Medford City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
Sections
- 10.000 Title.
- 10.005 Purpose.
- 10.007 Structure of this Chapter.
- 10.008 Scope and Compliance.
- 10.009 Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and Law.
- 10.010 Definitions.
- 10.012 Definitions, Specific.
- 10.021
- 10.031
- 10.032 Nonconformities.
- 10.033 Continuation of Nonconforming Development.
- 10.034 Criteria for Nonconformity Expansion or Change.
- 10.035 Nonconformity Burden of Proof.
- 10.036 Termination of a Nonconforming Development.
- 10.037 Completion of a Nonconforming Development.
- 10.051
- 10.052
- 10.053
- 10.056
- 10.061 Duty to Enforce.
- 10.062 Penalties and Enforcement.
- 10.070 Fees.
- 10.080
- 10.085
- 10.092 Inconsistent Ordinances Repealed.
- 10.093 Effective Date.
ARTICLE II
Procedural Requirements
Sections
- 10.100 Purpose of Article II.
- 10.101
- 10.102 Land Use Review.
- 10.104 Land Use Decision.
- 10.106 Procedural Types.
- 10.108 Land Use Review Procedure Types.
- 10.110 Designation and Duties of Approving Authorities.
- 10.111
- 10.112 Referral Agencies.
- 10.114 Concurrent Land Use Review.
- 10.116 Application Submittals.
- 10.118 Findings of Fact.
- 10.120 Due Process.
- 10.122 Due Process Element 1: Completeness Review.
- 10.123
- 10.124 Due Process Element 2: Notification.
- 10.126 Due Process Element 3: Disclosure.
- 10.128 Due Process Element 4: Conflict of Interest.
- 10.130 Due Process Element 5: Public Hearing.
- 10.132 Due Process Element 6: Cross Examination.
- 10.133
- 10.134 Due Process Element 7: Action, Decision Time, and Notice of Decision.
- 10.135
- 10.136 Due Process Element 8: Findings of Fact.
- 10.137
- 10.138 Due Process Element 9: Records.
- 10.140 Appeal of Land Use Decision.
- 10.141 Review and Appeal of Certain Affordable Housing Projects.
- 10.142 Type I Land Use Actions.
- 10.144 De Minimis Revision(s) to an Approved PUD Plan.
- 10.145
- 10.146 Final PUD Plan.
- 10.148 Minor Historic Review.
- 10.150 Minor Modification to an Approved Conditional Use Permit.
- 10.152 Minor Modification to a Site Plan and Architectural Review Approval.
- 10.154 Nonconformities.
- 10.155
- 10.156 Preapplication Conference.
- 10.157
- 10.158 Property Line Adjustment.
- 10.159
- 10.159A Removal of Public Utility Easement (PUE).
- 10.160 Riparian Corridors, Reduction or Deviation.
- 10.161
- 10.162 Pad Lot Development, Subdivision and Partition Final Plats.
- 10.163
- 10.164 Wireless Communication Facilities in Public Right-of-Way.
- 10.165
- 10.166
- 10.167
- 10.168 Type II Land Use Actions.
- 10.169
- 10.169A Major Modifications to a Site Plan and Architectural Review – Type II.
- 10.170 Partition Tentative Plat.
- 10.171 Pad Lot Development, Tentative Plat.
- 10.172 Portable Storage Containers.
- 10.173 Middle Housing Land Divisions.
- 10.175
- 10.175A Site Plan and Architectural Review (SPAR) – Type II.
- 10.176
- 10.176A Validation of a Unit of Land.
- 10.180
- 10.180A Eligible Affordable Housing.
- 10.181
- 10.182 Type III Land Use Actions.
- 10.183
- 10.184 Conditional Use Permit.
- 10.185 Park Development Review.
- 10.186 Exception.
- 10.187
- 10.188 Historic Review.
- 10.189 Manufactured Dwelling Park Review.
- 10.190 Planned Unit Development (PUD) – Application and Approval Provisions.
- 10.191
- 10.192 Preliminary PUD Plan – General Provisions.
- 10.194 Preliminary PUD Plan – Neighborhood Meeting Requirement.
- 10.195
- 10.196 Final PUD Plan – Application Procedures.
- 10.197
- 10.198 Revision or Termination of a PUD.
- 10.199
- 10.200 Site Plan and Architectural Review.
- 10.201
- 10.202 Subdivision Tentative Plat.
- 10.204 Zone Change.
- 10.205
- 10.206
- 10.207
- 10.208
- 10.214 Type IV Land Use Actions.
- 10.216 Annexation.
- 10.218 Land Development Code Amendment Approval Criteria.
- 10.220 Major Type IV Amendments.
- 10.221
- 10.222 Minor Type IV Amendments.
- 10.223
- 10.224 Minor Comprehensive Plan Application Form.
- 10.224-1
- 10.225
- 10.226 Transportation Facility Development.
- 10.227
- 10.228 Vacation of Public Right-of-Way.
- 10.230
- 10.231
- 10.232
- 10.234
- 10.235
- 10.236
- 10.237
- 10.238
- 10.239
- 10.240
- 10.241
- 10.242
- 10.243
- 10.244
- 10.245
- 10.246
- 10.247
- 10.247a
- 10.248
- 10.249
- 10.250
- 10.251
- 10.252
- 10.253
- 10.254
- 10.255
- 10.256
- 10.257
- 10.258
- 10.259
- 10.260
- 10.261
- 10.262
- 10.263
- 10.264
- 10.264-1
- 10.265
- 10.266
- 10.267
- 10.268
- 10.269
- 10.270
- 10.273
- 10.276
- 10.277
- 10.278
- 10.279
- 10.280
- 10.285
- 10.287
- 10.290
- 10.291
- 10.292
- 10.294
- 10.295
- 10.296
- 10.297
ARTICLE III
Zoning Districts
Sections
- Overlay Districts (10.345 – 10.407)
- 10.345 Purpose of Overlay Districts.
- 10.348 Limited Industrial, I-00.
- 10.349 Airport Approach Overlay District, A-A.
- 10.350
- 10.351
- 10.352 Airport Radar Overlay District, A-R.
- 10.353
- 10.354
- 10.355 Airport Area of Concern Overlay District, A-C.
- 10.356
- 10.358 Central Business, C-B.
- 10.360 Exclusive Agricultural, E-A.
- 10.361 Permitted Activities and Development, E-A.
- 10.362 Conditional Activities and Development, E-A.
- 10.365 Freeway.
- Southeast Overlay District (10.370 – 10.385)
- 10.370 Objectives of the Southeast (S-E) Overlay District.
- 10.371 Scope and Applicability of Southeast (S-E) Overlay District Regulations.
- 10.372 General Land Use Plan Map and Southeast Plan Map Consistency, S-E.
- 10.373 General Land Use Plan Map, Southeast Plan Map, Zoning, and Residential Density, S-E.
- 10.374 News Development and Commercial Center Core Area (Area 7A) Master Plan Requirements, S-E.
- 10.375 Special Lot Coverage, Building Setbacks, Building Height Standards, S-E.
- 10.376 Special Design Standards for Attached Housing, S-E.
- 10.377 Special Design Standards for Southeast Village Center.
- 10.378 Special Standards for Commercial Center (Areas 7A and 7B), S-E.
- 10.379 Streetscape, Planter Strip, and Street Tree Standards, S-E.
- 10.380 Street Lighting Standards, S-E.
- 10.381 Special Street Design and Vehicle Access Standards, S-E.
- 10.382 Special Fencing Standards, S-E.
- 10.383 Standards for Development Abutting Arterial or Collector Streets, S-E.
- 10.384 Greenways - Special Design and Development Standards, S-E.
- 10.385 School and Park Siting Standards, S-E.
- Historic Preservation Overlay District (10.401 – 10.407)
- 10.401 Historic Preservation Overlay, Purpose.
- 10.402 Historic Preservation, Definitions.
- 10.403 Historic Preservation Overlay, Designation.
- 10.404 Significant Historic Resource Designation, Refusal.
- 10.405 Historic Preservation Overlay Designation, Removal.
- 10.406 Historic Preservation Overlay, Exterior Alteration or New Construction.
- 10.407 Historic Preservation Overlay, Demolition or Relocation.
- 10.408
ARTICLE IV
Public Improvement Standards and Criteria
Sections
- Easements (10.471 – 10.476)
- Improvement Standards (10.481 – 10.668)
- 10.481 Improvement Standards Adopted.
- 10.482 Public Improvement Plan Requirements.
- 10.485 Storm Drainage Requirements.
- 10.486 Stormwater Facilities, Public Streets.
- 10.487 Drainage into Adjacent Drains.
- 10.488 Oversize Storm Drains and/or Sanitary Sewers, SDC Credits.
- 10.490 Sanitary Sewers.
- 10.492 Sanitary Sewer Design.
- 10.493 Off-site Sanitary Sewer and Storm Drain Reimbursement.
- 10.495 Street Lighting and Pedestrian-Scale Street Lighting.
- 10.500 Sidewalks.
- 10.501 Sidewalk Specifications.
- 10.502
- 10.503 Shared-Use Paths.
- 10.550 Access Standards.
- 10.555 Underground Utilities.
- 10.651
- 10.652
- 10.653
- 10.654
- 10.655
- 10.656
- 10.666 Improvement Agreements.
- 10.667 Security for Public Improvements.
- 10.668 Limitation of Exactions.
ARTICLE V
Site Development Standards
Sections
- Large Retail Structures (10.722 – 10.725)
- Grading and Drainage Requirements (10.727 – 10.729)
- Fencing (10.731 – 10.735)
- Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements (10.741 – 10.751)
- 10.741 Parking and Loading, General Provisions.
- 10.742 Off-Street Loading Standards.
- 10.743 Off-Street Parking Standards.
- 10.744 Shared Parking.
- 10.745 Location of Parking Facilities.
- 10.746 General Design Requirements for Parking.
- 10.747 Bicycle Parking.
- 10.748 Bicycle Parking Standards.
- 10.749 Location of Bicycle Parking Facilities.
- 10.750 General Design Requirements for Bicycle Parking.
- 10.751 Exceptions to Bicycle Parking Standards.
- Noise Standards and Regulations (10.752)
- Hazards Standards and Regulations (10.763 – 10.764)
- Site Design Standards (10.772 – 10.799)
- 10.772 Pedestrian Walkway General Provisions.
- 10.773 Pedestrian Walkway Connections and Routing.
- 10.775 Pedestrian Walkway Design Standards.
- 10.776 Exceptions to Pedestrian Walkway Standards.
- 10.780 Landscape and Irrigation Requirements.
- 10.781 Concealment of Trash Receptacles.
- 10.782 Concealment of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) Equipment and Roof- Mounted Wireless Communication Facilities.
- 10.783 Location of Wall Mounted Utility Services.
- 10.790 Bufferyards.
- 10.797 Street Frontage Landscaping Requirements.
- 10.797(A)
- 10.798
- 10.799 Electric Vehicle Charging Design Guidelines.
- Agricultural Buffering (10.801 – 10.802)
- Transit Facilities (10.806 – 10.810)
- 10.806 Transit Facilities for New Subdivisions.
- 10.807 Transit Facilities for Major Industrial, Institutional, Commercial and Office Developments.
- 10.808 New Commercial and Institutional Development.
- 10.809 Vanpool and Carpool Preferential Parking Requirements.
- 10.810
- 10.810A Retail Fuel Station and Car Wash Special Standards.
- Special Use Regulations (10.811 – 10.839)
- 10.811 Nursery Schools, Day or Child Care (Centers) Facilities.
- 10.812
- 10.813 Agricultural Services and Animal Services.
- 10.814 Animal Hospitals and Veterinary Clinics.
- 10.815 Cemetery, Crematory, Mausoleum, Columbarium.
- 10.816 Churches, Hospitals, or Other Religious or Charitable Institutions in a Residential District.
- 10.817 Community Buildings, Social Halls, Lodges, Fraternal Organizations, and Clubs in a Residential District.
- 10.818
- 10.818A Cottage Cluster Development.
- 10.819
- 10.819A Temporary and Non-Temporary Shelters.
- 10.820 Two Single-Family Residences in Lieu of Duplex.
- 10.821 Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).
- 10.822 Permitted Uses in All Industrial Zones.
- 10.823 Small Food Vendors.
- 10.824 Wireless Communication Facilities.
- 10.825 Severe Event Shelters.
- 10.826 Single-Family Dwelling in Multiple-Family Residential Zones.
- 10.827 Mines, Quarries, Gravel Pits.
- 10.828 Bed and Breakfast Service.
- 10.829
- 10.829A Temporary Mobile Food Vendors and Mobile Food Vendor Pods.
- 10.829B Mobile Food Vending in the Public Right-of-Way.
- 10.830 Public Utility Service Facilities.
- 10.831 Outdoor Storage, Display and Sales of Merchandise; Permit Required.
- 10.832 Garage Sales and Yard Sales.
- 10.833 Restaurants - Outdoor Eating Areas.
- 10.834
- 10.834A Craft Alcohol Production.
- 10.835 Residence for Caretaker or Watchman.
- 10.836 Residential Facility.
- 10.837 Dwelling Units in Commercial Districts.
- 10.838 Accessory Uses in Group (Congregate) Living Facilities.
- 10.839 Marijuana-Related Businesses.
- 10.839-A Psilocybin-Related Business.
- Temporary Uses and Structures (10.840)
- Manufactured Dwellings (10.859 – 10.897)
- 10.859 Location and Use of Movable Structures or Vehicles Outside of Mobile Home Parks, Manufactured Dwelling Parks, or Recreational Vehicle Parks.
- 10.860 Mobile Home Parks and Manufactured Dwelling Parks.
- 10.861
- 10.862
- 10.864 Review Procedure.
- 10.870 Manufactured Dwelling Park Uses.
- 10.871
- 10.873 Application – New Parks, Extensions or Modifications.
- 10.874 Preliminary Site Plans.
- 10.875 Final Plans.
- 10.876
- 10.877
- 10.878 Delegation of Authority, Mobile Home and Manufactured Dwelling Parks.
- 10.880 Site Requirements for New Parks or Expansion or Major Modification of Existing Parks.
- 10.885 Mobile Home Space and Manufactured Dwelling Space Requirements.
- 10.890
- 10.895
- 10.896 General Regulations.
- 10.897 Conditions of Approval, Mobile Home and Manufactured Dwelling Parks.
- 10.900 Manufactured Homes or Prefabricated Structures on Individual Lots.
- Riparian Corridors (10.920 ─ 10.928)
- 10.920 Riparian Corridors, Purposes.
- 10.921 Riparian Corridors, Definitions.
- 10.922 Riparian Corridors, Applicability.
- 10.923 Riparian Corridors, Location.
- 10.924 Permitted Activities within Riparian Corridors.
- 10.925 Conditional Uses within Riparian Corridors.
- 10.926 Prohibited Activities within Riparian Corridors.
- 10.927 Riparian Corridors, Reduction or Deviation.
- 10.928 Conservation and Maintenance of Riparian Corridors.
- 10.929 thru 10.932
- Hillside Ordinance (10.929 – 10.933)
ARTICLE VI
Signage
Sections
- 10.1000 Purpose of Article VI.
- 10.1010 Definitions.
- 10.1012 Terminology.
- 10.1020 Permits Required; Violation.
- 10.1022 Exceptions to Permit Requirements.
- 10.1028
- 10.1030 Application.
- 10.1035 Issuance of Permits.
- 10.1040
- 10.1045 Indemnification of City.
- 10.1046 Definition of Nonconforming Signs.
- 10.1100 Prohibited Signs For All Districts.
- 10.1115 Prohibited Signs for Retail Fuel and Car Wash Stations.
- 10.1120 Abandoned Signs.
- 10.1130 Certain Signs Declared A Nuisance.
- 10.1131
- 10.1140
- 10.1150
- 10.1160 Signs in the Public Parks (P-1) Zoning District.
- 10.1170 Public-Parks District (P-1): Additional Special Signs.
- 10.1200 Signs in Single-Family Residential Zoning Districts.
- 10.1300 Signs in Multiple-Family Residential Districts (MFR-15), (MFR-20) and (MFR-30).
- 10.1400 Signs in Service Commercial and Professional Offices (C-S/P): Basic Regulations.
- 10.1410 Service Commercial and Professional Office (C-S/P): Additional Special Signs.
- 10.1500 Signs in Neighborhood Commercial District (C-N): Basic Regulations.
- 10.1510 Neighborhood Commercial District (C-N): Additional Special Signs.
- 10.1600 Central Business Overlay (CB): Basic Regulations.
- 10.1610 Central Business Overlay (CB): Additional Special Signs.
- 10.1620 Historic Preservation District Overlay (H): Basic Regulations.
- 10.1700 Signs in Community Commercial District (C-C), Heavy Commercial District (C-H), and Regional Commercial District (C-R): Basic Regulations.
- 10.1710 Community Commercial District (C-C), Heavy Commercial District (C-H) and Regional Commercial District (C-R): Additional Special Signs.
- 10.1800 Signs in Light Industrial (I-L), General Industrial (I-G), and Heavy Industrial (I-H) Districts: Basic Regulations.
- 10.1810 Light Industrial (I-L), General Industrial (I-G) and Heavy Industrial (I-H) Districts: Additional Special Signs.
- 10.1900
- 10.1910
- 10.2000
- 10.2010