The general development district is a zone classification permitting a wide range of uses appropriate for rural areas at densities consistent with the level of available public facilities, public services and the physical characteristics of the areas included within the district. The district includes provisions to encourage compatibility between neighboring land uses.

(Ord. 241 § 13.03.500, 1998)

The following uses or activities are permitted in the district:

A.

Agricultural uses and associated uses of a rural nature including road-side stands for the sale of agricultural products, the majority of which are locally grown;

B.

Single-family dwellings and accessory buildings and uses;

C.

Public and semi-public uses, including schools, churches, museums and cemeteries;

D.

The growing and harvesting of forest products, silvicultural uses and associated uses of a rural nature. Surface excavations are regulated under Sections 17.60.090 through 17.60.180;

E.

Dams, electric power plants, flowage areas, transmission lines and stations together with necessary accessory buildings;

F.

Game and fish rearing and management;

G.

Riding academies;

H.

Parking, repairing, maintaining one heavy truck as an accessory use to a residence where the person operating the truck resides on the property where the truck is to be parked;

I.

Temporary fireworks stands regulated under Chapter 70.77 RCW and WAC 122-17;

J.

Home day cares;

K.

Public and semi-public parks, including sports fields;

L.

Short-term rentals (see Section 17.60.020).

(Ord. 299 § 2, 2002: Ord. 291 § 2, 2001; Ord 242 (part), 1998: Ord. 241 § 17.24.510, 1998)

(Ord. No. 410, § 6, 3-17-2014; Ord. No. 469, § 3, 3-22-2022; Ord. No. 482, § 7, 3-14-2023)

The following uses and activities may be approved by the board of adjustment provided the board finds that all of the following criteria which apply to proposed use are fulfilled:

A.

Recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds;

B.

Sanitary fill sites;

C.

Commercial retailing uses which serve the surrounding regional markets as evidenced by a gross floor area of less than five thousand square feet may be permitted, provided, that all of the following criteria are met:

(1)

The site is served by public facilities and services adequate for the proposed use, including waste disposal, water supply and fire protection, or the applicant can adequately provide the needed services;

(2)

The site is located within the vicinity of an existing intersection along major circulation routes. Major circulation routes are defined as designated arterials, primary state highways and freeways;

(3)

The characteristics of the proposed use and its locations will not introduce an incompatible or hazardous condition on the immediate area;

D.

Agricultural and forest products processing plants, and associated uses and structures, trucking terminals, truck storage, repairs, and maintenance provided all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1)

The proposed use is compatible with the character of area in which it is to locate and any existing or planned land uses within the area;

(2)

Access to the site is designed to minimize truck traffic through residential areas and the traffic generated by the use will not adversely impact residential areas;

(3)

The characteristics of the proposed use and its location will not introduce an incompatible or hazardous condition to the immediate area;

E.

Motor vehicle sports and recreation facilities including race tracks, race course, and motor cross tracks;

F.

On any legal parcel which is less than ten acres, a second temporary dwelling unit may be authorized provided that the following conditions are met:

(1)

The accessory unit is for use by a member of the family of the occupants of the principal residence on the property. For the purposes of this section, "member of the family" means related by blood, marriage or law;

(2)

No division of the property is authorized;

(3)

The unit shall be removed or converted to a conforming use when the use authorized by the permit is discontinued;

(4)

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

(5)

The board of adjustment shall establish either a final expiration date or annual renewal by the administrator upon showing by the applicant that the approved use is continuing;

G.

Airports.

Additionally, the board shall have the authority to require such other conditions as deemed necessary to assure that the proposal is compatible with surrounding uses and in keeping with the purpose of the district.

(Ord. 336 (part), 2005; Ord. 241 § 13.03.520, 1998)

(Ord. No. 410, § 7, 3-17-2014; Ord. No. 482, § 8, 3-14-2023)

The following uses and structures may be approved as permitted uses by the planning commission, provided the commission finds that the following provisions and requirements of this title are fulfilled:

A.

The clustering of dwelling units including the reduction of side yard setbacks, provided the commission finds all of the following criteria are met:

1.

The overall maximum density is maintained within the development and permanently guaranteed by legally binding and enforceable provisions.

2.

The physical characteristics of the land will permit adequate water supplies and sewage disposal without adversely affecting neighboring water supplies and sewage disposal systems.

B.

The special use is compatible with other uses in the vicinity.

C.

The special use will not create nuisances or hazards to life or property.

(Ord. 241 § 13.03.530, 1998)

(Ord. No. 486, § 12, 8-22-2023)

A.

Minimum Lot Size. Five acres, or one-one-hundred-twenty-eighth of a section if describable as a fraction of the section.

B.

Maximum Density. One dwelling unit per five acres, or one-one-hundred-twenty-eighth of a section.

C.

Minimum Yard Requirements.

1.

Residential.

a.

Front Yard. Twenty-five feet if the lot fronts on a private lane, or thirty-five feet if the lot fronts on a public right-of-way.

b.

Side Yard. Twenty feet.

c.

Rear Yard. Twenty-five feet.

2.

Commercial and Industrial Uses.

a.

Front Yard. Height of the building, or thirty-five feet, whichever is greater.

D.

Minimum Lot Width. One hundred feet.

E.

Maximum lot coverage by impervious surface: thirty-three percent of the total lot area.

(Ord. 241 § 13.03.540, 1998; Ord. No. 485, § 12, 6-27-2023; Ord. No. 486, § 13, 8-22-2023)

Off-street parking shall be provided as required in Chapter 17.68.

(Ord. 241 § 13.03.560, 1998)