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City of Newport Zoning Ordinance

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17.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS

17.04.010 Authority 17.04.020 Intent and purposes 17.04.030 Consistency with comprehensive plan required 17.04.040 Creation of vested rights 17.04.050 General requirements

17.08 DEFINITIONS

17.08.010 Definitions

17.12 DISTRICTS GENERALLY

17.12.010 Establishment of districts 17.12.020 Zoning map 17.12.030 Interpretation of district boundaries 17.12.040 Table of dimensional standards

17.14 PERMITTED USES

17.14.010 Applicability 17.14.020 Permitted uses 17.14.030 Uses not specifically listed 17.14.040 Adaptive reuse projects

17.16 R-3 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.16.010 Legislative intent 17.16.020 Use regulations 17.16.030 Dimension requirements 17.16.040 Setback requirements 17.16.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.16.060 Building height requirements 17.16.070 Density requirements

17.17 R-4 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.17.010 Legislative intent 17.17.020 Use regulations 17.17.030 Dimension requirements 17.17.040 Setback requirements 17.17.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.17.060 Building height requirements 17.17.070 Density requirements

17.18 R-6 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.18.010 Legislative intent 17.18.020 Use regulations 17.18.030 Dimension requirements 17.18.040 Setback requirements 17.18.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.18.060 Building height requirements 17.18.070 Density requirements

17.20 R-10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.20.010 Legislative intent 17.20.020 Use regulations 17.20.030 Dimension requirements 17.20.040 Setback requirements 17.20.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.20.060 Building height requirements 17.20.070 Density requirements

17.24 R-10A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.24.010 Legislative intent 17.24.020 Use regulations 17.24.030 Dimension requirements 17.24.040 Setback requirements 17.24.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.24.060 Building height requirements 17.24.070 Density requirements

17.28 R-20 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.28.010 Legislative intent 17.28.020 Use regulations 17.28.030 Dimension requirements 17.28.040 Setback requirements 17.28.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.28.060 Building height requirements 17.28.070 Density requirements

17.32 R-40 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.32.010 Legislative intent 17.32.020 Use regulations 17.32.030 Dimension requirements 17.32.040 Setback requirements 17.32.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.32.060 Building height requirements 17.32.070 Density requirements

17.36 R-40A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.36.010 Legislative intent 17.36.020 Use regulations 17.36.030 Dimension requirements 17.36.040 Setback requirements 17.36.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.36.060 Building height requirements 17.36.070 Density requirements

17.40 R-60 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.40.010 Legislative intent 17.40.020 Use regulations 17.40.030 Dimension requirements 17.40.040 Setback requirements 17.40.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.40.060 Building height requirements 17.40.070 Density requirements

17.44 R-120 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.44.010 Legislative intent 17.44.020 Use regulations 17.44.030 Dimension requirements 17.44.040 Setback requirements 17.44.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.44.060 Building height requirements 17.44.070 Density requirements

17.48 R-160 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

17.48.010 Legislative intent 17.48.020 Use regulations 17.48.030 Dimension requirements 17.48.040 Setback requirements 17.48.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.48.060 Building height requirements 17.48.070 Density requirements

17.52 LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT

17.52.010 Legislative intent 17.52.020 Use regulations 17.52.030 Dimension requirements 17.52.040 Setback requirements 17.52.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.52.060 Building height requirements 17.52.070 Density requirements

17.56 WATERFRONT BUSINESS DISTRICT

17.56.010 Legislative intent 17.56.020 Use regulations 17.56.030 Dimension requirements 17.56.040 Setback requirements 17.56.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.56.060 Building height requirements 17.56.070 Density requirements

17.60 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

17.60.010 Legislative intent 17.60.020 Use regulations 17.60.030 Dimension requirements 17.60.040 Setback requirements 17.60.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.60.060 Building height requirements 17.60.070 Density requirements

17.64 COMMERCIAL—INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

17.64.010 Legislative intent 17.64.020 Use regulations 17.64.030 Dimension requirements 17.64.040 Setback requirements 17.64.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.64.060 Building height requirements

17.65 INNOVATION HUB (IH)

17.65.010 Legislative intent 17.65.020 Use regulations 17.65.030 Dimensional requirements 17.65.040 Building setback requirements 17.65.060 Building height requirements 17.65.070 Parking and loading requirements 17.65.087 Unified development review 17.65.088 Development plan review 17.65.100 Development standards for the innovation hub 17.65.110 Environmental performance standard within the innovation hub

17.66 INNOVATION HUB FLOATING OVERLAY ZONE (IHF)

17.66.010 Legislative intent 17.66.015 Relationship to land development project 17.66.020 Use regulations 17.66.030 Dimension requirements 17.67.031 Lot area requirements 17.66-17.68.040 Setback requirements 17.66.050 Lot building coverage 17.66.060 Building height requirements 17.66.070 Community benefit agreement 17.66.088 Development plan review 17.66.100 Development standards 17.66.120 Rezoning procedure 17.66.130 Zoning amendment submission requirements 17.66.140 City council action 17.66.150 Alterations following zoning amendment

17.68 TRADITIONAL MARITIME DISTRICT

17.68.010 Legislative intent 17.68.020 Use regulations 17.68.030 Dimension requirements 17.68-17.68.040 Setback requirements 17.68.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.68.060 Building height requirements

17.69 OPEN SPACE DISTRICT

17.69.010 Legislative intent 17.69.020 Use regulations 17.69.030 Dimension requirements 17.69.040 Setback requirements 17.69.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.69.060 Building height requirements

17.70 RECREATION DISTRICT

17.70.010 Legislative intent 17.70.020 Use regulations 17.70.030 Dimension requirements 17.70.040 Setback requirements 17.70.050 Lot coverage requirements 17.70.060 Building height requirements

17.72 SUBSTANDARD LOTS AND NONCONFORMING USES

17.72.010 Substandard lots of record—Effective January 1, 2024 17.72.020 Nonconforming development 17.72.030 Alteration to nonconforming development

17.74 HISTORIC STONE WALLS

17.74.010 Intent 17.74.020 Definition 17.74.030 General provisions 17.74.040 Violations and penalties 17.74.050 Construal of provisions

17.76 SIGNS

17.76.010 Intent 17.76.020 Usages 17.76.030 Director of the department of planning, zoning, development and inspection—Duties 17.76.040 Permit required—Application 17.76.050 Permit fees 17.76.060 Processing applications for signs in the historic district 17.76.070 Nonconforming signs 17.76.080 Authority to remove signs 17.76.090 Projections and shielding 17.76.100 Content 17.76.110 Signs permitted in all areas 17.76.120 Signs prohibited in all areas 17.76.130 Safety and maintenance 17.76.140 Residential signs 17.76.150 Business signs 17.76.160 Off-premises advertising 17.76.170 City council authorization 17.76.180 City manager approval—Signs on public property

17.78 ACCESSORY USES, BUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES

17.78.010 Definitions 17.78.020 Accessory uses, buildings, and structures—Dimensional standards 17.78.030 Accessory uses conditions

17.79 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

17.79.010 Purpose of provisions 17.79.020 Applicability 17.79.030 Development standards 17.79.040 Filing procedures and processing 17.79.050 Private restrictions

17.80 HISTORIC DISTRICT ZONING

17.80.010 Purpose 17.80.020 Definitions 17.80.030 Designation of historic districts 17.80.040 Historic district commission 17.80.050 Powers and procedures of the commission 17.80.060 The Newport standards for treatment of historic properties 17.80.070 Special considerations regarding valuable historic resources and demolition 17.80.080 Failure of the commission to act 17.80.090 Advisory role 17.80.100 Exceptions 17.80.110 Appeals 17.80.120 Enforcement

17.82 RESERVED

17.84 CLUSTER SUBDIVISION

17.84.010 Legislative intent 17.84.020 Conditions of approval

17.86 RESERVED

17.88 DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW

17.88.010 Intent 17.88.020 Uses requiring development plan review 17.88.030 Guidelines and standards for review 17.88.040 Development plan contents 17.88.050 Development plan submission 17.88.060 Filing procedures and processing 17.88.070 Required site improvements 17.88.080 Development plan review prerequisite for building permit 17.88.090 Construction in accordance with development plan 17.88.100 Performance requirement 17.88.110 Revisions 17.88.120 Appeals

17.90 WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS

17.90.010 Legislative intent 17.90.020 Prohibited 17.90.030 Permitting wind energy systems 17.90.040 Structural certification 17.90.050 Site plan required 17.90.060 Minimum lot area requirements 17.90.070 Minimum setback and clearance requirements 17.90.080 Maximum height 17.90.090 Maximum permissible sound 17.90.100 Shadow flicker 17.90.110 Signs 17.90.120 Building code compliance 17.90.130 Aviation impacts 17.90.140 Visual impacts 17.90.150 Burden of proof 17.90.160 Electromagnetic interference 17.90.170 Access 17.90.180 Abandonment 17.90.190 Violations and penalties

17.92 CRITICAL AREA REVIEW—OCEAN DRIVE DISTRICT

17.92.010 Legislative intent 17.92.020 Usages 17.92.030 Designation of critical area 17.92.040 Critical area review committee 17.92.050 Development plan preparation 17.92.060 Filing procedures and processing 17.92.070 Design standards 17.92.080 Critical area plan review prerequisite for building permit 17.92.090 Appeals

17.96 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

17.96.010 Purpose and objectives 17.96.020 Performance standards designated

17.100 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

17.100.010 Purpose of provisions 17.100.020 Developments standards generally 17.100.030 Multifamily dwellings 17.100.040 Hospitals—Convalescent and rest homes 17.100.050 Transient guest facilities 17.100.060 Gasoline filling stations 17.100.070 Commercial storage and sale of fuel or bottled gas 17.100.080 Reserved 17.100.090 Restaurants and fast food 17.100.100 Arcades 17.100.110 Temporary housing for yachting organizations 17.100.115 Major recreational event 17.100.120 Keeping of livestock and poultry 17.100.130 Home occupations 17.100.140 Clubs for outdoor recreation 17.100.150 Emergency low income housing facilities 17.100.160 Nonprofit multifamily housing for the elderly and/or handicapped 17.100.170 Marinas and boating instruction facilities 17.100.180 Public charitable corporations qualifying as public services corporations 17.100.190 Lot standard deviation in R-10 zones 17.100.200 Schools, colleges and universities including fraternity or sorority houses or dormitories for faculty or students 17.100.210 Libraries 17.100.220 Museums 17.100.230 Cemeteries 17.100.240 Religious, philanthropic, scientific, literary, historical, fraternal, and charitable institutions 17.100.250 Convention or conference centers 17.100.260 Shopping centers 17.100.270 Banks and other financial institutions 17.100.280 The manufacture, processing, assembly or storage of goods 17.100.290 Parking lots (not including governmental employee parking lots) 17.100.300 Taverns 17.100.310 Commercial indoor and outdoor recreation facilities 17.100.320 Guest houses 17.100.330 Undertakers establishments 17.100.340 Schools of limited instruction 17.100.350 Two-family dwellings 17.100.360 Vacation guest facilities 17.100.370 Golf courses 17.100.380 Governmental employee parking lots 17.100.390 Federal, state, and municipal buildings 17.100.400 Automobile repair shops 17.100.410 Agricultural and horticultural societies 17.100.420 Theaters 17.100.430 Commercial scale energy systems in the Innovation Hub 17.100.440 Day care centers and nursery schools 17.100.450 Drive-through facility 17.100.460 Parking structures and multimodal transportation center 17.100.470 Reserved 17.100.480 Horse-riding academies and boarding stables for horses 17.100.490 Day camps for children and youth

17.104 PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS

17.104.010 Purpose of provisions 17.104.020 Parking space standards 17.104.030 Loading space standards 17.104.040 Parking space design standards 17.104.050 Parking spaces and parking lot construction standards

17.107 TEMPORARY USE PERMITS

17.107.010 Authority 17.107.020 Intent and purposes 17.107.030 Temporary uses and structures 17.107.040 Procedure 17.107.050 Standards of review 17.107.060 Special conditions 17.107.070 Expiration

17.108 VARIANCES AND MODIFICATIONS

17.108.010 Modifications to dimensional requirements—Effective January 1, 2024 17.108.020 Variances—Effective January 1, 2024 17.108.030 Special conditions

17.109 SPECIAL USE PERMITS

17.109.010 Special use permits 17.109.020 Special use permit criteria

17.110 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW

17.110.010 Unified development review—Effective January 1, 2024

17.112 ADMINISTRATION

17.112.010 Zoning officer 17.112.020 Specific authority of zoning officer 17.112.030 Zoning board of review—Composition 17.112.040 Zoning board of review—Powers and duties 17.112.050 Procedure of the zoning board of review 17.112.060 Decisions and records of the zoning board of review 17.112.070 Public notice and hearing requirements 17.112.080 Violation—Penalty

17.116 APPEALS

17.116.010 Appeals to the zoning board of review 17.116.020 Appeals to superior court 17.116.030 Appeal of enactment of or amendment to zoning code 17.116.040 Stay of proceedings

17.120 AMENDMENTS TO ZONING CODE

17.120.010 Amendment procedure 17.120.020 Notice and hearing requirements—Effective January 1, 2024

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