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Jefferson City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 12

12 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS

§ 12.12.010 Establishment of zoning districts.

For the purposes of the Development Code the City is divided into the following zoning districts:
Agricultural
F
Low density residential
R-1
Medium density residential
R-2
High density residential
R-3
Commercial
C
Industrial
I
Mixed use
MU
(DC § 5.010; Ord. 642 § 5, 2003)

§ 12.12.020 Establishment of special purpose districts.

Special purpose districts are overlay districts which may be combined with any zoning district. The regulation of a special purpose district shall be supplementary to the regulations of special purpose district and the zoning district shall apply. Where the regulations and permitted uses of a zone district conflict with those of the special purpose district, the more restrictive standards shall apply. The special purpose district applicable in the City is floodplain.
(DC § 5.020; Ord. 642 § 6, 2003)

§ 12.12.030 Summary and intent of zoning districts.

A. 
The agricultural (F) district is intended to provide areas for the continuation of farm uses, open space conservation and flood hazard buffers within the City.
B. 
The residential (R) districts are intended for all residential urban uses, together with compatible land uses as determined to be describable and/or necessary. These districts are created in recognition of the need to provide a sufficient amount of buildable land to meet the projected housing growth within the City and its urban growth boundary.
C. 
The commercial (C) district is intended to provide a location for a wide range of commercial and business facilities.
D. 
The industrial (I) district is intended to provide areas for manufacturing, assembling, packaging, wholesaling and related activities which have a limited detrimental impact on the environment and adjoining districts and uses.
E. 
The Mixed Use (MU) district is intended to be the heart of the community, with a mix of commercial, residential, civic and historic uses.
(DC § 5.030; Ord. 642 § 7, 2003)

§ 12.12.040 Permitted uses.

A. 
Permitted uses in the MU zone are listed in Sections 12.30.030 and 12.30.040. Permitted uses for all other zones are listed below. The following abbreviations and meanings are used in the list of permitted uses:
P
Permitted using procedures as stated in Section 12.72.060 and Chapter 12.88;
C
A use for which a conditional use permit must be granted (see Section 12.84.010); and
*
The use is not permitted in the zone indicated.
B. 
Schedule of Permitted Uses.
 
Zones
 
R-1
R-2
R-3
C
I
F
Accessory buildings
P
P
P
P
P
P
Accessory dwelling unit
P
P
P
*
*
P
Advertising agencies
*
*
*
P
P
*
Agriculture
*
*
*
*
*
P
Agricultural machinery sales and service
*
*
*
C
P
*
Ambulance service
*
*
*
P
P
*
Appliance sales and service
*
*
*
P
P
*
Art supplies and hobby shops
*
*
*
P
C
*
Auction sales and secondhand stores (excluding livestock)
*
*
*
P
P
*
Auction sales and secondhand stores (including livestock)
*
*
*
*
P
*
Auditoriums and movie theaters
*
*
*
P
*
*
Automobile mechanical repair, painting and body repair
*
*
*
C
P
*
Automobile parts and accessory store
*
*
*
P
P
*
Automobile repair garages
*
*
*
C
P
*
Automobile rental services
*
*
*
P
*
*
Automobile sales to include new and used vehicles
*
*
*
C
C
*
Automobile storages and distribution
*
*
*
*
P
*
Bakeries (retail only)
*
*
*
P
C
*
Bakeries (wholesale only)
*
*
*
C
P
*
Banks, savings and loans, credit unions and title companies
*
*
*
P
C
*
Barber and beauty shops
*
*
*
P
*
*
Bars and night clubs
*
*
*
C
*
*
Bicycle shops
*
*
*
P
*
*
Book stores (except adult)
*
*
*
P
*
*
Book stores (adult)
*
*
*
C
*
*
Bowling alleys
*
*
*
P
*
*
Building maintenance services
*
*
*
P
P
*
Building supply sales
*
*
*
P
P
*
Bulk cleaning and laundry plants
*
*
*
C
P
*
Bus and taxi terminals
*
*
*
C
C
*
Cabinet shops
*
*
*
C
P
*
Camera and supply shops
*
*
*
P
*
*
Car washes
*
*
*
P
C
*
Cemeteries
C
C
C
*
C
*
Chemical distribution
*
*
*
*
C
*
Child care center
C
C
C
C
C
C
Child care home
P
P
P
*
*
P
Churches and chapels (including the expansion of existing buildings)
C
C
C
C
C
C
Clinics
C
C
C
P
*
*
Clothing stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Clubs, lodges and meeting halls
*
*
*
P
*
*
Cold storage warehouses
*
*
*
*
P
*
Community centers
Conditional use permit can be issued provided that at least one side of the property abuts a commercial, mixed use or residential zone
C
C
C
C
C
*
Concrete mixing (concrete batch plants)
*
*
*
*
P
*
Confectionery stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Contractor equipment storage yards
*
*
*
*
P
*
Dairy product stores (retail)
*
*
*
P
C
*
Data processing centers
*
*
*
P
C
*
Delicatessens
*
*
*
P
P
*
Department and drapery stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Distribution outlets, wholesale and retail for sand and gravel, sawdust, barkdust, compost, barkrock
*
*
*
*
P
*
Dry cleaners, coin operated and/or attendant operated (except bulk dry cleaning plants)
*
*
*
P
*
*
Electrical and electronic supplies, electrical service
*
*
*
P
P
*
Exterminating and pest control
*
*
*
C
P
*
Feed and seed stores
*
*
*
P
P
*
Film processing, photo engraving, photocopying and photostating
*
*
*
P
P
*
Fire stations, substations
C
C
C
C
C
C
Florists
*
*
*
P
*
*
Frozen food rental lockers
*
*
*
P
P
*
Fuel supply and storage
*
*
*
*
P
*
Games and amusements
*
*
*
P
P
*
Home occupations
P
P
P
P
P
P
Hospitals
C
C
C
P
*
*
Incineration or reduction of garbage, dead animals, offal or refuse
*
*
*
*
C
*
Industrial equipment sales and services
*
*
*
*
C
*
Jewelry stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Kennels
*
*
*
C
P
P
Laboratories, x-ray, medical and dental
*
*
*
C
P
*
Laundromats, hand laundries and self-service laundries
*
*
*
P
*
*
Liquor stores (package)
*
*
*
P
*
*
Machine shops
*
*
*
C
P
*
Major lumber and wood products, by-products, processing plants to include saw mills, paper mills, etc.
*
*
*
*
P
*
Manufactured homes on individual lots
P
P
P
*
*
P
Manufacturing, assembly, testing and repair of components, devices, equipment and systems of an electronic or electromechanical nature and precision equipment
*
*
*
C
P
*
Manufacturing, compounding, bottling, processing, packaging, or treatment of food and beverage products
*
*
*
C
P
*
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging, treatment, or fabrication of such facilities to include cosmetics, drugs, glass, leather, paint, ceramics, paper, perfume, plaster, plastics, stone, textiles, rubber, wood, metal products and chemicals
*
*
*
C
P
*
Marijuana producer
*
*
*
*
C
*
Marijuana processing facilities
*
*
*
C
C
*
Marijuana retail facilities
*
*
*
C
C
*
Marijuana wholesaler
*
*
*
C
C
*
Medical marijuana facility
*
*
*
C
C
*
Mobilehome manufacture and storage
*
*
*
*
P
*
Mobilehome parks
C
C
C
*
*
*
Mobilehome sales and service
*
*
*
C
C
*
Mobilehome subdivisions
C
C
C
*
*
*
Mortuaries
*
*
*
P
*
*
Moving and storage companies
*
*
*
C
P
*
Museums
C
C
C
C
C
C
Music stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Natural mineral resources, processing and manufacturing
*
*
*
*
P
*
Newspaper offices
*
*
*
P
*
*
Nurseries and greenhouses
*
*
*
C
P
*
Offices for medical, dental and other professional uses including accountants, attorneys, architects, engineers, real estate, investment, employment, etc.
*
*
*
P
C
*
Offices for retail and wholesale businesses
*
*
*
P
C
*
Office supply and equipment stores
*
*
*
P
C
*
Parking areas or garages
*
*
*
C
P
*
Pet stores and supplies
*
*
*
P
*
*
Plumbing and electrical wholesale supplies and services
*
*
*
C
P
*
Pharmacies and drug stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Post offices and parcel services
*
*
*
P
P
*
Printing and publishing
*
*
*
P
P
*
Public and semipublic buildings
C
C
C
C
C
C
Public and semipublic utility facilities
C
C
C
C
C
C
Public parks and playgrounds
C
C
C
C
C
C
Radiator service and repair
*
*
*
C
P
*
Radio transmitters and towers
*
*
*
*
C
*
Recreational vehicle storage
*
*
*
*
P
*
Rental service vehicle, equipment, miscellaneous
*
*
*
C
P
*
Research laboratories
*
*
*
C
P
*
Residential care facility
C
C
C
C
C
C
Residential care home
P
P
P
*
*
P
Residential uses—duplex
P
P
P
*
*
*
Residential uses—three and four units per lot
*
C
P
*
*
*
Residential uses—more than four units per lot
*
*
P
*
*
*
Residential uses—single-family
P
P
P
*
*
P
Residential uses—in conjunction with a commercial use, provided that a dwelling does not occupy the front 25 feet of the building's ground floor facing the principal street, except that one 6-foot-wide separate entrance to the residential use may be allowed on the principal street at the ground floor level. To the above, residential subject to an affordable housing covenant as used in ORS 456.270 to 456.295
*
*
*
P
*
*
Recycling center
*
*
*
C
C
*
Restaurants
*
*
*
P
P
*
Schools (public and private)
C
C
C
C
*
C
Schools (business)
*
*
*
P
C
*
Secondhand dealers
*
*
*
P
P
*
Security business
*
*
*
P
P
*
Self-store lockers and storage
*
*
*
C
P
*
Septic tank and sewer repair services
*
*
*
*
P
*
Service stations
*
*
*
C
P
*
Shoe store and repair
*
*
*
P
*
*
Single-family dwellings (only when the use requires an on-site groundskeeper or night watchman)
*
*
*
C
C
*
Single mobilehome office—temporary
*
*
*
C
C
*
Single room occupancy—more than one per lot
*
*
P
*
*
*
Single room occupancy—one per lot of 6,000 square feet
P
P
P
*
*
P
Skating rinks, indoor
*
*
*
C
*
*
Slaughter houses, tanneries
*
*
*
*
C
*
Small animal clinics and hospitals
*
*
*
C
P
*
Sporting goods stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Storage buildings, warehousing, sales and distribution centers for household or consumer goods
*
*
*
C
P
*
Studios for interior decorators, photographers and artists
C
C
C
P
*
*
Tailors or dressmaking shops
*
*
*
P
*
*
Taverns and pool halls
*
*
*
C
P
*
Taxidermists
*
*
*
P
P
*
Telephone and telegraph
*
*
*
P
P
*
Television, radio sales and service, and broadcasting studios
*
*
*
P
*
*
Towing services
*
*
*
C
P
*
Toy stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Transportation facilities; includes construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities located within right-of-way controlled by a public agency, consistent with the Jefferson Transportation System Plan
P
P
P
P
P
P
Travel and employment agencies
*
*
*
P
*
*
Upholstery shops
*
*
*
P
P
*
Utility distribution plants and service yards
*
*
*
*
P
*
Variety stores
*
*
*
P
*
*
Video rental and sales
*
*
*
P
*
*
Vocational schools
*
*
*
P
P
*
Welding shops
*
*
*
C
P
*
Wholesale businesses
*
*
*
C
P
*
Wireless communication facility
*
*
*
C
C
*
(DC §§ 5.040, 5.050; Ord. 536 § 3, 1993; Ord. 548 § 1, 1995; Ord. 582 § 1, 1998; Ord. 627 § 2, 2001; Ord. 642 § 8, 2003; Ord. 643 §§ 54-55, 2004; Ord. 649 § 18, 2004; Ord. 686 § 3, 2015; Ord. 691 § 3, 2015; Ord. 709 § 2, 2018; Ord. 723 § 3, 2023; Ord. 728 § 1, 2023; Ord. 731, 5/23/2024)

§ 12.12.050 Authorization of other similar uses.

Where a use is not shown to the Schedule of Permitted Uses in Section 12.12.040(B), or is not shown as permitted, conditional and prohibited in Chapter 12.30, or where ambiguity exists concerning the appropriate classification of particular use the Planning Commission may determine the use to be the same or similar to a use listed to the same table. Authorization of other similar uses shall be through the Type A procedure as described in Section 12.72.030.
(DC § 5.060; Ord. 536 § 3, 1993; Ord. 643 § 56, 2004; Ord. 731, 5/23/2024)

§ 12.12.060 Uncertainty of district boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any district as shown on any zoning map or part thereof, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
Where such boundaries are indicated as approximately following street lines, alley lines, or lot lines, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
B. 
In the case of unsubdivided property and where a zone boundary divided a lot, the locations of such boundaries, unless the same are indicated by dimensions, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on such zoning map.
C. 
Where a public street or alley is officially vacated, the zoning regulations applicable to abutting property on each side of the center line shall apply up to the center line of such vacated street or alley on each respective side thereof.
D. 
Areas of dedicated streets or alleys and railroad rights-of-way, other than those designated on the zoning map as being classified in one of the districts provided in the Development Code, shall be deemed to be unclassified and, in the case of railroad rights-of-way, permitted to be used solely for the purpose of accommodating tracks, signals, and other operative devices and movement of rolling stocks.
(DC § 20.000)