RURAL AND SUBURBAN LANDS - Jackson County Oregon

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Rural and Suburban Lands Element 21-64FINDING:General Commercial: It is generally understood that most commercial development isconsidered to be urban in nature, and should therefore be limited to urban or urbanizable areas.The exceptions are those areas which are needed to serve the convenience needs of the ruralpopulation. Otherwise the expansion of commercial uses defeats the concept of encouragingurban centered growth; causes further sprawl; increases auto driving; affects air quality; and,potentially impacts rural resource land.The general commercial category of land use was originally created in 1972, to recognize thewide variety of light to heavy commercial activities that line some Jackson County’s statehighways. Frequently areas zoned for this use also contain uses which are industrial incharacter. Expansion of these areas generates many of the problems mentioned above. Theirsize is such, however, that they cannot be ignored. Making them nonconforming would alsodefeat the intent of good land use planning. They would not disappear, but only be hamperedin ability to expand or improve, and would eventually tend to become blighted due to neglect.On the other hand, careful access planning and site plan reviews on new fill-in developmentcould substantially improve the quality of these areas creating a more positive impact on theneighborhood in which they are located.5FINDING:POLICY: EXISTING COMMITTED GENERAL COMMERCIAL AREAS OUTSIDE OFURBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES SHOULD NOT EXPAND EXCEPT FOR FILL-INDEVELOPMENT, AND WHERE POSSIBLE SHOULD BE UPGRADED, IMPROVINGAPPEARANCE, SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY.IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY: The existing general commercial district should beapplied only to those areas that are considered to be generally committed to such usage.New areas not currently being used for this purpose should not be zoned for this type ofactivity.Rural Commercial Service Uses: Rural commercial service areas currently exist in numerouslocations throughout the county near concentrations of rural population. These centers servesome of the limited daily convenience needs of the rural resident, farming or forest community.Their scattered location in the rural areas saves driving time to larger urban business areas inaddition to being more energy efficient. These areas are generally limited in the type of serviceoffered due to the limited population that lives in the service area. Regardless, they should notbecome so large that they compete with business areas in nearby communities.Jackson County Comprehensive Plan
Rural and Suburban Lands Element 21-76FINDING:POLICY: RURAL SERVICE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED INEASILY ACCESSIBLE LOCATION AND SIZED TO SERVE THE CONVENIENCENEEDS OF RURAL RESIDENTS.IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES:A) Maintain the existing rural service commercial zone district and limit the usespermitted only to those necessary to serve the limited commercial needs of ruralresidents.B) Zone only those areas actually deemed necessary, keeping in mind the need tomaintain the rural environment.Interchange Commercial Uses: Historically, the traveling public has been served by motels,restaurants, gas stations and similar uses located conveniently at freeway interchanges. Thetraveling public generally expects these conveniences.POLICY: SELECTED INTERCHANGE COMMERCIAL AREAS SHOULD BEALLOWED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AT FREEWAYINTERCHANGE AREAS IF THEY SATISFY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:A) THE USES DO NOT CONFLICT WITH ADJACENT CITY BUSINESS AREAS;B) ADJACENT LAND USES ARE BUFFERED FROM THE COMMERCIAL AREA;C) RESOURCE LANDS ARE NOT MATERIALLY AFFECTED BY THE USE;D) THE OPERATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERCHANGE IS NOTIMPACTED BY THE COMMERCIAL USE;E) THE USES CAN BE PROVIDED WITHOUT REQUIRING THE EXTENSION OFURBAN LEVEL SERVICES TO THE SITE.IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY: Maintain the existing interchange commercial zoneand allow only those areas that generally would not compete with the other establishedbusiness districts.Jackson County Comprehensive Plan
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