Shoreline City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division I
Unified Development Code
Sections
- 20.10 General Provisions
- 20.20 Definitions
- 20.20.010 A definitions.
- 20.20.012 B definitions.
- 20.20.014 C definitions.
- 20.20.016 D definitions.
- 20.20.018 E definitions.
- 20.20.020 F definitions.
- 20.20.022 G definitions.
- 20.20.024 H definitions.
- 20.20.026 I definitions.
- 20.20.028 J definitions.
- 20.20.030 K definitions.
- 20.20.032 L definitions.
- 20.20.034 M definitions.
- 20.20.036 N definitions.
- 20.20.038 O definitions.
- 20.20.040 P definitions.
- 20.20.042 Q definitions.
- 20.20.044 R definitions.
- 20.20.046 S definitions.
- 20.20.048 T definitions.
- 20.20.050 U definitions.
- 20.20.052 V definitions.
- 20.20.054 W definitions.
- 20.20.058 Y definitions.
- 20.20.060 Z definitions.
- 20.30 Procedures and Administration
- 20.30.010 Purpose.
- 20.30.020 Administration.
- 20.30.030 Basis.
- 20.30.040 Ministerial decisions – Type A.
- 20.30.045 Neighborhood meeting for certain Type A proposals.
- 20.30.050 Administrative decisions – Type B.
- 20.30.060 Quasi-judicial decisions – Type C.
- 20.30.070 Legislative decisions.
- 20.30.080 Preapplication meeting.
- 20.30.085 Early community input meeting.
- 20.30.090 Neighborhood meeting.
- 20.30.100 Application.
- 20.30.110 Determination of completeness and requests for additional information.
- 20.30.120 Public notices of application.
- 20.30.130 Optional consolidated permit process.
- 20.30.140 Permit processing time limits.
- 20.30.150 Public notice of decision.
- 20.30.160 Expiration of vested status of land use permits and approvals.
- 20.30.165 Permit expiration timelines for clearing and grading and site development permits.
- 20.30.170 Limitations on the number of hearings.
- 20.30.180 Public notice of public hearing.
- 20.30.190 Effective date of decision.
- 20.30.200 General description of appeals.
- 20.30.210 Grounds for administrative appeal.
- 20.30.220 Commencing an administrative appeal.
- 20.30.230 Administrative appeal process.
- 20.30.240 Judicial review.
- 20.30.250 Judicial appeals.
- 20.30.260 Conflicts.
- 20.30.270 Dismissals.
- 20.30.280 Nonconformance.
- 20.30.290 Deviation from the engineering standards (Type A action).
- 20.30.295 Temporary use.
- 20.30.297 Administrative design review (Type A).
- 20.30.300 Conditional use permit – CUP (Type B action).
- 20.30.310 Zoning variance (Type B action).
- 20.30.315 Site development permit.
- 20.30.320 Rezone of property and zoning map change (Type C action).
- 20.30.330 Special use permit – SUP (Type C action).
- 20.30.333 Critical area special use permit (Type C action).
- 20.30.336 Critical areas reasonable use permit (CARUP) (Type C action).
- 20.30.340 Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan (legislative action).
- 20.30.345 Site-specific land use map amendment to the Comprehensive Plan (quasi-judicial action).
- 20.30.350 Amendment to the Development Code (legislative action).
- 20.30.353 Master development plan.
- 20.30.355 Development agreement (Type L).
- 20.30.357 Planned action determination.
- 20.30.360 Citation of subchapter.
- 20.30.370 Purpose.
- 20.30.380 Subdivision categories.
- 20.30.390 Exemption (from subdivisions).
- 20.30.400 Lot line adjustment and lot merger – Type A action.
- 20.30.410 Preliminary subdivision review procedures and criteria.
- 20.30.420 Changes to approved subdivision.
- 20.30.425 Alteration of recorded plats.
- 20.30.427 Vacation of recorded subdivisions.
- 20.30.430 Site development permit for required subdivision improvements – Type A action.
- 20.30.440 Installation of improvements.
- 20.30.450 Final plat review procedures.
- 20.30.460 Effect of changes in statutes, ordinances, and regulations on vesting of final plats.
- 20.30.470 Further division – Short subdivisions.
- 20.30.480 Binding site plans – Type B action.
- 20.30.490 Citation of subchapter and authority.
- 20.30.500 Definitions – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.510 General requirements – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.520 Designation of responsible official.
- 20.30.530 Lead agency determination and responsibilities.
- 20.30.540 Timing and content of environmental review.
- 20.30.550 Categorical exemptions and threshold determinations – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.560 Categorical exemptions – Minor new construction.
- 20.30.565 Planned action determination of consistency.
- 20.30.570 Categorical exemptions and threshold determinations – Use of exemptions.
- 20.30.580 Environmental checklist.
- 20.30.590 Mitigated DNS.
- 20.30.600 Environmental impact statements (EIS) – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.610 Environmental impact statement and other environmental documents.
- 20.30.620 Comments and public notice – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.630 Comments and public notice – Additional considerations.
- 20.30.640 Using and supplementing existing environmental documents – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.650 SEPA decisions – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.660 SEPA decisions – Substantive authority.
- 20.30.670 SEPA policies.
- 20.30.680 Appeals.
- 20.30.690 Compliance with SEPA – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.700 Forms – Adoption by reference.
- 20.30.710 Severability.
- 20.30.720 Purpose.
- 20.30.730 General provisions.
- 20.30.740 Declaration of public nuisance, enforcement.
- 20.30.750 Junk vehicles as public nuisances.
- 20.30.760 Notice and orders.
- 20.30.770 Enforcement provisions.
- 20.30.775 Collection of penalties and costs.
- 20.30.780 Civil penalties.
- 20.30.790 Appeals and judicial enforcement.
- 20.40 Zoning and Use Provisions
- 20.40.010 Purpose.
- 20.40.020 Zones and map designations.
- 20.40.030 Residential zones.
- 20.40.040 Nonresidential zones.
- 20.40.045 Campus zones.
- 20.40.046 Mixed-use residential (MUR) zones.
- 20.40.050 Special districts.
- 20.40.060 Zoning map and zone boundaries.*
- 20.40.100 Purpose.
- 20.40.110 Use tables.
- 20.40.120 Residential uses.
- 20.40.130 Nonresidential uses.
- 20.40.140 Other uses.
- 20.40.150 Campus uses.
- 20.40.160 Station area uses.
- 20.40.200 Purpose.
- 20.40.210 Accessory dwelling units.
- 20.40.220 Adult use facilities.
- 20.40.230 Affordable Housing.
- 20.40.235 Affordable housing, light rail station subareas.
- 20.40.240 Animals – Keeping of.
- 20.40.250 Bed and breakfasts.
- 20.40.260 Boarding houses.
- 20.40.270 Cemeteries and columbariums.
- 20.40.275 Collective gardens.
- 20.40.280 Residential care facilities (RCF).
- 20.40.285 Co-living housing.
- 20.40.290 Conference center.
- 20.40.300 Cottage housing development.
- 20.40.310 Court.
- 20.40.320 Daycare facilities.
- 20.40.330 Dormitory.
- 20.40.340 Duplex.
- 20.40.350 Eating and drinking establishments.
- 20.40.353 Emergency Housing.
- 20.40.355 Enhanced shelter.
- 20.40.360 Fire facility.
- 20.40.370 Funeral home/crematory.
- 20.40.372 Gambling.
- 20.40.374 General retail trade/services.
- 20.40.380 Golf facility.
- 20.40.390 Group homes.
- 20.40.400 Home occupation.
- 20.40.405 Homeless shelter.
- 20.40.410 Hospital.
- 20.40.420 Interim recycling facility.
- 20.40.430 Kennels and catteries.
- 20.40.435 Library adaptive reuse.
- 20.40.436 Live/work.
- 20.40.438 Light rail transit system/facility.1
- 20.40.440 Manufactured homes.
- 20.40.450 Medical office/outpatient clinic.
- 20.40.460 Mobile home parks.
- 20.40.465 Multifamily.
- 20.40.467 Parking areas.
- 20.40.470 Performing arts companies/theaters.
- 20.40.471 Permanent supportive and transitional housing.
- 20.40.475 Professional offices.
- 20.40.480 Public agency or utility office.
- 20.40.490 Public agency or utility yard.
- 20.40.495 Recreational vehicle.
- 20.40.496 Research, development, and testing.
- 20.40.500 School bus base.
- 20.40.502 Secure community transitional facility.
- 20.40.504 Self-storage facility.
- 20.40.506 Single-family detached dwellings.
- 20.40.510 Single-family attached dwellings.
- 20.40.520 Specialized instruction school.
- 20.40.530 Street vacation.
- 20.40.535 Temporary construction facilities.
- 20.40.540 Temporary real estate office.
- 20.40.550 Transit park and ride lot.
- 20.40.560 Trucking and courier service.
- 20.40.570 Unlisted use.
- 20.40.580 Utility facility.
- 20.40.590 Veterinary clinics and hospitals.
- 20.40.600 Wireless telecommunication facilities/satellite dish and antennas.
- 20.40.605 Wireless telecommunication facilities – Eligible facilities modifications.
- 20.40.610 Work release facility.
- 20.50 General Development Standards
- 20.50.010 Purpose.
- 20.50.020 Dimensional requirements.
- 20.50.021 Transition areas.
- 20.50.030 Lot width and lot area – Measurements.
- 20.50.040 Setbacks – Designation and measurement.
- 20.50.050 Building height – Standards.
- 20.50.060 Purpose.
- 20.50.070 Administrative design review.
- 20.50.080 Site design standards.
- 20.50.090 Building design standards.
- 20.50.110 Fences and walls – Standards.
- 20.50.115 Outdoor lighting standards.
- 20.50.116 Neighborhood commercial.
- 20.50.120 Purpose.
- 20.50.130 Administrative design review.
- 20.50.140 Thresholds – Required site improvements.
- 20.50.150 Overlapping standards.
- 20.50.160 Site design – Standards.
- 20.50.170 Building design – Standards.
- 20.50.180 Outdoor lighting – Standards.
- 20.50.190 Fences and walls – Standards.
- 20.50.220 Purpose.
- 20.50.225 Administrative design review.
- 20.50.230 Threshold – Required site improvements.
- 20.50.233 Threshold – Required building design.*
- 20.50.235 Site planning – Setbacks – Standards.
- 20.50.240 Site design.
- 20.50.250 Building design.
- 20.50.260 Outdoor seating design.
- 20.50.290 Purpose.
- 20.50.300 General requirements.
- 20.50.310 Exemptions from permit.
- 20.50.320 Specific activities subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
- 20.50.330 Project review and approval.
- 20.50.340 Basic operating conditions and standards of performance.
- 20.50.350 Development standards for clearing activities.
- 20.50.360 Tree replacement and site restoration.
- 20.50.370 Tree protection standards.
- 20.50.380 Purpose.
- 20.50.385 Administrative design review.
- 20.50.390 Minimum off-street parking requirements – Standards.
- 20.50.400 Reductions to minimum parking requirements.
- 20.50.410 Parking design standards.
- 20.50.420 Vehicle access and circulation – Standards.
- 20.50.430 Nonmotorized access and circulation – Pedestrian access and circulation – Standards.
- 20.50.440 Bicycle facilities – Standards.
- 20.50.450 Purpose.
- 20.50.455 Thresholds – Required site improvements.
- 20.50.457 Administrative design review.
- 20.50.460 Landscaping – Types of landscaping screens – Standards.
- 20.50.470 Street frontage landscaping for parking lots.
- 20.50.480 Street trees and landscaping within the right-of-way – Standards.
- 20.50.485 Front facade landscaping, single-family attached and mixed single-family attached developments – Standards.
- 20.50.490 Landscaping along interior lot line – Standards.
- 20.50.500 Internal landscaping for parking area.
- 20.50.510 Alternative landscape design.
- 20.50.520 General standards for landscape installation and maintenance.
- 20.50.530 Purpose.
- 20.50.532 Permit required.
- 20.50.535 Thresholds – Required site improvements.
- 20.50.540 Sign design.
- 20.50.550 Prohibited signs.
- 20.50.560 Monument signs.
- 20.50.570 Building-mounted signs.
- 20.50.580 Under-awning signs.
- 20.50.590 Nonconforming signs.
- 20.50.600 Temporary signs.
- 20.50.610 Exempt signs.
- 20.50.620 Shoreline Place (Aurora Square Community Renewal Area) sign standards.
- 20.50.630 Deep Green Incentive Program (DGIP).
- 20.50.800 Transfer of Development Rights Program (TDR).
- 20.60 Adequacy of Public Facilities
- 20.60.010 Purpose.
- 20.60.020 General requirements.
- 20.60.030 Adequate wastewater (sewer) disposal.
- 20.60.040 Adequate water supply.
- 20.60.050 Adequate fire protection.
- 20.60.060 Purpose.
- 20.60.070 Adequate surface water management system.
- 20.60.080 Development proposal requirements.
- 20.60.090 Core surface water and stormwater requirements.
- 20.60.100 Special requirements.
- 20.60.110 Construction timing and final approval.
- 20.60.120 Water quality.
- 20.60.130 Best management practices.
- 20.60.140 Adequate streets.
- 20.60.150 Adequate access.
- 20.70 Engineering and Utilities Development Standards
- 20.70.010 Purpose.
- 20.70.020 Engineering Development Manual.
- 20.70.110 Purpose.
- 20.70.120 Dedication of right-of-way.
- 20.70.130 Dedication of right-of-way.
- 20.70.140 Dedication of stormwater facilities.
- 20.70.150 Dedication of open space.
- 20.70.160 Easements and tracts.
- 20.70.210 Purpose.
- 20.70.220 Street classification.
- 20.70.230 Street plan.
- 20.70.240 Private streets.
- 20.70.250 Street naming and numbering.
- 20.70.310 Purpose.
- 20.70.320 Frontage improvements.
- 20.70.330 Surface water facilities.
- 20.70.340 Sidewalks, walkways, paths and trails.
- 20.70.410 Purpose.
- 20.70.420 Utility installation.
- 20.70.430 Undergrounding of electric and communication service connections.
- 20.70.440 Purpose.
- 20.70.450 Access types and widths.
- 20.80 Critical Areas
- 20.80.010 Purpose.
- 20.80.015 Applicability.
- 20.80.020 Relationship to other regulations.
- 20.80.025 Critical areas maps.
- 20.80.030 Exemptions.
- 20.80.040 Allowed activities.
- 20.80.045 Critical areas preapplication meeting.
- 20.80.050 Alteration of critical areas.
- 20.80.053 Mitigation requirements.
- 20.80.056 Voluntary critical area restoration projects.
- 20.80.060 Best available science.
- 20.80.070 Classification and rating of critical areas.
- 20.80.080 Critical area report – Requirements.
- 20.80.082 Mitigation plan requirements.
- 20.80.085 Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on City-owned property.
- 20.80.090 Buffer areas.
- 20.80.100 Notice to title.
- 20.80.110 Permanent field marking.
- 20.80.120 Financial guarantee requirements.
- 20.80.130 Unauthorized critical area alterations.
- 20.80.210 Geologic hazards – Designation and purpose.
- 20.80.220 Geologic hazards – Classification.
- 20.80.222 Geologic hazards – Mapping.
- 20.80.224 Geologic hazards – Development standards.
- 20.80.230 Geologic hazard areas – Required buffer areas.
- 20.80.240 Geologic hazards – Critical area report requirements.
- 20.80.250 Geologic hazards – Mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- 20.80.260 Fish and wildlife habitat – Description and purpose.
- 20.80.270 Fish and wildlife habitat – Classification and designation.
- 20.80.272 Fish and wildlife habitat – Mapping.
- 20.80.274 Fish and wildlife habitat – General development standards.
- 20.80.276 Fish and wildlife habitat – Specific habitat development standards.
- 20.80.280 Fish and wildlife habitat – Required buffer areas.
- 20.80.290 Fish and wildlife habitat – Critical area report requirements.
- 20.80.300 Fish and wildlife habitat – Mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- 20.80.310 Wetlands – Purpose.
- 20.80.320 Wetlands – Designation and rating.
- 20.80.322 Wetlands – Mapping and delineation.
- 20.80.324 Wetlands – Development standards.
- 20.80.330 Wetlands – Required buffer areas.
- 20.80.340 Wetlands – Critical area report requirements.
- 20.80.350 Wetlands – Compensatory mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- 20.80.360 Flood hazard – Description and purpose.
- 20.80.370 Flood hazard – Designation and classification.
- 20.80.380 Flood hazard – Development limitations.
- 20.80.390 Zero-rise floodway – Development standards and permitted alterations.
- 20.80.400 FEMA floodway – Development standards and permitted alterations.
- 20.80.410 Flood hazard areas – Certification by engineer or surveyor.
- 20.80.420 Aquifer recharge – Description and purpose.
- 20.80.430 Aquifer recharge – Designation and classification.
- 20.80.440 Aquifer recharge – Alteration.
- 20.80.450 Aquifer recharge – Performance standards and requirements.
- 20.93 Aldercrest – Planned Area 3
- 20.94 Point Wells – Planned Area 4
- 20.94.010 Purpose and applicability.
- 20.94.015 Relationship to other regulations.
- 20.94.020 Permitted uses.
- 20.94.025 Development standards.
- 20.94.030 Building height.
- 20.94.035 Parking.
- 20.94.040 Recreation and open space.
- 20.94.045 Transportation.
- 20.94.050 Design standards.
- 20.94.055 Landscaping.
- 20.94.060 Signs.
- 20.94.065 Sustainability.
- 20.94.070 Outdoor lighting.
- 20.94.075 Tree preservation and management.
- 20.94.080 Neighborhood meeting.
- 20.94.085 Review process.
- 20.94.090 Amendments to regulations and standards.
- 20.100 Special Districts
Division II
Shoreline Master Program
Sections
- 20.200 Shoreline Master Program
- 20.210 SMP Definitions
- 20.220 SMP Administrative Procedures
- 20.220.010 Permit requirements – General.
- 20.220.015 Developments not required to obtain shoreline permits or local reviews.
- 20.220.020 Substantial development permit.
- 20.220.030 Development exempt from substantial development permit requirement.
- 20.220.040 Shoreline variance.
- 20.220.050 Shoreline conditional use permit.
- 20.220.060 General.
- 20.220.070 Application review.
- 20.220.080 Permit process.
- 20.220.090 Local appeals.
- 20.220.110 Appeals to State Shoreline Hearings Board.
- 20.220.120 Initiation of development.
- 20.220.130 Expiration of permits.
- 20.220.140 Revision to permits.
- 20.220.150 Nonconforming use and development.
- 20.220.160 Enforcement.
- 20.230 SMP Shoreline Policies and Regulations
- 20.230.010 General.
- 20.230.020 Environmental.
- 20.230.030 Environmentally sensitive areas within the shoreline.
- 20.230.040 Public access.
- 20.230.070 General.
- 20.230.080 Shoreline environmental designations.
- 20.230.081 Permitted uses and modifications.
- 20.230.082 Native conservation area and building setbacks.
- 20.230.090 Boating facilities.
- 20.230.095 Breakwaters, jetties, groins, and weirs.
- 20.230.100 Nonresidential development.
- 20.230.110 In-stream structures.
- 20.230.115 Aquaculture.
- 20.230.120 Parking areas.
- 20.230.130 Recreational facilities.
- 20.230.140 Residential development.
- 20.230.150 General.
- 20.230.160 Dredging and disposal of dredging spoils.
- 20.230.170 Piers and docks.
- 20.230.175 Pier and dock repair, replacement, or expansion.
- 20.230.180 Bulkheads.
- 20.230.190 Revetment.
- 20.230.200 Land disturbing activities.
- 20.230.210 Landfilling.
- 20.230.230 Signs.
- 20.230.240 Stormwater management facilities.
- 20.230.250 Transportation.
- 20.230.260 Unclassified uses and activities.
- 20.230.270 Utilities.
- 20.240 SMP Critical Areas Regulations
- 20.240.010 Purpose.
- 20.240.015 Applicability.
- 20.240.020 Relationship to other regulations.
- 20.240.025 Critical areas maps.
- 20.240.040 Allowed activities.
- 20.240.045 Critical areas preapplication meeting.
- 20.240.050 Alteration of critical areas.
- 20.240.053 Mitigation requirements.
- 20.240.056 Shoreline restoration projects – Relief from shoreline master program development standards and use regulations.
- 20.240.060 Best available science.
- 20.240.070 Classification and rating of critical areas.
- 20.240.080 Critical area report – Requirements.
- 20.240.082 Mitigation plan requirements.
- 20.240.085 Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on City-owned property.
- 20.240.090 Buffer areas.
- 20.240.100 Notice to title.
- 20.240.110 Permanent field marking.
- 20.240.120 Financial guarantee requirements.
- 20.240.130 Unauthorized critical area alterations.
- 20.240.210 Geologic hazards – Designation and purpose.
- 20.240.220 Geologic hazards – Classification.
- 20.240.222 Geologic hazards – Mapping.
- 20.240.224 Geologic hazards – Development standards.
- 20.240.230 Geologic hazard areas – Required buffer areas.
- 20.240.240 Geologic hazards – Critical area report requirements.
- 20.240.250 Geologic hazards – Mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- 20.240.260 Fish and wildlife habitat – Description and purpose.
- 20.240.270 Fish and wildlife habitat – Classification and designation.
- 20.240.272 Fish and wildlife habitat – Mapping.
- 20.240.274 Fish and wildlife habitat – General development standards.
- 20.240.276 Fish and wildlife habitat – Specific habitat development standards.
- 20.240.280 Fish and wildlife habitat – Required buffer areas.
- 20.240.290 Fish and wildlife habitat – Critical area report requirements.
- 20.240.300 Fish and wildlife habitat – Mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- 20.240.310 Wetlands – Purpose.
- 20.240.320 Wetlands – Designation and rating.
- 20.240.322 Wetlands – Mapping and delineation.
- 20.240.324 Wetlands – Development standards.
- 20.240.330 Wetlands – Required buffer areas.
- 20.240.340 Wetlands – Critical area report requirements.
- 20.240.350 Wetlands – Compensatory mitigation performance standards and requirements.
- 20.240.360 Floodplain management.
- 20.240.370 Flood hazard – Description and purpose.
- 20.240.380 Flood hazard – Development limitations.
- 20.240.420 Aquifer recharge – Description and purpose.
- 20.240.430 Aquifer recharge – Designation and classification.
- 20.240.440 Aquifer recharge – Alteration.
- 20.240.450 Aquifer recharge – Performance standards and requirements.