A. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the OB-3 zone, subject to the limitations specified:
Use | Limitations |
Use | Limitations |
1. Residential Uses | |
Dormitory | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.111 |
Dwelling, multi-unit | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.117 |
Residential care facility | |
2. Commercial and Institutional Uses | |
Amusement center, indoor | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Assembly-cultural, religious, social | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.128 | |
Athletic club; fitness studio | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Bed and breakfast inn | |
Childcare center | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.113 |
College extension | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Commercial service | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Community market | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.124 |
Hotel; motel | Permitted if the project does not involve the demolition or conversion of multi-unit dwellings that exist or are under construction |
Laundromat, self-service | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Library; archive | |
Mortuary; crematory | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Museum | |
Non-profit organization, food preparation for off-site consumption | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Entire business, including storage and display, shall be conducted within a building | |
Non-profit organization, food storage and distribution | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Entire business, including storage and display, shall be conducted within a building | |
Nonresidential care facility | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Office | |
Restaurant | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Retail store | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
This use is limited to 40,000 gross square feet; if use exceeds this limitation, a conditional use permit is required | |
School-dance, music, art, martial arts | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
School, vocational | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Theater | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
Tobacco retailing | Permitted in a store that has greater than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area if the total area of shelving allocated to tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia does not exceed 250 square feet. |
Wholesale store | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
This use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet | |
3. Industrial and Agricultural Uses | |
Aquaculture | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810 et seq. |
Community garden, private (not exceeding 3.0 acres) | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810 et seq. |
Laboratory, research | |
Manufacturing, service, and repair (not exceeding 6,400 gross square feet of floor area) | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use |
This use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet. Use may include incidental, non-nuisance producing processing, packaging, and fabricating entirely within a building | |
Market garden (not exceeding 3.0 acres) | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810 et seq. |
Solar energy system, commercial (city property) | Allowed in this zone and exempt from the provisions of this title |
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the OB-3 zone require approval of a conditional use permit, subject to the limitations specified:
Use | Limitations | Approval Required by: Planning and Design Commission (PDC); Zoning Administrator (ZA); or City Council (CC) |
Use | Limitations | Approval Required by: Planning and Design Commission (PDC); Zoning Administrator (ZA); or City Council (CC) |
1. Residential Uses | ||
Residential hotel | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.112 | PDC |
Temporary residential shelter | PDC | |
2. Commercial and Institutional Uses | ||
Alcoholic beverage sales, off-premises consumption | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use | |
Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.108 | PDC | |
Amusement center, outdoor | PDC | |
Bar; nightclub | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use; | |
Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.108 | PDC | |
Cinema (inside arts and entertainment district) | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use | PDC |
College campus | PDC | |
Hotel; motel | Allowed with a conditional use permit if the project involves the demolition or conversion of multi-unit dwellings that exist or are under construction | PDC |
Kennel | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use | ZA |
Major medical facility | PDC | |
Non-profit organization, meal service facility | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use | PDC |
Outdoor market | In granting a conditional use permit the zoning administrator may consider the traffic, parking, noise, hours of operation, and any applicable development standards related to the proposed outdoor market | ZA |
Retail store | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use; | |
Permitted with a conditional use permit if use exceeds 40,000 gross square feet; permitted by right if use does not exceed 40,000 gross square feet | PDC | |
School, K-12 | PDC | |
Stand-alone parking facility | The zoning administrator may waive the development standards stated in sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020 | ZA |
Tobacco retailing | Permitted with a conditional use permit in a store that has 15,000 square feet or less of gross floor area or allocates more than 250 square feet of shelving to tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia. | ZA |
Transit vehicle-service, repair, storage | PDC | |
Veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital | Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use | ZA |
3. Industrial and Agricultural Uses | ||
Antenna; telecommunications facility | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.300 et seq. | PDC |
Community garden, private (exceeding 3.0 acres) | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810 et seq. | ZA |
Heliport; helistop | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.114 | PDC |
High voltage transmission facility | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.500 et seq. | CC |
Market garden (exceeding 3.0 acres) | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810 et seq. | ZA |
Passenger terminal | PDC | |
Surface mining operation | Subject to chapter 17.720 | PDC |
Well-gas, oil | PDC | |
C. Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the OB-3 zone when accessory to a permitted or conditional use, subject to the limitations specified:
Use | Limitations |
Use | Limitations |
Accessory antenna | |
Accessory drive-through facility | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.110 |
Childcare, in-home (family day care home) | |
Common area | |
Dwelling unit, accessory | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.105 |
Dwelling unit, junior accessory | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.105 |
Family care facility | |
Family day care facility | |
Home occupation | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.200 et seq. |
Private garden | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810 et seq. |
Urban beekeeping | Subject to section 9.44.330 |
D. Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as permitted, accessory, or conditional uses are prohibited in the OB-3 zone. (Ord. 2024-0017 § 29; Ord. 2021-0023 § 25; Ord. 2020-0025 § 9; Ord. 2020-0021 § 26; Ord. 2019-0027 § 9; Ord. 2016-0001 § 18; Ord. 2015-0005 § 26; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)