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18A.23 Gig

Harbor Peninsula Use Table

18A.23.005 Applicability.

This Chapter provides the Use Tables and Density and Dimension Tables for the Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan area. (See the Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan Area Map.)

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)

18A.23.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

Use Categories and Use Types

GIG HARBOR PENINSULA

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.23.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Employment Centers and Other Zones

Suburban Residential

[Reserved]

Community Employment

Public Institution

Park and Recreation

SR

CE

PI

PR

RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.

Group Home

C(1)

Mobile Home

P

Mobile Home Park

P

Multi-Family Housing

Residential Care Facilities

P1;C2

C1,2

Senior Housing

A

C

Shared Housing

P1;C3

Single-Family Housing

P

CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.

Administrative Government Services

P

Community and Cultural Services

A2;P7;C3,4

P2,3,7,8;C1

P2,7

P7

Day-Care Centers

C

C

Education

P1,2;C3

P

P1,2,4,5;C3

Health Services

P1;C2

C2

Postal Services

P

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,4;A2;C3

P1,3,4

P

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

C1

C1

P1;C3

Religious Assembly

P1;C2,3

C

Transportation

P1

C1-3

UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

A2

C3

C3

Natural Gas Facilities

P1;C3

P1-3;C4

P1-3

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

P

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P

P

P

P

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P1;C2

C

P

Waste Disposal Facilities

C2

C

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2-4

Water Supply Facilities

P1;A2;C3

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;A2;C3

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES USE CATEGORY [Reserved]

OFFICE/BUSINESS USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.250 for Description of Office/Business Use Categories.

Administrative and Professional Offices

P

RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.

Agritourism

Agricultural Services

Agricultural Supply Sales

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

Crop Production

P1

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

Forestry

Surface Mines

C

COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

C6

C

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

Business Services

P

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

Lodging

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service

Rental and Repair Services

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

Storage and Moving

C

Wholesale Trade

INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P

Food and Related Products

Industrial Services and Repair

P

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

P

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

P1-3

OTHER URBAN ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

MPC    Master Planned Community, see PCC 18A.10.080.E.

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.

MRO    Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.

P    Permitted.

C    Requires Conditional Use Permit.

A    Requires Administrative Use Permit.

Number    Refers to level of Use Type allowed, see PCC 18A.33.200 to 18A.33.280. When no number is present, all levels of the Use Type are allowed.

PL    Priority Location Criteria, see PCC 18J.15.270.

(1)    Conditional Use Permit not required when the proposed housing will be occupied by person(s) who qualify as "handicapped" as defined by the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.).

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 2016-33 § 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-24s2 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-14s § 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2014-67 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2013-85 § 1 (part), 2013; Ord. 2013-30s2 § 5 (part), 2013; Ord. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2012-10 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-70s § 11 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-13s § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2006-9s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-84s § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2004-87s § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)

18A.23.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

Use Categories and Use Types

GIG HARBOR PENINSULA

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.23.020)

Rural Centers

Rural Residential Areas, Resource Lands and Other Zones

Rural Neighborhood Center

Essential Public Facility-Rural Airport South

Rural Activity Center

Essential Public Facility-Rural Airport North

Rural 10

Rural 5

Rural Sensitive Resource

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

Rural Farm

Public Institution

RNC

EPF-RAS

RAC

EPF-RAN

R10

R5

RSR

ARL

PR

RF

PI

RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.

Group Home

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

Mobile Home

P

P

P

P

P

P

Mobile Home Park

Multi-Family Housing

Residential Care Facilities

P1,2

Senior Housing

P

Shared Housing

Single-Family Housing

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.

Administrative Government Services

P

P

Community and Cultural Services

P7;C1,2

P7

P1- 4,7,8;C5

P7;C2

P7; C2

P7;C1,2

P7

P7;C6

P7

P2,7;C1

P2,7

Day-Care Centers

C

P

C1

C1

C1

Education

PUD4,5

RS

RS

RS

P5

P1,2,4,5; C3

Health Services

P1

C2

Postal Services

C1

P1

P1

Public Park Facilities

C1

PUD

P1,2,4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P

Public Safety Services

C1

PUD1

P1,2

C1

C1

C1

C1

P1;C3

Religious Assembly

C1,2

P

C1,2

C

C1,2

Transportation

C1

PUD

P1;C2,3

C1,2

C1,2

C1

P1;C2,3

UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C4

C3

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

C3

Natural Gas Facilities

P1

PUD

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3,4

P1,2;C3,4

P1,2;C3,4

P1;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1-3

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

C

C

C2

P2;C1,3

P

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1

PUD1,2

P1;PL2

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

PUD

P

C

C

C

P1;C2

P1;C2

P

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1,2,3

C

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1

PUD1

P1;C2

P1

P1;C2,4

P1;C2,4

P

P1;C2-4

Water Supply Facilities

P1;A2;C3

PUD

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES USE CATEGORY [RESERVED]

OFFICE/BUSINESS USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.250 for Description of Office/Business Use Categories.

Administrative and Professional Offices

P

RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.

Agritourism

P1

P

C

C1;P2

C

C

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

C

C

C

C

P

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P

C1-4

C1-4

P1

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1-2;C3

P1-2

P1-2

P1-2

P1-2

P

P

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1

P1;A2;C3

P1

P1

P1

C1

P

P

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

C

C

C

C

P

P

P

Forestry

P1;C2

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1;C2

P

Surface Mines

C

C

C

C

C

COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

P1

C6

C3,6

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1

P1,2

C5

C5

Business Services

P

Commercial Centers

P1

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3

PUD3

P

Lodging

PUD2

P1,2;C4

C1

C1

P4

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service

P1

PUD4,6

P1,2,4

Rental and Repair Services

P1

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

P3

Storage and Moving

P1

Wholesale Trade

INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P1

C

C

Food and Related Products

C2

C1,2

P2

Industrial Services and Repair

PUD

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

C1

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

C3

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

NFCC    New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.60.090 and 18A.10.100.

MRO    Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.

RAO    Rural Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.D.

P    Permitted.

P*    Permitted only as allowed by Title 19A PCC, Pierce County Comprehensive Plan Policy U-15.7 (Utilities Element: Sanitary Sewer Service and Wastewater Treatment).

C    Requires Conditional Use Permit.

A    Requires Administrative Use Permit.

Number    Refers to level of Use Type allowed, see PCC 18A.33.200 to 18A.33.280. When no number is present, all levels of the Use Type are allowed.

PUD    Individual uses described in each cell are permitted as shown on the Tacoma Narrows Airport PUD Boundaries Map.

RS    Rural School Criteria, see PCC 18A.43.020.

(1)    Conditional Use Permit not required when the proposed housing will be occupied by person(s) who qualify as "handicapped" as defined by the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.).

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-48 § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2019-53 § 1 (part), 2019; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 2017-43s § 1 (part), 2017; Ord. 2016-33 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-24s2 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2015-86 § 1 (part), 2015; Ord. 2015-40 § 4 (part), 2015; Ord. 2014-67 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2013-85 § 1 (part), 2013; Ord. 2013-30s2 § 5 (part), 2013; Ord. 2014-32s § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2012-10 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-13s § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-98s § 4 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-109s § 3 (part), 2007; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2006-53s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2006-9s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-84s § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-15 § 1 (part), 2005; Ord. 2004-87s § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)

18A.23.005 Applicability.

This Chapter provides the Use Tables and Density and Dimension Tables for the Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan area. (See the Gig Harbor Peninsula Community Plan Area Map.)

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)

18A.23.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

Use Categories and Use Types

GIG HARBOR PENINSULA

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.23.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Employment Centers and Other Zones

Suburban Residential

[Reserved]

Community Employment

Public Institution

Park and Recreation

SR

CE

PI

PR

RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.

Group Home

C(1)

Mobile Home

P

Mobile Home Park

P

Multi-Family Housing

Residential Care Facilities

P1;C2

C1,2

Senior Housing

A

C

Shared Housing

P1;C3

Single-Family Housing

P

CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.

Administrative Government Services

P

Community and Cultural Services

A2;P7;C3,4

P2,3,7,8;C1

P2,7

P7

Day-Care Centers

C

C

Education

P1,2;C3

P

P1,2,4,5;C3

Health Services

P1;C2

C2

Postal Services

P

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,4;A2;C3

P1,3,4

P

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

C1

C1

P1;C3

Religious Assembly

P1;C2,3

C

Transportation

P1

C1-3

UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

A2

C3

C3

Natural Gas Facilities

P1;C3

P1-3;C4

P1-3

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

P

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P

P

P

P

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P1;C2

C

P

Waste Disposal Facilities

C2

C

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2-4

Water Supply Facilities

P1;A2;C3

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;A2;C3

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES USE CATEGORY [Reserved]

OFFICE/BUSINESS USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.250 for Description of Office/Business Use Categories.

Administrative and Professional Offices

P

RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.

Agritourism

Agricultural Services

Agricultural Supply Sales

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

Crop Production

P1

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

Forestry

Surface Mines

C

COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

C6

C

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

Business Services

P

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

Lodging

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service

Rental and Repair Services

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

Storage and Moving

C

Wholesale Trade

INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P

Food and Related Products

Industrial Services and Repair

P

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

P

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

P1-3

OTHER URBAN ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

MPC    Master Planned Community, see PCC 18A.10.080.E.

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.

MRO    Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.

P    Permitted.

C    Requires Conditional Use Permit.

A    Requires Administrative Use Permit.

Number    Refers to level of Use Type allowed, see PCC 18A.33.200 to 18A.33.280. When no number is present, all levels of the Use Type are allowed.

PL    Priority Location Criteria, see PCC 18J.15.270.

(1)    Conditional Use Permit not required when the proposed housing will be occupied by person(s) who qualify as "handicapped" as defined by the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.).

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 2016-33 § 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-24s2 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-14s § 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2014-67 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2013-85 § 1 (part), 2013; Ord. 2013-30s2 § 5 (part), 2013; Ord. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2012-10 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-70s § 11 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-13s § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2006-9s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-84s § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2004-87s § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)

18A.23.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

Use Categories and Use Types

GIG HARBOR PENINSULA

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.23.020)

Rural Centers

Rural Residential Areas, Resource Lands and Other Zones

Rural Neighborhood Center

Essential Public Facility-Rural Airport South

Rural Activity Center

Essential Public Facility-Rural Airport North

Rural 10

Rural 5

Rural Sensitive Resource

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

Rural Farm

Public Institution

RNC

EPF-RAS

RAC

EPF-RAN

R10

R5

RSR

ARL

PR

RF

PI

RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.

Group Home

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

Mobile Home

P

P

P

P

P

P

Mobile Home Park

Multi-Family Housing

Residential Care Facilities

P1,2

Senior Housing

P

Shared Housing

Single-Family Housing

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2

CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.

Administrative Government Services

P

P

Community and Cultural Services

P7;C1,2

P7

P1- 4,7,8;C5

P7;C2

P7; C2

P7;C1,2

P7

P7;C6

P7

P2,7;C1

P2,7

Day-Care Centers

C

P

C1

C1

C1

Education

PUD4,5

RS

RS

RS

P5

P1,2,4,5; C3

Health Services

P1

C2

Postal Services

C1

P1

P1

Public Park Facilities

C1

PUD

P1,2,4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P

Public Safety Services

C1

PUD1

P1,2

C1

C1

C1

C1

P1;C3

Religious Assembly

C1,2

P

C1,2

C

C1,2

Transportation

C1

PUD

P1;C2,3

C1,2

C1,2

C1

P1;C2,3

UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C4

C3

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

C3

Natural Gas Facilities

P1

PUD

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3,4

P1,2;C3,4

P1,2;C3,4

P1;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1-3

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

C

C

C2

P2;C1,3

P

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1

PUD1,2

P1;PL2

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

PUD

P

C

C

C

P1;C2

P1;C2

P

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1,2,3

C

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1

PUD1

P1;C2

P1

P1;C2,4

P1;C2,4

P

P1;C2-4

Water Supply Facilities

P1;A2;C3

PUD

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES USE CATEGORY [RESERVED]

OFFICE/BUSINESS USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.250 for Description of Office/Business Use Categories.

Administrative and Professional Offices

P

RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.

Agritourism

P1

P

C

C1;P2

C

C

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

C

C

C

C

P

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P

C1-4

C1-4

P1

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1-2;C3

P1-2

P1-2

P1-2

P1-2

P

P

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1

P1;A2;C3

P1

P1

P1

C1

P

P

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

C

C

C

C

P

P

P

Forestry

P1;C2

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1;C2

P

Surface Mines

C

C

C

C

C

COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

P1

C6

C3,6

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1

P1,2

C5

C5

Business Services

P

Commercial Centers

P1

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3

PUD3

P

Lodging

PUD2

P1,2;C4

C1

C1

P4

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service

P1

PUD4,6

P1,2,4

Rental and Repair Services

P1

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

P3

Storage and Moving

P1

Wholesale Trade

INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P1

C

C

Food and Related Products

C2

C1,2

P2

Industrial Services and Repair

PUD

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

C1

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

C3

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

NFCC    New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.60.090 and 18A.10.100.

MRO    Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.

RAO    Rural Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.D.

P    Permitted.

P*    Permitted only as allowed by Title 19A PCC, Pierce County Comprehensive Plan Policy U-15.7 (Utilities Element: Sanitary Sewer Service and Wastewater Treatment).

C    Requires Conditional Use Permit.

A    Requires Administrative Use Permit.

Number    Refers to level of Use Type allowed, see PCC 18A.33.200 to 18A.33.280. When no number is present, all levels of the Use Type are allowed.

PUD    Individual uses described in each cell are permitted as shown on the Tacoma Narrows Airport PUD Boundaries Map.

RS    Rural School Criteria, see PCC 18A.43.020.

(1)    Conditional Use Permit not required when the proposed housing will be occupied by person(s) who qualify as "handicapped" as defined by the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.).

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-48 § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2019-53 § 1 (part), 2019; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 2017-43s § 1 (part), 2017; Ord. 2016-33 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-24s2 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2015-86 § 1 (part), 2015; Ord. 2015-40 § 4 (part), 2015; Ord. 2014-67 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2013-85 § 1 (part), 2013; Ord. 2013-30s2 § 5 (part), 2013; Ord. 2014-32s § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2012-10 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-13s § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-98s § 4 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-109s § 3 (part), 2007; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2006-53s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2006-9s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-84s § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-15 § 1 (part), 2005; Ord. 2004-87s § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)