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Washougal City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

40 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

§ 18.40.010 Purposes.

(1) 
Light Industrial (LI). The intention of this district is to provide suitable areas for a variety of industrial uses including manufacturing, wholesale trade and distribution activities. The industries locating in this district can be characterized as clean and generally compatible with surrounding commercial uses. The light industrial districts are intended to contain uses that will not generate excessive noise, pollution, vibration, smoke, dust, gas, fumes, odors, radiation and other nuisance characteristics. Certain commercial activities having an open storage characteristic, or which are most appropriately located as neighbors of industrial uses, are also included as permitted uses in this district. Light industrial districts are only intended to be located in areas with relatively level topography, adequate water and sewerage facilities, and access to arterial streets and highways. Such uses do not necessarily require air, rail and water transportation.
(2) 
Heavy Industrial District (HI). The heavy industrial district is intended to provide suitable areas for manufacturing, assembling, fabrication and processing, bulk handling, storage, warehousing and trucking. The uses associated with this district may generate significant levels of truck traffic, noise, pollution, vibration, dust, gas, fumes, odors and radiation and create fire or explosion hazards or other objectionable conditions. Uses within this district may require rail and water transportation. Conditional uses permitted in this district are primarily those known to create a severe safety hazard or to be a major producer of air pollution, thus being subject to state and/or federal environmental statutes. The heavy industrial district is highly unsuitable adjacent to residential districts.
(Ord. 1167 § 1, 1995; Ord. 1264 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1437 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1496 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)

§ 18.40.020 Uses.

Permitted, conditional and prohibited uses and their associated permitting processes are listed in Table 18.40-1. If a use is not listed, it is understood to be prohibited.
Table 18.40-1
Uses
Use
LI
HI
1. Accessory Uses
P
P
2. Acid Plants
X
P
3. Adult Entertainment Establishments
P
P
4. Agricultural Product Manufacturing and Processing
X
P
5. Asphalt Plants
X
P
6. Asphaltic Concrete Hotmix and Cutback Asphalt Plants
X
P
7. Automotive Services
P
P
8. Branch Banks
P
P
9. Bulk Petroleum Product Terminals, Plants and Storage Facilities
X
P
10. Cellular Telecommunications Towers
P
P
11. Cement Manufacturing Facilities
X
P
12. Ceramic Production Facilities
X
P
13. Cold Storage, Frozen Food Facilities and Ice Manufacturing
X
P
14. Commercial Parking Facilities
P
P
15. Commercial/Industrial Nodes1
P
P
16. Commercial Recreational Facilities, Enclosed or Unenclosed3
C
C
17. Contractors' Establishments
P
P
18. Cupola Furnaces for Metallurgical Melting
X
P
19. Distribution Facilities
P
P
20. Dry Cleaning Plants
P
P
21. Enclosed or Unenclosed Commercial Sales of Product Being Manufactured or Warehoused, Not to Exceed 20% of the Gross Floor Area of the Building
P
P
22. Espresso – Drive-Through4
P
P
23. Espresso – Drive-Up
P
P
24. Essential Public Facilities6
C
C
25. Exterminators and Pest Control Businesses
P
P
26. Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing
X
P
27. Galvanizing Plants and Similar Facilities
X
P
28. Hazardous Waste Receiving, Storage and Treatment Facilities
X
C
29. Heavy Equipment Sales, Service, Rental, Storage and Repair
X
P
30. Incinerators, including Biomedical
X
P
31. Junk Yards, Wrecked Motor Vehicle Impounds and Other Used Vehicle Part Yards5
P
P
32. Landfills
X
P
33. Kennels – Animal
C
P
34. Manufactured, Mobile Home, Trailer Sales, Storage and Rental
C
P
35. Machine Shops
P
P
36. Manufacturing, Processing or Assembling Finished Products from Raw or Crude Materials, Except as Provided for Elsewhere in This Chapter
X
P
37. Mini-Warehouse/Self Storage Facilities with or without Accessory RV or Boat Storage
C
P
38. Natural Resource Extraction and Processing
X
P
39. Professional Offices
P
P
40. Public and Semipublic Buildings and Uses
P
P
41. Pulp Mills
X
P
42. Radio and Television Towers
P
P
43. Recycling Plant and Processing Facilities
P
P
44. Research and Scientific Laboratories
P
P
45. Restaurants <3,000 Square Feet1
P
P
46. Similar Uses as Determined by the Community Development Director
P
P
47. Solid Waste Transfer Stations (Including Household Waste)
X
P
48. Solvent Metal Cleaning
X
P
49. Unenclosed Storage Facilities
P
P
50. Volatile Organic Liquid Handling and Storage Facilities
X
P
51. Warehousing
P
P
52. Welding Shops
P
P
53. Wholesale Distribution Facilities
P
P
54. Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries and Associated Uses
P
P
55. Medical marijuana cooperatives as defined in RCW 69.51A.250.
X
X
56. Recreational marijuana producers, processors and retailers as defined in RCW 69.50.101.
X
X
P = Permitted by Site Plan Review Approval
C = Conditional Use Permit Required
X = Prohibited
1Subject to WMC § 18.40.040.
2Repealed by Ord. 1496.
3Subject to WMC § 18.46.100.
4Subject to WMC § 18.32.050.
5Subject to WMC § 18.46.220, Chapter 18.48 WMC, Chapter 46.80 RCW and WAC 308-61-200.
6With the exception of solid waste transfer stations in the heavy industrial district.
(Ord. 1264 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1437 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1496 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1613 § 1 (Exh. A), 2008; Ord. 1758 § 1 (Exh. A), 2014; Ord. 1764 § 2 (Exh. A), 2014; Ord. 1807 § 2 (Exh. A), 2016)

§ 18.40.030 Dimensional, landscaping and buffer requirements.

As specified in Table 18.32-2 (Dimensional) and Table 18.48-1 (Landscaping).
(Ord. 1264 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1437 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1496 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)

§ 18.40.040 Commercial/industrial (C/I) nodes.

Uses listed in convenience commercial (CV) zone shall be permitted in the LI and HI zones, subject to the following criteria:
(1) 
The total size of a commercial/industrial node shall not exceed five acres.
(2) 
There shall be no more than one of each use type represented in each commercial/industrial node.
(3) 
Commercial/industrial nodes shall not be located within a one-half-mile radius of any other commercial/industrial node or vacant, useable and available commercial land.
(Ord. 1264 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1437 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1496 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)