Chapter 18.16
“AT” (AGRI-TOURISM) DISTRICT
Sections:
18.16.040 Development standards.
18.16.050 Additional definitions.
18.16.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to designate land best suited for commercial and other uses that attract and serve visitors to the agricultural amenities of the region, including but not limited to the wine industry. (Ord. 2628 § 2, 2008).
18.16.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are the only uses permitted in agri-tourism districts; provided, that all such uses shall be sited and operated consistent with the overall plan for the district developed pursuant to Section 18.16.040(A):
A. Wineries; wine manufacturing; sales, storage and tasting rooms; provided, that the space used for wineries; wine manufacturing; sales, storage and tasting rooms; manufacturing and storage of wine shall not exceed fifteen thousand square feet, not including up to an additional five thousand square feet of barrel storage;
B. Microbrewery, beer manufacturing, tasting and sales; provided, that the space used for manufacturing and storage of alcoholic beverages shall not exceed fifteen thousand square feet;
C. Sale, display, packaging and tasting facilities of other agricultural products from crops, including processing, packaging and storage, provided the space for such manufacture, packaging, productions and storage does not exceed seven thousand five hundred square feet;
D. Agricultural produce sales;
E. Agricultural uses and activities as a temporary, interim or accessory use, including floriculture; horticulture; roadside stands for agricultural products (Section 18.60.100), and vineyards. Dairies, poultry raising, livestock, and labor camps are prohibited;
F. Production of agricultural specialty crops associated with and ancillary to an agricultural use specified in subsections A through C of this section;
G. Resorts, hotels, time-share condominiums, bed and breakfast operations and other lodging facilities; but not including golf courses;
H. Restaurants with inside seating, excluding drive-in windows or over-the-counter fast food service;
I. Banquet halls;
J. Theaters and amphitheaters;
K. Delicatessens;
L. Drinking establishments, including nightclubs, cocktail lounges, tasting rooms and microbreweries-restaurants/pubs;
M. Pedestrian-oriented retail uses including specialty shops, gift shops, galleries; apparel and accessories, antiques, books, camera and camera supplies, florists, or jewelry shops and other similar uses; provided, that any single place of business does not exceed seven thousand five hundred square feet sales floor in size;
N. Tour group sales offices and assembly areas;
O. Bakeries;
P. Educational services, including culinary arts, intended to teach visitors about agriculture or use of agricultural products;
Q. Museums and cultural facilities and civic displays;
R. Tourist and visitor services;
S. Residential uses secondary to another permitted use in a building; provided, that such secondary residential uses are either located above the first story, or that such uses on the ground floor would comprise less than a majority of the lot area and less than twenty-five percent of the frontage; and
T. Accessory uses and structures related to a permitted use. (Ord. 2628 § 3, 2008).
18.16.030 Additional uses.
A. The following uses require approval of a permit by the board of adjustment in accord with Section 18.75.050:
1. Multiple-family dwellings including condominiums not in a mixed use relationship with a permitted use;
2. Permitted uses that involve manufacturing, production or storage facilities that are those in excess of fifteen thousand square feet or other size limitation as permitted above in Section 18.16.020;
3. Retail uses not specifically listed as permitted;
4. Retail nurseries including landscape gardening sales and service; provided, that such nurseries offer specialty plants and service suitable to be considered tourism-oriented activities;
5. Public and quasi-public uses;
6. Uses and activities similar to uses specified in Section 18.16.020(A) through (C) involving animals and animal products, provided no slaughtering or rendering occurs on site; and
7. Service stations.
B. The approval of any listed additional use must be compatible with adjacent existing or planned uses and be consistent with the general development plan prepared for each district pursuant to Section 18.16.040.
C. These additional uses may be approved as part of the plan developed in Section 18.16.040(A), without review under Chapter 18.75; provided, that such approvals are clearly denoted on the plan along with any appropriate conditions or restrictions. (Ord. 2628 § 4, 2008).
18.16.040 Development standards.
A. Prior to the approval of a rezone applying this designation, each separately defined AT district shall have an overall development plan prepared by or for the property owners with approval of the city council after hearing and recommendation by the planning commission. The development plan shall outline general circulation patterns and the location of various general uses. The plan shall include the standards and criteria that would apply to the approval of any additional uses permitted by Section 18.16.030 and any standards that would govern the location, orientation and operation of any permitted or additional use. Such development plan may be general, noting only the general location of various uses and streets, leaving further development review under this code or Chapter 16.08 to future permits, or sufficiently detailed to provide a basis for a developer agreement, or planned action pursuant to WAC 197-11-164, to facilitate future review under city regulations.
B. The development plan may be amended at any time by the city council after hearing and recommendation by the planning commission.
C. The development plan and its amendment shall be prepared and submitted in accord with any administrative procedures or guidelines that may be prepared for this purpose.
D. Development standards in the agri-tourism (AT) districts are as follows:
1. Minimum setbacks: front, none, but ten feet if abutting a residential district; side and rear, none, but twenty feet if abutting a residential district.
2. Maximum building height: forty-five feet. Structures higher than forty-five feet require approval of a conditional use permit in accord with Chapter 18.75.
3. Off-street parking in accord with Chapter 18.63.
4. Signs in accord with Chapter 18.72.
5. Site Review. Site review, in accord with Chapter 18.75, is required for each new use or expansion of an existing use.
6. Solid Waste Receptacles. All solid waste receptacles must be surrounded on at least three sides by a minimum five-foot-high sight-obscuring fence or wall. Such enclosures and receptacles are not permitted within required street frontage areas.
7. The proposed development plan should be of an architectural design, be it color schemes, materials, or style, consistent and compatible with other designs within the same district. (Ord. 2628 § 5, 2008).
18.16.050 Additional definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter apply throughout this chapter and shall prevail over any inconsistency with other definitions in this title. The definitions of the International Building Code supplement these definitions.
“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicle designed for temporary occupancy as a residence which is eight feet or less in width and forty feet or less in length and includes motor homes, travel trailers, campers and the like.
“Secondary” means of second rank, importance, or value. When applied to residential uses being “secondary” to other uses in a mixed use, the other uses would dominate the residential use and the visual appearance of the site from the street.
“Service station” means a retail establishment selling motor vehicle fuel and other petroleum projects or washing, lubricating or repairing vehicles, but not tire recapping, major engine overhaul, or body or fender work.
“Single-family dwelling” means a detached building designed for, or occupied exclusively by, one family.
“Specialty shops” means retail or service businesses that offer a limited range of goods often associated with a theme such as dress shops, travel services, stationery shops, boutiques, tobacco shops, cheese shops, specialty foods, wine shops, cooking stores, candy shops, ice cream parlors, bird and birding supplies, etc.
“Street” means a public or private way which affords a principal means of access to abutting properties. (Ord. 2628 § 6, 2008).
18.16.060 Severability.
The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this chapter shall not as a result of said section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase be held unconstitutional or invalid. (Ord. 2628 § 7, 2008).