Lincoln City City Zoning Code

The vacation rental zone is provided to facilitate lodging alternatives for vacationers in areas in close proximity to the community's attractions and recreation uses. The zone is intended to provide a location for vacation use in a mixed use setting which is less commercial than the recreation-commercial zone but which has sufficiently sized public facilities and services to accommodate the intensity of short-term rental use. While the VR zone permits residential use, it is intended for use in discrete geographic areas devoted to short-term rentals or as a transition between commercial zones and purely residential zones, and therefore facilitates the protection and stability of established neighborhoods.

The vacation rental zone authorizes short-term rentals as a principal use. This zone would be appropriate for discrete geographic areas where tourist accommodations would not disrupt established residential neighborhoods. Owing to the increased intensity of use, VR-zoned areas must be in close proximity to the community's attractions and recreation uses; further, such areas must be served with the full complement of public facilities and services, including specifically sewer. This zone is appropriate in proximity to commercial zones, existing multi-unit residential development, as well as a transition between commercial zones and established single-unit residential zones.

Single-unit dwellings and duplexes;

Attached single-unit dwellings or attached single-unit dwelling developments when developed in accordance with the attached single-unit dwellings or attached single-unit dwellings developments standards, respectively, specified in LCMC § 17.20.050;

Bed and breakfast accommodations, subject to the standards set forth in LCMC § 17.80.060;

Short-term rentals, subject to LCMC § 17.80.050 and to the license requirements of Chapter 5.14 LCMC;

Manufactured homes and prefabricated structures;

A recreational vehicle used during construction of a permitted use for which a building permit has been issued, but not exceeding one year;

Community gardens and market gardens not larger than 12,500 square feet, in accordance with the standards of LCMC § 17.80.080;

Public parks, playgrounds and other similar publicly owned recreation areas;

Essential emergency communications, early warning and associated emergency facilities;

Transportation uses, defined in Chapter 17.08 LCMC;

Four-flat dwellings, subject to the provisions of LCMC § 17.80.150;

Residential homes;

Single-room occupancy with one such structure allowed per lot or parcel and a maximum of six single-occupancy room units in the structure;

Emergency shelters, subject to LCMC § 17.80.220 and as defined in LCMC § 17.08.010;

Mobile home parks or manufactured dwelling parks subject to the provisions of LCMC § 17.80.040.

Home occupations, subject to the provisions of LCMC § 17.52.010;

Gardens and animals, subject to the provisions of LCMC § 17.80.080;

Accessory dwelling units, subject to the provisions of LCMC § 17.80.110;

Other accessory uses and accessory buildings and structures customarily appurtenant to a permitted use;

Family child care home;

Special event as accessory to a conditional use allowed in the zone, provided the allowed conditional use has conditional use approval.

Places of worship, and accessory uses set forth in LCMC § 17.80.160(A);

Public or private schools (kindergarten through twelfth grade, educational institutions, nursery schools and child care centers);

Community meeting buildings, fraternal and social organizations, and recreation centers;

Public or private golf courses, except driving ranges or miniature courses operated as a business;

Repealed by Ord. 2023-26;

Temporary real estate offices in legally recorded subdivisions;

Cemeteries;

Utility substations, but not wireless communications facilities;

Radio or television transmitters or towers, but not wireless communications facilities;

Government buildings;

Hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Dormers;

Gables;

Recessed entries;

Covered porch entries;

Cupolas;

Pillars or posts;

Bay or bow windows;

Eaves (minimum six-inch projection);

Off-sets on building face or roof (minimum 16 inches).