33.07.020 Commercial Forest (CF).
The purpose of the Commercial Forest zone is to protect large forest land parcels from encroachment of uses which threaten effective forest management practices.
(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Commercial Forest zoning district:
•Agricultural activities
•Communication relay facilities
•Industrial land uses
•Mineral extraction
•Primitive campgrounds
•RV parks in the western half of the Straits Regional Comprehensive Planning Area
•Single-family dwellings1
•Timber harvesting
•Timber labor camps
(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Commercial Forest zoning district through a special permitting process with public input and a determination that the proposed use is consistent with applicable land use regulations and the character of the neighborhood:
•Asphalt plants
•Commercial horse facilities
•Family daycare providers
•Home-based industries
•Home enterprises
•Outdoor-oriented recreation facility
•Outdoor shooting ranges
•Research facilities
•RV parks
•Single-family dwellings
•Wood manufacturing
(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Commercial Forest zoning district:
•Airports
•Bed and breakfast inns
•Business parks
•Cemeteries
•Child daycare center
•Churches
•Commercial greenhouses
•Commercial storage
•Duplexes
•Gas stations
•Grocery stores
•Lodges
•Medical service facilities
•Mobile home parks
•Motels
•Multiple-family dwellings
•Planned unit developments
•Professional offices
•Race tracks
•Restaurants
•Retail stores
•Schools
•Taverns
•Tourist shops
•Vehicular repair
•Veterinarian clinics/kennels
•Wrecking yards
(4) Maximum Residential Density. One dwelling unit per eighty (80) acres or one-eighth of a standard section subdivision.
(5) Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot size for dwelling units is eighty (80) acres.
(6) Maximum Lot Width to Depth Ratio. 1:4.
(7) Setbacks – Front, Side and Rear Yard. 130 feet, unless the lot is less than ten (10) acres in size and was legally created prior to June 27, 1995, in which case the setbacks are fifty (50) feet.
(8) Other Performance Standards.
(a) Land use activities allowed through a conditional permit should not be permitted unless the proposed activity is compatible with long-term timber management activities.
(b) The roofs of all single-family dwellings located in a Commercial Forest zoning district shall be of noncombustible materials. A thirty (30) foot buffer, cleared of all combustible materials, shall be maintained around the dwelling and all trees capable of falling on the dwelling shall be removed.
(c) Verification that the property owner has legal access to the property shall be provided to Clallam County prior to issuance of any permits for single-family dwellings within a Commercial Forest zoning district.
(d) Allowed industrial uses are those which can not be sited in urban areas or rural industrial zones due to noise, odor, or operational characteristics. When locating in the Commercial Forest zoning district, these uses must meet the following standards:
(i) Be self-contained in that extension of infrastructure is the minimum necessary to serve the facility and that no municipal sewer or water will be provided.
(ii) Require no upgrade to existing roads.
(iii) Be located, if possible, at least one-half mile, but not less than one-quarter mile from the edge of the Commercial Forest boundary.
(iv) Occupy no more than five (5) acres out of an eighty (80) acre forested parcel.
(e) Outdoor shooting ranges locating in the Commercial Forest zoning district must meet the following standards as minimum requirements for granting a conditional use permit:
(i) Be self-contained in that extension of infrastructure is the minimum necessary to serve the facility and that no municipal sewer or water will be provided.
(ii) Require only upgrades to existing roads for safety reasons and have clear access rights to roads.
(iii) Be located, if possible, at least one-half mile, but not less than one-quarter mile from the edge of the Commercial Forest boundary to reduce noise impacts.
(iv) All shooting areas must be designed so that spent shot or projectiles land well within the outer boundaries of the parcel.
(v) Any combination of clubhouse, indoor shooting range, or outbuildings is less than 10,000 square feet in total footprint. (Larger multi-use facilities are provided for as a master planned resort.)
(vi) Campgrounds provided for in the definition of outdoor shooting ranges includes RV campgrounds for overnight use without hookups.