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33.10.040 Rural (R1).
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The purpose of the Rural zone is to provide areas having a suburban/rural density setting free from commercial and industrial developments.

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

•Agricultural activities

•Bed and breakfast inns

•Commercial greenhouses (wholesale)

•Duplexes1

•Family daycare providers

•Home enterprises

•Planned unit developments

•Single-family dwellings

•Timber harvesting

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

•Cemeteries

•Child daycare center

•Churches

•Commercial greenhouses (retail)

•Commercial horse facility

•Home-based industries

•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity

•Primitive campgrounds

•Private schools with less than fifty (50) students

•Research facilities

•Veterinarian clinics/kennels

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

•Airports

•Asphalt plants

•Business parks

•Commercial storage

•Gas stations

•Grocery stores

•Lodges

•Medical service facilities

•Mineral extraction

•Mobile home parks

•Motels

•Multiple-family dwellings

•Professional offices

•Race tracks

•Restaurants

•Retail stores

•RV parks

•Schools

•Shooting ranges

•Taverns

•Timber labor camps

•Tourist shops

•Vehicular repair

•Wood manufacturing

•Wrecking yards

(4) Maximum Residential Density. One dwelling unit per acre.

(5) Minimum Lot Size. One acre.

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

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

(8) Setbacks.

(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).

(c) Rear yard – fifteen (15) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a rear street).

(d) From Resource zones – fifty (50) feet (twenty (20) feet for accessory structures).

1Maximum residential density applies to this use (a duplex requires a minimum of two (2) acres).