7270 NW Helvetia Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

Industrial Sanctuary Zone

Provide a Full Range of Industrial Uses and Limited Commercial Support Services. The I-S zone implements the Industrial Comprehensive Plan designation, and is intended to provide a full range of industrial uses and limited support services in areas brought into the Regional Urban Growth Boundary for industrial development, in order to support the goals and policies of Section 14 Economic Development of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Statewide Planning Goal 9 Economy of the State; Accommodate the Region-Wide Need to Create and Preserve Industrial Lands. The I-S zone accommodates the region-wide need to create and preserve large lots for industrial use, as set forth in Title 4 of the Metro 2040 Urban Growth Management Functional Plan; Create High-Quality, Attractive Industrial Parks. The standards of the I-S zone are intended to create attractive site amenities such as deeper setbacks and increased landscaping, thereby creating high-quality industrial neighborhoods which attract and maintain the value of their investments; Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled. By allowing siting of supporting commercial uses within industrial areas, the standards of the I-S zone help to reduce vehicle trips and miles travelled by employees to these services and; or to access them by walking or bicycling; Applicability. The I-S zone can be applied generally to properties north of NE Evergreen Rd or NE Jacobsen St, and west of NE Cornelius Pass Rd. The zone contains 8 Sub-Areas as shown on Figure 12.25.310-A: West Union; Helvetia; Shute Road; Evergreen East; Evergreen West; Meek Road; Jackson East-South; and Jackson East-North.