Montesano City Zoning Code

Single-family dwellings;

Two-family dwellings;

Multiple-family dwellings containing up to four dwelling units;

Family day care homes;

Mobile/manufactured housing in conformity with Section 17.08.375(2);

Adult family homes; or

On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility.

Multiple-family dwellings, containing more than four dwelling units; provided, that the examiner finds, after review of the proposal, that the dwellings:

Parks and playgrounds;

Underground pump stations;

Public, private, and parochial institutions of elementary or secondary education, police and fire stations, churches, community centers, utility substations, and hospitals; provided, that:

Home occupations subject to provisions in Section 17.44.023;

Child care centers;

Bed and breakfast inns in compliance with the provisions of Section 17.44.035;

Condominiums or dwelling groups (up to four units), provided the proposal complies with the provisions of subsections (1)(A), (1)(B), and (1)(C) of this section;

Residential care facilities for no more than four persons;

Publicly owned facilities;

Guesthouse and caretaker's single-family dwelling, incidental to a permitted use;

Church;

Community center;

Dwelling group; or

Business Office Use–Residential. Upon properties within this zone which face or are adjacent to commercially zoned property, administrative or business-related services in which the production, distribution, retail, or wholesale of goods or commodities is not the primary function of the business or profession. Traffic generated, building appearance, and landscaping shall not be significantly different than the neighboring residential character.

Permitted animals: Section 17.44.025;

Conditions for the flood hazard district or planned development district, if applicable: Chapter 17.40;

Accessory buildings and uses:

Architectural features: Section 17.44.026;

Corner lots: Section 17.44.027; or

Storage of vehicle and other materials: Section 17.44.029.

Minimum lot size: six thousand square feet;

Minimum lot width: sixty feet;

Minimum front yard: twenty feet;

Minimum rear yard: twenty-five feet;

Minimum side yard: ten feet;

Upon approval of the administrator, the front yard required within this section may be reduced to:

Maximum building height: two stories and not more than thirty-five feet.

Maximum density: one dwelling unit per two thousand two hundred square feet. The hearing examiner in consideration of conditional use permits or the Montesano city council in its consideration of planned development shall not approve any development exceeding twenty dwelling units per acre on any site in this district and shall not approve any development which, in its judgment, would result in an overall density greater than fifteen units per acre within three hundred feet of the development.

Lighted or unlighted residential nameplate not exceeding two square feet in area;

Lighted or unlighted on-site identifying sign or bulletin board for a church, school, or other public or semipublic institution, not exceeding thirty-two square feet in area, and that has no portion of the sign within ten feet of any property line; or

One or two on-site unlighted signs which:

Single-family dwellings: two parking spaces, separate from the garage or carport, per dwelling unit;

Two-family and multiple-family dwellings: one and one-half parking spaces per dwelling unit in structures occupied by the general public and one space per dwelling unit in one-bedroom or efficiency apartments to be continually occupied by those sixty-two years of age or older;

Parking requirements for conditional uses shall be as indicated in the district where such use is permitted; or

Special parking conditions as noted in Sections 17.44.029 through 17.44.031.