33.15.040 Rural Center (CEN) | Clallam County Code

33.15.040 Rural Center (CEN).

The purpose of the Rural Center zone is to allow a wide range of commercial goods and services and residential development where uses of such type, scale, size, or intensity already existed as of July 1, 1990.

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

•Agricultural activities

•Bed and breakfast inns

•Business parks

•Cemeteries

•Child daycare center

•Churches

•Commercial greenhouses

•Commercial horse facility

•Commercial storage

•Duplexes

•Family daycare providers

•Gas stations

•Grocery stores

•Home-based industries

•Home enterprises

•Indoor shooting range

•Lodges

•Medical service facilities

•Mobile home parks

•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

(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Rural Center 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 as of July 1, 1990:

•Asphalt plants

•Mineral extraction

•Race tracks

•Wrecking yards

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

•Airports

•Shooting ranges

•Timber labor camps

•Wood manufacturing

(4) Maximum Residential Density. The maximum density for dwelling units is one dwelling unit per one-half acre.

(a) Commercial Uses: The minimum necessary to provide adequate potable water and sewage disposal for the proposed use.

(b) Residential Uses: 9,000 square feet.

(6) Minimum Lot Width: 50 feet.

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

(8) Setbacks. The setbacks in the Rural Center zone are those required by the Uniform Building Code, except that no structure shall be located closer than 50 feet from the centerline of a fronting, side, or rear street.

(9) Other Performance Standards. Allowed and conditional uses must be similar to the building size, scale, use, or intensity that existed in the area as of July 1, 1990.

(10) Maximum Height. Heights may exceed the size that existed as of July 1, 1990, in order to comply with federal and State pollution control requirements. Heights above 75 feet may be allowed through a conditional use permit and must demonstrate the additional height is necessary to comply with federal and State pollution control requirements.