ZDO 849: Residential Treatment Facilities, Residential Treatment Homes, Mental or Psychiatric Hospitals, and Crisis Stabilization Centers

849.01 Residential Treatment Facilities and Residential Treatment Homes

1. Applicability: Section 849 applies to all residential treatment facilities and residential treatment homes, except those with 15 or fewer residents, all of whom reside in a single dwelling unit in an urban Residential District or in an urban Commercial District where dwellings are an allowed use.
2. Adequate Public Services: Residential treatment facilities and residential treatment homes may only be permitted if it is determined that it can be adequately served by water, sewer, storm water drainage or streets and will be adequately served at the time that development on the property is complete. Adequately served means the development is consistent with Section 1006, Utilities, Street Lights, Water Supply, Sewage Disposal, Surface Water Management, and Erosion Control, and Section 1007, Roads and Connectivity.
3. Prohibitions: Residential treatment facilities and residential treatment homes are not permitted if development of the subject property requires a land use permit under Section 703, Floodplain Management District, Section 705, Willamette River Greenway, Section 706, Habitat Conservation Area District, Section 709, Water Quality Resource Area District, or Subsection 1003.02, Standards and Criteria for Mass Movement Hazard Area Development.
4. Industrial Lands: A residential treatment facility or residential treatment home may only be permitted in the LI and BP Districts if the subject property is:  
   1. Publicly owned or owned by a public benefit corporation as defined in ORS 65.001; and
   2. Within 250 feet of lands zoned for residential use. 
5. Public Lands: A residential treatment facility or residential treatment home shall not be located on public lands that are park land.

849.02 Mental or Psychiatric Hospitals and Crisis Stabilization Centers

1. Adequate Public Services: Mental or psychiatric hospitals and crisis stabilization centers may only be permitted if it is determined that it can be adequately served by water, sewer, storm water drainage, or streets, and will be adequately served at the time that development on the subject property is complete. Adequately served means the development is consistent with Section 1006, Utilities, Street Lights, Water Supply, Sewage Disposal, Surface Water Management, and Erosion Control, and Section 1007, Roads and Connectivity.
2. Public Lands: Mental or psychiatric hospitals shall not be located on public lands that are park land.

849.03 Procedures

A residential treatment facility, residential treatment home, mental or psychiatric hospital, or crisis stabilization center requires review as a Type II-S application pursuant to Section 1307, Procedures, and is subject to the development standards in this Ordinance that are applicable to an institutional use.

[Added by Ord. ZDO-293, 09/08/2026]