Skagit County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division 1
Zoning and Land Uses
Sections
- 14.10 General Provisions
- 14.10.010 Purpose.
- 14.10.020 Applicability.
- 14.10.030 Zoning established.
- 14.10.040 Split zoning.
- 14.10.050 Use tables
- 14.10.060 Uses allowed in all zones.
- 14.10.070 Uses prohibited in all zones.
- 14.10.080 Uses prohibited outside of fire district.
- 14.10.090 Uses not specifically identified.
- 14.10.095 Extension of sewer prohibited into rural and resource areas.
- 14.10.100 Dimensional standards—Measurement and application.
- 14.11 Rural Mixed-Use Zones and Uses
- 14.11.010 Applicability.
- 14.11.020 Allowed uses.
- 14.11.030 Dimensional standards.
- 14.11.100 Rural Intermediate (RI).
- 14.11.200 Rural Reserve (RRv).
- 14.11.300 Rural Village Residential (RVR).
- 14.11.400 Rural Center (RC).
- 14.11.500 Rural Village Commercial (RVC).
- 14.11.600 Public Open Space of Regional/Statewide Importance (OSRSI).
- 14.12 Rural Commercial/Industrial Zones and Uses
- 14.12.010 Applicability.
- 14.12.020 Allowed uses.
- 14.12.030 Dimensional standards.
- 14.12.100 Rural Business (RB).
- 14.12.200 Rural Freeway Service (RFS).
- 14.12.300 Small-Scale Business (SSB).
- 14.12.400 Natural Resource Industrial (NRI).
- 14.12.500 Rural Marine Industrial (RMI).
- 14.12.600 Small-Scale Recreation and Tourism (SRT).
- 14.13 Natural Resource Zones and Uses
- 14.13.010 Applicability.
- 14.13.020 Allowed uses.
- 14.13.030 Dimensional standards.
- 14.13.100 Agricultural—Natural Resource Lands (Ag-NRL).
- 14.13.200 Industrial Forest—Natural Resource Lands (IF-NRL).
- 14.13.300 Secondary Forest—Natural Resource Lands (SF-NRL).
- 14.13.400 Rural Resource—Natural Resource Lands (RRc-NRL).
- 14.14 Overlay Zones and Uses
- 14.15 Bayview Ridge UGA Zones and Uses
- 14.15.010 Applicability.
- 14.15.020 Allowed uses.
- 14.15.030 Dimensional standards.
- 14.15.040 Street standards.
- 14.15.050 Stormwater.
- 14.15.060 Sanitary sewer service.
- 14.15.070 Water service.
- 14.15.080 Subdivisions.
- 14.15.100 Aviation Related (AVR).
- 14.15.200 Aviation Related—Limited (AVR-L).
- 14.15.300 Bayview Ridge Light Industrial (BR-LI).
- 14.15.400 Bayview Ridge Heavy Industrial (BR-HI).
- 14.15.500 Bayview Ridge Residential (BR-R).
- 14.16 Municipal UGA Zones and Uses
- 14.16.010 Applicability.
- 14.16.020 Allowed uses.
- 14.16.030 Dimensional standards.
- 14.16.100 Anacortes UGA Urban Development (A-UD).
- 14.16.200 Burlington UGA Urban Development (B-UD).
- 14.16.300 La Conner UGA Urban Development (LC-UD).
- 14.16.400 Hamilton Urban Reserve (H-URv).
- 14.16.500 Mount Vernon UGA Urban Development (MV-UD).
- 14.16.600 Swinomish UGA Residential (R).
- 14.16.700 Urban Reserve Commercial-Industrial (URC-I).
- 14.16.800 Urban Reserve Public—Open Space (URP-OS).
- 14.16.900 Urban Reserve Residential (URR).
- 14.18 Use Standards
- 14.18.102 Single-family residence.
- 14.18.104 Residential accessory use.
- 14.18.106 Accessory dwelling unit.
- 14.18.110 Caretaker dwelling unit.
- 14.18.112 Co-housing as part of a CaRD.
- 14.18.114 Co-living housing.
- 14.18.120 Emergency housing.
- 14.18.122 Emergency shelter.
- 14.18.124 Employee housing.
- 14.18.130 Loft living quarters.
- 14.18.140 Manufactured or mobile home park.
- 14.18.142 Middle housing.
- 14.18.150 Owner operator/caretaker quarters.
- 14.18.160 Permanent supportive housing.
- 14.18.170 Seasonal worker housing.
- 14.18.180 Temporary manufactured home.
- 14.18.182 Transitional housing.
- 14.18.210 Animal clinic/hospital.
- 14.18.214 Animal preserve.
- 14.18.216 Asphalt/concrete batching or recycling.
- 14.18.218 Automobile wrecking.
- 14.18.220 Bed and breakfast.
- 14.18.224 Billboard.
- 14.18.226 Business/professional office.
- 14.18.230 Car wash.
- 14.18.234 Commercial boathouse.
- 14.18.240 Day care center.
- 14.18.244 Display gardens.
- 14.18.246 Family day care provider.
- 14.18.248 Fish hatchery.
- 14.18.250 Group care facility.
- 14.18.252 Home-based business.
- 14.18.254 Institutional camp/retreat.
- 14.18.256 Kennel.
- 14.18.258 Hotel/motel.
- 14.18.260 Laundromat.
- 14.18.262 Marijuana facility.
- 14.18.264 Marina.
- 14.18.266 Mini-storage.
- 14.18.268 Moorage.
- 14.18.269 Mortuary.
- 14.18.270 Outpatient medical and health care service.
- 14.18.272 Overnight lodging and related services for visitors to the rural area.
- 14.18.280 Restaurant.
- 14.18.282 Retail food market and convenience store.
- 14.18.284 Retail and service business.
- 14.18.286 Small-scale production or manufacture.
- 14.18.290 Temporary events.
- 14.18.294 Vehicle repair garage.
- 14.18.310 Cemetery.
- 14.18.320 Church.
- 14.18.324 Community club/grange hall.
- 14.18.326 Conference center.
- 14.18.330 Historic site open to the public.
- 14.18.340 Hospital.
- 14.18.350 Interpretive/information center.
- 14.18.360 Museum.
- 14.18.370 Public use.
- 14.18.380 Preschool.
- 14.18.402 Agriculture.
- 14.18.403 Agricultural accessory use.
- 14.18.404 Agricultural processing facility.
- 14.18.405 Agricultural slaughtering facility.
- 14.18.406 Agricultural support service.
- 14.18.407 Anaerobic digester.
- 14.18.420 Farm-based business.
- 14.18.422 Forestry.
- 14.18.424 Forestry-based business.
- 14.18.430 Habitat enhancement/restoration project.
- 14.18.442 Manure lagoon.
- 14.18.444 Mitigation bank.
- 14.18.452 Natural resource support services.
- 14.18.454 Natural resources training/research facility.
- 14.18.456 Nursery/greenhouse.
- 14.18.462 Seasonal roadside stand.
- 14.18.512 Campground.
- 14.18.532 Golf course.
- 14.18.552 Off-road vehicle use areas and trails.
- 14.18.554 Outdoor outfitters enterprise.
- 14.18.556 Outdoor recreational equipment rental and/or guide services.
- 14.18.560 Park.
- 14.18.572 Racetrack.
- 14.18.574 Recreation facility.
- 14.18.576 Regional equestrian events center.
- 14.18.582 Shooting club.
- 14.18.584 Stables and riding club.
- 14.18.592 Trail.
- 14.18.594 Trailhead.
- 14.18.612 Commercial equipment storage.
- 14.18.642 Hazardous waste storage.
- 14.18.650 Outdoor storage.
- 14.18.660 Petroleum products and gas storage—Bulk.
- 14.18.690 Vehicle storage facility.
- 14.18.720 Aircraft hangar.
- 14.18.722 Aircraft landing field.
- 14.18.760 Park and ride.
- 14.18.780 Transit station.
- 14.18.782 Transit stop.
- 14.18.790 Vehicle charging station.
- 14.18.792 Vehicle fueling station.
- 14.18.820 Drainage maintenance.
- 14.18.830 Impoundment.
- 14.18.840 Net metering system.
- 14.18.860 Recycling drop box facility.
- 14.18.862 Repair, replacement, and maintenance of water lines.
- 14.18.870 Utility development.
- 14.18.890 Water diversion structure.
Division 2
Project Design Standards
Sections
- 14.20 General Performance Standards
- 14.22 Fences
- 14.24 Critical Areas Ordinance
- 14.24.010 Introduction.
- 14.24.020 Title and purpose.
- 14.24.030 Authority.
- 14.24.040 Applicability, jurisdiction and coordination.
- 14.24.050 Resource information and maps.
- 14.24.060 Authorizations required—Development permits.
- 14.24.070 Activities allowed without standard review.
- 14.24.080 Standard critical areas review and site assessment procedures.
- 14.24.090 Protected critical areas (PCA) requirements.
- 14.24.100 Critical areas determination, authorization, and conditions of approval.
- 14.24.110 County regulation of forest practices for the protection of critical areas.
- 14.24.120 Ongoing agriculture.
- 14.24.130 Hazard tree removal.
- 14.24.140 Reasonable use exception.
- 14.24.150 Variances.
- 14.24.160 Public notice and records.
- 14.24.170 Incentives.
- 14.24.200 Wetland designations.
- 14.24.210 Wetland classification.
- 14.24.220 Wetland report requirements.
- 14.24.230 Wetland protection standards.
- 14.24.240 Wetland performance-based buffer alternatives and mitigation standards.
- 14.24.250 Wetland alternative compensation projects.
- 14.24.300 Critical aquifer recharge areas (CARA) intent.
- 14.24.310 Critical aquifer recharge areas designations.
- 14.24.320 Critical aquifer recharge area standards.
- 14.24.330 Critical aquifer recharge areas site assessment requirements.
- 14.24.340 Critical aquifer recharge area protection plans.
- 14.24.350 Instream-flow rules.
- 14.24.360 Flow-sensitive basin water withdrawal mitigation.
- 14.24.370 Delineation of flow-sensitive basins.
- 14.24.380 Seawater intrusion areas.
- 14.24.400 Geologically hazardous areas designations.
- 14.24.410 Geologically hazardous areas known or suspected risk.
- 14.24.420 Geologically hazardous areas site assessment requirements.
- 14.24.430 Geologically hazardous area mitigation standards.
- 14.24.500 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area designations.
- 14.24.510 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area water type classification.
- 14.24.520 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area site assessment requirements.
- 14.24.530 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area protection standards.
- 14.24.540 Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area performance-based buffer alternatives and mitigation standards.
- 14.24.600 Frequently flooded areas designations.
- 14.24.610 Frequently flooded areas initial project review.
- 14.24.620 Frequently flooded areas development requirements.
- 14.24.630 Frequently flooded areas protection standards.
- 14.24.700 Compliance tracking.
- 14.24.710 Fees.
- 14.24.720 Director.
- 14.24.730 Appeals from the Director.
- 14.24.740 Interdisciplinary team.
- 14.25 Landscaping
- 14.25.010 Purpose.
- 14.25.020 Applicability.
- 14.25.030 Application requirements.
- 14.25.040 General standards.
- 14.25.050 Type I, property lines other than street frontage.
- 14.25.060 Type II, property lines other than street frontage.
- 14.25.070 Type III, street frontage.
- 14.25.080 Type III, street frontage in RVC in Alger.
- 14.25.090 Type IV, parking areas.
- 14.25.100 Type V, industrial adjoining residential in Bayview Ridge.
- 14.26 Parking
- 14.27 Pipeline Safety
- 14.28 Setbacks
- 14.28.010 Purpose.
- 14.28.020 Applicability.
- 14.28.030 Setback requirement.
- 14.28.040 Setback exemptions.
- 14.28.050 Types of setbacks.
- 14.28.060 Typical lot configurations.
- 14.28.070 Allowed projections into setbacks.
- 14.28.080 Agreement in lieu of setback.
- 14.28.110 Sight triangle at intersections.
- 14.28.120 Exclusion from easements.
- 14.29 Signs
- 14.29.010 Purpose.
- 14.29.020 Definitions.
- 14.29.030 Application requirements.
- 14.29.040 Maintenance, removal, and nonconforming signs.
- 14.29.050 General sign regulations.
- 14.29.060 Exempt signs.
- 14.29.070 Prohibited signs.
- 14.29.080 On-premises signs.
- 14.29.090 Commercial business signs.
- 14.29.100 Signs advertising industrial businesses.
- 14.29.110 Off-premises signs.
Division 3
Land Management
Sections
- 14.30 Land Disturbance
- 14.32 Stormwater Management
- 14.32.010 Policy.
- 14.32.020 Applicability.
- 14.32.030 Application requirements.
- 14.32.040 Stormwater management manual.
- 14.32.050 Projects within the NPDES permit area—Nonresidential projects outside of the NPDES permit area.
- 14.32.060 Residential projects outside the NPDES permit area.
- 14.32.070 Experimental best management practices (BMPs).
- 14.32.080 Land uses and pollutant generating sources.
- 14.32.090 Adjustments and exceptions.
- 14.32.100 Critical drainage areas.
- 14.32.110 Basin planning.
- 14.32.120 General stormwater management standards.
- 14.32.130 Erosion and sediment control.
- 14.32.140 Low-impact development (LID) techniques and facilities.
- 14.32.150 Stormwater conveyance.
- 14.32.160 Final inspections and approval.
- 14.32.170 Operation and maintenance.
- 14.32.180 Severability.
- 14.34 Flood Damage Prevention
- 14.34.005 Definitions.
- 14.34.010 Statutory authorization.
- 14.34.020 Findings of fact.
- 14.34.030 Statement of purpose.
- 14.34.040 Methods of reducing flood losses.
- 14.34.050 Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard.
- 14.34.055 Protected review area.
- 14.34.060 Compliance.
- 14.34.070 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
- 14.34.080 Interpretation.
- 14.34.090 Warning and disclaimer of liability.
- 14.34.100 Floodplain project permits.
- 14.34.110 Applications.
- 14.34.120 Director—Duties.
- 14.34.130 Variances and appeals.
- 14.34.140 Elevation and floodproofing certification required.
- 14.34.150 General standards for special flood hazard areas.
- 14.34.160 Specific standards for construction in special flood hazard areas.
- 14.34.170 Standards for construction in shallow flooding areas (AO Zones).
- 14.34.180 Standards for construction in special flood risk zones.
- 14.34.190 Standards for development activities in floodways.
- 14.34.200 Encroachment standards for development activities in areas where no floodway is established.
- 14.34.210 Standards for construction in coastal high hazard areas.
- 14.34.220 Habitat protection standards.
- 14.34.230 Livestock flood sanctuary areas (“critter pads”).
- 14.34.240 Severability.
- APPENDIX A Chapter 14.34 SCC Construction Specifications for Critter Pads (Livestock Flood Sanctuary Areas)
- 14.36 Recodified
- 14.38 Natural Resource Lands
Division 5
Special Permits
Sections
- 14.51 Special Use Permits
- 14.52 Special Use Permits for Mining
- 14.53 Development Agreements
- 14.54 Essential Public Facilities
- 14.56 Master Planned Resorts
- 14.56.010 Purpose.
- 14.56.020 Applicability.
- 14.56.030 Allowable uses.
- 14.56.040 Minimum standards for master planned resorts (MPRs).
- 14.56.050 Application requirements.
- 14.56.060 Master plan requirements.
- 14.56.065 Formal site-specific Comprehensive Plan amendment process.
- 14.56.070 SEPA environmental review.
- 14.56.080 Project permit.
- 14.56.090 Modifications and amendments to adopted master plans.
- 14.56.100 New master plan for an existing resort.
- 14.56.110 Decision-making authority.
- 14.56.120 Criteria for approval.
- 14.56.130 Time limits for approved developments.
- 14.57 Urban Reserve Development Permit (URDP)
- 14.58 Variances
- 14.59 Wireless Facilities
- 14.59.010 Purpose.
- 14.59.020 Applicability.
- 14.59.025 Definitions.
- 14.59.030 Application requirements.
- 14.59.035 Effect of permit.*
- 14.59.040 Ordinary maintenance or repair.
- 14.59.050 Design requirements.
- 14.59.060 Construction requirements.
- 14.59.070 Safety and due care.
- 14.59.080 Interference.
- 14.59.090 Compliance with permit.
- 14.59.100 Restoration.
- 14.59.110 Radio frequency emissions report.
- 14.59.120 Inspections.
- 14.59.130 Maintenance.
- 14.59.140 Requirements for siting on County property, other than rights-of-way.
- 14.59.150 General requirements.
- 14.59.160 Timing of decisions—Federal shot clocks.
- 14.59.170 Macro cell towers.
- 14.59.180 Small wireless facilities.
- 14.59.190 Miscellaneous.
Division 6
Public Facilities
Sections
- 14.62 Concurrency
- 14.62.010 Purpose.
- 14.62.020 Applicability.
- 14.62.025 Definitions.
- 14.62.030 Concurrency facilities and services.
- 14.62.040 Project concurrency review.
- 14.62.050 Phased development.
- 14.62.060 Concurrency determination—Transportation.
- 14.62.070 Concurrency determination—Non-transportation.
- 14.62.080 Certificate of capacity.
- 14.62.090 Facility capacity fees.
- 14.62.100 Development within municipal UGAs.
- 14.62.110 Annual concurrency assessment.
- 14.66 Public Works Standards
- 14.68 Impact Fees
- 14.68.010 Findings and authority.
- 14.68.020 Assessment of impact fees.
- 14.68.025 Definitions.
- 14.68.030 Collection within municipal UGAs and special purpose districts.
- 14.68.040 Exemptions.
- 14.68.050 Credits.
- 14.68.060 Tax adjustments.
- 14.68.070 Appeals.
- 14.68.080 Authorization for interlocal agreements and the establishment of impact fee accounts.
- 14.68.090 Refunds.
- 14.68.100 Use of funds.
- 14.68.110 Review.
- 14.68.120 Impact fees and administrative fees.
- 14.68.130 Independent fee calculations.
- 14.68.140 Existing authority unimpaired.
Division 7
Land Divisions and Boundaries
Sections
- 14.70 Legal Lots and Eligibility for Development
- 14.70.010 Purpose.
- 14.70.020 Applicability.
- 14.70.030 Deprecated terms.
- 14.70.040 Determination of legal lot.
- 14.70.050 Eligibility for project permits.
- 14.70.060 Exception from minimum lot size requirement.
- 14.70.070 Exception for specified nonresidential permits.
- 14.70.080 Lot aggregation.
- 14.70.090 Reasonable use exception.
- 14.72 Boundary Line Adjustments
- 14.74 Land Divisions
- 14.74.010 Purpose.
- 14.74.020 Applicability.
- 14.74.030 Types of land divisions.
- 14.74.040 Eligibility for division.
- 14.74.050 General requirements.
- 14.74.090 Violations.
- 14.74.100 Preliminary approval—Application requirements.
- 14.74.110 Preliminary approval—Review criteria.
- 14.74.120 Preliminary approval—Revisions.
- 14.74.130 Preliminary approval—Duration of validity.
- 14.74.140 Construction plan approval.
- 14.74.200 Final approval—Application requirements.
- 14.74.210 Final approval—Review criteria.
- 14.74.220 Final approval—Recording.
- 14.74.300 Alterations.
- 14.74.400 Vacations.
- 14.76 Standards for Special Land Divisions
- 14.78 Standards for CaRD Land Divisions
- 14.79 Binding Site Plans