33.15.060 Rural Limited Commercial (RLC).
The purpose of the Rural Limited Commercial zoning district is to provide for a mix of industrial uses and 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 Limited Commercial zoning district:
•Agricultural activities
•Churches
•Commercial greenhouses
•Commercial storage
•Gas stations
•Grocery stores
•Indoor shooting range
•Limited industrial uses
•Lodges
•Medical service facilities
•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity
•Professional offices
•Research facilities requiring a rural location
•Restaurants
•Retail stores
•RV parks
•Single-family dwelling1
•Taverns
•Timber harvesting
•Timber labor camps
•Tourist shops
•Vehicular repair
•Veterinarian clinics/kennels
•Wood manufacturing
(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Rural Limited 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
•Business parks
•Commercial horse facility
•Mineral extraction
•Race tracks
•Wrecking yards
(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Rural Limited Commercial zoning district:
•Airports
•Bed and breakfast
•Cemeteries
•Child daycare center
•Duplexes
•Family daycare providers
•Home-based industries
•Home enterprises
•Mobile home parks
•Motels
•Multiple-family dwellings
•Planned unit development
•Primitive campground
•Schools
•Single-family dwellings
(4) Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot area for all uses is one acre.
(5) Minimum Lot Width: 50 feet.
(6) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio: 1:5 (0.20).
(7) 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).
(8) 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.
(c) One dwelling unit is allowed in conjunction with a business in this zone.
(9) 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.
(10) Other Zone Limitations.
(a) No expansion of this zone shall be permitted but existing uses may intensify their operation and new uses within present boundaries may be constructed.
(b) Proposed uses shall not require expansion of urban services such as sewer.
1Associated with an established commercial use.