Union County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

The Light Industrial Zone is intended to provide a sufficient amount of land for types of manufacturing or other industries with limited external impacts which, because of their characteristics, can be permitted in relatively close proximity to Residential and Commercial activities, or which, because of special requirements, need locations removed from other types of industries.

Except for uses and processes listed and specifically prohibited herein, the following are permitted outright within the I-1 Zone:

1.

Laboratories.

2.

Warehouses, including buildings for commercial storage of personal property.

3.

Wholesale business salesrooms.

4.

Manufacturing, compounding, assembling, fabricating, repairing, processing, packaging or treatment industries in enclosed buildings with little to no external noise and emissions. No industries involved with explosives or chemicals.

5.

Farm use.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 12, 3-18-2026)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 12, adopted March 18, 2026, amended the title of § 12.02 to read as herein set out. The former § 12.02 title pertained to uses permitted outright.

In an I-1 Zone the following uses and their accessory uses may be established as conditional uses subject to the approval of the Planning Commission when authorized in accordance with the requirements of Article 21.00.

1.

Wood processing.

2.

Meat packing plants.

3.

Retail business accessory to an industrial use.

4.

Eating and drinking establishments and service stations.

5.

Telecommunications towers.

6.

Airports and heliports.

7.

Junkyards.

8.

Manufacturing, repairing, compounding, fabricating, assembling, processing or storage industries not allowed as permitted uses and not involving the manufacturing, processing or storage of explosives or chemicals.

9.

Utility facilities necessary for public service including, but not limited to, substations, power generating facilities for public and private use, and/or other related structural uses.

10.

Boarding of dogs for profit.

11.

Other uses per criteria in subsection 21.06.2.

12.

Security residence.

13.

Temporary workforce housing.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 12, 3-18-2026)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 12, adopted March 18, 2026, amended the title of § 12.03 to read as herein set out. The former § 12.03 title pertained to conditional uses permitted.

1.

Minimum Lot Size.

No limitation, except where Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Standards require a minimum area for sewage disposal.

2.

Setback Requirements.

No limitation, except where development is:

A.

Adjacent to a Rural or Farm Residential Zone, the same setbacks as required by the residential zone shall apply.

B.

On corner lots: Corner lots shall have no sight obstruction exceeding 2.5 feet in height, located closer than 20-feet from the lot corner to the nearest street corner.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 12, 3-18-2026)

1.

Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with Section 20.11 of this Ordinance.

2.

Site plans in accordance with Section 20.10 of this Ordinance, shall be submitted and approved by the Planning Commission prior to issuance of a building permit.

3.

Sign standards in the I-1 Zone shall be the same as standards in Subsection 10.04 3.

4.

Development is also subject to the La Grande/Union County Airport Light Industrial Park Development, Performance and Maintenance Standards Overlay if property is located within that overlay. The most restrictive requirements apply.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 12, 3-18-2026)