Moses Lake City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division 15.100
Administration
Sections
- 15.105 Definitions
- 15.105.001 A Definitions:
- 15.105.002 B Definitions:
- 15.105.003 C Definitions:
- 15.105.004 D Definitions:
- 15.105.005 E Definitions:
- 15.105.006 F Definitions:
- 15.105.007 G Definitions:
- 15.105.008 H Definitions:
- 15.105.009 I Definitions:
- 15.105.010 J Definitions:
- 15.105.011 K Definitions:
- 15.105.012 L Definitions:
- 15.105.013 M Definitions:
- 15.105.014 N Definitions:
- 15.105.015 O Definitions:
- 15.105.016 P Definitions:
- 15.105.017 Q Definitions:
- 15.105.018 R Definitions:
- 15.105.019 S Definitions:
- 15.105.020 T Definitions:
- 15.105.021 U Definitions:
- 15.105.022 V Definitions:
- 15.105.023 W Definitions:
- 15.105.024 X Definitions:
- 15.105.025 Y Definitions:
- 15.105.026 Z Definitions:
- 15.110 Measurements
- 15.120 General Provisions
- 15.125 Administrative Code Interpretations
Division 15.200
Land Use Decisions
Sections
- 15.205 Permit Review Process Types
- 15.205.010 Decision Types:
- 15.205.020 Assignment of Development Applications to Decision Type:
- 15.205.030 Permits Not Governed by Chapters 15.205 through 15.215:
- 15.205.040 Type I Applications: Administrative:
- 15.205.050 Type II Applications: Administrative with Notice:
- 15.205.060 Type III Applications: Quasi-Judicial:
- 15.205.070 Type IV Applications: Legislative:
- 15.210 Permit Review Procedures
- 15.210.010 Development Application Requirements:
- 15.210.020 Pre-Application Conference:
- 15.210.030 Counter – Complete Determination and Acceptance of Applications:
- 15.210.040 Determination of Completeness:
- 15.210.050 Notice of Application:
- 15.210.060 Notice of Public Hearing:
- 15.210.070 Final Decisions and Notice of Decision:
- 15.210.080 Consolidated Permit Process:
- 15.215 Hearings and Appeals
- 15.220 Annexations
- 15.225 Conditional Use Permits
- 15.230 Development Agreements
- 15.235 Variances
- 15.240 Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulation Amendments
- 15.240.010 Type of Action:
- 15.240.020 Applicability:
- 15.240.030 Initiation of Amendment to Comprehensive Plan or Development Regulations:
- 15.240.040 Docket of Proposed Amendments:
- 15.240.050 Public Notice:
- 15.240.060 SEPA Compliance:
- 15.240.070 Staff Report:
- 15.240.080 Planning Commission Recommendation on Docketed Amendments:
- 15.240.090 City Council Action on Docketed Amendments:
- 15.240.100 Review of Amendments to Development Regulations:
- 15.240.110 Appeals:
- 15.245 Area-Wide and Site-Specific Rezones
- 15.250 Concurrency
- 15.250.010 Concurrency Management Program:
- 15.250.020 Exemptions:
- 15.250.030 Concurrency Management Review:
- 15.250.040 Concurrency Inquiry:
- 15.250.050 Concurrency Review Procedures:
- 15.250.060 Concurrency Review Criteria:
- 15.250.070 Certificate of Capacity:
- 15.250.080 Appeal:
- 15.250.090 Existing Charges and Fees:
- 15.255 Fire Impact Fees
- 15.255.010 Findings and Authority:
- 15.255.020 Assessment of Impact Fees:
- 15.255.030 Collection of Impact Fees:
- 15.255.040 Independent Fee Calculations:
- 15.255.050 Exemptions:
- 15.255.060 Fire Impact Fees Relating to Change of Use:
- 15.255.070 Adjustments:
- 15.255.080 Establishment of Impact Fee Accounts:
- 15.255.090 Refunds:
- 15.255.110 Use of Funds:
- 15.255.120 Review of Schedule, Fee Increases, and Ordinance:
- 15.255.130 Appeals:
- 15.255.140 Responsibility for Payment of Fees:
- 15.255.150 Existing Authority Unimpaired:
- 15.255.160 Fire Impact Fee Schedule:
- 15.255.170 Administrative Fees:
Division 15.300
Land Division
Sections
- 15.305 General Provisions
- 15.310 Subdivisions
- 15.310.010 Preliminary Subdivision Application:
- 15.310.020 Preliminary Subdivision Approval Process:
- 15.310.030 Preliminary Subdivision Approval Criteria:
- 15.310.040 Term of Preliminary Subdivision Approval – Extensions:
- 15.310.050 Alteration of Preliminary Subdivision:
- 15.310.060 Final Subdivision Application:
- 15.310.070 Final Subdivision Approval Process:
- 15.310.080 Subdivision Design and Development Standards:
- 15.310.090 Phasing of Subdivision:
- 15.310.100 Subdivision and Block Structure Standards:
- 15.310.110 Flag Lots:
- 15.310.120 Cluster Subdivisions:
- 15.310.130 Lot Size Averaging:
- 15.310.140 Surety In Lieu of Construction:
- 15.310.150 Final Short Subdivision – Prohibition on Further Division:
- 15.310.160 Vacation or Alteration of Approved Subdivision:
- 15.315 Boundary Line Adjustment and Lot Consolidation
- 15.320 Binding Site Plan
- 15.320.010 Authority:
- 15.320.020 Binding Site Plan Application:
- 15.320.030 Binding Site Plan Approval Process:
- 15.320.040 Binding Site Plan Approval Criteria:
- 15.320.050 Binding Site Plan Final Approval:
- 15.320.060 Binding Site Plan Design and Development Standards:
- 15.320.070 Surety In Lieu of Construction:
- 15.320.080 Binding Site Plan Compliance:
- 15.320.090 Administrative Approval of Individual Lots:
- 15.320.100 Alteration of Approved Binding Site Plan:
- 15.325 Improvements
- 15.325.010 Application:
- 15.325.020 Procedure for Installing Improvements:
- 15.325.030 City Participation:
- 15.325.040 Street Design Standards:
- 15.325.050 Water Mains:
- 15.325.060 Sewer Mains:
- 15.325.070 Stormwater Facilities:
- 15.325.080 Pedestrian Paths and Activity Trails:
- 15.325.090 Street Lighting:
- 15.325.100 Improvement Construction Plans:
- 15.325.110 Maintenance Bond:
- 15.330 Open and Recreation Space
Division 15.400
Zoning and Overlay Districts
Sections
- 15.405 Zones, Overlay Zones, and Land Use
- 15.405.010 Purpose:
- 15.405.020 Adopted Zoning Map and Interpretation:
- 15.405.030 Establishment of Zones:
- 15.405.040 Establishment of Overlay Districts:
- 15.405.050 Interpretation of Land Use by Zone Tables:
- 15.405.060 Residential Land Uses by Zone:
- 15.405.070 Nonresidential Land Uses by Zone:
- 15.405.080 Unlisted Uses:
- 15.405.090 Low Density Residential (R-1) Standards1:
- 15.405.100 Medium Density Residential (R-2) Standards1:
- 15.405.110 High Density Residential (R-3) Standards1:
- 15.405.120 Nonresidential and Mixed Use Standards:
- 15.410 Residential District Standards
- 15.410.010 Compliance with Standards and Guidelines:
- 15.410.015 Design Standards and Guidelines Adopted by Reference:
- 15.410.020 Low Density Residential (R-1) Standards:
- 15.410.030 Medium Density Residential (R-2) Standards:
- 15.410.040 High Density and Mixed Use Residential (R-3) Standards:
- 15.410.050 General Residential Performance Standards:
- 15.415 Housing Type Standards
- 15.415.010 Accessory Dwelling Units:
- 15.415.020 Cluster Development – Tiny Homes – and Cottages:
- 15.415.030 Manufactured Homes on Individual Lots:
- 15.415.040 Manufactured Home Parks:
- 15.415.050 Emergency and Transitional Housing – General Provisions:
- 15.415.060 Emergency and Transitional Housing – Application Requirements:
- 15.415.070 Emergency and Transitional Housing – Design Standards and Approval Criteria:
- 15.415.080 Emergency and Transitional Housing – Zoning Districts Where Allowed:
- 15.415.090 Micro (Tiny) Home Standards:
- 15.420 Nonresidential and Mixed-Use District Standards
- 15.425 Grant County Airport Overlay District
- 15.427 Moses Lake Municipal Airport Overlay District
- 15.429 Multifamily Housing Tax Exemption
Division 15.500
Environmental Regulations
Sections
- 15.510 SEPA Regulations
- 15.510.010 Authority:
- 15.510.020 Codes Adopted By Reference:
- 15.510.030 Definitions:
- 15.510.040 Designation of Responsible Official:
- 15.510.050 Lead Agency Determination and Responsibilities:
- 15.510.060 Timing Considerations:
- 15.510.070 Project Permit Integration:
- 15.510.080 Growth Management Act Integration:
- 15.510.090 Model Toxics Contral Act Integration:
- 15.510.100 Categorical Exemptions – Adoption by Reference:
- 15.510.110 Categorical Exemptions – Minor New Construction:
- 15.510.120 Categorical Exemptions – Determination:
- 15.510.130 Applicant Information:
- 15.510.140 Threshold Determination Process:
- 15.510.150 Threshold Determination – Mitigated DNS:
- 15.510.160 Optional DNS Process:
- 15.510.170 Planned Actions:
- 15.510.180 Environmental Impact Statement Preparation:
- 15.510.190 Using Existing Environmental Documents:
- 15.510.200 SEPA Substantive Authority and Mitigation:
- 15.510.210 Public Notice Requirements:
- 15.510.220 Appeals:
- 15.510.230 Notice of Action:
- 15.510.240 Fees:
- 15.510.250 Retention of Documents:
- 15.510.260 Forms:
- 15.515 Critical Area Regulations – Applicability, Exemptions, and Exceptions
- 15.515.010 Applicability:
- 15.515.020 Exemptions:
- 15.515.030 Allowed Activities:
- 15.515.040 Exception – Public Agency and Utility:
- 15.515.050 Exception – Reasonable Use:
- 15.515.060 Critical Area Review Requirements:
- 15.515.070 Preapplication Meeting:
- 15.515.080 Public Notice of Initial Determination:
- 15.515.090 Critical Area Report – Requirements:
- 15.515.100 Critical Area Report – Modifications to Requirements:
- 15.515.110 Mitigation Requirements:
- 15.515.120 Mitigation sequencing:
- 15.515.130 Mitigation plan requirements:
- 15.515.140 Innovative mitigation:
- 15.515.150 Determination:
- 15.515.160 Review Criteria:
- 15.515.170 Report Acceptance:
- 15.515.180 Report Rejection:
- 15.515.190 Completion of the Critical Area Review:
- 15.515.200 Appeals:
- 15.515.210 Variances:
- 15.515.215 Variances Within Frequently Flooded Areas:
- 15.515.220 Unauthorized Critical Area Alterations and Enforcement:
- 15.515.230 Critical Area Markers and Signs:
- 15.515.240 Notice on Title:
- 15.515.250 Critical Area Tracts:
- 15.515.260 Bonds to Ensure Mitigation, Maintenance, and Monitoring:
- 15.515.270 Critical Area Inspections:
- 15.515.280 Enforcement and Penalties:
- 15.520 Critical Area Regulations – General Provisions
- 15.525 Critical Area Regulations – Wetlands
- 15.530 Critical Area Regulations – Fish and Wildlife Habitat
- 15.530.010 Designation of Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas:
- 15.530.020 Critical Area Report – Additional Requirements for Habitat Conservation Areas:
- 15.530.030 Performance Standards for Habitat Conservation Areas – General Requirements:
- 15.530.040 Performance Standards – Specific Habitats:
- 15.535 Critical Area Regulations – Geologically Hazardous Areas
- 15.535.010 Designation of Geologically Hazardous Areas:
- 15.535.020 Designation of Specific Hazard Areas:
- 15.535.030 Mapping of Geologically Hazardous Areas:
- 15.535.040 Critical Area Report – Additional Requirements for Geologically Hazardous Areas:
- 15.535.050 Performance Standards – General Requirements:
- 15.535.060 Performance Standards – Specific Hazards:
- 15.540 Critical Area Regulations – Frequently Flooded Areas
- 15.540.010 Designation of Frequently Flooded Areas:
- 15.540.015 Designation of the Floodplain Administrator – Permit Review:
- 15.540.020 Critical Area Report Requirements – Frequently Flooded Areas:
- 15.540.030 Warning and Disclaimer of Liability:
- 15.540.040 Performance Standards – General Requirements:
- 15.540.050 Performance Standards – Specific Uses:
- 15.540.060 Performance Standards – Areas of Shallow Flooding:
- 15.540.070 Prohibited Uses and Activities:
- 15.545 Aquifer Recharge Areas
- 15.545.010 Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas Designation:
- 15.545.020 Aquifer Recharge Areas Susceptibility Ratings:
- 15.545.030 Mapping of Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas:
- 15.545.040 Activities Allowed in Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas:
- 15.545.050 Critical Area Report – Additional Requirements for Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas:
- 15.545.060 Performance Standards – General Requirements:
- 15.545.070 Performance Standards – Specific Uses:
- 15.550 Shoreline Management Regulations
Division 15.600
Special Use Standards
Sections
- 15.605 Childcare, Adult Centers, and Daycare Centers
- 15.610 Cargo Containers
- 15.615 Cryptocurrency and Data Centers
- 15.625 Essential Public Facilities
- 15.625.010 Purpose and Intent:
- 15.625.020 Specifically Identified Essential Public Facilities:
- 15.625.030 Essential Public Facilities Not Listed:
- 15.625.040 Identifying Essential Public Facilities Not Listed:
- 15.625.050 Required Application Information and Analysis:
- 15.625.060 Siting Procedures:
- 15.625.070 Development Agreements Allowed:
- 15.630 Home Occupation
- 15.630.010 Home Occupation Defined:
- 15.630.020 General Requirements:
- 15.630.030 Table of Permitted Home Occupations:
- 15.630.040 Application Requirements:
- 15.630.050 Unclassified Home Occupations:
- 15.630.060 Home Occupations Not Permitted:
- 15.630.070 Denial of application for a home occupation:
- 15.630.080 Revocation of Home Occupation Permit:
- 15.630.090 Appeal:
- 15.635 Marijuana Businesses
- 15.640 Mini Storages
- 15.645 RV Parks
- 15.650 Short Term Rentals
- 15.650.010 Intent:
- 15.650.020 Permitted Zones:
- 15.650.030 Eligible Dwellings and Limitations:
- 15.650.040 Application for Short Term Rental Approval:
- 15.650.050 Criteria for Endorsement:
- 15.650.060 Notice Requirements:
- 15.650.070 Business License Required:
- 15.650.080 Continued Compliance with This Chapter:
- 15.650.090 Nontransferability:
- 15.650.100 Violations:
- 15.650.110 Enforcement, Penalties, and Appeal:
- 15.655 Wireless Communication Facilities
- 15.655.010 Permits and Exemptions:
- 15.655.020 Permit Applications:
- 15.655.030 General Siting Criteria:
- 15.655.040 Siting Within Residentially Zoned Property – Development Standards:
- 15.655.050 Support Structures and Antennas – Development Standards:
- 15.655.060 Wireless Communications Facilities – Development Standards:
- 15.655.070 Removal of Wireless Communication Facilities:
- 15.655.080 Special Exceptions:
- 15.657 Small Wireless Communication Facilities
- 15.657.010 Small Wireless General Provisions:
- 15.657.020 Small Wireless Deployment:
- 15.657.030 Small Wireless Permit Application:
- 15.657.040 Small Wireless Review Process:
- 15.657.050 Small Wireless Permit Requirements:
- 15.657.060 Modifications to Small Wireless Facilities:
- 15.657.070 Small Wireless Consolidated Permit:
- 15.657.080 Small Wireless Fees and Other Costs:
- 15.657.090 Design and Concealment Standards for Small Wireless Deployments:
- 15.657.100 New Poles in the Rights-of-Way for Small Wireless Facilities:
- 15.657.110 Eligible Facilities Requests:
Division 15.700
Community and Project Design Standards
Sections
- 15.705 Community Design Standards
- 15.705.010 Compliance with Standards and Guidelines:
- 15.705.020 Sidewalks, Multi-Use Pathways, and Street Trees:
- 15.705.030 Street Design:
- 15.705.040 Performance Standards:
- 15.705.050 Pedestrian Standards:
- 15.705.060 Shoreline Master Program:
- 15.705.070 Community Street and Utility Standards and City Design Standards:
- 15.705.080 Structures over Easements or Right-of-Way:
- 15.705.090 Maintenance of Lots:
- 15.705.100 Maintenance of City Right-of-Way:
- 15.705.110 Issuance of a Business License or a Certificate of Occupancy:
- 15.705.120 Vehicle Maintenance:
- 15.705.130 General Residential Performance Standard:
- 15.710 Project Design Standards
- 15.715 Parking
- 15.715.010 Applicability:
- 15.715.020 General Standards:
- 15.715.030 Specific Parking Requirements:
- 15.715.040 Location of Parking Area:
- 15.715.050 Bicycle Facilities Standards:
- 15.715.060 Specific Loading Requirements:
- 15.715.070 ADA Accessibility:
- 15.715.080 Development and Maintenance:
- 15.715.090 On-Site Drainage for Parking Lots:
- 15.715.100 Waivers and Exceptions:
- 15.715.110 Electric Vehicle Charging Station Standards:
- 15.720 Landscaping and Buffering
- 15.725 Fences, Screening, and Refuse Storage Standards
- 15.730 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- 15.735 Signs
- 15.735.010 Purpose:
- 15.735.020 Development Permit Required:
- 15.735.030 Exemptions:
- 15.735.040 Prohibited Signs:
- 15.735.050 Sign Permit Applications:
- 15.735.060 General Provisions:
- 15.735.070 Calculation of Sign Face Area:
- 15.735.080 Sign Types Permitted By Zone:
- 15.735.090 Sign Illumination:
- 15.735.100 Projection Over the Right-of-Way:
- 15.735.110 Wall Signs:
- 15.735.120 Temporary Signs:
- 15.735.130 Carried Signs:
- 15.735.140 Directional Signs:
- 15.735.150 Digital Signs:
- 15.735.160 Multiple-Building Complexes and Multiple-Tenant Buildings:
- 15.735.170 Freeway Signs:
- 15.735.180 Portable Signs:
- 15.735.190 Nonconforming Signs:
- 15.735.200 Maintenance of Signs:
- 15.735.210 Removal of Signs:
- 15.740 Outdoor Lighting