33.15.080 Urban Regional Commercial (URC).
The purpose of the Urban Regional Commercial zone is to allow for large-scale malls, retail stores, entertainment complexes or auto malls which sell commercial goods, entertainment and services to the entire region. Minimum lot sizes are large for existing lots over five (5) acres in size in order to preserve the large lot sizes required by large-scale regional serving businesses. One dwelling unit is allowed in conjunction with a business in this zone.
(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Urban Regional Commercial zoning district:
•Agricultural activities
•Airports
•Auto malls
•Business parks
•Commercial greenhouses (wholesale)
•Gas stations
•Grocery stores
•Indoor shooting range
•Medical service facilities
•Motels
•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity
•Primitive campgrounds
•Professional offices
•Research facilities
•Restaurants
•Retail stores
•Retail/wholesale malls
•RV parks
•Taverns
•Timber harvesting
•Timber labor camps
•Tourist shops
•Veterinary clinics/kennels
(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Urban Regional 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:
•Commercial greenhouses (retail)
•Wood manufacturing
•Vehicular repair
(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Urban Regional Commercial zoning district:
•Asphalt plants
•Bed and breakfast inns
•Cemeteries
•Child daycare center
•Churches
•Commercial horse facility
•Commercial storage
•Duplexes
•Family daycare providers
•Home-based industries
•Home enterprises
•Lodges
•Mineral extraction
•Mobile home parks
•Multiple-family dwellings
•Planned unit developments
•Race tracks
•Schools
•Single-family dwellings
•Wrecking yards
(4) Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot size shall be fifteen (15) acres; provided, that lots smaller than five (5) acres created prior to the adoption of the Port Angeles Regional Comprehensive Plan and which are not a portion of a larger common ownership shall be allowed to divide to the minimum size necessary to provide adequate potable water and sewage disposal for the proposed use.
(5) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio. 1:5 (0.20).
(6) Setbacks. The setbacks in the Urban Regional Commercial zone are those required by the Uniform Building Code, except that no structure shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet from the centerline of a fronting, side, or rear street.
(7) Maximum Height. The maximum height is fifty (50) feet.