Scappoose City Zoning Code
17.50 R-4
Moderate Density Residential
17.50.010 Purpose.
The R-4 zone is intended to provide minimum standards for residential use in areas of moderate population concentrations. (Ord. 868, 2018; Ord. 634 § 1 Exh. A, 1995)
17.50.030 Permitted and Conditional uses.
Use | |
|---|---|
Single-family detached residential dwelling units | Permitted outright1 |
Manufactured homes on individual lots subject Section 17.94.030 | Permitted outright1 |
Manufactured home parks subject Section 17.94.050 | Permitted outright1 |
Cottage housing subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.58 | Permitted outright1 |
Duplex | Permitted outright1 |
Triplex | Permitted outright1 |
Quadplex | Permitted outright1 |
Townhouse, limited to a maximum of four attached townhomes | Permitted outright1 |
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU's) subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.92 | Permitted outright1 |
Residential care home | Permitted outright1 |
Day care home | Permitted outright1 |
Home occupation (Type I) subject to Chapter 17.142 | Permitted outright1 |
Public park and recreation areas, provided that all building setbacks shall be a minimum of thirty feet from any property line | Permitted outright1 |
Public support facilities | Permitted outright1 |
Sewage pump station | Permitted outright1 |
Churches previously zoned RC-4; | Permitted outright1 |
Church, provided that all building setbacks shall be a minimum of thirty feet from any property line | Permitted outright1 |
Day care facility | Conditional use2 |
Home occupation (Type II) subject to Chapter 17.142 | Conditional use2 |
Residential care facility | Conditional use2 |
Schools, provided that all building setbacks shall be a minimum of thirty feet from any property line | Conditional use2 |
Bed and breakfast facilities, provided that no other such facilities exist within four hundred feet | Conditional use2 |
Electric power substation | Conditional use2 |
Minor impact utilities | Conditional use2 |
Public safety facilities | Conditional use2 |
Library services | Conditional use2 |
Professional office building under four thousand square feet | Conditional use2 |
Retail sales establishments under two thousand five hundred square feet | Conditional use2 |
Wireless communications facilities, not to include antenna support structures, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.93. | Conditional use2 |
1These uses and their accessory uses are permitted in the R-4 zone outright outside of the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain. In the R-4 zone within the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain only uses listed in Section 17.84.040 shall be permitted.
2These uses and their accessory uses may be permitted in the R-4 zone when authorized by the planning commission in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 17.130, other relevant sections of this title and any conditions imposed by the Planning Commission when such uses are located outside of Scappoose Creek Flood Plain.
17.50.050 Dimensional requirements.
Dimensional Requirements | Requirement1 |
|---|---|
Minimum lot area: | |
Outside of the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain | |
Single-family detached | Five thousand (5,000) square feet for a single-family detached dwelling unit when located outside of the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain |
Townhouse | Seven thousand square feet for the first two attached units and two thousand square feet for each additional unit |
Duplex | Seven thousand square feet per duplex |
Triplex | Seven thousand square feet for the first two attached units and two thousand square feet for each additional unit |
Quad-plex | Seven thousand square feet for the first two attached units and two thousand square feet for each additional unit |
Other uses | The minimum lot area for all other uses shall be five thousand square feet |
Minimum lot area: | |
Inside of the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain | |
Single-family detached | Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet when a structure is located in the Scappoose Creek Flood Plain |
Minimum lot width | |
Single-family detached | Fifty feet, except the minimum lot width at front property line on the arc of an approved full cul-de-sac shall not be less than thirty feet Flag lots shall provide a minimum of twenty-five feet of frontage along a public right-of-way |
Townhouse | Twenty-five feet per unit |
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 | Thirty-five feet |
Accessory Building | Twenty-two feet |
Principal building per lot | One |
Maximum building coverage | Forty percent of the lot area |
1Additional requirements shall include any applicable section of this title