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Deschutes County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

100 RURAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE; R-I

18.100.010 Uses Permitted Outright

In an R-I Zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright except as limited by DCC 18.100.040, and unless located within 600 feet from a residential dwelling unit, a lot within a platted subdivision, or a residential zone.

  1. Farming or forest use.
  2. Primary processing, packaging, treatment, bulk storage and distribution of the following products:
    1. Agricultural products, including foodstuffs, animal and fish products, and animal feeds.
    2. Ornamental horticultural products and nurseries.
    3. Softwood and hardwood products excluding pulp and paper manufacturing.
    4. Sand, gravel, clay, and other mineral products.
  3. Dwelling unit for a caretaker or night watchman on property.
  4. Freight Depot, including the loading, unloading, storage and distribution of goods and materials by railcar or truck.
  5. Contractor's or building materials business and other construction-related business including plumbing, electrical, roof, siding, etc., provided such use is wholly enclosed within a building or no outside storage is permitted unless enclosed by sight-obscuring fencing.
  6. Ice or cold storage plant.
  7. Wholesale distribution outlet including warehousing, but excluding open outside storage.
  8. Welding, sheet metal or machine shop provided such is wholly enclosed within a building or all outside storage is enclosed by sight-obscuring fencing.
  9. Kennel or a Veterinary clinic.
  10. Lumber manufacturing and wood processing except pulp and paper manufacturing.
  11. 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.
  12. Class III road or street project.
  13. Operation, maintenance, and piping of existing irrigation systems operated by an Irrigation District except as provided in DCC 18.120.050.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 §4.220(2) on 11/1/1979
Amended by Ord. 91-038 §1 on 9/30/1991
Amended by Ord. 93-043 §16 on 8/25/1993
Amended by Ord. 2001-016 §2 on 3/28/2001
Amended by Ord. 2001-039 §12 on 12/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2002-126 §1 on 12/11/2002
Amended by Ord. 2015-004 §8 on 4/22/2015
Amended by Ord. 2016-015 §8 on 7/1/2016
Amended by Ord. 2021-004 §5 on 5/27/2021
Amended by Ord. 2025-002 §25 on 3/28/2025

18.100.020 Conditional Uses

The following uses may be allowed subject to DCC 18.128:

  1. Any use permitted by DCC 18.100.010, which is located within 600 feet of a dwelling unit, a lot within a platted subdivision, or a residential zone.
  2. Any use permitted by DCC 18.100.010, which involves open storage.
  3. Concrete or ready-mix plant.
  4. Petroleum products storage and distribution.
  5. Storage, crushing and processing of minerals, including the processing of aggregate into asphaltic concrete or Portland Cement Concrete.
  6. Commercial feedlot, stockyard, sales yard, slaughterhouse, and rendering plant.
  7. Railroad trackage and related facilities.
  8. Pulp and paper manufacturing.
  9. Any use permitted by DCC 18.100.010, which is expected to exceed the following standards:
    1. Lot coverage in excess of 70 percent.
    2. Generation of any odor, dust, fumes, glare, flashing lights or noise that is perceptible without instruments 500 feet from any lot line of the subject use.
  10. Manufacture, repair or storage of articles manufactured from bone, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, glass, stone, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious stones or metal, wax, wire, wood, rubber, yarn or similar materials, provided such uses do not create a disturbance because of odor, noise, dust, smoke, gas, traffic or other factors.
  11. Processing, packaging and storage of food and beverages including those requiring distillation and fermentation.
  12. Public Land Disposal Site Transfer Station, including recycling and other related activities.
  13. Mini-storage facility.
  14. Automotive wrecking yard totally enclosed by a sight-obscuring fence.
  15. Wireless telecommunications facilities, except those facilities meeting the requirements of DCC 18.116.250(A) or (B).
  16. Utility facility.
  17. Manufacturing, storage, sales, rental, repair and servicing of equipment and materials associated with farm and forest uses, logging, road maintenance, mineral extraction, construction, or similar rural activities.
  18. Electrical substations.
  19. Marijuana retailing, subject to the provisions of DCC 18.116.330.
  20. Psilocybin testing laboratories.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Amended by Ord. 86-018 §15 on 6/30/1986
Amended by Ord. 90-014 §38 on 7/12/1990
Amended by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991
Amended by Ord. 91-038 §1 on 9/30/1991
Amended by Ord. 97-063 §3 on 11/12/1997
Amended by Ord. 2001-016 §2 on 3/28/2001
Amended by Ord. 2001-039 §12 on 12/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2002-126 §1 on 12/11/2002
Amended by Ord. 2004-013 §10 on 9/21/2004
Amended by Ord. 2016-015 §8 on 7/1/2016
Amended by Ord. 2018-006 §12 on 11/20/2018
Amended by Ord. 2021-004 §5 on 5/27/2021
Amended by Ord. 2022-014 §6 on 4/4/2023
Amended by Ord. 2023-001 §14 on 5/30/2023
Amended by Ord. 2025-002 §25 on 3/28/2025

18.100.030 Use Limitations

In an R-I Zone, the following limitations and standards shall apply to all permitted and conditional uses:

  1. Properties subject to a limited use combining zone shall be limited to those uses and conditions specified in the limited use combining zone.
  2. No use expected to generate more than 30 truck-trailer or other heavy equipment trips per day to and from the subject property shall be permitted to locate on a lot or parcel abutting or across a street from a residential dwelling unit, a lot in a platted subdivision, or a residential zone.
  3. No use shall be permitted that generates more than 20 auto or truck trips during the busiest hour of the day to and from the premises unless served directly by an arterial or collector or other improved street or road designed to serve the industrial use which does not pass through or abut lots developed with dwelling units in a platted subdivision or a residential zone.
  4. Any use on a lot or parcel abutting or across the street from a residential dwelling unit, a lot in a platted subdivision, or a residential zone 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, residential lot, or residential parcel.
  5. All parking demand created by any use permitted by DCC 18.100.010 or DCC 18.100.020 shall be accommodated on the applicant's premises entirely off-street.
  6. No use permitted by DCC 18.100.010 or DCC 18.100.020 shall require the backing of traffic onto a public or private street or road right of way.
  7. There shall be only one ingress and one egress from properties accommodating uses permitted by DCC 18.100.010 or 18.100.020 per each 300 feet or fraction thereof of street frontage. If necessary to meet this requirement, permitted uses shall provide for shared ingress and egress.
  8. All uses permitted by DCC 18.100.010 or 18.100.020 shall be screened from abutting residential uses by a sight-obscuring fence.
  9. No use shall be permitted to operate for business between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if abutting or across the street from a residential dwelling unit, a lot in a platted subdivision, or a residential zone except as is consistent with DCC 8.08.
  10. No use shall be permitted which has been declared a nuisance by state statute, County ordinance or a court of competent jurisdiction. No use requiring 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 abutting or across a street from a residential use, residential lot, or residential parcel.
  11. Residential and industrial uses shall be served by DEQ approved on-site sewage disposal systems.
  12. Residential and industrial uses shall be served by on-site wells or public water systems.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Repealed & Reenacted by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991
Amended by Ord. 2002-126 §1 on 12/11/2002
Amended by Ord. 2004-013 §10 on 9/21/2004
Amended by Ord. 2009-008 §2 on 4/20/2009
Amended by Ord. 2018-006 §12 on 11/20/2018
Amended by Ord. 2025-002 §25 on 3/28/2025

18.100.040 Dimensional Standards

In an R-I Zone, the following dimensional standards shall apply:

  1. The minimum lot area shall be determined subject to the provisions of DCC 18.100.050.
  2. No conditional use permitted by DCC 18.100.020 that is located within 600 feet of a residential use, lot in a platted subdivision, or a residential zone shall exceed 70 percent lot coverage, including storage areas or facilities, and required off-street parking and loading areas.
  3. The minimum setback between a structure and a street or road shall be 50 feet.
  4. The minimum setback between a structure and a lot line abutting a residential lot, residential parcel, or residential use shall be 50 feet.
  5. The minimum rear or side setbacks shall be 25 feet unless a greater setback is required by DCC 18.100.070(A).
  6. The maximum height for any structure shall be 30 feet on any lot or parcel abutting or across a street from a residential use, residential lot, or residential parcel, and 45 feet on any other lot or parcel.
  7. 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.
  8. Maximum industrial use floor area.
    1. The maximum size of a building is 7,500 square feet of floor area. The maximum floor area in a building or buildings for a single allowable use, as defined in DCC 18.100.020 and DCC 18.100.030, on an individual lot or parcel shall not exceed 7,500 square feet. There is no building size limit for uses that are for the primary processing of raw materials produced in rural areas.
    2. A lawfully established use that existed on or before 02/25/2003 may be expanded to occupy a maximum of 10,000 square feet of floor area or an additional 25 percent of the floor area currently occupied by the existing use whichever is greater.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Repealed & Reenacted by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991
Amended by Ord. 94-008 §26 on 6/8/1994
Amended by Ord. 95-075 §1 on 11/29/1995
Amended by Ord. 2002-126 §1 on 12/11/2002
Amended by Ord. 2018-006 §12 on 11/20/2018
Amended by Ord. 2025-002 §25 on 3/28/2025

18.100.050 Off-Street Parking And Loading

Off-street parking and loading shall be provided subject to the provisions of DCC 18.100.070 and DCC 18.116.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Repealed & Reenacted by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991

18.100.060 Site Design

All uses except farm, forest and residential uses are subject to the provisions of DCC 18.124, Site Plan Review.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Repealed & Reenacted by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991
Amended by Ord. 2002-126 §1 on 12/11/2002

18.100.070 Additional Requirements

As a condition of approval of any use proposed within an R-I Zone, 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.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Repealed & Reenacted by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991
Amended by Ord. 2018-006 §12 on 11/20/2018
Amended by Ord. 2025-002 §25 on 3/28/2025

18.100.080 Solar Setbacks

The setback from any north lot line shall meet the solar setback requirements in DCC 18.116.180.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. PL-15 on 11/1/1979
Amended by Ord. 83-037 §20 on 6/1/1983
Amended by Ord. 91-020 §1 on 5/29/1991
Amended by Ord. 2025-002 §25 on 3/28/2025

18.100.090 Limited Use Combining Zone; Deschutes Junction

  1. For the property at Deschutes Junction that is described in Exhibit “C” and identified on Exhibit “D”, attached to Ordinance 2009-007 and incorporated by reference herein, the storage, crushing, processing, sale and distribution of minerals and their accessory uses are permitted outright and do not require site plan review.
  2. For the property at Deschutes Junction that is described in Exhibit “D” identified on Exhibit “E”, attached to Ordinance 2010-030 and incorporated by reference herein, the storage, crushing, processing, sale and distribution of minerals are subject to conditional use and site plan approval.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2009-008 §2 on 4/20/2009
Amended by Ord. 2010-031 §1 on 2/22/2011

PL-15

91-038

93-043

2001-016

2001-039

2002-126

2015-004

2016-015

2021-004

2025-002

86-018

90-014

91-020

97-063

2004-013

2018-006

2022-014

2023-001

2009-008

94-008

95-075

83-037

2010-031