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18A.27 Mid-County

Use Table

18A.27.005 Applicability.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 2025-516s, codified in December 2025.

This Chapter provides the Use Tables and Density and Dimension Tables for the Mid-County Community Plan area, with the exception of the Employment Corridor zone and Neighborhood Corridor, Urban Corridor, and Towne Center zones found in the Compact Urban designation. Use Tables for these zones are found in Chapter 18A.16 PCC. (See the Mid-County Community Plan Area Map.)

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 2020; Ord. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)

18A.27.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 2025-516s, codified in December 2025.

Use Categories and Use Types

MID-COUNTY

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.27.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Centers

Employment Centers and Other Zones

Residential Resource

[Reserved]

Middle Housing

Neighborhood Center

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

RR

[Rsvd]

MH

NC

MUD

[Rsvd]

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

Group Home

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

Mobile Home

P

P

Mobile Home Park

P

P

Multi-Family Housing

P1

P

P

Residential Care Facilities

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2;C3,4

Senior Housing

A

A

P

P

Shared Housing

P1

P1,2; A3

P

P

Single-Family Housing

P1,2

P

P

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

Administrative Government Services

P1,4

P

Community and Cultural Services

P7

A2;P7;C3,4

P1,2,7

P1-4,7,8

Day-Care Centers

C

P

P

Education

A1,2

P1,2;C3-5

P

P1,4,5;A2;C3

Health Services

P1

P1;C2

Postal Services

P1

P1;C2

Public Park Facilities

P1,4;A2;C3

P1-4

P1,4

P

Public Safety Services

C1

C1

P1

P1;C2,3

Religious Assembly

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P

P

Transportation

P1

P1;C2,3

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

A2

A2

C3

A3

Natural Gas Facilities

P1;C3

P1;C3

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P

P

P

P

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

C

C

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1,C2

P1,C2

P1;C2,3

P1;PL2;C3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P1,C2

P1,C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C2

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

Water Supply Facilities

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

P

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

Agritourism

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P1

P

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1

Crop Production

P1

P1

P1

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

C

Forestry

Surface Mines

C

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

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

C6

C6

P1;C2,3

P1-4;C5

Billboards

A

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1,2;C3

P1-5;C6

Business Services

P1

P

Commercial Centers

P1;C2

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3;C2

P

Lodging

P1,2

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

P

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

P1,2

P

Rental and Repair Services

P1

P

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P2;C3

P

Storage and Moving

P

Wholesale Trade

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

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P1;C2

Food and Related Products

C2

Industrial Services and Repair

C

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

C1-4

Off-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

C1,2

 

OTHER URBAN ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

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

EBPC    Employment Based Planned Community, see PCC 18A.10.080.E.

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. 2024-548s § 1, 2024; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; 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. 2012-2s § 5 (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. 2008-39 § 4 (part), 2008; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)

18A.27.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 2025-516s, codified in December 2025.

Use Categories and Use Types

MID-COUNTY

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.27.020)

Rural Centers

Resource Lands and Other Zones

Rural Residential Areas

Rural Neighborhood Center

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

Rural Separator

Rural Farm

RNC

[Rsvd]

ARL

PR

RSep

RF

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

Group Home

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

Mobile Home

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

P1

P1,2

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

Administrative Government Services

P

Community and Cultural Services

P1,2,7

P7;C6

P7

P2,7

P2,7;C1

Day-Care Centers

P

P1

Education

RS

RS;P5

P5

Health Services

P1

Postal Services

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

P1

P1

P1

Religious Assembly

P

(2)P1;C2,3

Transportation

P1;C2,3

C2(3)

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C4

C

C4

Natural Gas Facilities

P1,2;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3

P1;C3,4

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

P2;C1,3

P2;C1,3

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1-3

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1

Water Supply Facilities

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

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P1

P1

P1

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

C1

P

P1,2;C3

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1

P

P1;A2;C3

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

P

P

P

Forestry

P1;C2

P1,3

P1,3;C2

P1;C2

Surface Mines

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

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1,2,5

P1

Business Services

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3

Lodging

C1

P4

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

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

P1,2

Rental and Repair Services

P1

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

Storage and Moving

C1

Wholesale Trade

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

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

A*

Food and Related Products

P2

Industrial Services and Repair

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.

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

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

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.

A*    Only legally existing contractors yards formerly designated in the CCS zone in the Summit-Waller Community Plan area shall be allowed to remain and expand (Mid-County Community Plan, GOAL MC LU-5.2) in the RSep designation. All expansions shall require approval of an 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.

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.).

(2) Except for expansions of legally established religious assembly uses as provided for in this note, no new level 3 religious assembly uses are allowed. Legally established religious assembly uses existing on March 1, 2006, shall be allowed to expand. Expansions to adjacent parcels shall be allowed. Expansions to the sizes permitted by levels 2 and 3 shall require approval of a Conditional Use Permit.

(3) Transportation uses in the Mid-County Community Plan area are limited to those which serve a public school district in which the proposed facility is located.

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 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. 2019-36 § 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. 2012-2s § 5 (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. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)

18A.27.005 Applicability.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 2025-516s, codified in December 2025.

This Chapter provides the Use Tables and Density and Dimension Tables for the Mid-County Community Plan area, with the exception of the Employment Corridor zone and Neighborhood Corridor, Urban Corridor, and Towne Center zones found in the Compact Urban designation. Use Tables for these zones are found in Chapter 18A.16 PCC. (See the Mid-County Community Plan Area Map.)

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 2020; Ord. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)

18A.27.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 2025-516s, codified in December 2025.

Use Categories and Use Types

MID-COUNTY

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.27.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Centers

Employment Centers and Other Zones

Residential Resource

[Reserved]

Middle Housing

Neighborhood Center

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

RR

[Rsvd]

MH

NC

MUD

[Rsvd]

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

Group Home

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

Mobile Home

P

P

Mobile Home Park

P

P

Multi-Family Housing

P1

P

P

Residential Care Facilities

P1,2

P1,2

P1,2;C3,4

Senior Housing

A

A

P

P

Shared Housing

P1

P1,2; A3

P

P

Single-Family Housing

P1,2

P

P

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

Administrative Government Services

P1,4

P

Community and Cultural Services

P7

A2;P7;C3,4

P1,2,7

P1-4,7,8

Day-Care Centers

C

P

P

Education

A1,2

P1,2;C3-5

P

P1,4,5;A2;C3

Health Services

P1

P1;C2

Postal Services

P1

P1;C2

Public Park Facilities

P1,4;A2;C3

P1-4

P1,4

P

Public Safety Services

C1

C1

P1

P1;C2,3

Religious Assembly

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P

P

Transportation

P1

P1;C2,3

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

A2

A2

C3

A3

Natural Gas Facilities

P1;C3

P1;C3

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P

P

P

P

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

C

C

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1,C2

P1,C2

P1;C2,3

P1;PL2;C3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P1,C2

P1,C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C2

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

Water Supply Facilities

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

P

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

Agritourism

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P1

P

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1

Crop Production

P1

P1

P1

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

C

Forestry

Surface Mines

C

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

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

C6

C6

P1;C2,3

P1-4;C5

Billboards

A

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1,2;C3

P1-5;C6

Business Services

P1

P

Commercial Centers

P1;C2

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3;C2

P

Lodging

P1,2

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

P

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

P1,2

P

Rental and Repair Services

P1

P

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P2;C3

P

Storage and Moving

P

Wholesale Trade

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

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P1;C2

Food and Related Products

C2

Industrial Services and Repair

C

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

C1-4

Off-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

C1,2

 

OTHER URBAN ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

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

EBPC    Employment Based Planned Community, see PCC 18A.10.080.E.

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. 2024-548s § 1, 2024; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; 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. 2012-2s § 5 (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. 2008-39 § 4 (part), 2008; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)

18A.27.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 2025-516s, codified in December 2025.

Use Categories and Use Types

MID-COUNTY

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.27.020)

Rural Centers

Resource Lands and Other Zones

Rural Residential Areas

Rural Neighborhood Center

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

Rural Separator

Rural Farm

RNC

[Rsvd]

ARL

PR

RSep

RF

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

Group Home

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

C(1)

Mobile Home

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

P1

P1,2

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

Administrative Government Services

P

Community and Cultural Services

P1,2,7

P7;C6

P7

P2,7

P2,7;C1

Day-Care Centers

P

P1

Education

RS

RS;P5

P5

Health Services

P1

Postal Services

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

P1

P1

P1

Religious Assembly

P

(2)P1;C2,3

Transportation

P1;C2,3

C2(3)

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C4

C

C4

Natural Gas Facilities

P1,2;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3

P1;C3,4

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

P2;C1,3

P2;C1,3

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1-3

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1

Water Supply Facilities

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

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P1

P1

P1

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

C1

P

P1,2;C3

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1

P

P1;A2;C3

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

P

P

P

Forestry

P1;C2

P1,3

P1,3;C2

P1;C2

Surface Mines

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

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1,2,5

P1

Business Services

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3

Lodging

C1

P4

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

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

P1,2

Rental and Repair Services

P1

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

Storage and Moving

C1

Wholesale Trade

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

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

A*

Food and Related Products

P2

Industrial Services and Repair

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.

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

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

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.

A*    Only legally existing contractors yards formerly designated in the CCS zone in the Summit-Waller Community Plan area shall be allowed to remain and expand (Mid-County Community Plan, GOAL MC LU-5.2) in the RSep designation. All expansions shall require approval of an 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.

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.).

(2) Except for expansions of legally established religious assembly uses as provided for in this note, no new level 3 religious assembly uses are allowed. Legally established religious assembly uses existing on March 1, 2006, shall be allowed to expand. Expansions to adjacent parcels shall be allowed. Expansions to the sizes permitted by levels 2 and 3 shall require approval of a Conditional Use Permit.

(3) Transportation uses in the Mid-County Community Plan area are limited to those which serve a public school district in which the proposed facility is located.

(Ord. 2025-516s § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 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. 2019-36 § 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. 2012-2s § 5 (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. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)