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Scappoose City Zoning Code

17.70 LI

Light Industrial

17.70.010 Purpose.

The purpose of the light industrial zone is to:

A. Provide appropriate locations for industrial use including light manufacturing and related activities with few, if any, nuisance characteristics such as noise, glare and smoke;

B. To permit manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of produce or products from previously prepared materials; and

C. To provide a wide variety of sites with good highway or rail access. (Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)

17.70.030 Permitted uses.

In the light industrial zone, activities are subject to site development review, Chapter 17.120, Site Development Review. Only the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright:

A. Agricultural sales and services including uses customarily carried on outdoors except slaughterhouses, tanneries or rendering plants;

B. Animal sales and service including auctions, kennels and veterinary;

C. Automobile and equipment sales, service and repair (new and used);

D. Bakeries;

E. Building maintenance services;

F. Building materials sales and service;

G. Caretaker dwelling;

H. Construction sales and services;

I. Home occupation (Type I) subject to Chapter 17.142, Home Occupations;

J. Laundry services;

K. Research services;

L. Retail facilities on sites greater than one hundred thousand square feet;

M. Manufacturing of finished products;

N. Manufacturing of components for use in finished products;

O. Packaging of previously processed materials;

P. Participation sports and recreation: indoor and outdoors;

Q. Processing and packing of food products;

R. Processing of previously processed materials for use in components or finished products;

S. Processing of materials for use in any construction or building trades;

T. Public support facilities;

U. Parking facilities;

V. Public safety services;

W. Transportation terminals and storage yards, provided that a five-foot landscaped perimeter setback surrounds all outdoor parking, all storage areas are buffered and screened in accordance with Chapter 17.100, Landscaping, Screening and Fencing, and all repair work is performed indoors;

X. Vehicle fuel/convenience sales;

Y. Wholesale, storage and distribution;

Z. Any permitted use on a temporary basis subject to Scappoose Municipal Code 17.128, Temporary Commercial and Industrial Uses;

AA. Wireless communications facilities, not to include antenna support structures, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.93. (Ord. 846, 2015; Ord. 705 § 1, 2001; Ord. 698 § 3, 2000; Ord. 636 § 1, 1996; Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)

17.70.040 Conditional uses.

The following 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:

A. Eating and drinking establishments;

B. Commercial amusement facilities including bowling alleys, video arcades, and movie theaters other than adult motion picture theaters;

C. Home occupations (Type II) subject to Chapter 17.142, Home Occupations;

D. Recycle stations, provided that a ten-foot perimeter setback containing both externally visible landscaping meeting buffering standards and solid screening surrounds the property, all operations are conducted entirely within buildings, and all building setbacks shall be a minimum of thirty feet from any property line;

E. Major impact utilities, provided that a ten-foot perimeter setback containing both externally visible landscaping meeting buffering standards and screening surrounds property;

F. Wireless communication facilities, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.93;

G. Mini-storage with or without a caretaker dwelling, provided that the facility size is three acres or less and that no adjoining sites or properties have mini-storage facilities.

H. Institutions of higher education, provided that the parcel size is 50 acres or less;

I. Food cart pod (Type I or II), subject to Chapter 17.126. (Ord. 877, 2019; Ord. 846, 2015; Ord. 829; Ord. 705 § 1, 2001; Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)

17.70.050 Dimensional requirements.

A. Unless otherwise specified, the minimum setback requirements are as follows:

1. The front yard setback shall be a minimum of twenty feet;

2. On corner lots the minimum setback for the side facing the street shall be five feet;

3. On through lots, the front and rear setback shall be a minimum of twenty feet;

4. No additional side or rear yard setback shall be required except fifty feet shall be required where abutting a residential zoning district and the planning commission may reduce this required yard setback by fifty percent pursuant to Chapter 17.100, Landscaping, Screening and Fencing.

B. No building shall exceed fifty feet in height. Within one hundred feet of a residential zone, no building shall exceed thirty-five feet in height.

C. All outside storage areas require buffering and screening as defined in Chapter 17.100, Landscaping, Screening and Fencing.

D. Additional requirements shall include any applicable section of this title. (Ord. 846, 2015; Ord. 663 § 7, 1998; Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)