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Kitsap County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

360E RURAL EMPLOYMENT CENTER REC AND 12 TREES EMPLOYMENT CENTER TTEC

§ 17.360E.010 Purpose.

The rural employment center (REC) and 12 Trees employment center (TTEC) zones provide for isolated areas of industrial and commercial type uses in the rural areas of Kitsap County. The REC and TTEC are not required to principally serve the existing and projected rural population, but rather to promote the rural economy by providing and creating jobs close to home. This zone encompasses a Type III limited area of more intensive rural development, and shall protect Kitsap County’s rural character, by containing and limiting rural development. Development within this zone must not conflict with surrounding uses, and must assure visual compatibility with the surrounding area. The methods for achieving such purpose are by providing for buffers and limiting the size and height to be appropriate for the rural areas.
(Ord. 534 (2016) § 7(5) (App. E) (part), 2016)

§ 17.360E.020 Uses permitted and design standards.

A. 
Uses Permitted: Section 17.410.046, Limited areas of more intensive rural development (LAMIRD) zones use table.
B. 
Design Standards: Section 17.420.056, Limited areas of more intensive rural development (LAMIRD) density and dimensions table.
1. 
Density;
2. 
Lot dimensions;
3. 
Lot coverage standards;
4. 
Height regulations;
5. 
Setbacks.
C. 
Chapter 17.105, Interpretations and Exceptions.
D. 
Chapter 17.440, Master Planning.
E. 
Chapter 17.450, Performance Based Development.
F. 
Chapter 17.490, Off-Street Parking and Loading.
G. 
Chapter 17.500, Landscaping.
H. 
Chapter 17.510, Sign Code.
I. 
Chapter 17.580, Transfer of Development Rights.
(Ord. 534 (2016) § 7(5) (App. E) (part), 2016)

§ 17.360E.030 Special provisions.

A. 
Landscaping. It is recognized that buffers have value in providing a consistent screening between uses, intensities and zones which may otherwise conflict. Buffers shall only be required along the exterior boundary of the rural employment center and 12 Trees center zones.
1. 
For new development where existing approved screening buffers abut the subject lot, the director shall apply an appropriate screening buffer width of no less than twenty-five feet and no greater than fifty feet, depending on the proposed project or site impacts, such as traffic generation, light, noise, glare, odor, dust, and visual impact, adjacent to residential development. To the extent feasible, the director shall maintain consistent buffer widths throughout the development.
2. 
For new development where there are not existing approved screening buffers abutting the subject lot, the director shall apply an appropriate screening buffer width of no less than twenty-five feet and no greater than fifty feet, depending on the proposed project or site impacts, such as traffic, light, noise, glare, odor, dust, and visual impact, adjacent to residential development.
3. 
All legally created existing businesses, upon the date of adoption, within the REC and TTEC boundaries, are exempt from complying with the above.
B. 
Signs. Signs for development within the REC may not exceed ten feet in height.
C. 
Temporary Permits. Temporary permits within the REC and TTEC are subject to the provisions of Section 17.105.090, Temporary permits.
(Ord. 534 (2016) § 7(5) (App. E) (part), 2016)