The purpose of the extensive agriculture district is to encourage the continued practice of farming on lands best suited for agriculture and to prevent or minimize conflicts between common agricultural practices and various nonfarm uses.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 356) § 2.6:1, 1978).

Principal uses permitted outright in an extensive agriculture district are as follows:

A.

Farm use;

B.

Dwellings (including mobile homes) and other buildings customarily provided in conjunction with a farm use;

C.

Home occupation;

D.

Commercial or industrial activity directly serving agricultural operations including the preparation and storage of farm products.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 356) § 2.6:2, 1978).

Conditional uses in an extensive agriculture district are as follows:

A.

Public and private school;

B.

Church;

C.

Golf course;

D.

Park, playground, or community center owned and operated by a governmental agency or a nonprofit organization;

E.

Utility facilities necessary for public service;

F.

Migrant labor and farm-hand housing facilities of more than three dwelling units;

G.

Quarries, mines and sand and gravel pits when the proposed subsequent use of the site, after reclamation, is principally agricultural in nature;

H.

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; Ord. 012786 (Vol. 40, page 565)(part), 1986: Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 356) § 2.6:3, 1978).

Density provisions for the extensive agriculture district are as follows:

A.

Maximum number of dwelling structures for permanent living per lot, one;

B.

Minimum lot area, twenty acres, or forty acres where designated. The forty-acre designation shall not be placed upon an area less than six hundred forty acres in size;

C.

Minimum front yard depth, twenty feet;

D.

Minimum side yard, five feet;

E.

Minimum rear yard depth, twenty feet;

F.

Minimum lot width, one hundred feet.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 356) § 2.6:4, 1978).

Accessory uses permitted in the extensive agriculture district are as follows:

A.

Uses customarily incidental to a parking use permitted outright, such private garages or parking areas for noncommercial vehicles only, but not including any business, trade or industry. On-site hazardous waste treatment 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 renting of rooms by the resident owner for lodging purposes only and for the accommodation of not more than two roomers in a dwelling unit;

C.

Residences provided for farm laborers, not to exceed three dwelling units;

D.

Utilities and utility infrastructure needed to support a principal use authorized in the energy overlay zone;

E.

The accessory uses and exceptions which may be authorized by the board of adjustment in this district are those customarily incidental to conditional exceptions allowed.

(Ord. O031505 (Vol. 111, page 493) § 1(part), 2005: Ord. 110788 (Vol. 50, page 59) § 2, 1988: Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 357) § 2.6:5, 1978).

At least one permanently maintained off-street parking space or a private garage for one car shall be on the same lot as a dwelling or be attached thereto or made a part of the main building. Adequate parking shall be provided for accessory or conditional uses and may be established by the board of adjustment. See also Section 19.56.020.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 357) § 2.6:6, 1978).

In an extensive agriculture district the following signs are permitted:

A.

Nonflashing residential nameplates not exceeding sixty-four square inches bearing only the name and address of the occupant;

B.

Nonflashing bulletin boards or signs not exceeding thirty square feet for quasi-public institutional or other buildings;

C.

See also Section 19.56.050.

(Res. 13678 (Vol. 29, page 346)(part): Ord. 62678 (Vol. 29, page 357) § 2.6:7, 1978).