33.15.010 Rural Commercial (RC).
The purpose of the Rural Commercial (RC) zoning district is to provide limited, low-impact, neighborhood commercial activities in rural areas.
(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Rural Commercial zoning district:
•Agricultural activities
•Bed and breakfast inns
•Business parks
•Child daycare center
•Churches
•Commercial greenhouses
•Commercial horse facility
•Commercial storage
•Duplexes
•Family daycare provider
•Gas stations
•Grocery stores
•Home-based industries
•Home enterprises
•Indoor shooting range
•Limited industrial uses
•Lodges
•Medical service facilities
•Motels
•Multiple-family dwellings
•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity
•Planned unit developments
•Primitive campgrounds
•Professional offices
•Research facilities
•Restaurants
•Retail stores
•RV parks
•Schools
•Single-family dwellings
•Small-scale wood manufacturing
•Taverns
•Timber harvesting
•Tourist shops
•Vehicular repair
•Veterinarian clinics/kennels
•Wood manufacturing
(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Rural Commercial 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
•Cemeteries
•Mineral extraction
•Mobile home parks
(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Rural Commercial zoning district:
•Airports
•Race tracks
•Shooting ranges
•Timber labor camps
•Wrecking yards
(4) Maximum Residential Density. The maximum density for dwelling units is one dwelling unit per half acre.
(5) Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot area for all uses is one acre.
(6) Minimum Lot Width. Fifty (50) 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).
(9) Other Performance Standards. In keeping with their rural location, neighborhood-scale grocery stores, retail stores, medical service facilities, professional offices, multiple-family dwellings, research facilities, taverns, tourist shops, vehicular repair shops, veterinarian clinics/kennels, gas stations and restaurants shall be no larger than 6,500 square feet. Motels shall be smaller than sixty (60) units in size.
(10) Maximum Height. The maximum height is forty (40) feet.