53535 Cobb Rd, Milton Freewater, OR 97862

Rural Light Industrial Zone

The RLI Rural Light Industrial Zone is designed to provide areas for industrial uses that are appropriate for rural locations, less intensive than heavy industrial uses, are less offensive to adjacent land uses, and are compatible with certain commercial uses. It is designed to help the county expand and diversify its economic base. The RLI Zone is appropriate for areas near major transportation facilities which are generally suited for industry and include highways, railroads and waterways. This zone is applied to lands zoned industrial prior to January 1, 2004, that are outside unincorporated communities and urban growth boundaries.; The intent of the Rural Light Industrial Zone is to permit the continuation and expansion of existing uses and to provide rural employment opportunities for new uses that are generally rural-scale and low impact or provide for the processing and manufacturing of resource products such as timber and forest related products, farm crops and produce, mineral and aggregate resources, or the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment related to farm or forest uses.