Othello City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
17.09 Definitions
Sections
- 17.09.010 Generally.
- 17.09.020 Accessory use or building.
- 17.09.030 Adjoining and adjacent.
- 17.09.035 Adult family home.
- 17.09.040 Agriculture.
- 17.09.060 Alley.
- 17.09.070 Alter or alteration.
- 17.09.080 Apartment.
- 17.09.090 Apartment house.
- 17.09.110 Auto wrecking yard.
- 17.09.120 Basement.
- 17.09.125 Batch.
- 17.09.130 Bed and breakfast.
- 17.09.135 Boarding house or group home.
- 17.09.140 Building.
- 17.09.145 Bunk house or hostel.
- 17.09.150 Bungalow court.
- 17.09.160 Business or commerce.
- 17.09.165 Caretaker residence.
- 17.09.170 Carport.
- 17.09.175 City council.
- 17.09.180 Clinic.
- 17.09.190 Commission.
- 17.09.200 Comprehensive plan.
- 17.09.210 Conditional use.
- 17.09.220 Convalescent, nursing, rest home.
- 17.09.230 Coverage.
- 17.09.234 Dangerous waste.
- 17.09.235 Day care facility.
- 17.09.237 Density.
- 17.09.240 District.
- 17.09.245 Dormitory or fraternity.
- 17.09.250 Dwelling.
- 17.09.255 Dwelling, single-family.
- 17.09.260 Dwelling, two-family, or duplex.
- 17.09.270 Dwelling, multifamily.
- 17.09.280 Dwelling unit.
- 17.09.290 Established grade.
- 17.09.300 Family.
- 17.09.310 Frontage.
- 17.09.320 Front property line.
- 17.09.325 Front street.
- 17.09.330 Garage, private.
- 17.09.340 Garage, public.
- 17.09.350 Gas station.
- 17.09.355 Generator.
- 17.09.360 Grade.
- 17.09.365 Greenbelt.
- 17.09.370 Greenhouse, commercial.
- 17.09.374 Hazardous substance.
- 17.09.377 Hazardous waste.
- 17.09.378 Hearing examiner.
- 17.09.380 Building height or height of building.
- 17.09.385 Heliport primary surface.
- 17.09.390 Home occupation.
- 17.09.400 Hospital.
- 17.09.410 Hotel or motel.
- 17.09.415 Interim status permit.
- 17.09.420 Junkyard.
- 17.09.430 Kennel.
- 17.09.435 Licensed care facility.
- 17.09.440 Livestock.
- 17.09.450 Lodging house.
- 17.09.460 Lot.
- 17.09.470 Lot, corner.
- 17.09.480 Lot coverage.
- 17.09.490 Lot depth.
- 17.09.500 Lot line.
- 17.09.510 Lot width.
- 17.09.520 Main building.
- 17.09.530 Manufactured home.
- 17.09.540 Mean depth.
- 17.09.550 Mobile home.
- 17.09.560 Mobile or manufactured home park.
- 17.09.605 Motel.
- 17.09.610 Nonconforming use.
- 17.09.620 Nursery.
- 17.09.630 Nursing home.
- 17.09.635 Obstruction.
- 17.09.640 Occupancy.
- 17.09.644 Off-site.
- 17.09.647 On-site.
- 17.09.650 Open space (greenbelt).
- 17.09.653 Overlay.
- 17.09.660 Parking space.
- 17.09.670 Permanent occupancy.
- 17.09.675 Person.
- 17.09.677 Planned development (PD).
- 17.09.680 Planning commission.
- 17.09.690 Plat.
- 17.09.700 Porch.
- 17.09.710 Premises.
- 17.09.720 Principal use.
- 17.09.725 Processing or handling of hazardous substances.
- 17.09.730 Professional office.
- 17.09.740 Public facilities.
- 17.09.750 Public utility functions.
- 17.09.752 Recreational vehicle park.
- 17.09.754 Recreational vehicle lot.
- 17.09.756 Recreational vehicle.
- 17.09.759 Resort or timeshare condominium.
- 17.09.760 Rest home.
- 17.09.770 Roadside stand.
- 17.09.780 Sanitary landfill.
- 17.09.790 Setback.
- 17.09.800 Side or flanking street.
- 17.09.810 Sign.
- 17.09.815 Storage—Dangerous waste.
- 17.09.820 Story.
- 17.09.830 Street.
- 17.09.833 Streetscape.
- 17.09.835 Surface impoundment.
- 17.09.836 Structure.
- 17.09.850 Theater.
- 17.09.860 Theater, outdoor drive-in.
- 17.09.870 Tract.
- 17.09.895 Treatment.
- 17.09.897 Tree.
- 17.09.898 I.B.C.
- 17.09.899 Urban trail.
- 17.09.900 Use.
- 17.09.910 Uses, prohibited.
- 17.09.920 Variance.
- 17.09.925 Waste pile.
- 17.09.930 Yard.
- 17.09.940 Yard, front.
- 17.09.950 Yard, rear.
- 17.09.960 Yard, side.
- 17.09.970 Zone.
17.20 Residential
Zones
Sections
- 17.20.010 Purpose.
- 17.20.020 Additional requirements.
- 17.20.030 Uses.
- 17.20.040 Prohibited.
- 17.20.050 Accessory uses, buildings, and structures.
- 17.20.060 Development standards.
- 17.20.070 Performance standards.
- 17.20.080 Performance standards for residential structures.
- 17.20.090 Street frontage required.
- 17.20.100 Construction code requirements.
- 17.20.110 Fences and walls.
17.30 Commercial
Zones
Sections
- 17.30.010 Purpose.
- 17.30.020 Additional requirements.
- 17.30.030 Uses.
- 17.30.040 Prohibited.
- 17.30.050 Development standards.
- 17.30.060 Performance standards.
- 17.30.070 Design standards in the C-1 and C-2 zones.
- 17.30.080 Design standards in the C-3 zone.
- 17.30.090 Construction code requirements.
- 17.30.100 Fences and walls.
- 17.30.110 Stormwater and drainage.
- 17.30.120 Pedestrian standards.
17.40 Industrial
Zones
Sections
17.54 Planned
Development District Overlay
Sections
- 17.54.010 Purpose.
- 17.54.020 Permitted planned development district.
- 17.54.030 General planned development district application requirements.
- 17.54.040 Preliminary planned development district requirements.
- 17.54.050 Planned development district design standards.
- 17.54.060 Permit processing.
- 17.54.090 Hearing examiner action.
- 17.54.100 Preparation of the planned development district ordinance.
- 17.54.110 City council action.
- 17.54.120 Final planned development district application and map(s).
- 17.54.140 Council action.
- 17.54.150 Issuance of a building permit.
- 17.54.160 Landscape performance bond.
- 17.54.170 Street and utility improvements performance bond.
- 17.54.180 Extension of bond or security time limit.
- 17.54.190 Maintenance bond.
- 17.54.210 Changes and modifications.
- 17.54.220 Repeal of planned development district ordinance.
17.56 General
Provisions
Sections
- 17.56.010 Building site calculations.
- 17.56.020 Junk.
- 17.56.025 Composting.
- 17.56.030 Building occupancy.
- 17.56.040 Vision clearance at intersections.
- 17.56.050 Occupancy of recreational vehicles (RVs).
- 17.56.055 Recreational vehicle parking and storage.
- 17.56.080 Chimneys.
- 17.56.100 Window wells and stairwells.
- 17.56.110 Trees.
- 17.56.120 Use of premises for the keeping of livestock.
- 17.56.125 Use of premises—Kennels.
- 17.56.130 Gas station standards.
- 17.56.140 Auto wrecking and junkyard standards.
- 17.56.150 Building on multiple lots.
- 17.56.160 Vesting of rights.
- 17.56.170 Prohibited uses.
- 17.56.175 Residential foster dog permit.
17.59 Home
Occupations
Sections
- 17.59.005 Purpose.
- 17.59.010 Applicability.
- 17.59.012 Requirements.
- 17.59.015 Application for home occupation uses and appeals.
- 17.59.020 Inspections.
- 17.59.030 Advertising and appearance restricted.
- 17.59.040 Traffic and parking restricted.
- 17.59.050 Prohibited occupations.
- 17.59.060 Enforcement.
- 17.59.070 Revocation of permit.
17.61 Off-Street
Parking
Sections
- 17.61.010 Requirements generally.
- 17.61.015 Parking—Residential lots.
- 17.61.020 Parking spaces required.
- 17.61.030 Parking requirements for uses not specified.
- 17.61.040 Mixed occupancies.
- 17.61.050 Joint uses.
- 17.61.060 Required improvement and maintenance of parking area and car sales area.
- 17.61.070 Illumination of parking areas and car sales area.
- 17.61.080 Required loading space.
- 17.61.090 Accessibility.
- 17.61.100 Use of right-of-way.
- 17.61.110 Parking and storage of recreational vehicles.
17.74 Landscaping
and Screening
Sections
- 17.74.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.74.020 Applicability.
- 17.74.030 General landscaping.
- 17.74.040 Parking lot landscaping.
- 17.74.050 Trees.
- 17.74.060 Property line screening.
- 17.74.070 Trash enclosure screening.
- 17.74.080 Blank facade landscaping.
- 17.74.090 Residential landscaping.
- 17.74.100 Landscape point values.
- 17.74.110 Approved, discouraged and prohibited plants.
- 17.74.120 Landscape plan requirements.
- 17.74.130 Modifications.
- 17.74.140 Installation, maintenance, and enforcement.
- 17.74.150 Approval of landscape plan and installation of landscaping.
- 17.74.160 Variances.
17.79 Nonconforming
Uses, Structures, and Lots
Sections
- 17.79.010 Intent.
- 17.79.012 Definitions.
- 17.79.015 Establishment of a legal nonconformity.
- 17.79.020 Continuation of nonconforming uses.
- 17.79.040 Nonconforming structure.
- 17.79.045 Nonconforming lots.
- 17.79.050 Change of a nonconforming use.
- 17.79.060 Change of district.
- 17.79.070 Annexation.
- 17.79.080 Appeals.