Chapter 17.10
DEFINITIONS

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17.10.010    Definitions.

17.10.010 Definitions.

As used in this title, the masculine includes the feminine and neuter, and the singular includes the plural; the word “building” includes the word “structure,” and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory. The term “city council” shall mean the city council of the city of Coos Bay, and “planning commission” or “commission” shall mean the city planning commission of the city of Coos Bay. The word “city” when used shall mean the incorporated city of Coos Bay. The following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean:

“100-year floodplain” means the land lying at or below the base flood elevation. The city of Coos Bay elevation datum is 9.00 m.s.l. (also USGS) which is equal to elevation 13.00 m.l.l.w. (also known as tidal datum).

“Accessory apartment” means a dwelling unit which is secondary to and located within an existing single-family dwelling.

“Accessory building” means a detached, subordinate building located on the same lot with the main building (except as provided by CMBC 17.40.030), occupied by or devoted to an accessory use. If an accessory building is attached to the main building in a substantial manner as by a wall or roof, or as determined by the building official, the building shall be considered part of the main building.

“Accessory use” means a use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the building or land and located on the same lot (except as provided by CBMC 17.40.030). In no case shall the accessory use dominate in area, extent, or purpose the principal lawful use of the building or land.

“Administrative service” means consulting, record-keeping, clerical, or public contact services that deal directly with the citizen, together with incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles, and excludes commercial use type, “professional and administrative service.” Typical use types are associated with governmental offices.

“Agricultural sales” means sale of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides, and similar goods from the premises. Typical uses include hay, feed, and grain stores.

“Agricultural service” means establishments or places of business providing agriculturally related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered. Typical uses include tree service firms or landscape services.

“Alley” means a narrow street through a block providing only secondary access to abutting property at the rear or side property lines.

“Animal husbandry” means the commercial raising and breeding of livestock or other nondomestic animals or insects.

“Animal sales and service” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in animal-related sales and services. The following are animal sales and service use types:

(1) Auction. Auctioning of livestock on a wholesale or retail basis with incidental storage of animals produced off property not exceeding a 48-hour period. Typical uses include animal auctions or livestock auction yards.

(2) Grooming. Grooming of dogs, cats, and similar small animals. Typical uses include dog bathing and clipping salons or pet grooming shops.

(3) Kennel. Boarding, raising, caring, and training services for dogs, cats, and similar small animals. Typical uses include boarding kennels or dog training centers.

(4) Pet Shop. Establishment for the retail sale of household pets and pet supplies.

(5) Veterinary (Small Animals). Veterinary services for small animals. Typical uses include pet clinics, dog and cat hospitals, or animal hospitals.

(6) Veterinary (Large Animals). Veterinary services for large animals. Typical uses include animal hospitals or veterinary hospitals.

“Animal waste processing” means the processing of animal waste and byproducts including, but not limited to, animal manure, animal bedding waste, and similar byproducts of an animal-raising agricultural operation, for use as a commercial fertilizer or soil amendment and including composting for commercial purposes.

Apartment. See “Dwelling, multifamily.”

“Aquaculture” means raising, feeding, planting, harvesting fish and shellfish, and associated facilities as necessary for such use, including commercial harvest of naturally occurring clam beds.

“Architectural feature” means these features shall include, but not be limited to, a cornice, eave, belt course, sill, chimney, uncovered/unenclosed porch, platform landing, deck, or stairway.

“Area of special flood hazard” means the land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. Designation on maps always includes the letters A or V.

Arterial Street. See “Street, major arterial” and “Street, minor arterial.”

“Automotive and equipment” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in motorized vehicle-related sales or services. The following are automotive and equipment use types:

(1) Cleaning. Washing and polishing of automobiles. Typical uses include auto laundries or car washes.

(2) Fleet Storage. Fleet storage of vehicles used regularly in business operation but not for the long-term storage of vehicles, nor for vehicles available for sale. Typical uses include taxi fleets, mobile catering truck storage, or auto storage garages.

(3) Parking. Parking of private motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking area with or without a fee. Typical uses include commercial parking lots or garages.

(4) Repairs, Heavy Equipment. Repair of trucks, construction and logging equipment, as well as the sale, installation, or servicing of automotive equipment and parts together with body repairs, painting, and steam cleaning. Typical uses include truck transmission shops, body shops, or motor freight maintenance groups.

(5) Repairs, Light Equipment. Repair of automobiles and the sale, installation, and servicing of automobile equipment and parts but excluding body repairs and painting. Typical uses include muffler shops, auto or motorcycle repair garages, or auto glass shops.

(6) Sales/Rentals, Heavy Equipment. Sale, retail or wholesale, and/or rental from the premises of heavy construction equipment, trucks, and aircraft together with incidental maintenance. Typical uses include aircraft dealers, farm, logging, and heavy construction equipment dealers, or tractor trailers.

(7) Sales/Rentals, Light Equipment. Sale, retail, or wholesale, and/or rental from the premises of autos, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers with generally less than a 10,000-pound gross cargo weight together with incidental maintenance. Typical uses include automobile dealers, car rental agencies, or recreational vehicle sales and rental agencies, and small boat sales.

(8) Storage, Nonoperating Vehicles. Storage of nonoperating motor vehicles. Typical uses include storage of private parking tow-aways or impound yards.

Awning. See “Marquee.”

“Base flood” means the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year.

“Basement” means the portion of a building between floor and ceiling which is wholly or partly below grade and so constructed that the vertical distance from grade to the floor is equal to or greater than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling. (See also “Story.”)

Bed and Breakfast. See “Tourist habitation – Bed and breakfast.”

“Breezeway” means a covered walkway connecting the main building or a property with other main buildings or accessory buildings. Such structure may not be more than 12 feet high at the ridge. More than 50 percent of the total area of such structure may not be enclosed with any material other than that necessary for roof supports.

“Building” means a structure constructed for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind.

“Building coverage” means the usable floor area under the horizontal projection of any roof or floor above, excluding eave overhang.

“Building height” means the vertical distance measured from the floor of the lowest story to the highest point of the roof, ridge, or parapet wall.

“Building line” means the point at the outermost face of any vertical support, exterior wall line, or foundation.

“Building-mounted sign” means either a wall-mounted or projecting sign.

“Building/property maintenance service” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. Typical uses include janitorial, landscape maintenance, or window cleaning services.

“Bus shelter” means a building for the purpose of providing shelter from weather while waiting for mass public transportation. A bus shelter must be substantially in conformance with the design and specifications set forth in Figure A at the end of this chapter.

“Business equipment sales and service” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale, rental, or repair of equipment and supplies used by office, professional, and service establishments to firms rather than individuals. Typical uses include office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops, or hotel equipment and supply firms.

“Business support service” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services of a clerical, employment, protective, or minor processing nature to firms rather than individuals and where the storage of goods other than samples is prohibited. Typical uses include secretarial services, telephone answering services, blueprint services, or printing and duplicating firms.

Canopy (For Sign Regulatory Purposes). See “Marquee.”

“Canopy or patio cover” means a roof-like structure either attached to or an extension of a roofline, or a detached freestanding structure constructed for the purpose of protection from the elements.

“Carport” means a structure enclosed on not more than two sides and designed or used for the shelter of vehicles by occupants of the dwelling.

“Certified cultural resource” means any structure, natural feature, site or area or archaeological site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or which receives federal matching grants in aid for restoration or receives special assessment status for an historic property under Oregon law.

“Certified factory-built home” means:

(1) A residential trailer, a structure constructed for movement on the public highways, that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, is being used for residential purposes and was constructed before January 1, 1962. Residential trailers shall only be allowed in the city of Coos Bay upon submittal of evidence to the building official indicating substantial compliance with the standards required for an insignia of compliance.

(2) A mobile house, a structure constructed for movement on the public highways, that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, is being used for residential purposes and was constructed between January 1, 1962, and June 15, 1976, and met the construction requirements of Oregon mobile home law in effect at the time of construction.

(3) A manufactured home, a structure constructed for movement on the public highways, that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, is being used for residential purposes and was constructed in accordance with federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards regulations in effect at the time of construction.

“Certified factory-built home park” means an individual lot or parcel under single ownership with two or more certified factory-built home sites.

“Child care facility” means establishments authorized by state licensure or certification to provide supervisory or day care services for 13 or more children, excluding uses classified as educational facilities or medical facilities, and where communal kitchen/dining facilities may be provided. Typical uses include day care centers, day care facilities, or drop-in centers.

“Child care facility (fewer than 13)” means establishments authorized by state licensure or certification to provide supervisory or day care services for fewer than 13 children, excluding uses classified as educational facilities or medical facilities, and where communal kitchen/dining facilities may be provided. Typical uses include day care centers, day care facilities, or drop-in centers.

“Civic use types” means the performance of utility, educational, recreational, cultural, protective, governmental, and other uses which are strongly vested with public or social importance.

“Clinic” means a facility for the treatment of human ailments, operated by a group of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, or other licensed practitioners for the treatment and examination of outpatients.

“Cluster development” means a development which uses lots smaller than those specified in the land development ordinance; provided, that additional land is permanently reserved for open space.

Collector Street. See “Street, collector.”

“Commercial recreational vehicle park” means land designed, maintained, or used for the purpose of supplying temporary accommodation for recreational vehicles, trailers, or any other mobile living unit.

“Commercial use types” means the distribution and sale or rental of goods, and the provision of services other than those classified as “civic use types.”

“Communication services” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information-relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms but excludes those classified as “minor utilities and services.” Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication service centers, or telegraph service offices.

“Community recreation” means recreational, social, or multi-purpose uses typically associated with parks, playfields, golf courses, or community recreation buildings. (This shall mean the same as “recreation facilities, low-intensity” and “recreation facilities, high-intensity.”)

“Condominium” means the private ownership of single units in a multiple-unit structure with common or single ownership of land and facilities.

“Construction sales and service” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in construction activities and incidental storage on lots other than construction sites as well as the retail or wholesale sale from the premises of materials used in the construction of buildings or other structures other than solely retail sale of paint, fixtures, and hardware; but excludes those classified as one of the “automotive and heavy equipment” use types. The following are “construction sales and service” use types:

(1) Light. Service and/or sales with no outside storage of material, equipment, or display. Typical uses include electrical contractors, cabinet makers, finish contractors.

(2) Heavy. Service and/or sales requiring the outside storage of building materials and equipment. Typical uses include building materials stores, tool and equipment rental or sales, excavation, septic, and demolition services.

“Convenience sales and personal services” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed small personal items or services. These include various general retail sales and personal services of an appropriate size and scale to meet the above criterion. Typical uses include neighborhood grocery, drug stores, laundromat/dry cleaners, or barbershops.

“Court” means an open, unoccupied space, on the same lot with, and bounded on three or more sides by a building(s).

“Critical facility” means a facility for which even a slight change of flooding might be too great. Critical facilities include, but are not limited to, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, police, fire and emergency response installations, and installations which produce, use or store hazardous materials or hazardous waste.

Cul-de-Sac. See “Street, dead-end.”

“Cultural resources” means any structure, natural feature, site or area listed in the State of Oregon Inventory of Historic Sites and Buildings or any archaeological site.

Dead-End. See “Street, dead-end.”

“Density” means the number of dwelling units allowed within a given unit of land.

“Dining establishments” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale of prepared food for on-premises consumption. The following are eating establishment use types:

(1) Fast Order Food. An establishment whose primary business is the sale of food which is:

(a) Primarily intended for immediate consumption;

(b) Available upon a short waiting time; and

(c) Packaged or presented in such a manner that it can be readily eaten outside the premises where it is sold, including drive-in fast food establishments.

(2) Sit-Down. An establishment whose primary business is the sale of food which is prepared, served, and consumed on the premises, and does not utilize a drive-up window.

“Dormitory” means a building or part of a building operated by an institution and containing a room or rooms forming one or more habitable units, which are used or intended to be used by residents of the institution for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.

“Double-faced sign” means a sign with advertising on two surfaces, generally back to back.

“Drinking establishments” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale of beverages for on-premises consumption.

“Dryland moorage” means boat moorage space provided on dry land, such that boats are mechanically lowered to and raised from the water.

“Dwelling” means a building or any portion of it designed exclusively for private residential occupancy, but not including hotels, motels, boarding houses, or other similar accommodations.

“Dwelling, duplex, or two-family” means a building containing two dwelling units on a single lot or parcel.

“Dwelling, multifamily” means a building containing three or more dwelling units on a single lot or parcel.

“Dwelling, single-family” means a building containing one dwelling unit on a single lot or parcel.

“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms which have cooking and toilet facilities and are designed for occupancy by one family only.

“Educational service” means facilities customarily associated with public or private primary and secondary schools, nursery schools, vocational schools, colleges, or universities. Does not include personal instructional services listed under “Personal services, general.”

“Elevated building” means, for National Flood Insurance Program purposes, a nonbasement building which has its lowest elevated floor raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns.

“Family” means an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, legal adoption, or guardianship living together in a dwelling unit in which board and lodging may also be provided for not more than three additional persons, excluding servants; or a group of not more than five persons who need not be related by blood, marriage, legal adoption, or guardianship living together in a dwelling.

“Family residential” means the residential occupancy of living units by families and excludes tourist habitation and group care. Typical uses include single-family dwellings, duplex dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings.

“Farmer’s market/fish market” means the commercial premises for the retail sale of produce and/or seafood.

Final Plat. See “Plat, final.”

“Financial, insurance, and real estate services” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of financial, insurance, real estate, or securities brokerage services. Typical uses include banks, insurance agencies, or real estate firms.

“Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)” means the official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

“Flood Insurance Study” means the official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood.

“Floodplain” means land area subject to flooding.

“Floodway” means the channel of a river and the portion of the floodplain that carries most of the flood. Regulations require that the floodway be kept open so that flood flows are not obstructed or diverted onto other properties.

“Food and beverage retail sales” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and beverages for home consumption. Typical uses include groceries or delicatessens.

“Food packing and processing” means businesses engaged in the packing or processing of agricultural crops, animals, seafood, and their byproducts which entails cutting, sorting, boxing, crating, canning, rendering, tanning, and so forth.

“Freestanding sign” means a sign erected on a freestanding frame, mast, or pole supported on the ground and not attached to any building.

“Frontage” means all property abutting a public right-of-way.

“Fuel sales” refers to establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale, from the premises, of petroleum products with the incidental sale of tires, batteries, and replacement items, lubricating services, and minor repair services, but does not include body work or repair. Typical uses include automobile service stations, filling stations, or truck stops.

“Funeral and interment services” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human dead. The following are interment services use types:

(1) Cemetery. Places primarily for the burial of human remains; may include crematory and interring services. Typical uses include mausoleums, columbariums, and crematoriums.

(2) Cremating/Interring. Crematory services involving the purification and reduction of the human body by fire and/or the keeping of human bodies other than in cemeteries. Typical uses include crematories, crematoriums, columbariums, and mausoleums.

(3) Undertaking. Undertaking services such as preparing the dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals.

“Gallery” means a business establishment devoted to the exhibition, display and/or sale of collections of such items as art, crafts and memorabilia.

“Grade (adjacent ground level)” means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground between the exterior wall of a building and a point five feet from the wall. If walls are parallel to and within five feet of a public sidewalk, alley, or other public way, the grade shall be the elevation of the sidewalk, alley or public way.

“Group residential” means the residential occupancy of living units by groups of more than five persons who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and where communal kitchen/dining facilities are provided. Typical uses include occupancy of fraternity and sorority houses, retirement homes, boarding houses, cooperatives, but excludes group residential care facilities.

“Group residential care facility” means any private or public institution requiring state licensure and/or any nonprofit facility performing the same functions which provides services including, but not limited to, the care, boarding, housing or training of more than five physically, mentally, or socially handicapped or delinquent persons or dependent persons by any person who is not the parent or guardian of, and who is not related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption to, these persons.

“Guesthouse” means a detached accessory building without cooking facilities designed for and used to house nonpaying transient visitors or guests or the occupants of the main dwelling on the lot.

“Half-story” means an area under a roof finished for living accommodations or business purposes located wholly or partly within the roof frame and having a floor area at least one-half as large as the story below. Space with less than five feet clear headroom shall not be considered as floor area.

“Home occupation” means an occupation commonly carried on within a dwelling and/or an accessory structure by a member of the family occupying the dwelling.

“Homeless shelter” means any place or premises operated by a nonprofit organization wherein residence is provided to persons who need emergency shelter on a daily or weekly basis. Individual bath and cooking/eating facilities may or may not be provided.

“Horticulture” means businesses primarily devoted to cultivation and/or storage of horticultural and floracultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs, and trees intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes. Typical uses include plant nurseries and garden centers.

“Hospital” means an institution providing health services primarily for inpatients and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including as an integral part of the institution such related facilities as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices.

“Improvements” means manmade features located on, above, or under real property.

“Indirect illumination” means a source of illumination directed toward a sign so that the beam of light falls upon the exterior surface of the sign.

“Industrial (use) and port facility” means public or private use of land or structures for manufacturing, processing, port development, and energy generating facilities. Industrial and port facility includes large commercial and industrial docks.

“Kennel” means a lot or building in which three or more dogs, cats, or other small domesticated animals are kept commercially for board, propagation, or sale.

“Landscaping” means the placement of trees, grass, bushes, shrubs, flowers, and garden areas, but may also include the arrangement of foundations, patios, decks, street furniture, and ornamental concrete or stone walk areas and artificial turf or carpeting.

“Laundry services” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning, or dyeing services other than those classified as “personal services, general.” Typical uses include laundry agencies, diaper service, or linen supply services.

“Library service and cultural exhibit” means the preservation and/or exhibition of objects in one or more of the arts and sciences, gallery exhibition of works of art, or library collections of books, manuscripts, and so forth for study and reading, but excludes private galleries whose primary purpose is the display and sale of art objects.

“Limited manufacturing” means establishments engaged in the on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing (only the use of hand tools or light mechanical equipment) primarily for direct sale to consumers of those goods produced on site or other similar goods with no outside open storage permitted. Typical uses include ceramic studios, candle-making shops, wood working, custom jewelry manufacturers, small furniture shops, or instruction studios for similar arts and crafts.

Local Streets. See “Street, local.”

“Lodge, club, fraternal or civic assembly” means buildings and facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association, person, or persons for a social, educational, or recreational purpose for members, but not primarily for profit nor for rendering a service which is customarily carried on as a business. Typical uses include meeting places for civic clubs, lodges, or fraternal or veteran organizations. The following are assembly types:

(1) Small. Fewer than 16 persons on a regular basis.

(2) Large. Sixteen or more persons on a regular basis.

“Log storage/sorting yard (dry land)” means an area where logs are gathered from surrounding harvest areas, weighed, sorted for species, size and quality, and stored until ready for transfer to water storage areas or to market.

“Lot” may be any of the following:

(1) A single lot of record.

(2) A portion of a lot of record.

(3) A combination of complete lots of record.

(4) A combination of complete lots and portions of lots of record.

(5) A parcel, portion, or combination of parcels of land described by metes and bounds.

“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within a lot.

“Lot, corner” means a lot abutting on two intersecting streets other than an alley with a boundary line bordering on each of the streets.

“Lot, interior” means a lot with other lots abutting both side lot lines.

“Lot line” means the property line bounding a lot.

“Lot line, front” means, in case of an interior lot, the lot line separating a lot from the street other than an alley, and in case of a corner lot, the shortest lot line along a street other than an alley.

“Lot line, rear” means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line; and in the case of an irregular, triangular, or other shaped lot, a line at least 10 feet in length within the lot parcel, which is perpendicular to the mean direction of the side lot lines.

“Lot line, side” means any lot line which is not a front or rear lot line.

“Lot, through” means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, ordinarily measured parallel to the front lot line.

“Lowest floor” means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building’s lowest floor; provided, that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this title found in CBMC 17.195.160(2)(a)(ii).

Major Arterial Street. See “Street, major arterial.”

“Major remodeling” means any remodeling that represents more than 50 percent of the replacement value of a building as defined by the International Building Code.

“Manufactured home” (for flood damage prevention only) means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term “manufactured home” does not include a recreational vehicle.

“Manufacturing” means establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical production, processing, assembling, packaging, or treatment of materials or substances into new products usually by power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. Products of these establishments are primarily for wholesale markets or transfer to other industrial users but may include direct sale to consumers.

“Map” means a final diagram, drawing, or other writing concerning a land partition.

“Marina” means a facility which provides moorage, launching, storage, supplies, and a variety of services for recreational, commercial, fishing, and other fishing vessels. Moorage facilities with five or fewer berths are excluded from this category.

“Market place retail sales” means commercial premises of at least 5,000 square feet which are planned and developed as a market and which may have multiple occupancy by business firms having common access or open air access from a public right-of-way. Example businesses located in the market place include farmer’s market and fish market.

“Marquee” means a permanent or temporary roofed structure attached to and supported by the building and projecting over public property.

“Medical services” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of personal health services ranging from prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, or rehabilitation services provided by physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health personnel as well as the provision of medical testing and analysis services, but excludes those classified as any civic use or group residential (group care) use type. Typical uses include medical offices, dental laboratories, health maintenance organizations, or detoxification centers.

“Mining and processing” means places or plants primarily devoted to surface or subsurface mining of metallic and nonmetallic minerals, oil, or gas and/or the on-site processing and production of mineral products. Typical uses are borrow pits, oil and gas drilling, concrete batch plants, sand, gravel and aggregate processing plants, or coal processing plants.

Minor Arterial Street. See “Street, minor arterial.”

Mobile Home. See “Certified factory-built home.”

“Mural” means any pictorial or graphic decoration, other than a sign, which is applied directly to a structure and is neither used for, nor intended to achieve the purposes of, advertising by the use of lettering or script to draw attention to or to direct the observer to a particular business or business location, nor to draw attention to specific products, goods, or services by the use of a brand name, trademark, copyright, or any other device restricted in use without permission of the owner.

“Open space” means land perpetually set aside and maintained for the conservation/preservation of natural features or scenic amenities, for the buffering of a use within or adjacent to the development, for solar and wind access, or for bicycle/pedestrian access ways. These lands shall remain undeveloped except for natural or landscaped vegetation.

“Parking service” means parking services involving public garages and lots.

“Participant sports and recreation” means establishments or places primarily engaged in the provision of sports or recreation by participants. Any spectators would be incidental and on a nonrecurring basis. The following are participant sports and recreation use types (for either general or personal use):

(1) Indoor. Those uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, swimming pools, physical fitness centers, or racquetball centers.

(2) Outdoor. Those uses conducted in open facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature golf courses, or swimming pools.

“Partition I” means a division which does not include the creation of a public road or street.

“Partition II” means a division which includes the creation of a public road or street.

“Partition, land” means to divide land into two or three parcels of land within a calendar year, but does not include:

(1) A division of land resulting from a lien foreclosure, foreclosure of a recorded contract for the sale of real property or the creation of cemetery lots; or

(2) An adjustment of a property line by the relocation of a common boundary where an additional unit of land is not created and where the existing unit of land reduced in size by the adjustment complies with any applicable zoning ordinance.

“Paved” means a hard surface area of portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete with base approved by the public works department.

“Personal services, general” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of informational, instructional, personal improvement, and similar services of a nonprofessional nature, but excludes services classified as “spectator sports and entertainment,” or “participant sports and recreation,” or “group care.” Typical uses include photography studios, driving schools, or reducing salons, laundromats, or dance instruction.

“Planned unit development” means a tract of land planned and developed as an integrated unit under single ownership or control which in this context may be vested in partnerships, corporations, syndicates, or trusts. The PUD shall encompass a comprehensive development plan of a parcel of land, which has been approved by the planning commission, and may utilize innovative and unique development concepts, including but not limited to clustering and mixing of residential units to create useful open space and to preserve site features.

“Plat” means a map, diagram, drawing, replat, or other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, provisions, and information concerning a subdivision.

“Plat, final” means the last plat of the development based upon the approved preliminary plat and any changes required by the city. It represents the development as it will appear when completed, and is the official plat filed with the county.

“Postal service” means mailing services and processing as traditionally operated or leased by the United States Postal Service and includes United Parcel Service facilities or other mail or parcel delivery service.

Private Street. See “Street, private.”

“Professional and administrative services” means offices or private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of professional, executive, management, or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices, legal offices, or architectural firms.

“Projecting sign” means a sign other than a wall-mounted sign which projects from and is supported by a wall of a building or structure.

“Public safety service” means life safety services together with the incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles. Typical uses include fire stations, police stations, and ambulance services.

“Readerboard sign” means a sign with letters and/or advertising which can be readily changed.

“Recognized neighborhood or community organization” means any group which has provided the city, prior to an application for a partition I, with a written request for notice stating the name and address of the individual to receive such notice, and a map reasonably identifying the territorial boundary of the organization.

Recreation Facility – Low Density and High Density. See “Community recreation.”

“Recreational area” means lands perpetually set aside and maintained for use by all residents of a development. These areas shall be improved and shall be of a specified size.

“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicle that is:

(1) Built on a single chassis;

(2) Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection;

(3) Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towed by a light duty truck; and

(4) Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

“Refuse service” means any place used for disposal of used material. Typical uses include sanitary landfills, dumps, or refuse disposal sites.

“Religious assembly” means religious organization involving public assembly typically occurring but not limited to synagogues, temples, or churches. The following are religious assembly use types:

(1) Small. Fewer than 16 persons on a regular basis.

(2) Large. Sixteen or more persons on a regular basis.

“Repair service, consumer” means establishments primarily engaged in repair services to individuals and households rather than firms, but excluding “automotive and equipment” use types. Typical uses include appliance repair shops, apparel repair firms, or musical instrument repair firms.

“Residential certified factory-built home park” means a parcel of land under single, private ownership which is issued to provide a permanent or semi-permanent location or accommodation for certified factory-built homes. It shall include all buildings as part of the facilities.

“Retail sales, general” means the sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use, but excludes those classified as “agricultural sales,” “animal sales and service,” “automotive and equipment,” “business equipment sales and service,” “construction sales and service,” “food and beverage retail sales,” and “fuel sales.” Typical uses include department stores, apparel stores, furniture stores, hardware stores, or florists.

“Riparian vegetation” means dense, narrow bands of vegetation along lakes, streams, rivers, and sloughs. Typical plant species include willow, black cottonwood, red alder, Oregon ash, and western wax myrtle.

“Roofline” means the top edge of the roof or the top of the parapet, whichever forms the top line of the building silhouette.

“Row houses” means a series of single-family dwelling units that are erected in a row on adjoining lots each being separated from an adjoining unit by two separate but abutting walls along the dividing lot line.

“Scrap operation” means places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling, or other processing of used, source-separated, or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original form. The following are scrap operation use types:

(1) Light. Businesses only engaged in the recycling of household items, such as glass, tin, cardboard, paper, or beverage cans.

(2) Heavy. Except as may be permitted as scrap operation – light, these businesses can include automotive wrecking yards, junkyards, paper salvage yards, or solid waste collection or recycling service including fleet storage, fleet repair, collection, transportation, disposal or resource recovery of solid wastes.

“Screening” means a fence, wall, berm, or landscaping intended to serve as an acoustic barrier, to obstruct undesirable views, or generally to reduce the impact of adjacent development.

“Service station” means a retail business establishment supplying fuel and minor accessories and service for automobiles.

“Shopping center” means commercial premises of at least 20,000 square feet which are planned or developed and advertised as a center with an undivided or nonsegregated parking area and that has multiple occupancy by business firms with each business having separate access from a public right-of-way or the parking area.

“Sign” means any structural or wall-based medium, including its component parts, which is used or intended to be used to attract attention to the subject matter for advertising or identification purposes.

“Sign area” means the size of a sign in square feet of a largest face measured within any type of perimeter, border, or defined edges or within a background of color if different than the wall upon which it is placed enclosing the outer limits of any sign, excluding essential sign structures, foundations, or supports. The area of the sign having no such perimeter or border shall be computed by enclosing the entire area within a standard geometric figure, i.e., rectangle, parallelogram, or triangle, of the smallest size sufficient to cover the entire area of the sign. The area of three-dimensional or spherical signs shall be measured by using the largest cross-section in a flat projection.

“Single-faced sign” means a sign with advertising on only one surface.

“Sketch plan” means an informal preliminary plan designed to give staff some knowledge of the land being proposed for subdivision and the initial design ideas of the developer.

“Small business” means a business employing less than 25 full-time employees.

“Spectator sports and entertainment” means establishments or places primarily engaged in the provision of cultural, entertainment, athletic, and other events to spectators as well as those involving social or fraternal gatherings. The following are spectator sports and entertainment use types:

(1) Indoor. Those uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include theaters or meeting halls.

(2) Outdoor. Those uses conducted outdoors. Typical uses include stadiums or drive-in theaters.

“Standard factory-built home” means a residential housing unit which is built at a location different from the intended site of occupancy but which meets city building, plumbing, heating, and ventilation codes. These units shall be subject to the same regulations as conventionally built units.

“Start of construction” (for flood damage prevention only) includes major remodeling, and means the date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, placement or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The “actual start” means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundation or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages, or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure.

“Story” means the enclosed portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement, cellar, or unused underfloor space is more than six feet above grade as defined herein for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or more than 12 feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such basement, cellar, or unused underfloor space shall be considered as a story.

“Street” means any thoroughfare which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for vehicular use.

“Street, collector” means a street penetrating neighborhoods, collecting traffic from local streets in the neighborhood and channeling it into the arterial system.

“Street, dead-end” means a local street with only one outlet, without possibility of extension, and a maximum length of 400 feet. A vehicle turnaround may be required.

“Street, improved” means a street with a paved roadway that has a structural cross-section that meets the minimum street improvement standards of the city of Coos Bay.

“Street, local” means a street which is primarily to provide direct access to abutting property and for local traffic movement.

“Street, major arterial” means all state highways and major routes leading into and through the city.

“Street, minor arterial” means a street of considerable continuity which is used primarily for through traffic and travel between large areas.

“Street, open” means a street which provides access for property development. An open street must be:

(1) One for which the city accepts responsibility of grading and drainage maintenance;

(2) Paved to city standards with curbs, storm drainage, etc.; or

(3) An all-weather roadway and, in most cases, graveled or strip-paved. (“All-weather” means that a standard automobile can negotiate the road without difficulty year-round.)

“Street, private” means a thoroughfare that is privately built and maintained which affords a primary means of vehicular access.

“Structural alteration” means a change to the supporting members of a structure including foundation, bearing walls, or partitions, columns, beams, girders, or any structural change in the roof or floor.

“Structure” means a building or any piece of work joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something located on the ground. Under the National Flood Insurance Program, “structure” means a walled and roofed building including a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground.

“Subdivision, land” means to divide an area into four or more lots within a calendar year when such area or tract of land exists as a unit or contiguous units of land under single ownership at the beginning of such a year.

“Substantial damage” means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

“Substantial improvement” means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either:

(1) Before the improvement or repair is started; or

(2) If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, “substantial improvement” is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.

(3) The term does not, however, include either:

(a) Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or

(b) Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.

“Tourist habitation” means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of lodging services on a temporary basis with incidental food, drink, and other sales and services intended for the convenience of guests. The following are tourist habitation use types:

(1) Bed and Breakfast. Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board in an existing dwelling with no more than eight bedrooms.

(2) Campground. Campground services involving transient habitation areas for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. Typical uses include recreational vehicle parks.

(3) Lodging. Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board. Typical uses include hotels or motels.

(4) Waterfront Heritage Bed and Breakfast. Lodging facilities in the WH zone in a dwelling with no more than eight bedrooms involving the provision of room and board.

(5) Waterfront Inn. Overnight lodging facilities in the WH zone with all units water-oriented. A restaurant and conference facilities may be included.

“Transportation service” means transportation offered to the public involving group assembly rather than door-to-door service; may also include the fleet storage of vehicles or cars. Typical uses include bus terminals, railroad depots, or airports. (This shall mean the same as “land transportation facilities.”)

“Utility and service” means public utilities which have a local impact on surrounding properties and are necessary to provide essential services. Typical uses are electrical and gas distribution substations, sewer pump stations, water reservoirs, and radio, microwave, and telephone transmitters. (This shall mean the same as “utilities, low-intensity” and “utilities, high-intensity.”)

“Vehicle sign” means advertising copy painted or permanently affixed to lawfully parked and operable vehicles or trailers.

“Visitor information service” means a service providing visitor information about the city, the region and the state.

“Wall-mounted sign” means a sign affixed directly to or painted or otherwise inscribed on an exterior wall and confined to the limits thereof.

“Water-dependent” means a use or activity which can be carried out only on, in, or adjacent to water areas because the use requires access to the water body for water-borne transportation, recreation, energy production, or source of water. Under the National Flood Insurance Program, “water-dependent” means a structure for commerce or industry which cannot exist in any other location and is dependent on the water by reason of the intrinsic nature of its operations.

“Water-oriented use” means a use located on properties east of Front Street, including the WH-3 subdistrict, in the waterfront heritage zoning district, which is enhanced by a view of, or access to, the waterfront.

“Water-related” means uses which are not directly dependent upon access to a water body, but which provide goods or services that are directly associated with water-dependent land or waterway use, and which, if not located adjacent to water, would result in a public loss of quality in the goods or services offered. Except as necessary for water-dependent or water-related uses or facilities, residences, parking lots, spoil and dump sites, roads and highways, restaurants, businesses, factories, and trailer parks are not generally considered dependent on or related to water location needs.

“Watercraft sales/rentals” means sales, rental and incidental repairs of watercraft, such as, but not limited to, jet skis, canoes, motorboats, and sailboats. Motorized watercraft and sailboats, where motorized watercraft and sailboats are displayed in the water.

“Waterfront” means the mean high water line.

“Wholesale, storage, and distributing” means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the wholesaling, storage, distribution, and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The following are wholesale, storage, and distribution use types:

(1) Mini-Warehouse. Storage or warehousing service within a building(s) primarily for individuals to store personal effects and by businesses to store materials for operation of an industrial or commercial enterprise located elsewhere. Incidental uses in a mini-warehouse may include the repair and maintenance of stored materials by the tenant but in no case may storage space in a mini-warehouse facility function as an independent retail, wholesale, business, or service use. Spaces shall not be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or similar uses and human occupancy of the spaces shall be limited to that required to transport, arrange, and maintain stored materials.

(2) Light. Wholesale, storage, and warehousing services within enclosed structures. Typical uses include wholesale distributors, storage warehouses, or moving and storage firms.

(3) Heavy. Open-air storage, distribution, and handling of materials and equipment. Typical uses include monument or stone yards, wood chip storage, or lumber storage.

“Yard” means open space between the property line and the nearest point at the outermost face of any vertical support, exterior wall line, or foundation of a building.

“Zero lot line development” means a single-family housing unit which has no yard requirements on one or more of the lot lines, in conformance with the International Building Code.

“Zoning officer” means the officer who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this title, or an authorized deputy. [Ord. 354, 2004; Ord. 309, 2001; Ord. 307, 2001; Ord. 293, 2000; Ord. 215, 1995; Ord. 164, 1990; Ord 148 §§ 2 – 4, 1989; Ord. 127 § 1, 1988; Ord. 93 § 1.8, 1987].

SHELTER PLAN (TYPICAL)

The frame is three inches by three inches by 0.12 inch. A 500 steel tube finished with two component high solids polyurethane rust inhibitive primer, plus two component high solids finish. The walls are one-fourth inch clear tempered safety glass with simulated metal muntins. Roof is standing seam sheet metal with sheet steel ceiling soffit (both are finished to match frame).

Figure 17.10.010

[Ord. 93 § 1.8, 1987].