
- 18.04.352 Electric vehicle.
- 18.04.353 Electric vehicle charging station.
- 18.04.354 Electric vehicle charging station – Restricted.
- 18.04.355 Extremely hazardous waste.
- 18.04.356 Electric vehicle charging station – Public.
- 18.04.357 Electric vehicle infrastructure.
- 18.04.358 Electric vehicle parking space.
- 18.04.359 Emergency housing.
- 18.04.360 Emergency shelter.
- 18.04.361 Entertainment, commercial.
- 18.04.362 Family.
- 18.04.365 FAR Part 77 surfaces.
- 18.04.370 Fence.
- 18.04.371 Fence, opacity.
- 18.04.372 Fence, screened.
- 18.04.373 Fence, visibility.
- 18.04.374 Fence, 100 percent sight-obscuring.
- 18.04.376 Retaining wall.
- 18.04.380 Floor area.
- 18.04.390 Foster care home.
- 18.04.395 Fueling station.
- 18.04.400 Garage or carport, residential.
- 18.04.410 Garage, commercial.
- 18.04.411 Golf course.
- 18.04.412 Governmental facilities.
- 18.04.420 Grade.
- 18.04.425 Green building practices.
- 18.04.430 Gross floor area.
- 18.04.440 Group residence facility.
- 18.04.445 Growth center.
- 18.04.450 Guest cottage.
- 18.04.452 Hazardous material.
- 18.04.453 Hazardous substance.
- 18.04.454 Hazardous substance processing or handling.
- 18.04.455 Hazardous waste.
- 18.04.456 Hazardous waste storage.
- 18.04.457 Hazardous waste treatment.
- 18.04.458 Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility, off-site.
- 18.04.459 Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility, on-site.
- 18.04.460 Home occupation.
- 18.04.465 Homeless encampment.
- 18.04.466 Horse riding, commercial.
- 18.04.470 Hospital.
- 18.04.480 Hospital or clinic, small animal.
- 18.04.485 Host agency.
- 18.04.490 Hotel.
- 18.04.495 Household pet.
- 18.04.496 Housing rehabilitation.
- 18.04.497 Impervious surface.
- 18.04.498 Incidental.
- 18.04.499 Intensity.
- 18.04.500 Junkyard.
- 18.04.510 Kennel.
- 18.04.515 Kitchen.
- 18.04.520 Landscaping.
- 18.04.522 Reserved.
- 18.04.523 Large domestic animal.
- 18.04.525 Leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED).
- 18.04.527 Live/work unit.
- 18.04.530 Lot.
- 18.04.540 Lot area.
- 18.04.550 Lot coverage.
- 18.04.560 Lot dimensions.
- 18.04.570 Lot lines.
- 18.04.580 Lot of record.
- 18.04.590 Lot types.
- 18.04.595 Low impact development.
- 18.04.597 Major transit stop.
- 18.04.600 Manufactured home.
- 18.04.610 Manufactured home community.
- 18.04.612 Manufacturing, assembling and packaging – Heavy intensity.
- 18.04.614 Manufacturing, assembling and packaging – Light intensity.
- 18.04.616 Manufacturing, assembling and packaging – Medium intensity.
- 18.04.617 Medium domestic animal.
- 18.04.619 Medium-speed electric vehicle.
- 18.04.620 Medical-dental clinic.
- 18.04.621 Middle housing.
- 18.04.622 Miniature goat.
- 18.04.623 Microbrewery or small craft brewery.
- 18.04.625 Mixed-use development.
- 18.04.630 Mobile home.
- 18.04.635 Motor freight terminal.
- 18.04.640 Motel.
- 18.04.641 Multimodal transportation corridor.
- 18.04.642 Municipal park.
- 18.04.643 Museum.
- 18.04.643.1 Neighborhood electric vehicle.
- 18.04.644 Neighborhood recreation buildings.
- 18.04.644.1 Neighborhood retail establishment.
- 18.04.645 Neighborhood services.
- 18.04.648 Net density.
- 18.04.649 Nonelectric vehicle.
- 18.04.650 Nonconforming use.
- 18.04.660 Nursing home.
- 18.04.670 Occupancy.
- 18.04.672 Outdoor sales.
- 18.04.676 Outdoor storage.
- 18.04.676.1 Overlay zone.
- 18.04.677 Owner occupied unit.
- 18.04.678 Panoram or peepshow.
- 18.04.680 Parking area.
- 18.04.690 Parking space or stall.
- 18.04.692 Parking structure.
- 18.04.694 Permanent supportive housing.
- 18.04.696 Permitted use.
- 18.04.700 Person.
- 18.04.710 Personal service shop.
- 18.04.730 Planning commission.
- 18.04.740 Planning director.
- 18.04.741 Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).
- 18.04.742 Potbelly pig.
- 18.04.744 Prerelease facility.
- 18.04.745 Print and copy shop.
- 18.04.746 Private country clubs and golf courses, excluding driving ranges.
- 18.04.748 Privately owned and operated parks and playgrounds.
- 18.04.750 Professional offices.
- 18.04.752 Prohibited use.
- 18.04.754 Public art.
- 18.04.756 Public recreational amenity.
- 18.04.760 Public use.
- 18.04.770 Quasi-public use.
- 18.04.779 Rapid charging station.
- 18.04.780 Recreational vehicle, camping trailer, travel trailer, motor home and truck camper.
- 18.04.790 Recreational vehicle park.
- 18.04.791 Regional retail establishment.
- 18.04.792 Religious institution.
- 18.04.793 Religious organization.
- 18.04.794 Renting of rooms.
- 18.04.796 Repair services – Equipment, appliances.
- 18.04.800 Residence.
- 18.04.804 Restaurant, full-service.
- 18.04.805 Right-of-way.
- 18.04.806 Schools, elementary and middle/junior high.
- 18.04.807 Schools, secondary or high school.
- 18.04.808 Secure community transition facility.
- 18.04.809 Senior housing.
- 18.04.810 Setback.
- 18.04.811 Setback area.
- 18.04.812 Setback, front.
- 18.04.813 Setback, rear.
- 18.04.814 Setback, side.
- 18.04.815 Setback line.
- 18.04.816 Shop.
- 18.04.818 Shopping center.
- 18.04.820 Sign.
- 18.04.821 Site.
- 18.04.822 Site area.
- 18.04.823 Small domestic animal.
- 18.04.824 Social and service organizations.
- 18.04.825 Solid waste.
- 18.04.826 Solid waste processing facility.
- 18.04.827 Special events.
- 18.04.828 Sponsoring agency.
- 18.04.829 Store.
- 18.04.830 Specified anatomical areas.
- 18.04.835 Special needs housing.
- 18.04.840 Specified sexual activities.
- 18.04.850 Reserved.
- 18.04.855 Small craft distillery.
- 18.04.860 Story.
- 18.04.870 Street, private.
- 18.04.880 Street, public.
- 18.04.890 Structure.
- 18.04.891 Supportive housing.
- 18.04.892 Sustainable design.
- 18.04.894 Tasting room.
- 18.04.895 Tavern.
- 18.04.896 Transmitting tower.
- 18.04.896.1 Transitional housing.
- 18.04.897 Unclassified use.
- 18.04.900 Use.
- 18.04.901 Utility facilities and substations.
- 18.04.910 Variance.
- 18.04.911 Walking distance.
- 18.04.911.1 Wine production facility.
- 18.04.911.2 Winery.
- 18.04.912 Wireless communications.
- 18.04.913 Work/live unit.
- 18.04.914 Work release facility.
- 18.04.920 Yard.
- 18.04.930 Yard – front.
- 18.04.940 Yard – rear.
- 18.04.950 Yard – side.
- 18.04.954 Youth community support facility.
- 18.04.960 Zone.
- 18.04.1001 Child care center.
- 18.04.1005 Marijuana or marihuana.
- 18.04.1007 Marijuana cooperative.
- 18.04.1009 Marijuana-infused products.
- 18.04.1011 Marijuana processor.
- 18.04.1013 Marijuana producer.
- 18.04.1015 Marijuana-related business.
- 18.04.1017 Marijuana retailer.
- 18.04.1019 Marijuana researcher.
- 18.04.1021 Marijuana transporter.
- 18.04.1023 Public or private park.
- 18.04.1025 Public or private playground.
- 18.04.1027 Public or private recreational center.
- 18.04.1029 Public transit center.
18.08 Northeast
Auburn Special Area Plan and Auburn Gateway Planned Action
Sections
- 18.08.010 Purpose of the planned action.
- 18.08.020 Findings related to the northeast Auburn special area plan.
- 18.08.030 Applicability of the planned action.
- 18.08.040 Planned action thresholds.
- 18.08.050 Review criteria for planned actions.
- 18.08.060 Effect of planned action designation.
- 18.08.070 Planned action permit process.
- 18.08.080 Planned action mitigation measures.
- 18.08.090 Amendments.
18.25 Middle
Housing Development Standards
Sections
- 18.25.010 Purpose and intent.
- 18.25.020 Applicability.
- 18.25.030 Procedures.
- 18.25.040 Middle housing types.
- 18.25.050 Parking requirements.
- 18.25.060 Accessory dwelling units.
- 18.25.070 Middle housing design standards.
- 18.25.080 Courtyard housing standards.
- 18.25.090 Usable open space.
- 18.25.100 Lot splitting.
18.29 DUC
Downtown Urban Center District
Sections
- 18.29.010 Intent.
- 18.29.020 Scope.
- 18.29.030 Process.
- 18.29.040 Definitions.
- 18.29.050 Use limitations.
- 18.29.053 Uses/activities requiring an administrative use permit.
- 18.29.055 Deviation from development standards.
- 18.29.057 Implementing districts.
- 18.29.060 Development standards.
- 18.29.070 Design standards.
18.31 Supplemental
Development Standards
Sections
- 18.31.010 Daycare standards.
- 18.31.020 Fences.
- 18.31.025 Retaining walls.
- 18.31.030 Height limitations – Exceptions.
- 18.31.040 Lots.
- 18.31.050 Single-unit detached siting and design standards.
- 18.31.060 Recreational vehicle parks.
- 18.31.070 Setbacks.
- 18.31.080 Heliports.
- 18.31.090 Work release, prerelease and similar facilities.
- 18.31.100 Wireless communications facilities siting standards.
- 18.31.110 Siting of small wireless facilities.
- 18.31.115 Wetland mitigation.
- 18.31.120 Accessory dwelling units.
- 18.31.130 Communal residence standards.
- 18.31.140 Gated residential subdivisions.
- 18.31.150 Secure community transition facilities.
- 18.31.160 Supplemental standards for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency shelters, and indoor emergency housing.
- 18.31.165 Homeless encampment hosted by a religious organization.
- 18.31.170 Reserved.
- 18.31.180 Performance standards.
- 18.31.190 Supplemental standards for residential mobile home communities.
- 18.31.200 Architectural and site design review standards and regulations.
- 18.31.210 Agricultural enterprises development standards.
- 18.31.220 Permitted animals.
- 18.31.230 Table of allowed districts.
18.38 L-F
Airport Landing Field District, Overlay, and FAR Part 77 Surfaces
Sections
- 18.38.010 Purpose.
- 18.38.020 Intent.
- 18.38.030 L-F airport landing field district uses.
- 18.38.040 L-F airport landing field district zoning development standards.
- 18.38.050 Airport overlay intent and boundaries.
- 18.38.060 Airport overlay restrictions and standards.
- 18.38.070 Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 77 surfaces and other surfaces.
- 18.38.080 Nonconforming structures, trees, and uses.
- 18.38.090 Variances.
- 18.38.100 Decision appeals – Generally.
- 18.38.110 Conflicting regulations.
- 18.38.120 Enforcement.
- 18.38.130 Violation – Penalty.
18.46A Temporary
Uses
Sections
- 18.46A.010 Intent.
- 18.46A.020 Permit approval required.
- 18.46A.030 Application and review for temporary use permits.
- 18.46A.040 Appeals of decisions.
- 18.46A.050 Exemptions.
- 18.46A.060 Coordination with other city codes.
- 18.46A.070 General and specific temporary use permits.
- 18.46A.080 Approval criteria.
- 18.46A.090 Performance standards.
- 18.46A.100 Time limitation.
- 18.46A.110 Limitation on activity.
- 18.46A.120 Permit revocation.
- 18.46A.130 Removal of temporary uses.
- 18.46A.140 Assurance device.
18.47 Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure
Sections
- 18.47.010 Purpose.
- 18.47.020 Permitted locations.
- 18.47.030 Required facilities – Electric vehicle charging station spaces.
- 18.47.040 Electric vehicle charging stations – Generally.
- 18.47.050 Accessible electric vehicle charging stations quantity and location.
- 18.47.060 Off-street parking – Electric vehicle charging stations.
- 18.47.070 Signage – Noticing of electric vehicle charging stations.
18.50 Landscaping
and Screening
Sections
18.52 Off-Street
Parking and Loading
Sections
- 18.52.005 Intent.
- 18.52.010 Applicability.
- 18.52.020 Number of off-street parking spaces required.
- 18.52.025 Disabled/handicapped parking requirements.
- 18.52.030 Reductions of the quantity of required parking.
- 18.52.040 Drive-through facilities.
- 18.52.050 Parking design, development, and maintenance standards.
- 18.52.060 Development of off-street parking spaces for single-family dwellings and duplexes.
- 18.52.065 Commercial vehicles in residential zones.
- 18.52.070 Off-street parking lots – Location.
- 18.52.080 Off-street parking – In-lieu of fees.
- 18.52.090 Parking space dimensional requirements.
- 18.52.100 Existing off-street parking reduction.
- 18.52.110 Fractional spaces.
- 18.52.120 Parking in front or side yards – Prohibited generally.
- 18.52.125 Stacked parking.
- 18.52.130 Off-street loading space.
- 18.52.135 Alternate parking layouts.
18.53 Master
Plans
Sections
18.54 Nonconforming
Structures, Land and Uses
Sections
- 18.54.010 Intent.
- 18.54.020 Continuance of nonconforming structures and uses.
- 18.54.030 Use of nonconforming land.
- 18.54.040 Nonconforming signs.
- 18.54.050 Changes of use, tenancy, ownership or management.
- 18.54.060 Maintenance, damage repairs and restorations, additions, enlargements, moving or relocation of nonconforming structures, and residential structures.
- 18.54.070 Abatement of nonconforming structures and uses.
- 18.54.080 Amortization and abatement of outdoor storage.
18.56 Signs
Sections
18.57 Standards
for Specific Land Uses
Sections
- 18.57.010 Intent.
- 18.57.015 Applicability.
- 18.57.020 Industrial, manufacturing and processing, wholesaling.
- 18.57.025 Recreation, education and public assembly.
- 18.57.030 Mixed-use development.
- 18.57.035 Retail.
- 18.57.040 Services.
- 18.57.045 Transportation, communication and infrastructure.
- 18.57.050 Vehicle sales and services.
18.59 Development
Standards for Marijuana-Related Businesses
Sections
- 18.59.010 Purpose.
- 18.59.020 Maximum number of marijuana retail businesses.
- 18.59.030 Required geographic separation.
- 18.59.040 Marijuana required to be grown in a structure.
- 18.59.050 Required odor control for marijuana-related businesses.
- 18.59.060 First-in-time – Change in ownership, relocation and abandonment for marijuana retail stores – Nonconforming uses.
- 18.59.070 Signage.
- 18.59.080 Security required.
- 18.59.090 Specific standards for marijuana producers, processors, research and transportation businesses.
- 18.59.100 Pre-application conference meeting recommended.
- 18.59.110 Public review meeting required.
18.62 Surface
Mining
Sections
18.76 Planned Unit Development District PUD
Lakeland Hills South
Sections
- 18.76.010 Purpose.
- 18.76.020 Process.
- 18.76.030 Definitions.
- 18.76.040 Permitted uses.
- 18.76.045 Uses requiring an administrative use permit.
- 18.76.046 Marijuana-related uses.
- 18.76.050 Calculation of number of dwelling units.
- 18.76.060 Development standards.
- 18.76.070 Design requirements.
- 18.76.075 Landscaping and screening requirements.
- 18.76.077 Sign requirements.
- 18.76.080 Public infrastructure requirements.
- 18.76.090 Application for approval of major amendment to the PUD.
- 18.76.100 Phased developments.
- 18.76.110 Concurrence with subdivision regulations.
- 18.76.120 Administrative review of major amendments.
- 18.76.130 Hearing examiner review.
- 18.76.140 Findings of fact.
- 18.76.150 City council action.
- 18.76.160 Site plan approval.
- 18.76.170 Adjustments to the PUD.
- 18.76.180 Property owners’ association.