Central Point City Zoning Code

Community Services. Uses that are of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature and which provide a local service to people of the community are considered to be community services. Generally, they have employees at the site on a regular basis. The service is ongoing, not just for special events. Community centers or facilities are open to the general public or have membership provisions that are open to the general public to join at any time (for instance, any senior citizen could join a senior center). The use may also provide special counseling, education, or training of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature.

Examples include libraries, museums, senior centers, community centers, publicly owned swimming pools, youth club facilities, hospices, drug and alcohol centers, social service facilities, vocational training for the physically or mentally disabled, cemeteries, crematoriums, and mausoleums.

Hospital. A use that provides medical or surgical care to patients and offers overnight care.

Public Facilities. Public uses that provide support, transportation, safety, and emergency services to the general public. Examples include police stations, fire stations, ambulance stations, public utility offices, operations centers, transit stations, and park-and-ride facilities for transit. This definition excludes streets.

Religious Assembly. Institutions that are intended to primarily provide meeting areas for religious activities. Examples include churches, temples, synagogues, and mosques.

Schools. Public and private kindergarten, primary, elementary, middle, junior high, or high schools that provide state mandated basic education and colleges and trade schools.

Utilities. Infrastructure service centers are civic uses that need to be located in or near the area where the service is provided. Basic utility uses generally do not have regular employees at the site but could. Services may be publicly or privately provided. Examples include water and sewer pump stations; electrical substations; water towers and reservoirs; stormwater retention and detention facilities; state and city maintenance yards; telephone exchanges; and recycling drop-off. This definition excludes wireless communication facilities and structures as defined in this chapter.