Lewis County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
PURPOSE AND
GUIDELINES
Sections
- 17.05 General Provisions
- 17.05.010 Statutory authority.
- 17.05.020 Statement of purpose.
- 17.05.030 Applicability.
- 17.05.040 Project permit application type.
- 17.05.050 Preapplication.
- 17.05.060 Contents of application.
- 17.05.070 Determination of completeness - Lapsed applications - Postponed applications.
- 17.05.080 Notice of application.
- 17.05.090 Vesting of permits.
- 17.05.100 Consolidation of project permit applications.
- 17.05.110 Integration of State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review with review of project permit application.
- 17.05.120 Public hearings.
- 17.05.125 Time frames for decisions.
- 17.05.130 Notice of decisions.
- 17.05.140 Duration of decisions.
- 17.05.150 Revocation of approval.
- 17.05.160 Appeals.
- 17.05.170 Administration and interpretation.
- 17.05.180 Fees.
- 17.05.190 Refund of permit fees.
- 17.07 Violations and Civil Penalties
- 17.10 Definitions
- 17.10.001 Generally.
- 17.10.010 “A” definitions.
- 17.10.020 “B” definitions.
- 17.10.030 “C” definitions.
- 17.10.040 “D” definitions.
- 17.10.050 “E” definitions.
- 17.10.060 “F” definitions.
- 17.10.070 “G” definitions.
- 17.10.080 “H” definitions.
- 17.10.090 “I” definitions.
- 17.10.100 “J” definitions.
- 17.10.110 “K” definitions.
- 17.10.120 “L” definitions.
- 17.10.130 “M” definitions.
- 17.10.140 “N” definitions.
- 17.10.150 “O” definitions.
- 17.10.160 “P” definitions.
- 17.10.170 “Q” definitions.
- 17.10.180 “R” definitions.
- 17.10.190 “S” definitions.
- 17.10.200 “T” definitions.
- 17.10.210 “U” definitions.
- 17.10.220 “V” definitions.
- 17.10.230 “W” definitions.
- 17.10.240 “X” definitions.
- 17.10.250 “Y” definitions.
- 17.10.260 “Z” definitions.
- 17.12 Amendments to Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations**
- 17.12.010 Purpose.
- 17.12.020 Applicability.
- 17.12.030 Review for quasi-judicial actions.
- 17.12.040 Filing requirements and docketing.
- 17.12.050 Department review, determination of completeness and staff report.
- 17.12.060 Notice of application.
- 17.12.070 Public hearing notice.
- 17.12.080 Review and recommendation by the commission.
- 17.12.090 Review by state agencies.
- 17.12.100 Review and decision by the board.
- 17.12.110 Approval criteria.
- 17.12.120 Time frames for decisions.
- 17.12.130 Notice of decisions.
- 17.12.140 Appeals.
- 17.12.150 Administration and interpretation.
- 17.12.160 Refund of fees.
- 17.12.170 Errors not grounds for invalidation.
URBAN ZONES
Sections
- 17.15 Urban Growth Areas - Cities
- 17.17 Urban Growth Areas - Small Towns
- 17.17.010 Purpose.
- 17.17.020 Applicability.
- 17.17.100 Density and lot size.
- 17.17.110 Land use summary.
- 17.17.120 Development standards.
- 17.17.130 Accessory dwelling units.
- 17.17.140 Design standards.
- 17.17.200 Purpose.
- 17.17.210 Density bonus.
- 17.17.220 Vehicle parking.
- 17.17.225 Loading zones.
- 17.17.230 Bicycle parking.
- 17.17.235 Landscaping.
- 17.17.240 Live-work provisions.
- 17.17.245 Nonconforming uses.
- 17.17.250 Master planned development.
- 17.20 Superseded
- 17.20A Industrial Land Bank Urban Growth Area
- 17.20B Major Industrial Development
- 17.20C Economic Development Urban Growth Areas
- 17.20C.010 Purpose.
- 17.20C.020 Designation of nonmunicipal economic development urban growth areas (EDUGAs).
- 17.20C.030 Economic development district (EDD).
- 17.20C.035 Table of uses.
- 17.20C.040 Development standards for lots not included in sectors.
- 17.20C.050 EDUGA sector development.
- 17.20C.055 Uses in EDUGA sectors.
- 17.20C.060 Application and approval.
- 17.20D New Fully Contained Community Urban Growth Area
- 17.20E Master Planned Resorts
- 17.20F Urban Reserve Overlay District
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Sections
- 17.21 Float Glass Manufacturing Facility
- 17.21.005 Finding - No suitable site in urban growth area - Inventory.
- 17.21.010 Purpose.
- 17.21.020 Permitted uses.
- 17.21.030 Provision for infrastructure. facilities and services.
- 17.21.040 Transit-oriented site planning and traffic demand management programs.
- 17.21.050 Buffers from nonurban areas.
- 17.21.060 Environmental protection.
- 17.21.070 Protection of nonurban lands.
- 17.21.080 Mitigation of adverse impacts on resource lands.
- 17.21.090 Consistency with county critical area regulations.
RESOURCE LANDS
AND CRITICAL AREAS
Sections
- 17.25 Shoreline Management
- 17.30 Resource Lands
- 17.30.010 Authority and title.
- 17.30.020 Purpose.
- 17.30.030 Policy.
- 17.30.040 Interpretation.
- 17.30.050 Duration.
- 17.30.060 Judicial review.
- 17.30.290 Applicability.
- 17.30.300 Relationship to other regulations.
- 17.30.310 Exemptions.
- 17.30.360 Nonconforming activities.
- 17.30.370 Notification of proximity to natural resource lands - Conflict mitigation.
- 17.30.380 Nonregulatory incentives.
- 17.30.390 SEPA.
- 17.30.400 Judicial or legislative modification.
- 17.30.410 Cost recovery.
- 17.30.420 Classification.
- 17.30.430 Designation.
- 17.30.440 Purpose.
- 17.30.450 Permitted uses.
- 17.30.490 Maximum density and minimum lot area.
- 17.30.500 Setbacks.
- 17.30.510 Water supply.
- 17.30.520 Access.
- 17.30.530 Surveys.
- 17.30.560 Process for petitioning for designation as a forest land of local importance (“opt-in”).
- 17.30.570 Farmland of local importance.
- 17.30.580 Maps and inventory.
- 17.30.590 Use exceptions in ARL.
- 17.30.600 Relief from errors in ARL designation.
- 17.30.605 Purpose.
- 17.30.610 Permitted uses.
- 17.30.650 Maximum density and minimum lot area.
- 17.30.670 Process for petitioning for designation as a farmland of local importance (“opt-in”).
- 17.30.680 Nonregulatory incentives.
- 17.30.720 Classification.
- 17.30.730 Designation.
- 17.30.740 Maps and inventory.
- 17.30.750 Permitted uses.
- 17.30.790 Standards for existing permits.
- 17.30.800 Lot size/density.
- 17.30.810 Setbacks - Buffers.
- 17.30.820 Preferential right to manage resources - Right to mine.
- 17.30.850 Process for petitioning for designation as a mineral resource land (“opt-in”).
- 17.38 Critical Areas
- 17.38.010 Statement of authority and title.
- 17.38.020 Applicability.
- 17.38.030 Relationship to other regulations.
- 17.38.040 Mapping of known critical areas.
- 17.38.050 Administration.
- 17.38.060 Activities that do not require a Lewis County permit.
- 17.38.070 Critical area assessment report.
- 17.38.080 General mitigation requirements.
- 17.38.090 Mitigation monitoring.
- 17.38.100 Mitigation assurance.
- 17.38.110 Qualified professional required.
- 17.38.130 Activities allowed without a permit in critical areas and buffers.
- 17.38.200 Purpose.
- 17.38.205 Other provisions apply.
- 17.38.210 Administration.
- 17.38.220 Identification.
- 17.38.230 Classification.
- 17.38.240 Mitigation sequencing.
- 17.38.250 Exemption from the requirement to avoid impacts.
- 17.38.260 Use intensity and determination of buffer width.
- 17.38.270 Required wetland buffers.
- 17.38.280 Buffer width reduction.
- 17.38.290 Buffer width averaging.
- 17.38.300 Mitigation.
- 17.38.310 References.
- 17.38.320 Wetland assessment.
- 17.38.330 Wetland mitigation plan.
- 17.38.400 Purpose.
- 17.38.410 Administration.
- 17.38.420 Designation.
- 17.38.425 Mitigation sequencing.
- 17.38.430 Buffer width reduction or averaging.
- 17.38.440 Reduction of impacts.
- 17.38.450 Designation of locally important habitat.
- 17.38.465 Identification of aquatic habitat.
- 17.38.470 Classification.
- 17.38.480 Classification of wildlife habitat.
- 17.38.490 Inconsistencies between conditions on ground and mapping.
- 17.38.500 Aquatic habitat area assessment.
- 17.38.510 Fish and wildlife habitat mitigation plan.
- 17.38.600 Purpose.
- 17.38.610 Administration.
- 17.38.620 Designation.
- 17.38.630 Standards.
- 17.38.640 Classification of erosion hazard areas.
- 17.38.650 Classification of steep slope and landslide hazard areas.
- 17.38.660 Seismic hazard areas.
- 17.38.670 Volcanic hazard areas.
- 17.38.680 Mine hazard areas.
- 17.38.690 Channel migration zones.
- 17.38.695 Alluvial fan hazards.
- 17.38.710 Geotechnical report.
- 17.38.720 Standards for mine hazard studies.
- 17.38.800 Purpose.
- 17.38.810 Administration.
- 17.38.820 Designation.
- 17.38.830 Standards.
- 17.38.840 Conditions.
- 17.38.850 Aquifer sensitivity rating for Lewis County soil types.
- 17.38.860 Critical aquifer recharge area report requirements.
- 17.38.870 Regulated activities and best management practices in critical aquifer recharge areas.
- 17.38.900 Purpose.
- 17.38.910 Classification.
- 17.38.920 Designation.
- 17.38.930 Standards for permit decisions.
- Nonconforming activities.
- Reasonable use and variances.
- Land division.
- Building setbacks.
- Notice of proximity to critical areas.
- 17.40 Right to Farm
RURAL ZONES
Sections
- 17.42 Rural Area Zoning Summary
- 17.45 Small Towns - Mixed Use/Commercial (STMU)
- 17.55 Small Towns - Industrial (STI)
- 17.60 Crossroads Commercial (CC)
- 17.65 Freeway Commercial (FC)
- 17.70 Tourist Services Areas (TSA)
- 17.70.010 Purpose.
- 17.70.020 Tourist service areas–gateway communities.
- 17.70.030 Definitions for tourist service areas–gateway communities.
- 17.70.040 Minimum criteria for tourist service areas–gateway communities.
- 17.70.050 Gateway community–future UGA designation.
- 17.70.060 Tourist service areas–resort or recreation facility.
- 17.70.070 Definitions for tourist service areas–resort or recreation facility.
- 17.70.080 Minimum criteria for tourist service areas–resort or recreation facility.
- 17.70.110 Process.
- 17.75 Rural Area Industrial (RAI)
- 17.80 Airport Obstruction Zoning (RA)
- 17.80.010 Short title.
- 17.80.030 Airport overlay maps.
- 17.80.035 Airport zones.
- 17.80.040 Airport zone height limitations.
- 17.80.050 Use restrictions.
- 17.80.060 Nonconforming uses.
- 17.80.070 Permits - future uses.
- 17.80.080 Permits - Existing uses.
- 17.80.090 Permits –Nonconforming uses abandoned or destroyed.
- 17.80.100 Variances.
- 17.80.110 Obstruction marking and lighting.
- 17.80.120 Special use permit.
- 17.95 Rural Residential Centers (RRC)
- 17.100 Rural Development District (RDD)
- 17.102 Accessory Dwelling Units
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ACT
Sections
- 17.110 State Environmental Policy Act
- 17.110.010 Title.
- 17.110.020 Authority.
- 17.110.030 Basic requirements.
- 17.110.050 Designation of responsible official.
- 17.110.060 Lead agency determination and responsibilities.
- 17.110.070 Additional timing considerations.
- 17.110.080 Determinations.
- 17.110.090 Flexible thresholds for categorical exemptions.
- 17.110.100 Use of exemptions.
- 17.110.110 Environmental checklist.
- 17.110.120 Mitigated DNS.
- 17.110.130 Appeals of threshold determinations.
- 17.110.140 Environmental impact.
- 17.110.150 Preparation of EIS.
- 17.110.160 Commenting.
- 17.110.170 Public notice.
- 17.110.180 Designation of official to perform consulted agency responsibilities.
- 17.110.190 Using existing environmental documents.
- 17.110.200 Rules and policies.
- 17.110.210 Substantive authority.
- 17.110.220 Notice - Statute of limitations.
- 17.110.230 Definitions.
- 17.110.240 Categorical exemptions.
- 17.110.250 Agency compliance.
- 17.110.260 Fees.
- 17.110.270 Forms.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- 17.125 Essential Public Facilities
- 17.127 Energy Production and Storage Facilities
- 17.127.010 Purpose.
- 17.127.020 Applicability.
- 17.127.030 Procedure.
- 17.127.040 General standards.
- 17.127.050 Geothermal.
- 17.127.060 Hydroelectric/hydropower.
- 17.127.070 Hydrogen.
- 17.127.080 Natural gas.
- 17.127.100 Solar power production facilities.
- 17.127.110 Wind farms.
- 17.127.120 Battery energy storage system (BESS).
- 17.127.130 Abandonment and decommissioning.
- 17.130 Adequate Public Facilities and Services
- 17.140 Recodified
- 17.142 Land Use Standards
- 17.142.010 Purpose.
- 17.142.020 General land use standards.
- 17.142.030 Accessory buildings.
- 17.142.040 Assisted living facilities, convalescent homes, retirement facilities and similar uses.
- 17.142.050 Auctioneering facilities - Regional.
- 17.142.060 Aviation facilities.
- 17.142.070 Bed and breakfast use.
- 17.142.080 Commercial buildings in certain LAMIRDs.
- 17.142.100 Clustered tourist uses.
- 17.142.102 Data processing center.
- 17.142.107 Detached bedrooms.
- 17.142.120 Home-based businesses.
- 17.142.140 Cannabis production and processing.
- 17.142.150 Cannabis retailers.
- 17.142.160 Multifamily housing in LAMIRDs.
- 17.142.165 Organic material composting facilities.
- 17.142.170 Public facilities.
- 17.142.200 Regional recreational facilities.
- 17.142.205 Screening.
- 17.142.210 Surface mining areas.
- 17.142.220 Transient accommodations other than bed and breakfasts.
- 17.144 Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds
- 17.144.010 Purpose and applicability.
- 17.144.020 Administration.
- 17.144.030 General.
- 17.144.040 Density.
- 17.144.050 Length of stay.
- 17.144.060 Caretaker accommodations.
- 17.144.070 Accessory uses.
- 17.144.080 Fire protection.
- 17.144.090 Electric utilities.
- 17.144.100 Screening and buffering.
- 17.144.110 Common facilities.
- 17.144.120 Access and circulation.
- 17.145 Supplemental Requirements
- 17.150 Special Conditions - Rural Area Development
- 17.155 Nonconforming Uses and Parcels
- 17.158 Special Use Permits
- 17.160 Procedures for Administrative Approvals and Administrative Reductions
- 17.162 Procedures for Variances
- 17.200 Maps
- 17.300 Compliance