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The purpose of the Urban Center zoning district is to allow a mix of residential, low impact commercial and limited industrial activities in the remote urban growth areas of Joyce and Clallam Bay where a range of services and business opportunities are needed to serve the surrounding communities.

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

Agricultural activities

Airports

Bed and breakfast

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 campground

Professional offices

Research facilities

Restaurants

Retail stores

Schools

Single-family dwellings

Taverns

Timber harvesting

Timber labor camps

Tourist shops

Veterinarian clinics/kennels

(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Urban 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:

Limited industrial uses

RV parks

Vehicular repair

Wood manufacturing

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

Asphalt plants

Car wrecking yards

Mineral extraction

Race tracks

(4) Minimum Lot Size.

(a) The minimum lot area for single-family dwellings is 7,000 square feet.

(b) The minimum lot area for duplexes is 9,000 square feet.

(c) The minimum lot area for triplexes is 14,000 square feet.

(d) The minimum lot area for fourplexes is 18,000 square feet.

(e) The minimum lot area for five (5) or more dwelling units is 19,500 square feet for a five (5) unit structure plus 1,000 square feet for each dwelling unit which exceeds five (5) units.

(f) The minimum lot area for RV park lot units is 5,000 square feet.

(5) Minimum Lot Width. fifty (50) feet.

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

(7) 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).

(8) Other Performance Standards. Neighborhood-scale grocery stores, retail uses, professional offices and other commercial land uses shall take place within a single building of no larger than 10,000 square feet.

(9) Maximum Height. The maximum height is forty (40) feet.