The following temporary uses are permitted in the RS, RM, PDR and residential use areas within PDC zones:
(1) Contractor's offices and storage yards on the site of any active construction project;
(2) Mobile home residences or trailers for security or temporary lodging purposes on the site of an active construction project but for not more than a total of six months in any one-year period;
(3) Garage or yard sales conducted exclusively by the occupants of a residential dwelling, subject to no greater frequency than four times in any one-year period and three days of sale in any single month. Such sales are exempt from the permit requirements set forth in PMC §
20.70.005. Garage or yard sales which exceed these specified time limits are prohibited and shall be considered violations of this title. Tents or other temporary structures used in conjunction with any garage or yard sale shall not exceed 120 square feet in area;
(4) Rummage and other outdoor sales sited at a school, church or other permitted nonresidential institutional facility, subject to not more than a total of 30 days of site occupation and operation in any one-year period;
(5) Temporary stands as specified below are exempt from the permit requirements set forth in PMC §
20.70.005, but must comply with the requirements of PMC §
20.70.025 and the licensing requirements of PMC Title
5:
(a) Temporary businesses established for the sale of retail products, services and food, subject to not more than 30 days of site occupancy and operation in any one-year period on the following specifically described properties:
(i) All properties that abut to the north side of 9th Avenue SW between South Meridian and 5th Street SW;
(ii) All properties in the southwest corner of the intersection of 5th Street SW and 9th Avenue SW, that abut the first 210 feet of the west side of Fairview Drive South of 9th Avenue SW, or that abut the first 120 feet of the south side of 9th; and
(iii) All properties that abut South Meridian between 4th Avenue SE and 10th Avenue SE, except property owned by the Western Washington Fair;
(b) Christmas tree sales lot, subject to not more than 40 days of site occupation and operation in any one-year period; and
(c) Outdoor art and craft shows and exhibits, subject to not more than 30 days of site occupation and display in any one-year period;
(6) Temporary motor vehicle parking to serve visitors to the Western Washington Fair during the annual fall fair only, provided such properties are within 2,000 feet of FAIR-zoned properties. Such temporary parking shall be exempt from the permit requirement set forth in PMC §
20.70.005;
(7) Model homes and real estate office on the site of a subdivision project where less than 75 percent of the lots have been sold or developed with homes, or for 18 months from the date of issuance of the permit, whichever is less;
(8) Where the use of property for temporary parking and occupancy of recreational vehicles has been clearly established prior to December 31, 1987, such use may continue, unchanged and in the previously established manner without the need to obtain a temporary use permit or other approval required by this chapter. However, such use shall not be expanded or intensified, and facilities associated with the recreational vehicle use shall not be constructed or modified in a manner requiring any government permit without first obtaining the approval of the hearing examiner as provided by PMC §
20.70.021 and §
20.70.022. If such enlargement, intensification, construction or modification is approved by the hearing examiner, recreational vehicle use shall thereafter be subject to the temporary use permit requirements of PMC §
20.70.005 and §
20.70.021.
(Ord. 2147 Exh. A, 1987; Ord. 2173 § 2, 1988; Ord. 2196 § 11, 1989; Ord. 2233 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2268 § 44, 1991; Ord. 2393 § 1, 1994; Ord. 2704 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2957 § 2, 2010)