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Lincoln City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 15

ADDITIONAL USE REGULATIONS

15.001. Home Occupations

A home occupation may be carried on within a dwelling unit or accessory building under the following conditions:

  1. There is no sign other than one non-animated, non-illuminated, non-reflecting nameplate not more than two (2) square feet in area, which name plate designates the home occupation carried on within, in letters not to exceed two (2) inches in height and attached to the building wherein the home occupation is conducted;
  2. There is no commodity sold upon the premises except that which is grown, manufactured, processed or treated on the premises in connection with such occupation or activity or which is sold in relation and incidental to such occupation or activity;
  3. Except for a Family, no more than one (1) person may participate in the home occupation on the premises; For purposes of Section 15.001, participation shall exclude deliveries;    
  4. Any activities carried on outdoors in the "R" Residential District in connection with the home occupation is screened from view of a public street or adjacent property and there is no outdoor storage of any equipment, machinery, parts, or other articles of any nature used in connection with such home occupation;
  5. There are no materials or equipment used which will cause noise, vibration, or odors, electrical interference, smoke or particulate matter is excess of the ordinary and usual conditions in the general area;
  6. No more than twenty (20) percent of the total floor area of all buildings on the premises is utilized in conducting such home occupation.

(Resolution No. R-09-0076, September 29, 2009; Resolution No. R-17-0040, May 30, 2017)

15.003. Dwellings for Non-Related Persons

Dwellings for four (4) to six (6) persons not immediately related by blood, marriage, adoption and living as a single housekeeping unit on lots one (1) acre or more in area shall be permitted, provided that one (1) offstreet parking space is supplied for each person in the housekeeping unit.

15.005. Subdivision Promotion Activity

In areas of new construction or lot development, a subdivision promotion activity may be established in a residential zoning district for the purpose of selling lots of homes in the area under the following conditions:

  1. The purpose of the subdivision promotion activity shall be to promote the sale of lots or homes in the subdivision or area in which the subdivision promotion activity is located or where similar homes are being constructed;
  2. Any office or similar premises used in connection with the subdivision promotion activity shall be located within a subdivision display home and no exterior reconstruction or any permanent alteration of the said display home shall be permitted in establishing said office;
  3. There shall be no sign on the premises other than those permitted in ARTICLE 16;
  4. The subdivision promotion activity may continue for a period of one (1) year from the issuance of the first occupancy permit to each builder, contractor, or subdivider within a subdivision or lot development area. At the expiration of one (1) year, a permit shall be obtained from the Codes Administration Division to allow continuation of the subdivision promotion activity. This permit may be granted after an evaluation of the location or proposed location of the subdivision promotion activity by the Department of Building and Safety with consideration given to the type of development in the immediate area of the promotion activity and the effect of the promotion activity on the adjacent area;
  5. Subdivision display homes which do not contain any subdivision promotion activities, including offices or continuing sales activities or continuing displays shall not be governed by these provisions.

15.007. Outlots

An outlot reserved for future building or occupancy after replatting and subdivision may be used for agricultural uses, open space or common facilities in all zoning districts until such replatting and subdivision occurs. Accessory buildings are not permitted on outlots reserved for future building or occupancy after replatting and subdivision.

An outlot reserved for agricultural uses, open space or common facilities may be used for such designated use. Buildings that are accessory to the use of an outlot reserved for agricultural uses, open space or common facilities shall be permitted in all zoning districts. (Resolution No. R-13-0043, July 30, 2013)

An outlot within a Community Unit Plan reserved for agricultural uses, open space, common facilities, and /or a Solar Energy Conversion System and all necessary appurtenances thereto may be used for such designated use in accordance with Article 13 as required; provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.051(a)(vi), any Large Solar Facility on an outlot within a Community Unit Plan that has a final plat recorded on or before September 7, 2021, shall have a property line setback of three hundred (300) feet from any Non-Participaing Property with a dwelling within that Community Unit Plan. (Resolution No. R-21-0060, September 7, 2021)