Colfax City Zoning Code

One-family dwellings;

Two-family dwellings;

Accessory Uses. Private garages may have space to accommodate not more than three cars for each dwelling unit;

Home occupations (see provisions in Chapter 5.06);

Family child care provider home facility;

Parks and playgrounds.

Churches;

Community centers;

Auditoriums;

Private/public specialty schools;

Utility substations;

Country clubs, lodges, clubs;

Hospitals;

Nursing homes;

Libraries and post offices;

Animal hospitals, clinics, kennels;

Keeping of animals with provisions.

The minimum gross floor area for any single-family dwelling shall be not less than one thousand square feet, exclusive of basements, garages and porches;

The minimum gross floor area for any two-family dwelling shall not be less than two thousand square feet, exclusive of basements, garages and porches;

Minimum front yards shall be twenty feet; provided, however, that a residence may be built so that its front wall conforms to the line of existing buildings even though this results in a front yard of less than twenty feet; provided further, that in any event no dwelling may be built closer than five feet to the front lot line;

Minimum rear yards shall be fifteen feet; provided, however, that a residence may be built so that its rear wall conforms to the line of existing buildings even though this results in a rear yard of less than fifteen feet; provided further, that in any event no dwelling may be built closer than five feet to the rear lot line;

Minimum side yards shall be five feet.

One-family dwellings;

Two-family dwellings;

Apartment buildings;

Condominiums;

Mobile home parks;

Accessory Uses. Private garages may have space to accommodate not more than three cars for each dwelling unit;

Home occupations (see provisions in Chapter 5.06);

Family child care provider home facility;

Parks and playgrounds.

Churches;

Community centers;

Auditoriums;

Private/public specialty schools;

Utility substations;

Country clubs, lodges, clubs;

Hospitals;

Nursing homes;

Libraries and post offices;

Animal hospitals, clinics, kennels;

Keeping of animals with provisions;

Professional clinics;

Office buildings;

Day care centers;

Restaurants;

Electronic media facilities (radio stations).

The minimum lot size shall be one thousand five hundred square feet per each dwelling unit;

The minimum gross floor area for any single-family dwelling shall be not less than one thousand square feet, exclusive of basements, garages and porches;

The minimum gross floor area for any two-family dwelling shall not be less than two thousand square feet, exclusive of basements, garages and porches;

Minimum front yards shall be twenty feet; provided, however, that a residence may be built so that its front wall conforms to the line of existing buildings even though this results in a front yard of less than twenty feet; provided further, that in any event no dwelling may be built closer than five feet to the front lot line;

Minimum rear yards shall be fifteen feet; provided, however, that a residence may be built so that its rear wall conforms to the line of existing buildings even though this results in a rear yard of less than fifteen feet; provided further, that in any event no dwelling may be built closer than five feet to the rear lot line;

Minimum side yards shall be five feet.

Single-family dwellings;

Accessory structures including residential garages, tool sheds, greenhouses and recreational rooms;

Guest cottages (maximum eight-hundred-square-foot size);

Family child care provider home facility;

Home occupations, provided the applicant is in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 5.06.

Farming;

Barns, silos and related structures;

Pasturing and grazing;

Private stables;

Parks and playgrounds;

Livestock (hoofed animals) may be kept by the residents on the premises, provided there shall be no more than two head per acre;

Rabbits, poultry and similar-size animals may be kept by the residents on the premises, provided there shall be no more than five per each acre.

Churches, community centers and auditoriums;

Utility substations;

Electronic media facilities;

Commercial riding stables;

Hunting preserves;

Cell towers;

Wind powered generating facilities.

Minimum lot size shall be two acres with public water supply and five acres with a water well. Private on-site sewage systems are allowed in this zone;

Minimum lot width shall be one hundred twenty-five feet;

Minimum lot depth shall be one hundred fifty feet;

Maximum lot coverage by structures shall be twenty-five percent;

Maximum building height shall be thirty-five feet. Measurement of building height shall be by the method utilized in the currently adopted building code;

Minimum yard setbacks to all structures shall be:

Hotels, motels and apartment hotels;

Boarding and rooming houses;

Gasoline service stations, body shops, garages;

Theaters;

Restaurants;

Drive-in theaters;

Drive-in refreshment parlors;

Beauty parlors;

Barber shops;

Dry cleaning establishments;

Bowling alleys;

Churches;

Private and nonacademic schools;

Utility substations;

Animal hospital, clinics and kennels;

Warehouses;

Commercial garages, automobile sales and service;

Motor vehicle rentals;

Used car lots;

Cabinet and furniture making;

Lumber yards;

Sign painting shops;

Open storage of material available for retail sale and not storage as junk for sale to wholesalers, manufacturers or metal processors;

Truck and trailer sales, repair and service;

Trucking terminals;

Tire repair shops;

Warehousing and wholesaling;

Migratory amusements;

Laundries;

Large machinery rentals;

Farm equipment sales and service;

Heating and plumbing equipment sales, supply, installation and service;

Manufacture, fabrication and assembly of products;

Blacksmithing and metal working shops;

Manufacturing of sausage and similar products and smoking of meats, provided that all operations concerned with cutting, grinding, casing and cooking and smoking are confined within the building and that killing and dressing of the meat is not connected therewith;

Grain elevators;

Feed and seed stores;

Governmental buildings, services and other accessory uses;

On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities accessory to a permitted use; provided, that such facilities meet the state siting criteria adopted pursuant to RCW 70.105.210;

Residential dwellings on upper floors of buildings.

Taverns.

Minimum front yard–Twenty-five feet, which may be used for off-street parking;

Minimum rear yard–Ten feet, which may be used for off-street parking;

Minimum side yard–Ten feet.

Animal hospitals/clinics and pet supply shops;

Antique stores and secondhand shops;

Apartments;

Airbnb on upper floors of buildings;

Arts and craft store or studios;

Banks, including drive-in banking;

Bakeries;

Barber and beauty shops;

Bicycle sales and service;

Bowling alleys;

Building material sales;

Churches and similar religious institutions;

Clothing stores;

Coffee shops, including drive-through stands, cafe or deli;

Department, furniture and home appliance stores;

Educational facilities: business, primary and secondary;

Electronic/computer sales and service;

Florist shops;

Food stores;

Funeral homes and mortuaries;

Gasoline service stations, body shops, garages;

Gift shops;

Governmental buildings, services and other accessory uses;

Hardware stores;

Heating, plumbing and electrical equipment sales, supply, installation and service;

Laundries and dry cleaning;

Motels/hotels;

Mail order businesses;

Medical services, including dental, massage and chiropractic;

Music stores;

Painting and decorating shops;

Pharmacies;

Photographers;

Post office and shipping services;

Printing and publishing establishments;

Professional offices, including but not limited to insurance, real estate, security and commodity brokers, accounting and law offices;

Public libraries;

Restaurants;

Retail stores, including thrift and secondhand;

Repair shops;

Recreation places;

Residential dwellings on upper floors of buildings;

Tailor and dressmaking shops;

Taverns and cocktail lounges;

Theaters;

Uses clearly incidental to any of the above uses;

Utility, communication buildings.

Minimum front setback–Zero feet;

Minimum rear setback–Zero feet, unless the property line is abutting a residential zone, then setback would be fifteen feet;

Minimum side setback–Zero feet, unless the property line is abutting a residential zone, then setback would be fifteen feet.

Automatic screw machines are permitted when operated with noise silencers and when located not less than two hundred feet from any zoned residential district.

Stamping machines, punch presses and press brakes shall be permitted when such machines are placed on shock-absorbing mountings, and on a suitable reinforced concrete footing; no machine shall be loaded beyond its capacity as prescribed by the manufacturer. Such machines may have a capacity up to fifty tons, when located two hundred fifty feet from any residential zone or residential use, one hundred tons when located three hundred feet from any residential zone or residential use.

Hot forgings, steam or bored hammers shall be permitted when located at least one thousand feet from any zoned residential district and/or existing residential use and such operation shall be located within a masonry building or suitably reinforced concrete mat, or solid rock, and mounted on shock absorbers that reduce vibration to a reasonable minimum. The noise in decibels, as measured at the street or property line, shall not exceed sixty-five decibels of sound and shall be muffled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat, frequency or shrillness. Such noise shall not in any case exceed the street traffic noise during a normal day, when the employees arrive or leave the place of manufacturing. Smoke, dust, dirt, and fly ash shall not exceed three-tenths grains per cubic foot of flue gas at stack temperature of five hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and not exceed fifty percent excess air, and shall in no instance be unclean, destructive, unhealthful, hazardous, nor shall visibility be impaired by the emission or a haze which unduly impedes vision with an apparent opaqueness equivalent to No. 2 of the Ringelmann Chart.

Glare and heat shall be prohibited and any glare and heat from arc welding, acetylene torch cutting or other similar processes shall be performed so as not to be seen from any point beyond the outside of the property. Fire and safety hazards, the storage and handling of flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum gases, and explosives shall comply with the standards established therefor by the National Fire Underwriters Association, and shall not be located within one thousand feet of any residential property or a residential zone.

On-site and off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities must meet the state siting criteria adopted pursuant of RCW 70.105.210.