Gig Harbor City Zoning Code
17.60 Transitional
Uses
17.60.010 Intent.
To provide for uses of land at the borderlines between residential and other districts, which would not have an adverse effect on the uses in either district, but would serve as a more gradual transition to use changes. (Ord. 573 § 2, 1990).
17.60.020 Permitted uses.
A. In an R-1 zone, a lot which abuts on or is located across the street or alley from property in a nonresidential zone may be used for:
1. Duplex dwellings; provided, that such lot is at least 14,000 square feet in size;
2. A parking lot for a business within 100 feet of the lot, solely for the customers and employees of the business to which it is accessory, for the use of automobiles only; and provided, that:
a. The entrance to the parking lot is at least 30 feet from the nearest residential lot;
b. The lot is landscaped as per parking lot landscaping requirements in GHMC 17.78.080 and 17.99.330(E); and
c. The parking lot and its associated business development complies with all zone transition standards of GHMC 17.99.180.
B. In R-2 zones, a lot adjacent to a nonresidential zone may be used for a parking lot for a business within 100 feet, if solely for cars for customers or employees; and provided, that the parking lot entrance is at least 30 feet from the nearest residential lot, and the lot is landscaped and provided with a dense vegetative screen. (Ord. 1307 § 50, 2014; Ord. 1045 § 79, 2006; Ord. 975 § 65, 2004; Ord. 573 §§ 2, 3, 1990).