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Kittitas County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

56 FOREST AND RANGE ZONE 1

§ 17.56.010 Purpose and intent.

The purpose and intent of this zone is to provide for areas of Kittitas County wherein natural resource management is the highest priority and where the subdivision and development of lands for uses and activities incompatible with resource management are discouraged.
(Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992)

§ 17.56.020 Uses permitted.

Uses allowed in the forest and range zone include those uses pursuant to KCC Chapter 17.15.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 85-Z-2 (part), 1985; Ord. 87-9 § 4, 1987; Ord. 88-4 § 5, 1988; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 96-19 (part), 1996; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2011-013, 2011; Ord. 2012-009, 2012; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.56.030 Repealed.

(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 83-Z-2 (part), 1983; Ord. 85-Z-2 (part), 1985; Ord. 87-9 § 5, 1987; Ord. 88-4 § 6, 1988; Ord. 90-10 (part), 1990; Ord. 90-15 §§ 2 (part), 3 (part), 1990; Ord. 90-6 (part), 1990; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 93-6 (part), 1993; Ord. 2001-13 (part), 2001; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2009-25, 2009; Ord. 2012-009, 2012; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.56.040 Lot - Minimum size.

The minimum lot size in the Forest and Range zone shall be:
1. 
Twenty (20) acres, unless within a cluster or conservation plat as provided for in KCC Chapter 16.09, Cluster Platting and Conservation Platting;
2. 
One-half (½) acre for lots in a cluster or conservation plat;
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.56.050 Lot - Width.

1. 
No parcel created after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall have a length-width dimension less than five hundred (500) feet unless the parcel is approved under provisions established in Section 17.56.040 2 and 3.
2. 
No platted parcel shall have dimensions in excess of a 4:1 length by width ratio.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.56.060 Yard requirements.

1. 
Front yard. There shall be a minimum front yard of twenty-five (25) feet.
2. 
Side yard. Side yard shall be ten (10) feet.
3. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard with a minimum depth of ten (10) feet.
4. 
Side and rear yard setbacks may be modified in accordance with KCC § 16.10.065.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 96-19 (part), 1996; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2021-015, 2021; Ord. 2022-005, 2022; Ord. 2022-017, 2022)

§ 17.56.062 Yard requirements - Adjacent to Liberty Historic Overlay Zone.

Properties bordering or adjacent to the Liberty Historic overlay zone are subject to a fifty (50) foot setback from the overlay boundary. For properties where such setback isn't feasible, development shall comply with KCC 17.84, Variances.
(Ord. 2014-005, 2014)

§ 17.56.065 Yard requirements in zones adjacent to Commercial Forest Zone.

Properties bordering or adjacent to the Commercial Forest zone are subject to a two hundred (200)-foot setback from the Commercial Forest Zone. (KCC § 17. 57.050(1)). For properties where such setback isn't feasible, development shall comply with KCC § 17.57.050(2).
(Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2010-014, 2010; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.56.070 Structure height.

Maximum structure height. No structure shall exceed thirty-five feet (35) in height. This limit does not apply to agricultural buildings.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2023-010, 2023)

§ 17.56.080 Repealed.

(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2016-006, 2016)

§ 17.56.090 Repealed.

(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.56.100 Repealed.

(Ord. 2010-014, 2010; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)