The forest resource district is intended to provide a stable commercial forest and wild land base and to encourage good multiple use forest management in its broadest definition. Any activities, uses, products and value related to forests and wild lands are considered appropriate and compatible.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 351) § 2.4:1, 1978).

Permitted uses in the forest resource district are as follows:

A.

All otherwise legal uses, activities, products and values associated with wild or managed forests and wild lands shall be permitted. These uses and activities include but are not limited to grazing, mining, water management, fish and wildlife management, recreation and sports, and management of crops of various kinds.

B.

Permitted developments shall include roads, railroads, canals, ditches, utility service, both service and residential structures, mobile and stationary equipment, facilities and structures, rock and other mineral developments, water impoundments and such other developments as are appurtenant to the management of forests and wild lands and that contribute to the realization of the full benefits of ownership of such lands.

(Ord. 0031196 (Vol. 60, page 190) §§ 30(a) and (b), 1996; Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 351) § 2.4:2, 1978).

Subject to the other requirements of this chapter, the board of adjustment may permit as conditional uses any other uses it judges to be no more detrimental to the adjacent properties than, and of the same type and character as, those uses permitted outright.

(Ord. 0031196 (Vol. 60, page 190) § 30(c), 1996; Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 351) § 2.4:3, 1978).

Density provisions for the forest resource district are as follows:

A.

Minimum lot size, twenty acres;

B.

Minimum yard requirements, front, side and rear yards, is twenty-five feet;

C.

Maximum building height, two stories or forty feet whichever is the greater.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 351) § 2.4:4, 1978).

(Ord. No. O060215, § 2(Exh. A), 6-2-15)

Dwellings shall be permitted in the forest resource district subject to the following provisions:

A.

One single-family dwelling (including mobile homes) along with necessary accessory buildings, is permitted on existing platted lots and on existing recorded parcels of one or more acres.

B.

One single-family dwelling (including mobile homes) is permitted on any parcel of twenty or more acres, created and recorded after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, pages 351 and 352) § 2.4:5, 1978).

In a forest resource zone the following signs are permitted:

A.

Residential. Nonflashing residential nameplates not exceeding sixty-four square inches bearing only the name and address of the occupant; nonflashing bulletin boards or signs not exceeding thirty square feet for quasi-public institutional or other buildings;

B.

Commercial and Industrial. Advertising signs and outdoor advertising structures not exceeding three hundred square feet in area and not exceeding thirty-five feet in height. Signs may be illuminated but shall not be of a flashing or moving type;

C.

See also 19.56.050.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 352) § 2.4:6, 1978).

The following accessory uses are permitted in a forest resource district:

A.

General. Accessory uses customarily incidental to a principal use permitted outright, such as private garages or parking areas for noncommercial vehicles only, conservatories for plants and flowers, but not including any business, trade or industry. 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.

Accessory Exceptions. The accessory exceptions for a forest resource district which may be authorized by the board of adjustment include only those uses customarily incidental to conditional uses permitted pursuant to KCC 19.12.030.

(Ord. 0031196 (Vol. 60, page 190) § 30(d), 1996; Ord. 110788 (Vol. 50, page 59) § 1, 1988: Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 352) § 2.4:7, 1978).

At least one permanently maintained off-street parking space or a private garage shall be on the same lot as a dwelling, or be attached thereto, or made a part of the main building. See also Section 19.56.020.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 352) § 2.4:8, 1978).