Siletz City Zoning Code

As used in this title the following words and phrases shall have the meaning given to them herein.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Access" means the way of means by which pedestrians and/or vehicles enter and leave property.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Accessory structure or use" means a structure or use incidental and subordinate to the main use of a property and located on the same lot as the main use.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Alley" means a street which affords only a secondary means of access to property.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Building" means a structure built or assembled for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Built" means created by assembling basic elements such as foundations, floors, walls, roofs, plumbing and wiring systems, etc. by following step-by-step construction procedures.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Change in use" means altering the existing use of a parcel or structure to the extent that it would be included in a different category or subcategory of uses as listed in the zone standards. This includes uses listed as separate outright or conditional uses permitted. Construction on an undeveloped parcel or substantial improvement on a developed parcel constitutes a change in use.

(Ord. 114 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"City" means the City of Siletz, Oregon.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Clinic" means a building utilized by persons licensed by the State of Oregon to treat the human body.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Community center" means a facility owned and operated by a governmental agency or nonprofit community organi-zation, provided that the primary purpose of the facility is for recreation, social welfare, community improvement or public assembly, and further provided, that no permanent commercial eating or drinking facilities shall be operated on the premises.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Comprehensive plan" means the plan for the City designed to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and based on the following considerations, among others:

1.

The characteristics of the various areas in the community;

2.

The suitability of the areas for particular land uses and improvements;

3.

The existing land uses and improvements;

4.

The trends in land improvement;

5.

The density of development (existing and desired);

6.

The needs of economic enterprises in future development of the areas;

7.

Needed access; and

8.

The public need for healthful, safe, aesthetic surroundings and conditions.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"County" means the County of Lincoln, Oregon.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Multifamily dwelling" means a building containing three or more dwelling units.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"One-family dwelling" means a building of which all inhabitable portions thereof are connected structurally and comprise one dwelling unit.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Two-family dwelling" means a building of which all inhabitable portions thereof are connected structurally and comprise two (2) dwelling units.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms designed for permanent occupancy by one family and having only one kitchen.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Family" means an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship, living together as one housekeeping unit using one kitchen and providing meals and/or lodging to not more than two additional persons or a group of unrelated persons, living together as one housekeeping unit using one kitchen.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Sight-obscuring fence" consists of either a continuous fence, wall, evergreen planting, or combination thereof, constructed and/or planted so as to effectively screen the particular use from view.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Flag lot" means a lot meeting minimum lot area and depth and width requirements excluding the access portion of the lot.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Floodplain" means the area shown on the comprehensive plan as being subject to inundation by delineation of an interme- diate regional flood as determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or other means, or in absence of such delineation, subject to inundation by the highest flood of record in the area as determined by the City Council.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Floodway" means the stream channel and adjacent floodplain needed to adequately discharge the waters of an intermediate regional flood as determined and delineated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or other means and shown on Floodway Maps for Lincoln County and the City.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Floodway fringe" means that portion of the floodplain lying outside of the designated floodway but within the intermediate regional flood limits as determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or other means and shown on Floodway Maps for Lincoln County and the City.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Floor area" means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, measured from exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings, but not including:

1.

Attic space providing headroom of less than seven feet;

2.

Basement, if the floor above is less than six feet above grade;

3.

Uncovered steps or fire escapes;

4.

Private garages, carports or porches.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Grade (ground level)" means the average elevation of the finished ground elevation at the centers of all walls of a building.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Health Department" means the County Health Officer and/or his (her) duly designated representative (s).

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Height of building" means the vertical distance from grade to the highest point of a roof.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Home occupation" means a lawful occupation carried on by a resident of the dwelling, where the occupation is secondary to the main use of the property as a residence.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Hospital" means an establishment which provides sleeping and eating facilities to persons receiving medical, obstetrical, or surgical care with nursing service on a continuous basis.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Junk yard" means any property utilized for breaking up, dismantling, sorting, storing, distributing, buying or selling of any scrap, waste material, junk or used equipment or machinery of any nature.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Kennel" means a lot or building which provides for the keeping of four or more dogs, cats or animals at least four months of age, where such animals are kept commercially for board.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Livestock" means domestic animals and fowl of types customarily raised or kept on farms for profit or other purposes.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Lot area" means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot exclusive of public and private streets and easements of access to other property.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Corner lot" means a lot abutting on two or more streets, other than an alley, at their intersection.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Lot depth" means the average horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Lot line" means the property line bounding a lot.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Front lot line" means the property line separating the lot from the street, other than an alley. In the case of a corner lot, the shortest property line along a street, other than an alley or, in a case where the lot does not front directly upon a public street, that lot line toward which most houses in the immediate area face.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Rear lot line" means a property line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of an irregular, triangular, or other shaped lot, a line ten feet in length, within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Side lot line" means any property line not a front or rear lot line.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Lot width" means the average horizontal distance between the side lot lines, ordinarily measured parallel to the front lot line.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Marina" means a commercial boat launch, moorage or similar facility which may include dry or wet boat storage and boathouses.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Mean sea level" means the average height of the surface of the sea for all stages of the tide, usually determined from hourly height readings over the nineteen year tidal cycle.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Manufactured home" means a dwelling unit or units, designed for long-term occupancy; designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels; providing, plumbing or electrical connections for attachment to outside systems and having a manufactured home license or X number.

1.

Single Wide. A manufactured home which is constructed and transported to its site as a single frame unit. A single wide may have extension or tilt out areas, but remains as a single frame unit after set-up.

2.

Multi-Wide. A manufactured home which is constructed and transported to its site as two or more frame units which are structurally connected on site to form one or more dwelling units.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

(Ord. No. 189, § 1, 5-13-2010)

"Manufactured home park" means a lot providing water and electrical hookups for two or more manufactured homes occupied for living or sleeping purposes, regardless of whether a charge is made for such accommodation.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

(Ord. No. 189, § 1, 5-13-2010)

"Nonconforming structure or use" means a lawful structure or use, existing at the time this title or any amendment thereto, becomes effective, and which does not conform to the requirements of the zone in which it is located.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Owner" means an owner of property or the legally authorized agent of the owner.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Parking space" means an off-street enclosed or unenclosed surfaced area of not less than twenty feet by eight in size, exclusive of maneuvering and access area, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile, connected with a street or alley which affords ingress and egress for automobiles.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Person" means every natural person, firm, partnership, association, social or fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, branch of government, or any group or combination.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Sign" means an identification, description, illustration, or device which is affixed to or represented, directly or indirectly, upon a building, structure, or land, and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, person, institution, or business. Each display surface of a sign other than two surfaces parallel and back on the same structure shall be considered a sign.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Advertising sign" means a sign which directs attention to a business, product, activity, or service which is not necessarily conducted, sold, or offered upon the premises where such a sign is located.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Skirt" means a durable all-weather material having a finished exterior surfacing surrounding a trailer house and effectively screening the wheels and undercarriage from view.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Street" means a public or private right- of-way for vehicular traffic.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Structural alteration" means any change to the supporting members of a building including foundations, bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any structural change in the roof or in the exterior walls.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Structure" means something constructed or built and having a fixed base on, or fixed connection to, the ground or another structure.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Substantial improvement" means an alteration, addition to, or renovation of an existing structure which could raise the improvement value fifty percent or more above the assessed value of the structure prior to the alteration, addition or renovation.

(Ord. 114 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Trailer house" means a vehicle or similar portable device ordinarily designed or presently constructed to permit temporary or permanent human occupancy for living and sleeping purposes and including mobile homes, travel trailers, campers and similar units, having permanent kitchen and bath facilities.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Travel trailer house" means a trailer house not more than eight feet in body width or more than thirty-two feet in body length designed primarily for temporary occupancy and for travel, recreational and vacation uses.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Trailer park" means a lot upon which two or more trailer houses occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located, regardless of whether a charge is made for such accommodation.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Vacation or travel trailer park" means a trailer park intended, designed or utilized for temporary occupancy by travel trailer houses or other similar portable devices, and accompanied by bath, laundry and other accessory uses as needed.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Use" means the purpose for which a structure is designed, arranged or intended or for which land is maintained or occupied.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Yard" means an open space on a lot which is unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Front yard" means a yard between side lot lines and measured horizontally at right angles to the front lot line from the front lot line to the nearest point of a building. Any yard meeting this definition and abutting on a street other than an alley, shall be considered a front yard.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Rear yard" means a yard between side lot lines and measured horizontally at right angles to the rear lot line from rear lot line, or the mean high water line when applicable to the nearest part of the main building.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Side yard" means a yard between the front and rear yard measured horizontally and at right angles from the side lot line to the nearest point of the main buildings.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)

"Street side yard" means a yard adjacent to a street between the front yard and the rear lot line measured horizontally and at right angles from the side lot line to the nearest point of a building.

(Ord. 106 § 1.030 (part), 1987)