Fort Jones
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
1Other
2Residential
4Manufactured Home District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 5 ft
Single-family residential or R-1 district
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Duplex residential or R-2 district
Multiple family residential or R-3 district
General provisions
35 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
In all areas of special flood hazards the following standards are required: (1) Anchoring... (2) Construction material... (3) Elevation and floodproofing...
In all areas of special flood hazard, the standards set out in this article are required.
The city shall ministerially approve an application for a building permit within a residential or mixed-use zone to create any of the following: One ADU and one junior ADU per lot with a proposed or existing single-family dwelling...
Hillside area means one with an average slope of 15 percent or more. ... areas with a cross slope of 40 percent or greater are considered to be extremely rugged and the development of this terrain is limited to lot size types III and IV
No street or highway shall have a grade of more than 12 percent ... No grade shall be less than thirty-hundredths percent.
Thoroughfares: Minimum right-of-way is 120 feet. Minimum street surface width is 64 feet with a minimum division strip of 22 feet.
No lot shall have a depth of less than 75 feet. No cut or fill slope shall be steeper than 1½ to one.
All utility distribution facilities ... installed in and for the purpose of supplying service to any residential (or commercial) subdivision shall be placed underground.
There shall be no more than one driveway approach for each 50 feet of lot width at a property line adjacent to a public right-of-way for any lot intended to be developed for single-family or two-family use.
Sanitary sewer facilities connecting with the existing town sewer system shall be installed to curbline to serve each lot... No septic tanks or cesspools shall be permitted.
The subdivider shall grant easements not less than ten (10) feet in width for public utility, sanitary sewer and drainage purposes, when necessary.
When any lots are proposed for commercial or industrial usage, alleys at least 30 feet in width shall be required at the rear thereof.
If fill is used in the flood areas, it shall be a minimum of ten feet above the ten-year high-water mark.
Height of building means the vertical distance from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the topmost point of the roof... Parking space means an accessible and usable space on the building site, or adjacent lot, at least nine feet by 20 feet... Lot, hillside, means a lot which, prior to grading, has an average slope of 15 percent or greater... Home occupation means... no employees in connection therewith...
none but the following uses or uses which, in the opinion of the planning commission, are similar will be allowed: Residential use only when accessory to industrial or commercial uses, Signs—appurtenant to permit use, Outdoor advertising signs and structures, Restaurant or coffee shop
All uses in the district with which the P district is combined... 1 Parking space for each 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area in retail store and service stations; 1 parking space for each 6 seats in theaters, restaurants, bars and all public assembly places; 1 parking space for each two employees in industrial and manufacturing uses, but not less than 1 space per each 2,000 sq. ft. of gross use area
All regulations in this title pertaining to the districts established in chapter 18.16 are subject to the general provisions... No open-air theater... unless a use permit... No dance hall... unless a use permit... Accessory uses... Temporary buildings...
The industrial district is primarily for industries, manufacturers, trades, storage, warehouses, lumber and coal yards, and other uses excluded from the commercial district, provided that such uses are not detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare of adjacent districts by reason of odor, smoke, gas, dust, vibration or noise, or are not deemed by the commission to be exceptional fire or explosion hazards.
The removal of minerals, earth and other natural materials may be permitted in any district providing a use permit shall be first be obtained in each case. Removal or deposit of earth or minerals, other than in connection with excavations or deposits in connection with construction of buildings, roadways or public or home improvements, may be permitted in any district providing a use permit shall be obtained in each case.
No fence, hedge or continuous screen planting shall hereafter be constructed or grown to exceed six feet in height within any required side yard to the rear of the front yard building setback line or along any rear yard line in any R district, or to exceed three feet in height within any front yard area in any R district, except that a height of not to exceed five feet may be permitted in a front yard area upon the issuance of a use permit.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- Title 17 - SUBDIVISIONS72.6K charsRead →
- Title 18 - ZONING149.3K charsRead →