The GUA is an overlay zone that has the purpose:

1.

To ensure that undeveloped areas designated urban areas per the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act remain available to accommodate future growth needs.

2.

To ensure that areas designated by the Klickitat County Zoning Ordinance and Maps for commercial, industrial, and residential uses within the urban areas, as designated per the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, remain economically viable.

3.

To ensure that development and uses within urban areas remain consistent with the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act.

(Ord. No. O032000, § 2.31:1, 3-20-00)

Any use permitted outright by the underlying zoning district, provided the use is consistent with other applicable land use requirements.

(Ord. No. O032000, § 2.31:1, 3-20-00)

The uses allowed conditionally shall be per the uses listed in the underlying zone designation. In addition to the review/approval criteria for each respective zone, approval of proposed conditional uses in the GUA shall be subject to affirmative findings for all of the following if the proposed use is primarily intended to protect/enhance scenic, cultural, recreational, and/or natural resources:

1.

If the proposed location is a tract or combination of tracts of land larger than the minimum lot size of the underlying zoning district, the applicant must demonstrate that the proposed use cannot be located within the special or general management areas within the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area boundary. Availability of a tract in the GUA or other economics shall not be considered as legitimate reasons for demonstrating inability to locate the proposed use outside the GUA.

2.

The proposed use must be shown to be consistent with the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area Management Plan, Klickitat County Comprehensive Plan, and all other applicable regulations.

3.

The proposed use must be shown to relate in a beneficial manner to the community of the respective GUA.

4.

The applicant must demonstrate that the proposed use is designed to primarily serve the residents in and surrounding the respective GUA in which it is proposed.

5.

The proposed use must be shown to not be detrimental to the public interest e.g. the use will not require police protection, fire protection, water/sewer demand and demand for other public services in excess of the demand of other uses permitted outright or conditionally in the underlying zone description.

6.

The proposed use must be shown to be no more detrimental, environmentally or otherwise, to adjacent properties than, and of the same type and character as uses permitted outright or conditionally in the underlying zone.

(Ord. No. O032000, § 2.31:3, 3-20-00)

This designation shall be superimposed over all urban areas, as designated pursuant to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, including White Salmon/Bingen, Lyle, Dallosport, Wishram, and any areas so designated in the future.

(Ord. No. O032000, § 2.31:4, 3-20-00)