Anacortes City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division 1
General and Legislative Provisions
Sections
- 19.10 General Provisions
- 19.12 Definitions and Interpretation
- 19.14 International Codes
- 19.14.010 Short title.
- 19.14.020 Purpose.
- 19.14.025 Adoption.
- 19.14.030 Adoption of International Building Code.
- 19.14.035 Adoption of the International Residential Code.
- 19.14.040 Adoption of International Mechanical Code.
- 19.14.050 Adoption of International Property Maintenance Code.
- 19.14.060 Adoption of International Fire Code.
- 19.14.065 Adoption of International Wildland Urban Interface Code.
- 19.14.070 Adoption of Uniform Plumbing Code and Uniform Plumbing Code Standards.
- 19.14.085 Adoption of standards for manufactured home installation.
- 19.14.090 International Energy Conservation Code.
- 19.14.110 Administrative authority.
- 19.14.120 Unlawful acts.
- 19.14.130 Violation—Penalty.
- 19.14.150 Permit fee schedule.
- 19.14.160 Grading fees.
- 19.14.170 Mechanical permit fees.
- 19.14.180 Plumbing permit fees.
- 19.16 Legislative Actions
- 19.16.010 Purpose.
- 19.16.020 Applicability.
- 19.16.030 General requirements.
- 19.16.040 Petitions.
- 19.16.050 Docketing.
- 19.16.060 Environmental review of docket.
- 19.16.070 Public notices.
- 19.16.080 Review by planning commission.
- 19.16.090 Review by city council.
- 19.16.100 Final disposition of annual docket.
- 19.16.110 Emergency or interim regulations.
Division 2
Procedures
Sections
- 19.20 Application Procedures
- 19.20.010 Policy.
- 19.20.020 Applicability.
- 19.20.030 Types of review.
- 19.20.040 Consolidated review.
- 19.20.050 Eligibility for permits.
- 19.20.060 Lots of record.
- 19.20.070 Vesting.
- 19.20.080 Requirement for public notices.
- 19.20.090 Pre-application conference.
- 19.20.100 Pre-application neighborhood meeting.
- 19.20.110 Application—Contents and completeness—Revisions.
- 19.20.120 Application—Notice.
- 19.20.130 Application—Department review.
- 19.20.140 Public hearings and meetings.
- 19.20.150 Public hearing—Notice.
- 19.20.160 Decision—Timing.
- 19.20.170 Decision—Notice.
- 19.20.180 Appeals.
- 19.20.190 Remand.
- 19.20.200 Reconsideration.
- 19.20.210 Exhaustion of administrative remedies.
- 19.20.220 Departures.
- 19.20.230 Framework development plans.
- 19.22 Concurrency
- 19.24 Essential Public Facilities
- 19.24.020 Purpose.
- 19.24.030 Scope.
- 19.24.040 Reserved.
- 19.24.050 Applications for EPF projects.
- 19.24.060 CUP—EPF review criteria.
- 19.24.070 Building permit application.
- 19.24.080 Special provisions for Secure Community Transition Facilities (SCTFs).
- 19.24.090 Processing timelines.
- 19.24.100 CUP city council authority—Final decision.
- 19.28 Permit Revision and Expiration
Division 3
Permits
Sections
- 19.30 Site Plan Review
- 19.32 Land Divisions
- 19.32.010 Purpose.
- 19.32.020 Applicability.
- 19.32.030 Preliminary land division approval—Application requirements.
- 19.32.040 Preliminary land division approval—Criteria for decision.
- 19.32.050 Procedures for review—Specific land division types.
- 19.32.060 Final plat application requirements.
- 19.32.070 Review criteria for approval of final subdivisions.
- 19.32.080 Subdivision alteration and vacation.
- 19.32.090 Violations—Penalty.
- 19.34 Boundary Line Adjustments
- 19.36 Conditional Uses
- 19.38 Variances
Division 4
Zoning and Land Uses
Sections
- 19.40 Zones
- 19.41 Allowed Uses
- 19.41.010 Purpose.
- 19.41.020 Classification of uses.
- 19.41.030 Key to the use table.
- 19.41.040 Principal uses permitted in residential zones.
- 19.41.050 Principal uses permitted in mixed-use and industrial zones.
- 19.41.060 Landmark buildings.
- 19.41.070 Public use zone uses.
- 19.41.080 Aeronautical zone uses.
- 19.41.090 Overlay designation uses.
- 19.42 Form and Intensity Standards
- 19.42.010 Generally.
- 19.42.020 Form and intensity standards for residential zones.
- 19.42.030 Form and intensity standards for mixed-use and industrial zones.
- 19.42.040 Bonus incentives, generally.
- 19.42.045 Density bonus for religious organizations.
- 19.42.050 Bonus incentives in the R4, C, and CBD zones.
- 19.42.060 Bonus incentives in the CM zone.
- 19.42.070 Bonus incentives in the MMU zone.
- 19.42.080 Minimum lot size calculations.
- 19.42.090 Minimum lot width circle calculation and exceptions.
- 19.42.100 Density calculations.
- 19.42.110 Lot coverage calculations, exceptions, and modifications.
- 19.42.120 Building height calculations, exceptions, and modifications.
- 19.42.130 Setback types and measurements.
- 19.42.140 Permitted projections into required setbacks.
- 19.42.150 Setback modifications.
- 19.42.160 Old Town supplemental form and intensity standards.
- 19.42.170 Aeronautical zone form and intensity standards.
- 19.42.180 Public use zone form and intensity standards.
- 19.43 Residential Uses
- 19.43.010 Categories of residential uses.
- 19.43.020 Single-family.
- 19.43.030 Single-family, small lot.
- 19.43.040 Cottage housing.
- 19.43.050 Duplex.
- 19.43.060 Triplex.
- 19.43.070 Townhouses.
- 19.43.080 Multifamily.
- 19.43.090 Multifamily, restricted.
- 19.43.100 Live-work.
- 19.43.110 Manufactured home.
- 19.43.115 Co-living housing.
- 19.43.120 Adult family home.
- 19.43.130 Assisted living facility.
- 19.43.140 Nursing home.
- 19.43.150 Rooming house.
- 19.43.160 Supportive housing (STEP housing).
- 19.44 Commercial Uses
- 19.44.010 Day care.
- 19.44.020 General-service.
- 19.44.030 Medical.
- 19.44.040 Office.
- 19.44.050 Overnight lodging.
- 19.44.060 Parking.
- 19.44.070 Passenger terminal.
- 19.44.080 Personal service.
- 19.44.090 Recreation, indoor.
- 19.44.100 Recreation, outdoor.
- 19.44.110 Restaurant/bar.
- 19.44.120 Retail sales.
- 19.44.130 Vehicle sales/rental.
- 19.45 Industrial Uses
- 19.46 Public, Institutional and Open Space Uses
- 19.47 Accessory Uses and Structures
- 19.48 Temporary Uses
- 19.49 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
Division 5
Community Design
Sections
- 19.50 Introduction
- 19.51 Public Street Improvements Required
- 19.52 Public Street Design
- 19.52.010 Purpose.
- 19.52.020 Applicability.
- 19.52.030 City street classification system.
- 19.52.040 Street geometric design and streetscape.
- 19.52.050 Dead-end streets and cul-de-sacs.
- 19.52.060 Street intersections.
- 19.52.070 Pavement design.
- 19.52.080 Street names and signage.
- 19.52.090 Street lights.
- 19.52.100 Street monuments.
- 19.53 Private Driveways and Access
- 19.54 Subdivision Design and Block Structure
- 19.59 Underground Utilities
- 19.59.010 Policy.
- 19.59.020 Program.
- 19.59.030 Overhead wires deemed dangerous.
- 19.59.040 Exempt facilities.
- 19.59.050 Nonexempt facilities.
- 19.59.060 Liability of costs.
- 19.59.070 Affected areas.
- 19.59.080 Commencement of program.
- 19.59.090 Facilities replacement—Exemptions.
- 19.59.100 City engineer’s responsibility.
- 19.59.110 Restoration of public property.
- 19.59.120 Reserved.
- 19.59.130 Penalty.
Division 6
Project Design
Sections
- 19.60 Introduction
- 19.61 Block Frontage Standards
- 19.61.010 Purpose.
- 19.61.020 Applicability.
- 19.61.030 How to use this chapter.
- 19.61.040 Block frontage designation maps.
- 19.61.050 About the transparency standards.
- 19.61.060 Storefront block frontage standards.
- 19.61.070 Landscaped block frontage standards.
- 19.61.080 Mixed block frontage standards.
- 19.61.090 Marine street standards.
- 19.61.100 Gateway block frontage standards.
- 19.61.110 Undesignated (streets with no designated block frontage).
- 19.61.120 Trail block frontage standards.
- 19.61.130 Esplanade block frontage standards.
- 19.61.140 Central waterfront (CW) corridors and block frontage standards.
- 19.61.150 Where properties front onto multiple streets.
- 19.61.160 Where properties have multiple designations along one frontage.
- 19.61.170 High visibility street corners.
- 19.61.180 Framework development plan.
- 19.62 Site Planning
- 19.63 Building Design
- 19.64 Parking
- 19.64.010 Purpose.
- 19.64.015 Applicability.
- 19.64.020 Generally.
- 19.64.030 Computation of required parking spaces.
- 19.64.040 Number of parking spaces required.
- 19.64.050 Size of parking spaces.
- 19.64.060 Modifications to parking requirements.
- 19.64.065 Parking for residential uses.
- 19.64.070 Parking fee in lieu.
- 19.64.080 Shared parking.
- 19.64.090 Parking for shell building permits.
- 19.64.100 Bicycle parking requirements.
- 19.64.110 Parking area design and construction standards.
- 19.64.120 Parking area maintenance.
- 19.65 Landscaping
- 19.65.010 Purpose.
- 19.65.020 Applicability and compliance.
- 19.65.030 Landscaped area, defined.
- 19.65.040 Landscape plans.
- 19.65.050 Plant material and installation standards.
- 19.65.060 Landscaping types.
- 19.65.070 Landscaping site design standards.
- 19.65.080 Maintenance.
- 19.65.090 Irrigation standards.
- 19.65.100 Performance assurance/bonding.
- 19.66 Fences, Walls and Hedges
- 19.66.010 Purpose.
- 19.66.020 Applicability.
- 19.66.030 Fences, walls, and hedges for residential zones.
- 19.66.040 Fences, walls, and hedges for mixed-use and industrial zones.
- 19.66.050 Fence, wall, hedge, and rockery measurements.
- 19.66.060 Fence and wall location and maintenance.
- 19.66.070 Fence types prohibited.
- 19.66.080 Retaining walls and rockeries.
- 19.67 Signs
- 19.67.010 Purpose.
- 19.67.020 Applicability.
- 19.67.030 Sign definitions.
- 19.67.040 General requirements.
- 19.67.050 Measurement of sign area.
- 19.67.060 Sign types and standards.
- 19.67.070 Signs types permitted by zone.
- 19.67.080 Supplemental freestanding sign design standards.
- 19.67.090 Supplemental building-mounted sign standards.
- 19.67.100 Noncommercial speech signs.
- 19.67.110 Temporary sign standards.
- 19.67.120 Supplemental sign setback requirements.
- 19.67.130 Nonconforming signs.
- 19.67.140 Violations.
- 19.67.150 Severability.
- 19.68 Wireless Service Facilities
- 19.68.010 Purpose.
- 19.68.020 Applicability.
- 19.68.030 Definitions.
- 19.68.040 Permit required.
- 19.68.050 Substantial change.
- 19.68.060 Nonsubstantial change.
- 19.68.070 Optional pre-application.
- 19.68.080 Eligible facilities request applications.
- 19.68.090 Permit application—Small wireless facility.
- 19.68.100 Permit application—All other wireless facilities.
- 19.68.110 Permit approval process.
- 19.68.120 Permit review—General criteria.
- 19.68.130 Permit review—Supplemental criteria for conditional uses.
- 19.68.140 Completeness review.
- 19.68.150 Time frame for review.
- 19.68.160 Construction.
- 19.68.170 Appeals.
- 19.68.180 Prohibited locations.
- 19.68.190 Permitted locations.
- 19.68.200 Visibility and performance standards.
- 19.68.210 Requirements for colocations.
- 19.68.220 Requirements for nonsubstantial changes.
- 19.68.230 Maintenance of facilities.
- 19.68.240 Testing of facilities required—Radio-frequency (RF) emissions.
- 19.68.250 Testing of facilities required—Noise emissions.
- 19.68.260 Security fencing.
- 19.68.270 Abandonment of facilities.
- 19.68.280 Signs.
- 19.68.290 Lighting standards.
- 19.68.300 SEPA.
- 19.69 Standards, Generally
Division 7
Environment
Sections
- 19.70 Critical Areas
- Introduction – General Provisions
- 19.70.010 Purpose.
- 19.70.015 Applicability.
- 19.70.020 Identification, classification, and rating of critical areas.
- 19.70.025 Protection of critical areas.
- 19.70.030 Project evaluation.
- 19.70.035 Critical areas review.
- 19.70.040 Exempt activities.
- 19.70.045 Permitted alterations.
- 19.70.050 Reasonable use exception and critical area variance.
- Article I. Critical Areas Review Procedures
- 19.70.110 Critical area identification form.
- 19.70.115 Critical area report.
- 19.70.120 Application requirements.
- 19.70.125 Mitigation requirements.
- 19.70.130 Mitigation plan requirements.
- 19.70.135 Title notification.
- 19.70.140 Field marking.
- 19.70.145 Construction plan review, monitoring, and inspection.
- 19.70.150 Financial guarantee requirements.
- 19.70.165 Unauthorized critical area alterations.
- 19.70.170 Final decision and appeals.
- Article II. Wetlands
- 19.70.210 Description and purpose.
- 19.70.215 Designation and rating.
- 19.70.220 Mapping and delineation.
- 19.70.225 General development standards.
- 19.70.230 Specific wetland category development standards.
- 19.70.235 Required buffer areas.
- 19.70.240 Critical area report additional requirements.
- 19.70.245 Compensatory mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- Article III. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas
- 19.70.310 Description and purpose.
- 19.70.315 Designation.
- 19.70.320 Mapping.
- 19.70.325 General development standards for all FWHCAs.
- 19.70.330 Specific standards for riparian management zones.
- 19.70.335 Specific standards for other FWHCAs.
- 19.70.340 Stormwater management facilities.
- 19.70.350 Critical area report additional requirements.
- 19.70.355 Mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- Article IV. Geologically Hazardous Areas
- Article V. Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas
- Article VI. Frequently Flooded Areas
- Definitions
- Introduction – General Provisions
- 19.74 Floodplain Management
- 19.76 Stormwater
- 19.78 Clearing and Grading
Division 8
Development Agreements
Sections
- 19.82 Development Agreement for Port-Owned Property
- 19.82.010 Purpose of agreement.
- 19.82.020 Exhibits.
- 19.82.030 Property.
- 19.82.040 Fencing.
- 19.82.050 Part 77 obstruction removal.
- 19.82.060 Aeronautical area.
- 19.82.070 Panhandle Reserve and Rockwell Reserve Areas.
- 19.82.080 Anacopper Future Process Area.
- 19.82.090 North aeronautical area.
- 19.82.100 Off-site mitigation.
- 19.82.110 SEPA review.
- 19.82.120 Impact fees/latecomer agreements.
- 19.82.130 Lot line adjustment/land divisions.
- 19.82.140 Recording.
- 19.82.150 Applicability of RCW 36.70B.170—.210.
- 19.82.160 Dispute resolution.
- 19.82.170 Applicable law.
- 19.82.180 Binding effect.
- 19.82.190 Severability.
- 19.82.200 Modification.
- 19.82.210 Further good faith cooperation.
- 19.82.220 No presumption against drafter.
- 19.82.230 Notices.
- 19.82.240 Duration.
- 19.82.250 Effective date.
- 19.82.260 Entire agreement.