Kennewick City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 18
03 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 18.03.010: - Title.
- 18.03.020: - Title Purpose.
- 18.03.030: - Establishment of Districts.
- 18.03.040: - Zone Purposes.
- 18.03.050: - Zoning Map.
- 18.03.060: - Zone Boundaries.
- 18.03.070: - Scope.
- 18.03.080: - Maintenance of Minimum Requirements.
- 18.03.090: - Conflicting Provisions.
- 18.03.100: - Penalties.
- 18.03.110: - Measurement of Distance.
CHAPTER 18
09 - DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 18.09.010: - Definitions Generally.
- 18.09.015: - Academy.
- 18.09.020: - Accessory.
- 18.09.030: - Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), Attached.
- 18.09.035: - Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), Detached.
- 18.09.040: - Accessory Structure.
- 18.09.050: - Accessory Use.
- 18.09.060: - Adjacent.
- 18.09.070: - Adult Concessions.
- 18.09.080: - Airports or Airfields.
- 18.09.090: - Alcohol Beverage Sales (Packaged).
- 18.09.100: - Alley.
CHAPTER 18
12 - ZONE DISTRICTS AND STANDARDS
Sections
- 18.12.010 A.1: - Residential Use Table.
- 18.12.010 A.2: - Table of Residential Site Development Standards.
- 18.12.010 B.1: - Table of Non-Residential Uses.
- 18.12.010 B.2: - Table of Non-Residential Site Development Standards.
- 18.12.020: - Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
- 18.12.030: - Adult Concessions (Entertainment and Retail).
- 18.12.040: - Animal Keeping.
- 18.12.050: - Automobile-Oriented Uses.
- 18.12.055: - Car Washes, Vehicular Access/Circulation/Fencing/Operation.
- 18.12.060: - Day Care Centers and Mini-Day Care Centers.
- 18.12.070: - Family Day Care Home.
- 18.12.080: - Health Facilities.
- 18.12.100: - Junk.
- 18.12.110: - Kennels.
- 18.12.120: - Manufactured Housing Display Areas.
- 18.12.130: - Mini-Storage and Recreation Vehicle Storage Development Standards.
- 18.12.140: - Motels.
- 18.12.150: - Outdoor Theaters.
- 18.12.160: - Public Parks and Playgrounds.
- 18.12.165: - Prohibited Marijuana Uses.
- 18.12.170: - Recreational Vehicle Park.
- 18.12.180: - Reserved.
- 18.12.190: - Reserved.
- 18.12.200: - Satellite Dishes.
- 18.12.210: - Stables, Corrals, and Riding Academies.
- 18.12.220: - Storing of Commercial Vehicles.
- 18.12.230: - Subdivision Sales Areas, Equipment, and Material Yards.
- 18.12.240: - Swimming Pools.
- 18.12.250: - Temporary and Parking Lot Businesses.
- 18.12.255: - Temporary Homeless Encampments.
- 18.12.260: - Trailers, Boats, Camper Tops, Travel Trailers, and Recreational Vehicles.
- 18.12.270: - Transportable Units.
- 18.12.280: - Trash Containers.
- 18.12.290: - Veterinary Clinic or Hospital.
- 18.12.300: - Volatile Toxic and Volatile Flammable Material Storage.
- 18.12.305: - Wineries.
- 18.12.310: - Wireless Communication Facilities.
- 18.12.315: - Wireless Communication Design Standards.
- 18.12.320: - Planning Director Interpretation of Unlisted Uses.
- 18.12.350: - Additional Conditions.
CHAPTER 18
15 - STRUCTURES AND LOTS
Sections
- 18.15.010: - Continuing Existing Nonconforming Uses or Structures.
- 18.15.020: - Discontinuance of Nonconforming Uses or Structures.
- 18.15.030: - Nonconforming Lots of Record.
- 18.15.040: - Special Lot Requirements.
- 18.15.050: - Change of Use.
- 18.15.060: - Expansion of Structure.
- 18.15.070: - Damage or Destruction.
- 18.15.080: - Replacement.
- 18.15.090: - No Foundation.
CHAPTER 18
21 - LANDSCAPING
Sections
- 18.21.010: - Purpose.
- 18.21.020: - Applicability.
- 18.21.030: - Definitions.
- 18.21.040: - Application Requirements.
- 18.21.050: - Maintenance.
- 18.21.060: - Landscaping Requirements.
- 18.21.070: - Alternative Landscaping Options.
- 18.21.075: - Automobile and Vehicle Sales Lots.
- 18.21.080: - Delays.
- 18.21.090: - Landscaping Materials.
CHAPTER 18
24 - SIGNS
Sections
CHAPTER 18
36 - OFF-STREET PARKING
Sections
- 18.36.010: - Purpose.
- 18.36.020: - Applicability.
- 18.36.030: - Dimensional Standards.
- 18.36.040: - Access.
- 18.36.050: - Minimum Parking Requirements—General.
- 18.36.060: - Specific Parking Requirements.
- 18.36.065: - Parking Requirements for the CBD Zoning District.
- 18.36.067: - Parking Requirements for the UMU Zoning District.
- 18.36.070: - Mixed or Separate Occupancies.
- 18.36.080: - In-Lieu Provisions.
- 18.36.090: - Exceptions.
- 18.36.100: - Development and Maintenance of Parking Areas.
- 18.36.110: - Loading Space Requirements.
- 18.36.120: - Parking for Handicapped.
- 18.36.130: - Compact Car Spaces.
CHAPTER 18
42 - LAND USE PERMITS
Sections
- 18.42.010: - Purpose.
- 18.42.020: - Applications for Permits.
- 18.42.030: - Action.
- 18.42.040: - Conditions of Approval.
- 18.42.050: - Compliance with Permits.
- 18.42.060: - Term of Permits.
- 18.42.080: - Additional Animals.
- 18.42.090: - Home Occupations.
- 18.42.100: - Conditional Uses.
- 18.42.105: - Temporary Homeless Encampment Permit.
- 18.42.110: - Site Plans.
- 18.42.120: - Minor Variations.
- 18.42.140: - Mixed-Use Site Plan.
CHAPTER 18
45 - PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Sections
- 18.45.010: - Purpose.
- 18.45.020: - Where Permitted.
- 18.45.030: - Permitted Uses.
- 18.45.040: - Relationship of this Section to other KMC Provisions.
- 18.45.050: - Development Standards.
- 18.45.060: - Open Space Standards.
- 18.45.070: - Application Requirements.
- 18.45.080: - Application Procedure for Hearing Examiner Review and Approval.
- 18.45.090: - Administration.
- 18.45.100: - Homeowners'/Property Owners' Association Required.
CHAPTER 18
51 - AMENDMENT AND APPEAL
Sections
- 18.51.010: - Purpose.
- 18.51.020: - Authority.
- 18.51.030: - Procedure.
- 18.51.040: - Hearings.
- 18.51.050: - Hearing Notices.
- 18.51.060: - Zoning of Annexed Areas.
- 18.51.070: - Findings.
- 18.51.080: - Action.
- 18.51.090: - Council Initiation of Amendments.
- 18.51.100: - Comprehensive Plan Amendment.
- 18.51.110: - Procedural Amendments.
- 18.51.120: - Resubmission of Petition.
- 18.51.130: - Review.
- 18.51.140: - Schedule of Fees.
CHAPTER 18
54 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 18.54.010: - Use of Permits.
- 18.54.020: - Permits—Issuance and Review.
- 18.54.030: - Procedure for Variance.
- 18.54.040: - Procedures for Appeals.
- 18.54.050: - Findings for Variance.
- 18.54.060: - Limitations and Conditions.
- 18.54.070: - Appeal from the Hearing Examiner.
- 18.54.080: - Application Resubmittal.
- 18.54.090: - Penalties.
- 18.54.100: - Intent—Stricter Regulation to Govern.
CHAPTER 18
57 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Sections
- 18.57.010: - Purpose.
- 18.57.020: - Definitions.
- 18.57.030: - Building and Demolition Permit Application—Photographs Required.
- 18.57.040: - Kennewick Register of Historic Places.
- 18.57.050: - Review of Changes to the Register of Historic Places and Properties.
- 18.57.060: - Relationship to Zoning.
- 18.57.070: - Review and Monitoring of Properties for Special Property Tax Valuation.
- 18.57.080: - Appeals from Decisions on Applications.
CHAPTER 18
58 - CRITICAL AREAS—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 18.58.010: - Definitions.
- 18.58.020: - Purpose.
- 18.58.030: - Authority and Applicability.
- 18.58.040: - Relationship to Other Regulations.
- 18.58.050: - Administrative Procedures.
- 18.58.060: - Severability.
- 18.58.070: - Interpretation.
- 18.58.080: - Jurisdiction—Critical Areas.
- 18.58.090: - General Provisions for Mitigation.
- 18.58.100: - Best Available Science.
- 18.58.110: - Allowed Activities.
- 18.58.120: - Exception—Reasonable Use.
- 18.58.130: - General Review Process.
- 18.58.140: - Wetland, Geologically Hazardous Areas, and Habitat Conservation Areas—General Report Requirements.
- 18.58.150: - Wetland, Habitat Conservation, and Geologically Hazardous Areas—Modifications to Report Requirements.
- 18.58.160: - Mitigation Requirements.
- 18.58.170: - Mitigation Sequencing.
- 18.58.180: - Mitigation Plan Requirements.
- 18.58.190: - Unauthorized Critical Area Alterations and Enforcement.
- 18.58.200: - Critical Area Markers and Signs.
- 18.58.210: - Native Growth Habitat Areas.
- 18.58.220: - Building Setbacks.
- 18.58.230: - Bonds to Ensure Mitigation, Maintenance, and Monitoring.
- 18.58.240: - Critical Area Inspections.
CHAPTER 18
59 - CRITICAL AREAS - WETLANDS
Sections
- 18.59.010: - Designation, Rating and Mapping Wetlands.
- 18.59.020: - Activities Allowed in Wetlands.
- 18.59.030: - Wetlands—Additional Requirements.
- 18.59.040: - Performance Standards—General Requirements.
- 18.59.050: - Performance Standards—Mitigation Requirements.
- 18.59.060: - Performance Standards—Specific Activities and Uses.
CHAPTER 18
60 - CRITICAL AREAS - CRITICAL AQUIFER RECHARGE AREAS
Sections
- 18.60.010: - Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas Designation.
- 18.60.020: - Mapping of Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas.
- 18.60.030: - Regulation.
- 18.60.040: - Performance Standards—General Requirements.
- 18.60.050: - Performance Standards—Specific Uses
- 18.60.060: - Uses Prohibited From Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas.
CHAPTER 18
62 - CRITICAL AREAS—GEOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS AREAS
Sections
- 18.62.010: - Designation of Geologically Hazardous Areas.
- 18.62.020: - Designation of Specific Hazard Areas.
- 18.62.030: - Classification of Geologically Hazardous Areas.
- 18.62.040: - Mapping of Geologically Hazardous Areas.
- 18.62.050: - Activities Allowed in Geologically Hazardous Areas.
- 18.62.060: - Critical Area Report—Additional Requirements for Geologically Hazardous Areas.
- 18.62.070: - Critical Area Report—Additional Requirements for Specific Hazards.
- 18.62.080: - Performance Standards—General Requirements.
- 18.62.090: - Performance Standards—Specific Hazards.
CHAPTER 18
68 - SHORELINE MANAGEMENT
Sections
- PART I: - POLICY
- 18.68.005: - Introduction.
- 18.68.010: - Findings.
- 18.68.020: - Statement of Applicability.
- 18.68.030: - Severability.
- 18.68.040: - Definitions.
- 18.68.050: - Special Policy Goals—Shorelines of Statewide Significance.
- 18.68.060: - Goals—Shoreline Development Elements.
- 18.68.070: - Policies—Environment Designation of Shorelines.
- PART II: - LAND USE REQUIREMENTS
- PART III: - ADMINISTRATION
- 18.68.210: - Administrative Provisions.
- 18.68.215: - SEPA Procedures.
- 18.68.220: - Shoreline Map.
- 18.68.230: - Application for Substantial Development Permits.
- 18.68.240: - Application for Conditional Use Permits.
- 18.68.250: - Application for Variance.
- 18.68.255: - Special Procedures for WSDOT Projects.
- 18.68.260: - Application Requirements for Substantial Development, Conditional Use, or Variance Permits.
- 18.68.270: - Cumulative Effects of Shoreline Development.
- 18.68.280: - Shoreline Exemptions.
- 18.68.285: - Developments not Required to Obtain Shoreline Permits or Local Reviews.
- 18.68.290: - Legal Provisions.
CHAPTER 18
72 - CLEARING AND GRADING
Sections
- 18.72.010: - Applicability.
- 18.72.020: - Review Process.
- 18.72.030: - Review Criteria.
- 18.72.040: - Conformance with Planning Director's Approved Plan Required.
- 18.72.050: - Final Approval.
- 18.72.060: - Other Requirements/Non-City Review.
- 18.72.070: - Inspection and Enforcement Authority.
- 18.72.080: - Expiration and Extensions.
- 18.72.090: - Transferability of Permit.