33.15.050 Rural Neighborhood Commercial (RNC).
The purpose of the Rural Neighborhood Commercial zoning district is to provide limited, low impact, neighborhood commercial activities in rural areas 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 Neighborhood Commercial zoning district:
•Agricultural activities
•Bed and breakfast inns
•Child daycare center
•Churches
•Commercial greenhouses
•Commercial horse facility
•Commercial storage
•Family daycare providers
•Gas stations
•Grocery stores
•Home-based industries
•Home enterprises
•Indoor shooting range
•Lodges
•Medical service facilities
•Motels/hotels
•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity
•Primitive campgrounds
•Professional offices
•Research facilities
•Restaurants
•Retail stores
•RV parks
•Schools
•Single-family dwellings
•Small-scale wood manufacturing
•Taverns
•Timber harvesting
•Tourist shops
•Veterinarian clinics/kennels
(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Rural Neighborhood 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 as of July 1, 1990:
•Asphalt plants
•Cemeteries
•Mineral extraction
•Vehicular repair
(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Rural Neighborhood Commercial zoning district:
•Airports
•Business parks
•Duplex
•Mobile home park
•Multiple-family dwelling
•Planned unit development
•Race tracks
•Shooting ranges
•Timber labor camps
•Wood manufacturing
•Wrecking yards
(4) Maximum Residential Density. The maximum density is one dwelling unit per acre.
(5) Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot area for all uses is one acre.
(6) Minimum Lot Width: 50 feet.
(7) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio: 1:5 (0.20).
(8) Setbacks.
(a) Front yard: 45 feet from a local access street, 50 feet from an arterial street, 60 feet from a highway.
(b) Side yard: 10 feet (40 feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a side street).
(c) Rear yard: 15 feet (40 feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a rear street).
(9) Other Performance Standards.
(a) 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.
(b) Access to businesses or industrial uses should be from frontage roads to limit traffic impacts to Scenic Highway 101.
(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.