Omak City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
18.08 Definitions
Sections
- 18.08.001 Access corridor/driveway.
- 18.08.003 Accessory structure or use.
- 18.08.005 Administrator.
- 18.08.007 Adult cabaret.
- 18.08.009 Adult family home.
- 18.08.011 Adult hotel/motel.
- 18.08.013 Adult motion picture theater.
- 18.08.015 Adult panorama theater or arcade.
- 18.08.016 Adult residential facility.
- 18.08.017 Adult retail establishment.
- 18.08.019 Adult theater.
- 18.08.021 Advertising devices.
- 18.08.023 Agriculture.
- 18.08.025 Agriculture building, commercial.
- 18.08.027 Agricultural market.
- 18.08.029 Agriculture-related industry.
- 18.08.030 Airport.
- 18.08.031 Airport elevation.
- 18.08.032 Airport hazard.
- 18.08.033 Airport manager.
- 18.08.034 Airport zoning commission.
- 18.08.035 Alley.
- 18.08.036 Amateur radio tower and antenna.
- 18.08.037 Amendment.
- 18.08.039 Animal clinic/hospital.
- 18.08.041 Animal/livestock commercial auctions.
- 18.08.043 Animal shelter.
- 18.08.044 Antenna.
- 18.08.045 Appeal.
- 18.08.047 Applicant.
- 18.08.049 Application, complete.
- 18.08.050 Approach surfaces.
- 18.08.050.1 Assisted living facility.
- 18.08.051 Attached.
- 18.08.053 Automobile.
- 18.08.055 Automobile, trailer, or manufactured/mobile home sales.
- 18.08.057 Automobile wrecking.
- 18.08.058 Auto repair, minor.
- 18.08.059 Basement.
- 18.08.061 Bed and breakfast.
- 18.08.063 Beverage industries.
- 18.08.065 Blacksmith or horseshoeing shop.
- 18.08.067 Boarding home.
- 18.08.069 Board.
- 18.08.071 Boarding house, lodging house, or rooming house.
- 18.08.073 Book, stationery, office supplies.
- 18.08.074 Broadcast facility.
- 18.08.075 Buffer.
- 18.08.077 Buildable lot.
- 18.08.079 Building.
- 18.08.081 Building area.
- 18.08.083 Building code.
- 18.08.085 Building coverage.
- 18.08.087 Building height.
- 18.08.089 Building line.
- 18.08.091 Building inspector.
- 18.08.092 Building restriction zone (BRZ).
- 18.08.093 Bus passenger terminals.
- 18.08.095 Butcher shop.
- 18.08.097 Campground.
- 18.08.098 Camping.
- 18.08.099 Car wash.
- 18.08.101 Change of use.
- 18.08.103 Day care home, family.
- 18.08.104 Family day care home provider.
- 18.08.104.1 Day care center, mini.
- 18.08.105 Child day care center.
- 18.08.107 Church.
- 18.08.109 City attorney.
- 18.08.111 City council.
- 18.08.113 Clinic, medical.
- 18.08.114 Collective garden.
- 18.08.115 Commercial parking lots.
- 18.08.117 Commercial recreation.
- 18.08.119 Commission.
- 18.08.125 Community center, meeting hall, fraternal lodge.
- 18.08.127 Compatibility.
- 18.08.129 Comprehensive plan.
- 18.08.131 Condition(s) of approval.
- 18.08.133 Condominium.
- 18.08.135 Condominium, time share/fractional ownership.
- 18.08.137 Congregate care or assisted living facility.
- 18.08.138 Conical surface.
- 18.08.141 Convalescent or nursing home.
- 18.08.143 Cooperative.
- 18.08.145 County.
- 18.08.147 Cul-de-sac.
- 18.08.149 Day.
- 18.08.151 Day, working.
- 18.08.153 Dedication.
- 18.08.155 Delicatessen specialty food stores.
- 18.08.157 Density.
- 18.08.159 Development standards.
- 18.08.161 Development permit.
- 18.08.163 Division of land.
- 18.08.165 Domestic farm animal.
- 18.08.167 Driveway.
- 18.08.169 Drugstore.
- 18.08.171 Dwelling, multi-unit.
- 18.08.173 Dwelling, single-unit.
- 18.08.175 Dwelling, two-unit.
- 18.08.177 Dwelling unit.
- 18.08.178 Dwelling unit, accessory.
- 18.08.179 Earthen material.
- 18.08.181 Easement.
- 18.08.183 Environmental review.
- 18.08.184 Essential public facilities.
- 18.08.185 Family day care home.
- 18.08.187 Fast food restaurant, drive-in.
- 18.08.189 Family.
- 18.08.190 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
- 18.08.190.1 Fence, sight-obscuring.
- 18.08.191 Fencing or fence.
- 18.08.193 Finding.
- 18.08.195 Floodplain.
- 18.08.197 Floor area.
- 18.08.199 Glare.
- 18.08.201 Golf course.
- 18.08.203 Grade.
- 18.08.205 Gross area.
- 18.08.207 Gross floor area.
- 18.08.209 Groundwater.
- 18.08.211 Group home.
- 18.08.213 Greenway.
- 18.08.215 Habitat.
- 18.08.217 Halfway house.
- 18.08.219 Hazardous substance.
- 18.08.221 Hazardous waste.
- 18.08.223 Hazardous waste, generator.
- 18.08.225 Hazardous waste, processing or handling.
- 18.08.227 Hazardous waste, storage of.
- 18.08.229 Hazardous waste, treatment of.
- 18.08.231 Hazardous waste, treatment and storage facility.
- 18.08.232 Height.
- 18.08.233 Helipad.
- 18.08.235 Heliport.
- 18.08.237 Historic preservation.
- 18.08.239 Home business or home occupation.
- 18.08.241 Homeowners association.
- 18.08.242 Horizontal surface.
- 18.08.243 Hospital.
- 18.08.245 Hotel.
- 18.08.247 Housing for people with functional disabilities.
- 18.08.249 Hydrology.
- 18.08.251 Impervious surface.
- 18.08.253 Junkyard.
- 18.08.255 Kennel.
- 18.08.257 Land.
- 18.08.259 Land use.
- 18.08.260 Land use hearing examiner or hearing examiner.
- 18.08.261 Landmark.
- 18.08.263 Landscaping.
- 18.08.265 Legislative body.
- 18.08.267 Loading space, off-street.
- 18.08.269 Lot.
- 18.08.271 Lot area.
- 18.08.273 Lot, corner.
- 18.08.277 Lot depth.
- 18.08.279 Lot line.
- 18.08.281 Lot line, front.
- 18.08.283 Lot line, rear.
- 18.08.285 Lot line, side.
- 18.08.287 Lot, through.
- 18.08.289 Lot of record.
- 18.08.291 Lot width.
- 18.08.293 Manufactured home.
- 18.08.295 Map, contour.
- 18.08.295.1 Medical marijuana dispensary.
- 18.08.296 Microbrewery.
- 18.08.297 Mini-mart.
- 18.08.299 Mini-storage.
- 18.08.301 Mining.
- 18.08.303 Mixed use development.
- 18.08.305 Mobile home.
- 18.08.307 Mobile home park.
- 18.08.309 Mobile home park expansion.
- 18.08.310 Mobile vendor.
- 18.08.311 Modification.
- 18.08.313 Modular/factory built home.
- 18.08.315 Motel.
- 18.08.316 Multifamily use or multifamily dwelling.
- 18.08.317 Multiple occupancy building.
- 18.08.319 Museum, art galleries.
- 18.08.321 Museums, nonprofit historical.
- 18.08.321.1 Nanobrewery.
- 18.08.322 Neighborhood.
- 18.08.322.1 Nightly rental.
- 18.08.323 Nonconforming lot.
- 18.08.325 Nonconforming structure.
- 18.08.327 Nonconforming use.
- 18.08.328 Notification surface.
- 18.08.329 Nuisance.
- 18.08.331 Nursery.
- 18.08.331.1 Nursing home.
- 18.08.332 Obscene or obscenity.
- 18.08.333 Occupancy.
- 18.08.334 Object free zone (OFZ).
- 18.08.335 Offices.
- 18.08.336 Obstruction.
- 18.08.337 Off-site.
- 18.08.339 Off-street parking.
- 18.08.341 On-site.
- 18.08.343 Open space.
- 18.08.345 Outdoor mobile vendor.
- 18.08.347 Overnight rentals/single-unit tourist accommodations.
- 18.08.349 Pad.
- 18.08.351 Parent parcel.
- 18.08.353 Park.
- 18.08.355 Parking angle.
- 18.08.357 Parking bay.
- 18.08.359 Parking facility.
- 18.08.361 Parking space or parking stall.
- 18.08.363 Park trailer.
- 18.08.365 Party of record.
- 18.08.367 Path or trail.
- 18.08.369 People with functional disabilities.
- 18.08.371 Permit.
- 18.08.372 Picobrewery.
- 18.08.373 Planned development.
- 18.08.375 Planning commission.
- 18.08.377 Plat or regular plat.
- 18.08.378 Primary surface.
- 18.08.379 Preliminary approval.
- 18.08.381 Preschool.
- 18.08.383 Property owners.
- 18.08.385 Public hearing or open record public hearing.
- 18.08.387 Public utility installation.
- 18.08.389 Public works director.
- 18.08.395 Qualifying patient.
- 18.08.401 Recreational vehicle (RV).
- 18.08.402 Recreational vehicle park.
- 18.08.403 Recreational vehicle site.
- 18.08.404 Recycling center.
- 18.08.405 Recycling drop station.
- 18.08.406 Residential airpark.
- 18.08.407 Residential care facility.
- 18.08.409 Residential density.
- 18.08.411 Restaurant.
- 18.08.413 Retail services.
- 18.08.415 Retail trade.
- 18.08.417 Retirement home.
- 18.08.419 Reviewing official.
- 18.08.421 Rezone.
- 18.08.423 Right-of-way, public.
- 18.08.425 Road, public.
- 18.08.427 Road, principal arterial.
- 18.08.429 Road, collector.
- 18.08.430 Runway.
- 18.08.431 Road, local access.
- 18.08.432 Runway protection zone (RPZ).
- 18.08.433 Road, private.
- 18.08.434 Runway threshold.
- 18.08.435 School.
- 18.08.437 School, vocational or trade.
- 18.08.439 Screening.
- 18.08.441 Service drive.
- 18.08.443 Service station.
- 18.08.445 Setback, front.
- 18.08.447 Setback, side and rear.
- 18.08.449 Sign.
- 18.08.451 Site improvement.
- 18.08.453 Site improvement, required.
- 18.08.455 Site plan, detailed.
- 18.08.457 Solid waste.
- 18.08.459 Seminude.
- 18.08.461 Specified anatomical areas.
- 18.08.463 Specified sexual activities.
- 18.08.465 Stock-in-trade.
- 18.08.466 Storage container.
- 18.08.467 Storage facilities, bulk.
- 18.08.469 Storage facilities, residential mini-storage.
- 18.08.471 Story.
- 18.08.473 Story, half.
- 18.08.475 Street.
- 18.08.477 Structural alteration.
- 18.08.478 Structure.
- 18.08.479 Structure, temporary.
- 18.08.481 Supported living arrangement.
- 18.08.483 Tavern.
- 18.08.484 Taxiway.
- 18.08.484.1 Temporary market.
- 18.08.485 Tourist accommodations.
- 18.08.487 Townhouse.
- 18.08.489 Trail, mixed-use.
- 18.08.491 Transfer of ownership or control.
- 18.08.492 Transitional surfaces.
- 18.08.493 Travel trailer.
- 18.08.494 Tree.
- 18.08.495 Use.
- 18.08.497 Use district.
- 18.08.498 Use, multifamily.
- 18.08.499 Use, principal.
- 18.08.501 Utilities.
- 18.08.503 Utility services.
- 18.08.505 Variance.
- 18.08.507 Vision area, clear.
- 18.08.509 Warehouse.
- 18.08.511 Waste material processing and junk handling.
- 18.08.513 Water system.
- 18.08.515 Wholesale trade.
- 18.08.517 Yard.
- 18.08.519 Yard, front.
- 18.08.521 Yard, rear.
- 18.08.523 Yard, side.
- 18.08.525 Youth residential facility.
18.16 General
District Regulations
Sections
- 18.16.010 Intent.
- 18.16.015 Building codes.
- 18.16.020 General development standards.
- 18.16.023 Lot size regulations.
- 18.16.027 Height regulations.
- 18.16.030 Home businesses.
- 18.16.040 Landscaping.
- 18.16.070 Automobile parking and loading.
- 18.16.080 Single-family dwellings and duplexes.
- 18.16.085 Manufactured homes.
- 18.16.090 Clear vision requirements.
- 18.16.100 Fences.
- 18.16.110 Signs.
- 18.16.112 Performance standards.
- 18.16.114 Mobile vendors.
- 18.16.116 Temporary markets.
- 18.16.118 Recreational vehicles.
- 18.16.120 Site clearance.
- 18.16.122 Accessory structures.
- 18.16.124 Accessory dwelling units.
- 18.16.126 Outdoor mobile vendors.
- 18.16.128 Storage containers.
18.17 Outdoor
Lighting Regulations
Sections
- 18.17.010 Purpose.
- 18.17.020 Definitions.
- 18.17.030 Scope and applicability.
- 18.17.040 Exemptions and exceptions.
- 18.17.050 Approved materials and methods of installation.
- 18.17.060 Submittals.
- 18.17.070 General standards.
- 18.17.080 Nonpermitted lighting.
- 18.17.090 Appeals.
- 18.17.100 Violations.
- 18.17.110 Penalty.
- 18.17.120 Severability.
18.20 Critical
Areas Regulations
Sections
- 18.20.010 Purpose.
- 18.20.020 Applicability.
- 18.20.030 Exemptions.
- 18.20.040 Public agency and utility exception.
- 18.20.050 Reasonable use exception.
- 18.20.060 Reference maps and materials.
- 18.20.070 Review process.
- 18.20.080 Critical areas report.
- 18.20.090 Mitigation requirements.
- 18.20.100 Agency review.
- 18.20.110 Surety/bonding.
- 18.20.120 Permit conditions.
- 18.20.130 Enforcement.
- 18.20.140 Aquifer recharge areas.
- 18.20.150 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas.
- 18.20.160 Wetlands.
- 18.20.170 Frequently flooded areas.
- 18.20.180 Geologically hazardous areas.
- 18.20.190 Composite critical areas map.
- 18.20.200 General provisions.
- 18.20.210 Definitions.
18.21 Shoreline
Master Program
Sections
- 18.21.010 Purpose.
- 18.21.020 Applicability.
- 18.21.030 General provisions.
- 18.21.040 Definitions.
- 18.21.050 Exemptions.
- 18.21.052 Shoreline substantial development permits.
- 18.21.054 Conditional use permits.
- 18.21.056 Variances.
- 18.21.060 General regulations.
- 18.21.070 Use and designation specific regulations.
- 18.21.080 Critical areas in shoreline jurisdiction.
- 18.21.090 Shorelines designations map.
- 18.21.100 Nonconforming structures.
- 18.21.105 Nonconforming uses.
- 18.21.110 Nonconforming lots.
- 18.21.115 Violations and penalties.
- 18.21.120 Unauthorized wetlands alterations and enforcement.
18.38 AI—Airport
Industrial District
Sections
- 18.38.010 Purpose.
- 18.38.020 General uses.
- 18.38.030 Airport industrial district overlays established generally.
- 18.38.040 Overlay boundaries delineated.
- 18.38.050 Permitted uses.
- 18.38.060 Uses permitted through planned development process.
- 18.38.070 Prohibited uses.
- 18.38.080 Nonconforming uses and variances.
- 18.38.090 Height limitations.
- 18.38.100 Supplementary land use standards.
- 18.38.110 Land uses in special airport zones.
18.48 Planned
Development
Sections
- 18.48.010 Intent.
- 18.48.020 Subdivision regulations.
- 18.48.030 Single-use planned developments.
- 18.48.040 Mixed-use planned developments.
- 18.48.050 Existing planned unit developments.
- 18.48.060 General use regulations.
- 18.48.070 Underlying zoning general district regulations.
- 18.48.080 Common open space.
- 18.48.090 Additional planned development regulations.
- 18.48.100 Phased planned developments.
- 18.48.110 Planned development title.
- 18.48.120 Preapplication conference.
- 18.48.130 Preliminary development proposal.
- 18.48.140 Preliminary development proposal processing.
- 18.48.150 Final development proposal.
- 18.48.160 Modifications of final development proposal.
18.50 Conditional
Uses
Sections
- 18.50.010 Procedures.
- 18.50.020 Hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities.
- 18.50.030 Mini-storage facilities.
- 18.50.040 Airports or heliports outside the AI—Airport Industrial district.
- 18.50.050 Cemeteries.
- 18.50.060 Churches.
- 18.50.070 Drive-in theaters.
- 18.50.080 Group homes.
- 18.50.090 Medical care facilities.
- 18.50.100 Public utilities.
- 18.50.110 Gravel pits or excavations.
- 18.50.120 Schools.
- 18.50.150 Child day care centers.
- 18.50.160 Conditional uses in Commercial Industrial (CI) district.
- 18.50.170 Minor auto repair.
- 18.50.180 Adult entertainment uses.