Land Use District Definitions

Land use district map

All land in Gresham has been zoned for certain types of uses as listed below.

For additional information about land use districts, including maps or district descriptions, contact the Planner on Duty, at POD@GreshamOregon.gov or 503-618-2780. 

Residential development districts

• Corridor Multi-Family (CMF) - Section 4.0412
• High-Density Residential - Pleasant Valley (HDR-PV) - Section 4.1406
• Low Density Residential-5 (LDR-5) - Section 4.0110
• Low Density Residential-7 (LDR-7) - Section 4.0111
• Low Density Residential - Pleasant Valley (LDR-PV)  - Section 4.1404
• Low Density Residential - Springwater (LDR-SW) - Section 4.1505
• Moderate Density Residential-12 (MDR-12) - Section 4.0114
• Moderate Density Residential-24 (MDR-24) - Section 4.0115
• Medium Density Residential - Pleasant Valley (MDR-PV) - Section 4.1405
• Townhouse Residential - Springwater (THR-SW) - Section 4.1506
• Transit Low Density Residential (TLDR) - Section 4.0112
• Transition Residential (TR) - Section 4.0113
• Very Low Density Residential - Springwater (VLDR-SW) - Section 4.1504

Mixed-use development districts

• Community Commercial (CC) - Section 4.0414
• Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) - Section 4.0413
• Civic Neighborhood Residential Mid-Rise (CNRM) - Section 4.1222
• Civic Neighborhood Transit Moderate Density (CNTM) - Section 4.1223
• Civic Neighborhood Transit High Density (CNTH) - Section 4.1223 
• Downtown Commercial Core (DCC) - Section 4.1110
• Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) -  Section 4.1111
• Downtown Transit Mid-Rise (DTM) - Section 4.1112
• Downtown Employment Mid-Rise (DEM) - Section 4.1133
• Downtown Residential Low-Rise-1 (DRL-1) - Section 4.1114
• Downtown Residential Low-Rise-2 (DRL-2) - Section 4.1115
• Downtown Commercial Low-Rise (DCL) - Section 4.1116
• Moderate Commercial (MC) - Section 4.0415
• Mixed-Use Employment - Pleasant Valley (MUE-PV) - Section 4.1417
• Neighborhood Center - Pleasant Valley (NC-PV) - Section 4.1418
• Office / Residential (OFR) - Section 4.0116
• Rockwood Town Center (RTC) - Section 4.0410
• Station Centers (SC) - Section 4.0411
• Town Center - Pleasant Valley (TC-PV) - Section 4.1416
• Village Center - Springwater (VC-SW) - Section 4.1516

Commercial development districts

• Employment Center - Pleasant Valley (EC-PV) - Section 4.1419
• General Commercial (GC) - Section 4.0211
• Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) - Section 4.0210
• Neighborhood Commercial - Springwater (NC-SW) - Section 4.1519

Industrial development districts

• Heavy Industrial (HI) - Section 4.0310
• General Industrial (GI) - Section 4.0311
• Industrial - Springwater (IND-SW) - Section 4.1518
• Research/Technology Industrial - Springwater (RTI-SW) - Section 4.1517
• Ruby Junction Station Center - Ruby Junction Overlay (SC-RJ) - Section 4.0411

Gresham Butte Plan District - Section 4.1300

Environmentally Sensitive/Restoration Area - Pleasant Valley (ESRA-PV) - Section 4.1400

Environmentally Sensitive/Restoration Area - Springwater (ESRA-SW) - Section 4.1500