Kent City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
15.02 Definitions
Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
Sections
- 15.02.001 Rules of construction.
- 15.02.002 Applicability.
- 15.02.003 Accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Revised 9/25
- 15.02.004 Accessory living quarters.
- 15.02.005 Accessory use or structure.
- 15.02.006 Adult entertainment.
- 15.02.007 Adult entertainment business.
- 15.02.008 Adult uses.
- 15.02.009 Adult entertainment material.
- 15.02.010 Agricultural use.
- 15.02.015 Alley.
- 15.02.020 Apartment. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.025 Apartment house (multifamily dwelling).
- 15.02.026 Architectural detail element. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.026.1 Assisted living facility.
- 15.02.027 Automobile body repair.
- 15.02.028 Automobile detailing.
- 15.02.030 Automobile repair.
- 15.02.033 Use, temporary.
- 15.02.035 Automobile service station or gasoline filling station.
- 15.02.040 Automobile wrecking or motor vehicle wrecking.
- 15.02.045 Basement.
- 15.02.050 Board of adjustment.
- 15.02.051 Battery charging equipment.
- 15.02.052 Battery exchange station.
- 15.02.055 Short-term rental.
- 15.02.060 Building. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.061 Building spacing. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.065 Building height.
- 15.02.066 Build-to line.
- 15.02.067 Bulk retail uses.
- 15.02.070 Canopy.
- 15.02.070.1 Card room, house-banked.
- 15.02.071 Cargo containers.
- 15.02.072 Charging levels.
- 15.02.073 Clustering or cluster subdivision.
- 15.02.073.1 Communal residence. Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
- 15.02.073.2 Cottage housing. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.073.3 Courtyard apartments. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.074 Collective gardens.
- 15.02.075 Comprehensive plan.
- 15.02.080 Combining district.
- 15.02.085 Common open space.
- 15.02.085.1 Community-based behavioral health facility.
- 15.02.086 Composted material.
- 15.02.088 Congregate care facilities.
- 15.02.089 Convalescent home.
- 15.02.090 Conditional use.
- 15.02.091 Condominium.
- 15.02.092 Creeks, major.
- 15.02.093 Creeks, minor.
- 15.02.095 Crop and tree farming.
- 15.02.097 Dangerous wastes.
- 15.02.098 Day-care center.
- 15.02.099 Day-care home.
- 15.02.100 Day-care operation.
- 15.02.100.5 Designated manufactured home.
- 15.02.101 Designated zone facility.
- 15.02.102 Development plan.
- 15.02.103 Density, maximum permitted. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.105 Development standards.
- 15.02.106 Diminished garage door. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.107 Discontinuance.
- 15.02.110 District.
- 15.02.110.1 Dock-high doors.
- 15.02.111 Dock-high loading areas.
- 15.02.111.1 Downtown.
- 15.02.112 Drainage ditch.
- 15.02.113 Dripline.
- 15.02.113.1 Drive-in, drive-through facilities.
- 15.02.114 Duplex. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.115 Dwelling, detached or single-family. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.120 Dwelling, two-family.
- 15.02.125 Dwelling, multifamily. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.130 Dwelling unit.
- 15.02.130.1 Electric vehicle (EV).
- 15.02.130.2 Electric vehicle (EV) charging station.
- 15.02.130.3 Electric vehicle charging station – public.
- 15.02.130.4 Electric vehicle charging station – restricted.
- 15.02.130.5 Electric vehicle parking space.
- 15.02.131 Emergency housing facility, indoor emergency shelter, outside emergency shelter. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.131.2 Enhanced service facility.
- 15.02.131.5 Equitable distribution.
- 15.02.132 Essential public facility.
- 15.02.133 Extremely hazardous waste.
- 15.02.134 Facade modulation.
- 15.02.135 Family.
- 15.02.140 Fence, sight-obscuring.
- 15.02.145 Fence, one hundred (100) percent sight-obscuring.
- 15.02.147 Floor area ratio.
- 15.02.150 Frontage, building or occupancy.
- 15.02.151 Fulfillment center.
- 15.02.152 Fiveplex. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.153 Fourplex. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.155 Garage or carport, private.
- 15.02.160 General conditional uses.
- 15.02.165 Grade.
- 15.02.170 Gross floor area.
- 15.02.172 Ground cover.
- 15.02.173 Group home. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.174 Guest cottage.
- 15.02.174.1 Harm reduction programs.
- 15.02.175 Hazardous substance.
- 15.02.176 Hazardous substance facility buffer zone.
- 15.02.177 Hazardous substance land use.
- 15.02.178 Hazardous substance land use facility.
- 15.02.179 Hazardous substance, processing or handling of.
- 15.02.180 Hazardous waste.
- 15.02.181 Hazardous waste facility.
- 15.02.182 Hazardous waste storage facility.
- 15.02.183 Hazardous waste treatment facility.
- 15.02.184 Hazardous waste treatment or storage facility, offsite.
- 15.02.185 Hazardous waste treatment or storage facility, onsite.
- 15.02.186 Hearing examiner (land use).
- 15.02.187 Highest shade-producing point.
- 15.02.190 Home occupation.
- 15.02.195 Homeowners’ association.
- 15.02.199 Hospital.
- 15.02.200 Hotel.
- 15.02.202 Impervious surface.
- 15.02.203 Independent senior living facility.
- 15.02.203.1 Industrial use.
- 15.02.204 Institution.
- 15.02.205 Interior court.
- 15.02.206 Intensive behavioral health treatment facility.
- 15.02.207 Isolation and quarantine facility.
- 15.02.210 Junkyard.
- 15.02.215 Kennel.
- 15.02.217 Lake.
- 15.02.220 Landscaping.
- 15.02.222 Landslide areas.
- 15.02.223 Less restrictive alternative.
- 15.02.224 Live-work unit.
- 15.02.225 Lot. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.226 Lot, parent. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.227 Lot, unit. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.228 Long term commercial significance.
- 15.02.230 Lot, corner.
- 15.02.231 Lot area.
- 15.02.235 Lot frontage.
- 15.02.240 Lot lines.
- 15.02.245 Lot measurements.
- 15.02.250 Lot of record.
- 15.02.252 Lot, riverfront.
- 15.02.255 Lot, through.
- 15.02.257 Major nonconforming building or structure.
- 15.02.257.1 Manufacturing, assembly, and fabrication, heavy.
- 15.02.257.2 Manufacturing, assembly, and fabrication, light.
- 15.02.257.3 Manufacturing, assembly, and fabrication, medium.
- 15.02.257.4 Minor conditional use.
- 15.02.257.5 Major transit stop. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.258 Minor nonconforming building or structure.
- 15.02.259 Mixed use building or structure.
- 15.02.260 Mixed use development.
- 15.02.261 Manufactured home.
- 15.02.261.1 Middle housing. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.262 Mobile home.
- 15.02.265 Mobile home park.
- 15.02.267 Moderate risk waste.
- 15.02.268 Modular home.
- 15.02.270 Motel.
- 15.02.270.5 Motor vehicle.
- 15.02.271 Multifamily design review.
- 15.02.272 Multifamily transition area.
- 15.02.273 Multiplex. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.274 Native adapteds.
- 15.02.275 Natural or native areas.
- 15.02.280 Net acreage.
- 15.02.281 New manufactured home.
- 15.02.282 Nonconforming lot of record.
- 15.02.283 Nonconforming sign.
- 15.02.285 Nonconforming use.
- 15.02.286 Nonconformity.
- 15.02.287 Northern lot line.
- 15.02.288 North-south lot dimension.
- 15.02.290 Nursery school or day-care center.
- 15.02.295 Occupancy.
- 15.02.300 Official map.
- 15.02.305 Open green area.
- 15.02.307 Opioid treatment program.
- 15.02.310 Ordinary high-water mark.
- 15.02.315 Outdoor storage or outside storage.
- 15.02.317 Overlay district.
- 15.02.318 Park, riverfront.
- 15.02.320 Parking space or parking stall.
- 15.02.325 Parking, temporary.
- 15.02.326 Patient cooperative, medical marijuana.
- 15.02.327 Pedestrian-oriented use.
- 15.02.330 Performance standards.
- 15.02.330.1 Permanent supportive housing. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.331 Permeable surface.
- 15.02.332 Planned unit development.
- 15.02.333 Planning director.
- 15.02.334 Preempted facility.
- 15.02.335 Preschool.
- 15.02.335.001 Professional services: medical, clinics, and other health care-related services.
- 15.02.335.01 Provider.
- 15.02.335.1 Public area.
- 15.02.335.2 Rapid charging station.
- 15.02.335.3 Residential facility with health care.
- 15.02.336 Revegetation.
- 15.02.337 Ravine.
- 15.02.338 Recreational vehicles.
- 15.02.338.1 Research, development, and testing.
- 15.02.338.5 Risk potential activity or risk potential facility.
- 15.02.339 Road, scenic and recreational.
- 15.02.340 Roadside stand.
- 15.02.340.1 Roofline variation.
- 15.02.340.2 School separation buffer.
- 15.02.341 Secure community transition facility.
- 15.02.342 Seismic hazard areas.
- 15.02.343 Service uses or activities.
- 15.02.344 Setback, average.
- 15.02.345 Shopping center.
- 15.02.350 Sign.
- 15.02.355 Sign area.
- 15.02.360 Sign height.
- 15.02.365 Sign, abandoned.
- 15.02.370 Sign, advertising.
- 15.02.375 Sign, business.
- 15.02.380 Sign, canopy.
- 15.02.385 Sign, construction.
- 15.02.390 Sign, directional or informational.
- 15.02.391 Sign, electronic messaging center.
- 15.02.395 Sign, flashing.
- 15.02.400 Sign, freestanding.
- 15.02.403 Sign, freestanding monument.
- 15.02.405 Sign, gate or entrance.
- 15.02.410 Sign, identification.
- 15.02.415 Sign, illuminated.
- 15.02.420 Sign, indirectly illuminated.
- 15.02.425 Sign, institutional.
- 15.02.430 Sign, off-premises.
- 15.02.435 Sign, on-premises.
- 15.02.440 Sign, painted.
- 15.02.445 Sign, political.
- 15.02.450 Sign, portable.
- 15.02.455 Sign, projecting.
- 15.02.460 Sign, roof.
- 15.02.465 Sign, rotating.
- 15.02.470 Sign, subdivision.
- 15.02.475 Sign, temporary.
- 15.02.480 Sign, wall.
- 15.02.485 Sign, window.
- 15.02.487 Single-family zoning district. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.490 Site coverage.
- 15.02.491 Sixplex. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.495 Slope line.
- 15.02.496 Solar factor.
- 15.02.497 Solar setback.
- 15.02.498 Solar slope.
- 15.02.499 Solid waste incinerator.
- 15.02.499.1 Special life safety measures.
- 15.02.500 Special use.
- 15.02.501 Special trees.
- 15.02.502 Specified anatomical areas.
- 15.02.503 Specified sexual activities.
- 15.02.504 Stacked flat. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.505 Stacking space.
- 15.02.506 Stadium.
- 15.02.507 STEP housing. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.510 Structure.
- 15.02.515 Story. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.520 Street.
- 15.02.525 Townhouse. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.525.1 Townhouse with ownership interest. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.527 Trade, retail.
- 15.02.527.5 Transit operations and maintenance facilities.
- 15.02.528 Transitional housing. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.528.5 Transportation and transit facilities, including high capacity transit facilities.
- 15.02.529 Tree.
- 15.02.529.1 Triplex. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.529.5 Undeveloped land.
- 15.02.529.6 Unit density. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.530 Unique and fragile area.
- 15.02.531 Urban separators.
- 15.02.532 Use.
- 15.02.533 Use, change of.
- 15.02.534 Use, temporary.
- 15.02.535 Used.
- 15.02.536 Variance.
- 15.02.540 Vegetation, shading.
- 15.02.541 Vegetative aid.
- 15.02.545 Veterinary clinic.
- 15.02.550 Veterinary hospital.
- 15.02.555 View.
- 15.02.560 View property.
- 15.02.565 Yards.
- 15.02.570 Yard, front.
- 15.02.575 Yard, rear.
- 15.02.580 Yard, side.
- 15.02.585 Zoning.
- 15.02.588 Zoning districts redefined. Revised 9/25
- 15.02.590 Zoning lot.
- 15.02.595 Zoning permit.
15.04 District
Regulations Revised 2/25 Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
Sections
- 15.04.010 Interpretation of land use tables.
- 15.04.020 Residential land uses. Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
- 15.04.030 Residential land use development conditions. Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
- 15.04.040 Industrial land uses.
- 15.04.050 Industrial land use development conditions.
- 15.04.060 Transportation, public, and utilities land uses. Revised 9/25
- 15.04.065 Transportation, public, and utilities land use development conditions.
- 15.04.070 Wholesale and retail land uses. Revised 2/25
- 15.04.080 Wholesale and retail land use development conditions. Revised 2/25
- 15.04.090 Service land uses.
- 15.04.100 Service land use development conditions.
- 15.04.110 Cultural, entertainment, and recreation land uses.
- 15.04.120 Cultural, entertainment, and recreation land use development conditions.
- 15.04.130 Resource land uses.
- 15.04.140 Resource land use development conditions.
- 15.04.150 Special use combining district, SU.
- 15.04.160 Development standards.
- 15.04.170 Agricultural and residential zone development standards. Revised 9/25
- 15.04.180 Agricultural and residential land use development standard conditions. Revised 9/25
- 15.04.190 Commercial and industrial zone development standards. Revised 2/25
- 15.04.195 Commercial and industrial land use development standard conditions. Revised 2/25
- 15.04.200 Mixed use overlay development standards.
- 15.04.205 Mixed use land use development standard conditions.
15.05 Off-Street
Parking and Loading Requirements Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
Sections
- 15.05.010 Purpose.
- 15.05.020 Categories of uses and conditions of uses covered by chapter.
- 15.05.030 Location of off-street parking. Revised 9/25
- 15.05.040 Parking standards for specific activities. Revised 9/25 Revised 1/26
- 15.05.050 Drive-in businesses.
- 15.05.060 Loading space.
- 15.05.070 Off-street parking regulations for downtown commercial and downtown commercial enterprise districts.
- 15.05.080 Size and design standards. Revised 9/25
- 15.05.090 Overhang exception, landscaping, paving, wheel stops, drainage, lighting, and curbing.
- 15.05.100 Off-street parking plans. Revised 9/25
- 15.05.110 Electric vehicle charging station spaces.
15.06 Sign
Regulations
Sections
- 15.06.010 Purpose.
- 15.06.020 Scope.
- 15.06.030 Prohibited signs.
- 15.06.040 General restrictions and limitations for all districts.
- 15.06.050 Regulations for specific districts.
- 15.06.060 Regulations for public places and city right-of-way.
- 15.06.070 Structural safety and maintenance of signs.
- 15.06.080 Administrative procedures.
15.07 Landscaping
Regulations
Sections
15.08 General
and Supplementary Provisions Revised 9/25
Sections
- 15.08.010 Applicability.
- 15.08.020 Special permit uses.
- 15.08.030 General conditional uses.
- 15.08.031 Additional housing in existing buildings. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.035 Wireless telecommunications facilities.
- 15.08.040 Home occupations.
- 15.08.050 Performance standards.
- 15.08.060 View corridor protection regulations on hillside development.
- 15.08.070 Keeping of animals.
- 15.08.080 Parking, storage or habitation of major recreational equipment.
- 15.08.085 Parking commercial motor vehicles in residential zones.
- 15.08.090 Parking or storage of inoperable vehicles.
- 15.08.100 Nonconforming development.
- 15.08.110 Reduction of lot area.
- 15.08.120 Irregular-shaped lots.
- 15.08.130 Visibility at intersections in residential districts.
- 15.08.140 Visibility at access points for automobiles.
- 15.08.150 Side yard on corner lot.
- 15.08.160 Accessory buildings.
- 15.08.170 Projections into required yards.
- 15.08.180 Structures to have access.
- 15.08.190 Exceptions to height regulations.
- 15.08.205 Temporary use regulations.
- 15.08.210 Transition area combining district.
- 15.08.215 Development bonus for affordable housing on religious properties. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.220 Water quality and hazard area development – Purpose.
- 15.08.222 Same – Map – Conflicting provisions.
- 15.08.224 Same – Classifications and restrictions.
- 15.08.230 Solar access setback – Purpose.
- 15.08.232 Solar access setback – Applicability.
- 15.08.234 Solar access setback – Calculation.
- 15.08.240 Preservation of trees.
- 15.08.260 Green River Corridor district regulations.
- 15.08.270 Adult uses.
- 15.08.280 Group homes class II and III.
- 15.08.290 Medical cannabis collective gardens.
- 15.08.295 Patient cooperatives.
- 15.08.300 Zero lot line development – Authorized. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.310 Same – Permitted uses. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.320 Zero lot line – Development standards for single-family zoning districts. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.330 Same – Development standards for multifamily zoning districts. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.340 Same – Platting requirements. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.350 Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations. Revised 9/25
- 15.08.359 Accessory living quarters.
- 15.08.400 Planned unit development, PUD.
- 15.08.450 Development agreements.
- 15.08.500 Illegal uses prohibited – Marijuana producer, processor, retailer.
- 15.08.550 Use prohibited in all zoning districts.
15.09 Administration
Revised 9/25
Sections
- 15.09.010 Development plan review.
- 15.09.020 Zoning permit.
- 15.09.030 Conditional use permit.
- 15.09.032 Minor conditional use permit.
- 15.09.040 Variances.
- 15.09.042 Administrative variances.
- 15.09.045 Administrative design review. Revised 9/25
- 15.09.046 Downtown design review – Downtown Design Review Guidelines and Meeker Street Streetscape Design and Construction Standards.
- 15.09.047 Industrial design review.
- 15.09.049 Mixed use design review.
- 15.09.050 Amendments.
- 15.09.055 Zoning of annexed lands.
- 15.09.060 Administrative interpretation generally.
- 15.09.065 Interpretation of uses.
- 15.09.070 Appeal of administrative interpretations.
- 15.09.080 Revocation of permits or variances.
- 15.09.090 Performance standards procedures.
- 15.09.095 Cleanup of solid waste and hazardous waste facilities.
- 15.09.300 Responsibility for establishment of lot lines and setback lines.
15.15 High
Capacity Transit HCT Facilities
Sections
- 15.15.010 Purpose.
- 15.15.015 Director.
- 15.15.020 Authority and application.
- 15.15.110 Station design – Architectural expression.
- 15.15.120 Site furnishings.
- 15.15.130 Lighting.
- 15.15.210 Track design.
- 15.15.220 Buffering of track corridor.
- 15.15.230 Elevated structures.
- 15.15.240 Pedestrian crossings of track and access to stations.
- 15.15.310 Minimum parking space requirements.
- 15.15.320 Surface parking lot landscaping and treatment of perimeter.
- 15.15.330 Pedestrian circulation through parking lots.
- 15.15.340 Placement of surface parking facilities.
- 15.15.410 Threshold standard for the inclusion of structured parking.
- 15.15.420 Parking structure design.
- 15.15.430 Parking structure character and massing.
- 15.15.440 Ground floor uses in parking structures.
- 15.15.510 Offsite improvements.
- 15.15.610 Directional and informational signage.
- 15.15.620 Community guides, maps, directories, bulletin boards.
- 15.15.630 Station-related advertising signs.
- 15.15.710 Fire safety standards.
- 15.15.800 Development plan – Filing requirements.
- 15.15.900 Minimum open space area required.
- 15.15.910 Front yard open space.
- 15.15.920 Relation to adjacent development.