The purposes of the Rural Residential Zone are to provide rural residential living environments; to provide standards for rural land use and development consistent with desired rural character and the capability of the land and natural resources; to manage the extension of public services; to provide for public review of nonresidential uses; and to balance the public's interest in the management of community growth with the protection of individual property rights through review procedures and standards.

The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright.

1. A single-unit dwelling, or a manufactured dwelling subject to DCC 18.116.070.
2. Utility facilities necessary to serve the area including energy facilities, water supply and treatment and sewage disposal and treatment.
3. Community center, if shown and approved on the original plan or plat of the development.
4. Agricultural use as defined in DCC Title 18.
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 DCC 18.116.230.
6. Class III road or street project.
7. Noncommercial horse stables as defined in DCC Title 18, excluding horse events.
8. Horse events, including associated structures, involving:
   1. Fewer than 10 riders;
   2. Ten to 25 riders, no more than two times per month on nonconsecutive days; or
   3. More than 25 riders, no more than two times per year on nonconsecutive days. Incidental musical programs are not included in this definition. Overnight stays by participants, trainers or spectators in RVs on the premises is not an incident of such horse events.
9. Operation, maintenance, and piping of existing irrigation systems operated by an Irrigation District except as provided in DCC 18.120.050.
10. Type 1 Home Occupation, subject to DCC 18.116.280.
11. A historic home accessory dwelling unit, subject to DCC 18.116.350.
12. A residential accessory dwelling unit, subject to DCC 18.116.355.
13. Residential Home.
14. A recreational vehicle as rental dwelling, subject to 18.116.095(D).
15. Temporary Hardship Dwelling, subject to DCC 18.116.090.

The following uses may be allowed subject to DCC 18.128:

1. Public park, playground, recreation facility, or community center owned and operated by a government agency or nonprofit community organization.
2. Dude ranch.
3. Type 2 or Type 3 Home Occupation, subject to DCC 18.116.280.
4. Personal use landing strip for airplanes and helicopter pads, including associated hangar, maintenance and service facilities. A personal use landing strip as used in DCC 18.60.030 means an airstrip restricted, except for aircraft emergencies, to use by the owner and, on an infrequent and occasional basis, by invited guests. No aircraft may be based on a personal-use landing strip other than those owned or controlled by the owner of the airstrip. Exceptions to the activities permitted under this definition may be granted through waiver action by the Aeronautics Division in specific instances. A personal-use landing strip lawfully existing as of September 1, 1975, shall continue to be permitted subject to any applicable regulations of the Aeronautics Division.
5. Recreation-oriented facility requiring large acreage such as off-road vehicle track or race track, but not including a rodeo grounds.
6. A disposal site which includes a land disposal site for which the Department of Environmental Quality has granted a permit under ORS 459.245, together with equipment, facilities or buildings necessary for its operation.
7. Cemetery.
8. Time-share unit or the creation thereof.
9. Hydroelectric facility, subject to DCC 18.116.130 and 18.128.260.
10. Bed and breakfast inn.
11. Golf course.
12. Fill or removal within the bed and banks of a stream or river or in a wetland subject to DCC 18.120.050 and 18.128.270.
13. Religious institutions or assemblies.
14. Public Uses.
15. Semipublic Uses.
16. Commercial horse stables.
17. Private or public school, including all buildings essential to the operation of such a school.
18. Manufactured dwelling or recreational vehicle park on a lot or parcel in use as a manufactured dwelling or recreational vehicle park prior to the adoption of PL-15 in 1979 and being operated as of June 12, 1996 as a manufactured dwelling or recreational vehicle park , including expansion, conversion and combination of such uses on the same lot or parcel, as configured on June 12, 1996.
19. The full or partial conversion from a manufactured dwelling or recreational vehicle park described in DCC 18.60.030 (T) to a manufactured dwelling or recreational vehicle park on the same lot or parcel, as configured on June 12, 1996.
20. Wireless telecommunications facilities, except those facilities meeting the requirements of DCC 18.116.250(A) or (B).
21. Surface mining of mineral and aggregate resources in conjunction with the operation and maintenance of irrigation systems operated by an Irrigation District, including the excavation and mining for facilities, ponds, reservoirs, and the off-site use, storage, and sale of excavated material.

Destination resorts may be allowed as a conditional use, subject to all applicable standards of the DR Zone.

In an RR-10 Zone, the following setbacks shall be maintained.

1. The front setback shall be a minimum of 20 feet from a lot line with street frontage on a local street right of way, 30 feet from a lot line with street frontage on a collector right of way, and 50 feet from a lot line with street frontage on an arterial right of way.
   1. As a discretionary alternative, if a lot or parcel contains multiple front lot lines and has street frontage along at least one collector or arterial right of way, front setbacks may be reduced to 20 feet with written authorization from the relevant road authority. Such authorization shall confirm any reduced setback standards will not impair public safety or future right of way expansions.
2. The side setback shall be a minimum of 10 feet.
3. The rear setback shall be a minimum of 20 feet.
4. The setback from any north lot line shall meet the solar setback requirements in DCC 18.116.180.
5. 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 DCC 15.04 shall be met.

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 rivers, streams, and lakes, the following setback shall apply:

1. All sewage disposal installations, such as septic tanks or septic drainfields, shall be set back from the ordinary high water mark along all rivers, 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 Onsite Wastewater Division 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 river, stream, or lake, but in no case closer than 25 feet.
2. All structures, buildings, or similar permanent fixtures shall be set back from the ordinary high water mark along all rivers, streams, or lakes a minimum of 100 feet measured at right angles to the ordinary high water mark.

In an RR-10 Zone, the following dimensional standards shall apply:

1. Lot coverage shall not exceed 30 percent of the lot area.
2. No structure shall be erected or enlarged to exceed 30 feet in height, except as allowed under DCC 18.120.040.
3. Minimum lot area shall be 10 acres. For lots or parcels separated by new arterial rights of way, an exemption to the lot area requirements of this section shall be granted pursuant to DCC 18.120.020.

The following limitations shall apply to uses allowed by DCC 18.60.030:

1. The Planning Director or Hearings Body may require establishment and maintenance of fire breaks, the use of fire resistant materials in construction and landscaping, or may attach other similar conditions or limitations that will serve to reduce fire hazards or prevent the spread of fire to surrounding areas.
2. The Planning Director or Hearings Body may limit changes in the existing and natural grade of land, or the alteration, removal, or destruction of natural vegetation in order to prevent or minimize erosion or pollution.

Setbacks from rimrock shall be as provided in DCC 18.116.160 or 18.84.090, whichever is applicable.

1. Uses Permitted Outright. In the Oregon Water Wonderland Unit 2 Sewer District Limited Use Combining Zone, uses shall be permitted as follows, the following uses and their accessory uses are allowed outright:
   1. Agricultural use as defined in DCC Title 18.
   2. Propagation or harvesting of a forest product.
   3. Ground application of treated effluent.
2. Uses Permitted Subject to Site Plan Review. In the Oregon Water Wonderland Unit 2 Sewer District Limited Use Combining Zone, uses shall be permitted as follows, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted subject to applicable provisions of DCC 18.116, Supplementary Provisions, and DCC 18.124, Site Plan Review:
   1. Sewage Treatment Facility.
   2. Treated Effluent Ponds.
3. Uses Permitted Conditionally. In the Oregon Water Wonderland Unit 2 Sewer District Limited Use Combining Zone, Wireless telecommunications facilities, except those facilities meeting the requirements of DCC 18.116.250(A) or (B), and their accessory uses are permitted conditionally subject to the applicable provisions of DCC 18.128, Conditional Uses.
4. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the use Sewage Treatment Facility includes any buildings or structures associated with the operations of a sewer treatment plant including, but not limited to, treatment station, or pump station.
5. Special Conditions. Pursuant to Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan Section 5.10, an application for site plan review to establish a sewage treatment facility must include a conservation easement and a plan of implementing the conservation easement that provides standards and implementation methods for managing the conservation easement, along with a recorded road maintenance agreement between Oregon Water Wonderland Unit 2 Sewer District and the Beaver Special Road District, with the site plan review application. The road maintenance agreement between the applicant and the Beaver Special Road District shall include Oregon Water Wonderland Unit 2 Sewer District’s pro rata share for the maintenance cost of Foster Road through Section 25.