A. Purpose. It is the purpose of this district to protect agricultural uses, while providing for the conversion of land to light industrial uses that support diversification of the county’s industrial base. This can be accomplished by allowing specific light industrial uses as special uses if the site is near other urban development and appropriate infrastructure, if such special use will conform with applicable regulations regarding noise, smoke, dust, odors, toxic gases, vibration, glare and heat, and if such special use will not create an unreasonable risk of fire, explosion or other hazard.

B. Permitted Uses. The following uses and structures are permitted in the AG-I zone district:

1. Agricultural activities: farms, dairies, pastures, apiaries, horticulture, floriculture, animal and poultry husbandry, slaughterhouses, cultivation, management and harvest of any forest crop and private stables;

2. All activities associated with the production of agricultural products, including but not limited to the following:

a. Operation, maintenance, and repair of farm equipment,

b. Disposal and use of manure,

c. Spraying and fertilizing,

d. Preparation of farm products for market,

e. Sale of produce,

f. Storage and transportation of agricultural products;

3. All buildings associated with the production of agricultural products, including but not limited to:

a. Barns, private stables,

b. Storage,

c. Roadside stands for the sale of produce,

d. Nurseries and greenhouses,

e. Buildings for farm produce production, storage and distribution,

f. On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities; provided: (1) such facilities are accessory to and clearly subordinate to a permitted use or special use; (2) such facilities comply with the state siting criteria; and (3) such facilities are developed and operated 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.

C. Accessory Uses. The following uses are allowed accessory to the above permitted uses:

1. Housing for the property owner’s immediate family members and employees, providing there is no division of land, except as provided in CCC 18.10.547 through 18.10.548, as now enacted or hereafter amended.

D. Special Uses. The following uses are allowed by special use permit, pursuant to CCC 18.10.280 through 18.10.315, if found compatible with the character of this zone district, and are geographically logical, outward expansions of urban development from the Woodland city limits, within the Woodland Urban Growth Management Area. All special uses shall, at a minimum, meet the applicable development standards and performance standards in CCC 18.10.500 through 18.10.729. Additional conditions may be attached to a special use permit when circumstances or characteristics of the proposed use warrant such conditions to make the proposal consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and this district.

1. Nurseries, greenhouses, yard and garden supply sales;

2. Livestock training, auction, or exhibition facilities;

3. Commercial feedlots;

4. Public stables;

5. Feed and seed stores and other agricultural materials, supplies and machinery sales and service;

6. Equipment assembly, sales, rental, repair and service;

7. Bakeries producing for the wholesale market with retail sales limited to items produced on the premises;

8. Storage buildings and warehouses for consumer goods;

9. Cold and ice storage plants including storage and office within the building;

10. Laboratories and research facilities;

11. Light industrial fabrication; processing, storage and distribution of prefabricated materials. All such uses must comply with applicable federal, state and local regulations, and must not create an unreasonable risk of fire or explosion to adjacent properties. Retail sales must be secondary to the production and wholesale sales of the products and materials;

12. Major automobile, motorcycle and truck repair/auto and truck frame repair and straightening; vehicle painting; and engine, transmission, and suspension repair and rebuilding. Outdoor storage of vehicle shall be behind a sight-obscuring fence, wall or hedge;

13. Construction and contracting offices and equipment and material storage yards;

14. Rental and leasing services requiring extensive outdoor storage and warehousing, and primarily serving other permitted uses within this district;

15. Buildings, yards and development necessary for the operation of a public utility; provided thermal power generating facilities shall not be allowed;

16. Petroleum, propane, liquefied gas, coal, wood and similar bulk fuel storage and distribution facilities;

17. Veterinary offices and clinics including outside animal runs; dog grooming facilities;

18. Employee cafeterias as part of the special use;

19. Other light industrial uses not listed, but having similar characteristics and site requirements;

20. Nonmotorized recreation, educational and scientific projects, road and utility corridors, and other activities authorized by county critical areas regulations where such activities are located to buffer industrial uses and agricultural uses from critical areas and resource lands. [Ord. 94-005, § 22, 1-3-94.]