Gig Harbor City Zoning Code

17.14 Land

Use Matrix

17.14.010 Interpretation of land use matrix.

A. The land use matrix in this chapter identifies uses permitted in each individual zoning district. The zoning district is located on the vertical column and the use is located on the horizontal row of this matrix.

B. If a dash appears in the box at the intersection of the column and the row, the use is not permitted in that district.

C. If the letter “P” appears in the box at the intersection of the column and the row, the use is permitted in that district.

D. If the letter “C” appears in the box at the intersection of the column and the row, the use is conditionally permitted subject to the conditional use permit review procedures and criteria specified in Chapter 17.64 GHMC.

E. If a footnote appears in the box at the intersection of the column and the row, the use may be permitted subject to the appropriate review process indicated above and the specific conditions indicated by the corresponding footnote.

F. All applicable requirements shall govern a use whether or not they are cross-referenced in the matrix. To determine whether a particular use is allowed in a particular zoning district and location, all relevant regulations must also be consulted in addition to this matrix. (Ord. 1045 § 1, 2006).

17.14.020 Land use matrix.

Uses	PI	R-1	RLD	R-2	RMD	R-3	RB-1	RB-2	DB	B-1	B-2	C-1¹⁹	PCD-C	ED¹⁸	WR	WM	WC	PCD-BP	MUD²⁴
Dwelling, single-family	-	P	P	P	P	C	P	P	P³¹	P¹⁴	C¹⁴	C¹⁴	P¹⁴	-	P	P	P	-	P¹⁴
Dwelling, duplex	-	P	-	P	P	P	P	P	P³¹	P¹⁴	C¹⁴	C¹⁴	P¹⁴	-	P	P	P	-	P¹⁴
Dwelling, triplex	-	-	-	C	P	P	P	P	P³¹	P¹⁴	C¹⁴	C¹⁴	P¹⁴	-	-	C¹⁷	P	-	P¹⁴
Dwelling, fourplex	-	-	-	C	P	P	P	P	P³¹	P¹⁴	C¹⁴	C¹⁴	P¹⁴	-	-	C¹⁷	P	-	P¹⁴
Dwelling, multiple-family	-	-	-	-	P	P	-	P	P³¹	P¹⁴	C¹⁴	C¹⁴	P¹⁴	-	-	-	-	-	P¹⁴
Accessory dwelling unit	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	-	P
Family day care provider	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	C	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	-	P
Home occupation²	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	C	P	-	C	-	-	P	P	P	-	-
Adult family home	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	C	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	-	P
Living facility, independent⁶	-	-	-	C	-	P	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	C²¹	-	-	-	-	P
Living facility, assisted⁶	-	-	-	C	-	P	C	C	C	P	-	C	P	C	-	-	-	-	P
Nursing facility, skilled	-	-	-	C	-	P	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	C	-	-	-	-	P
Hospital	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	-	C	C	-	C	-	-	-	C	-
School, primary	P	C	P	C	P	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	-	-	-	-	P	-
School, secondary	P	C	P	C	P	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	-	-	-	-	P	-
School, higher educational	P	C	-	C	-	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	-	-	-	-	P	-
School, vocational/trade	P	C	-	C	-	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	P	-	-	-	P	-
Government administrative office	P	C	P	C	P	C	C	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	C	P	P	P	P
Public/private services	P	C	-	C	-	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	C	C	C	C	P	P
Religious worship, house of	-	C	P⁵	C	P⁵	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	C	-	-	-	C	P/C¹⁵
Museum	P	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	C	P	-	C	C	P	-	-
Community recreation hall	P	-	P	C	P	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	-	-	-	C	P	-
Clubs	-	-	C	C	C	C	C	C	P	P	P	P	P	C	-	C²⁰	P	P	-
Parks	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	C	C	P	-	P	P	P	P	P
Essential public facilities	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utilities	P	C	P	C	P	C	C	C	C	P	C	C	P	C	C	C	C	P	P
Electric vehicle charging station²⁵	P	P²⁶	P²⁶	P²⁶	P²⁶	P²⁶	P²⁶	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P²⁶	P²⁶	P	P	P
Rapid charging station²⁷	P	-	-	-	P²⁸	P²⁸	-	P²⁸	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	-	P	P	P²⁸
Battery exchange station	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	P	P	P	C	-	-	-	C	-
Cemetery	-	-	-	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lodging, level 1	-	C	-	C	-	P	P	P	P	P	C	C	-	-	C	C	C	-	P
Lodging, level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	P	-	P	P	P	-	-	-	C	-	P
Lodging, level 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	P	-	P	P	P	-	-	-	C	P	P
Short-term rental³²	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	-	P
Personal services	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Business services	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Professional services	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Ancillary services	P	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Product services, level 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Product services, level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	-	-	-	-	P¹⁶
Sales, level 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	C^7,8	-	P	P	P	P	P	C²²	-	-	P	C²³	P
Sales, level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	C²²	-	-	-	-	-
Sales, level 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	C	-	-	-	-	-
Sales, ancillary	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	-	P	P	P	P	-	-	P	P	-
Commercial child care	-	-	C	-	C	-	C	C	C	-	-	P	-	C	-	-	-	C	-
Recreation, indoor commercial	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	C	P	-	P	P	P	C	-	-	-	C	P
Recreation, outdoor commercial	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	C	C	-	P¹⁰	P	P	C	-	-	-	C	P
Entertainment, commercial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	P	P	P	-	-	-	-	C	P
Automotive fuel-dispensing facility	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	P	P	P	C	-	-	-	C	-
Vehicle wash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	P	-	-	-	-	-	-
Parking lot, commercial	-	-	-	-	-	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Animal clinic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P⁹	-	P	P	-	P	-	-	-	P	P
Kennel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adult entertainment facility³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Restaurant 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	C⁸	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	-	C¹²	P	P	P
Restaurant 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	P	P	P	C²²	-	C²⁹	P	C²³	P
Restaurant 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	P	P	P	C²²	-	C²⁹	P	C²³	P
Food truck³⁰	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	-	P	P	P	P	-	-	P	P	P
Tavern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	-	P	P	P	-	-	-	P	-	-
Drive-through facility	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	-	C	C	P	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	-	-	P	P	-	-
Marine sales and service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	-	-	P	P	-	-
Marine boat sales, level 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P	-	P	-	P	P	-	-
Marine boat sales, level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	C²²	-	P	P	-	-
Ministorage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	-	-	C	C	P	C	-	-	-	-	P
Industrial, level 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	C	C	-	C	P	-	P	-	-	-	C	P
Industrial, level 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	P	-	-	-	-	-
Marine industrial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	-	C	-	P¹¹	C	-	-
Wireless communication facility⁴	C	C	C	C	C	C	P	P	C	P	C	P	P	P	C	C	C	P	-
Accessory uses and structures	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Unclassified use	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C

1Reserved.

2Home occupations are subject to Chapter 17.84 GHMC.

3Adult entertainment facilities are subject to Chapter 17.58 GHMC.

4Wireless communication facilities are subject to Chapter 17.61 GHMC.

5Houses of religious worship shall be limited to parcels not greater than five acres.

6Each unit at an assisted living facility or independent living facility shall count as one-third of a dwelling unit for purposes of calculating density.

7Sales, level 1 uses shall be limited to food stores in the RB-1 district.

8See GHMC 17.28.090(G) for specific performance standards of restaurant 1 and food store uses in the RB-1 zone.

9Animal clinics shall have all activities conducted indoors in the DB district.

10Drive-in theaters are not permitted in the B-2 district.

11Marine industrial uses in the WM district shall be limited to commercial fishing operations and boat construction shall not exceed one boat per calendar year.

12Coffeehouse-type restaurant 1 uses shall not exceed 1,000 square feet in total size in the WM district.

13Sales, level 1 uses shall be limited to less than 7,500 square feet per business in the PCD-NB district.

14Residential uses may be located above or as part of a mixed-use project with a business or commercial component.

15Houses of religious worship on parcels not greater than 10 acres are permitted uses in the MUD district; houses of religious worship on parcels greater than 10 acres are conditionally permitted uses in the MUD district.

16Auto repair and boat repair uses shall be conducted within an enclosed building or shall be in a location not visible from public right-of-way and adjacent properties.

17Only one triplex dwelling or one fourplex dwelling is conditionally permitted per lot in the WM district.

18Planned unit developments (PUDs) are conditionally permitted in the ED district.

19Junkyards, auto wrecking yards and garbage dumps are not allowed in the C-1 district.

20Clubs in the WM zone shall not serve alcoholic beverages and shall not operate a grill or deep-fat fryer.

21Independent living facilities are conditionally allowed in the ED zone only when in combination with assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities or hospitals in the same site plan or binding site plan.

22See GHMC 17.45.040 for specific performance standards of sales and restaurant uses in the ED zone.

23See GHMC 17.54.030 for specific performance standards of sales and restaurant uses in the PCD-BP zone.

24Permitted and conditional uses in the MUD district overlay are subject to the minimum parcel size and location requirements contained in GHMC 17.91.040(A).

25Level 1 and Level 2 charging only.

26Electric vehicle charging stations, Level 1 and Level 2 only, are allowed only as accessory to a principal outright permitted or principal permitted conditional use.

27The term “rapid” is used interchangeably with Level 3 and “fast charging.”

28Only “electric vehicle charging stations – restricted” as defined in Chapter 17.73 GHMC.

29Only those properties lying adjacent to or southeast of Dorotich Street are allowed to request a conditional use permit for a restaurant 2 or restaurant 3 use. In other areas of WM zone, restaurant 2 and restaurant 3 uses are prohibited. See Chapter 17.48 GHMC for specific performance standards for restaurant uses in the WM zone.

30Food truck permits shall be processed with a special use permit, per Chapter 17.65 GHMC.

31Permitted above and below street-level nonresidential uses.

32Short-term rentals are subject to Chapter 17.85 GHMC.

(Ord. 1551 § 6, 2025; Ord. 1540 § 3, 2025; Ord. 1507 § 3 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 1428 § 1, 2019; Ord. 1389 § 4, 2018; Ord. 1316 § 4, 2015; Ord. 1312 § 1, 2015; Ord. 1278 § 4, 2013; Ord. 1244 § 1, 2012; Ord. 1233 § 1, 2012; Ord. 1220 § 2, 2011; Ord. 1194 § 10, 2010; Ord. 1160 § 5, 2009; Ord. 1148 § 2, 2008; Ord. 1130 § 1, 2008; Ord. 1066 § 3, 2007; Ord. 1045 § 1, 2006).