Silverton City Zoning Code
§ 153.14
RECREATION-EDUCATION DISTRICT RE.
(A) Purpose. The purpose of the Recreation-Education District is to identify, provide for, and protect those lands and structures within the community which are devoted to recreation, education, and general open space uses.
(B) Minimum standards. All permitted uses, buildings, and structures in this Recreation-Education District are subject to the off-street parking and loading, signage, and height, yard, and court regulations and any other applicable regulations of this Zoning Code.
(C) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the Recreation-Education District:
(1) Parks, recreational and community center buildings, and grounds for games or sports, except those the chief activity of which is carried on, or is one customarily carried on primarily for gain;
(2) Swimming pools and playgrounds;
(3) Public and private educational institutions, libraries, and museums; and
(4) Historic sites, structures, monuments, and other exhibits available for public viewing.
(D) Conditional uses.
(1) The following conditional uses and their appropriate accessories are permitted, provided the activity is of integral relation to the permitted uses; the activity will add to facilities serving the community's recreational or educational needs; and the arrangement of the use, building, or structure is mutually compatible with the organization of permitted and accessory uses to be protected in the Recreation-Education District:
(a) Eating and drinking establishments primarily serving the users of permitted recreational or educational facilities;
(b) Retail sale and rental of sporting and athletic goods for the benefit of users of permitted facilities;
(c) Churches and other places of worship, Sunday School buildings, and parish houses;
(d) Country clubs, clubhouses, and lodges; and
(2) Wireless telecommunications facilities may be considered as a stand-alone conditional use in the RE District pursuant to § 153.23.
(3) Approval of these conditional uses is subject to the procedures and requirements of § 153.16.
(E) Accessory uses. Accessory uses, buildings, and structures which are customarily incidental and subordinate to any of the permitted uses or conditionally permitted uses in the Recreation-Education District are permitted subject to the accessory use standards set forth in § 153.17.
(F) Minimum yard sizes. The required minimum lot and yard sizes for the principal structure located within a RE District shall be as follows:
(1) Front yard setback. The minimum front yard setback distance shall be 50 feet.
(2) Side yard setback. There shall be no minimum side yard setback requirement when abutting a non-residential use or non-residential zoning district. When a side yard abuts a residential use or residential zoning district, then the bufferyard requirements set forth in § 153.20(D) shall apply.
(3) Rear yard setback. There shall be no minimum rear yard setback requirement when abutting a non-residential use or non-residential zoning district. When a rear yard abuts a residential use or residential zoning district, then the bufferyard requirements set forth in § 153.20(D) shall apply.
(G) Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage for a principal structure located in this district shall be 50% of the applicable lot.
(H) Maximum structure height. The maximum height of a principal structure located in this district shall be 45 feet and contain no more than four occupied stories.
(I) Minimum lot area. There shall be no minimum lot area for this district.
(Ord. 2025-10, passed 5-1-25)