Scappoose City Zoning Code
17.62 C
General Commercial
17.62.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the general commercial zone is to provide for a concentrated, central commercial, office and major retail goods and services area with opportunities for employment and business and professional services in close proximity to residential services and located adjacent to arterial or collector streets. (Ord. 868, 2018; Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)
17.62.030 Permitted and Conditional uses.
Use | |
|---|---|
Church | Permitted outright1 |
Community recreation facilities | Permitted outright1 |
Convenience sales | Permitted outright1 |
Cultural exhibits and library services | Permitted outright1 |
Day care facility | Permitted outright1 |
Mixed-use building | Permitted outright1 |
Eating and drinking establishments | Permitted outright1 |
Equipment rentals, general | Permitted outright1 |
Financial, insurance and real estate services | Permitted outright1 |
Food and beverage retail sales | Permitted outright1 |
Food cart pod (Type I or II), subject to Chapter 17.126 | Permitted outright1 |
General retail sales | Permitted outright1 |
Home occupation (Type I) subject to Chapter 17.142, Home Occupations | Permitted outright1 |
Hospitals | Permitted outright1 |
Hotel/motel | Permitted outright1 |
Lodge, fraternal and civic assembly | Permitted outright1 |
Medical and dental services | Permitted outright1 |
Multifamily buildings, when located outside of the Scappoose Creek Floodplain | Permitted outright1 |
Live/work townhouses or live/work multifamily building | Permitted outright1 |
Parking facilities | Permitted outright1 |
Passenger terminals | Permitted outright1 |
Personal services, general | Permitted outright1 |
Postal services | Permitted outright1 |
Professional and administrative services | Permitted outright1 |
Public agency administrative services | Permitted outright1 |
Public safety facilities and public support facilities | Permitted outright1 |
Repair services for household and personal items, excluding automotive | Permitted outright1 |
Residential care facility when located at least two hundred feet from Highway 30 and outside of the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain | Permitted outright1 |
Sales grooming and veterinary of small animals | Permitted outright1 |
Vehicle fuel sales, retail | Permitted outright1 |
Any permitted use on a temporary basis subject to Scappoose Municipal Code 17.128, Temporary Commercial and Industrial Uses | Permitted outright1 |
Wireless communications facilities, not to include antenna support structures, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.93 | Permitted outright1 |
Public and private schools including but not limited to charter schools and career schools as defined and regulated by the State of Oregon. | Permitted outright1 |
Home occupations (Type II) subject to Chapter 17.142, Home Occupations | Conditional use2 |
Major impact utilities, provided that a ten-foot perimeter setback containing both externally visible landscaping meeting buffering standards and solid screening surrounds the property | Conditional use2 |
Ministorage with or without a caretaker dwelling | Conditional use2 |
Wholesaling, storage and distribution, provided that all activities are conducted entirely within a building or structure | Conditional use2 |
Outside storage subject to buffering and screening according to Chapter 17.100, Landscaping, Screening and Fencing | Conditional use2 |
Outside dining facilities | Conditional use2 |
Commercial amusement facilities such as bowling alleys or movie theaters other than adult motion picture theaters | Conditional use2 |
Wireless communication facilities, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.93. | Conditional use2 |
1In the general commercial zone, activities shall be conducted within an enclosed structure or building and are subject to Chapter 17.120, Site Development Review. Only these uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright.
2These uses and their accessory uses may be permitted when authorized by the planning commission in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 17.130, Conditional Use, other relevant sections of this title and any conditions imposed by the planning commission.
(Ord. 877, 2019; Ord. 868, 2018)
17.62.050 Dimensional requirements--Commercial and mixed-use buildings.
Dimensional Requirements | Requirement1 |
|---|---|
Minimum lot area | Ten thousand square feet |
Minimum lot width | Fifty feet |
Minimum setback | |
Front Yard | Ten feet and landscaped per Section 17.100.090; |
Corner lots | The minimum setback for the side facing the street shall be twenty feet |
Internal side or rear yard setback | No internal side or rear yard setback shall be required, except thirty feet shall be required where abutting a residential zoning district and the planning commission may reduce that required yard setback by fifty percent pursuant to Chapter 17.100, Landscaping, Screening and Fencing |
Maximum height | No commercial building shall exceed fifty feet in height. A mixed-use building shall not exceed sixty feet in height. Within fifty feet of a residential zone, no building shall exceed thirty-five feet in height |
Maximum lot coverage | Ninety percent including all buildings and impervious surfaces |
1Additional requirements shall include any applicable section of this title.
(Ord. 868, 2018; Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)
17.62.060 Dimensional requirements-Multifamily buildings.
Dimensional Requirements | Requirement |
|---|---|
Minimum density | 15 dwelling units per net acre |
Minimum lot width | Fifty feet |
Minimum setback | |
Front Yard | Fifteen feet |
Front of garages or carports | Twenty feet from the property line where access occurs |
Side yard | Total a minimum of fifteen feet with one setback not less than ten feet, which shall be on the street side for corner lots |
Rear yard | Twenty feet |
Setbacks for accessory building behind a residence | |
Side | Five feet each |
Rear | Five feet |
Maximum height | Sixty feet |
Accessory Building | Twenty two feet |
Maximum lot coverage | Eighty percent, including all buildings and impervious surfaces |
Minimum landscape | Twenty percent |
(Ord. 868, 2018)
17.62.070 Dimensional requirements Live/Work townhouse or live/work multifamily building.
Dimensional Requirements | Requirement |
|---|---|
Minimum density | |
Townhouse | Two thousand five hundred square feet per unit |
Multifamily | 15 dwelling units per net acre |
Minimum lot width | |
Townhouse | Twenty-five feet per unit |
Multifamily buildings | Fifty feet |
Minimum setback | |
Front Yard | Fifteen feet |
Front of garages or carports | Twenty feet from the property line where access occurs |
Side yard | Total a minimum of fifteen feet with one setback not less than ten feet, which shall be on the street side for corner lots |
Rear yard | Twenty feet |
Setbacks for accessory building behind a residence | |
Side | Five feet each |
Rear | Five feet |
Minimum height | Two stories |
Maximum height | |
Townhouse | Thirty-five feet |
Multifamily | Sixty feet |
Accessory Building | Twenty two feet |
Maximum lot coverage | Eighty percent, including all buildings and impervious surfaces |
Minimum landscape | Twenty percent |
(Ord. 868, 2018)
17.62.080 Live/Work Requirements.
Each Live/Work unit shall meet the following requirements:
1. The ground floor commercial or office space will have visibility, signage, and access from the primary street.
2. A live/work unit with residential uses on the ground floor must be located outside of the Scappoose Creek Floodplain.
3. To preserve the pedestrian orientation of the commercial or office space, alley or rear access is required to provide services and residential parking.
4. Each Live/Work Unit shall have a minimum work space of 200 square feet and a minimum living area of 600 square feet.
5. Each Live/Work Unit shall have a minimum of one (1) off-street parking space for each dwelling unit and one (1) off-street parking space for the first 500 square feet of non-residential floor area. Additional off-street parking spaces for non-residential floor area over and above the first 500 square feet shall be provided pursuant to Chapter 17.106 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements). (Ord. 868, 2018)
17.62.090 Special Buffer Requirements for multifamily buildings and live/work multifamily buildings.
Buffer requirements for multifamily uses in the general commercial district are the same as the A-1 zone, See Section 17.56.070. (Ord. 868, 2018)
17.62.100 Architectural character for multifamily and live/work multifamily buildings.
Architectural character requirements for multifamily uses in the general commercial district are the same as the A-1 zone, See Section 17.56.080. (Ord. 868, 2018)