Pierce County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

18A.17 Pierce

County Outside of Community Plan Areas Use Table

18A.17.005 Applicability.

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

This Chapter provides the Use Tables for all areas of unincorporated Pierce County that are not included in an adopted community(ies) plan area. A separate Chapter is included for the Use Tables associated with each community(ies) plan area.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Districts

[Reserved]

Suburban Residential

Residential Resource

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

MUD

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Residential			Urban Districts
	[Reserved]	Suburban Residential	Residential Resource	Mixed Use District	[Reserved]	[Reserved]
		SR	RR	MUD
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories
Group Home		C(1)	P	C(1)
Mobile Home		P	P
Mobile Home Park		P		P
Multi-Family Housing				P
Residential Care Facilities		P1;C2		P1,2;C3,4
Senior Housing		A	A	P
Shared Housing		P1;C3	P1	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing		P	P1,2	A
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services				P
Community and Cultural Services		A2;C3,4;P7	P7	P1-4,7,8;C5
Day-Care Centers		C		P
Education		P1,2;C3	A1,2	P4-5;A1,2;C3
Health Services				P1;C2
Postal Services				P
Public Park Facilities		P1,4;A2;C3	P1,4;C2,3	P
Public Safety Services		C1	C1	P1,2;C3
Religious Assembly		P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P
Transportation				P1;C2,3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities		P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities		A2	A2
Natural Gas Facilities		P1;C3	P1;C3	P1,2;C3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities
Pipelines		P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities		P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities		C	C	C
Surface Water Management Activities		P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;PL2;C3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities		C2
Waste Transfer Facilities		P1;C2		P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities		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
Agricultural Services				P
Agricultural Supply Sales				P
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering
Crop Production		P1	P1
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture
Forestry				P1
Surface Mines		C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation		C6	C6	P
Billboards				P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies				P
Business Services				P
Commercial Centers				C
Eating and Drinking Establishments				P
Lodging				C1;P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales				P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service				P
Rental and Repair Services				P
Sales of Merchandise and Services				P4;C5
Storage and Moving				P
Wholesale Trade				P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards				P
Food and Related Products				C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly				C
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage				P1;C2-4
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement				C1-3
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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Centers and Employment Centers						Other Zones
	Major Urban Center	Community Center	Activity Center	Neighborhood Center	Employment Center	Community Employment	Park and Recreation	Public Institution
	MUC	CC	AC	NC	EC	CE	PR	PI
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.
Group Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing	P		P	P
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2;C3,4		P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P		P	P
Shared Housing	A1;P2,3		A1;P2,3	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services	P	P	P	P		P		P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8	P1-4,7,8	P1,2,7	P7	P7	P7	P2,7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education	P4;A1,2;C3	P4;A1,2;C3	P	A1,2;C3		P4,5		P1,2,4;C3
Health Services	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1	P1	P1;C2	P1;C2		C2
Postal Services	P	P1;C2	P1	P1	P	P2		P1
Public Park Facilities	P	P1,2,4	P1,2,4	P1,4	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3	P
Public Safety Services	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1,2;C3	P1;C2	P1	P1;C3
Religious Assembly	P	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3		C
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	A3	A3	A3	C3	C		C3	C3
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P	P1-3;C4		P1,2,3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities					P1,2;C3			P
Pipelines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C	C	C	C			C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2,3;C4	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P	P		P
Waste Disposal Facilities					P1-4;C5			C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2-4	P1		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P	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	P	P	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P	P	P	P1
Agricultural Services					P			P
Agricultural Supply Sales						P1-4
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering					C3			P
Crop Production					P	P2		P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture					C	C		P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1	P1	P	P		P
Surface Mines					C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business	C
Amusement and Recreation	P	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3		P1,2,4
Billboards	P		C		P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P	P1,2;C3,4	P1,2	P1,2		P1,2
Business Services	P	P	P	P	P	P
Commercial Centers	P	C	C
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P3;C1,2
Lodging	P2	P2	P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales					P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1,5	P2		P1
Rental and Repair Services	P	P	P1	P1	P	P1;C2
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P	P	P3;C4	P3	P1	P1
Storage and Moving	P					C
Wholesale Trade	P	P			P	P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing					P
Contractor Yards		C			P
Food and Related Products	C2	C2			P	P
Industrial Services and Repair					P	P
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly		C			P	P
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities					C
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage					P
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement		C1-3			P1-3;C4	P1-3
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. AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.			P Permitted. C Conditional Use Permit. A 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.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)
	Rural Centers					Resource Lands and Other Zones
	Rural Activity Center	Gateway Community	Rural Neighborhood Center			Forest Lands	Agricultural Resource Lands	Public Institution	Park and Recreation
	RAC	GC	RNC	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	FL	ARL	PI	PR
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)
Mobile Home	P	P	P			P	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P	P	P
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	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	P					P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1,2,7			P7	P7;C6	P2,7	P7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P
Education	RS	RS	RS					P1,2,4,5;C3
Health Services	P1	P1	P1					C2
Postal Services	P1	P1	P1					P1
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4	P	P1			P	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1,2	P1	P1			P1		P1;C3	P1
Religious Assembly	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3			C3		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
Electrical Generation Facilities	C3		C3			C		C3	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3			P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1-3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	P1;2;C3					C	C1-3	P
Pipelines	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*			P*		P	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C						C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2	P1;PL2	P1;PL2			P1-3;C4	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P	P	P			P1;C2		P
Waste Disposal Facilities						C1-3,5	C1-3,5	C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2,4			P1;C2		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	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	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P			P	P
Agricultural Services	P		P				P	P
Agricultural Supply Sales	P	P1-4	P1-4				P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3						P	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C			C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1	P1			P1	P	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries and Aquaculture						P	P	P
Forestry	P1;C2	P1	P1;C2			P1;C2	P1	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	P1-3;C4	P1
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Business Services	P	P
Commercial Centers	P1
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P
Lodging	P1,2;C4	P1,2;C4-5				C1
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1,2,4	P1,2	P1,2
Rental and Repair Services	P1	P1	P1
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P3	P3	P1
Storage and Moving	P1		C1
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	P1
Food and Related Products	C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly	C1
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage	C3
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS			NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)

Rural Residential Areas

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural 5

Rural Farm

R10, R20, R40

[Rsvd]

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020) Rural Residential Areas
	Rural 10 Rural 20 Rural 40	Rural 5	Rural Farm
	R10, R20, R40	R5	RF	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[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	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities
Senior Housing
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services
Community and Cultural Services	P2,3,7,8;C1	P2,7;C1	P2,7;C1
Day-Care Centers	P1;C2	P1;C2
Education	RS	RS	P5
Health Services
Postal Services
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1	P1
Religious Assembly	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3
Transportation	C1-3	C1-3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	C	C	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	C	C	P2;C1,3
Pipelines	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2;C3,C5	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility and Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities	C1-3,5	C1-3,5
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities	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
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P
Agricultural Services	C	C	P
Agricultural Supply Sales			P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3	P1-2;C3	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture	P	P	P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1;C2
Surface Mines	C	C	C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation	C3,6	C3,6
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies
Business Services
Commercial Centers
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Lodging	C1,5	C1	P4
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
Storage and Moving
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	C
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
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement	C4
OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS		NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

18A.17.005 Applicability.

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

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Districts

[Reserved]

Suburban Residential

Residential Resource

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

MUD

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Residential			Urban Districts
	[Reserved]	Suburban Residential	Residential Resource	Mixed Use District	[Reserved]	[Reserved]
		SR	RR	MUD
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories
Group Home		C(1)	P	C(1)
Mobile Home		P	P
Mobile Home Park		P		P
Multi-Family Housing				P
Residential Care Facilities		P1;C2		P1,2;C3,4
Senior Housing		A	A	P
Shared Housing		P1;C3	P1	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing		P	P1,2	A
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services				P
Community and Cultural Services		A2;C3,4;P7	P7	P1-4,7,8;C5
Day-Care Centers		C		P
Education		P1,2;C3	A1,2	P4-5;A1,2;C3
Health Services				P1;C2
Postal Services				P
Public Park Facilities		P1,4;A2;C3	P1,4;C2,3	P
Public Safety Services		C1	C1	P1,2;C3
Religious Assembly		P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P
Transportation				P1;C2,3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities		P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities		A2	A2
Natural Gas Facilities		P1;C3	P1;C3	P1,2;C3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities
Pipelines		P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities		P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities		C	C	C
Surface Water Management Activities		P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;PL2;C3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities		C2
Waste Transfer Facilities		P1;C2		P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities		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
Agricultural Services				P
Agricultural Supply Sales				P
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering
Crop Production		P1	P1
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture
Forestry				P1
Surface Mines		C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation		C6	C6	P
Billboards				P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies				P
Business Services				P
Commercial Centers				C
Eating and Drinking Establishments				P
Lodging				C1;P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales				P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service				P
Rental and Repair Services				P
Sales of Merchandise and Services				P4;C5
Storage and Moving				P
Wholesale Trade				P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards				P
Food and Related Products				C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly				C
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage				P1;C2-4
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement				C1-3
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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Centers and Employment Centers						Other Zones
	Major Urban Center	Community Center	Activity Center	Neighborhood Center	Employment Center	Community Employment	Park and Recreation	Public Institution
	MUC	CC	AC	NC	EC	CE	PR	PI
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.
Group Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing	P		P	P
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2;C3,4		P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P		P	P
Shared Housing	A1;P2,3		A1;P2,3	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services	P	P	P	P		P		P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8	P1-4,7,8	P1,2,7	P7	P7	P7	P2,7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education	P4;A1,2;C3	P4;A1,2;C3	P	A1,2;C3		P4,5		P1,2,4;C3
Health Services	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1	P1	P1;C2	P1;C2		C2
Postal Services	P	P1;C2	P1	P1	P	P2		P1
Public Park Facilities	P	P1,2,4	P1,2,4	P1,4	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3	P
Public Safety Services	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1,2;C3	P1;C2	P1	P1;C3
Religious Assembly	P	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3		C
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	A3	A3	A3	C3	C		C3	C3
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P	P1-3;C4		P1,2,3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities					P1,2;C3			P
Pipelines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C	C	C	C			C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2,3;C4	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P	P		P
Waste Disposal Facilities					P1-4;C5			C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2-4	P1		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P	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	P	P	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P	P	P	P1
Agricultural Services					P			P
Agricultural Supply Sales						P1-4
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering					C3			P
Crop Production					P	P2		P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture					C	C		P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1	P1	P	P		P
Surface Mines					C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business	C
Amusement and Recreation	P	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3		P1,2,4
Billboards	P		C		P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P	P1,2;C3,4	P1,2	P1,2		P1,2
Business Services	P	P	P	P	P	P
Commercial Centers	P	C	C
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P3;C1,2
Lodging	P2	P2	P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales					P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1,5	P2		P1
Rental and Repair Services	P	P	P1	P1	P	P1;C2
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P	P	P3;C4	P3	P1	P1
Storage and Moving	P					C
Wholesale Trade	P	P			P	P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing					P
Contractor Yards		C			P
Food and Related Products	C2	C2			P	P
Industrial Services and Repair					P	P
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly		C			P	P
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities					C
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage					P
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement		C1-3			P1-3;C4	P1-3
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. AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.			P Permitted. C Conditional Use Permit. A 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.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)
	Rural Centers					Resource Lands and Other Zones
	Rural Activity Center	Gateway Community	Rural Neighborhood Center			Forest Lands	Agricultural Resource Lands	Public Institution	Park and Recreation
	RAC	GC	RNC	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	FL	ARL	PI	PR
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)
Mobile Home	P	P	P			P	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P	P	P
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	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	P					P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1,2,7			P7	P7;C6	P2,7	P7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P
Education	RS	RS	RS					P1,2,4,5;C3
Health Services	P1	P1	P1					C2
Postal Services	P1	P1	P1					P1
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4	P	P1			P	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1,2	P1	P1			P1		P1;C3	P1
Religious Assembly	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3			C3		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
Electrical Generation Facilities	C3		C3			C		C3	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3			P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1-3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	P1;2;C3					C	C1-3	P
Pipelines	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*			P*		P	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C						C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2	P1;PL2	P1;PL2			P1-3;C4	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P	P	P			P1;C2		P
Waste Disposal Facilities						C1-3,5	C1-3,5	C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2,4			P1;C2		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	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	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P			P	P
Agricultural Services	P		P				P	P
Agricultural Supply Sales	P	P1-4	P1-4				P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3						P	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C			C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1	P1			P1	P	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries and Aquaculture						P	P	P
Forestry	P1;C2	P1	P1;C2			P1;C2	P1	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	P1-3;C4	P1
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Business Services	P	P
Commercial Centers	P1
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P
Lodging	P1,2;C4	P1,2;C4-5				C1
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1,2,4	P1,2	P1,2
Rental and Repair Services	P1	P1	P1
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P3	P3	P1
Storage and Moving	P1		C1
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	P1
Food and Related Products	C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly	C1
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage	C3
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS			NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)

Rural Residential Areas

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural 5

Rural Farm

R10, R20, R40

[Rsvd]

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020) Rural Residential Areas
	Rural 10 Rural 20 Rural 40	Rural 5	Rural Farm
	R10, R20, R40	R5	RF	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[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	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities
Senior Housing
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services
Community and Cultural Services	P2,3,7,8;C1	P2,7;C1	P2,7;C1
Day-Care Centers	P1;C2	P1;C2
Education	RS	RS	P5
Health Services
Postal Services
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1	P1
Religious Assembly	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3
Transportation	C1-3	C1-3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	C	C	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	C	C	P2;C1,3
Pipelines	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2;C3,C5	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility and Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities	C1-3,5	C1-3,5
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities	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
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P
Agricultural Services	C	C	P
Agricultural Supply Sales			P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3	P1-2;C3	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture	P	P	P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1;C2
Surface Mines	C	C	C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation	C3,6	C3,6
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies
Business Services
Commercial Centers
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Lodging	C1,5	C1	P4
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
Storage and Moving
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	C
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
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement	C4
OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS		NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Pierce County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

18A.17 Pierce

County Outside of Community Plan Areas Use Table

18A.17.005 Applicability.

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

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Districts

[Reserved]

Suburban Residential

Residential Resource

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

MUD

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Residential			Urban Districts
	[Reserved]	Suburban Residential	Residential Resource	Mixed Use District	[Reserved]	[Reserved]
		SR	RR	MUD
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories
Group Home		C(1)	P	C(1)
Mobile Home		P	P
Mobile Home Park		P		P
Multi-Family Housing				P
Residential Care Facilities		P1;C2		P1,2;C3,4
Senior Housing		A	A	P
Shared Housing		P1;C3	P1	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing		P	P1,2	A
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services				P
Community and Cultural Services		A2;C3,4;P7	P7	P1-4,7,8;C5
Day-Care Centers		C		P
Education		P1,2;C3	A1,2	P4-5;A1,2;C3
Health Services				P1;C2
Postal Services				P
Public Park Facilities		P1,4;A2;C3	P1,4;C2,3	P
Public Safety Services		C1	C1	P1,2;C3
Religious Assembly		P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P
Transportation				P1;C2,3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities		P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities		A2	A2
Natural Gas Facilities		P1;C3	P1;C3	P1,2;C3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities
Pipelines		P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities		P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities		C	C	C
Surface Water Management Activities		P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;PL2;C3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities		C2
Waste Transfer Facilities		P1;C2		P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities		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
Agricultural Services				P
Agricultural Supply Sales				P
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering
Crop Production		P1	P1
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture
Forestry				P1
Surface Mines		C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation		C6	C6	P
Billboards				P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies				P
Business Services				P
Commercial Centers				C
Eating and Drinking Establishments				P
Lodging				C1;P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales				P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service				P
Rental and Repair Services				P
Sales of Merchandise and Services				P4;C5
Storage and Moving				P
Wholesale Trade				P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards				P
Food and Related Products				C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly				C
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage				P1;C2-4
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement				C1-3
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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Centers and Employment Centers						Other Zones
	Major Urban Center	Community Center	Activity Center	Neighborhood Center	Employment Center	Community Employment	Park and Recreation	Public Institution
	MUC	CC	AC	NC	EC	CE	PR	PI
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.
Group Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing	P		P	P
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2;C3,4		P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P		P	P
Shared Housing	A1;P2,3		A1;P2,3	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services	P	P	P	P		P		P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8	P1-4,7,8	P1,2,7	P7	P7	P7	P2,7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education	P4;A1,2;C3	P4;A1,2;C3	P	A1,2;C3		P4,5		P1,2,4;C3
Health Services	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1	P1	P1;C2	P1;C2		C2
Postal Services	P	P1;C2	P1	P1	P	P2		P1
Public Park Facilities	P	P1,2,4	P1,2,4	P1,4	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3	P
Public Safety Services	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1,2;C3	P1;C2	P1	P1;C3
Religious Assembly	P	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3		C
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	A3	A3	A3	C3	C		C3	C3
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P	P1-3;C4		P1,2,3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities					P1,2;C3			P
Pipelines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C	C	C	C			C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2,3;C4	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P	P		P
Waste Disposal Facilities					P1-4;C5			C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2-4	P1		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P	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	P	P	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P	P	P	P1
Agricultural Services					P			P
Agricultural Supply Sales						P1-4
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering					C3			P
Crop Production					P	P2		P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture					C	C		P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1	P1	P	P		P
Surface Mines					C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business	C
Amusement and Recreation	P	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3		P1,2,4
Billboards	P		C		P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P	P1,2;C3,4	P1,2	P1,2		P1,2
Business Services	P	P	P	P	P	P
Commercial Centers	P	C	C
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P3;C1,2
Lodging	P2	P2	P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales					P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1,5	P2		P1
Rental and Repair Services	P	P	P1	P1	P	P1;C2
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P	P	P3;C4	P3	P1	P1
Storage and Moving	P					C
Wholesale Trade	P	P			P	P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing					P
Contractor Yards		C			P
Food and Related Products	C2	C2			P	P
Industrial Services and Repair					P	P
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly		C			P	P
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities					C
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage					P
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement		C1-3			P1-3;C4	P1-3
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. AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.			P Permitted. C Conditional Use Permit. A 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.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)
	Rural Centers					Resource Lands and Other Zones
	Rural Activity Center	Gateway Community	Rural Neighborhood Center			Forest Lands	Agricultural Resource Lands	Public Institution	Park and Recreation
	RAC	GC	RNC	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	FL	ARL	PI	PR
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)
Mobile Home	P	P	P			P	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P	P	P
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	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	P					P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1,2,7			P7	P7;C6	P2,7	P7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P
Education	RS	RS	RS					P1,2,4,5;C3
Health Services	P1	P1	P1					C2
Postal Services	P1	P1	P1					P1
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4	P	P1			P	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1,2	P1	P1			P1		P1;C3	P1
Religious Assembly	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3			C3		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
Electrical Generation Facilities	C3		C3			C		C3	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3			P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1-3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	P1;2;C3					C	C1-3	P
Pipelines	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*			P*		P	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C						C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2	P1;PL2	P1;PL2			P1-3;C4	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P	P	P			P1;C2		P
Waste Disposal Facilities						C1-3,5	C1-3,5	C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2,4			P1;C2		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	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	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P			P	P
Agricultural Services	P		P				P	P
Agricultural Supply Sales	P	P1-4	P1-4				P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3						P	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C			C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1	P1			P1	P	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries and Aquaculture						P	P	P
Forestry	P1;C2	P1	P1;C2			P1;C2	P1	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	P1-3;C4	P1
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Business Services	P	P
Commercial Centers	P1
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P
Lodging	P1,2;C4	P1,2;C4-5				C1
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1,2,4	P1,2	P1,2
Rental and Repair Services	P1	P1	P1
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P3	P3	P1
Storage and Moving	P1		C1
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	P1
Food and Related Products	C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly	C1
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage	C3
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS			NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)

Rural Residential Areas

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural 5

Rural Farm

R10, R20, R40

[Rsvd]

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020) Rural Residential Areas
	Rural 10 Rural 20 Rural 40	Rural 5	Rural Farm
	R10, R20, R40	R5	RF	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[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	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities
Senior Housing
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services
Community and Cultural Services	P2,3,7,8;C1	P2,7;C1	P2,7;C1
Day-Care Centers	P1;C2	P1;C2
Education	RS	RS	P5
Health Services
Postal Services
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1	P1
Religious Assembly	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3
Transportation	C1-3	C1-3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	C	C	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	C	C	P2;C1,3
Pipelines	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2;C3,C5	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility and Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities	C1-3,5	C1-3,5
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities	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
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P
Agricultural Services	C	C	P
Agricultural Supply Sales			P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3	P1-2;C3	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture	P	P	P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1;C2
Surface Mines	C	C	C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation	C3,6	C3,6
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies
Business Services
Commercial Centers
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Lodging	C1,5	C1	P4
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
Storage and Moving
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	C
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
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement	C4
OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS		NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

18A.17.005 Applicability.

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

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Districts

[Reserved]

Suburban Residential

Residential Resource

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

MUD

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Residential			Urban Districts
	[Reserved]	Suburban Residential	Residential Resource	Mixed Use District	[Reserved]	[Reserved]
		SR	RR	MUD
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories
Group Home		C(1)	P	C(1)
Mobile Home		P	P
Mobile Home Park		P		P
Multi-Family Housing				P
Residential Care Facilities		P1;C2		P1,2;C3,4
Senior Housing		A	A	P
Shared Housing		P1;C3	P1	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing		P	P1,2	A
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services				P
Community and Cultural Services		A2;C3,4;P7	P7	P1-4,7,8;C5
Day-Care Centers		C		P
Education		P1,2;C3	A1,2	P4-5;A1,2;C3
Health Services				P1;C2
Postal Services				P
Public Park Facilities		P1,4;A2;C3	P1,4;C2,3	P
Public Safety Services		C1	C1	P1,2;C3
Religious Assembly		P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P
Transportation				P1;C2,3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities		P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities		A2	A2
Natural Gas Facilities		P1;C3	P1;C3	P1,2;C3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities
Pipelines		P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities		P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities		C	C	C
Surface Water Management Activities		P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;PL2;C3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities		C2
Waste Transfer Facilities		P1;C2		P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities		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
Agricultural Services				P
Agricultural Supply Sales				P
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering
Crop Production		P1	P1
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture
Forestry				P1
Surface Mines		C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation		C6	C6	P
Billboards				P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies				P
Business Services				P
Commercial Centers				C
Eating and Drinking Establishments				P
Lodging				C1;P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales				P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service				P
Rental and Repair Services				P
Sales of Merchandise and Services				P4;C5
Storage and Moving				P
Wholesale Trade				P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards				P
Food and Related Products				C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly				C
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage				P1;C2-4
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement				C1-3
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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Centers and Employment Centers						Other Zones
	Major Urban Center	Community Center	Activity Center	Neighborhood Center	Employment Center	Community Employment	Park and Recreation	Public Institution
	MUC	CC	AC	NC	EC	CE	PR	PI
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.
Group Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing	P		P	P
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2;C3,4		P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P		P	P
Shared Housing	A1;P2,3		A1;P2,3	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services	P	P	P	P		P		P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8	P1-4,7,8	P1,2,7	P7	P7	P7	P2,7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education	P4;A1,2;C3	P4;A1,2;C3	P	A1,2;C3		P4,5		P1,2,4;C3
Health Services	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1	P1	P1;C2	P1;C2		C2
Postal Services	P	P1;C2	P1	P1	P	P2		P1
Public Park Facilities	P	P1,2,4	P1,2,4	P1,4	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3	P
Public Safety Services	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1,2;C3	P1;C2	P1	P1;C3
Religious Assembly	P	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3		C
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	A3	A3	A3	C3	C		C3	C3
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P	P1-3;C4		P1,2,3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities					P1,2;C3			P
Pipelines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C	C	C	C			C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2,3;C4	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P	P		P
Waste Disposal Facilities					P1-4;C5			C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2-4	P1		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P	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	P	P	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P	P	P	P1
Agricultural Services					P			P
Agricultural Supply Sales						P1-4
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering					C3			P
Crop Production					P	P2		P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture					C	C		P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1	P1	P	P		P
Surface Mines					C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business	C
Amusement and Recreation	P	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3		P1,2,4
Billboards	P		C		P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P	P1,2;C3,4	P1,2	P1,2		P1,2
Business Services	P	P	P	P	P	P
Commercial Centers	P	C	C
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P3;C1,2
Lodging	P2	P2	P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales					P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1,5	P2		P1
Rental and Repair Services	P	P	P1	P1	P	P1;C2
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P	P	P3;C4	P3	P1	P1
Storage and Moving	P					C
Wholesale Trade	P	P			P	P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing					P
Contractor Yards		C			P
Food and Related Products	C2	C2			P	P
Industrial Services and Repair					P	P
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly		C			P	P
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities					C
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage					P
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement		C1-3			P1-3;C4	P1-3
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. AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.			P Permitted. C Conditional Use Permit. A 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.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)
	Rural Centers					Resource Lands and Other Zones
	Rural Activity Center	Gateway Community	Rural Neighborhood Center			Forest Lands	Agricultural Resource Lands	Public Institution	Park and Recreation
	RAC	GC	RNC	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	FL	ARL	PI	PR
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)
Mobile Home	P	P	P			P	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P	P	P
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	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	P					P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1,2,7			P7	P7;C6	P2,7	P7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P
Education	RS	RS	RS					P1,2,4,5;C3
Health Services	P1	P1	P1					C2
Postal Services	P1	P1	P1					P1
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4	P	P1			P	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1,2	P1	P1			P1		P1;C3	P1
Religious Assembly	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3			C3		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
Electrical Generation Facilities	C3		C3			C		C3	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3			P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1-3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	P1;2;C3					C	C1-3	P
Pipelines	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*			P*		P	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C						C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2	P1;PL2	P1;PL2			P1-3;C4	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P	P	P			P1;C2		P
Waste Disposal Facilities						C1-3,5	C1-3,5	C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2,4			P1;C2		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	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	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P			P	P
Agricultural Services	P		P				P	P
Agricultural Supply Sales	P	P1-4	P1-4				P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3						P	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C			C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1	P1			P1	P	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries and Aquaculture						P	P	P
Forestry	P1;C2	P1	P1;C2			P1;C2	P1	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	P1-3;C4	P1
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Business Services	P	P
Commercial Centers	P1
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P
Lodging	P1,2;C4	P1,2;C4-5				C1
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1,2,4	P1,2	P1,2
Rental and Repair Services	P1	P1	P1
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P3	P3	P1
Storage and Moving	P1		C1
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	P1
Food and Related Products	C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly	C1
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage	C3
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS			NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)

Rural Residential Areas

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural 5

Rural Farm

R10, R20, R40

[Rsvd]

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020) Rural Residential Areas
	Rural 10 Rural 20 Rural 40	Rural 5	Rural Farm
	R10, R20, R40	R5	RF	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[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	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities
Senior Housing
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services
Community and Cultural Services	P2,3,7,8;C1	P2,7;C1	P2,7;C1
Day-Care Centers	P1;C2	P1;C2
Education	RS	RS	P5
Health Services
Postal Services
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1	P1
Religious Assembly	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3
Transportation	C1-3	C1-3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	C	C	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	C	C	P2;C1,3
Pipelines	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2;C3,C5	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility and Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities	C1-3,5	C1-3,5
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities	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
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P
Agricultural Services	C	C	P
Agricultural Supply Sales			P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3	P1-2;C3	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture	P	P	P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1;C2
Surface Mines	C	C	C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation	C3,6	C3,6
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies
Business Services
Commercial Centers
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Lodging	C1,5	C1	P4
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
Storage and Moving
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	C
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
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement	C4
OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS		NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Pierce County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

18A.17 Pierce

County Outside of Community Plan Areas Use Table

18A.17.005 Applicability.

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

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Districts

[Reserved]

Suburban Residential

Residential Resource

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

MUD

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Residential			Urban Districts
	[Reserved]	Suburban Residential	Residential Resource	Mixed Use District	[Reserved]	[Reserved]
		SR	RR	MUD
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories
Group Home		C(1)	P	C(1)
Mobile Home		P	P
Mobile Home Park		P		P
Multi-Family Housing				P
Residential Care Facilities		P1;C2		P1,2;C3,4
Senior Housing		A	A	P
Shared Housing		P1;C3	P1	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing		P	P1,2	A
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services				P
Community and Cultural Services		A2;C3,4;P7	P7	P1-4,7,8;C5
Day-Care Centers		C		P
Education		P1,2;C3	A1,2	P4-5;A1,2;C3
Health Services				P1;C2
Postal Services				P
Public Park Facilities		P1,4;A2;C3	P1,4;C2,3	P
Public Safety Services		C1	C1	P1,2;C3
Religious Assembly		P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P
Transportation				P1;C2,3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities		P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities		A2	A2
Natural Gas Facilities		P1;C3	P1;C3	P1,2;C3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities
Pipelines		P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities		P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities		C	C	C
Surface Water Management Activities		P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;PL2;C3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities		C2
Waste Transfer Facilities		P1;C2		P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities		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
Agricultural Services				P
Agricultural Supply Sales				P
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering
Crop Production		P1	P1
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture
Forestry				P1
Surface Mines		C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation		C6	C6	P
Billboards				P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies				P
Business Services				P
Commercial Centers				C
Eating and Drinking Establishments				P
Lodging				C1;P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales				P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service				P
Rental and Repair Services				P
Sales of Merchandise and Services				P4;C5
Storage and Moving				P
Wholesale Trade				P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards				P
Food and Related Products				C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly				C
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage				P1;C2-4
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement				C1-3
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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Centers and Employment Centers						Other Zones
	Major Urban Center	Community Center	Activity Center	Neighborhood Center	Employment Center	Community Employment	Park and Recreation	Public Institution
	MUC	CC	AC	NC	EC	CE	PR	PI
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.
Group Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing	P		P	P
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2;C3,4		P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P		P	P
Shared Housing	A1;P2,3		A1;P2,3	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services	P	P	P	P		P		P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8	P1-4,7,8	P1,2,7	P7	P7	P7	P2,7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education	P4;A1,2;C3	P4;A1,2;C3	P	A1,2;C3		P4,5		P1,2,4;C3
Health Services	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1	P1	P1;C2	P1;C2		C2
Postal Services	P	P1;C2	P1	P1	P	P2		P1
Public Park Facilities	P	P1,2,4	P1,2,4	P1,4	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3	P
Public Safety Services	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1,2;C3	P1;C2	P1	P1;C3
Religious Assembly	P	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3		C
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	A3	A3	A3	C3	C		C3	C3
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P	P1-3;C4		P1,2,3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities					P1,2;C3			P
Pipelines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C	C	C	C			C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2,3;C4	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P	P		P
Waste Disposal Facilities					P1-4;C5			C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2-4	P1		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P	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	P	P	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P	P	P	P1
Agricultural Services					P			P
Agricultural Supply Sales						P1-4
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering					C3			P
Crop Production					P	P2		P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture					C	C		P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1	P1	P	P		P
Surface Mines					C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business	C
Amusement and Recreation	P	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3		P1,2,4
Billboards	P		C		P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P	P1,2;C3,4	P1,2	P1,2		P1,2
Business Services	P	P	P	P	P	P
Commercial Centers	P	C	C
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P3;C1,2
Lodging	P2	P2	P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales					P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1,5	P2		P1
Rental and Repair Services	P	P	P1	P1	P	P1;C2
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P	P	P3;C4	P3	P1	P1
Storage and Moving	P					C
Wholesale Trade	P	P			P	P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing					P
Contractor Yards		C			P
Food and Related Products	C2	C2			P	P
Industrial Services and Repair					P	P
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly		C			P	P
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities					C
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage					P
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement		C1-3			P1-3;C4	P1-3
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. AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.			P Permitted. C Conditional Use Permit. A 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.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)
	Rural Centers					Resource Lands and Other Zones
	Rural Activity Center	Gateway Community	Rural Neighborhood Center			Forest Lands	Agricultural Resource Lands	Public Institution	Park and Recreation
	RAC	GC	RNC	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	FL	ARL	PI	PR
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)
Mobile Home	P	P	P			P	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P	P	P
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	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	P					P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1,2,7			P7	P7;C6	P2,7	P7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P
Education	RS	RS	RS					P1,2,4,5;C3
Health Services	P1	P1	P1					C2
Postal Services	P1	P1	P1					P1
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4	P	P1			P	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1,2	P1	P1			P1		P1;C3	P1
Religious Assembly	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3			C3		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
Electrical Generation Facilities	C3		C3			C		C3	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3			P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1-3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	P1;2;C3					C	C1-3	P
Pipelines	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*			P*		P	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C						C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2	P1;PL2	P1;PL2			P1-3;C4	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P	P	P			P1;C2		P
Waste Disposal Facilities						C1-3,5	C1-3,5	C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2,4			P1;C2		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	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	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P			P	P
Agricultural Services	P		P				P	P
Agricultural Supply Sales	P	P1-4	P1-4				P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3						P	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C			C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1	P1			P1	P	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries and Aquaculture						P	P	P
Forestry	P1;C2	P1	P1;C2			P1;C2	P1	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	P1-3;C4	P1
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Business Services	P	P
Commercial Centers	P1
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P
Lodging	P1,2;C4	P1,2;C4-5				C1
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1,2,4	P1,2	P1,2
Rental and Repair Services	P1	P1	P1
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P3	P3	P1
Storage and Moving	P1		C1
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	P1
Food and Related Products	C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly	C1
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage	C3
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS			NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)

Rural Residential Areas

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural 5

Rural Farm

R10, R20, R40

[Rsvd]

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020) Rural Residential Areas
	Rural 10 Rural 20 Rural 40	Rural 5	Rural Farm
	R10, R20, R40	R5	RF	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[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	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities
Senior Housing
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services
Community and Cultural Services	P2,3,7,8;C1	P2,7;C1	P2,7;C1
Day-Care Centers	P1;C2	P1;C2
Education	RS	RS	P5
Health Services
Postal Services
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1	P1
Religious Assembly	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3
Transportation	C1-3	C1-3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	C	C	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	C	C	P2;C1,3
Pipelines	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2;C3,C5	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility and Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities	C1-3,5	C1-3,5
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities	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
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P
Agricultural Services	C	C	P
Agricultural Supply Sales			P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3	P1-2;C3	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture	P	P	P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1;C2
Surface Mines	C	C	C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation	C3,6	C3,6
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies
Business Services
Commercial Centers
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Lodging	C1,5	C1	P4
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
Storage and Moving
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	C
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
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement	C4
OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS		NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

18A.17.005 Applicability.

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

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)

Urban Residential

Urban Districts

[Reserved]

Suburban Residential

Residential Resource

Mixed Use District

[Reserved]

MUD

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Residential			Urban Districts
	[Reserved]	Suburban Residential	Residential Resource	Mixed Use District	[Reserved]	[Reserved]
		SR	RR	MUD
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories
Group Home		C(1)	P	C(1)
Mobile Home		P	P
Mobile Home Park		P		P
Multi-Family Housing				P
Residential Care Facilities		P1;C2		P1,2;C3,4
Senior Housing		A	A	P
Shared Housing		P1;C3	P1	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing		P	P1,2	A
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services				P
Community and Cultural Services		A2;C3,4;P7	P7	P1-4,7,8;C5
Day-Care Centers		C		P
Education		P1,2;C3	A1,2	P4-5;A1,2;C3
Health Services				P1;C2
Postal Services				P
Public Park Facilities		P1,4;A2;C3	P1,4;C2,3	P
Public Safety Services		C1	C1	P1,2;C3
Religious Assembly		P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P
Transportation				P1;C2,3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities		P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities		A2	A2
Natural Gas Facilities		P1;C3	P1;C3	P1,2;C3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities
Pipelines		P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities		P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities		C	C	C
Surface Water Management Activities		P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;PL2;C3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities		P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities		C2
Waste Transfer Facilities		P1;C2		P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities		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
Agricultural Services				P
Agricultural Supply Sales				P
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering
Crop Production		P1	P1
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture
Forestry				P1
Surface Mines		C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation		C6	C6	P
Billboards				P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies				P
Business Services				P
Commercial Centers				C
Eating and Drinking Establishments				P
Lodging				C1;P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales				P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service				P
Rental and Repair Services				P
Sales of Merchandise and Services				P4;C5
Storage and Moving				P
Wholesale Trade				P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards				P
Food and Related Products				C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly				C
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage				P1;C2-4
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement				C1-3
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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Urban Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.010)
	Urban Centers and Employment Centers						Other Zones
	Major Urban Center	Community Center	Activity Center	Neighborhood Center	Employment Center	Community Employment	Park and Recreation	Public Institution
	MUC	CC	AC	NC	EC	CE	PR	PI
RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.
Group Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing	P		P	P
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2;C3,4		P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P		P	P
Shared Housing	A1;P2,3		A1;P2,3	A1;P2,3
Single-Family Housing
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services	P	P	P	P		P		P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8	P1-4,7,8	P1,2,7	P7	P7	P7	P2,7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P	P	P	P
Education	P4;A1,2;C3	P4;A1,2;C3	P	A1,2;C3		P4,5		P1,2,4;C3
Health Services	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1	P1	P1;C2	P1;C2		C2
Postal Services	P	P1;C2	P1	P1	P	P2		P1
Public Park Facilities	P	P1,2,4	P1,2,4	P1,4	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3	P
Public Safety Services	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1,2;C3	P1;C2	P1	P1;C3
Religious Assembly	P	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3		C
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	A3	A3	A3	C3	C		C3	C3
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P	P1-3;C4		P1,2,3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities					P1,2;C3			P
Pipelines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C	C	C	C			C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2,3;C4	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2;C3	P1;PL2	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;PL2,3; C4	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P	P		P
Waste Disposal Facilities					P1-4;C5			C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2-4	P1		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P	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	P	P	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P	P	P	P1
Agricultural Services					P			P
Agricultural Supply Sales						P1-4
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering					C3			P
Crop Production					P	P2		P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture					C	C		P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1	P1	P	P		P
Surface Mines					C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business	C
Amusement and Recreation	P	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3;C4-6	P1-3		P1,2,4
Billboards	P		C		P
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P	P1,2;C3,4	P1,2	P1,2		P1,2
Business Services	P	P	P	P	P	P
Commercial Centers	P	C	C
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P	P	P	P3;C1,2
Lodging	P2	P2	P2
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales					P
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1-3	P1,5	P2		P1
Rental and Repair Services	P	P	P1	P1	P	P1;C2
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P	P	P3;C4	P3	P1	P1
Storage and Moving	P					C
Wholesale Trade	P	P			P	P
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing					P
Contractor Yards		C			P
Food and Related Products	C2	C2			P	P
Industrial Services and Repair					P	P
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly		C			P	P
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities					C
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2	P
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage					P
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement		C1-3			P1-3;C4	P1-3
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. AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.			P Permitted. C Conditional Use Permit. A 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.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

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

Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)
	Rural Centers					Resource Lands and Other Zones
	Rural Activity Center	Gateway Community	Rural Neighborhood Center			Forest Lands	Agricultural Resource Lands	Public Institution	Park and Recreation
	RAC	GC	RNC	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	FL	ARL	PI	PR
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)
Mobile Home	P	P	P			P	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Senior Housing	P	P	P
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	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	P					P
Community and Cultural Services	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1-4,7,8;C5	P1,2,7			P7	P7;C6	P2,7	P7
Day-Care Centers	P	P	P
Education	RS	RS	RS					P1,2,4,5;C3
Health Services	P1	P1	P1					C2
Postal Services	P1	P1	P1					P1
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4	P	P1			P	P1,4	P	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1,2	P1	P1			P1		P1;C3	P1
Religious Assembly	P	P	P
Transportation	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3			C3		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
Electrical Generation Facilities	C3		C3			C		C3	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3	P1,2;C3			P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1-3
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	P1;2;C3					C	C1-3	P
Pipelines	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*			P*		P	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities	C	C						C
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P			P	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2	P1;PL2	P1;PL2			P1-3;C4	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3	P1;C2
Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities	P	P	P			P1;C2		P
Waste Disposal Facilities						C1-3,5	C1-3,5	C
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2,4			P1;C2		P1;C2-4
Water Supply Facilities	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	P	P
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P			P	P
Agricultural Services	P		P				P	P
Agricultural Supply Sales	P	P1-4	P1-4				P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3						P	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C			C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1	P1			P1	P	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries and Aquaculture						P	P	P
Forestry	P1;C2	P1	P1;C2			P1;C2	P1	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	P1-3;C4	P1
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Business Services	P	P
Commercial Centers	P1
Eating and Drinking Establishments	P	P	P
Lodging	P1,2;C4	P1,2;C4-5				C1
Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales
Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service	P1,2,4	P1,2	P1,2
Rental and Repair Services	P1	P1	P1
Sales of Merchandise and Services	P3	P3	P1
Storage and Moving	P1		C1
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	P1
Food and Related Products	C2
Industrial Services and Repair
Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly	C1
Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities
Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage	C3
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS			NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Use Categories and Use Types

PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas)

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020)

Rural Residential Areas

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural 5

Rural Farm

R10, R20, R40

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Use Categories and Use Types	PIERCE COUNTY (Outside of Community Plan Areas) Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.17.020) Rural Residential Areas
	Rural 10 Rural 20 Rural 40	Rural 5	Rural Farm
	R10, R20, R40	R5	RF	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[Rsvd]	[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	P
Mobile Home Park
Multi-Family Housing
Residential Care Facilities
Senior Housing
Shared Housing
Single-Family Housing	P1,2	P1,2	P1,2
CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.
Administrative Government Services
Community and Cultural Services	P2,3,7,8;C1	P2,7;C1	P2,7;C1
Day-Care Centers	P1;C2	P1;C2
Education	RS	RS	P5
Health Services
Postal Services
Public Park Facilities	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3	P1,2,4;C3
Public Safety Services	P1	P1
Religious Assembly	P1;C2,3	P1;C2,3
Transportation	C1-3	C1-3
UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.
Electrical Facilities	P	P	P
Electrical Generation Facilities	C	C	C4
Natural Gas Facilities	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4	P1;C3,4
Organic Waste Processing Facilities	C	C	P2;C1,3
Pipelines	P	P	P
Sewage Collection Facilities	P*	P*	P*
Sewage Treatment Facilities
Surface Water Management Activities	P	P	P
Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities	P1;PL2;C3,C5	P1;C2	P1;C2,3
Utility and Public Maintenance Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2	P1;C2
Waste Disposal Facilities	C1-3,5	C1-3,5
Waste Transfer Facilities	P1;C2	P1;C2
Water Supply Facilities	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
RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.
Agritourism	P	P	P
Agricultural Services	C	C	P
Agricultural Supply Sales			P1
Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering	P1-2;C3	P1-2;C3	P
Craft Distilleries	C	C	C
Crop Production	P1;A2;C3	P1;A2;C3	P
Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture	P	P	P
Forestry	P1	P1	P1;C2
Surface Mines	C	C	C
COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.
Adult Business
Amusement and Recreation	C3,6	C3,6
Billboards
Building Materials and Garden Supplies
Business Services
Commercial Centers
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Lodging	C1,5	C1	P4
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
Storage and Moving
Wholesale Trade
INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.
Basic Manufacturing
Contractor Yards	C
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
Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage
Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement	C4
OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS		NOTES
AIR Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100. EPF-SC Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F. MRO Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E. NFCC New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2. MPR Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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. 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.).

Pierce County UnincorporatedCity Zoning Code

18A.17 Pierce

18A.17.005 Applicability.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

18A.17.005 Applicability.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

Pierce County UnincorporatedCity Zoning Code

18A.17 Pierce

18A.17.005 Applicability.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

18A.17.005 Applicability.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

Pierce County UnincorporatedCity Zoning Code

18A.17 Pierce

18A.17.005 Applicability.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

18A.17.005 Applicability.

18A.17.010 Urban Zone Classifications.

18A.17.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.

Pierce County Unincorporated
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Pierce County Unincorporated
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Pierce County Unincorporated
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