33.10.010 Rural Very Low (R20) | Clallam County Code

33.10.010 Rural Very Low (R20).

The purpose of the Rural Very Low zone is to conserve and enhance the forest resources of Clallam County by providing a transition between rural land uses and Commercial Forest zoning districts.

(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Rural Very Low zoning district:

•Agricultural activities

•Bed and breakfast inns

•Cemeteries

•Commercial greenhouses (wholesale)

•Commercial horse facility

•Family daycare providers

•Home-based industries

•Home enterprises

•Planned unit developments

•Single-family dwellings

•Timber harvesting

(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Rural Very Low 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:

•Child daycare center

•Churches

•Commercial greenhouses (retail)

•Mineral extraction

•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity

•Primitive campgrounds

•Private schools with less than fifty (50) students

•Race tracks

•Research facilities

•RV parks

•RV parks in the western half of the Straits Regional Comprehensive Planning Area

•Shooting ranges

•Veterinarian clinics/kennels

•Wood manufacturing (small-scale)

(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Rural Very Low zoning district:

•Airports

•Asphalt plants

•Business parks

•Commercial storage

•Duplexes

•Gas stations

•Grocery stores

•Lodges

•Medical service facilities

•Mobile home parks

•Motels

•Multiple-family dwellings

•Professional offices

•Restaurants

•Retail stores

•Schools

•Taverns

•Timber labor camps

•Tourist shops

•Vehicular repair

•Wrecking yards

(4) Maximum Residential Density. One dwelling unit per twenty (20) acres or 1/32 of a standard section subdivision.

(5) Minimum Lot Size. Five (5) acres or 1/128 of a standard section subdivision.

(6) Minimum Lot Width. Seventy-five (75) feet.

(7) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio. 1:5 (0.20).

(a) Front yard – forty-five (45) feet from a local access street, fifty (50) feet from an arterial street, sixty (60) feet from a highway.

(b) Side yard – ten (10) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a side street).