Except as hereinafter provided:

A.

No building or structure shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or moved, nor shall any building, structure or land be used or designated to be used for any use other than is permitted in the district in which such building, structure or land is located, and then only after applying for and securing all permits and licenses required by law and this code.

B.

No building or structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged or moved on a lot unless the building or structure and also the lot conform to the area regulations of the district in which the building or structure is located, except as provided in this title.

(Ord. No. 18-1009, § 1(Exh. A), 7-3-2019)

For the purpose of this title and to carry out these regulations, the city is divided into districts, known as:

R-10 Low-density residential district;

R-8 Low-density residential district;

R-6 Low-density residential district;

R-5 Medium-density residential district;

R-3.5 Medium-density residential district;

R-2 High-density residential district;

NC Neighborhood commercial district;

HC Historic commercial district;

C General commercial district;

GI General industrial district;

CI Campus industrial district;

MUC-1 Mixed-use corridor district;

MUC-2 Mixed-use corridor district;

MUE Mixed-use employment district;

MUD Mixed-use downtown district;

I Institutional district;

WFDD Willamette Falls Downtown District.

In addition to the foregoing districts, special overlay districts shall be known as:

Historic overlay district;

Floodplain overlay district;

Geologic hazards overlay district;

Willamette River Greenway overlay district;

Natural resource overlay district.

(Ord. No. 18-1009, § 1(Exh. A), 7-3-2019)

The foregoing districts and their boundaries are shown on a map entitled "official zoning map" on file in the office of the city recorder. This map and all designations and information shown thereon are made a part of this title, as if the map, designation and information were fully described herein. In addition, special maps shall indicate the overlay districts and their boundaries.

(Ord. No. 18-1009, § 1(Exh. A), 7-3-2019)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to any of the boundaries of the districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following uses shall apply:

A.

When the boundaries of the districts designated on the official zoning map are approximately streets or alleys, the certain lines of the streets and alleys shall be construed to be the boundaries of such districts.

B.

Where the boundaries of the districts designated on the official zoning map are approximately lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries of the districts.

C.

In subdivided property, the district boundary lines of the official zoning map shall be determined by use of the scale contained on the map.

D.

The locations of the zoning districts do not move with land divisions or lot line adjustments unless an associated zone change is approved.

(Ord. No. 18-1009, § 1(Exh. A), 7-3-2019)

All lands within the urban growth boundary of Oregon City have been classified according to the appropriate city land use designation as noted on the comprehensive plan map (per the city/county urban growth management area agreement). Provided the criteria for a zone change can be met, the zoning classification shall reflect the city land use classification in Table 17.06.030.

Table 17.06.030

(Ord. No. 18-1009, § 1(Exh. A), 7-3-2019)

Whenever any street, alley or public way is vacated by official action, the zoning districts adjoining the side of such public way shall automatically be extended to the side or sides to which such lands revert, to include the right-of-way thus vacated which shall henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended district or districts.

(Ord. No. 18-1009, § 1(Exh. A), 7-3-2019)