Klamath Falls, OR Zoning Ordinance

All residential businesses shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 11, Article 4 (Conditional Use Permit), all other applicable provisions of Chapters 10 to 14, all minimum State licensing standards specific to the use and the following minimum standards:

All residential business uses shall be located on a corner lot.

Residential business uses shall only be allowed in Single-Family Residential, Medium Density Residential, and Apartment Residential Zones. Each of the following uses are allowed as residential business uses:

Boutique retail.

Convenience store.

Restaurant.

None of the residential business uses shall be closer than 3,000 feet to a like residential business use. This subsection shall not apply when major physical barriers, such as major arterial streets, State highway right-of-way, railroad right-of-way, or U.S. Bureau of Reclamation right-of-way, are between like residential business uses.

No residential business use shall be within 500 feet of a Neighborhood Commercial, General Commercial, and/or Mixed-Use Zones.

Notwithstanding the parking requirements in Sections 14.005 to 14.047 and in addition to the required residential off-street parking spaces, each residential business shall have the following minimum number of off-street parking spaces:

Boutique retail shall have a minimum of two off-street parking spaces.

Convenience stores shall have a minimum of four off-street parking spaces.

Restaurants shall have a minimum of five off-street parking spaces.

Each residential business shall have no more than 50% of the front yard paved with asphalt or concrete.

No residential business shall be allowed a drive-through window.

Each residential business shall have a minimum of 15% of the property landscaped.

No residential business shall be allowed a freestanding sign.

No sign shall have backlighting.

Wall mounted signs shall not exceed 12 square feet in size.

If new construction or remodeled, building architecture shall be similar to the neighborhood and compatible with adjacent residences.

(Ord. 17-10, 2017; Ord. 22-13, 2022)

A conditional use permit for a residential business use shall require a public hearing by the Commission following the procedures set forth in Chapter 10, Article 8 (Rules of Procedure for the Conduct of Hearings).