The purpose of this district is to conserve and protect agricultural land and to reserve areas for use by small to moderate scale farming activities. The establishment of this district recognizes the diversity of the agricultural industry in Grays Harbor County and provides protection for those soils and areas most suitable for many aspects of agricultural activities.

(Ord. 241 § 13.03.200, 1998)

A.

Commercial agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture;

B.

Farm buildings;

C.

Farm drainage and irrigation;

D.

The growing and harvesting of forest products;

E.

The sale of agricultural and horticultural products on the premises where such products are grown;

F.

Riding academies;

G.

Single-family farm dwellings;

H.

Home occupations pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.60.050;

I.

Emergency medical and emergency fire equipment storage facilities;

J.

Home day cares.

(Ord. 333 (part), 2005; Ord. 242 (part), 1998: Ord. 241 § 13.03.210, 1998)

(Ord. No. 410, § 3, 3-17-2014; Ord. No. 482, § 2, 3-14-2023)

A.

Outdoor recreation areas, not including recreational vehicle parks;

B.

Public meeting halls, churches (see Section 17.60.040), cemeteries, airfields, publicly owned facilities for maintenance of roads and highways and educational and recreational buildings accessory to the farm, provided the following conditions can be met:

(1)

The use will only convert the least suitable agricultural lands in the area; and

(2)

The use will not negatively impact, directly or indirectly, adjacent agricultural activities;

C.

Agricultural service establishments primarily engaged in performing agricultural, animal husbandry, or horticultural services on a fee or contract basis including but not limited to hay baling and threshing, sorting, grading, and packing fruits and vegetables for the grower, agricultural produce milling and processing; horticultural services, crop dusting, land grading, farm equipment service and repair, and veterinary services;

D.

Forest products processing plants provided the following conditions are met:

(1)

The use will only convert the least suitable agricultural land in the area;

(2)

The use will not negatively impact, directly or indirectly, adjacent agricultural activities;

(3)

The property is currently occupied by a residence, and

(4)

The use is owned by the residential occupant of the property;

E.

Secondary uses of accessory structures pursuant to Section 17.60.060. In considering an application pursuant to this section, the board of adjustment may impose such other conditions as are deemed necessary to insure the compatibility of the proposed use with agricultural activities and as are necessary to insure that the use remains secondary to the residential and agricultural use;

F.

On any legal parcel a second temporary dwelling unit for care giving purposes may be authorized provided that the following conditions are met:

1.

No division of the property is authorized,

2.

The temporary dwelling shall be removed or converted to a conforming use when the use authorized by the permit is discontinued,

3.

The parcel shall comply with the minimum lot-requirements of the health department for each unit.

G.

Cannabis processing and production (subject to Section 17.60.210 but not Section 17.12.040).

(Ord. 262 (part), 1998: Ord. 241 § 13.03.220, 1998)

(Ord. No. 482, § 3, 3-14-2023)

No conditional use permit shall be issued by the board of adjustment unless, following review and written findings, it determines that the proposed use satisfies the following conditions and the conditions set by Section 17.80.040:

A.

The use shall not be one to which the noise, order, dust or chemical residues of commercial agriculture or horticulture might result in creation or establishment of a nuisance or trespass;

B.

All agricultural service establishments shall be located at least two hundred feet from any driveway affecting access to a farm dwelling or field and at least three hundred feet from any single-family dwelling;

C.

An agricultural service establishment shall be incidental and necessary to the conduct of agriculture within the district; and

D.

Public utility and service structures shall be located and constructed at such places and in such manner that they will not segment land of any one farm and will not interfere with the conduct of agriculture by limiting or interfering with the access to fields or the effectiveness and efficiency of the farmer and farm equipment including crop spraying aircraft.

(Ord. 333 (part), 2005; Ord. 241 § 13.03.230, 1998)

A.

Minimum Lot Size. All uses shall be located on a parcel meeting one of the following criteria:

(1)

The parcel was legally created prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter; or

(2)

The parcel is ten acres or one-sixty-fourth of a section if describable as a fraction of a section, or more.

B.

Minimum Yard Requirements.

1.

Front yard: Twenty-five feet.

2.

Side yard: Ten feet.

3.

Rear yard: Thirty feet.

C.

Maximum density: One dwelling-unit per ten acres or one-sixty-fourth of a section, except as provided in Section 17.12.030(F).

(Ord. 268, 2000: Ord. 241 § 13.03.240, 1998)