Division V. - Rural Tourist (RT)


17.04.601 - Purpose.

(See Section 17.02.047).

(Ord. 100-07 Attach. B (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.602 - Uses permitted.

(a)

Uses. Marina - sales, service and storage; overnight lodging facilities, including motel, RV park, campgrounds, and bed and breakfast; golf course, restaurant, retreat centers, and commercial or nonprofit recreational activity facilities (such as water parks, bicycle courses and racquet court sports).

(b)

Accessory Uses. Employee housing; retail and gas (one thousand square feet maximum building size); self-storage (contained space has one thousand square feet maximum building size; outdoor storage limited to recreation storage).

(c)

Special Permit Required Uses. Motorized commercial outdoor recreation; air transportation; and rifle ranges.

(Ord. 100-07 Attach. B (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.603 - Lot requirements.

(a)

Density and Lot Size. Dependent on subject property location.

(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 for buildings; ten feet for signs.

(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. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.604 - Building regulations.

(a)

Floor Area Ratio. One is to five in rural areas or one is to three in RC3, except for fire stations.

(b)

Size. Five thousand sq. ft. maximum or reviewed by RV Park or special use permit.

(c)

Height. Two floors not to exceed thirty-five feet maximum except for agricultural buildings, cell towers, antennas, or water tanks, or as reviewed by special use permit.

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.605 - Signs.

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. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

(Ord. No. 134-08, 12-16-2008)

17.04.606 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking (stall number and arrangement) shall be provided according with the provisions of the Mason County parking standards. For bed and breakfasts, one stall for each bedroom shall be provided.

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.607 - Special provisions.

(a)

Application to RT uses requires applicant to provide such information: access to state and county roads; location and size of lot(s); land uses on adjacent properties; potential impacts to existing residential uses; how is proposed use related to recreational and tourist activities and/or to commercial services to tourists and adjacent rural populations.

(b)

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 occupant 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.

(c)

Additional information, stated in Section 17.05.046, is required for special use permits, to aid in analyzing the request, preparing necessary conditions, and providing consistency with dimensional and performance standards in these and other relevant county regulations.

(Ord. 100-07 Attach. B (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).