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Cowlitz County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

18.10.542 Hazardous

waste facilities located in unincorporated, unzoned areas.

A. This section applies only to unzoned areas of unincorporated Cowlitz County.

B. Subject to the requirements of subsection D of this section, an on-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility is allowed on property designated under the Cowlitz County Comprehensive Plan as regional commercial, light industrial, heavy industrial, agriculture-industrial, agriculture-38, or forestry-open space.

C. Subject to the requirements of subsection D of this section, an off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility is allowed on property designated under the Cowlitz County Comprehensive Plan as heavy industrial.

D. The hazardous waste treatment and storage facility must: (1) receive special use approval under the procedures of CCC 18.10.280 through CCC 18.10.315; (2) comply with the state siting criteria; and (3) be developed and operate in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including but not limited to Chapter 70.105 RCW and the regulations thereunder, as now or hereafter amended. [Ord. 88-102, § 11, 6-27-88.]