Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Washington County Records Inventory
Zoning Records
1959-[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.
The searchable InterMap GIS database includes zoning maps and related information.
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 130, Public Research Area:
Ordinances [Exhibits to A Engrossed Ordinance #220-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (2 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ordinance #265 Flood Plain Maps-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (1 reel of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ord. #280-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982-1983 (4 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ord. #294-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (1 reel of microfilm);
Ordinances [Ord. #332-333-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1982 (2 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Oversize Exhibits Ord. #47, 148, 218, 219, 242, 263, 265-includes zoning map amendments and comprehensive framework plan information], ca.1967-1983 (1 reel of microfilm);
Ordinances [Oversize Exhibits Ord. #265-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], ca.1982 (3 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Prior to Enactment Ordinance 45-294-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1967-1985 (9 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Zone Changes], vol. 1A, 1B, 1C, 2-5, 9-15, ca,1962-ca.1991 (2 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Zoning Map Amendments], 1973 (2 reels of microfilm);
Ordinances [Zoning Maps], vol. 1A, 1B, 1C, 2-5, 9-15, 1962-1991 (5 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 350, Long Range Planning Division Office:
[Ordinance Exhibits-includes zoning], 1983-1996 (20 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 350, Long Range Planning Division Office, Library:
[Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Records-includes code development and update information], ca.1983-2006 (ca.20 cu.ft.).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 350, Land Development Division Office, Counter Hanging Map Area:
P.O.D. Sepias [Zoning Maps], 1959-1973 (11 volumes).
Records at the Public Services Building, Suite 350, Land Development Division Office, Microfilm Alcove:
Tax/Plan/Land Maps [includes comprehensive plan and zoning maps], ca.1982-ca.2003 (12 inches of microfiche);
Tax/Plan/Land Maps [Land Use Maps-includes zoning], ca.1983 (7 reels of microfilm);
Tax/Plan/Land Maps [Old Plan Maps-includes zoning], 1962-1973 (3 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Walnut Street Center Complex, Building E, County Historical Records Vault:
Deed Book no. 445 [Zoning no. 6-Zoning Orders], 1978-1982 (1 volume);
Zoning [Resolutions and Orders-with index], vol. 1-5A, 5B, 1970-1978 (6 volumes).
Records at the Walnut Street Center Complex, Building E, County Records Center:
Land Use Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], no. 337-350, 1989 (1 cu.ft.);
Planning Commission Zoning Orders [actually Board of Commissioners], 1971-1977 (3 cu.ft.).
Records at the Washington County Web Site:
Land Use Ordinances [Washington County-includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 2000-present (Internet).