17.04.344 - Building regulations.
17.04.346 - Off-street parking.
17.04.347 - Special provisions for recreational vehicle parks.
17.04.348 - Special provisions for building size.
(See Section 1.02.043)
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
(a)
Uses. Convenience/general store, retail, restaurant, small office, laundry, professional services, personal services, public meeting space, nursery, public facilities - post office/fire station/fish hatchery/library/ranger station, church, local community and recreation centers, lodging facilities, including motels, RV parks, campgrounds and bed and breakfast, marina - sales, service and storage, auto service and repair, medical/dental clinic, animal clinic, winery, commercial/government operated day care, single-family residential accessory use or apartment.
(b)
Uses Permitted with Special Use Permit. Gas, self-storage.
(c)
Other Uses. Uses not explicitly enumerated in this section, but closely similar thereto, are determined by the administrator.
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
(a)
Density. One residence per lot.
(b)
Lot Width and Depth. All lots shall have a minimum average width of not less than one-third of the median length and a minimum width at any point of fifty feet; designate limited and safe access(es) to roads.
(c)
Front Yard Setback. Thirty feet.
(d)
Side and Rear Yard Setbacks. Fifteen feet for lots contiguous to lots zoned commercial or industrial use; otherwise, twenty-five feet. Buffer plantings required in the first ten feet of this setback.
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
17.04.344 - Building regulations.
(a)
Floor Area Ratio. One is to five, except for fire stations.
(b)
Size. Maximum of four thousand five hundred sq. feet for single tenant and seven thousand five hundred sq. feet for multiple tenant; no maximum for dwellings.
(c)
Height. Two floors not to exceed thirty-five feet maximum except for agricultural buildings, cell towers, antennas, water tanks, or necessary structural elements for an otherwise complaint permitted land use.
(Ord. 100-07 Attach. B (part), 2007: Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
Signs are limited to: 1) a sign attached to the building with an area not to exceed ten percent of the area of the building face, and 2) a detached sign with an area size not to exceed ten percent of the building face, that is free-standing, and with a height maximum of twenty-five feet or height of building, whichever is less. Temporary signs permitted by section 17.05.025 are allowed. Signs prohibited by section 17.03.203 are not allowed.
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
(Ord. No. 134-08, 12-16-2008)
17.04.346 - Off-street parking.
Off-street parking (stall number and arrangement) shall be provided according with the provisions of the Mason County parking standards.
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
17.04.347 - Special provisions for recreational vehicle parks.
RV parks shall comply with the following additional standards:
(1)
No recreational vehicle shall remain in the RV park for rental purposes or for a time period of more than one hundred twenty consecutive days and one hundred eighty days in a three hundred sixty-day period (this standard applies to new occupants at existing mobile home and recreational vehicle parks, and to new mobile home and recreational vehicle parks). The RV park management shall maintain rental records identifying each RV and registered occupants and shall present them to the county on written request. Failure to maintain or to present these records on request shall be sufficient grounds to rescind the RV park permit.
(2)
The recreational vehicle shall be built on a chassis and self-propelled or permanently towable, and shall not be set up in a RV park as a permanent structure for limited use.
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).
17.04.348 - Special provisions for building size.
Commercial buildings larger than seven thousand five hundred square feet may be allowed in RC3 zoned areas with the approval of a special use permit, which shall include the following specific information and standards:
(1)
The site is located in a rural activity center.
(2)
The design of the site, structure, and building facade shall be included in the special use permit review which shall consider the widths and heights typically found in the neighboring commercial development. This might be accomplished through indenting portions of the structure to separate portions of the facade, using a variety of architectural styles and building materials, orienting the building so that larger areas of facade are not visible from public ways or parking areas, or by similar techniques.
(3)
The applicant shall provide market analysis that shows that the proposed size is appropriate to serve its market and that its market is principally the surrounding rural area and tourist.
(Ord. 48-07 (part), 2007).