Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Polk County Records Inventory
Zoning Records
1961-[ongoing]
Series documents the development and implementation of codes and policies relating to the zoning of county lands and to illustrate and locate the various zoned areas within the county. Records include uniform zone codes and ordinances depicting various zoned lands in the county. Information in codes and ordinances includes definition, code/ordinance numbers, purposes, uses, conditions for use, and changes made to codes/ordinances. Maps include area and/or zone descriptions, dates created, scales, and commissioners' signatures. Areas are typically zoned for residential, industrial, commercial, flood plain, agricultural, timber, public and government, and mineral extraction uses.
Records at the Polk County Courthouse, County Commissioners' Office:
Polk County Zoning Ordinance, n.d.-2004 (1 binder).
Records at the Polk County Courthouse, Community Development Department Office:
[Community Development Department Case File Rolodex Index-alphabetical-indexes various records documenting zone changes, subdivisions, partitions, conditional uses, lot line adjustments, and related actions], ca.1973-2000 (.40 cu.ft.);
[Community Development Department Case File Rolodex Index-by township and range-indexes various records documenting zone changes, subdivisions, partitions, conditional uses, lot line adjustments, and related actions], ca.1973-2000 (.10 cu.ft.);
[Community Development Department Case Files-includes various records documenting zone changes, subdivisions, partitions, conditional uses, lot line adjustments, and related actions], ca.1978-2000 (ca.130 cu.ft.);
Legislative Amendments [Zoning Ordinance], 1982-present (12 cu.ft.);
Planning Old Ordinances [includes zoning], ca.1970-ca.1980 (1 cu.ft.);
Polk County Zoning Ordinance, 1979 (1 volume);
[Zoning Maps-flat in cabinet], 1961-1978 (ca.3 cu.ft.);
Zoning Maps [paper], ca.1978-ca.1990 (11 volumes).
Records at the Polk County Courthouse, Community Development Department Office, Counter Area:
Zoning Ordinance [Current Copy], 2003-present (1 binder).
Records at the Polk County Courthouse, Community Development Department Office, Conference Room:
[Polk County Zoning Ordinance], 1989 (1 binder);
Polk County Zoning Ordinance Prior to 12/6/89, ca.1988 (1 volume);
Polk Co. Zoning & Subdivision Codes [Eola Hills], ca. 1967 (1 volume);
[Zoning Maps-rolled, ca.1970-present (ca.50 maps).
Records at the Polk County Courthouse, Community Development Department Office, Records Storage Room:
[Community Development Department Case Files-includes various records documenting zone changes, subdivisions, partitions, conditional uses, lot line adjustments, and related actions], ca.1967-ca.1977 (16 reels of microfilm);
Planning Microfilms [Zone Change Records], ca.1964-1977 (2 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Polk County Public Works Department Complex, Building 12, South Loft:
[Community Development Department Case Files-includes various records documenting zone changes, subdivisions, partitions, conditional uses, lot line adjustments, and related actions], ca.1978-present (ca.112 cu.ft.).
Records at the Polk County Web Site:
Polk County Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan, subdivision and partition, and zoning ordinance information], ca.1978-present (Internet);
Polk County Maps [includes cities, community boundaries, flood plains, elevation, fire district, roads, school district, zoning, comprehensive plan, county bridges, and emergency snow routes-PDF], n.d.-present (Internet);
Polk County Web Map [Interactive Maps with Overlays-includes basemap, tax lot, fire district, flood, school district, soils, and zoning information], n.d.-present (Internet);
Polk County Zoning Ordinance, ca.1978-present (Internet).