The exception applied for cannot qualify for a variance.

The exception must conform to the established building patterns of adjacent lots on the same side of the street.

An application for exception must be filed with the city planning commission.

The city planning commission will hold a public hearing, review the application and make a recommendation to the city council.

An exception under this section shall only be allowed if the proposed exception is consistent with the majority of the existing yards in the immediate vicinity; does not adversely impact safety; and the granting of the exception will be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of this code, will not be injurious to the neighborhood, or otherwise detrimental to public welfare.

No exception under this section shall reduce the front setback to less than 15 feet and the back setback to less than five feet. The side setback shall not be reduced by an exception under this provision.

An exception under this section shall not be allowed in any newly platted residential development.

Front: same as adjacent residence in established neighborhood, 20 feet from property line in new development;

Side: five feet from property line, except that side yards along flanking side streets must be not less than 10 feet;

Rear: no minimum requirements.

Building size;

Lot size;

Number of employees;

Number of customers;

Frequency of customer traffic and length of customer stay;

Percentage of building used for customer traffic;

Percentage of building used for storage, office, and noncustomer uses;

Anticipated growth in business, employees, and customers;

Shared parking areas;

Delivery and loading/unloading needs;

Frequency of change in tenant or use of building;

Potential impact on neighboring properties.

Front: same as adjacent residence in established neighborhood, 20 feet from property line in new development;

Side: five feet from property line, except that side yards along flanking side streets must be not less than 10 feet;

Rear: no minimum requirements.

Front: same as adjacent residence in established neighborhood, 20 feet from property line in new development;

Side: five feet from property line, except that side yards along flanking side streets must be not less than 10 feet;

Rear: no minimum requirements.

Front: same as adjacent residence in established neighborhood, 20 feet from property line in new development;

Side: five feet from property line, except that side yards along flanking side streets must be not less than 10 feet;

Rear: no minimum requirements.

Building size;

Lot size;

Number of employees;

Number of customers;

Frequency of customer traffic and length of customer stay;

Percentage of building used for customer traffic;

Percentage of building used for storage, office, and noncustomer uses;

Anticipated growth in business, employees, and customers;

Shared parking areas;

Delivery and loading/unloading needs;

Frequency of change in tenant or use of building;

Potential impact on neighboring properties.

Front: same as adjacent residence in established neighborhood, 20 feet from property line in new development;

Side: five feet from property line, except that side yards along flanking side streets must be not less than 10 feet;

Rear: no minimum requirements.

Building size;

Lot size;

Number of employees;

Number of customers;

Frequency of customer traffic and length of customer stay;

Percentage of building used for customer traffic;

Percentage of building used for storage, office, and noncustomer uses;

Anticipated growth in business, employees, and customers;

Shared parking areas;

Delivery and loading/unloading needs;

Frequency of change in tenant or use of building;

Potential impact on neighboring properties.

Front: same as adjacent residence in established neighborhood, 20 feet from property line in new development;

Side: five feet from property line, except that side yards along flanking side streets must be not less than 10 feet;

Rear: no minimum requirements.

Building size;

Lot size;

Number of employees;

Number of customers;

Frequency of customer traffic and length of customer stay;

Percentage of building used for customer traffic;

Percentage of building used for storage, office, and noncustomer uses;

Anticipated growth in business, employees, and customers;

Shared parking areas;

Delivery and loading/unloading needs;

Frequency of change in tenant or use of building;

Potential impact on neighboring properties.

The latest version of the city of Raymond shoreline master program (see Chapter 15.14 RMC);

Chapter 15.16 RMC (Development in flood areas); and

Pacific County's resource lands and critical areas ordinance.

RS = Medium Density Residential;

RC = Retail Core Commercial;

GC = General Commercial;

WFC = Downtown Waterfront Commercial;

M-1 = Light Industrial;

M-2 = Heavy Industrial.

Create or preserve usable open space through design of and arrangement of structures;

Preserve to the greatest extent possible the natural characteristics of the subject property;

Encourage a variety of housing types; and

Provide for a maximum efficiency of streets and utility networks.

Mobile home parks: seven units per net acre;

Multifamily housing: 20 units per net acre;

Condominiums: 20 units per net acre;

Other alternative housing facilities: to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the city council.

PRD developments must be at least one acre;

Minimum size for individual mobile home spaces in a mobile home park: 4,000 square feet. This supersedes RMC § 16.28.080.

Front yard: 20 feet;

Side yard: 25 feet;

Rear yard: 25 feet.

Maximum site coverage is 60 percent of the gross acreage, including storage buildings, parking, and accessory uses.

In RS Medium Density Residential district: 35 feet;

In GC General Commercial district: 45 feet;

In M-1 Light Industrial district: 45 feet.

Two off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit are required.

The PRD building(s) and the accessory parking lot must be surrounded by a buffer strip eight feet wide, which may include a combination of landscaping and fencing, to screen the PRD development from adjoining property lines and any public rights-of-way.

The buffer may include undevelopable lands (e.g., critical areas) if the undevelopable lands occur in a position where a buffer is required.

Streets must be adequate to carry anticipated traffic and be in accordance with Chapter 15.74 RMC (Streets).

The PRD must be served by adequate public facilities, in accordance with RMC Title 15, Part V (Development Standards).

A PRD application form, provided by the city;

A conditional use permit application form, provided by the city;

SEPA environmental checklist, if applicable; and

Application fees (see current fee schedule).

Whether existing roads are adequate to handle the additional traffic generated by the PRD;

Whether easements are provided and conveyed where necessary for utility installation and maintenance, public access, drainage, and buffer strip or protective easements;

Whether appropriate provisions have been made for open spaces, drainage ways, transit stops, potable water supplies, sanitary wastes, parks and recreation, and playgrounds; and

Whether capital facilities to be provided by the city can be provided concurrently with the expected development.

A surety bond executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state of Washington in a form approved by the city attorney;

A personal bond approved by the city attorney co-signed by at least one additional person together with evidence of financial responsibility and resources of those signing the bond sufficient to provide reasonable assurance of ability to proceed in accordance with the agreement;

Cash;

A letter of credit approved by the city attorney from a financial institution stating that the money is held for the purposes of the stated project.

WFC Waterfront Commercial;

GC General Commercial;

M-1 Light Industrial;

M-2 Heavy Industrial;

The location, design, and uses of the PUD shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan, shorelines management program, and with other applicable plans and ordinances adopted by the city.

The PUD shall be integrated with its surroundings. In the case of a departure in character from the surrounding land uses, the scale, intensity and design shall adequately reduce the impact of the development in such a way that the project will not be significantly detrimental to the neighborhood.

The traffic generated by the PUD shall be accommodated safely and within the established levels of service for affected streets.

All development will be adequately served by existing or planned facilities and services.

The PUD will result in an attractive, healthful, efficient and stable environment for living, shopping, working and leisure activities.

The PUD shall make adequate and appropriate provisions for the preservation of the environment, both natural and manmade, and the conservation of energy.

The site has natural or aesthetic features which may be destroyed or adversely affected by traditional development techniques otherwise allowed; or

Properties in the immediate vicinity of the proposed development are all or mostly developed, or are otherwise not available for acquisition nor suitable for the proposed use; and

The uses and style of the proposed development will be consistent with and/or complementary to the existing development character of the area.

A PUD smaller than two acres in area shall conform to the perimeter setback requirements of the adjoining zoning.

Buildings located on the perimeter of a PUD two acres or larger in area shall maintain minimum front, side, and rear setbacks according to the height of the perimeter buildings, as follows:

For parking lots, streets and other perimeter improvements (not including buildings) setbacks may be reduced to comply with the underlying zone setback criteria.

All access streets shall be dedicated, designed and constructed in accordance with the City's adopted street standards.

Interior roadways that provide access to individual lots or to individual structures are considered driveways and are not subject to street development standards. The adequacy of their design will be reviewed and decided through the PUD process.

Adequate access for emergency vehicles shall be provided.

A pedestrian circulation system shall be designed to assure that pedestrians can move safely and conveniently both within the PUD and between the PUD and nearby properties and activities, as appropriate.

All streets and parking areas shall contribute to the overall aesthetic design of the PUD, while minimizing traffic congestion and the amount of impervious surface area.

No parking or maneuvering areas, other than access driveways, shall be allowed within the PUD's perimeter setbacks when the development is within or abutting a residential zoning district.

Adequate parking and loading areas must be provided as needed to service the development.

If the PUD is designed to be built in phases, each phase shall be clearly delineated on the preliminary PUD plan, physically described, and scheduled for development within the overall PUD schedule.

The final plan may also be submitted for the entire PUD or in phases, consistent with a phased preliminary PUD approval. Final plans will not be accepted for partial development if project phasing was not approved at the time of preliminary PUD plan approval.

At the time of the preliminary plan review, the appropriate share of any off-site utility connections, streets, or other public improvements to be constructed shall be determined for each phase of the PUD.

A map of the existing conditions for both the subject property and those abutting lands within 100 feet in all directions.

A site plan of the proposed development including, but not limited to:

The city planner shall furnish the applicant with written comments within 28 days after the plan submittal.

If the city planner recommends, in writing to the applicant, that the PUD proposal be changed in any way, the applicant shall have 28 days to respond in one of the following ways:

A PUD application form, provided by the city;

The various information required for a conditional use permit as set forth in Chapter 15.48 RMC, including:

SEPA environmental checklist, if applicable; and

Application fees (the PUD application fee is the same as the PRD application fee listed in the current schedule).

A surety bond executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state of Washington in a form approved by the city attorney;

A personal bond approved by the city attorney, co-signed by at least one individual together with evidence of financial responsibility and resources of those signing the bond sufficient to provide reasonable assurance of ability to proceed in accordance with the agreement;

Cash;

A letter of credit approved by the city attorney from a financial institution authorized to transact business in the state of Washington stating that money is held for the purposes of the stated project.

A conditional use permit application form, provided by the city;

A site plan showing dimensions of the proposed development and relationship to surrounding roadways and properties;

SEPA environmental checklist, if applicable; and

Application fee (see current fee schedule).

The use conforms generally to the objectives of the comprehensive plan and the intent of this code; and

Such uses will not be materially detrimental to the nearby affected properties or their occupants; and

Such uses (except in the case of planned residential developments) meet the overall density coverage, yard, height, and all other regulations of the district in which they are located.

Only residents of the home may be employed on the site of the home occupation except in the case of a family day-care provider's home facility, if providing for 12 or fewer children per RCW 35.21.688, when one nonresident of the home may be employed on site as an assistant;

The uses of the dwelling unit for the home occupation must be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes;

There may be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other evidence of the conduct of the home occupation other than one sign, not exceeding two square feet in area, nonilluminated, and mounted flat against the wall of the principal building;

No traffic may be generated by a home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by a home occupation must be met off the street and other than in a required front yard;

There may be no use of heavy mechanical equipment or machines that emit noise, dust, noxious odors, fumes, pollutant discharges, or electronic interference beyond the limits of the subject property. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process may be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises;

There may be no unsightly storage of materials and/or supplies outdoors, for purposes other than those permitted in the district of which it is a part, except as in subsection (B)(11) of this section;

In the case of construction or related occupations, any outdoor storage and equipment yards must be separate from the home occupation;

No stock-in-trade may be sold or displayed on the premises out-of-doors;

Once a business registration and/or license has been obtained by the owner or operator of a home occupation, the conditional use permit is neither transferable to another person, nor can it apply to any address other than that stated on the permit;

The dwelling unit or portion of the dwelling unit to be used for a home occupation must meet the requirements of all uniform codes for the occupancy classification of the proposed home occupation;

If the home occupation is a plant nursery, container plants may be stored outside, but no other materials, such as fertilizers, pesticides, or empty containers may be stored outside.

A home occupation permit application form provided by the city of Raymond; and

Signatures of property owners within 200 feet of the subject residence stating that they have no objection to the proposed home business.

Type One: Multi-county facilities (on the Office of Financial Management (OFM) list of future projects.) These are major facilities serving or potentially affecting more than one county. These facilities include, but are not limited to, regional transportation facilities, such as regional airports; state correction facilities; and state education facilities.

Type Two: These are local or inter-local facilities serving or potentially affecting residents or property in more than one jurisdiction. They could include, but are not limited to, county jails, county landfills, community colleges, sewage treatment facilities, communication towers, and inpatient facilities (e.g., substance abuse facilities and mental health facilities). [Note: Facilities that would not have impacts beyond the jurisdiction in which they are proposed to be located would be Type Three facilities.]

Type Three: These are facilities serving or potentially affecting only the jurisdiction in which they are proposed to be located.

Type One and Type Two Facilities. At least 90 days before submitting an application for a Type One or Type Two essential public facility, the prospective applicant must notify the affected public and jurisdictions of the general type and nature of the proposal, identify sites under consideration for accommodating the proposed facility, and identify opportunities to comment on the proposal. Applications for specific projects will not be considered complete in the absence of proof of a published notice regarding the proposed project in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area. This notice must include the information described above and must be published at least 90 days before the submission of the application;

The Pacific County planning commission may provide the project sponsor and affected jurisdiction(s) with their comments or recommendations regarding alternative project locations during this 90-day period (the purpose of this provision is to enable potentially affected jurisdictions and the public to collectively review and comment on alternative sites for major facilities before the project sponsor has made their siting decision);

Type Three Facilities. Type Three essential public facilities are subject to the city's standard notification requirements for conditional uses.

An evaluation of the sites' capability to meet basic siting criteria for the proposed facility, such as size, physical characteristics, access, and availability of necessary utilities and support services;

An explanation of the need for the proposed facility in the proposed location;

The sites' relationship to the service area and the distribution of other similar public facilities within the service area or jurisdiction, whichever is larger;

A general description of the relative environmental, traffic, and social impacts associated with locating the proposed facility at the alternative sites that meet the applicant's basic siting criteria. The applicant must also identify proposed mitigation measures to alleviate or minimize significant potential impacts; and

The applicant must also briefly describe the process used to identify and evaluate the alternative sites.

A completed site plan approval application form, as provided by the city;

Five copies of the site plan, with information as specified in the application form;

A JARPA (Joint Aquatic Resource Permits Application) form, if work is proposed in or near water;

SEPA environmental checklist, if applicable; and

Application fee (see current fee schedule).

Appropriate provisions are made for the public health, safety, and general welfare;

The public use and interest will be served by the development of the proposed site plan.

A surety bond executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state of Washington in a form approved by the city attorney;

A personal bond approved by the city attorney co-signed by at least one additional person together with evidence of financial responsibility and resources of those signing the bond sufficient to provide reasonable assurance of ability to proceed in accordance with the agreement;

Cash;

Letter of credit approved by the city attorney from a financial institution stating that the money is held for the purposes of development of the stated project.

Minor variances involve requests for changes to setbacks required for garages or other accessory structures.

The city planner has final approval authority on minor variances.

Variances involve any requests for changes to zoning standards, except as described in subsection (A) of this section.

The city council has final approval authority for variances.

A variance application form, provided by the city;

A scaled drawing of the property with existing buildings and proposed new construction; and

Application fee (see current fee schedule).

To make the zoning map consistent with the comprehensive plan; or

A change in circumstances or community needs.