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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Josh Peters, County Administrator
FROM: Jeremy Williammee, Community Development Director
DATE: July 13, 2026
SUBJECT: Deliberation & Potential Action to Adopt the 2025–2045 Comprehensive Plan Periodic
Update and Associated UDC Amendments
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
On July 6, 2026, the Board of County Commissioners held a duly noticed public hearing on the 2025–
2045 Comprehensive Plan (CP) Periodic Update and associated Unified Development Code (UDC)
amendments, as recommended by the Planning Commission on May 13, 2026. The Board received public
testimony and continued the matter to allow further deliberation on issues raised during the hearing and
by the Planning Commission in its recommendation letter. The Board is now requested to continue
deliberations and consider whether to adopt the CP and UDC amendments, with or without modification.
ANALYSIS:
This session will continue discussion and deliberation begun on July 6, 2026, allow staff to present
targeted changes in response to Board feedback, and for the Board to provide additional guidance or
comments as desired.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
There are no direct fiscal impacts associated with this public hearing.
RECOMMENDATION:
Continue deliberations on the 2025–2045 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update and associated UDC
amendments, and take potential action to adopt, adopt with modifications, or further continue the matter.
REVIEWED BY:
Josh D. Peters, County Administrator Date
7/8/2026
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
IN THE MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING THE 2025 JEFFERSON
COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
REPEALING AND REPLACING
ORDINANCE NO. 14-1210-18, WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND AMENDING ORDINANCE
NOS. 01-0426-21, 11-1218-23, 09-1209-24,
SOLELY TO EXTENT THESE
ORDINANCES AMENDED THE 2018
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
AMENDING THE UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE (TITLE 18 JCC),
AS NECESSARY TO REVISE
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
NECESSARY TO IMLEMENT THE 2025
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
ORDINANCE NO.
WHEREAS, Jefferson County is fully planning under the Growth Management Act
(GMA), chapter 36.70A RCW; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County adopted a revised Comprehensive Plan in 2018 via
Ordinance No. 14-1210-18; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County is required under the GMA and under chapter 18.45 of the
Jefferson County Code (JCC) to conduct a periodic review and update of its Comprehensive Plan
and Development Regulations to ensure consistency with updated state laws and regulations,
population and employment projections, and county policy decisions; and
WHEREAS, the Jefferson County board of county commissioners (BoCC) has completed
its professional periodic review and deliberations on the record, public notice, and public comment
with respect to all proposed amendments to Jefferson County’s Comprehensive Plan, originally
adopted by Resolution No. 72-98 on August 28, 1998 and as subsequently amended; and
WHEREAS, work on the 2025 Comprehensive Plan periodic update began in 2023 with
Jefferson County staff and the Jefferson County Planning Commission (Planning Commission),
with a project deadline extended to December 31, 2025, through legislative action of SHB 2296
(2024) amending periodic review schedules in RCW 36.70A.130(5)(b); and
WHEREAS, a Public Participation Plan was developed for the Comprehensive Plan
update project and adopted by the BoCC through Resolution No. 69-1118-24R, meeting public
participation requirements of RCW 36.70A.035;
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WHEREAS, from 2023 forward, the Jefferson County staff, the Planning Commission,
and the BoCC encouraged early and continuous public participation in the planning process
developing, implementing, and exceeding its public participation plan through public meetings,
public hearings, and community-wide outreach programs; and
WHEREAS, the extensive public participation in the development of the update to the
2025 Comprehensive Plan, is documented in the public participation report prepared for update to
the 2025 Comprehensive Plan, which can be found at:
https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/20113/2024-10-25---FINAL-Combined-
Public-Participation-Plans?bidId=; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Steering Committee (GMSC) was reconvened
through Resolution No. 09-24, and met a total of five times resulting in adoption of updated
Countywide Planning Policy (CPP) through Resolution No. 67-1118-24R, adoption of a
countywide planning population projection for the period 2025-2045, population allocations to
Urban Growth Areas (UGAs), and allocations of housing to income bands using Department of
Commerce Housing for All Planning Tool (HAPT) (Resolution No. 68-1118-24R); and
WHEREAS, discussions on the update to the 2025 Comprehensive Plan were held with
the City of Port Townsend, tribal governments, neighboring counties, state agencies, regional
organizations, special districts, other local partners, and the general public; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County staff prepared a staff report on the update of the 2025
Comprehensive Plan and an implementing development regulation amendment to the Unified
Development Code Amendment (title 18 JCC) for the Housing Element, then made the staff report
available to the public and presented to the Planning Commission and the BoCC; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission received written public comments and held a
public hearing on the periodic review and update of the 2025 Comprehensive Plan and Unified
Development Code amendments on May 13, 2026; and
WHEREAS, after thorough deliberations on the record, the Planning Commission
transmitted its recommendations on the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive Plan,
and updates to the Unified Development Code to the BoCC on June 10, 2026; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County staff proposed amendments to the periodic review and
update of the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code amendments to meet state
regulations, to ensure document consistency, and to meet county-wide policies, in addition to
amendments recommended by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive Plan and Unified
Development Code amendments were transmitted to the Washington State Department of
Commerce in accordance with RCW 36.70A.106 and other agencies on October 9, 2025 and April
16, 2026,requesting comment during the required 60-day review period; and
WHEREAS, the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive Plan and Unified
Development Code amendments underwent review under the State Environmental Policy Act
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(SEPA), and the County issued a Threshold Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) on April
13, 2026; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County staff issued a SEPA Checklist and Threshold
Determination on October 22, 2025, evaluating the 1998 Draft and Final Jefferson County
Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and subsequent Supplemental EISs
and Addenda addressing potential revisions to the proposed Comprehensive Plan and Unified
Development Code updates; and
WHEREAS, BoCC received written public comment and held a public hearing on July 6,
2026 soliciting testimony on the Planning Commission and staff’s recommendations on the
periodic review and update of the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code
amendments; and
WHEREAS, the BoCC thoroughly deliberated on the record in open public meetings and
refined the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code
amendments from XXXX through XXXX, 2026, holding a total of XX deliberation sessions; and
WHEREAS, the BoCC finds that the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive
Plan and Unified Development Code amendments serve to benefit the health, welfare, safety, and
lifestyle of the residents of Jefferson County; and
WHEREAS, the BoCC finds that the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive
Plan and Unified Development Code amendments are consistent with county-wide planning
policies and consistent with the comprehensive plans of other counties and cities with which
Jefferson County has common border or regional issues; and
WHEREAS, the BoCC finds that the periodic review and update of the Comprehensive
Plan and Unified Development Code amendments satisfies GMA requirements and JCC
requirement for a periodic review and update; and
WHEREAS, the BoCC must evaluate the Comprehensive Plan using the criteria set forth
in JCC 18.45.080(2)(c); and
WHEREAS, the BoCC makes the following additional findings, based on the full and
complete record, pursuant to the JCC 18.45.080(2)(c):
(i) Have circumstances related to the proposed amendment and the area in which it is
located substantially changed since the adoption of the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan?
Since the adoption of the 2018 Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, the Washington
State Office of Financial Management has made population projections for Jefferson County.
Jefferson County, in consultation with the City of Port Townsend, adopted growth allocations in
Resolution No. 68-1118-24R as recommended by the Growth Management Steering Committee,
reformed for the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update. Growth for Jefferson County
occurred at a slower rate than anticipated in the 2018 projections. The slower growth rate is
addressed in the 2025 Comprehensive Plan. The Land Use Element of the 2025 Comprehensive
Plan Periodic Update plans to the County’s 20-year population allocations for the year 2045
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consistent with Resolution No. 68-1118-24R. The prior population projection assumed a
population of 39,221 by 2038. New projections assume 40,486 people will live in the county by
2045, including an additional 2,360 residents in the City of Port Townsend and Irondale and Port
Hadlock UGA, each allocated 40% of proposed growth (80% allocated to urban areas), and 1,180
residents in rural areas (allocating 20% of proposed growth); and
(ii) Are the assumptions upon which the 2018 Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan is
based no longer valid or is new information available, which was not considered during the
adoption process or any annual amendments to the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan?
The BoCC finds that new information relating to housing, employment, wages, traffic,
capital facilities, and other factors are available since the 2018 Comprehensive Plan. Inventories
and analysis for each element are updated to reflect and address the new information as part of the
periodic update requirements of the GMA; and
(iii) Does the proposed amendment reflect current, widely held values of the residents of
Jefferson County?
The BoCC finds that the 2025 Comprehensive Plan reflects currently and widely held
values of the residents of Jefferson County. The 2025 Comprehensive Plan had an extensive public
outreach program; and
(iv) Is growth and development as envisioned in the 2018 Comprehensive Plan occurring
faster or slower than anticipated, or is it failing to materialize?
The BoCC finds that in a large part growth has occurred slower than anticipated; and
(v) Has the capacity of the county to provide adequate services diminished or increased?
The BoCC finds that the demand for public services and facilities likely will increase as population
and employment increases. The Facilities and Utilities Element adopts level of service for facilities
and services to support anticipated growth. The 2025 Comprehensive Plan identifies needed
facilities, their timing, and needed revenue. In some cases, level of service is adjusted to ensure
that Jefferson County continues to meet resident and business needs given its available funding,
staffing, and resources. Jefferson County is constructing a sewer system to serve the Irondale and
Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area. The 2025 Comprehensive Plan includes policies regarding
development of urban growth areas. Title 13, Utilities, was updated in 2024 to codify development
standards specifying when development and re-development requires connection to sanitary sewer
service in the Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area; and
(vi) Is there sufficient urban land, as designated and zoned to meet projected demand and
need?
The BoCC finds that there is sufficient urban land designated and zoned to meet projected demand
and need. A summary of the updated land capacity analysis is included in the Land Use Element
with more detail in Section 6.2 of Appendix E-1: Land Capacity & Housing Technical Appendix.
The capacity analysis prepared for the 2025 Periodic Update illustrates there is sufficient capacity
for planned growth, including sufficient capacity for new housing affordable to households across
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all income levels, with the proposed zoning revisions. No change is proposed to UGA boundaries.
Based on the vision, land characteristics, and provisions of the GMA, the County is proposing
limited redesignations from medium to high density residential in the UGA on the Land Use Map
in this periodic update. Updates related to allowed densities and uses, dimensional standards, and
process in the development regulations are proposed concurrent with the periodic updated to
support anticipated growth; and
(vii) Are any of these assumptions under which the plan is based no longer found to be
valid?
The BoCC finds all assumptions in the 2025 Comprehensive Plan valid; and
(viii) Are there changes in the county-wide attitudes? Do they necessitate amendments to
the goals of the Comprehensive Plan and the basic values embodied within the Comprehensive
Plan Vision Statement?
The BoCC finds that the Vision Statement reflects current county-wide attitudes as it was
developed with extensive public participation. The County prepared a slightly revised Vision
Statement and amended goals and policies in each element as part of the periodic update
requirements of the GMA. The Visions Statement and all goals and policies were reviewed for
needed revisions, additions, and deletions to align with key findings from the community outreach,
updated context, and new state requirements; and
(ix) Are there changes in circumstances which dictate a need for amendment to the
Comprehensive Plan?
The BoCC finds that new trends and conditions in Jefferson County, together with extensive public
participation and new GMA requirements, resulted in changes to circumstances and a need to adopt
the 2025 Comprehensive Plan; and
(x) Do inconsistencies exist between the Comprehensive Plan and the GMA or the
Comprehensive Plan and countywide planning policies for Jefferson County?
The BoCC finds that there are no inconsistencies between the 2025 Comprehensive Plan,
countywide planning policies, and the GMA. The periodic updates maintain consistency.
The BoCC finds that sufficient analysis has been completed for adopting a new SEPA categorical
exemption for middle housing projects in the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA and the county-
administered portion of the Port Townsend UGA, through the comprehensive plan periodic review,
particularly the Land Capacity Analysis and Housing Technical Appendix E-1 and the SEPA
Environmental Checklist.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED, BY THE JEFFERSON
COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Findings of Fact.
The BoCC hereby adopts the recitals (the WHEREAS statements) as their findings of fact in
support of this Ordinance.
Section 2. 2025 Comprehensive Plan Adopted by this Ordinance.
The 2025 Comprehensive Plan, as set forth in Exhibit A, is incorporated by reference and adopted
as the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan. The 2025 Comprehensive Plan implements changes
in the housing element in the 2025 Comprehensive Plan that were mandated by legislation in 2025
that affects the housing element, namely SB5471 (2025) which authorizes counties with
comprehensive plans to authorize middle housing on single-family lots within both Urban Growth
Areas (UGAs) and Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development (LAMIRDs).
Section 3. Amendments to the Unified Development Code by this Ordinance.
The amendments to the Jefferson County Unified Development Code, in Exhibit B, are
incorporated by reference and adopted. In addition to the 2025 Comprehensive Plan, this
Ordinance includes revisions to development regulations in the Unified Development Code (title
18 JCC) that implement changes in the housing element of the 2025 Comprehensive Plan that were
mandated by legislation in:
• 2021: Affordable Housing, Displacement, and Racially Disparate Impacts. HB 1220
requires local jurisdictions to plan for and accommodate housing affordable to all
economic segments of the population, including moderate, low, very low, and extremely
low income, as well as emergency shelters and permanent supportive housing.
• 2023: Middle Housing. HB 1110 requires cities of certain sizes and locations to allow a
broader range of housing types in areas that previously allowed predominantly detached
homes. These broader housing types generally focus on “middle housing” (e.g., duplex,
triplex, fourplex, cottage housing, townhouse). The 2025 Comprehensive Plan opts to
implement these changes within the unincorporated Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA to
support increased housing variety, choice, and affordability consistent with community
outreach priorities.
• 2023: ADUs. HB 1337 expands housing options by easing barriers for accessory dwelling
units (ADUs) and requires fully planning cities and counties under the GMA to allow two
ADUs per lot in UGAs and prohibits certain restrictive local requirements for ADUs.
• 2023: State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Infill Exemptions. SB 5412 expands SEPA
categorical exemptions for residential projects to reduce local governments’ land use
permitting workloads, thereby facilitating more housing development.
• 2025: Middle Housing in UGAs and LAMIRDs. SB5471 authorizes counties with
comprehensive plans to authorize middle housing on single-family lots within both Urban
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Growth Areas (UGAs) and Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development
(LAMIRDs).
Section 4. Work to Complete Development Regulations Necessary to Implement the 2025
Comprehensive Plan Is Not Complete and Is Not Addressed in this Ordinance.
The GMA contains the following mandatory elements: (1) A land use element, 36.70A.070(1);
(2) A housing element, 36.70A.070(2); (3) A capital facilities plan element, 36.70A.070(3); A
utilities element, 36.70A.070(4); A rural element, 36.70A.070(5); A transportation element,
36.70A.070(6); (7) An economic development element, 36.70A.070(7); (8) A park and recreation
element, 36.70A.070(8); and, (9) A climate change and resiliency element, 36.70A.070(9). The
2025 Comprehensive Plan addresses all nine of these elements. The updated 2025 Comprehensive
Plan considers the voice, vision, and future of the whole Jefferson County community, and is a 20-
year blueprint with various chapters and appendices with background information, analysis, and
maps, charts, and tables to reflect more current data and the updated requirements under the GMA.
This includes an updated Housing Element consistent with new state planning requirements, as
well as a revised Future Land Use map, Capital Facilities Plan to address a range of services and
infrastructure, and a new Climate Element.
But only development regulations being recommended by DCD and the Planning Commission in
this Ordinance concern the housing element changes mandated by SB 5471 (2025). County Staff
and the Planning Commission are working on additional revisions to the development regulations
in the Unified Development Code (title 18 JCC) that implement other changes in the 2025
Comprehensive Plan.
Section 5. A Transportation Concurrency Ordinance Is Being Developed, But Is Not Addressed
in this Ordinance.
The additional implementing development regulations being developed include a transportation
concurrency ordinance, the development of which is specifically called for in the 2025
Comprehensive Plan. The transportation concurrency ordinance is necessitated by the September
9, 2025 establishment of the sewer system in the urban growth area (UGA) in Irondale and Port
Hadlock and the enactment of Ordinance No. 06-0818-25, which made clear that the transitional
rural zoning overlay was removed from within the UGA where the sewer system is located within
“200 feet of an existing sewer collection line via public rights-of-way, utility easements or some
other route at the discretion of the [Public Works Department] director.” See JCC 13.02.010 and
JCC 13.04.010(1), (2), and Table 4-1.
Section 6. Additional Time to complete the work described in Sections 4 and 5.
Under RCW 36.70A.130 and WAC 365-196-610(1)(b), there must be one process for updating the
Comprehensive Plan and its implementing development regulations. Nothing in WAC 365-196-
610(1)(b) requires there be just one ordinance or that the ordinances be adopted at the same time.
RCW 36.70A.130 requires that the review required be done in a public participation process. RCW
36.70A.130(2)(a). The county’s public participation process for GMA is in chapter 18.45
JCC. Compliance with chapter 18.45 JCC includes compliance with JCC 18.45.090, which
includes notice, Planning Commission review, BoCC review and transmittal to the State of
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Washington Department of Commerce. Adopting only the Comprehensive Plan and the housing
element changes now alone would not satisfy the one-process requirement in RCW 36.70A.130,
WAC 365-196-610(1)(b) and chapter 18.45. But the BoCC is authorized by RCW
36.70A.130(6)(b) and WAC 365-196-610(1)(b) to add additional time to complete the entire
process for updating the Comprehensive Plan and its implementing development regulations.
On December 15, 2025, Resolution No. 86-1215-25R was adopted, which extended the time to
complete the entire 2025 Comprehensive Plan and implementing development regulations from
December 31, 2025 to June 30, 2027. This extension was authorized by RCW 36.70A.130(6)(b)
and WAC 365-196-610(1)(b) allow Jefferson County to take up to an additional 24 months to
complete the periodic update process since the Jefferson County has a population of less than
50,000 and has not had its population increase by more than 17 percent in the 10 years preceding
the December 31, 2025 deadline. Although Jefferson County has approximately an year and a half
to complete the entire comp plan update process, the additional extension needed is approximately
60 days, since Jefferson County already has completed its Critical Areas Ordinance and the time
for appealing it passed on May 18, 2026.
Accordingly, the BoCC hereby extends the deadline in Resolution No. 86-1215-25R to September
30, 2026.
Section 7. Repeal and Replacement of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Ordinance and Other
Ordinances that Modify the adopted 2018 Comprehensive Plan.
The 2018 Comprehensive Plan and Ordinance No. 14-1210-18, which adopted is hereby repealed.
The repealing of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan shall not repeal or affect any vested rights
established by the 2018 Comprehensive Plan.
Section 8. Amendment of Other Ordinances Modifying the 2018 Comprehensive Plan or
Development Regulations Implementing the 2018 Comprehensive Plan.
Any ordinance that conflicts with the 2025 Comprehensive Plan adopted in this Ordinance is
hereby amended to be consistent with this Ordinance. The ordinances amended pursuant to this
section may include Ordinances Nos. 01-0426-21, 11-1218-23, and 09-1209-24. The amendment
of any such ordinance that conflicts with the 2025 Comprehensive Plan adopted in this Ordinance
shall not affect any vested rights established by the 2018 Comprehensive Plan or development
regulations adopted to implement changes to the 2018 Comprehensive Plan.
Section 9. Transmission of this Ordinance to the Washington State Department of Commerce.
The 2025 Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan shall be transmitted to the Washington State
Department of Commerce and the amendments to the Unified Development Code adopted in this
Ordinance shall be transmitted to the Washington State Department of Commerce immediately
upon adoption of this Ordinance.
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Section 10. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance or its application to other
persons or circumstances shall be fully valid and shall not be affected.
Section 11. SEPA.
The county, acting as lead agency, published a SEPA Checklist and Determination of Non-
Significance (DNS) on April 13, 2026. For the DNS, in accordance with Part 6 of chapter 197-11
WAC, the SEPA responsible official relied upon the following existing environmental documents:
Year State Environmental Policy Act Document Description
1997-1998 Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS/FEIS) and addenda
prepared in anticipation of adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in 1998. The
DEIS and FEIS are dated February 24, 1997 and May 27, 1998, respectively,
and examined the potential cumulative environmental impacts of adopting
alternative versions of the Comprehensive Plan.
6/30/1999
8/18/1999
Draft Supplemental EIS (DSEIS)--Comprehensive Plan 1999 Amendments
(Task III of Tri-Area/Glen Cove Special Study)
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Jefferson County
Comprehensive Plan 1999 Amendments. Tri-Area/Glen Cove Special Study
Task IV.
6/11/2001 Glen Cove/Tri-Area Special Study Supplemental EIS Final Decision Document,
June 11, 2001.
2002 Integrated Growth Management Act/State Environmental Policy Act Document
Environmental Review of a Non-Project Action: Draft Supplemental EIS
August 21, 2002, to Supplement the Comprehensive Plan Draft and Final EIS
(1997) and Comprehensive Plan 1999 Amendments Draft and Final SEIS.
November 25, 2002 Integrated FSEIS 2002 Amendment Docket.
This FSEIS was appealed before the Western Washington Growth Management
Hearings Board (WWGMHB) of which the WWGMHB issued a Final Decision
and Order (FDO) and remanded it back to the Department for additional
environmental review.
The county hired Wheeler Consulting, to prepare additional environmental
review based on the FDO. A DSEIS to the 2002 CPA SEIS was issued on
March 3, 2004. A FSEIS to the 2002 CPA SEIS was issued on May 12, 2004 as
part of the review and in consideration of MLA02-00235.
2003 Staff Recommendation and Environmental Analysis with Regard to the
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Adoption of Four Proposed Site-Specific Amendments to the 1998 Jefferson
County Comprehensive Plan. SEPA Addendum August 6, 2003. Sept. 17, 2003
SEPA Addendum for Suggested Amendments.
2004 2004 Staff Report and SEPA Addendum to 1998 EIS for UGA Amendments to
the Comprehensive Plan issued May 19, 2004.
2004 2004 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket Department of Community
Development Integrated Staff Report and SEPA Addendum issued September
22, 2004.
2005 Integrated GMA/SEPA Addendum Staff Report, August 3, 2005. Incorporated
by reference: 1998 DEIS/FEIS and 2004 Addendum.
2006 Integrated GMA/SEPA Addendum Staff Rpt., July 19, 2006.
2007 SEPA Addendum, adopting by reference 2004 Staff Report and SEPA
Addendum for UGA Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan issued May 19,
2004 and 2004 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket Department of
Community Development Integrated Staff Report and SEPA Addendum issued
September 22, 2004.
2008 Integrated GMA/SEPA Addendum Staff Report, September 3, 2008. Adopted
by reference: 1998 DEIS/FEIS, and environmental documents from 2004,
2005, 2006, and 2007 environmental review.
2009 Port Hadlock UGA Sewer Facility Plan (2008) (“Sewer Plan”) incorporated
into the County’s Comprehensive Plan Capital Facilities Element (“CFE”) to
comply with the Growth Board’s decision finding noncompliance with the
County’s Urban Growth Area (“UGA”) and GMA capital facilities planning.
Ordinance No. 03-0323-09 (Re: MLA09-00024, UGA Final Compliance
Action).
2009 Integrated GMA/SEPA Addendum Staff Report, September 2, 2009. Adopted
by legal notice: 1998 DEIS/FEIS, September 22nd Staff Report 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, “and all supplementary information…supporting record,
analyses, materials.”
2010 Integrated GMA/SEPA Addendum Staff Report, September 2010.
2013 Integrated GMA/SEPA Addendum, Staff Report September 4, 2013. Adopted
by reference all previous SEPA documents.
2015 Staff Report & SEPA Environmental Review, Proposal to Amend Unified
Development Code, JCC 18.30.150 Sign Code, October 29, 2015. Integrated
Growth Management Act/State Environmental Policy Act Analysis,
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Environmental Review of a Non-Project Action.
2018 Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan Update 2018 SEPA Addendum to 1998
Draft and Final Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact
Statements and subsequent Supplemental EISs and Addenda. April 4, 2018.
2021 SEPA Addendum on February 28, 2021. The SEPA Addendum and supporting
SEPA Environmental Checklists provide additional information relating to the
Jefferson County Final Environmental Impact Statement (“Final EIS”), May 27,
1998 and associated SEPA documents. These SEPA documents were adopted
and the additional information was determined not to involve significant new
impacts. A Determination of Significance and Notice of Adoption was
published on February 28, 2021.
2021 Port Hadlock UGA Sewer Facility Plan Update and Appendices (Feb. 2021).
The revisions to the Sewer Plan mostly related to funding, engineering
specifications (low pressure system with grinders), and minor modifications to
the core service area. The revisions allowed the County to implement sewering
the core service area within six years. A Comprehensive Plan Amendment
(MLA20-00102) was adopted for the updated Sewer Plan in Ordinance No. 01-
0426-21, when the 2020 Comprehensive Plan Docket was approved. Ordinance
No. 01-0426-21 included a SEPA review through a staff issued Addendum to
the 1998 Draft and Final Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan Environmental
Impact Statements (“EIS”) and subsequent Supplement EISs, and a SEPA
Checklist and Addendum that addressed the 2020 Docket items, including the
proposed revisions to the Comprehensive Plan.
2022 Staff Report & SEPA Environmental Review to establish regulations for the
siting, establishment, and operation of temporary housing facilities for
unhoused people needing emergency housing services. Proposal to Amend
Unified Development Code chapter 18.20 JCC Performance & Use-Specific
Standards, chapter 18.10 JCC Definitions. Integrated Growth Management
Act/State Environmental Policy Act Addendum. April 20, 2022.
2022 Staff Report & Environmental Review, Proposal to Amend Unified
Development Code (UDC) Jefferson County Code (JCC) 18.12: ‘Legal Lot of
Record Determination and Lot Consolidation’ and Amendments to chapters
18.10 and 18.35 JCC. Integrated Growth Management Act (GMA)/State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Addendum. August 24, 2022.
2023 2023 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket, Staff Report and SEPA
Addendum. Integrated Growth Management Act and State Environmental
Policy Act Document, Environmental Review of a Non-Project Action:
Addendum to Existing Environmental Documents. October 11, 2023.
2024 2024 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket, Combined Staff Report and
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An agency may use previously prepared environmental documents to evaluate proposed actions,
alternatives, or environmental impacts. The proposals may be the same as or different than those
analyzed in the existing documents (WAC 197-11-600(2)). This ordinance is within the scope of
the previously prepared environmental documents.
Section 12. Effective Date for this Ordinance.
The Ordinance becomes effective upon adoption by the BoCC, with the following exceptions:
SEPA and UGA amendments shall be effective pursuant to Sections 13 and 14 below.
Section 13. Effective Date for Amendments to Jefferson County’s UGA.
Amendments to UGAs shall have an effective date 60 days from the date of adoption.
Section 14. Effective Date for SEPA.
Amendments to SEPA categorical exemptions under RCW 43.21C.229(3) become effective 30
days from adoption.
(SIGNATURES FOLLOW ON THE NEXT PAGE)
SEPA Addendum, an integrated Growth Management Act and State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Document (September 4, 2024).
2025 The review and update of the Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) to strengthen
regulations in alignment with the best available science, and to improve the
document’s layout, clarity, and usability. Environmental Review of a Non-
Project Action. November 26, 2025.
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Approved and adopted this ___ day of _____ 2026 at ____: ______.
SEAL: JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
__________________________
Greg Brotherton, Chair
__________________________
Heidi Eisenhour, Member
__________________________
Heather Dudley-Nollette, Member
ATTEST APPROVED AS TO FORM:
__________________________ __________________________
Carolyn Gallaway, CMC Philip C. Hunsucker, Date
Deputy Clerk of the Board Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Exhibit A. Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan
A-1
EXHIBIT A
2025 JEFFERSON COUNTY COMPEHENSIVE PLAN
[ATTACH FINAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HERE]
B-2
EXHIBIT B
IMPLEMENTING UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
AMENDMENTS FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT
[Amendments shown in color red for readability only.]
Changes to Chapter 18.10 JCC (Definitions)
18.10.010 A definitions.
“Abandon” means to terminate the use of a structure by an affirmative act, such as changing to a
new use; or to cease, terminate, or vacate a use or structure through nonaction. Except for ongoing
agricultural activities, there shall be a presumption that a use has been abandoned if it is not
undertaken, utilized, implemented or performed for a period of two years.
“Abutting” means adjoining with a common boundary line or any portion thereof.
“Accessory dwelling unit” means an additional dwelling unit either in or added to an existing
single-family detached dwelling, or in a separate accessory structure on the same lot as the main
structure, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provisions within the accessory
dwelling unit for cooking, eating, sanitation and sleeping. Such a dwelling shall be considered an
accessory use to the main dwelling and be clearly subordinate to the main dwelling.
“Accessory dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit located on the same lot as a single-family housing
unit, duplex, triplex, townhome, or other primary housing unit. (NEW)
“Attached accessory dwelling unit” means an accessory dwelling unit located within or attached
to a single-family housing unit, duplex, triplex, townhome, or other housing unit. (NEW)
“Accessory use” means use of land or of a building or portion thereof incidental and subordinate
to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with the principal use.
“Accessory uses (to agriculture)” mean uses accessory to agriculture that support, promote, or
sustain agricultural operations and production, as provided in JCC 18.20.030.
“Accumulative short subdivision” means multiple short subdivision of contiguous land under
common ownership. “Ownership,” for purposes of Chapter 18.35 JCC, means ownership as
established at the date of the initial short subdivision approval. Ownership by persons related by
blood or marriage where an interfamily land conveyance has occurred within two years of making
application for short subdivision approval shall be construed to be common ownership.
“Acre” means a unit of measure of land area which consists of 43,560 square feet.
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“Adequate” means acceptable but not excessive.
“Adequate capacity (adequate capital or public facilities)” means capital facilities and services that
have the capacity available to serve development at the time of occupancy or use without
decreasing levels of service (LOS) below the standards set forth in the Comprehensive Plan.
“Adequate capacity” also includes a financial commitment that is in place to complete the
improvements, or noncapital strategies, necessary to provide a specific level of service within six
years. (See also “Available capital facilities (available capacity),” “Concurrency,” “Level of
service (LOS).”)
“Adjacent” means (in addition to abutting) that which is near or close; for example, an industrial
district across the road or highway from a commercial district shall be considered as “adjacent.”
“Adjacent lands, shoreline” means lands adjacent to the shorelines of the state (outside of shoreline
jurisdiction). See RCW 90.58.340.
“Administrative design review” means a development permit process whereby an application is
reviewed, approved, or denied by the planning director or the planning director's designee based
solely on objective design and development standards without a public predecision hearing, unless
such review is otherwise required by state or federal law, or the structure is a designated landmark
or historic district established under a local preservation ordinance. A county may utilize public
meetings, hearings, or voluntary review boards to consider, recommend, or approve requests for
variances from locally established design review standards. (NEW)
“Administrator” means the Jefferson County department of community development director or a
designated representative.
“Adverse” means contrary to one’s interest or welfare; harmful or unfavorable circumstances.
“Adverse impacts” means a condition that creates, imposes, aggravates, or leads to inadequate,
impractical, unsafe, or unhealthy conditions on a site proposed for development or on off-site
property or facilities or on wildlife or wildlife habitat.
“Affordable housing” means those housing units available for purchase or rent to individuals or
families with a gross income between the federally recognized poverty level and the median
income for working families in Jefferson County; and whose costs, including utilities, would not
exceed 30 percent of gross income.
“Affordable housing development” means a proposed or existing structure in which 100 percent
of all single-family or multifamily residential dwelling units within the development are set aside
for or are occupied by low-income households at a sales price or rent amount that may not exceed
30 percent of the income limit for the low-income housing unit. (NEW)
“Aggrieved person” means a party of record who can demonstrate the following:
(a) The land use decision will prejudice the person;
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(b) The asserted interests are among those the county is required by county code, federal or
state law or regulation to consider in making a land use decision;
(c) The person is a party of record, as defined in JCC 18.10.160; and
(d) A decision on appeal in favor of the person would substantially eliminate or redress the
prejudice alleged to be caused by the land use decision.
“Agricultural activities” has the same meaning as in RCW 90.58.065(2)(a), as it may be modified
in the future, and currently reads “agricultural uses and practices including, but not limited to:
Producing, breeding, or increasing agricultural products; rotating and changing agricultural crops;
allowing land used for agricultural activities to lie fallow in which it is plowed and tilled but left
unseeded; allowing land used for agricultural activities to lie dormant as a result of adverse
agricultural market conditions; allowing land used for agricultural activities to lie dormant because
the land is enrolled in a local, state, or federal conservation program, or the land is subject to a
conservation easement; conducting agricultural operations; maintaining, repairing, and replacing
agricultural equipment; maintaining, repairing, and replacing agricultural facilities, provided that
the replacement facility is no closer to the shoreline than the original facility; and maintaining
agricultural lands under production or cultivation.”
“Agricultural best management practices (BMPs)” means schedules of activities, prohibitions of
practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce pollution
of waters or degradation of wetlands and fish and wildlife habitat areas.
“Agricultural checklist” means the checklist required by JCC 18.22.830(1).
“Agricultural land” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(1).
“Agricultural land of local importance” means land in addition to designated prime agricultural
land that is of local importance for the production of food, fiber, forage, or oilseed crops.
Generally, additional farmlands of local importance include those that are nearly prime farmland
and that economically produce high yields of crops when treated or managed according to
acceptable farming methods. Such farmlands may include areas of commercial aquaculture.
“Agricultural product or commodity” is defined as follows, except for Chapter 18.22 JCC. For all
other chapters, “agricultural product or commodity” means any plant or part of a plant, or animal,
or animal product, produced by a producer primarily for sale, consumption, propagation, or other
use by people or animals. For Chapter 18.22 JCC “agricultural products” are defined in RCW
90.58.065(2)(b).
“Agricultural resource lands (agricultural lands)” means lands that are primarily devoted to the
commercial production of horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, dairy, apiary, vegetable, or
animal products or of berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, or Christmas trees not subject to the
excise tax imposed by RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, finfish in upland hatcheries, or
livestock, and that have long-term commercial significance for agricultural production (RCW
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36.70A.030(2)). Agricultural resource lands are divided into two land use designations, prime (AP-
20) and local (AL-20), in the Comprehensive Plan.
“Agricultural warehouse (public warehouse)” means any elevator, mill, subterminal grain
warehouse, terminal warehouse, country warehouse, or other structure or enclosure that is used or
usable for the storage of agricultural products, and in which commodities are received from the
public for storage, handling, conditioning, or shipment for compensation. The term does not
include any warehouse storing or handling fresh fruits or vegetables, any warehouse used
exclusively for cold storage, or any warehouse that conditions yearly less than 300 tons of an
agricultural commodity for compensation.
“Agriculture” means the science, art, and business of producing crops, or raising livestock;
farming.
“Agriculture, existing and ongoing” is defined as follows, except for Chapter 18.22 JCC which is
governed by the definition of “agricultural activities.” For all other chapters, “agriculture, existing
and ongoing” means any agricultural activity conducted on an ongoing basis on lands enrolled in
the open space tax program for agriculture or designated as agricultural lands of long-term
commercial significance on the official map of Comprehensive Plan land use designations;
provided, agricultural activities were conducted on those lands at any time during the five-year
period preceding April 28, 2003. Agricultural use ceases when the area on which it is conducted
is converted to a nonagricultural use.
“Agriculture, new” is defined as follows, except for Chapter 18.22 JCC which is governed by the
definition of “agricultural activities.” For all other chapters, “agriculture, new” means agricultural
activities proposed or conducted after April 28, 2003, and that do not meet the definition of
“existing and ongoing agriculture.”
“Agritourism” means agriculturally related accessory uses designed to bring the public to the farm
on a temporary or continuous basis, such as U-Pick farm sales, retail sales of farm products, farm
mazes, pumpkin patch sales, farm animal viewing and petting, wagon rides, farm tours,
horticultural nurseries and associated display gardens, cider pressing, wine or cheese tasting, etc.
“Airport” means an area of land or facility publicly owned and open to general public use for
aircraft operations, except any airfield or airstrip as defined herein. An airport may include related
services and facilities.
“Airstrip” means a privately owned area of land, closed to the public, and restricted to use by the
owner primarily for noncommercial aircraft operations and, on an occasional basis, invited guests
of the owner or for emergency purposes.
“Allowable outright use” means land uses and activities which are exempt from the provisions of
this Unified Development Code.
“Allowed use (“Yes” use)” means uses allowed subject to the provisions of this code, including
meeting applicable performance and development standards; if a building, or other development
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permit (e.g., stormwater permit) is required, the use is subject to the project review and approval
process.
“Alteration, nonconforming structures” means any change or rearrangement in the supporting
members of existing buildings, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or interior
partitions, as well as any changes in doors, windows, means of egress or ingress or any enlargement
to or diminution of a building or structure, horizontally or vertically, or the moving of a building
from one location to another. This definition excludes normal repair and maintenance, such as
painting or roof replacement, but includes more substantial changes.
“Alteration, nonconforming use” means the expansion, modification or intensification of a use that
does not conform to the land use regulations of the UDC.
“Animal feeding operation (AFO)” means agricultural enterprises where animals are kept and
raised in confined situations. AFOs congregate animals, feed, manure and urine, dead animals and
production operations on a small land area. Feed is brought to the animals rather than the animals
grazing or otherwise seeking feed in pastures, fields, or on rangeland. The formal definition in
federal regulations is “a lot or facility (other than an aquatic animal production facility) where the
following conditions are met: (1) animals (other than aquatic animals) have been, are or will be
stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month period,
and (2) crops, vegetation, forage, growth, or post-harvest residues are not sustained in the normal
growing season over any portion of the lot or facility.” (40 CFR 122.23(b)(1))
“Animal feeding operation, concentrated (CAFO)” means an AFO that is defined as a “large
CAFO” or as a “medium CAFO” according to federal regulations or that is designated as a CAFO
by the permitting authority. Two or more AFOs under common ownership are considered to be a
single AFO for the purposes of determining the number of animals at an operation, if they adjoin
each other or if they use a common area or system for the disposal of wastes. (40 CFR
122.23(b)(2))
“Large CAFO” means an AFO that meets or exceeds one of the following thresholds: 700 mature
dairy cows; 1,000 beef cattle or heifers; 2,500 swine (each 55 pounds or more); 10,000 swine (each
under 55 pounds); 1,000 veal calves; 500 horses; 10,000 sheep or lambs; 55,000 turkeys; 30,000
ducks (other than liquid manure handling systems); 5,000 ducks (liquid manure handling systems);
30,000 chickens (liquid manure handling systems); 125,000 chickens, except laying hens (other
than liquid manure handling systems); 82,000 laying hens (other than liquid manure handling
systems).
“Medium CAFO” means an AFO where either a manmade ditch or pipe carries manure or
wastewater from the operation to surface water or animals come into contact with surface water
running through the area where they are confined; and the operation meets or exceeds the following
thresholds: 200 mature dairy cows; 300 beef cattle or heifers; 750 swine (each 55 pounds or more);
3,000 swine (each under 55 pounds); 300 veal calves; 150 horses; 3,000 sheep or lambs; 16,500
turkeys; 10,000 ducks (other than liquid manure handling systems); 1,500 ducks (liquid manure
handling systems); 9,000 chickens (liquid manure handling systems); 37,500 chickens, except
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laying hens (other than liquid manure handling systems); 25,000 laying hens (other than liquid
manure handling systems).
“Animal commercial kennel or cattery” means a kennel where five or more adult dogs or cats are
boarded, bred or trained for compensation. Commercial kennels exceed the number of animals
allowed by a hobby kennel, regardless if compensation is received for services. Commercial
kennels or catteries do not including a small animal hospital or clinic, pet shop or shelter. (See also
“Animal shelter” and “Animal hobby kennel.”)
“Animal hobby kennel” means a noncommercial kennel at or adjoining a private residence where
five or more adult dogs, cats or combination thereof are kept for purposes other than breeding as
a primary interest, such as for hunting or organized field trials, obedience or confirmation
competition. Hobby kennels exceeding 10 dogs, cats or combination thereof shall be subject to the
provisions of a commercial kennel.
“Animal shelter” means a facility which is used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned or
unwanted animals. Shelters are owned, operated or maintained by a public body, established
humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention or cruelty to animals or other
nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection and humane treatment of animals.
Shelters also include facilities for the rehabilitation of wildlife.
“Appeal” means a request by an applicant or citizen that a decision made pursuant to this UDC be
reviewed for its correctness and legality by another person, agency or court of law having
jurisdiction to hear such an appeal.
Appeal, Open Record. (See “Open record hearing.”)
“Applicant” means the owner or owners of record of the property subject to a project permit
application under this code, or authorized representative thereof.
“Application” means the forms, plans and accompanying documents required for any project
permit approval under this code.
“Approving authority” means either the administrator, as defined in this UDC, the Jefferson
County hearing examiner or the Jefferson County board of commissioners, depending on the type
of permit process or decision specified in the applicable portion of this UDC.
“Aquaculture” means the farming or culturing of aquatic organisms.
“Aquifer” means a body of permeable saturated rock material or soil capable of conducting
groundwater.
“Aquifer recharge areas” means lands through which precipitation and surface water infiltrate the
soil and are transmitted through rocks and soil to create groundwater storage.
“Archaeological” means having to do with the scientific study of material remains of past human
life and activities.
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“Archaeological site” means an area of ancestral human use such as middens, burial grounds, and
earthworks.
“Area” means the size of a parcel of land, as expressed in square feet or acres to two decimal
places. When a public road right-of-way lies within a tract of land otherwise in contiguous
ownership, area within the right-of-way may be included in gross area for the purpose of
calculating maximum allowable density. When public road right-of-way abuts a tract of land, area
to the centerline may not be included in the gross area of the parcel for this purpose.
“Area, nominal” means the approximate area of a parcel of land, such as the aliquot part or the
land area in the assessor’s records.
“Area of special flood hazard” means the land in the floodplain within a community subject to a
one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, as indicated on the flood insurance
rate maps (FIRMs).
“Assembly facility” means a facility designed and used for the gathering of people, or in which
they may come together in a body, such as a meeting hall, community club or center, church, etc.
(See also “Community structure” and “Religious assembly facility.”)
“Assessor’s parcel number” means a geocoding number assigned by the assessor’s office for
property tax assessment purposes only.
“Automobile service station and repair” means any building, land area, or other premises used for
the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels and the servicing or repair of automobiles.
“Automobile wrecking and salvage yards” means an outdoor area used for the wrecking, storage,
and recycling/salvage of vehicles for scrap metal and/or parts. (See “Junk yard.”)
“Available capital facilities (available capacity)” means capital facilities or services that are in
place (“existing capacity”), or for which a financial commitment is in place to provide the facilities
or services within a specified time (“planned capacity”). “Available capacity” consists of existing
plus planned capacity. (See also “Adequate capacity (adequate capital or public facilities),”
“Concurrency,” and “Level of service (LOS).”)
“Average vehicular trips” means the average number of all vehicles entering or leaving a site
during a defined period. [Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 12-19 § 4 (Appx. C); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh.
B); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.030 C definitions.
“Calendar day” means any day of the week, including weekends and holidays. When used for
computing time, the day shall begin with the first day following the act or event initiating such
period of time occurred. When the last day of the period so computed is a Saturday, Sunday, or a
county, national, or state holiday, the period shall run until the end of the following business day.
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“Campground and camping facilities” means a facility in which sites are offered for persons using
tents or other personal, portable overnight shelters.
“Capital facilities” means physical structures or facilities owned or operated by a government
entity which provides or supports a public service.
“Capital improvements” means improvements to land, structures, initial furnishings, and selected
equipment.
“Caretaker residence” means a residence located on a premises with a main nonresidential use and
occupied only by a caretaker, and his/her immediate family, or guard employed on the premises.
“CC&Rs” means covenants, conditions and restrictions by which the declarant or other party or
parties executing the CC&Rs impose contractual obligations upon the present and future owners
and assignees of real property. CC&Rs are connected with land or other real property, and run
with the land, so that the grantee of such land is invested with and bound by the CC&Rs. CC&Rs
include but are not limited to “declarations” for condominiums in accordance with Chapters 64.32
and 64.34 RCW. CC&Rs are not enforced by the county.
“Certificate of occupancy or use” means a document issued by the Jefferson County building
official as the final approval acknowledging that all conditions and requirements have been met
and that the occupancy or use of a development is allowed.
“Certified feed lot” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as a commercial
feed lot, or the like, which complies with all of the requirements of Chapter 16.58 RCW and
associated rules and which holds a valid license from the state.
“Channel migration zone” (or CMZ) means an area within the lateral extent of likely stream
channel movement that is subject to risk due to stream bank destabilization, rapid stream incision,
stream bank erosion and shifts in the location of stream channels. “Channel migration zone” means
the historic channel migration zone (which is the footprint of the active channel documented
through historical photographs and maps), the avulsion hazard zone (which is an area with the
potential for movement of the main river channel into a new location), and the erosion hazard area
(which is an area outside the historic channel migration zone and the avulsion hazard zone, and
includes an erosion setback for a 100-year period of time and a geotechnical setback to account
for slope retreat to a stable angle of repose). “Channel migration zone” does not include
disconnected migration areas, which are areas that have been disconnected from the river by
legally existing artificial structure(s) that restrain channel migration (such as levees and
transportation facilities built above or constructed to remain intact through the 100-year flood
elevation), that are no longer available for migration by the river. “Channel migration zone” may
exclude areas that lie behind a lawfully established flood protection facility that is likely to be
maintained by existing programs for public maintenance consistent with designation and
classification criteria specified by public rule. When a natural geologic feature affects channel
migration, the channel migration zone width will consider such natural constraints. “High channel
migration hazard” (or high risk CMZ) for the Big Quilcene, Little Quilcene, Dosewallips,
Duckabush, and Lower Hoh Rivers means those nondisconnected portions of the channel that are
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likely to migrate within a 50-year time frame. For the Big Quilcene, Little Quilcene, Dosewallips,
and Duckabush Rivers, “moderate channel migration hazard” (or moderate risk CMZ) means those
nondisconnected portions of the channel that are likely to migrate within a 50- to 100-year time
frame; and, “low channel migration hazard” (or low risk CMZ) means those nondisconnected
portions of the channel that are likely to migrate beyond a 100-year time frame. For the Lower
Hoh River, “moderately high hazard” (or moderately high risk CMZ) means those
nondisconnected portions of the channel that are likely to migrate within a 50- to 100-year time
frame, “moderate hazard” means those nondisconnected portions of the channel that are likely to
migrate beyond a 100-year time frame, and “low hazard” means the nondisconnected portions of
the channel that are less likely to be affected by channel migration, but are still at risk due to their
location on the valley floor. Rivers that have not been evaluated or mapped for CMZs include:
Thorndyke Creek, Shine Creek, Chimacum Creek, Snow Creek, Salmon Creek, Upper Hoh River,
Bogachiel River, Clearwater River, and Quinault River.
“Clearing” means the destruction or removal, by hand or with mechanical means, of vegetative
ground cover or trees including, but not limited to, root material or topsoil material.
“Cluster development” means a development design technique that groups or “clusters” buildings
in specific areas on a site rather than spread evenly throughout the parcel as in a conventional lot-
by-lot development. The remaining land is to remain undeveloped in perpetuity and used for
recreation, common open space, and/or preservation of critical areas.
“Co-housing (intentional communities)” means single-family residential developments, subject to
the underlying land use district density, which may contain lots or structures in common ownership
subject to meeting all other applicable provisions of this UDC and if approved under the
requirements of Article VI-M of Chapter 18.15 JCC, Planned Rural Residential Developments
(PRRDs), where applicable.
“Courtyard apartments” means attached dwelling units arranged on two or three sides of a yard or
court.” (NEW)
“Co-living housing (UGA)” means a residential development within the UGA with sleeping units
that are independently rented and lockable and provide living and sleeping space, and residents
share kitchen facilities with other sleeping units in the building. (NEW)
“Commercial communication towers” means towers, dishes, or antennas established for the
sending or receiving of signals for commercial purposes.
“Commercial kennel” has the same meaning as in JCC 6.07.020, as it exists now or may be
amended in the future.
“Commercial recreational facility” means a place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports
and leisure-time activities that is operated as a business and open to the public for a fee.
“Commercial shooting facility” means an indoor shooting facility or outdoor shooting facility
designed and specifically designated for safe shooting practice with firearms, whether open to the
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public, open only to private membership, or any combination of the above that for the use of the
commercial shooting facility requires a contract, charges a fee or other compensation, or requires
membership. In addition, where property is used primarily for lawful shooting practice for guests
of the owner, and where the other uses of the property either facilitate shooting practice or are
incidental, intermittent or occasional and whether or not payment is received, it is presumed that
the property used for lawful shooting practices is a commercial shooting facility. The term
“commercial shooting facility” does not include:
(a) Shooting facilities that are both owned and operated by any instrumentality of the United
States, the state of Washington, or any political subdivision of the state of Washington; or
(b) Any portion of a privately owned property used for lawful shooting practice solely by its
owner or the owner’s guests without payment of any compensation to the owner of the
privately owned property or to any other person, except where the property is presumed to be
a commercial shooting facility, as described above.
“Commercial sign” means any object, device, display or structure that is used for attracting
attention to any commercial use, product, service, or activity.
“Commercial use” means a business use or activity at a scale greater than a home business or
cottage industry involving retail or wholesale marketing of goods and services. Examples of
commercial uses include offices and retail shops.
“Common area” means any area contained within the boundaries of a proposed land division or
within a multifamily residential development and owned by the lot owners as tenants-in-common,
joint tenancy, or through an association or nonprofit association, and provided specifically for the
common use of the residents.
“Common open space” means a parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination of
land and water within the site designated for a subdivision and designed and intended for the use
or enjoyment of the public. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and
improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of the residents of
the subdivision.
“Community structure” means a structure which is intended for the common use of the residents
of a particular subdivision or community.
“Compatible” means uses or activities capable of existing together or in the vicinity of one another
without disharmony or without generating effects or impacts which are disruptive to the normal
use and enjoyment of surrounding property.
“Comprehensive Plan” means the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan and all of its goals,
objectives, policies, documents, and maps which is a generalized coordinated land use policy
statement of the Jefferson County board of commissioners, adopted pursuant to Chapter 36.70A
RCW.
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO). (See “Animal feeding operation, concentrated
(CAFO).”)
“Concurrency” means a condition in which an adequate capacity of capital and transportation
facilities and services is available to support development at the time that the impacts of
development occur. (See also “Adequate capacity (adequate capital or public facilities),”
“Available capital facilities (available capacity),” and “Level of service (LOS).”)
“Conditional use” means a use that, owing to some special characteristics attendant to its operation
or installation (e.g., potential danger, traffic, smoke or noise impact), is permitted in a district,
subject to approval and special requirements, different from those usual requirements for the
district in which the conditional use may be located.
“Conditional use permit” means a permit issued by Jefferson County stating that the land uses and
activities meet all criteria set forth in this code, and all conditions of approval in accordance with
the procedural requirements of this code.
“Condominium” means real property, portions of which are designed for separate ownership and
the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by owners of those portions.
Real property is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are
vested in unit owners, and unless a declaration and a survey map and plans have been recorded in
accordance with Chapters 64.32 and 64.34 RCW. Condominiums are not confined to residential
units, such as apartments, but also include offices and other types of space in commercial buildings.
“Conservation district” means a “special purpose district,” like a fire district or school district,
organized in accordance with chapter 89.08 RCW for the purpose of providing assistance to
landowners for the conservation of renewable resources.
“Construction/contractor yards and offices” means service establishments primarily engaged in
general contracting or subcontracting in the building construction trades. These include
administrative offices, workshops and the indoor or outdoor storage of tools, equipment, materials,
and vehicles.
Contract Purchaser. (See “Applicant.”)
“Convenience store” means any retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food products,
household items, and other goods commonly associated with the same and having a gross floor
area of less than 5,000 square feet.
“Cottage industry” means a commercial or manufacturing activity conducted in whole or in part
in either the resident’s single-family dwelling unit or in an accessory building, but is of a scale
larger than a home occupation or home business. A cottage industry is a limited, small-scale
commercial or industrial activity, including fabrication, with limited retail sales, that can be
conducted without substantial adverse impact on the residential character in the vicinity.
“County” means Jefferson County, Washington, its board, commissions, and departments.
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“Courtyard apartments” means attached dwelling units arranged on two or three sides of a yard or
court.” (NEW)
“Co-living housing (UGA)” means a residential development within the UGA with sleeping units
that are independently rented and lockable and provide living and sleeping space, and residents
share kitchen facilities with other sleeping units in the building. (NEW)
“Critical aquifer recharge areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(3).
“Critical area buffer” means any buffer required by Chapter 18.22 JCC.
“Critical areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(4).
“Critical habitat” means an area or type of environment that may be of crucial importance to the
perpetuation of an organism or biological population which normally lives or occurs there.
“Cul-de-sac” means a road closed at one end by an area of sufficient size for turning vehicles
around.
“Current use” means the use of land or improvements at the time of permit application.
“Custom meat facility” means a facility operated by a person licensed to prepare uninspected meat
for the owner of the uninspected meat.
“Custom slaughtering establishment” means a facility operated by a person licensed to slaughter
meat food animals for the owner of the animal at a fixed location. [Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord.
3-20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord. 12-19 § 4 (Appx. C); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 6-09 § 1 (Exh. B);
Ord. 3-08 § 1 (Exh. C); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.040 D definitions.
“Day care, commercial” means a person or agency that provides care for 13 or more children
during part of the 24-hour day (RCW 74.15.020).
(1) “Home day care provider” means a state-licensed day care provider who regularly provides
day care for not more than 12 children in the provider’s home in the family living quarters (RCW
74.15.020).
(2) “Child day care center” means a person or agency providing care during part of the 24-hour
day to 12 or fewer children in a facility other than the family abode of the person or persons under
whose direct care the children are placed (RCW 35.63.170).
“Days, calendar” means so many days computed according to the course of the calendar. In
computing comment and appeal periods under this code, if the last day so computed is a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday, the comment or appeal period shall run to the next business day.
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“DCD” means the Jefferson County department of community development.
“Dedicate” means to set aside a piece of real property, a structure, or a facility for public or private
use or ownership.
“Dedication” means a deliberate appropriation of land by its owners for any general and public
uses, reserving to the owner/dedicator no other rights than such as are compatible with the full
exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
“Degrade” means to scale down in desirability or salability, to impair in respect to some physical
property or to reduce in structure or function, in terms of Jefferson County standards and
environment.
“Density” means the quantity per unit area, such as the number of dwelling units per acre.
“Design capacity” means the theoretical or calculated maximum ability of a system or device to
handle the duty for which it is to be used.
“Detached accessory dwelling unit” means an accessory dwelling unit that consists partly or
entirely of a building that is separate and detached from a single-family housing unit, duplex,
triplex, townhome, or other housing unit and is on the same property. (NEW)
“Developable area” means the area of land which is not constrained from development by land use
restrictions.
“Development” means the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation, or enlargement of any structure; any grading, excavation, mining, landfill; or any
extension of the use of land; dredging, drilling, dumping, filling, earth movement, clearing or
removal of vegetation, forest practice activities that are being conducted as a part of a conversion
from forestry to non-forestry use, storage of materials or equipment in a designated floodway, or
other site disturbance, which either requires a permit, approval, review, or authorization from the
county or is proposed by a public agency.
“Development application” means an application for a development permit.
“Development envelope” means the portion of a lot which may be used for development. A
development envelope must include space for utilities, driveways, and any other improvements
necessary to complete development. As applied to a buildable lot for residential purposes, the
development envelope is the portion of a lot that may contain a dwelling(s) and accessory
structures.
“Development permit” means any permit issued by Jefferson County allowing development.
“Development regulation or regulations” means the controls placed on development or land use
activities, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline
master programs, official controls, planned unit development ordinances, subdivision ordinances,
and binding site plan ordinances, together with any amendments thereto. A development regulation
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does not include a decision to approve a project permit or project permit application, as defined in
RCW 36.70B.020, even though the decision may be expressed in a resolution or ordinance of the
legislative body of the county (RCW 36.70A.030(7)). However, for the avoidance of doubt, a
development regulation does not include ordinances or regulations that address administrative
processes and procedures related to land use planning, interim or emergency ordinances,
moratorium ordinances, or remand actions from state administrative boards or courts of law.
“Development right” means the right to develop property subject to federal, state, and local
restrictions and regulations.
“Director” means, unless otherwise specified, the director of the county’s department of
community development (DCD) or the director’s designee.
“Discretionary use” means all unnamed and certain named uses in Table 3-1 in JCC 18.15.040
which, subject to the administrative review and classification criteria set out in Chapter 18.15 JCC,
may be classified by the administrator as an allowed outright “Yes” use, a conditional “C” use or
a prohibited “No” use in the applicable district for which the use is proposed.
“District” means a part, zone, or geographic area within Jefferson County within which certain
development regulations apply.
“Disturbed area” means any place where activities clearly in preparation for, or during, surface
mining have physically disrupted, covered, compacted, moved, or otherwise altered the
characteristics of soil, bedrock, vegetation, or topography that existed prior to such activity.
Disturbed areas may include but are not limited to: working faces, water bodies created by mine-
related excavation, pit floors, the land beneath processing plant and stock pile sites, spoil pile sites,
and equipment staging areas. Disturbed areas shall also include aboveground waste rock sites and
tailing facilities, and other surface manifestations of underground mines. Disturbed areas do not
include surface mine access roads in mineral resource land designations unless these have
characteristics of topography, drainage, slope stability, or ownership that, in the opinion of the
department of natural resources, make reclamation necessary, lands that have been reclaimed to
all standards outlined in this chapter, rules of the department of natural resources, any applicable
SEPA document, and the approved reclamation plan, and subsurface aspects of underground
mines, such as portals, tunnels, shafts, pillars, and stopes.
“Division of land” means the creation of any new lot or lots for the purpose of sale, lease, or
transfer of ownership (see Chapter 18.35 JCC).
DOT. (See “WADOT” or “WSDOT.”)
“Drainage” means surface water runoff; the removal of surface water or groundwater from land
by drains, grading, or other means, which include runoff controls to minimize erosion and
sedimentation during and after construction or development.
“Drainageway” means any natural or artificial watercourse, trench, ditch, swale, or similar
depression into which surface water flows.
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“Dredging” means the removal of earth from the bottom of a stream, river, lake, bay, or other water
body.
“Drinking establishment (lounge)” means a business primarily engaged in the retail sale of
alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. A restaurant operated as part of a lounge is
considered to be accessory to the lounge.
“Drive-thru window service” means businesses where patrons may carry on business on the
premises while in a motor vehicle (see also “Mobile food unit”).
“Driveway” means a strip of land which provides vehicular access to one or two lots.
Duplex. (See “Dwelling unit, two-family.”)
“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms or structures designed for occupancy by an individual
or family for living and sleeping purposes, containing kitchen facilities and rooms with internal
accessibility, for use solely by the dwelling’s occupants.
“Dwelling unit” means a residential living unit that provides complete independent living facilities
for one or more persons and that includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking, and sanitation. (NEW)
“Dwelling unit, multiple-family” means one or more structures containing three or more dwelling
units.
“Dwelling unit, two-family” (duplex) means a single structure containing two dwelling units. [Ord.
9-22 § 2 (Appx. A); Ord. 4-19 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.060 F definitions.
“Facility and service provider” means the department, district, agency or private entity responsible
for providing a specific concurrency facility.
“Family” means an individual or two or more persons related by blood or marriage or a group of
not more than five persons living together as a single housekeeping unit and doing their cooking
on the premises as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house or rooming house or
motel.
“Farm assistance agencies” means federal, state, or local agencies with expertise in the design,
implementation, and evaluation of conservation practices including but not limited to the federal
Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Washington Department of Agriculture, or the
Jefferson County conservation district.
“Farm equipment” for all chapters in this title, except Chapter 18.22 JCC, includes, but is not
limited to, tractors, trailers, combines, tillage implements, balers, and other equipment, including
attachments and accessories that are used in the planting, cultivating, irrigation, harvesting, and
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marketing of agricultural, horticultural, or livestock products. “Farm equipment” for purposes of
Chapter 18.22 JCC is governed by the definition of “agricultural activities.”
“Farm plan” means a conservation plan developed by a farm assistance agency and a landowner
outlining a series of actions developed to meet a landowner’s goals while protecting water quality
and the natural resources within and around the farm property. Many things are considered in a
farm plan including farm size, soil types, slope of the land, proximity to streams, wetlands or water
bodies, type and numbers of livestock or crops, resources such as machinery or buildings and
finances available. The terms “conservation plan” and “farm plan” are interchangeable in this
context.
“Farm worker housing” means a place, area, or piece of land where sleeping places or housing
sites are provided by an agricultural employer for agricultural employees.
“Farmed wetland” means wet meadow, grazed or tilled; an emergent wetland that has grasses,
sedges, rushes or other herbaceous vegetation as its predominant vegetation and has been
previously converted to agricultural activities.
“Feasible alternative” means an alternative that:
(a) Meets the requirements of federal, state, and local laws and regulations;
(b) Attains most or all of the basic objectives of the project;
(c) Is technically and technologically possible;
(d) Can be accomplished at a reasonable cost;
(e) Can be accomplished in a reasonable amount of time; and
(f) Adverse environmental, health, and safety effects are no greater than those of the original
proposal.
A determination of what is reasonable or feasible is made by the decision-making body on a
case-by-case basis, taking into account the:
(i) Probable intensity, severity, and cumulative impacts of the original proposal and
alternative approaches, and opportunity for the avoidance or reduction in the number,
intensity, or severity of significant impacts, or of the aggregate adverse impact;
(ii) Risk of “upset conditions” (i.e., the risk that the control and mitigation measures will
fail, be overwhelmed, or exceed allowed limits) and the potential severity of the impact
should control or mitigation measures be ineffective or fail;
(iii) Capital and operating costs;
(iv) Period of time to accomplish, costs of additional time or delay, and time constraints
for completion; and
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(v) Location and site-specific factors, such as seasonal or topographic constraints, critical
areas and habitats, site accessibility, and local community concerns.
“Federal candidate species” means formally proposed endangered or threatened species and
candidate species for which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has information to indicate
biological vulnerability and threat.
“Federal endangered species” means species in danger of extinction according to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service official listing.
“Federal sensitive species” means species that are considered a sensitive species by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
“Federal threatened species” means species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable
future according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official listing.
“Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)” means a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
manual that contains information for use in technical assistance to decision-makers for resource
management.
Filing. (See “Recording.”)
“Fill” means any sand, gravel, earth, or other materials of any composition whatsoever placed or
deposited by humans.
“Final plat” means the final drawing of the subdivision and dedication prepared for filing for record
with the county auditor and containing all elements and requirements set forth in Chapter 18.35
JCC and all other applicable codes and ordinances.
“Firearm” means a weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an
explosive such as gunpowder. The definition of “firearm” includes the terms “pistol,” “rifle,”
“short-barreled rifle,” “shotgun,” “short-barreled shotgun,” “machine gun,” and “antique firearm”
as those terms are defined in RCW 9.41.010. The term “firearm” shall not include: (a) devices,
including but not limited to “nail guns,” which are used as tools in the construction or building
industries and which would otherwise fall within this definition; or (b) a “destructive device” as
defined in 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(2).
“Firing line” means a line parallel to the targets from which firearms are discharged.
“Firing point” means a location from which one individual fires at an associated target located
down range.
“Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(6).
“Fiveplex” means a residential building with five attached dwelling units. (NEW)
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“Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)” means the official map issued by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency that delineates both the special hazard areas and the risk premium zones
applicable to Jefferson County.
“Flood or flooding” means the temporary inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow
of inland or tidal waters or from the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters.
“Forest land” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(7).
“Forest management” means forest practices pertaining to protecting, producing, and harvesting
timber for economic use.
“Forest practice” means any activity conducted on or directly pertaining to forest land and relating
to growing or harvesting of timber, or the processing of timber on a harvest site for less than 30
days per calendar year, including but not limited to: road and trail construction and maintenance;
harvest, final and intermediate; precommercial thinning; reforestation; fertilization; prevention and
suppression of diseases and insects; salvage of trees; and brush control.
“Forest practice, conversion” means the conversion of land to an active use incompatible with
timber growing and where future nonforest uses will be located on currently forested land.
“Forest practice, conversion option harvest plan (COHP)” means a voluntary plan developed by
the landowner and approved by the county that indicates the limits and types of harvest areas, road
locations, and open space. This jointly agreed plan is submitted to the Washington Department of
Natural Resources (WDNR) as part of a Class II, III, or IV special forest practice permit
application, and is attached to and becomes part of the conditions of the permit approved by the
WDNR.
“Forest resource lands” means lands primarily devoted to growing trees for long-term commercial
production on land that can be economically and practically managed for such production (RCW
36.70A.030(8)).
“Fourplex” means a residential building with four attached dwelling units. (NEW)
“Frequently flooded areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(8). [Ord. 5-20 § 3
(Appx. A); Ord. 3-20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.120 L definitions.
“Land disturbing activity” means any activity that results in movement of earth, or a change in the
existing soil cover (both vegetative and nonvegetative) and/or the existing soil topography. Land
disturbing activities include, but are not limited to, clearing, grading, filling, and excavation.
Compaction that is associated with stabilization of structures and road construction shall also be
considered a land disturbing activity. Vegetation maintenance practices are not considered land-
disturbing activity.
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Land Division. (See “Division of land.”)
“Land use decision” means a final determination by the county’s hearing body or officer with the
highest level of authority to make the determination, including those with authority to hear appeals,
on:
(a) An application for a project permit or other governmental approval required by law before
real property may be improved, developed, modified, sold, transferred, or used, but excluding
applications for permits or approvals to use, vacate, or transfer streets, parks, and similar types
of public property; excluding applications for legislative approvals such as area-wide rezones
and annexations; and excluding applications for business licenses;
(b) An interpretative or declaratory decision regarding the application to a specific property of
zoning or other ordinances or rules regulating the improvement, development, modification,
maintenance, or use of real property; and
(c) The enforcement by the county of regulations governing the improvement, development,
modification, maintenance, or use of real property.
“Landslide hazard areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(10).
“Landward” means to or toward the land.
“Legal lot of record” means any lot that is determined to be a legal lot of record pursuant to Chapter
18.12 JCC and satisfies the “legal lot of record” requirement in WAC 246-272A-0320.
“Level of service (LOS)” means the number of units of capacity per unit of demand (e.g., trips,
population, school-age residents) or other appropriate measure of need sufficient to meet the
standards for adequate service set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. (See also “Adequate capacity
(adequate capital or public facilities),” “Available capital facilities (available capacity),” and
“Concurrency.”)
“Light industrial” means a use involving: (a) basic processing and manufacturing of materials or
products predominantly from previously prepared materials; or (b) finished products or parts,
including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales, and
distribution of such products, but excluding basic processing of raw materials except food
products.
“Livestock” means horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits, llamas,
alpacas, ratites, poultry, waterfowl, game birds, and other species so designated by statute.
Livestock does not mean free-ranging wildlife as defined in RCW Title 77.
“Livestock management” includes breeding, birthing, feeding, care, processing and sales of
animals and animal products, birds, honey bees, fish and shellfish.
“Logging” means activities related to and conducted for purposes of harvesting or processing
timber.
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“Long-term commercial significance” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(11).
“Lot” means a contiguous quantity of land in possession of, owned by or recorded as the property
of a person or entity. A lot also shall include any individually numbered or separately designated
parcels of property in an approved subdivision or development.
“Lot, buildable means: (a) a lot that is a legal lot of record, consistent with Chapter 18.12 JCC and
applicable law, and (b) has site development review approval pursuant to JCC 18.40.420 et seq. A
guaranteed right to development of a lot can only be established once a development permit
application or building permit application vests pursuant to JCC 18.40.320.
“Lot, corner” means a lot situated at the intersection of two roads, by which the interior angle does
not exceed 135 degrees.
“Lot coverage” means the surface area of a lot or lots within a single development which is
occupied by buildings, excluding roof overhangs and covered porches not used for sales, storage,
or service.
“Lot, frontage” means the boundary of a lot that is along an existing or dedicated public road, or
where no public road exists, along a private road, easement or access way. On an interior lot, it is
the lot line abutting a road; or, on a pipestem (i.e., flag) lot it is the interior lot line most parallel to
the nearest road from which access is obtained.
“Lot of record” means a lot or parcel of land that was created by a metes and bounds description
or through platting or other means, and met all applicable zoning and subdivision requirements in
effect at the time of lot creation. A lot of record is not necessarily developable or buildable, but
may be conveyed pursuant to Chapter 58.17 RCW.
“Lot, parent” means a lot which is subdivided into unit lots through the unit lot subdivision process.
(NEW)
“Lot, pipestem” means a lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the
public road is by a narrow private right-of-way or driveway. The term is synonymous with “flag
lot.”
“Lot, substandard” means a lot or parcel of land that has less than the required minimum area or
width as established by the land use district in which it is located or as defined in any other section
of the code.
“Lot, through” means a lot that has both ends fronting on a road or street; both ends shall be deemed
front.
“Lot, unit” means a lot created from a parent lot and approved through the unit lot subdivision
process. (NEW)
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“Low-income household” means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together
whose adjusted income is less than eighty percent of the median family income, adjusted for
household size, for the county where the project is located. (NEW)
“Lumber mill, portable” means portable equipment to mill, split, or otherwise process forest
products.
“Lumber mill, stationary” means a permanently located facility or equipment used to process forest
products. [Ord. 9-22 § 2 (Appx. A); Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 8-06
§ 1]
18.10.130 M definitions.
“Maintenance agreement” means a written agreement between parties to physically maintain a
facility for common use in a manner which conforms to standards of adequacy specified in such
an agreement.
“Major industrial development” means a master planned location for a specific manufacturing,
industrial, or commercial business that (a) requires a parcel of land so large that no suitable parcels
are available within an urban growth area; or (b) is a natural resource-based industry requiring a
location near agricultural land, forest land, or mineral resource land upon which it is dependent. A
major industrial development shall not be for the purpose of retail commercial development or
multi-tenant office parks. (cf. RCW 36.70A.365(1).)
“Major transit stop” means:
(a) a stop on a high-capacity transportation system funded or expanded under the provisions of
chapter 81.104 RCW;
(b) commuter rail stops;
(c) stops on rail or fixed guideway systems; or
(d) stops on bus rapid transit routes, including those stops that are under construction. (NEW)
“Managing agency” means an individual or organization applying to permit a temporary housing
facility under JCC 18.20.385(2)(a). Managing agencies are limited to religious organizations and
nonprofit agencies. A “managing agency” may be the same entity as the sponsor.
“Manufactured home” means a single-family dwelling built according to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act,
which is a national, preemptive building code. A manufactured home also: (a) includes plumbing,
heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems; and (b) is built on a permanent chassis; and (c)
can be transported in one or more sections with each section at least eight feet wide and 40 feet
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long when transported; or when installed on the site is 320 square feet or greater. (See also “Mobile
home.”)
Manufactured Housing. (See “Manufactured home” and “Mobile home.”)
“Manufactured and Mobile home park” means a development with two or more improved pads or
spaces with required improvements and utilities designed to accommodate manufactured and
mobile homes, according to RCW 59.20.030 (4).
“Manufacturing” means the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into
new products, including the assembling of component parts, the creation of products, and the
blending of materials, such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins, or liquors.
“Market value” means the most probable price which a property should bring in a competitive and
open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller, each acting prudently,
knowledgeably and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus.
“Master planned resort” means a self-contained and fully integrated planned unit development in
a setting of significant natural amenities, with primary focus on destination resort facilities
consisting of short-term visitor accommodations associated with a range of on-site indoor or
outdoor recreational facilities. A master planned resort may include other residential uses within
its boundaries, but only if the residential uses are integrated into and support the on-site
recreational nature of the resort. (cf. RCW 36.70A.360.)
“Material change” means a measurable change that has significance for existing or proposed
development or for the existing environment.
“Meander line” means a line along a body of water intended to be used solely as a reference for
surveying.
“Middle housing” means buildings that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single-
family houses and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes including duplexes,
triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, and
cottage housing. (NEW)
“Mine hazard areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(12).
“Mineral extraction” means the removal of naturally occurring materials from the earth for
economic use. Extraction materials include nonmetallic minerals such as sand, gravel, clay, coal,
and various types of stone. This shall not include the following:
(a) Excavation and grading at building construction sites where such construction is authorized
by a valid building permit; or
(b) Excavation and grading in public rights-of-way for the purpose of on-site road
construction, or in private rights-of-way for the same purpose if authorized by the county; or
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(c) Excavation and grading for the purpose of developing ponds or manure lagoons for
agricultural purposes; or
(d) Excavation and grading in connection with and at the site of any creek, river, or flood-
control or storm drainage channel for the purpose of enlarging hydraulic capacity or changing
the location or constructing a new channel or storm drain where such work has been approved
by the county; or
(e) Excavation and grading where the excavated material will be used on the same property or
on property contiguous to and under the same ownership as the excavation.
“Mineral processing” means activities accessory to mineral extraction that include material
washing, sorting, crushing or more intensive modification or alteration through mechanical or
chemical means to a mineral resource after it has been removed from the earth. This does not
include asphalt or concrete batch plants.
“Mineral resource lands” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(13).
“Minerals” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(14).
“Mini storage” means a structure or structures containing separate, individual, and private storage
spaces leased or rented individually for varying periods of time.
“Minimal demands on existing infrastructure” means demands that do not cause the need for
additional infrastructure, including but not limited to roads, fire protection, water, wastewater
disposal or stormwater control, that is not provided by the applicant.
“Minimal impacts” means impacts that do not cause adverse impacts on the human or natural
environments that cannot be mitigated by conditions of approval.
“Mitigation” means measures prescribed and implemented to avoid, minimize, lessen, or
compensate for adverse impacts.
“Mobile food unit” means a readily movable food and/or beverage establishment. (See also JCC
18.20.182, Food and beverage stands.)
“Mobile home” means a factory-built dwelling built prior to June 15, 1976, to the standards other
than the HUD Code, and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of
construction or introduction of the home into the state. Mobile homes have not been built since the
introduction of the HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act. (See also
“Manufactured home” and “Manufactured housing.”)
“Mobile home park” means a development with two or more improved pads or spaces with
required improvements and utilities designed to accommodate mobile homes, according to RCW
59.20.030 (4). (NEW)
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“Motel” means a commercial building or group of buildings in which lodging is provided to
transient guests, offered to the public for compensation, and in which access to and from each
room or unit is through an exterior door.
“Motor home” means a motor vehicle originally designed, reconstructed, or permanently altered
to provide facilities for human habitation, which include lodging, cooking, and sewage disposal,
and enclosed within a solid body shell with the vehicle, but excluding a camper or similar unit
constructed separately and affixed to a motor vehicle (RCW 46.04.305).
Multifamily Dwelling. (See “Dwelling unit, multiple-family.”) [Ord. 5-22 § 3 (Appx. A(1)); Ord.
5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 3-20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.160 P definitions.
“Panhandle” means an irregular extension or protrusion of a lot created for the purpose of
providing such lot with frontage on a public or private road, street or access way.
Parcel. (See “Lot.”)
“Parent parcel” means each existing lot that is located within the perimeter of a proposed boundary
line adjustment application.
“Park” means a tract of land designated and used by the public for recreation.
“Parking lot” means an off-street, ground level open area, usually improved, for the temporary
storage of motor vehicles.
“Park Model, Recreational Park Trailer, or Tiny Home on Wheels” shall mean a trailer-type unit that
has substantially lost its identity as a mobile unit by virtue of its being permanently fixed on property
complying with American National Standards Institute 4119.5 standard for park trailers as defined
by WAC 296-150P-0020. These units shall bear an insignia issued by the Washington Department
of Labor & Industries or equivalent. This definition does not include Recreational Vehicles as
defined by L&I. (NEW)
“Parties of record” means persons or entities who wish to receive a copy of the hearing examiner’s
decision and notice of upcoming hearings. “Parties of record” includes the applicant, appellant,
petitioner, respondent, their agents and representatives, the county, and persons or entities who:
indicate on a sign-up sheet, at a public hearing, that they wish to become a party of record; or for
public hearings specifically advised the examiner’s office by individual written letter or electronic
mail of their desire to become a party of record. Persons who only signed petitions or mechanically
produced form letters may be excluded as parties of record.
“Performance standard” means a set of criteria or limits relating to certain characteristics that a
particular use or process may not exceed.
“Permit center” means the Jefferson County department of community development.
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“Permit exemption statement” means a written statement of administrative finding and conclusions
that a land use or development is consistent with applicable regulations and is not subject to permit
requirements of this code.
“Permit review” means the process of reviewing applications for project permits for consistency
with the requirements of this code.
“Permittee” means the entity to whom a permit is granted.
“Person” means any individual, owner, contractor, tenant, partnership, corporation, business
entity, association, organization, cooperative, public or municipal corporation, agency of a state or
local governmental unit however designated, public or private institution, or an employee or agent
of any of the forgoing entities.
“Personal and professional services” means, for the purposes of this code, establishments primarily
engaged in providing assistance, as opposed to products, to individuals, business, industry,
government, and other enterprises, not listed specifically in this code as a distinct use for regulatory
purposes, such as laundry and dry cleaning services; barber shops and beauty salons; locksmiths,
banks, legal, engineering, architectural, design, financial and accounting services, and the like.
“Pervious surface” means a surface that absorbs water.
“Physical containment” with respect to a commercial shooting facility means the use of physical
barriers that are sufficient to contain the projectile from the highest power firearm used on a
shooting range when the shooting range is used in accordance with its operating permit. Physical
containment may include but is not limited to baffles, sidewalls, backstops and berms of adequate
design, quantity, and location to ensure that projectiles cannot escape the commercial shooting
facility.
“Planned rural residential development (PRRD)” means development characterized by a unified
site design, clustered residential units, and areas of common open space pursuant to Article VI-M
of Chapter 18.15 JCC.
“Planning department” means the Jefferson County department of community development.
“Plat” means a map or representation of a subdivision or short subdivision of land showing the
division of a parcel of land into lots, roads, dedications, common areas, restrictions and easements,
as regulated by Chapter 58.17 RCW and this code.
Plat Alteration. (See “Subdivision, alteration of.”)
Plat, Long. (See “Subdivision, long.”)
Plat, Short. (See “Subdivision, short.”)
Plat Vacation. (See “Subdivision, vacation of.”)
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“Playing field” means a land area designed and used for outdoor games, such as baseball, football,
soccer, track events and tennis. It includes public outdoor swimming pools.
“Point-source discharge” means the release of waste or other flows which can be described as
confined to a small area, such as discharges from a pipe or conduit. Releases occurring over a
broad or undefined area are referred to as “nonpoint sources.” (See also “Nonpoint source.”)
“Predecision hearing, open record” means a hearing, conducted by the hearing examiner, that
creates the county’s record through testimony and submittal of evidence and information, under
procedures prescribed by the county by ordinance or resolution. An “open record predecision
hearing” may be held prior to the county’s decision on a project permit (RCW 36.70B.020).
“Preliminary approval” means the final action of the county granting approval to a short or long
subdivision, subject to applicable conditions that must be fully satisfied prior to final plat approval.
“Preliminary plat” means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the
general layout of streets, lots, blocks (if applicable) and other elements of a subdivision consistent
with the provisions of this code.
“Primary use” means the principal use of a property.
“Prime farmland soil” means land that has the best combination of physical and chemical
characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber and oilseed crops and is available for these
uses. (See Part 603.05, National Soils Handbook, Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation
Service.) (WAC 365-190-030(1)(a).)
“Priority species” means all state and federal endangered, threatened, and sensitive species, and
all federal candidate species; and all species of local concern as defined in this chapter.
“Private road” or “private street” means an approved road or street that is not dedicated to the
county and is used for access to secondary lots that have no direct access to a public way.
“Producer” means a person engaged in agricultural activities, including but not limited to farmers,
ranchers, vineyardists, plant propagators, Christmas tree growers, aquaculturists, floriculturists,
orchardists, foresters, or another comparable person.
“Prohibited uses” means any use or activity which is not specifically enumerated or interpreted as
allowable in the applicable land use district.
“Project permit” or “project permit application” means any land use or environmental permit or
license required from the county for a project action.
“Projectile” means an object fired from a firearm.
“Proof of ownership” means a photocopy of a recorded deed to property and/or a current title
insurance policy insuring the status of an applicant as the owner in fee title to real property.
“Proprietor-occupied” means the residential occupancy by the owner of a building or property.
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“Provision” means any written language contained in this code, including without limitation any
definition, policy, goal, regulation, requirement, standard, authorization, or prohibition.
“Public access areas” means ways or means of approach to provide the general public with a
physical entrance to a property.
“Public facilities” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(16).
“Public livestock market” means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a
“public livestock market,” “livestock auction market,” “livestock sales ring,” yards selling on
commission, or the like, conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public livestock
market, consisting of pens and other enclosures, and their appurtenances in which livestock is
received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment. The term does not include the operation of a
person licensed under Chapter 16.65 RCW to operate a special open consignment horse sale.
“Public meeting” means an informal meeting, hearing, workshop, or other public gathering of
people to obtain comments from the public or other agencies on a proposed project permit prior to
a decision. A public meeting may include, but is not limited to, a community association meeting
or a scoping meeting on a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS). A public meeting does
not include an open record hearing. The proceeding at a public meeting may be recorded and a
report or recommendation may be included in the county’s project permit application file.
“Public purpose facilities” means lands and facilities needed to provide the full range of services
to the public provided by government, substantially funded by government, contracted for by
government, or provided by private entities to meet public service obligations.
“Public road or public street” means an approved road or street, whether improved or unimproved,
held in public ownership or control (i.e., either through deed or easement conveyance) and
intended to be open as a matter of right to public vehicular travel.
“Public schools” means a building (and grounds) or part thereof designed, constructed, or used for
publicly operated education and/or instruction.
“Public services” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(17).
“Public transportation systems” means public facilities for air, water, or land transportation.
“Public way” means any publicly owned land set aside for utilities, surface transportation
purposes, including motorized vehicular and nonmotorized (e.g., bicycle and pedestrian)
transportation, whether improved or unimproved. [Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 3-20 § 1 (Appx.
A); Ord. 12-19 § 4 (Appx. C); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.180 R Definitions
“Rare, endangered, threatened and sensitive species” means plant and animal species identified
and listed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Washington Natural
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Heritage Program, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, or the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, as being severely limited or threatened with extinction within their native ranges.
“RCW” means the Revised Code of Washington, as it now exists or may be amended in the future.
“Reclamation” means rehabilitation for the appropriate future use of disturbed areas resulting from
surface mining including areas under associated mineral processing equipment, areas under
stockpiled materials, and aboveground waste rock and tailing facilities, and all other surface
disturbances associated with underground mines. Although both the need for and the practicability
of reclamation will control the type and degree of reclamation in any specific surface mine, the
basic objective shall be to reestablish on a perpetual basis the vegetative cover, soil stability, and
water conditions appropriate to the approved subsequent use of the surface mine and to prevent or
mitigate future environmental degradation.
“Reclamation setbacks” include those lands along the margins of surface mines wherein minerals
and overburden shall be preserved in sufficient volumes to accomplish reclamation according to
the approved plan and the minimum reclamation standards. Maintenance of reclamation setbacks
may not preclude other mine-related activities within the reclamation setback.
“Recording” means the filing of a document(s) for recordation with the county auditor.
“Recreational development” means parks and facilities for camping, indoor and outdoor sports,
and similar developments.
“Recreational park trailer” means a trailer-type unit that is primarily designed to provide temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping or seasonal use, that meets the following criteria: (a) built
on a single chassis, mounted on wheels; (b) having a gross trailer not exceeding 400 square feet in
the set-up mode; (c) certified by the manufacturer as complying with ANSI A119.5.
“Recreational uses” means those activities of a voluntary and leisure time nature that aid in
promoting entertainment, pleasure, play, relaxation, or instruction.
“Recreational vehicle (RV)” means a vehicle designed primarily for recreational camping or travel
use that has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle, including travel
trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, folding camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes, but not
mobile homes (RCW 43.22.335).
“Recreational vehicle park” means a commercially developed tract of land in which two or more
recreational vehicle sites are established as the principal use of the land.
“Recycling” means the process of segregating solid waste for sale, processing, and beneficial use.
Materials which can be removed through recycling include but are not limited to newsprint,
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cardboard, aluminum, glass, plastics, and ferrous metal. Recycling does not include combustion
of solid waste or preparation of a fuel from solid waste.
“Recycling center” means an area, with or without buildings, upon which used materials are
separated and processed for shipment.
“Recycling collection facilities” means neighborhood facilities for the drop-off and temporary
storage of recyclables but without waste processing.
“Regulated substance” means:
Any substance defined in Section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 (but not including any substance regulated
as a hazardous waste under Subtitle C of the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, or a mixture of
such hazardous waste and any other regulated substances); and
Petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof that is liquid at standard conditions of
temperature and pressure (60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute). The
term “regulated substance” includes but is not limited to petroleum and petroleum-based
substances comprised of a complex blend of hydrocarbons derived from crude oil through
processes of separation, conversion, upgrading and finishing, such as motor fuels, jet fuels,
distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants, petroleum solvents, and used oils. The term
“regulated substance” does not include propane or asphalt or any other petroleum product which
is not liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (WAC 173-360-120).
“Religious assembly facility” means a facility designed and used primarily for ceremonies, rituals,
and education pertaining to a particular system of spiritual beliefs (e.g., a church).
“Religious organization” means the federally protected practice of a recognized religious
assembly, school, or institution that owns or controls real property. (NEW)
“Residential care facility” means a facility that provides room, board and care with 24-hour
supervision for persons who, by reason of circumstance or condition, require care. This may
include care for the aged or functionally disabled persons but shall not include correctional
facilities, inpatient substance abuse or inpatient mental health facilities that are otherwise identified
as essential public facilities by the Comprehensive Plan and regulated under JCC 18.15.110.
“Residential development” means development of land with dwelling units for nontransient
occupancy. For the purposes of this code, accessory dwelling units, garages, and other similar
structures accessory to a dwelling unit shall also be considered residential development unless
regulated otherwise by this code or subarea plans. (See also “Dwelling unit” and “Accessory
dwelling unit.”)
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“Resource-based industrial” means a forest resource-based industrial land use designation that
recognizes existing, active sawmills and related activities.
“Resource lands” means agricultural, forest, and mineral lands that have long-term commercial
significance.
“Resource management system” means a conservation system that meets or exceeds the quality
criteria in the NRCS FOTG for resource sustainability for all identified resource concerns for soil,
water, air, plants and animals.
“Restoration” means to return to an original or like condition.
“Restriction” means a limitation placed upon the use of parcel(s) of land.
“Retail sales and services” means establishments engaged in retail sales of goods, including, but
not limited to, the retail sale of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification
in Table 3-1 in JCC 18.15.040. This classification includes, but is not limited to, department stores,
clothing stores, shoe stores, jewelry stores, hardware stores, furniture stores, antique stores,
pharmacies, appliance stores, agricultural feed and supply stores, stationary stores, office supply
stores and other similar uses; and establishments engaged in the sale of services directly to the
consumer including, but not limited to, small equipment repair, plumbing and electrical repair
services, and other similar uses.
Right-of-Way. (See “Public way.”)
“Right-to-farm provisions” means provisions intended to enhance and encourage agricultural
operations by recognizing agricultural activities as essential rural activities that do not constitute a
nuisance.
“Right-to-forestry provisions” means provisions intended to enhance and encourage sustainable
forestry operations by recognizing forestry activities as essential rural activities that do not
constitute a nuisance.
“Road” means an improved and maintained public or private right-of-way which provides
vehicular access to abutting properties, and which may also include provision for public utilities,
pedestrian access, cut and fill slopes, and drainage.
“Road, access” means a road that functions solely to provide access to two or more properties.
“Road, arterial” means roads designated as arterial roads in the Transportation Element of the
Comprehensive Plan.
“Road, collector” means:
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(a) Roads designated as collector roads in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive
Plan.
(b) A street or road whose principal function is to carry traffic between access and arterial
roads and streets.
“Road end” means:
(a) A road closed at one end that may be designed for future road extensions.
(b) The point at which a public road meets the tidelands or a body of water.
“Road, primary” means any existing or proposed road designated as an arterial or collector road
in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan or so designated by the Jefferson County
engineer.
“Roadway” means that portion of an approved road or street intended for the accommodation of
vehicular traffic, generally between curb lines on an improved surface.
“Rules and regulations” with reference to a commercial shooting facility means requirements used
for the safe operation of a commercial shooting facility.
“Runoff” means water originating from rainfall and other precipitation that is found in drainage
facilities, rivers, streams, springs, seeps, ponds, lakes and wetlands as well as shallow
groundwater. In addition, that portion of rainfall or other precipitation that becomes surface flow
and interflow.
“Runway” means the defined area at an airport, airfield, or airstrip indicated for landing and takeoff
of aircraft along its length.
“Rural character” means a quality of the landscape dominated by pastoral, agricultural, forested,
and natural areas interspersed with single-family homes, limited economic development, and farm
structures. Rural character refers to the patterns of land use and development established by the
Comprehensive Plan:
(a) In which open space, the natural landscape, and vegetation predominate over the built
environment;
(b) That foster traditional rural lifestyles, rural-based economies, and opportunities to both
live and work in rural areas;
(c) That provide visual landscapes that are traditionally found in rural areas and
communities;
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(d) That are compatible with the use of the land by wildlife and for fish and wildlife habitat;
(e) That reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low density
development;
(f) That generally do not require the extension of urban governmental services; and
(g) That are consistent with the protection of natural surface water flows and groundwater
and surface water recharge and discharge areas. (cf. RCW 36.70A.030(14).)
“Rural commercial designation” means the land use designation of the Comprehensive Plan designed to
provide opportunities for some commercial uses to be located in rural areas.
“Rural commercial uses” means the use of land or the use or construction of structures or facilities involving
the retail sale of goods or services which is either unsuitable for a rural village center or rural crossroad or
is better suited to rural lands and that does not require urban governmental services.
“Rural crossroads” means those areas established by virtue of historic transportation patterns and
characterized by existing concentrations of small-scale commercial uses fronting on, or in close proximity
to, major transportation routes and intersections. The following three types of commercial rural crossroads
exist in Jefferson County: neighborhood/visitor crossroads, convenience crossroads, and general
crossroads:
(1) Convenience Crossroads (CC). Those crossroads that provide a limited selection of basic retail
goods and services, and serve a lower intensity population base and the traveling public.
Convenience crossroads are characterized by a single convenience/general store. There are three
convenience crossroads in Jefferson County: Nordland, Beaver Valley and Wawa Point.
(2) Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroads (NC). Those crossroads which provide multiple uses and
services serving both the local community and the traveling public. There are five
neighborhood/visitor crossroads identified in Jefferson County: Mats Mats, Discovery Bay, Four
Corners, Chimacum and Gardiner.
(3) General Crossroads (GC). Similar to neighborhood crossroads, general crossroads serve a
higher local population base and offer a wider variety of goods and services. There are three general
crossroads identified in Jefferson County: Ness’ Corner, Irondale Corner and SR 19/20
Intersection.
“Rural governmental services” means those public services provided to rural areas at a scale
consistent with the rural character of the area.
“Rural lands” means the class of land use designations which are intended to preserve the rural
character of the county. Rural land designations include the following: rural residential, rural
commercial, and rural industrial.
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“Rural recreational lodging or cabins” means a rural commercial establishment consisting of
tourist lodging facilities such as cabins and/or motel, hotel, inn or lodge units that provide for
overnight sleeping accommodations and may also provide limited small-scale conference or retreat
facilities consistent with the standards set forth in JCC 18.20.350.
“Rural residential designation” means the land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan
designed to recognize existing residential development patterns of the rural landscape and provide
for a variety of residential living opportunities at densities which maintain the primarily rural
residential character of an area.
“Rural village center” means small, unincorporated commercial and residential community centers
that provide a rural level of services and which serve as a focal point for the local population. In
Jefferson County these centers include: Quilcene and Brinnon. [Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 3-
20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.190 S definitions.
“Sale” means the conveyance for consideration of legal or beneficial ownership.
“Salt water intrusion” means the underground flow of salt water into wells and aquifers.
“Screening” means a method of visually shielding or obscuring a structure or use from view by
fencing, walls, trees, or densely planted vegetation.
“Seaward” means to or toward the sea.
Seawater Intrusion. (See “Salt water intrusion.”)
“Seawater intrusion protection zone (SIPZ)” means aquifers and land overlying aquifers with some
degree of vulnerability to seawater intrusion.
“Sedimentation” means the process by which material is transported and deposited by water or
wind.
“Seiche and landslide generated wave hazard areas” means lake and marine shoreline areas
susceptible to flooding, inundation, debris impact, or mass wasting as the result of a seiche or
landslide generated waves. No known best available science is currently available to characterize
potential seiche hazards in Jefferson County.
“Seismic hazard areas” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(18).
“Sensitive areas” associated with JCC 18.20.345, Sexually oriented businesses, include: schools,
day care facilities, libraries, off-road public trails and paths, public indoor recreational facilities,
hospitals, parks and playgrounds, places of worship (i.e., churches), community centers, senior
citizen centers, cemeteries, residential neighborhoods, master planned resorts.
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“Sensitive species” means species that could become threatened as classified by the State of
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame Program, and the Department of Natural
Resources, Washington Natural Heritage Plan.
“Service area” means a geographic area defined by a county or intergovernmental agreement in
which a defined set of public facilities provides service to development within the area (e.g., an
area identified by a public water system that includes the ability to provide a water tap).
“Setback” means the distance a structure is placed behind a specified line or topographic feature.
“Sewerage treatment facilities” means the management, storage, collection, transportation,
treatment, utilization, and processing of sewage from a municipal or community sewage treatment
plant, not including community drain fields.
“Sexually oriented business” means:
(1) Any exhibition, performance or dance conducted in an sexually oriented business facility where
such exhibition, performance or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis
on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified
anatomical areas; or
(2) Any exhibition, performance or dance intended to sexually stimulate any patron and conducted
in a sexually oriented business facility where such exhibition, performance or dance is performed
for, arranged with, or engaged in with fewer than all patrons in the sexually oriented business
facility at that time, with separate consideration paid, either directly or indirectly, for such
performance, exhibition or dance. For purposes of example and not limitation, such exhibitions,
performances or dances are commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, taxi dancing,
lap dancing, private dancing or straddle dancing; or
(3) Sexually oriented retail store, meaning an enclosed building, or any portion thereof, which, for
money or any other form of consideration, devotes a significant or substantial portion of stock in
trade to the sale, exchange, rental, loan, trade, transfer or viewing of sexually oriented materials.
For purposes of this definition, a retail store devotes a significant or substantial portion of its stock
in trade to sexually oriented materials if the sale, exchange, rental, loan, trade, transfer or viewing
of such sexually oriented materials is clearly material to the economic viability of the business. It
is rebuttably presumed that such sexually oriented materials are clearly material to the viability of
the business if sexually oriented materials account for:
(a) Twenty-five percent or more of the retail dollar value of gross sales over any quarterly
period;
(b) Twenty-five percent or more of the floor area of the store open to the public;
(c) Twenty-five percent or more of the retail dollar value of all merchandise displayed in the
store;
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(d) Twenty-five percent or more of the store’s inventory (whether measured by retail dollar
value or number of items); or
(e) Twenty-five percent or more of the store’s stock in trade.
In no event shall a retailer whose transactions only incidentally or marginally relate to sexually
oriented materials be considered a sexually oriented retail store.
(4) Also see JCC 5.10.030 for a more complete list of definitions.
“Shooting range” consists of a firing line or firing points, and an impact area.
“Shoreline Management Act” means the Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Chapter 90.58
RCW), as amended.
“Shoreline Master Program (SMP)” means the Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program.
“Short plat” means a neat and accurate drawing of a short subdivision, prepared for filing for record
with the county auditor, and containing all elements and requirements set forth in Chapter 18.35
JCC.
“Short plat” or “short subdivision” is the division or redivision of land into four or fewer lots,
tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership; and within
UGAs, a division of land up to a maximum of nine lots. (NEW)
“Sign” means any object, device, display or structure, or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors,
which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention to an object, person,
institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including
words, letters, figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected images.
Excluded from this definition are signs required by law, such as handicapped parking signs, and
the flags of national and state governments.
“Sign, commercial” means a sign that directs attention to a business or profession, to a commodity
or service sold, offered, or manufactured, or to an entertainment offered on the premises where the
sign is located.
“Sign, freestanding” means a sign not attached to a structure.
“Silviculture” means the study and practice of controlling the establishment, composition,
constitution, health, growth, and quality of forest stands.
“Single-family residence” means a dwelling unit designed for and occupied by no more than one
family.
“Single-family zones” means those zones where single-family detached residences are the
predominant land use. (NEW)
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“SIPZ” means seawater intrusion protection zones.
“Site evaluation checklist” means all the information described in JCC 18.22.945(3)(d).
“Sixplex” means a residential building with six attached dwelling units. (NEW)
“Sleeping unit” is a single unit that provides rooms or spaces for one or more persons, includes
permanent provisions for sleeping and can include provisions for living, eating and either
sanitation or kitchen facilities but not both. Such rooms and spaces that are also part of a dwelling
unit are not sleeping units.” (NEW)
“Small equipment repair, sales and rental services” means commercial establishments engaged
primarily in the repair, and/or rental and sale of small equipment, including, but not limited to,
tools, watches, appliances, televisions and other electronic devices, computers, lawnmowers,
bicycles and similar items.
“Small-scale” means of a size or intensity which has minimal impacts on the surrounding area and
which makes minimal demands on the existing infrastructure.
“Small-scale recreation or tourist uses” means recreational uses or tourist uses that are reliant upon
a rural setting or location; do not include any new residential development beyond that allowed in
the underlying land use district; and otherwise meet the performance standards in JCC 18.20.350.
“Soil log” means the excavation and written record of soil septic suitability as per health
department written guidelines and requirements.
“Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semi-solid wastes, except wastes
identified in WAC 173-304-015, including, but not limited to, junk vehicles, garbage, rubbish,
ashes, industrial wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts
thereof, and discarded commodities, but excluding agricultural wastes and crop residues returned
to the soil at agronomic rates. This includes all liquid, solid and semi-solid materials which are not
the primary products of public, private, industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations.
Solid waste includes but is not limited to sludge from wastewater treatment plants and septage
from septic tanks, wood waste, dangerous waste, and problem wastes. Unrecovered residues from
recycling operations shall be considered solid waste.
“Solid waste disposal” means the act or process of disposing of rubbish and garbage.
“Sound” means an oscillation in pressure, particle displacement, particle velocity, or other physical
parameter in a medium with internal forces that causes compression and rarefaction of that
medium, including any characteristics of sound, such as duration, intensity, and frequency.
“Source of contamination” means a facility or disposal or storage site for material that impairs the
quality of groundwater to a degree that creates a potential hazard to the environment, public health,
or interferes with a beneficial use; or in reference to well drilling, a specific area or source as
defined in WAC 173-160-171.
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“Special flood hazard” means land in the floodplain subject to a one percent or greater chance of
flooding in any given year.
“Special report” means a technical report or study containing certain site analyses or project
evaluations or a plan describing mitigation or monitoring recommendations.
“Species of local importance” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(19).
“Sponsor” for purposes of the temporary housing facility regulations in JCC 18.20.385 means an
organization that is:
(a) A state of Washington registered not-for-profit corporation and federally recognized tax
exempt 501(c)(3) organization that invites a temporary housing facility to reside on land it
owns or leases; or
(b) Recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as exempt from federal income taxes as a
religious organization, which expresses its religious mission, in part, by organizing living
accommodations for those experiencing homelessness.
“Sprawl, low density” means scattered, poorly planned low density development that occurs
particularly in urban fringe and rural areas and frequently invades land important for
environmental and natural resource protection. Sprawl typically manifests itself in one or more of
the following patterns:
(a) Leap frog development: when new development of urban or suburban character is sited
away from an existing developed urban or suburban area, bypassing vacant parcels located in
or closer to the developed area that are suitable for development;
(b) Strip development: when large amounts of commercial, retail, or other nonresidential
development are located in a linear pattern along one or both sides of a major arterial or
collector and, typically, accessing directly onto the arterial or collector; and
(c) Large expanses of low density, single-family dwelling development, outside of urban areas,
rural village centers, or master planned resorts, that are located in relatively close proximity
to one another.
“Stacked flat means dwelling units in a residential building of no more than three stories on a
residential zoned lot in which each floor may be separately rented or owned. (NEW)
“State endangered species” means a species native to the state of Washington that is seriously
threatened with extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range within the state.
Endangered species are legally designated in WAC 232-12-014.
“State sensitive species” means a species, native to the state of Washington, that is vulnerable or
declining and is likely to become endangered or threatened in a significant portion of its range
within the state without cooperative management or the removal of threats. Sensitive species are
legally designated in WAC 232-12-011.
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“State threatened species” means a species, native to the state of Washington, that is likely to
become endangered in the foreseeable future throughout a significant portion of its range within
the state without cooperative management or the removal of threats. Threatened species are legally
designated in WAC 232-12-011.
“Stockyard” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as a stockyard
consisting of pens or other enclosures and their appurtenances in which livestock services such as
feeding, watering, weighing, sorting, receiving and shipping are offered to the public; provided,
that “stockyard” shall not include any facilities where livestock is offered for sale at public auction,
feed lots, or quarantined registered feed lots.
“Storage yard, outdoor” means an outdoor area used for the storage of equipment, vehicles or
materials for periods exceeding 72 hours.
“Street” means a public or private thoroughfare or easement that affords primary means of access.
For the purposes of Chapter 18.35 JCC, the definition of street includes all public and private
utilities such as communication lines, cable television lines, electrical lines and equipment, gas
distribution lines, stormwater, sidewalks, and other similar facilities commonly found in street
rights-of-way.
“Street or road frontage” means the length along a street which a structure, business, or lot abuts
or fronts.
“Structure” means a permanent or temporary edifice or building or any piece of work artificially
built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, whether installed on, above,
or below the surface of the ground or water, except for vessels (WAC 173-27-030).
“Subarea plan” means a detailed plan consistent with but more specific than this code or the
Comprehensive Plan. It may be a detailed land use plan for a specific geographic area, or a
functional long-range plan for a land use or resource issue of county-wide concern.
“Subdivision” means the division or redivision of land into lots, tracts, parcels sites or divisions
for the purpose of sale, lease or transfer of ownership.
“Subdivision, alteration of” means the alteration of lots or changes in dedications or restrictions or
easements shown on the face of a plat of a subdivision or short subdivision; except as provided by
RCW 58.17.040(6) for boundary line adjustments.
“Subdivision development standards” means the county’s engineering, design and construction
standards and specifications contained in Chapter 18.30 JCC, including any incorporated
standards, governing the construction of public and private improvements serving new divisions
of land. The county’s subdivision development standards include the adopted public works
standards for design and construction of transportation facilities and standards for clearing and
grading, erosion control, stormwater facilities, and water and sewage disposal improvements.
“Subdivision, long” means the division or redivision of land into five or more lots, tracts, parcels
or sites or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.
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“Subdivision, phased” means a subdivision that is developed in increments over a period of time.
“Subdivision, short” means the division or redivision of land into four or fewer lots, tracts, parcels
or sites or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.
“Subdivision, vacation of” means the removal of lots, boundaries, roads, dedications, restrictions,
or easements of a recorded subdivision or short subdivision.
“Surface mine” means any area or areas in close proximity to each other, as determined by the
department, where extraction of minerals results: (a) in more than three acres of disturbed area, (b)
surface-mined slopes greater than 30 feet high and steeper than one foot horizontal to one foot
vertical, (c) more than one acre of disturbed area within an eight-acre area; when the disturbed
area results from mineral prospecting or exploration activities. Surface mines include areas where
mineral extraction from the surface or subsurface occurs by the auger method or by reworking
mine refuse or tailings, when the disturbed area exceeds the size or height thresholds listed in of
this definition. Surface mining occurs when operations have created or are intended to create a
surface mine as defined by this subsection. Surface mining shall exclude excavations or grading
used primarily for on-site construction, on-site road maintenance, or on-site landfill construction,
for the purpose of public safety or restoring the land following a natural disaster, for the purpose
of removing stockpiles, for forest or farm road construction or maintenance on site or on
contiguous lands, primarily for public works projects if the mines are owned or primarily operated
by counties with 1993 populations of less than 20,000 persons, and if each mine has less than seven
acres of disturbed area, and for sand authorized by RCW 79A.05.630.
Surrounding (Area or Property). A lot of record shall be considered to be a “surrounding” property
with respect to the subject parcel or parcels if any portion of that lot of record is within 300 feet of
any boundary of the subject parcel(s) when the subject parcel(s) is/are designated on the land use
map as rural, residential, resource area, or parks preserve and recreation and shall be considered
surrounding if any portion of the lot of record is within 100 feet of any boundary of the subject
parcel(s) when the subject parcel(s) is/are designated as urban growth area or rural commercial.
For industrial the criteria for “surrounding” property shall be 600 feet.
“Sustainable” means actions or activities which preserve and enhance resources for future
generations. [Ord. 5-22 § 3 (Appx. A(3)); Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 3-20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord.
14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 3-12 § 1 (Exh. H); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.200 T definitions.
“Target” means a mark to shoot at.
“Target line” means the line where targets are placed.
“Temporary housing facility” means a facility providing temporary housing accommodations
pursuant to JCC 18.20.385. Temporary housing facilities include temporary structures as defined
in this section and may also include a safe parking area and common use structures.
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“Temporary structures” includes tents, RVs, tiny shelters, and any other structure designed to
provide personal and private shelter to an individual or family.
“Temporary tent facility” means a temporary housing facility for unhoused people that is
composed of tents or other temporary structures, as approved pursuant to JCC 18.20.385.
“Temporary tiny shelter village” means a temporary housing facility for unhoused people that is
composed of purpose-built tiny structures, as approved by the administrator, on a site permitted by
the department pursuant to JCC 18.20.385. Temporary tiny structures for unhoused people are
typically less than 200 square feet and easily constructed and moved to various locations. For the
purposes of JCC 18.20.385, temporary tiny structures are not dwelling units for purposes of
Chapter 15.05 JCC.
“Threatened species” means a species that is likely to become an endangered species within the
foreseeable future, as classified by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife
Policy No. 602, and the Department of Natural Resources, Washington Natural Heritage Program.
“Threshold determination” means the decision by the responsible official under the State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) regarding the likelihood that a project or other “action” (WAC
197-11-704) will have a probable significant adverse impact on an element of the environment.
“Timber land” means land supporting or capable of supporting a stand of merchantable timber and
which is not being developed or used for an activity which is incompatible with timber production.
“Tourist uses” means used by persons traveling for pleasure or culture.
Tract. (See “Lot.”)
“Trailer” means a structure standing on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle, and used for
short-term human occupancy, carrying of materials, goods, or objects, or as a temporary office.
“Transfer of development rights (TDR)” means the transfer of the right to develop or build,
expressed in dwelling units per acre, from land in one land use designation to land in another
designation or from one property owner to another, where such a transfer is permitted.
“Transient accommodations” means a commercial use involving the rental of any structure or
portion thereof for the purpose of providing lodging for periods less than 30 days.
“Transient residence or transient ADU” means a single-family residential unit or ADU used for
short-term transient occupancy (for periods less than 30 days).
“Transportation facilities” means roads, trails, airports, airfields, public docks, ferries and related
terminals, and parking areas.
“Tree line” means the line created by existing trees, at the trunk line, growing in a generally
continuous line, as opposed to a line drawn between a few isolated trees.
“Triplex” means a residential building with three attached dwelling units. (NEW)
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“Tsunami hazard areas” means coastal areas susceptible to flooding, inundation, debris impact, or
mass wasting as the result of a tsunami generated by seismic events. [Ord. 5-22 § 3 (Appx. A(4));
Ord. 5-20 § 3 (Appx. A); Ord. 3-20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.210 U definitions.
“Unimproved, dormant platted land” means land within the limits of a plat recorded prior to 1937
that, as of the date of the initial adoption of the ordinance codified in this Unified Development
Code, does not contain a building that is or has been used as a dwelling unit or as a viable business
facility.
“Unit density” means the number of dwelling units allowed on a lot, regardless of lot size. (NEW)
“Unit lot subdivisions” are divisions of a parent lot into separately owned unit lots that meet the
requirements of JCC 18.35, Article IX. (NEW)
“Uplands” means lands outside of the jurisdiction of the Shoreline Master Program.
“Urban growth” has the same meaning as in WAC 365-190-030(20).
“Urban growth area” means an area designated by the county within which urban growth is to be
encouraged and outside of which growth is not intended to be urban in nature. (cf. Chapter 36.70A
RCW.)
Urban Services. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.030 (19), urban services are those public services and
public facilities at an intensity historically and typically provided in cities, specifically including
storm and sanitary sewer systems, municipal water systems, street cleaning services, fire and
police protection services, public transit services, street improvements such as sidewalks, curbs
and gutters and other public utilities associated with urban areas and normally not associated with
rural.
“U.S.C.” means the United States Code, as it now exists or is later amended.
“Use” means the purpose that land or building or structures now serve or for which they are or
may be occupied, maintained, arranged, designed, or intended.
“Utilities” means facilities serving the public through a network of wires or pipes, and ancillary
structures thereto, including systems for the delivery of natural gas, electricity, and
telecommunications services.
“Utility distribution lines” means pipes, wires, and associated structural supports.
“Utility facilities” means facilities directly used for the distribution or transmission of services to
an area, excluding utility service offices.
“Utility substations” means the intermediate substations used for the transmission of utilities. (See
“Utility facilities.”)
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“Utility transmission lines” means pipes, wires and associated structural supports. [Ord. 5-20 § 3
(Appx. A); Ord. 3-20 § 1 (Appx. A); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.10.220 V definitions.
“Vacation, roads and streets” means a statutory procedure by which the county may relinquish its
interest in streets, alleys, or easements.
“Variance” means the means by which an adjustment is made in the application of the specific
bulk, dimensional, or performance standards set forth in this code to a particular piece of property,
which property, because of special circumstances applicable to it is deprived of privileges
commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same land use designation or vicinity and which
adjustment remedies disparity in privileges. Variances shall not be used to vary from the allowable,
conditional and prohibited uses set forth in Table 3-1 in JCC 18.15.040.
“Variance, major” means all variances other than those meeting the definition of a minor variance.
“Variance, minor” means variances that would permit minor deviation from expansion of an
existing building that would extend no more than 10 percent beyond the dimensional, area and
bulk requirements specified by this code. Minor variances also include variances to allow
expansion of an existing building that is nonconforming as to setback or lot coverage requirements
when the proposed expansion would not:
(a) Increase the nonconformity of the building; and
(b) Result in any portion of the building or expansion being located closer to the nearest
abutting property line than does the existing building at its nearest point to the property
line.
“Vicinity” means, in rural and resource lands, the area generally within one mile of the
exterior boundary of a given parcel. [Ord. 8-06 § 1]
Changes to Chapter 18.15 (Land Use Districts)
18.15.040 Categories of land use. Table 3-1. Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Abbreviation Land Use District Zoning District
(See Chapter 18.18 JCC)
Urban Growth Areas
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Abbreviation Land Use District Zoning District
(See Chapter 18.18 JCC)
UR Urban Residential Urban Low Density Residential (ULDR)
Urban Moderate Density Residential
(UMDR)
Urban High Density Residential (UHDR)
UC Urban Commercial Urban Commercial (UC)
Visitor-Oriented Commercial (VOC)
ULI Urban Industrial Urban Light Industrial (ULI)
UP Urban Public Urban Public (UP)
Rural Lands
Rural Commercial
RVC Rural Village Center
CC Convenience Crossroad
NVC Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad
GC General Crossroad
Rural Industrial
RBI Resource-Based Industrial
LI/C Light Industrial/Commercial
LI Light Industrial
HI Heavy Industrial
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Abbreviation Land Use District Zoning District
(See Chapter 18.18 JCC)
Rural Residential
RR 1:5 Rural Residential 1:5
RR 1:10 Rural Residential 1:10
RR 1:20 Rural Residential 1:20
Resource Lands
Agricultural Resource Lands
AP-20 Prime Agricultural Land
AL-20 Agricultural Land of Local
Importance
Forest Resource Lands
CF-80 Commercial Forest
RF-40 Rural Forest
IF Inholding Forest
Master Planned Resorts
MPR Port Ludlow Master Planned
Resort
Public
PPR Parks, Preserves and Recreation
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Abbreviation Land Use District Zoning District
(See Chapter 18.18 JCC)
CWMEPF County Waste Management
Essential Public Facility
AEPF Airport Essential Public Facility
P Public Public (P)
Overlay Designations
MRL Mineral Resource Lands
WEPA RR West End Planning Area –
Remote Rural
BRPA RR Brinnon Planning Area – Remote
Rural
AO Airport Overlays
• Airport Overlay I
• Airport Overlay II
• Airport Overlay III
SRT Small-Scale Recreation and
Tourist
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Table 3-1. Allowable and Prohibited Uses
How To Use This Table
Table 3-1 displays the classifications of uses for land use districts, except for land use and zoning districts in the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA
which are specified in chapter 18.18 JCC.
The allowability and classification of uses as represented in the table are further modified by the following:
The location may have a multiple designation. This would be true of the Shoreline Master Program, a subarea plan, or an overlay district applied to
the location. The Shoreline Master Program (SMP) should be consulted if the location of interest is subject to the SMP jurisdiction. See also Notes
1 to 3 to this table.
All regulations in this code apply to the uses in these tables. To determine whether a particular use or activity can occur in a particular land use
district and location, all relevant regulations must also be consulted in addition to this table.
Categories of Uses
Yes = Uses allowed subject to the provisions of this code, including meeting applicable performance standards (chapter 18.20 JCC) and
development standards (chapter 18.30 JCC); if a building or other development permit is required, this use is also subject to project
permit approval; see chapter 18.40 JCC.
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D = Discretionary uses are certain named and all unnamed uses which may be allowed subject to administrative approval and consistency
with the UDC, unless the administrator prohibits the use or requires a conditional use permit based on project impacts; see JCC
18.15.040(2) and Chapter 18.40 JCC.
C = Conditional uses, subject to criteria, public notice, written public comment and public hearing procedure; see Article VIII of Chapter
18.40 JCC.
C(a) = Conditional uses, subject to criteria, public notice, written public comment, and an administrative approval procedure, but not a public
hearing; see Article VIII of Chapter 18.40 JCC.
C(d) = Conditional uses, subject to criteria, public notice, written public comment and, at the discretion of the administrator, a public hearing
procedure, if warranted, based on the project’s potential impacts, size or complexity, according to criteria in JCC 18.40.520; see Article
VIII of Chapter 18.40 JCC.
No = Prohibited use.
NOTES:
1. All uses must be consistent with the purpose of the land use district in which they are proposed to occur; see the Land Use Element of the
Comprehensive Plan. All land uses in all districts must meet the general regulations in Article III of this chapter unless otherwise stated herein.
2. A land use or development proposed to be located entirely or partly within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of a regulated shoreline is
within the jurisdiction of the Shoreline Master Program, and is subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter and of the SMP, as well as the
applicable provisions and permit requirements indicated in this table. Please refer to the Shoreline Master Program for specific use regulations and
regulations by shoreline environment.
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3. Overlay districts provide policies and regulations in addition to those of the underlying land use districts for certain land areas and
for uses that warrant specific recognition and management. For any land use or development proposed to be located entirely or partly
within an overlay district, or within the jurisdiction of a subarea plan, the applicable provisions of the overlay district or subarea plan as
provided in Articles VI and VII of this chapter shall prevail over any conflicting provisions of the UDC.
4. The assignment of allowed or prohibited uses may not directly or indirectly preclude the siting of “essential public facilities” (as
designated in the Comprehensive Plan) within the county. See JCC 18.15.110.
5. Outright uses are land uses or activities which are exempt from the provisions of this Unified Development Code.
6. Land Use Districts:
AG Agricultural Resource Lands F Forest Resource Lands P Public
AP-20 Prime Agricultural Land CF-80 Commercial Forest
PPR Parks, Preserves and Recreation
AL-20 Agricultural Land of Local
Importance
RF-40 Rural Forest
IF-20 Inholding Forest
RC Rural Commercial I Rural Industrial RR Rural Residential
RVC Rural Village Center RBI Resource-Based Industrial RR 1:5 Rural Residential – 1 DU/5
Acres
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CC Convenience Crossroads LI/C Light Industrial/Commercial
(Glen Cove)
RR
1:10
Rural Residential – 1 DU/10
Acres
NC Neighborhood/Visitor
Crossroads
LI Light Industrial (Glen Cove)
RR
1:20
Rural Residential – 1 DU/20
Acres GC General Crossroads LI/M Light
Industrial/Manufacturing
UGA Urban Growth Area HI Heavy Industrial
7. Forest practices (including timber harvesting), except for Class IV, general (see JCC 18.20.160) are regulated by the Washington
Department of Natural Resources.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Residential
Uses
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC
Single-Family
Housing
Accessory
dwellings units
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Caretaker
residence
(public parks)
No No No No No No No No No No No No No No C(a)
Co-
housing/intentio
nal
communities
(subject to
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA PRRD overlay
in RR districts)
Congregate
living facilities
– nontransient
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Manufactured/
mobile home
parks (subject
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA to PRRD
overlay in RR
districts)
Single-family
residences
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Short-term
rentals with 5
or fewer guest
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA rooms or 10 or
fewer
occupants
Duplexes
(subject to
meeting
underlying
density
requirements)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No NoYes NoYes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Farm worker
housing
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Multifamily
Housing
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Multifamily
residential units
(3+ units)
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Residential care
facilities with
up to 5 persons
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Residential care
facilities with 6
to 20 persons
No No C C C Yes No No No No No No No No No
Nursing/conval
escent/assisted
living facilities
No No C C C Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA
Unnamed
residential
uses
No No D D D D No D D No No No No No No
Accessory Uses
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Home
businesses
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Cottage
industry (not
including
recreational
marijuana)
C(a) C(a) C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Hobby kennel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Commercial
Uses
Animal
commercial
kennels and
catteries
See
JCC
18.20.
030
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No C(d) No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Automotive
service and
repair
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Automotive
service and
repair (with
subordinate
auto sales)
No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-63
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Bed and
breakfast inn (4
to 6 rooms)
Yes No C(a) C(a) C(a) Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Bed and
breakfast
residence (1 to
3 rooms)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Boat storage,
commercial
(outside of
SMP)
No No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Boat building
and repair,
commercial
No No No No No C No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Clinics
(medical,
dental, and
vision)
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Convenience
and video stores
No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Day care,
commercial
C No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Drinking
establishment
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Eating
establishment
No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No C No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Sexually
oriented
businesses
No No No No No C C No C No C No No No No
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC Small
equipment
repair, sales and
rental services
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-68
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Short-term
rentals with
more than 5
guest rooms or
more than 10
occupants
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-69
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Construction
contractor,
commercial
No No No No No Yes No No/
Yes 1
Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Food and
beverage stands
No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Gas stations No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-70
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Golf courses
and driving
ranges
No No C C C No No No No No No No No No C
Grocery stores
and gift shops
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Hotel/motel No No No No No Yes No No 2 C No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-71
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Indoor
entertainment
or recreational
facility
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Liquor stores No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Lumber
yards/building
No No No No No Yes No No C No Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-72
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA supply and
materials
Marijuana
recreational
retailer
C(d) No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Mini-storage
facilities
No No No No No Yes No C/Yes 3 Yes No Yes No Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-73
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Personal and
professional
services
No No No No No Yes D D Yes No No No No No No
Resorts, master
planned (new)
See Article IV of Chapter 18.15 JCC
Retail sales and
services (not
See
JCC
No No No No Yes D D Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-74
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA including
recreational
marijuana
retail)11
18.20.
030
Vehicle sales,
new and used
retail (auto and
RV)
No No No No No C(a) No No No/C(a) 4 No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-75
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Veterinary
clinics and
hospitals
See
JCC
18.20.
030
Unnamed
commercial
uses
No No No No No D D D D No D No No No No
See
Chapter
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-76
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Industrial Uses 18.18
JCC
Bulk plant or
terminal
facilities
No No No No No No No No No No C C C C No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-77
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Asphalt and
concrete batch
plants
No C No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No
Heavy
equipment sales
and rental
services
No No No No No C(a) No No C(a) No Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-78
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Heavy
industrial,
resource-based
No No No No No No No No No C(a) No No No Yes No
Light
industrial/manu
facturing (not
including
recreational
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No No No No No C(a) Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-79
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA marijuana
processing)
Food or
beverage
bottling and/or
packaging
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-80
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Outdoor storage
yards
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No No No No No C(a) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Recycling
center
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No No No No/C 5 No/C 6 No Yes Yes Yes No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-81
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Marijuana
recreational
processor
C(d) No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Mineral
extraction
activities
(without MRL
overlay)
Yes Yes C C C No No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-82
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Mineral
extraction
activities
(w/MRL
overlay) (10-
acre min. lot
size)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Mineral
processing
C C C C C No No No No Yes C C C Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-83
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA accessory to
extraction
operations
(without MRL
overlay)
Mineral
processing
accessory to
extraction
operations
Yes Yes C C C No No No No Yes No No No Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-84
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA (w/MRL
overlay)
Warehouse/who
lesale
distribution
center
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No See
Chapter
18.18
JCC
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-85
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA (Automobile)
wrecking yards
and junk (or
salvage) yards
No No No No No No No No/
Yes 7
No/
Yes 8
No No No Yes Yes No
Unnamed
industrial uses
No No No No No No No No No D D D D D No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-86
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Institutional
Uses
Essential
Public
Facilities 9
See JCC 18.15.110
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-87
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Airports (w/o
airport EPF
overlay)
No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Educational
facilities (state
owned)
No No C C C C No C C C C C C No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-88
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Large-scale
regional
transportation
facilities (state
owned) (e.g.,
freeways, ferry
terminals)
No No C C C C No C C C C C C C No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-89
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Correctional
facilities
No No C C C C No C C C C C C C No
Solid waste
handling and
disposal
facilities
No No C C C C No C C C C C C C No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-90
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Inpatient
substance abuse
and mental
health facilities
No No C C C C No C C No No No No No No
Unnamed
essential public
facilities
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C C C C C C C C
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-91
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Public
Purpose
Facilities
Animal shelter C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No C(d) C(d)
Assembly
facilities
See
JCC
No C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes No C(a) C(a) No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-92
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA 18.20.
030
College or
technical
school/adult
education
facility (not
state owned)
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No No No No C No C C No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-93
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Emergency
services (police,
fire, EMS)
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC
Government
offices
No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No C(a)
Library No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-94
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Museum No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No C(d)
Parks and
playfields
C C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Post office No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Public works
maintenance/eq
C C C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-95
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA uipment storage
shops
Recreational
facilities
C C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Recycling
collection
facilities
See
JCC
C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes C(a)
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-96
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA 18.20.
030
School, primary
and secondary
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C C C C No No C No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-97
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Visitor/interpret
ive center
No C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No C(d) C(d) No No No No No C(d)
Water/wastewat
er treatment
facilities
No No C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes C(d)
Cemeteries No No C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-98
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Religious
assembly
facility
No No C(d) C(d) C(d) C(a) No C(a) C(a) No No No No No No
Unnamed
institutional
uses
No No D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-99
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Small-Scale
Recreation
and Tourist
Uses
Aerial
recreational
activities (e.g.,
No No C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-100
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA balloon rides,
gliders)
Animal
preserves and
game farms
with dangerous
wild animals
No No C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-101
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Animal tourist
farms with
domestic and
nondangerous
wild animals
See
JCC
18.20.
030
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC
Agritourism See
JCC
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-102
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA 18.20.
030
Campgrounds
and camping
facilities, new
See
JCC
18.20.
030
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No Yes
Campgrounds,
camping
See
JCC
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No Yes
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-103
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA facilities and
small-scale
resorts;
expansion of
existing
facilities
18.20.
030
Cultural festival
and historic
sites, permanent
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No C(d) C(d) No No No No No Yes
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-104
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Equestrian
centers
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No No
Outdoor
commercial
amusement
facilities
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C C C Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-105
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Outdoor
archery ranges
No C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) No No No No No No No No No No
Recreational,
cultural or
religious
conference
center/retreat
facilities
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C C C C(d) No No C(d) No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-106
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Recreational
vehicle parks
No C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes No No Yes No No No No No No
Commercial
indoor shooting
facility
No No No No No D D D D No D D D No No
Commercial
outdoor
No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-107
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA shooting
facility10
Outdoor
recreational
equipment
rental and/or
guide services
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-108
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Public display
gardens
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes No No No No No No No No Yes
Rural
restaurant, only
when
associated with
a primary
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C(d) C(d) C(d) N/A N/A N/A N/A No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-109
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA recreational or
tourist use
Recreational
off-road vehicle
(ORV) and all-
terrain vehicle
(ATV) parks
and recreational
areas
No C No No No No No No No No No No No No No
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-110
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Rural
recreational
lodging or
cabins for
transient rental
See
JCC
18.20.
030
No C C C N/A N/A N/A N/A No No No No No No
Unnamed
small-scale
See
JCC
No C(d) C(d) C(d) D D D D No No No No No D
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-111
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA recreation and
tourist uses
18.20.
030
Temporary
Uses
Seasonal
roadside stands
See JCC 18.20.330
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-112
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Temporary
festivals
See JCC 18.20.390
Temporary
housing
facilities
See
JCC
18.20.
385
C(d) in all rural residential zones; prohibited in all other zones
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-113
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Temporary
outdoor uses
See JCC 18.20.380
Transportatio
n Uses
Park and ride
lots/transit
facilities
C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-114
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Roads, public
or private
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trails and
paths, public or
private
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-115
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Unnamed
transportation
uses
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Utilities Uses
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-116
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Commercial
communication
facilities
See JCC 18.20.130
Utility
developments,
major
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-117
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Utility
developments,
minor
C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a)
Unnamed
utility uses
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-118
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Agricultural
and Forestry
Uses
See
Chapter
18.18
JCC Agricultural
activities and
accessory uses
See JCC 18.20.030
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-119
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Aquacultural
uses and
activities
(outside of
shoreline
jurisdiction)
Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Aquatic plant and
animal
See
JCC
No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-120
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA processing and
storage
18.20.0
30
Lumber mills and
associated
forestry
processing
activities and
uses
See
JCC
18.20.0
30
C(a) No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-121
Resource
Lands
Rural
Residential Rural Commercial Rural Industrial Public UGA Agricultural – Prime and Local Forest – Commercial, Rural and Inholding 1 DU/5 Acres 1 DU/10 Acres 1 DU/20 Acres Rural Village Center Convenience Crossroad Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad General Crossroad Resource-Based Industrial Light Industrial/Commercial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial (Glen Cove) Light Industrial/Manufacturing (Quilcene and Eastview) Heavy Industrial Parks, Preserves and Recreation Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area Specific Land
Use AG CF/RF/IF RR 1:5 RR 1:10 RR 1:20 RVC CC NC GC RBI LI/C LI LI/M HI PPR UGA Marijuana
recreational
producer
Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Nurseries Yes Yes C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Unnamed
agricultural and
forestry uses
D D D D D No No No No No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-122
Notes:
1 Four Corners only.
2 Hotel/motels are not allowed in NC districts, except for Discovery Bay.
3 Chimacum and Four Corners, existing only.
4 SR 19/20 only.
5 Four Corners only.
6 Ness Corner only.
7 Four Corners, existing only.
8 Ness Corner, existing only.
9 Classification of EPF uses within appropriate districts are advisory only, subject to provisions of Article V of Chapter 18.15 JCC.
10 Outdoor commercial shooting facility shall be a prohibited use in all zoning districts, including for small-scale tourist and recreation uses.
11 Lawful incidental sales of firearms, ammunition, component parts and accessories for indoor shooting facilities shall be allowed. However, in
industrial zones, JCC 18.20.220(1)(c)(i), (ii), and (iii) shall apply, but (iv) shall not.
12 A religious organization may host individuals or families experiencing homelessness pursuant to RCW 36.01.290, including extreme weather
shelters, on property owned or controlled by the religious organization in any zone whether within buildings located on the property or elsewhere
on the property outside of buildings, subject to the conditions set forth in JCC 18.20.385 for temporary housing facilities.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-123
Changes to Chapter 18.18 JCC (Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA)
18.18.030 Purpose of UGA land use and zoning districts.
The purposes of the land use and zoning districts are as follows:
(1) Urban Commercial (UC). The purpose of the urban commercial designation is to provide for a wide range of commercial activities
and uses compatible with the expressed needs of the community that will provide goods and services for the UGA, nearby residents and
serve the traveling public;
(2) Visitor-Oriented Commercial (VOC). The purpose of this designation is to recognize the unique area of the Old Alcohol Plant and
allow commercial uses and for visitor-oriented lodging, goods and services that supplement the historical and tourism-related character
of this area;
(3) Urban Low Density Residential (ULDR). The purpose of the ULDR district is to provide for areas of single-family urban residential
development that are separate from commercial and industrial uses and activities;
(4) Urban Moderate Density Residential (UMDR). The purpose of the UMDR district is to provide for areas of mixed single-family and
moderate density multifamily urban residential development;
(5) Urban High Density Residential (UHDR). The purpose of the UHDR district is to provide for areas of high density multifamily
residential development;
(6) Urban Light Industrial (ULI). The purpose of the ULI designation is to allow for low intensity and low nuisance potential industrial
uses;
(7) Public (P). The purpose of the P designation is to provide for the siting of important public facilities, and compatible services
compatible, and affordable housing.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-124
JCC 18.18.040 Table 3A-1. Allowable and Prohibited Uses
How To Use This Table
Table 3A-1 displays the classifications of uses for UGA zoning districts.
The allowability and classification of uses as represented in the table are further modified by the following:
• The location may have a multiple designation. This would be true of the Shoreline Master Program, a subarea plan, or an overlay district
applied to the location. The Shoreline Master Program (SMP) should be consulted if the location of interest is subject to the SMP jurisdiction. See
also Notes 1 to 3 to this table.
• All regulations in this code apply to the uses in these tables. To determine whether a particular use or activity can occur in a particular land use
district and location, all relevant regulations must also be consulted in addition to this table.
• A development proposal within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of a regulated shoreline is within the jurisdiction of the Shoreline
Master Program, and is subject to the applicable provisions of the SMP in this title.
• Overlay districts provide policies and regulations in addition to those of the underlying land use districts for certain land areas and for uses that
warrant specific recognition and management. For any land use or development proposed to be located entirely or partly within an overlay district,
or within the jurisdiction of a subarea plan, the applicable provisions of the overlay district or subarea plan as provided in Articles VI and VII of
Chapter 18.15 JCC shall prevail over any conflicting provisions of the UDC.
Categories of Uses
Yes = Uses allowed subject to the provisions of this code, including meeting applicable performance standards (chapter 18.20 JCC) and
development standards (chapter 18.30 JCC); if a building or other development permit is required, this use is also subject to project
permit approval; see chapter 18.40 JCC.
D = Discretionary uses are certain named and all unnamed uses which may be allowed subject to administrative approval and consistency
with the UDC, unless the administrator prohibits the use or requires a conditional use permit based on project impacts; see JCC
18.15.040(2) and Chapter 18.40 JCC.
C = Conditional uses, subject to criteria, public notice, written public comment and public hearing procedure; see JCC 18.40.080. Article
VIII of Chapter 18.40 JCC.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-125
C(a) = Conditional uses, subject to criteria, public notice, written public comment, and an administrative approval procedure, but not a public
hearing; see Article VIII of Chapter 18.40JCC 18.40.080.
C(d) = Conditional uses, subject to criteria, public notice, written public comment and, at the discretion of the administrator, a public hearing
procedure, if warranted, based on the project’s potential impacts, size or complexity, according to criteria in JCC 18.40.520; JCC
18.40.080. Article VIII of Chapter 18.40 JCC..
No = Prohibited use.
JCC 18.18.040 Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Author’s Note: Residential uses only.
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Residential Uses
Single-Family Housing
Single-family residences Existing only Existing only Yes Yes No No NoD8
Duplexes Existing only Existing only Yes Yes No No No
Manufactured/mobile home parks Existing only No Yes Existing
only
Yes No NoD8
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-126
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Middle Housing
Duplexes Existing only Existing only Yes Yes No No NoD8
Triplexes and Fourplexes Existing only Existing only Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Fiveplexes and Sixplexes Existing only Existing only Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Townhouses Existing only Existing only Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Cottage Housing Existing only Existing only Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Courtyard Apartments Existing only Existing only No Yes Yes No NoD8
Stacked Flats Existing only Existing only No Yes Yes No NoD8
Multifamily Housing
Multifamily residential units (3+
units)
D Existing only No Yes Yes No NoD8
Residential adult care facilities Yes No Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Co-living housing Existing only Existing only Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Nursing/convalescent/assisted living
facilities
Yes No Yes Yes Yes No NoD8
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-127
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Emergency housing/emergency
shelter 7
Yes No Yes No No No No NoD8
Permanent shelter
housing/transitional housing
Yes No Yes No No No No NoD8
Accessory Uses
Accessory dwelling units Existing only Existing only Yes Yes Yes No No
Home businesses1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Cottage industries1 Yes Yes No No No No No
Commercial Uses
Animal shelters and kennels,
commercial
C(a) C(a) No No No No No
Aquaculture Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Automobile service station Yes Yes No No No No No
Automobile repair and/or restoration Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Automobile (car) wash Yes Yes No No No No No
Automobile sales Yes No No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-128
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Bakery Yes Yes No No No No No
Banks and credit unions Yes Yes No No No No No
Bed and breakfast residence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Billiard parlor Yes Yes No No No No No
Blueprinting and photostatting Yes No No No No Yes No
Boat building and repair Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Boat sales Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Bowling alley Yes Yes No No No No No
Building supply and hardware store Yes No No No No No No
Child day care, commercial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Clinics (medical, dental, and vision)
and veterinary clinics and hospitals
Yes Yes No No No No No
Commercial indoor shooting facility D D No No No D No
Commercial outdoor shooting
facility5
No No No No No No No
Convenience store Yes Yes No No No No No
Contractor yards (commercial
excavating)
Yes No No No No Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-129
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Drinking establishment Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Eating establishment Yes Yes No No No Yes2 Yes
Entertainment facility, indoor Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Entertainment facility, outdoor Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Grocery store Yes Yes No No No No No
Gift shop Yes Yes No No No No No
Liquor store Yes Yes No No No No No
Lodging facilities (incl. motel/hotel)3 Yes Yes No No No No No
Lumber yard Yes No No No No No No
Marijuana recreational retailer Yes No No No No Yes No
Mini-storage facilities No No No No No Yes No
Personal and professional services Yes Yes No No No No No
Recreational Vehicle Parks (including
Park Models)8
D D No No No No No
Retail sales and services (not
including recreational marijuana)6
Yes Yes No No No No No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-130
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Sexually oriented businesses4 C C No No No C No
Unnamed commercial uses D D No No No No No
Industrial Uses
Asphalt batch plants No No No No No No No
Boat storage No No No No No Yes No
Concrete batch plants No No No No No Yes No
Bulk fuel storage facilities No No No No No C No
Feed lots No No No No No No No
Heavy equipment sales and rental
services
Yes No No No No Yes No
Heavy industry No No No No No No No
Light industry (not including
recreational marijuana)
No No No No No Yes No
Outdoor storage yards Yes No No No No Yes No
Resource processing, accessory to
extraction operations
No No No No No Yes No
Marijuana recreational processor No No No No No Yes No
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-131
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Mining and mineral extraction
activities
No No No No No Yes No
Recycling center C No No No No Yes Yes
Warehouse/moving storage No No No No No Yes No
Warehouse/wholesale distribution
center
C(a) No No No No Yes No
(Automobile) wrecking and salvage
yards
No No No No No Yes No
Unnamed industrial uses No No No No No D No
Institutional Uses
Essential public facilities See JCC 18.15.110
Public Purpose Facilities
• College or technical school Yes C No No No Yes Yes
• Emergency services (fire, police,
EMS)
Yes Yes C C C Yes Yes
• Government offices Yes Yes No No No No Yes
• Library/museum/post office Yes Yes No No No No Yes
• Parks No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-132
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
• Public works
maintenance/equipment storage shops
Yes No No No No Yes Yes
• Recycling collection facilities Yes Yes C(a) C(a) C(a) Yes Yes
• School, primary and secondary Yes Yes C C C No Yes
• Visitor/community center Yes Yes C(d) C(d) C(d) No Yes
• Water and wastewater treatment
facilities
Yes Yes C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes Yes
Cemeteries No No C(d) C(d) C(d) No Yes
Church C(d) C(d) Yes Yes Yes No No
Nonprofit club or lodge, private Yes Yes C(d) C(d) Yes No No
Unnamed institutional facilities D D D D D D D
Transportation Uses
Park and ride lots/transit facilities Yes Yes C(d) C(d) C(d) Yes Yes
Trails and paths, public or private Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unnamed transportation uses D D D D D D D
Utility Uses
Commercial communication facilities See JCC 18.20.130
Utility developments, major C C C C C C C
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-133
18.18.040, Table 3A-1
Allowable and Prohibited Uses
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA) Zoning Districts
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial
Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Specific Land Use UC VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Utility developments, minor C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a) C(a)
Unnamed utility uses D D D D D D D
Agricultural and Forestry Uses
Agricultural uses and activities No No Existing only No No Yes No
Agricultural processing, heavy No No No No No Yes No
Aquatic plant and animal processing
and storage
No No No No No Yes No
Lumber mill, stationary No No No No No No No
Marijuana recreational producer No No No No No Yes No
Nurseries Yes No No No No No No
Unnamed agricultural and forestry
uses
D D D D D D D
Notes:
1 Home businesses and cottage industries are allowed in existing residential structures within commercial and visitor-oriented commercial zones.
2 Maximum building size of 800 square feet.
3 Hotel/motel rooms are not dwelling units and shall not be subject to residential density requirement.
4 See JCC 18.20.345 for performance standards.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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5 Outdoor commercial shooting facility shall be a prohibited use in all zoning districts, including for small-scale tourist and recreation uses.
6 Lawful incidental sales of firearms, ammunition, component parts and accessories for indoor shooting facilities shall be allowed. However, in
industrial zones, JCC 18.20.220(1)(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall apply, but (iv) shall not.
7 The administrator may waive the requirements of JCC 18.20.350(6)(a)(i) and (b)(i) for proposals located in Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA.
8. Residential development is encouraged in the UGA-P zone only when the land will be owned or operated by a public or governmental agency
providing affordable housing. Residential developments in the UGA-P zone shall meet all requirements of this title as though it were developed in
the UHDR zone.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-135
18.18.050 Density, dimension and open space standards.
This section establishes specific density and dimensional standards for new urban development within the UGA.
NOTES TO TABLE 3A-2:
Fences are exempt from setback requirements, except in the jurisdiction of the Shoreline Master Program (SMP) or when
impairing safe sight lines, as determined by the county engineer.
Setbacks do not apply to mailboxes; wells; pump houses; bus shelters; septic systems and drainfields (except in the SMP);
landscaping (including berms); utility apparatus such as poles, wires, pedestals, manholes, and vaults. No other structures or
communication devices (such as antennas, satellite dishes) shall be located in the front setback area unless approved by the
administrator. The administrator may reduce the minimum front road setbacks provided the proposed structures or required
plantings do not interfere with sight distances and the reduced sight lines for vehicular traffic do not create a public safety concern.
Chimneys, smokestacks, fire or parapet walls, ADA-required elevator shafts, flagpoles, utility lines and poles, skylights,
communication sending and receiving devices, HVAC and similar equipment, and spires associated with places of worship are
exempt from height requirements.
Structures used for the storage of materials for agricultural activities are exempt from the maximum building height requirements.
Approved subarea plans may establish different bulk and dimensional requirements for those areas.
“N/A” = Not applicable.
Road Classifications. To clarify the setbacks for urban development activities within the UGA consistent with the requirements of
this section, the following road designations shall apply:
— Principal arterials. None classified in the UGA.
— Minor arterials. SR 19 (Rhody Drive).
— Major collectors. SR 116 (Ness’ Corner Road, Oak Bay Road to Flagler Road and Flagler Road), Chimacum Road, Irondale
Road.
— Minor collectors.
— Local access roads.
— Alleys.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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— Private roads.
JCC 18.18.050 Table 3A-2
Density and Dimensional Standards
18.18.050, Table 3A-2
Density and Dimensional
Standards
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA)
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial/Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Development Standard UC/VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Allowed Residential Density N/A1 4 – 6 4 – 8
units/acre
7 – 12 9 – 18
units/acre
13 – 18 19 –
24 units/acre
N/A N/A7
Minimum Allowed Unit Density2,3 N/A 2 units / lot 2 units / lot 2 units / lot N/A N/A7
Note: Standard densities apply to development with connection required to sanitary sewer system. Where connection to a sanitary sewer system
is not available, the Jefferson County on-site sewage code (JCC 8.15) shall determine the required lot area to accommodate an on-site septic
system.On-site sewer code allows minimum 12,500 sq. ft. lot for on-site septic systems with waivers possible to approximately minimum 7,500
sq. ft. However, the code does not allow waivers less than 12,500 sq. ft. for lots within critical aquifer recharge areas (CARAs). Therefore
standard density in the ULDR zone (inside CARAs and outside of phased sewer service areas where sewer service is available) is approximately
3.5 DUs/acre. Standard density of 4 DUs/acre in the ULDR zone (outside CARAs and outside of phased sewer service areas where sewer is
available) may be achieved only by compliance with the waiver provisions of the on-site septic code. Maximum density of 6 DUs/acre in the
ULDR is only achievable by connection to sanitary sewer.
Minimum Lot Area None specified. Lot sizes shall be sufficient to meet the public health and environmental protection
standards contained in the Jefferson County regulations. Ability to subdivide is regulated by the permitted
development density.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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18.18.050, Table 3A-2
Density and Dimensional
Standards
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA)
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial/Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Development Standard UC/VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Minimum Front or Street Setbacks Note: The administrator may alter the local access road setback requirements for subdivisions; provided,
that pedestrian facilities are constructed and that reduced sight lines for vehicular traffic do not create a
public safety concern.
Local Access Roads47 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15
• Alleys 0 0 0 0 0 0
• Private roads 10 10 10 10 10 10
Minor Collector 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15
Major Collector 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15
Minor Arterial 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15
Principal Arterial 35 15 35 15 35 15 35 15 35 15 35 15
Minimum Rear and Side Yard
Setbacks (See Key Notes)15
5 5 5 5 10 20
Maximum Building Dimensions Note: Maximum building height recommended for increase from 35 feet to 70 feet in all
commercial/industrial zones and in urban residential high densityhigh-density zones to allow for and
accommodate increased densities.
Building Height (feet) 70 35 35 70 70 70
Lot Coverage, Buildings Only (%) No maximum26 60 70 70 No maximum26
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-138
18.18.050, Table 3A-2
Density and Dimensional
Standards
Irondale and Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA)
Commercial Residential Industrial Public
Urban
Commercial/Visitor-
Oriented
Commercial
Urban Low
Density
Residential
Urban
Moderate
Density
Residential
Urban High
Density
Residential
Urban Light
Industrial Public
Development Standard UC/VOC ULDR UMDR UHDR ULI P
Total Building Size (sq. ft.) None specified
Notes to Table 3A-2:
1. Fences are exempt from setback requirements, except in the jurisdiction of the Shoreline Master Program (SMP) or when impairing
safe sight lines, as determined by the county engineer.
2. Setbacks do not apply to mailboxes; wells; pump houses; bus shelters; septic systems and drainfields (except in the SMP);
landscaping (including berms); utility apparatus such as poles, wires, pedestals, manholes, and vaults. No other structures or
communication devices (such as antennas, satellite dishes) shall be located in the front setback area unless approved by the administrator.
The administrator may reduce the minimum front road setbacks provided the proposed structures or required plantings do not interfere
with sight distances and the reduced sight lines for vehicular traffic do not create a public safety concern.
3. Chimneys, smokestacks, fire or parapet walls, ADA-required elevator shafts, flagpoles, utility lines and poles, skylights,
communication sending and receiving devices, HVAC and similar equipment, and spires associated with places of worship are exempt
from height requirements.
4. Structures used for the storage of materials for agricultural activities are exempt from the maximum building height requirements.
5. Approved subarea plans may establish different bulk and dimensional requirements for those areas.
6. “N/A” = Not applicable.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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7. Road Classifications. To clarify the setbacks for urban development activities within the UGA consistent with the requirements of
this section, the following road designations shall apply:
• Principal arterials. None classified in the UGA.
• Minor arterials. SR 19 (Rhody Drive).
• Major collectors. SR 116 (Ness’ Corner Road, Oak Bay Road to Flagler Road and Flagler Road), Chimacum Road, Irondale
Road.
• Minor collectors.
• Local access roads.
• Alleys.
• Private roads.
8. The special side and rear setbacks provided in Table 3A-2 shall also apply to outbuildings for residential or agricultural uses such
as detached garages, storage sheds or tool sheds, except for existing lots of record less than five acres wherein the minimum rear and
side yard setbacks for outbuildings shall be five feet.
9. Accessory Dwelling Units cannot have setback requirements more restrictive than single-family units. (New)
10. The County will not treat a sleeping unit in co-living housing as more than one-quarter of a dwelling unit for purposes of calculating
dwelling unit density per RCW 36.70A.535(7). (New)
11. Multifamily residential development with 3+ units is allowed as a discretionary use in the UC zone per JCC 18.18.040 Table 3A-1.
12. The permitted unit density on all lots zoned predominantly for residential use is two units per lot, unless zoning permitting higher
densities or intensities applies.
13. The allowed minimum unit density requirement does not apply to lots after subdivision below 1,000 square feet.
14. For lots with a unit density of 3 or more, the front setback can be reduced to 10 feet.
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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115. Special rear and side setbacks:
• Wherever a light industrial use is proposed to abut a commercial or residential use or zone, the setback shall be 25 feet, unless otherwise
specified in this code.
• Wherever a commercial use is proposed to abut a residential use or zone, the setback shall be 10 feet, unless otherwise specified in this code.
216. Adequate space must be provided for required parking, setbacks, landscaping, utilities, septic system (if no sewer available) and stormwater
management facilities, as applicable.
17 Residential development is encouraged in the UGA-P zone when the land will be owned or operated by a public or governmental agency
providing affordable housing. Residential developments in the UGA-P zone shall meet all requirements of this title as though it were developed in
the UHDR zone.
18.18.060 Development requirements and performance standards.
The following development requirements and performance standards apply to all property
proposed for development within the Irondale and Port Hadlock urban growth area (PHUGA). No
development approval shall be given, and no building permit shall be issued, unless the proposed
development is in compliance with the provisions of this section and Chapter 18.30 JCC,
Development Standards.
Development within the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA shall be governed by the following level
of service standards:
(1) Street Standards. As a condition of any development approval within the Irondale and Port
Hadlock UGA, the property owner shall construct roads which the county determines are
consistent with the adopted urban street standards in JCC 18.30.080.
(2) Water Service. As a condition of any development approval within the Irondale and Port
Hadlock UGA, the property owner shall obtain a certificate of water availability for the proposed
use from Jefferson PUD No. 1 and connect to the PUD No. 1 water system. Fire flow requirements
shall be as specified by the Jefferson County fire marshal.
(3) Storm Drainage. As a condition of any development approval, the property owner shall
construct surface and stormwater management improvements as determined by the county to be
consistent with the surface water management standards adopted in the Jefferson County
stormwater management plan (adopted November 27, 2006, Resolution No. 74-06).
(4) Sanitary Sewer Service.
(a) Sewer Service Area. The sewer service area is the same as the 20-year planning boundary
of the Irondale and Port Hadlock urban growth area. No development approval shall be given,
and no building permit issued, unless the proposed development complies with the provisions
of this chapter. For development under this chapter, as a condition of any new development
approval or major modification to an existing commercial, industrial, or residential use located
within a sanitary sewer service area, as identified in the adopted general sewer plan for the
Irondale and Port Hadlock urban growth area, as amended, the property owner must obtain
confirmation of sewer availability from the PHUGA sewer system operator prior to
development approval. Sewers shall be considered to be available for the purposes of turning
off the transitional rural zoning in Chapter 18.19 JCC for the Irondale and Port Hadlock urban
growth area as described in JCC Title 13.
(b) Areas With Sewer Not Yet Available – Interim On-Site Septic Systems. If the proposed
use or major modification is located within the Irondale and Port Hadlock urban growth area
but outside of areas where sewer is available, then transitional rural development standards in
Chapter 18.19 JCC apply.
(5) Other Facilities and Services. Reserved.
(6) Credit for Prior Contributions and Infrastructure Improvements. All of the agreements not to
protest formation of local improvement districts or other pro rata cost sharing arrangements
described in this section shall include credit for any contributions or facility construction already
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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made or completed by the individual property owners (or their predecessor) for the particular urban
public facility or service contemplated by the capital facilities plan.
(7) Manufactured and Mobile Home Parks. The following standards apply to all non-transient
manufactured and mobile home parks in the PHUGA that meet the definition of a
manufactured/mobile home park in JCC 18.10.130:
(a) Be in compliance with the bulk regulations, now or hereafter amended, for the zoning
district in which they are located
(b) The required number of spaces with utility hookups shall be based on the minimum and
maximum residential densities applicable to the underlying zone
(c) Be thermally equivalent or better to that required by the State Energy Code for new
residential structures, now or hereafter amended
(d) Dwelling units shall be separated by a minimum of 15 feet.
(e) Units shall be oriented in a manner that avoids repetitive siting, encourages privacy, and is
compatible with the site layout and topography.
(f) Units shall have skirting or permanent decks installed to obscure chassis prior to occupancy.
(g) A mobile home park may include a storage area for recreational vehicles owned by
residents of the park; provided, that the storage area contains no utility hook-ups and that no
RV within the storage area shall be used as living quarters.
(h) A carport or garage may be attached to a mobile home as an accessory use.
(i) Community clubhouses, recreational facilities, parking facilities, storage areas, and
similar community facilities may be incorporated into the development; and
(ii) The interior road network shall meet county standards.
[Ord. 9-24 § 3 (App. A (Exh. 4)); Ord. 14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 9-09 § 2 (Exh. B); Ord. 3-09 § 5
(Exh. G)]
18.18.080 Parking and pedestrian circulation.
Unless as approved by the administrator, parking for all new development shall comply with JCC
18.30.100, Parking, and JCC 18.30.110, Off-street loading space requirements. Refer to 18.30.100
Table 6-2 for additional off-street parking requirements for the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA.
Pedestrian facilities shall be provided in accordance with JCC 18.30.090, Pedestrian circulation.
[Ord. 9-24 § 3 (App. A (Exh. 4)); Ord. 9-09 § 2 (Exh. B); Ord. 3-09 § 5 (Exh. G)]
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
B-143
18.18.140 Modification of permitted densities – Affordable housing density bonuses for
religious organizations. (NEW)
(1) Purpose for Bonus Densities. Bonus densities are intended to incentivize the development of
affordable housing in the UGA on real property owned or controlled by a religious organization.
(2) Eligibility for Bonus Densities. This section applies to any religious organization developing
new or rehabilitating an existing affordable housing development on real property owned or
controlled by the religious organization in the UGA. Eligibility to obtain a bonus density is based
upon site plan review and approval by the hearing examiner after a public hearing. Such bonus
densities may be granted to a deserving application if the plan submitted is judged by the hearing
examiner to meet all criteria in subsection (4) of this section.
(3) Maximum Bonus Density. The maximum bonus density for affordable housing developments
meeting the criteria in subsection (4) of this section may receive a maximum bonus of 50 percent
above the maximum density allowed in the underlying zone. The amount of the bonus will be
linked to the level of affordability (i.e., the lower the cost or rental rate per unit, the greater the
bonus afforded to the development).
(a) To achieve the density bonus, the following development standards may be modified in
approving an eligible application:
(i) Building setbacks;
(ii) Height of buildings or structures, not to exceed 70 feet;
(c) Lot size;
(d) Lot width; and any other standards contained in chapter 18.18 JCC.
(b) Standards that may not be modified or altered are:
(i) Shoreline regulations when the property is located in an area under the jurisdiction of the
Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program;
(ii) Standards pertaining to development within critical areas as set forth in chapter 18.22 JCC,
Critical Areas;
(iii) Regulations pertaining to nonconforming legal structures and uses as set forth in JCC
18.20.260; and
(iv) Regulatory standards and requirements of the Jefferson County health department,
Washington State Department of Health, and Washington State Department of Ecology
pertaining to the provision of potable water and wastewater disposal.
(4) Criteria for Approval of Bonus Densities. Upon submittal of the development application, the
hearing examiner shall review the proposed project and with respect to the allocation of bonus
densities for the project. The allocation of bonus densities will be based upon a comprehensive
review of the entire project. It is the intention of this section to allow an increased density bonus
of up to 50 percent consistent with local needs for any affordable housing development on real
property in the UGA owned or controlled by a religious organization only where all of the
following conditions are satisfied:
(a) All units in the affordable housing development are set aside for or occupied exclusively
by low-income households.
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(b) The affordable housing development is part of a lease or other binding obligation that
requires the development to be used exclusively for affordable housing purposes for at least
50 years, even if the religious organization no longer owns the property.
(c) The affordable housing development does not discriminate against any person who
qualifies as a member of a low-income household based on race, creed, color, national origin,
sex, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, or mental or physical disability; or otherwise
act in violation of the federal fair housing amendments act of 1988.
(d) The affordable housing development is located entirely within the UGA.
(e) The religious organization developing the affordable housing development must pay all
fees, mitigation costs, and other charges required through the development of the affordable
housing development.
(f) If applicable, the religious organization developing the affordable housing development
must work with the local transit agency to ensure appropriate transit services are provided to
the affordable housing development
(6) For the purposes of this section:
(a) “Affordable housing development” means a proposed or existing structure in which 100
percent of all single-family or multifamily residential dwelling units within the development
are set aside for or are occupied by low-income households at a sales price or rent amount that
may not exceed 30 percent of the income limit for the low-income housing unit.
(b) “Low-income household” means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living
together whose adjusted income is less than 80 percent of the median family income in
Jefferson County, adjusted for household size.
(New)
Changes to Chapter 18.20 JCC (Performance and Use-Specific Standards)
18.20.020 Accessory uses and structures.
Accessory uses are customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a structure or
site. They must be:
• Clearly secondary to, supportive of, and compatible to the principal or permissibly principal
uses;
• Consistent with the purpose of the land use district; and
• In compliance with the provisions of this code. The land use category of an accessory use
shall be the same as that of the principal use(s) listed in Table 3-1 or Chapter 18.18 JCC, unless
otherwise specified.
(1) Limitations on Accessory Uses and Structures. Accessory uses and structures are permitted in
any district, except as limited or prohibited in this section, in Table 3-1, or in the sections covering
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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the various land use districts in Chapter 18.15 JCC, or in Chapter 18.18 JCC, or in chapter 18.25
JCC.
(2) Accessory Dwelling Units. One accessory dwelling unit is permitted per legal lot of record as
an accessory to an existing single-family dwelling or on a legal lot of record as an accessory to an
existing industrial use in LI or LI/C zones with the exception of UGAs where ADUs will be
allowed according to 2(b); provided, that the following requirements are met:
(a) Maximum Size. An accessory dwelling unit shall have a maximum size of 1,250 square
feet of gross floor area.
(b) In the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA, up to two accessory dwelling units may be
permitted per legal lot. Owner Occupied. To obtain an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)
designation, the owner of the subject property shall reside on the premises, either in the main
or accessory dwelling. An employee of the property owner or tenant business shall occupy an
ADU in place of the owner within LI or LI/C zones.
(c) Certificate of Occupancy. A certificate of occupancy is required pursuant to the
International Building Code and shall be obtained from the building official and posted within
the ADU. The code inspection and compliance required to obtain a certificate of occupancy in
an existing building shall be restricted to the portion of the building to be occupied by an ADU
and shall apply only to new construction, rather than existing components. A Fire, Life, and
Safety Inspection shall be required for Recreational Park Trailer, Park Model Recreational
Vehicle or Tiny Home on Wheels in lieu of a certificate of occupancy. Structures shall be
provided an address in compliance with JCC 12.20.060.
(d) Outbuildings. Outbuildings may be constructed or expanded to accommodate an ADU
within the structure. ADUs established in these outbuildings shall not be larger than 1,250
square feet in floor area. ADUs in LI and LI/C zones are exempt from the special setback
requirements for residential uses abutting light industrial uses or zones specified in Chapter
18.30 JCC.
(e) Exterior Entrance. In order to preserve the outward appearance of single-family
neighborhoods, the front of the house shall have only one exterior entrance. A separate exit
doorway to the outside is required for each dwelling unit.
(f) Water and Wastewater Disposal Service. Prior to obtaining a permit to construct or place
an ADU, the applicant shall provide proof of an adequate potable water supply as provided in
RCW 19.27.097 and applicable regulations and policies established by the Jefferson County
board of health or the Jefferson County board of commissioners, and proof of on-site septic
system approval from the Jefferson County department of environmental health.
(g) Travel Trailer/Recreational Vehicles. For the purpose of this chapter, accessory dwelling
units shall not be travel trailers, recreational vehicles, recreational park trailers, buses, truck
storage containers, or similar manufactured units which are not originally intended to be used
for residences and built to the International Building Code adopted by Jefferson County.
(h) Recreational Park Trailer, Park Model Recreational Vehicle or Tiny Home on Wheels. These
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) regulated modular structures shall
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mean a trailer-type unit that has substantially lost its identity as a mobile unit by virtue of it being
permanently fixed on property complying with American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI)
A119.5 standard for park trailers as defined by WAC 296-150P-0020. These units may be
considered as accessory dwelling units subject to the Site Development Review process. Placement
of a L&I approved modular structure shall require approval of a placement permit and shall comply
with all use and dimensional requirements of the county code, including but not limited to setbacks
established in the zoning code, shoreline master program, critical areas ordinance, stormwater and
drainage requirements, and environmental health regulations. (New)
(3) Outdoor Residential Storage. This subsection shall apply only to outdoor storage accessory to
residential uses in residential districts. Outdoor storage other than accessory uses subordinate to a
primary residential use may be permitted only in those districts where specified as a permitted use
in Table 3-1 or Chapter 18.18 JCC, and shall meet other applicable requirements of JCC 18.20.280
relative to outdoor storage yards.
(a) Outdoor residential storage shall be maintained in an orderly manner and shall create no
fire, safety, health or sanitary hazard;
(b) Not more than two unlicensed or inoperable vehicles shall be stored on any lot unless
totally screened from view of neighboring dwellings and rights-of-way. Such screening shall
meet all applicable performance and development standards specific to the district in which
the storage is kept, and shall be in keeping with the character of the area. Screening shall meet
the requirements of Chapter 18.30 JCC. Outdoor storage of three or more junk motor vehicles
is prohibited except in those districts where specified as an automobile wrecking yard or junk
(or salvage) yard and allowed as a permitted use in Table 3-1 or Chapter 18.18 JCC, and such
storage shall meet the requirements of JCC 18.20.100, Automobile wrecking yards and junk
(or salvage) yards. In no case, shall any such junk motor vehicles be stored in a critical area.
(4) Junk Yards. Junk yards shall be prohibited, except where permitted as specified in Table 3-1
or Chapter 18.18 JCC and in accordance with the requirements of JCC 18.20.100, Automobile
wrecking yards and junk (or salvage) yards.
(5) Minor Public Facility Accessory Structures. Minor accessory additions to existing public
facilities will be considered as accessory uses not requiring discretionary use review or a
conditional use permit. Such minor accessory structures include, for example, a water tower or
small shed at a fire station, or construction of a cover over an existing playfield at a school or park,
but not, for example, construction of a new wing to a public building or construction of a major
new building or structure on the site. [Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.20.285 Park Model Placement (NEW)
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an avenue for park models to be legally placed on property
in unincorporated Jefferson County. Through the issuance of a placement permit the County can
ensure proper installation, maintenance of setbacks, appropriate connection to potable water and
waste disposal, and location outside of any critical areas or shorelines and their buffers.
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(1) Placement of a Park Model (including Recreational Park Trailers, or Tiny Home on Wheels
with appropriate L&I insignia or equivalent) within Jefferson County requires approval of a
placement permit issued by the Jefferson County Department of Community Development (DCD).
(2) An application for placement shall be submitted to DCD Building Division on the appropriate
forms and shall include the following:
(a) Site Plan showing the location of the park model, other structures, distances from property
lines, distances from critical areas and/or shorelines.
(b) Means of managing stormwater runoff if the area of the park model and other new
impervious surfaces (e.g. decks, patios, driveways) of the site exceed 400 square feet.
(c) Source of approved water connection.
(d) Approved sewage disposal
(e) Accessory improvements, such as decks, skirting, parking, access, etc.
(f) Means of securing the unit to prevent overturning or roof uplift.
(3) A Park Model may not be occupied until a Placement Permit has been issued and a final
inspection performed and approved by DCD or if a previously issued permit related to the
placement of a Park Model is on file with DCD. Existing Park Models placed prior to adoption of
this ordinance may continue to be occupied, but if found to be noncompliant with underlying
regulations in place at the time of adoption of this title (drainage, septic, potable water, zoning,
Critical Areas, Shorelines) may be subject to Code Enforcement action. Existing Park Models used
for housing purposes may choose to submit a site plan, approved potable water source, approved
sewage disposal, compliance with Critical Area/Shoreline buffers and Zoning setbacks in lieu of
a placement permit within 24 months of adoption of this title.
(4) Only one Park Model may be placed on a legal lot zoned for residential purposes with or
without an existing single-family residence. Multiple Park Trailers may be located within an
approved binding site plan established for the purpose of placing multiple park models.
(5) A Park Model placed on property with a single-family residence will disqualifies the property
for an accessory dwelling unit while the park model is present. Likewise, a property containing an
accessory dwelling unit is not eligible for the placement of a park model, unless allowed per
Zoning.
(6) Placement of a Park Model shall comply with all use and dimensional requirements of the
County Code, including setbacks established in the Zoning Code, requirements of the Shoreline
Master Program, Critical Areas Code, drainage requirements, and environmental health
regulations.
(7) Storage of solid waste shall meet the requirements of WAC 173-350-300 which requires solid
waste to be held in rigid, durable, corrosion resistant, watertight, rodent-proof, easily cleanable
containers.
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(8) Improvements to a site for the placement of a Park Model shall not disturb the native vegetation
within a critical area, shoreline, or their associated buffers without compliance with Shoreline and
Critical Area regulations. Park Models shall not be placed in a designated floodplain.
(9) Park Model shall be secured with a system that meets the requirements per the manufacturer's
installation instructions or, by engineered design, and shall be installed to prevent overturning and
roof uplift.
(10) Placement of Park Models shall require service connection to an approved means of sewage
disposal, potable water supply, and electrical service.
(11) Park Models may have skirting and all accessory improvements shall be included and
reviewed during the placement permit process and may require compliance with existing building
codes.
18.20.385 Temporary housing facilities.
(1) The purpose of this section is to allow and establish a review process for the location, siting,
and operation of temporary housing facilities for unsheltered and unhoused individuals and
families within Jefferson County. Approvals and extensions for approvals of temporary housing
facilities will be processed as a conditional use permit (discretionary) (C(d)) pursuant to JCC
18.15.040 and 18.40.040 in rural residential zones only and in all zones if the property is owned
or controlled by a religious organization. In all other zones, approvals and extensions for approvals
of temporary housing facilities are prohibited unless the property is owned or controlled by a
religious organization. Any Type II process decision may be appealed to the hearing examiner,
who will hold an open record hearing pursuant to JCC 18.40.270.
(2) The following site requirements shall apply to all temporary housing facilities, unless modified
through approval of a Type II conditional use permit pursuant to JCC 18.15.040 and 18.40.040
and consistent with the purposes of this section:
(a) Qualifications of an individual or organization applying to permit a temporary housing
facility.
(i) Any individual or organization that applies to permit a temporary housing facility shall
include information in its application materials that demonstrates one or more of the
following:
(A) Experience providing similar services to unhoused individuals;
(B) A certification or academic credentials in an applicable human service field;
(C) Applicable experience in a related program with unhoused populations; or
(D) Experience with similar services.
(ii) Should an individual or organization not have any of the qualifications in subsection
(2)(a)(i) of this section, the administrator may require additional prescriptive measures to
ensure that the facility is operated in conformance with local, state, and federal
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requirements, and to minimize risk to both residents of the temporary housing facility and
the community in general.
(b) Frequency and Duration of Temporary Housing Facilities.
(i) Each facility will be limited in its service capacity to the number of people that the site
can accommodate, as determined by the administrator. Multiple facility locations may be
permitted.
(ii) A permit for the same site may not be granted more than once in any calendar year,
and a permit for the same site may not be granted sooner than 180 days from the date the
site is vacated, unless otherwise provided in subsection (2)(b)(iii) and (2)(b)(iv) of this
section.
(iii) Temporary tent and tiny shelter village facilities may be approved for a period not to
exceed 180 days. The administrator may grant two or more extension(s) not to exceed two
additional years, provided all conditions have been complied with and circumstances
associated with the use have not changed. Extensions are subject to a Type II review
process and may be appealed to the hearing examiner as provided in JCC 18.40.270. The
permit shall specify a date by which the use shall be terminated and the site vacated and
restored to its pre-facility condition.
(iv) On property owned or controlled by a religious organization, permits for temporary
housing facilities may be granted for the same site more than once in any calendar year,
but a permit for the same site may not be granted sooner than 3 months from the date the
site is vacated, unless otherwise provided in subsection (2)(b)(iii) of this section. (New)
(c) Location and Site Plan Requirements. A temporary housing facility:
(i) Shall be located in reasonable proximity to public services through use of public transit.
If the proposed site is not in reasonable proximity, the applicant may meet this requirement
by providing a plan demonstrating how the applicant will provide access to public services
to occupants of the proposed facility;
(ii) Shall be located in accordance with the setback requirements set forth in Chapter 18.30
JCC; provided, that the administrator may allow modifications to the required setbacks if
site conditions require alternate setbacks to conform with the purpose and related site
requirements in this section;
(iii) Shall not be located within a critical area or its buffer as defined by Chapter 18.22
JCC;
(iv) Shall comply with all applicable development standards of this title, except that square
footage of temporary structures shall not be considered for the purposes of calculating
parcel’s total lot coverage;
(v) Shall not be sited in a manner which displaces on-site parking on the host property
necessary for another on-site principal use, unless sufficient required off-site parking
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remains available for the host’s principal use, or unless a shared parking agreement is
executed with adjacent properties;
(vi) Shall contain exterior lighting that is directed downward so that glare is contained
within the premises; and
(vii) Shall be sized in accordance with site conditions and other factors. The administrator
shall determine the maximum number of persons who may reside at the facility.
(d) Submittal Requirements. The sponsor and the managing agency (collectively “the
applicant”) shall both sign an application for a conditional use permit approval of a temporary
housing facility. In addition to all other applicable submittal requirements in this title, the
applicant shall submit:
(i) A site plan of the property, drawn to scale, showing existing natural features and critical
areas, existing and proposed grades, existing and proposed utility improvements, existing
rights-of-way and improvements, and existing and proposed structures including tents and
other improvements, stormwater and erosion control, landscaping and perimeter plan for
the proposed facility, and the parking proposed on the property, as well as off-site parking;
(ii) A vicinity map, showing the location of the site in relation to nearby streets and
properties;
(iii) A written summary of the proposal, responding to the applicable standards and
requirements of this title;
(iv) A statement of actions that the applicant will take to obtain verifiable identification
from all facility residents, for the purpose of obtaining sex offender and warrant checks
from appropriate agencies;
(v) Project statistics, including proposed site area, building coverage, number and location
of tents and temporary structures, expected and maximum number of residents, and
duration of the facility;
(vi) Address and parcel number of the subject property;
(vii) Photographs of the site;
(viii) A list of other permits that are or may be required for development of the property
by the county or by other government agencies;
(ix) Applicable permit fees;
(x) A list of any development standards under Chapter 18.30 JCC the applicant is seeking
to modify;
(xi) A statement of qualifications of the applicant meeting the requirements of subsection
(2)(a) of this section;
(xii) A perimeter plan that provides for site screening from neighboring land uses and
which limits access to the site for safety and security reasons, unless the administrator
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determines that there is sufficient vegetation, topographic variation, or other site
conditions which make additional screening unnecessary. The county road engineer shall
review the perimeter plan to ensure that any proposed screening does not create a sight
obstruction at the street, street intersections, or curbs. Screening material may include
fencing, landscaping or other site-specific methods approved by the administrator. The
approved plan shall be included as a condition of approval;
(xiii) A transportation plan that addresses transit proximity, vehicle circulation, and
pedestrian and bicycle ingress and egress to the facility. The approved plan shall be
included as a condition of approval;
(xiv) An operations plan, including standard operating procedures, that shall address site
management, site maintenance, and provision of human and social services, including but
not limited to the requirements of this subsection. The approved plan shall be included as
a condition of approval;
(xv) A safety and security plan which incorporates feedback from local law enforcement
services, describing measures that the site manager will employ to promote the safety of
facility occupants and surrounding residents and businesses, including, but not limited to:
(A) Criteria for rejection or removal of an individual seeking access to temporary
housing facility;
(B) A plan for deployment (including time, place and manner) of security patrols;
(C) A plan to address disruptive behavior in the facility and in the perimeter area that
infringes on the safety of occupants or employees of the use, and a description of the
consequences for engaging in disruptive behavior;
(D) A plan for managing unpermitted occupation of the perimeter area of the temporary
facility use;
(E) Identification of site-specific magnet areas (e.g., greenbelts, parks, libraries, transit
facilities, etc.) and a plan to address behavior that is inconsistent with the code of
conduct and Jefferson County Code;
(F) Implementation of registered sex offender background checks and compliance with
applicable registration and notification requirements; and
(G) A plan for managing individuals excluded or removed from a temporary housing
facility;
(xvi) A plan for coordination and communication between the operator and law
enforcement agencies to ensure timely information sharing between agencies;
(xvii) Provision of a phone number and point of contact at the site of the proposed
temporary housing facility for the community to report concerns;
(xviii) A plan for addressing reported concerns and documenting resolution, and making
this information publicly available;
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(xix) Identification of performance metrics that will be used to track compliance with the
safety and security plan; and
(xx) A compendium of policies, which will be incorporated into the conditions of
approval, that address the following issues:
(A) Requirements for entry to site by residents and visitors;
(B) Policies for denial of service in accordance with this section;
(C) A “good neighbor” policy that sets out a plan for continuous engagement with the
community and a process for addressing grievances of temporary facility residents,
concerned neighbors, and citizens of the broader community, and which will be:
(I) Developed through documented outreach to the adjacent residents; and
(II) Presented to the board of county commissioners in a public session that
includes the opportunity for public comment;
(D) Any other policies necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of temporary
facility residents, neighbors, and the broader community; and
(E) A proposed code of conduct to be further developed and adopted by the occupants
of the facility. A “code of conduct” is an agreement on rules of behavior between
occupants of a temporary housing facility, and between occupants and the operating
entity. The code of conduct is intended to protect the health, safety and welfare of the
occupants and employees of the temporary housing facility, and surrounding residents
and businesses. The code of conduct shall include, but is not limited to, provisions
committing occupants to the following:
(I) Respecting the rights of the property owner to restrict access to areas of their
property that are not open to the public or to facility occupants;
(II) Using operator-suggested routes of travel to access the temporary housing
facility use;
(III) Maintaining the site aesthetics;
(IV) Respecting state law restrictions on smoking and agreeing to use designated
smoking areas where provided;
(V) Respecting any rules required by the operating entity as a condition of entry
to the site; and
(VI) Complying with terms of any “good neighbor” policy provisions that apply
to occupants of the temporary housing facility.
(e) Operational Requirements.
(i) No children under the age of 18 are allowed to stay overnight in the temporary facility,
unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. If a child under the age of 18 without a
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parent or legal guardian present attempts to stay at the facility, the operating entity shall
immediately contact the Department of Social and Health Services, Child Protective
Services, for placement in an alternative shelter;
(ii) The operating entity shall ensure compliance with all state and local public health
regulations during operation of the facility. As a condition of approval of the temporary
housing facility, the operating entity shall allow public health officials reasonable access
for inspection purposes. The operating entity shall permit inspections by any state or local
agency to ensure such compliance with such regulation and shall implement all directives
resulting therefrom within the specified time period. The operating entity must document
ongoing compliance with public health requirements, including but not limited to the
following:
(A) Potable water, which is available at all times at the site;
(B) Sanitary portable toilets, which shall be set back from all property lines as
determined by the administrator and serviced as often as necessary to ensure sanitary
conditions;
(C) Handwashing stations by the toilets and food preparation areas;
(D) Food handling and storage facilities meeting all public health requirements
(including those in chapter 246-215 WAC and JCC Title 8), including but not limited
to proper temperature control for food storage and an educational program for
temporary housing facility residents; and
(E) Refuse receptacles capable of providing capacity to keep the facility clean, without
excess garbage accumulating outside of receptacles;
(iii) The operating entity shall designate points of contact and provide contact information
(24-hour accessible phone contact) to the chief criminal deputy of the Jefferson County
sheriff or their designee. At least one designated point of contact shall be on duty at all
times. The names of the on-duty points of contact shall be posted on site daily;
(iv) The operating entity shall take all reasonable and legally permissible steps to obtain
verifiable identification information from current and prospective facility residents,
including full name and date of birth, and complete background checks with the
appropriate agencies. The operating entity shall keep a current log of names and dates of
all people who stay overnight in the facility. This log shall be available upon request to
law enforcement agencies and prospective facility residents shall be so advised by the
operating entity;
(v) The operating entity shall immediately contact the Jefferson County sheriff’s office if
any individual is rejected or ejected from the facility under any of the following
circumstances:
(A) There is an active warrant on the individual;
(B) There is a match on a sex offender check; or
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(C) In the judgment of the on-duty point of contact or on-duty security staff, the person
rejected or ejected presents a potential threat to the community;
(vi) The operating entity and temporary facility residents shall cooperate and collaborate
with other providers of shelters and services for unhoused persons within the county,
particularly with respect to provision of services and availability of resources; and
(vii) Upon vacation of a temporary facility, all temporary structures and debris shall be
removed from the host site within one calendar week, unless otherwise permitted by the
administrator. The site shall be restored, as near as possible, to the original condition, as
identified in the site photos submitted with the application. Where deemed necessary by
the administrator, the operating entity shall replant areas in which vegetation has been
removed or destroyed.
(3) Emergency Locator Address. Subsequent to approval, the operating entity shall apply to the
department for an emergency locator address for purposes of emergency response.
(4) Chapter 15.05 JCC Compliance. The operating entity shall ensure that a temporary housing
facility is at all times in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 15.05 JCC with respect to
building and fire code requirements. As a condition of approval of the temporary housing facility,
the operating entity shall allow building and fire code officials reasonable access for inspection
purposes.
(5) Conditions. Because each temporary facility has unique characteristics, including, but not
limited to, size, duration, uses, number of occupants and composition, the administrator may
require conditions of approval to ensure that the proposal meets the criteria for approval listed
above. Conditions, if imposed, must be intended to protect public health, life and safety and
minimize nuisance-generating features such as noise, waste, air quality, unsightliness, traffic,
physical hazards and other similar impacts that the temporary facility may have on the area in
which it is located. The administrator may deny any application that does not meet the
requirements of the code, except as allowed under subsection (6) of this section.
(6) Modification of Requirements. The administrator may issue an approval that relaxes one or
more of the standards in this code only when, in addition to satisfying the conditional use decision
criteria, the applicant describes with specificity how the standard would be modified and
demonstrates how the modification would result in a safe facility with minimal negative impacts
to the residents, the host community, and the surrounding neighborhood. In considering whether
the modification should be granted, the administrator shall first consider the effects on the health
and safety of facility residents and the neighboring communities. The modifications may include
mitigation requirements to minimize any negative impacts to the residents, the host community,
and the surrounding neighborhood. Modifications shall not be granted if their adverse impacts on
facility residents or neighboring communities will be greater than those without modification. The
burden of proof shall be on the applicant.
(7) Standard Operating Procedures. The administrator is authorized to establish standard operating
procedures to implement the requirements of this section. [Ord. 5-22 § 3 (Appx. A(6))]
Exhibit B. Unified Development Code Amendments
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JCC 18.30.100 Table 6-2
Minimum Number of Parking Spaces Required for Different Land Uses
Author’s Note: only residential uses were pulled from Table 6-2.
Land Use Minimum Number of Parking Spaces Required(1)
RESIDENTIAL2, 3
Cottage industry 1 per each employee (see JCC 18.20.170(5)(d); customer spaces
determined by administrator)
Group homes 1.5 per tenant
Home business 2 per dwelling unit for each home business
Mobile home parks 2 per dwelling unit
Multifamily residential (3+
units)
1.51 per dwelling unit
Single-family residential
unit
2 1 per dwelling unit
Two-family residential
(duplex)
2 1per dwelling unit
Co-living housing 0.25 per sleeping unit
Unnamed residential uses [Determined by the administrator]
Note:
At least one parking space must be provided, unless indicated by “None.”
For the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA, the following off-street parking standards shall apply
for all residential uses and accessory dwelling units:
a. A maximum of one off-street parking space per unit shall be required on lots no greater
than 6,000 square feet, before any zero lot line subdivisions or lot splits.
b. A maximum of two off-street parking spaces per unit shall be required on lots greater than
6,000 square feet before any zero lot line subdivisions or lot splits.
c. These provisions do not apply for portions of the county which Department of Commerce
has certified a parking study in accordance with RCW 36.70A.635(7)(a), in which case off-
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street parking requirements shall be as provided in the certification from the Department
of Commerce.
d. A maximum of 0.25 off-street parking spaces per sleeping unit may be required for co-
living housing.
3. For residential development:
a. Parking spaces that count towards minimum residential parking requirements may be
enclosed or unenclosed;
b. Parking spaces in tandem count towards meeting minimum residential parking
requirements at a rate of one space for every 20 linear feet, with any necessary provisions
for turning radius;
c. Parking spaces that consist of grass block pavers may count towards minimum residential
parking requirements;
d. The existence of legally non-conforming gravel surfacing in existing designated parking
areas may not be a reason for prohibiting utilization of existing space in the parking area
to meet residential parking standards, up to a maximum of six parking spaces;
e. Off-street parking may not be required as a condition of permitting a residential project if
compliance with tree retention would otherwise make the proposed residential
development or redevelopment infeasible;
f. Existing parking spaces that do not conform to requirements are not required to be modified
or resized, except for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; and,
g. Existing paved residential parking lots are not required to change the size of existing
parking spaces during resurfacing if doing so will be more costly or require significant
reconfiguration of the parking space locations "More costly" refers to increased expenses
compared to simple resurfacing, while "significant reconfiguration" implies a substantial
change in the location or orientation of parking spaces.
4. No off-street parking may be required within one-half mile walking distance of a major transit
stop.
JCC 18.30.100 Table 6-3
Minimum Dimensions for Parking Stalls and Aisles
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Parking
Angle (A)
Stall
Width (B)
Curb
Length (C)
Stall
Depth (D)
Aisle Width (E) Unit Depth (F)
1-Way 2-Way 1-Way 2-Way
0 8.09.0 2022.5 8.09.0 12.0 20.0 30.0 38.0
45 8.09.0 12.5 17.5 14.0 20.0 49.0 55.0
60 8.09.0 10.5 18.0 18.0 20.0 54.0 56.0
90 8.09.0 8.09.0 18.0 23.0 26.0 59.0 62.0
Changes to chapter 18.35 JCC (Land Divisions)
18.35.090 Scope.
Any land being divided into four or fewer lots (nine or fewer lots in a UGA), tracts or parcels that
has not been divided through a short subdivision within the previous five years shall meet the
requirements of this article. Land within an approved short subdivision may not be further divided
in any manner within a period of five years without the filing of a long plat. However, when a
short plat contains fewer than four parcels, the owner of the short plat may file an alteration within
the five-year period to create up to four lots within the boundaries of the original short plat;
provided, that the parcel is not held in common ownership with a contiguous parcel which has
been subdivided within the preceding five years. [Ord. 9-24 § 3 (App. A (Exh. 2)); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.35.470 Condominiums.
For the purpose of approval of condominium developments, the provisions of this chapter
regarding short subdivision and long subdivision shall not apply if:
(1) A land division is proposed as a condominium and does not result in the subdivision of land
into separately owned lots in accordance with the definition for short, long, or unit lot subdivisions,
but subjects a portion of a lot, tract or parcel to Chapter 64.34 RCW (the “Condominium Act”)
subsequent to the recording of a binding site plan for all such land;
(2) The improvements constructed or to be constructed thereon are required by the provisions of
the binding site plan proposed for a condominium project;
(3) Jefferson County has approved a binding site plan for all such land; and
(4) The binding site plan contains the following statement:
All development and use of the land described herein shall be in accordance
with this binding site plan, as it may be amended with the approval of Jefferson
County, and in accordance with such other government permits, approvals,
regulations, requirements, and restrictions that may be imposed upon such land
and the development and use thereof. Upon completion, the improvements on
the land shall be included in one (1) or more condominiums or owned by an
association or other legal entity in which the owners’ associations have a
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membership or other legal or beneficial interest. This binding site plan shall be
binding upon all persons, businesses, corporations, partnerships or other entities
now or hereafter having any interest in the land described herein.
[Ord. 9-24 § 3 (App. A (Exh. 2)); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
Changes to chapter 18.40 JCC (Permit Application and Review Procedures/SEPA)
18.40.260 Administrative approvals without notice (Type I).
(1) The administrator may approve, approve with conditions, or deny (with or without prejudice)
all Type I permit applications which are categorically exempt from SEPA without notice (see
Tables 8-1 and 8-2 in JCC 18.40.040 and 18.40.080(2)). This includes administrative design
review of middle housing permits in a UGA. Expedited review process is available for Type I
permit applications if the projects are categorically exempt under SEPA and are consistent with
adopted development regulations. Type I permit applications that are not subject to public notice
and are submitted as complete applications may take priority over other projects.
(2) Type I projects that are not categorically exempt under SEPA shall be subject to the notice of
application and comment period provisions of JCC 18.40.150 through 18.40.220, and the SEPA
notice requirements of Article X of this chapter. The administrator’s decision under this section
shall be final on the date issued, and may not be appealed to the hearing examiner. [Ord. 11-24
(Att. A); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
18.40.750 Categorically exempt actions – Use of existing documents and analyses.
(1) Categorically Exempt Levels.
(a) Except with the adoption of flexible threshold limits as set forth in subsections (1)(b)
through (e) of this section, Jefferson County adopts and incorporates by reference the
categorical exemption levels set forth in WAC 197-11-800.
(b) Pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(1)(c)(v), the maximum exempt level for any landfill or
excavation activity in Jefferson County shall be 500 cubic yards.
(c) Pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(1)(c)(ii), the maximum exempt level for the construction of
a barn, loafing shed, farm equipment storage building, produce storage or packing structure,
or similar agricultural structure, covering 30,000 square feet, and to be used only by the
property owner or his or her agent in the conduct of farming the property. This exemption shall
not apply to feed lots.
(d) Pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(1)(c)(iii), the maximum exempt level for the construction
of an office, school, commercial, recreational, service or storage building with 12,000 square
feet of gross floor area, and with associated parking facilities designed for up to 40
automobiles.
(e) Pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(1)(c)(iv), the construction of a parking lot designed for 40
automobiles shall be exempt.
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(f) Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.229(3), middle housing residential development projects in the
Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA, and the county-administered portion of the Port Townsend
UGA shall be categorically exempt from this Article.
(2) Categorically Exempt Actions. Actions categorically exempt under subsection (1) of this
section do not require review under this article or the preparation of an environmental impact
statement, and may not be conditioned or denied under SEPA, except as provided in WAC 197-
11-305 and subsection (3) of this section.
(3) Use of Exemptions.
(a) The SEPA responsible official shall determine the applicability of a categorical exemption.
The determination by the SEPA responsible official that a proposal is exempt from SEPA is
final. None of the procedural requirements of this article (except as provided in WAC 197-11-
305 and this subsection) apply to an exempt proposal.
(b) If a proposal includes exempt and non-exempt actions, the SEPA responsible official shall
determine the lead agency pursuant to WAC 197-11-050.
(c) If a proposal includes exempt and non-exempt actions, the county may authorize exempt
actions prior to compliance with procedural requirements of this article, except as provided in
subsections (3)(d) through (3)(g) of this section.
(d) Consistent with WAC 197-11-070, 197-11-305 and 197-11-800, the county may not
authorize the use of exemptions for:
(i) Actions that are not exempt;
(ii) Any action that would have a probable significant adverse environmental impact;
(iii) A series of exempt actions that are physically or functionally related which together
would result in a probable significant adverse environmental impact for the overall
project; or
(iv) Any action that would limit choice of alternatives.
(e) The county may withhold approval of an exempt action that would lead to modification of
the physical environment when such modification would serve no purpose if nonexempt
action(s) were not approved (see WAC 197-11-305(1)(b)(i)).
(f) The county may withhold approval of exempt actions that would lead to substantial
financial expenditures by a private applicant when the expenditures would serve no purpose if
the non-exempt action(s) were not approved.
(g) Actions identified as categorically exempt from SEPA under WAC 197-11-800 shall
remain exempt under SEPA even when located in one or more of the environmentally sensitive
areas (ESAs) classified, designated and mapped under Article VI-D of Chapter 18.15 JCC.
However, the categorical exemptions listed in WAC 197-11-800 shall not apply when
undertaken wholly or partly on lands covered by water, regardless of whether or not such lands
are mapped as ESAs. Proposals in areas subject to this subsection (3)(g) shall require
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environmental review and a threshold determination, and may be conditioned or denied under
this article (see WAC 197-11-756, 197-11-800, and 197-11-908).
(4) Use of Existing Documents and Analyses. Procedures for the use, adoption, or incorporation
of existing documents and analyses are provided in WAC 197-11-600, 197-11-610, 197-11-630,
and 197-11-635.
(5) Planned Actions.
(a) The county may, as part of its planning processes, elect to perform or have performed for
it in advance of any development proposal, the environmental review and analysis for certain
actions and their probable impacts. These “planned actions” must be so designated by
ordinance or resolution adopted by the county after the analysis of the actions and their impacts
has been completed.
(b) Planned actions must be located in an urban growth area, a master planned resort (MPR),
or a fully contained community, and meet the additional requirements contained in RCW
43.21C.031(2).
(c) The analysis must be sufficient to identify and analyze all probable significant impacts and
most nonsignificant impacts of the actions, and to identify (and, optionally, provide) to a great
extent the mitigation necessary (i.e., the significant impacts must be “adequately addressed”
in an environmental impact statement).
(d) As a result of the analysis in subsections (5)(a) and (5)(c) of this section, a development
proposal being prepared under a planned action does not require a threshold determination or
the preparation of an environmental impact statement, but is subject to a full environmental
review of its impacts and full requirements for mitigation as identified and specified by the
review for the planned action in subsection (5)(c) of this section.
(e) If the environmental review identifies additional impacts not addressed by the planned
action, a checklist and threshold determination shall be required. [Ord. 11-24 (Att. A); Ord.
14-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 8-06 § 1]
Changes to chapter 18.45 JCC (Comprehensive Plan and GMA Development Regulations
Amendment Process)
JCC 18.45.100 Effective date of action – Revisions to boundary of urban growth areas,
designated resource lands, limited areas of more intense rural development, fully contained
communities, or master planned resorts (NEW)
The initial effective date of an action that expands the urban growth area designated under RCW
36.70A.110, removes the designation of agricultural, forest, or mineral resource lands designated
under RCW 36.70A.170, creates or expands a limited area of more intensive rural development
designated under RCW 36.70A.070(5)(d), establishes a new fully contained community under
RCW 36.70A.350, or creates or expands a master planned resort designated under RCW
36.70A.360, is after the latest of the following dates:
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(1) 60 days after the date of publication of notice of adoption of the comprehensive plan,
development regulation, or amendment to the plan or regulation, implementing the action, as
provided in RCW 36.70A.290(2); or
(2) If a petition for review to the growth management hearings board is timely filed, upon issuance
of the board's final order.