City of Newport
§ 17.17.020

Use regulations

  • A. The following uses are permitted by right:

    • 1. Single-family dwellings;

    • 2. Two-family dwellings;

    • 3. Home occupations;

    • 4. Churches and places of worship;

    • 5. Nursery schools and day care centers;

    • 6. Parks, playgrounds and playing fields;

    • 7. Community residences;

    • 8. Family day care homes;

    • 9. Municipal and public service corporation buildings and facilities; community water supply reservoirs; community well houses; water towers, water and sewage treatment facilities, water and sewage pumping stations;

    • 10. Accessory uses with respect to the foregoing;

    • 11. Decks, following dimensional standards described in Section 17.04.050(K).

  • B. The following uses require a special use permit from the zoning board of review:

    • 1. Multifamily dwellings;

    • 2. Reserved;

    • 3. Libraries;

    • 4. Museums;

    • 5. Cemeteries;

    • 6. Religious, philanthropic, scientific, literary, historical, fraternal, and charitable institutions;

    • 7. Agricultural and horticultural societies;

    • 8. Schools of limited instruction;

    • 9. Convalescent homes and rest homes;

    • 10. Governmental employee parking lots;

    • 11. Federal, state and municipal buildings, excluding correctional institutions and hospitals for the mentally ill.

(Ord. No. 2025-28, § 1, 3-26-2025)