This chapter classifies land uses and activities into use categories on the basis of common functional, product, or physical characteristics. Characteristics include the type and amount of activity, the type of customers or residents, how goods or services are sold or delivered, and certain site factors. The use categories provide a systematic basis for assignment of present and future uses to zones. The decision to allow or prohibit the use categories in the various base zones is based on the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024)
A. 
Considerations.
1. 
The "Characteristics" subsection of each use category describes the characteristics of each use category. Uses are assigned to the category whose description most closely describes the nature of the primary use.
2. 
The following items are considered to determine what use category the use is in, and whether the activities constitute primary uses or accessory uses:
a. 
Description of the activities in relationship to the characteristics of each use category;
b. 
Relative amount of site or floor area and equipment devoted to the activities;
c. 
Relative amounts of sales from each activity;
d. 
Customer type for each activity;
e. 
Relative number of employees in each activity;
f. 
Hours of operation;
g. 
Site arrangement, including buildings and structures;
h. 
Vehicles used with the activities;
i. 
The relative number of vehicle trips generated by the activities;
j. 
Signs;
k. 
How the use advertises itself; and
l. 
Whether the activity would be likely to be found independent of the other activities on the site.
B. 
Developments with multiple primary uses. When all of the primary uses of a development fall within one use category, then the development is assigned to that use category. When the primary uses of a development fall within different use categories, each primary use is classified in the applicable category and is subject to the regulations for that category.
C. 
Accessory uses. The "Accessory Uses" subsection of each use category provides a list of common accessory uses associated with that use category. Accessory uses are allowed in conjunction with the use unless stated otherwise in the regulations. Also, unless otherwise stated, they are subject to the same regulations as the primary use.
D. 
Use of examples. The "Examples" subsection of each use category provides a list of examples of uses that are included in the use category. The names of uses on the lists are generic. They are based on the common meaning of the terms and not on what a specific use may call itself. For example, a use whose business name is "Wholesale Liquidation" but that sells mostly to consumers, would be included in the Indoor Sales and Services use category rather than the Wholesale and Equipment Rental use category. This is because the actual activity on the site matches the description of Indoor Sales and Services use category.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. 18-23 §2; Ord. 18-28 §1; Ord. 20-01 §1; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024)
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of these provisions is to establish a procedure for determining whether certain specific unlisted uses are allowed in a base zone and to which use category the unlisted use is most similar.
B. 
Approval process. The director will make a determination, using the process provided in Chapter 18.730, Director Determinations.
C. 
Approval standards. The director will make a determination of the most appropriate use category based on the following:
1. 
Whether the use is consistent with the intent and purpose of the applicable base zone;
2. 
Whether the use is similar to and of the same general type as the use categories listed in the base zone;
3. 
Whether the use has similar intensity, density, and off-site impacts as the use categories listed in the base zone, to be evaluated using the criteria provided in Paragraph 18.60.020.A.2; and
4. 
Whether the use has similar impacts on the community facilities as the listed use categories. Community facilities include streets, schools, libraries, hospitals, parks, police and fire stations, and water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems.
D. 
Other provisions. The director will not authorize an omitted or unanticipated use in a base zone if the use category is specifically listed in another base zone as either an allowed use, restricted use, or a conditional use.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. 18-23 §2; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024)
A. 
Characteristics:
1. 
Residential use is the residential occupancy of a dwelling unit by related or unrelated individuals. The maximum number of residents who may occupy any given dwelling unit is determined by the state building code.
2. 
Residential use also includes the occupancy of an institution or facility where the components of a dwelling unit are shared by residents.
3. 
Residential occupancy is arranged on a month-to-month basis, at a minimum, or for longer periods of time.
4. 
Residential use may include any combination of care, training, or treatment.
B. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, recreational and social facilities, dining halls, and home occupations.
C. 
Examples: Examples include household living, group living, foster homes, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, monasteries and convents, nursing and convalescent homes, memory care facilities, group homes for disabled individuals, residential treatment programs, assisted living facilities, and progressive or continuing care facilities.
D. 
Exceptions:
1. 
Does not include uses meeting the definition of Temporary Shelter, Commercial Lodging, or Detention Facility.
2. 
Does not include dormitories, fraternities, or sororities where accessory to Indoor Sales and Services uses.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. 18-23 §2; Ord. 18-28 §1; Ord. 20-01 §1; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024; )
A. 
Basic Utility.
1. 
Characteristics: A Basic Utility is an infrastructure service that must be located in or near where the service is provided. Basic Utility uses generally do not have employees at the site other than for construction or maintenance. Service may be public or privately provided.
2. 
Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include parking; control, monitoring, data, or transmission equipment; and shelters.
3. 
Examples: Examples include water towers or reservoirs, data centers, energy production including solar production as a standalone use, water quality or flow control facilities, water conveyance systems, water harvesting or re-use conveyance systems or pump stations, stormwater facilities or conveyance systems, power substations, and transit stations.
4. 
Clarifications.
a. 
Utility offices where employees or customers are generally present are categorized as Office.
b. 
Fleet vehicle storage as a primary use is categorized as Off-Site Services.
c. 
Public or private passageways, including easements, for the express purpose of transmitting or transporting electricity, gas, oil, water, sewage, communication signals, or other similar services on a regional level are categorized as Transportation and Utility Corridor.
d. 
Does not include utilities proposed with or for a specific development, including solar arrays, which are considered accessory to the primary use.
B. 
Cemetery.
1. 
Characteristics: A cemetery is a facility for the permanent storage of human remains.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include chapels, mortuaries, offices, maintenance facilities, or parking.
C. 
Detention Facility.
1. 
Characteristics: A detention facility is devoted to the judicially required detention, incarceration, or supervision of people.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include offices, recreational or health facilities, therapy facilities, maintenance facilities, or hobby or manufacturing facilities.
3. 
Examples: Examples include prisons, jails, probation centers, juvenile detention homes, or related post-incarceration.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Programs that provide care or training or treatment for psychiatric, alcohol, or drug problems, where patients are residents of the program, but where patients are not supervised by public safety personnel, are categorized as Residential use.
b. 
Temporary holding cells within a police station are considered accessory to a Government Services use.
D. 
Government Services.
1. 
Characteristics: A Government Services use is a government-operated indoor or outdoor facility that is intended at least in part for use or access by the public.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include office, parking, cafes, or storage.
3. 
Examples: Examples include parks, libraries, city hall, police or fire stations, public plazas, or administrative offices for school or fire districts when designed as a campus.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include fleet vehicle parking as a standalone use or fleet vehicle parking with accessory office, which are categorized as Off-Site Services.
b. 
Does not include administrative offices for school or fire districts located in a single office building or existing buildings, which are categorized as Office.
E. 
Railroad Yard.
1. 
Characteristics: A railroad yard contains multiple railroad tracks used for rail car switching, assembling of trains, or the transhipment of goods from other transportation modes to or from trains.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include office, employee facilities, storage areas, or rail car maintenance or repair facilities.
F. 
School or Religious Facility.
1. 
Characteristics: A school or religious facility is an institution intended for preschool, K-12 education, or religious purposes.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include play areas, cafeterias, recreational or sports facilities, athletic fields, auditoriums, or before- or after-school day-care.
3. 
Examples: Examples include public or private daytime schools at the primary, elementary, middle, junior high, or high-school level that provide state-mandated basic education; or places of worship.
4. 
Clarifications: Does not include day cares, trade schools, colleges, or vocational schools, which are categorized as Indoor Sales and Services.
G. 
Temporary Shelter.
1. 
Characteristics: A temporary shelter is operated by a public or non-profit agency and provides mass shelter or short-term housing where tenancy may be arranged for periods of less than one month. The use may also provide special counseling, education, or training of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include offices, meeting areas, food preparation areas, parking, health and therapy areas, day cares, and athletic facilities.
3. 
Examples: Examples include homeless shelters and shelters for women and children.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include for-profit lodging where tenancy may be arranged for periods less than one month, which is categorized as Commercial Lodging.
H. 
Transportation and Utility Corridor.
1. 
Characteristics: A transportation and utility corridor is a regional corridor in public or private ownership, including easements, dedicated for the express use of rail lines; multi-use trails; above-grade or underground power or communication lines; water, sewer, or storm sewer lines; or similar services.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include trailhead improvements such as public restrooms or parking lots.
3. 
Examples: Examples include rail trunk or feeder lines; multi-use trails; regional electrical transmission lines; or regional gas stormwater or sewage main petroleum pipelines.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Railroad lead or spur lines for delivery of rail cars to sites or for unloading of rail cars on specific sites are considered accessory to the primary use of the site.
b. 
Does not include railroad switch yards as a primary use, which are categorized as railroad yard.
c. 
Transportation and utility corridors contained within motor vehicle rights-of-way are not included.
d. 
Utility offices where employees or customers are generally present are categorized as Office.
I. 
Wireless Communications Facility.
1. 
Characteristics: A wireless communication facility includes all devices, equipment, machinery, structures, or supporting elements necessary to produce electromagnetic radiation to produce a discrete wireless signal or message. Towers may be self-supporting, guyed, or mounted on poles or buildings.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include related ancillary equipment structures.
3. 
Examples: Examples include television or AM/FM radio transmission towers, microwave relay stations, or cellular communications equipment.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include transmission facilities that are part of the public safety network, which are categorized as Basic Utility.
b. 
Does not include amateur (ham) radio antennas or towers.
c. 
Does not include radio or television studios, which are categorized as Office.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. 15-05 §2; Ord. 18-23 §2; Ord. 20-01 §1; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024)
A. 
Adult Entertainment.
1. 
Characteristics: Adult entertainment includes uses characterized or distinguished by an emphasis on matters depicting specified sexual activities or anatomical areas.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking.
3. 
Examples: Examples include adult motion picture theaters, adult book stores, and topless, bottomless, and nude taverns and dance halls.
B. 
Commercial Lodging.
1. 
Characteristics: Commercial lodging provides for-profit shelter where tenancy is typically less than one month.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, restaurants and bars, meeting and convention facilities, and recreational facilities for guests such as pools and gym.
3. 
Examples: Examples include hotels, motels, short-term rentals, rooming houses, and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
C. 
Indoor Sales and Services.
1. 
Characteristics: An Indoor Sales and Services use operates primarily indoors and provides the sale, lease, rental, or repair of products for the general public; or provides personal services or entertainment.
a. 
Sales-oriented: Sale, lease, or rental of consumer, home, or business goods.
b. 
Repair-oriented: On-site repair of consumer or home goods.
c. 
Personal service-oriented: Services to the general public.
d. 
Entertainment-oriented: Leisure activities or cultural activities.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include offices, storage of goods, parking, some limited accessory outdoor sales or activity area, or temporary outdoor activities subject to regulation in Chapter 18.440, Temporary Uses.
3. 
Examples:
a. 
Sales-oriented: Examples include retail stores selling, leasing, or renting goods such as bicycles, clothing, electronic equipment, furniture, groceries, hardware, home improvements, plants, household products, pets, or pharmaceuticals.
b. 
Repair-oriented: Examples include on-site repair of goods such as TVs, bicycles, clocks, shoes, guns, appliances, or office equipment; photo or laundry drop off; indoor consumer-oriented recycling drop-off; tailor; locksmith; or upholsterer.
c. 
Personal service-oriented: Examples include banks, day cares, hospitals, postal service, tutoring or vocational school, or pet boarding.
d. 
Entertainment-oriented: Examples include restaurants or bars; food cart pods; bowling alleys, ice rinks, indoor community centers, senior centers, or game arcades; dance, martial arts, or music classes; museums or galleries; lodges or fraternal/social clubs; indoor firing ranges; or theaters, health clubs, or gyms.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Sales, rental, and repair activity associated with motor vehicles is categorized as Mobility Hub, Motor Vehicle Fuel Sales, Motor Vehicle Sales and Rental, or Motor Vehicle Servicing.
b. 
Sale and rental activity intended primarily for commercial, institutional, or industrial users, rather than for the general public, is categorized as Wholesale and Equipment Rental.
c. 
Uses that primarily provide space to store products, with limited if any commercial activity on site, are categorized as Warehouse and Distribution.
d. 
The repair of large-scale machinery for businesses is categorized as Industrial and Manufacturing.
e. 
Entertainment uses with primarily outdoor activity are categorized as Outdoor Sales and Services.
f. 
Veterinary or medical offices outside of a campus setting, such as hospitals, are categorized as Office.
D. 
Major Event Entertainment.
1. 
Characteristics: Major Event Entertainment is characterized by activities and structures that draw large numbers of people to specific events or shows. Activities are generally of a spectator nature.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, maintenance facilities, and concessions.
3. 
Examples: Examples include auditoriums, stadiums, convention centers, and race tracks.
4. 
Clarifications: Does not include smaller-scale, primarily indoor uses, which are categorized as Indoor Sales and Services.
E. 
Mobility Hub.
1. 
Characteristics: A mobility hub provides charging stations for electric transportation as a primary use and may include other on-site services including, but not limited to, last-mile drop-off for e-commerce delivery and transit stops.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, offices, storage space, convenience stores, e-commerce package drop-off, and transit stops.
3. 
Examples: Examples include e-bike or e-scooter rental; or electric charging stations for cars, trucks, scooters, or bikes.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include electric vehicle charging stations that are accessory to an allowed use in an off-street parking area.
b. 
Locations involved in the sale of petroleum or diesel fuels are categorized as motor vehicle fuel sales.
F. 
Motor Vehicle Fuel Sales.
1. 
Characteristics: Motor vehicle fuel sales include establishments that provide the sale of petroleum-based, natural gas, or hydrogen fuels for cars, motorcycles, trucks, recreational vehicles, or boats as a standalone primary use.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, office space, and storage space.
3. 
Examples: Examples include gas stations, hydrogen fueling stations, and natural gas fueling stations.
4. 
Clarifications: Does not include electric vehicle charging stations, which are either an accessory use or are categorized as a Mobility Hub use.
G. 
Motor Vehicle Sales and Rental.
1. 
Characteristics: Motor vehicle sales and rental involves the sale, lease, or rental of cars, motorcycles, light and heavy trucks, mobile homes, boats, and recreational vehicles.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, auto repair and maintenance facilities, office space, and storage space.
3. 
Examples: Examples include auto dealerships, used car lots, and car rental facilities.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include the sale or rental of small rafts, kayaks, canoes, or similar scale boats sold in a retail environment, which are categorized as indoor sales and services.
b. 
Does not include the rental of boats or vehicles for on-site entertainment such as whitewater centers or go-kart racetracks, which is categorized as indoor or outdoor sales and services.
H. 
Motor Vehicle Servicing.
1. 
Characteristics: Motor vehicle servicing is a freestanding vehicle servicing and repair establishments not accessory to new vehicle sales.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, office space, and storage space.
3. 
Examples: Examples include general service stations, quick oil-change facilities, car washes, and body shops.
I. 
Non-Accessory Parking.
1. 
Characteristics: Non-accessory parking is any public or private parking that is not accessory to a primary use. A fee may or may not be charged. A facility that provides both accessory parking for a specific use and regular fee parking not connected to the use is also categorized as non-accessory parking.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include a ticket booth to collect fees and house security personnel.
3. 
Examples: Examples include public and private structures and surface parking lots, and transit park-and-ride lots.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Parking facilities accessory to a use that charge or allow the public to park for occasional events nearby, are not categorized as non-accessory parking.
b. 
Does not include overnight parking of fleet vehicles, which is categorized as off-site services.
J. 
Office.
1. 
Characteristics: An office is characterized by activities that generally focus on business, professional, medical, or financial services. Offices are typically characterized by a professional or group of professionals assisted by support staff.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include employee amenity spaces such as fitness facilities or cafeterias, parking, and storage facilities.
3. 
Examples: Examples include medical, dental, veterinarian, laboratories or research and development facilities; financial services; branch or training offices; government offices not providing in-person service to the public; blood collection centers; professional offices for attorneys, architects, engineers, stockbrokers, insurance brokers, or other consultants; headquarters offices; or radio or television studios.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Offices that are part of and are located within an establishment in another use category are considered accessory to the establishment's primary activity.
b. 
Hospitals are categorized as Indoor Sales and Services.
c. 
Government offices intended to provide in-person services to the public are categorized as Government Services.
K. 
Outdoor Sales and Services.
1. 
Characteristics: An Outdoor Sales and Services use operates primarily outdoors and provides the sale, lease or rental of products for the general public; or provides personal services or entertainment.
a. 
Sales-oriented: Sale, lease, or rental of consumer, home, or business goods.
b. 
Repair-oriented: On-site repair of consumer or home goods.
c. 
Personal service-oriented: Services to the general public.
d. 
Entertainment-oriented: Leisure activities or cultural activities.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include offices, storage of goods, parking, or some limited indoor sales or activity area.
3. 
Examples:
a. 
Sales-oriented: Examples include lumber yards and plant nurseries.
b. 
Repair-oriented: Examples include outdoor consumer-oriented recycling drop-off.
c. 
Personal service-oriented: Examples include outdoor kennels for animal boarding.
d. 
Entertainment-oriented: Examples include outdoor firing ranges, golf courses, go-kart facilities, theme parks, or community centers with significant outdoor activity such as swimming pools or mini golf.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include the sale, lease, or rental of products to industrial or commercial users, which is categorized as wholesale and equipment rental.
b. 
Does not include limited outdoor or partially-enclosed display or storage areas that are clearly incidental and accessory to retail uses selling hardware and home improvement supplies, which are considered an accessory use to indoor sales and services.
c. 
Indoor entertainment providers with some limited outdoor activities are categorized as indoor sales and services.
L. 
Self-Service Storage.
1. 
Characteristics: Self-service storage provides rental of storage space to individuals or business uses. Storage spaces are designed to allow private access by the tenant for storing or removing personal property.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking and office space.
3. 
Examples: Examples include single-story and multi-story facilities that provide individual storage areas for rent, often called mini-warehouses or self-storage facilities; and the storage of boats and recreational vehicles.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include uses that primarily provide space to store products for future sales or distribution, which are categorized as warehouse and distribution.
b. 
Does not include fleet storage, which is categorized as off-site services.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. 18-23 §2; Ord. 18-28 §1; Ord. 20-01 §1; Ord. 22-09 §2; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024)
A. 
Industrial and Manufacturing.
1. 
Characteristics: Industrial and manufacturing engages in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, usually requiring the use of machinery. This includes assembling component parts of manufactured products. The new product of a manufacturing establishment may be finished in the sense that it is for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished to become an input for further manufacturing. Industrial and Manufacturing uses involve some amount of physical or characteristic change to materials necessary to make them suitable for sale.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, office, storage, or maintenance facilities.
3. 
Examples: Examples include additive, advanced, or contract manufacturing; make to stock, make to order, or make to assemble manufacturing; discrete, process, mixed mode, job shop, or repetitive manufacturing; production of metals or metal products including enameling or galvanizing; production of cars, trucks, recreational vehicles; indoor agriculture; food processing; breweries, distilleries, or wineries; production of apparel or textiles; woodworking including cabinet makers; production or manipulation of chemical, rubber, leather, clay, bone, plastic, stone, or glass materials; manufacturing or production of machinery; large-scale recycling centers; the manufacturing or assembly of small-scale machinery, appliances, computers, or other electronic equipment; manufacturing, assembly, bottling of pharmaceuticals; manufacturing of scientific or musical instruments; production of toys or precision goods; sign-making; or commercial kitchens.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Does not include energy production from the biological decomposition of organic materials, which is categorized as Waste-Related Facility.
b. 
Does not include storage or distribution of products involving no physical change to materials, packaging of previously prepared commercial products, or storage or distribution for e-commerce, which are categorized as warehouse and distribution.
c. 
Does not include breaking bulk for commercial, institutional, or industrial users, which is categorized as wholesale and equipment rental.
d. 
Does not include uses meeting the definition of Basic Utility.
e. 
Does not include the use of a kiln or other machinery that is accessory to a public-facing arts use, which is categorized as indoor sales and services.
B. 
Off-Site Services.
1. 
Characteristics: An off-site services use primarily provides services at a client's location or a third-party site. The site is primarily used for parking of company or employee vehicles, equipment, or some accessory office. Few customers, especially the general public, come to the site.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include office, parking, or warehouse or storage space.
3. 
Examples: Examples include exterminators; freestanding fleet vehicle parking or fleet parking as a primary use; janitorial services; trade contractors; mobile pet grooming; mobile auto services; or off-site windshield repair.
C. 
Warehouse and Distribution.
1. 
Characteristics: Warehouse and Distribution uses store and move large quantities of materials or products for themselves or other establishments with limited to no other activity on site except for accessory office. The use is usually associated with significant truck and rail traffic. There may be some repackaging of products but no physical change to materials occurs on site.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include offices, parking, staging areas, storage, docks, rail spur or lead lines, and the repackaging of goods.
3. 
Examples: Examples include freestanding warehouses associated with e-commerce, retail furniture, or appliance outlets; cold storage plants; weapon and ammunition storage; and truck, marine and air freight terminals.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Uses that involve the transfer or storage of solid or liquid wastes are categorized as waste-related facility.
b. 
Does not include storage or transport of materials that are accessory to a primary use.
c. 
Does not include uses where some physical change to materials occurs on site to create a saleable unit. Such uses, regardless of the amount of warehouse or storage space associated with the use, are categorized as Industrial and Manufacturing.
D. 
Waste-Related Facility.
1. 
Characteristics: A waste-related facility receives solid or liquid wastes from others for disposal on site or for transfer to another location; collects sanitary wastes; manufactures and produces goods from the biological decomposition of organic material; and receives hazardous wastes from others and is subject to state regulations regarding hazardous waste management.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include parking, recycling of materials, offices, and repacking and transshipment of by-products.
3. 
Examples: Examples include recycling/garbage transfer stations; landfills; waste composting, energy recovery, portable sanitary equipment storage and pumping, and sewage treatment plants.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Infrastructure services that must be located in or near the area where the service is provided in order to function are categorized as Basic Utility uses. Examples include sewer pipes that serve a development or water re-use pipes and tanks, pump stations, and collection stations necessary for the water re-use that serve a development or institution.
b. 
The disposal of clean fill, as defined in OAR 340-093-0030, is not categorized as waste-related facility.
c. 
Does not include consumer recycling or bottle drop centers, which are considered as accessory to a primary use, categorized as indoor sales and services when standalone and indoors, or outdoor sales and services when standalone and outdoors.
E. 
Wholesale and Equipment Rental.
1. 
Characteristics: Wholesale and Equipment Rental is characterized by the sale, leasing, or rental of equipment or products primarily intended for industrial, institutional, or commercial users. The use emphasizes on-site sales or order taking, and often includes display areas. Products may be picked up on site or delivered to the customer.
2. 
Accessory uses: Accessory uses may include offices; product repair; warehouses; stockpiling of sand, gravel, drywall, construction materials, bark dust, lumber, or other aggregate or landscaping materials; parking; and the repackaging of goods primarily for commercial, institutional, or industrial users.
3. 
Examples: Examples include the sale or rental of machinery, equipment, building materials, special trade tools, welding supplies, machine parts, electrical supplies, janitorial supplies, restaurant equipment, and store fixtures; mail order houses; and wholesalers of food, clothing, auto parts, and building hardware.
4. 
Clarifications:
a. 
Establishments that engage primarily in sales to the general public are categorized as Indoor Sales and Service.
b. 
Establishments that are primarily storing goods with little on-site sales activity are categorized as Warehouse and Distribution.
c. 
Establishments that engage primarily in storage and sale of products for e-commerce are categorized as warehouse and distribution.
(Ord. 10-15 §1; Ord. 18-23 §2; Ord. 18-28 §1; Ord. No. 24-05, 4/23/2024)