The rural center district provides for the location of small businesses and commercial services in rural areas for the convenience of county residents. The uses are intended to fit into farm and rural patterns of development without creating land use or traffic conflicts.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 364) § 2.9:1, 1978).

Principal uses permitted outright in a rural center district are as follows:

1.

Agriculturally oriented commercial or industrial use;

2.

Business or professional office;

3.

Cabinet or carpenter shop conducted within an enclosed building;

4.

Church;

5.

Feed and seed store;

6.

Florist, garden shop, or nursery;

7.

Grocery store, fruit store, vegetable market, or bakery;

8.

Auto or equipment repair conducted within an enclosed building or within a yard screened from public view;

9.

General store;

10.

Gun repair;

11.

Laundry or dry cleaning;

12.

Community center;

13.

Pawnshop or second hand store conducted within an enclosed building;

14.

Buildings and uses of a public works, public service or utility nature, but not including equipment storage or repair yards, warehouses, or related activities;

15.

Bank;

16.

Single-family dwelling, including mobile home and duplexes;

17.

Home occupation;

18.

Public or private school;

19.

Cemetery;

20.

Other public use or building;

21.

Farm implement and equipment sales;

22.

Eating or drinking establishment;

23.

Agriculture and horticulture uses;

24.

Bus or train depot;

25.

Farm cooperatives;

26.

Professional office building.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 364 and 365) § 2.9:2, 1978).

Conditional uses in a rural center district are as follows:

A.

Veterinary clinic, animal hospital or kennel;

B.

Planned district, conforming to the requirements of the planned district set out in Chapter 19.34;

C.

Mobile home park;

D.

Multiple-dwelling structures of three to six units;

E.

Any other uses judged by the board of adjustment to be consistent with the purposes and intent of this chapter and to be no more detrimental to the adjacent properties than, and of the same type and character as, the above listed uses.

(Ord. 0031196 (Vol. 60, page 190) § 35(part), 1996; Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 365) § 2.9:3, 1978).

Density provisions for residential uses are as follows:

A.

The minimum lot area is five thousand square feet for areas served by a public or community water and sewer system. For areas not so served, the minimum lot area shall be that determined by the planning department and the health officer to be necessary for the protection of public health;

B.

Minimum front yard depth, fifteen feet;

C.

Minimum side yard depth, five feet;

D.

Minimum rear yard, fifteen feet;

E.

Minimum lot width, fifty feet;

F.

Maximum height of building, forty feet.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 365) § 2.9:4, 1978).

The accessory uses permitted outright in a rural center district are as follows:

A.

Uses and structures customarily incidental to a principal use permitted outright. On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities as an accessory use to any activity generating hazardous waste and lawfully allowed in this zone; provided, that such facilities meet the state siting criteria adopted pursuant to the requirements of RCW 70.105.210;

B.

The accessory exceptions which may be authorized by the board of adjustment in a rural center district are those uses customarily incidental to conditional exceptions.

(Ord. 110788 (Vol. 50, page 59) § 4, 1988: Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 365) § 2.9:5, 1978).

An exterior business sign not facing the side of any adjoining lot in a rural center district shall not project above the height of the building or thirty-five feet and shall pertain only to the business conducted within. See also Section 19.56.020.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 365) § 2.9:6, 1978).

Parking requirements in a rural center district are as follows:

A.

Minimum of one off-street parking space per dwelling unit;

B.

Minimum off-street parking at a ratio of two square feet per one foot of floor space for other uses;

C.

See also Section 19.56.020.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 366) § 2.9:7, 1978).