Chapter 14.12
RURAL COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND USES

Sections:

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).

14.12.010 Applicability.

(1)    This Chapter applies to the following zones:

(a)    Rural Business (RB).

(b)    Rural Freeway Service (RFS).

(c)    Small-Scale Business (SSB).

(d)    Natural Resource Industrial (NRI).

(e)    Rural Marine Industrial (RMI).

(f)    Small-Scale Recreation and Tourism (SRT). (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.020 Allowed uses.

(1)    The uses shown in the table below are allowed in the specified zones. For development standards for these uses, see the use section in SCC Chapter 14.18.

 

Table 14.12.020-1 Allowed Uses in the Rural Commercial/Industrial Zones 

 

RB

RFS

SSB

NRI

RMI

SRT

Residential Uses

Owner operator/caretaker quarters

AC

AC

AC

AC

AC

AC

Commercial/Retail Uses

Animal clinic/hospital

 

 

 

P

 

 

Animal preserve

 

 

 

 

 

HE

Asphalt/concrete batching or recycling, permanent

 

 

 

HE

 

 

Asphalt/concrete batching or recycling, temporary

 

 

 

HE

 

 

Bed and breakfast

 

 

 

 

 

P

Billboard

 

AD

 

HE

 

 

Business/professional office

 

 

P

P

 

AC

Car wash

P

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial boathouse

 

 

 

 

 

P

Display gardens

 

 

 

 

 

P

Hotel/motel

 

HE

 

 

 

 

Institutional camp/retreat

 

 

 

 

 

P

Kennel, boarding

 

AD

HE

 

 

AD

Kennel, day-use

 

P

AD

 

 

P

Kennel, limited

 

 

HE

 

 

 

Marijuana retail facility

 

P

 

 

 

 

Marina, ≤ 20 or fewer slips

 

 

 

 

 

P

Marina, > 20 slips

 

 

 

 

 

HE

Restaurant

 

P

AC

 

 

 

Restaurant, drive-in

 

P

 

 

 

 

Retail food market and convenience store, including farmers market

 

P

 

 

 

 

Small retail and service business

 

 

P

 

 

 

Small-scale production or manufacture

 

 

P

 

 

 

Temporary events

AD

AD

AD

 

 

AD

Vehicle repair garage

 

P

 

 

 

 

Community/Public Uses

Community club/grange hall

 

 

 

 

 

P

Conference center

 

 

 

 

 

P

Historic site open to the public

 

P

P

P

P

P

Interpretive/information center

 

P

 

 

 

 

Museum

 

P

 

 

 

 

Natural Resource Uses

Agricultural processing facility

 

 

 

P

 

 

Agricultural slaughtering facility

 

 

 

P

 

 

Anaerobic digester

 

 

 

AD

 

 

Habitat enhancement/restoration project

P

P

P

P

P

P

Natural resource support services

 

 

 

P

 

 

Nursery/greenhouse, retail

 

 

AD

AC

 

AD

Nursery/greenhouse, wholesale

 

 

P

P

 

AD

Stockyard ≤ 40 acres

 

 

 

P

 

 

Stockyard > 40 acres

 

 

 

HE

 

 

Park/Recreational Uses

Campground, destination

 

 

 

 

 

P

Campground, developed

 

AD

 

 

 

P

Campground, primitive

 

AD

 

 

 

P

Off-road vehicle use areas and trails

 

 

 

 

 

P

Outdoor outfitters enterprise

 

 

 

 

 

P

Outdoor recreational facility

 

 

 

 

 

P

Outdoor recreational equipment rental and/or guide services

 

 

 

 

 

P

Park, community

 

 

 

 

 

P

Park, specialized recreational area

 

 

 

 

 

AD

Racetrack, recreational

 

 

 

 

 

HE

Shooting club, indoor

 

 

 

 

 

HE

Shooting club, outdoor

 

 

 

 

 

HE

Stables and riding club

 

 

 

 

 

P

Trail

 

AD

AD

AD

 

 

Trailhead, primary and secondary

 

AD

AD

AD

 

P

Storage Uses

Commercial equipment storage

 

AD

 

 

 

 

Hazardous waste storage

 

 

 

AC

 

 

Outdoor storage 1

 

 

 

AC

 

 

Outdoor storage 2

 

 

 

AC

 

 

Outdoor storage 3

 

 

 

AD

 

 

Outdoor storage 4

 

 

 

AD

 

 

Petroleum products and gas storage—bulk

 

 

 

HE

 

 

Vehicle storage facility

 

HE

 

 

 

 

Transportation Uses

Park and ride

 

P

 

 

 

 

Transit station

 

P

 

 

 

 

Vehicle charging station

P

P

P

P

P

P

Vehicle fueling station

 

P

 

 

 

 

Utility Uses

Impoundment > one acre-foot

 

 

 

 

 

HE

Recycling drop-box facility

P

P

P

P

AC

AC

(Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.030 Dimensional standards.

 

Table 14.12.030-1 Dimensional Standards in the Rural Commercial/Industrial Zones 

 

RB

RFS

SSB

NRI

RMI

SRT

Lot Dimensions

Minimum lot size (ac)

Minimum lot width (ft)

Lot Coverage

Maximum lot coverage (%)

50

25

25

*

*

Minimum Setbacks (principal use)

Front

35

35

35

50

50

35

Interior side

35

35

*

50

50

35

Rear

35

35

*

50

50

35

Building Size Limits

Maximum height (ft)

40

40

50

50

50

50

(Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.100 Rural Business (RB).

(1)    Purpose. The Rural Business zone is intended to provide reasonable expansion and change of use opportunities for existing isolated nonresidential uses in the rural area that provide job opportunities for rural residents and that are not consistent with the other commercial and industrial Comprehensive Plan designations and zones.

(2)    Allowed Uses. In addition to the uses in SCC 14.12.020, the following uses are allowed in this zone:

(a)    Continuation of an existing commercial use.

(b)    Subject to an administrative decision, a change of use from the existing use to a use which is substantially similar to the existing use in terms of the type of commercial activity performed. A substantially similar use must continue the same basic operational characteristics as the existing use, and must be of no greater intensity, density, or generate no greater environmental or traffic impact than the existing use.

(c)    A use designated Rural Business may be expanded, but any expansion is limited to a maximum of 50 percent of the gross floor area existing as of June 1, 1997, or 1,500 square feet, whichever is less. The maximum floor area of allowed expansion must be determined based on the gross floor area dedicated to the Rural Business use as of June 1, 1997. The expansion, as well as all associated development including but not limited to parking areas, driveways, septic systems, wells, and landscaping, must occur on the same lot upon which the existing use is located.

(d)    Outdoor working areas may be expanded by a maximum of 50 percent, but any expansion must occur on the same lot as the existing outdoor working area. The area of allowed expansion must be determined based on the outdoor working area dedicated to the Rural Business use as of June 1, 1997.

(3)    Hearing Examiner Special Uses.

(a)    With an approved Hearing Examiner special use permit, a use designated Rural Business which was established prior to July 1, 1990, may be expanded beyond the 1,500-square-foot limit established in Subsection (2)(c) of this Section. For agricultural support services, the expansion is not limited. For all other uses, the expansion may not exceed 50 percent of the gross floor area dedicated to the Rural Business use as of July 1, 1990, up to a maximum of 5,000 square feet; and Subsections (3)(a)(i) through (3)(a)(vi) of this Section must be met. The applicant has the burden of proof to demonstrate that the use was established, and to what extent, prior to July 1, 1990. An expansion of 50 percent is not guaranteed, but instead is a maximum allowance; provided, that in no instance may an expansion greater than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area be allowed. Compliance with the criteria below may dictate a smaller maximum expansion. Expansions greater than 1,500 square feet must not be allowed if the following criteria cannot be met:

(i)    The expansion, as well as all associated development, including but not limited to parking areas, driveways, septic systems, wells, and landscaping, will occur on the same lot upon which the existing use is located;

(ii)    The expansion is visually compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and rural area;

(iii)    Detrimental impacts to adjacent properties or to existing easement rights on the property will not be increased or intensified;

(iv)    The expansion does not result in a formerly small operation dominating the area;

(v)    The expansion will not constitute new urban growth in the rural area, except that uses may utilize urban services that are historically already available to the site; and

(vi)    Public services and facilities are limited to those necessary to serve the isolated nonresidential use and are provided in a manner that does not permit low density sprawl.

(b)    A Hearing Examiner special use permit is required to change from one use to another use when Subsection (2)(b) of this Section does not apply. The Hearing Examiner may not grant a special use permit if he/she determines that the change of use would:

(i)    Result in a substantially increased impact on any one of the following criteria; or

(ii)    Result in smaller impacts across a number of criteria that, combined, result in a substantially increased overall impact. Information in parentheses defines “substantial impact” for that particular measure.

(A)    Traffic generation (more than 10 percent increase in vehicle trips per day equals substantial increase).

(B)    Parking requirements (the need to expand existing parking facilities or the likelihood that parking would flow over to adjacent roads or properties equals substantial increase).

(C)    Hours of operation (10 percent increase in hours of operation, or any measurable increase in evening and weekend hours, equals substantial increase).

(D)    Visitors/customers visiting the site (10 percent increase in visitors to the site equals substantial increase).

(E)    Need for expanded septic, sewer, water, power, or other services.

(F)    Need for increased infrastructure, such as road widening or access improvements.

(G)    Noise, light, glare and related impacts from business operations on adjacent properties.

(H)    Detrimental impacts on productive use of surrounding natural resource lands.

(I)    Detrimental impacts to surrounding critical areas.

(J)    Change to the visual character of the structure or property that would significantly and negatively affect the visual character of the surrounding rural area.

(K)    Be inconsistent with an applicable community development plan, if one has been adopted.

(iii)    Any use requiring the installation or extension of urban services, including sewer and stormwater, would be considered an urban use rather than a rural use and would be disqualified.

(iv)    A new use may take advantage of the one-time expansion opportunity provided to existing RB uses, provided it satisfies the expansion criteria in the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations. However, a change to a new use does not create any new expansion opportunities or rights. (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.200 Rural Freeway Service (RFS).

(1)    Purpose. The purpose of the Rural Freeway Service district is to provide for small-scale commercial uses at certain Interstate 5 freeway interchanges outside of urban growth areas as designated by the Comprehensive Plan to serve local populations and the traveling public with necessary goods and services.

(2)    Dimensional Standards.

(a)    Size Limitations.

(i)    A building may not exceed 6,000 square feet of gross floor area, except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(iii) of this Section, with a maximum of one building per parcel. A building may contain more than one business.

(ii)    Retail may not exceed 4,500 square feet and 1,500 square feet of storage.

(iii)    Storage or other noncommercial uses that are accessory to a permitted use up to a total of 1,500 square feet per parcel is permitted. (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.300 Small-Scale Business (SSB).

(1)    Purpose. The Small-Scale Business zone supports existing and new small-scale businesses that are not principally designed to serve the existing and projected rural population and nonresidential uses, but that do enhance rural economic development opportunities and job opportunities for rural residents.

(2)    Dimensional Standards.

(a)    Maximum Size Limits.

(i)    Permitted uses may not exceed 10,000 square feet of gross floor area with a maximum of one building per parcel. Parcels may not be divided through a binding site plan to create more than one parcel or building per small scale business designation.

(b)    Setbacks.

(i)    Interior side: none on interior lots; 35 feet on corner lots.

(ii)    Rear: 35 feet adjacent to RVR, RI or Agricultural zones.

(3)    General Requirements. All proposed SSB uses must comply with the following:

(a)    All structures and outside activities must be located or screened from adjacent properties to avoid disturbance through glare, shading, noise, dirt or other nuisances or hazards.

(b)    No petroleum pumps or aboveground petroleum storage may be closer than 30 feet to any street right-of-way.

(c)    All development proposals within the SSB district must include a plan, acceptable to the Department, that diagrams and explains how open areas will be maintained during and after construction to avoid sewage, drainage, and dust nuisances to adjacent properties, uses, and critical areas. The plan must also demonstrate how existing easement rights or other property ownership interests in the property will be protected.

(d)    All open portions of any lot must have adequate grading and drainage consistent with the requirements of SCC Chapter 14.32.

(e)    Impacts of the use on the off-site road system must be mitigated, particularly with regard to the impacts of tracks on substandard roads between the site and the arterial system.

(4)    Special Provisions. Uses may not have more than 20 full-time equivalent (FTE) on-site employees. This limitation does not apply to off-site employees.

(a)    For the purposes of this Subsection, “FTE on-site employee” means an employee that visits the site more than two times per week, including solely for purposes of vehicle transfer, and must be calculated over the course of a full year, based on a full-time equivalent of 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year.

(b)    Seasonal employee full-time equivalent is determined by multiplying the number of seasonal employees times the total hours worked per employee per season, divided by 2,000 hours (40 hours times 50 weeks). (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.400 Natural Resource Industrial (NRI).

(1)    Purpose. Natural resource-related industrial uses that are commonly accepted in the rural area which facilitate the production of agricultural, forest, and aquatic products are permissible in the NRI zoning classification. This zoning designation allows related processing facilities, limited direct resource sales and limited natural resource support services that support local natural resource activities and which are not detrimental to the natural resource base in the long term.

(2)    Allowed Uses. In addition to the uses in SCC 14.12.020, the following uses are allowed in this zone:

(a)    Permitted Uses.

(i)    Uses related to agriculture, including, but not limited to:

(A)    Agricultural implement sales;

(B)    Commercial composting;

(C)    Fabrication of farm related items;

(D)    Fertilizer manufacturing;

(E)    Irrigation systems sales, repair and storage;

(F)    Livestock auction facility;

(G)    Storage and distribution of animal feeds, fertilizers, pesticides and seed.

(ii)    Uses related to forestry including, but not limited to:

(A)    Fabrication of forestry-related items;

(B)    Forest industry storage and maintenance facility;

(C)    Forestry management services and forest industry support services;

(D)    Log-scaling station;

(E)    Manufacturing wood containers and products;

(F)    Operation of sawmills, chippers, shake and shingle mills, scaling stations, log dumps and sorting areas, forest industry equipment maintenance, buildings and storage yards, and forest industry residue dumping areas;

(G)    Prefabricated wood building and components; and

(H)    Wood waste recycling.

(iii)    Uses related to aquatic resources including, but not limited to, the following:

(A)    Fabrication, maintenance, and repair of equipment, vessels, and structures associated with aquatic natural resource industries;

(B)    Management and propagation of fish and wildlife;

(C)    Seafood processing and accessory on-site sales;

(D)    Shellfish processing and accessory on-site sales;

(E)    Treatment and bottling of water for commercial sales; and

(F)    Upland fish farm.

(b)    Accessory uses, only to serve the on-site primary permitted natural resource industrial use:

(i)    Explosives storage for use on NRL lands;

(ii)    Industrial vehicle storage facility for vehicles which only serve natural resource industries;

(iii)    Metalworking shop for the maintenance and repair of equipment used by the primary permitted natural resource industrial use;

(iv)    Offices in conjunction with the permitted use;

(v)    Retail sales of finished timber products.

(3)    Dimensional Standards.

(a)    Special Setbacks. Explosive storage, hazardous waste storage and treatment facilities, and petroleum products and gas bulk storage must be set back a minimum of 300 feet from the property boundary, and edges of existing and planned public rights-of-way.

(b)    Maximum Size Limits.

(i)    The maximum size for a contiguous NRI zone is 40 acres unless adjacent to a UGA.

(ii)    The maximum gross floor area for buildings in an NRI zone is:

(A)    Fifteen percent of total lot area for an NRI zone adjacent to a UGA, RVR, RVC, or RC zone;

(B)    Ten percent of total lot area if not adjacent to a UGA, RVR, RVC, or RC zone;

(C)    Seventy percent of total lot area for greenhouses, regardless of zone adjacency.

(4)    Special Provisions.

(a)    All sides of a proposed NRI use adjacent to a Rural Village must comply with the following:

(i)    All structures and outside activities must be located or screened from adjacent properties to avoid disturbance through glare, shading, noise, dirt or other nuisances or hazards;

(ii)    No petroleum pumps or aboveground petroleum storage may be closer than 30 feet from any street right-of-way; and

(iii)    All development proposals within the Natural Resource Industrial district must include a plan, acceptable to the Department, that diagrams and explains how open areas will be maintained during and after construction to avoid sewage, drainage and dust nuisances to adjacent properties, uses, and critical areas. The plan must also demonstrate how existing easement rights or other property ownership interests in the property are protected.

(b)    All open portions of any lot must have adequate grading and drainage consistent with the requirements of SCC Chapter 14.32.

(c)    Impacts of the use on the off-site road system must be mitigated, particularly with regard to the impacts of trucks on substandard roads between the site and the arterial system. (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.500 Rural Marine Industrial (RMI).

(1)    Purpose. The Rural Marine Industrial zone is intended to recognize existing rural marine industrial facilities and to permit expansion of existing rural water and shoreline-dependent or related marine industrial activities in Skagit County, and to provide limited expansion opportunities and limited changes of use.

(2)    Allowed Uses. In addition to the uses in SCC 14.12.020, the following uses are allowed in this zone:

(a)    Permitted Uses.

(i)    Marina, only on properties on which a marina existed as of April 1, 2002, or was vested by permit application as of April 1, 2002, permitted to continue, intensify and expand on such properties as conforming uses.

(ii)    Shore/water transfer of marine-related and/or raw natural resource materials.

(b)    Accessory Uses.

(i)    Moorage of marine vessels and structures associated with a permitted use.

(ii)    On parcels without a marina use permitted under Subsection (2)(a) or (2)(d) of this Section, maintenance, repair, storage, testing, and outfitting of marine-related and water-dependent products, equipment, vessels and structures used in, directly relating to, or supporting permitted uses. Fabrication and construction of structures and vessels may be incidental to such activities.

(iii)    On parcels with a marina use permitted under Subsection (2)(a) or (2)(d) of this Section:

(A)    Fabrication, construction, maintenance, repair, storage, testing, and outfitting of marine-related and water-dependent products, including but not limited to marine vessels, equipment, hardware and associated structures.

(B)    Restaurants.

(C)    Retail sales and rental of marine-related and water-dependent products consisting of, but not limited to, marine vessels, marine equipment and marine hardware.

(c)    Administrative Special Uses.

(i)    Parking, new or expanded parking areas within the required 50-foot setback. Appropriate conditions of approval to fully mitigate any increased impact to neighboring properties from parking in the 50-foot setback must be included.

(d)    Hearing Examiner Uses.

(i)    Marinas other than those permitted outright under Subsection (2)(a) of this Section on properties designated RMI before April 1, 2002.

(ii)    Marinas with a total of 15 or fewer slips for either wet or dry storage as an accessory use.

(3)    RMI Parcel. If multiple adjacent parcels have common ownership at the time they are all first zoned RMI, then these multiple parcels must be considered in their entirety as a single RMI parcel. If multiple adjacent parcels are under separate ownership at the time they are all first zoned RMI, then each parcel under separate ownership must be considered a separate RMI parcel. If an RMI parcel is subdivided or a portion is sold to a different owner, the dimensional standards applied to the parcel before subdivision or sale stay in effect on the parent parcel except as provided for in Subsection (5)(b) of this Section. Changes to an RMI parcel resulting from a rezone are as noted in Subsection (4) of this Section.

(4)    Rezones.

(a)    New areas zoned RMI must be on lands contiguous to areas with existing RMI zoning. If parcels are rezoned to RMI after July 14, 2000, and those parcels are in common ownership, then the new RMI parcels must be considered in their entirety as a single RMI parcel. If parcels are rezoned to RMI after July 14, 2000, and those new RMI parcels are in separate ownership, then each parcel under separate ownership must be considered a separate RMI parcel. In either case, the status of adjacent pre-existing RMI zoning as one or more RMI parcels is unaffected.

(b)    If a parcel zoned RMI that was originally 30 acres or less in size is decreased in size by a rezone, then the upland RMI parcel area acreage stated in Subsection (5)(a)(ii) of this Section must be the remaining upland RMI parcel area.

(c)    If a parcel that was originally over 30 acres in size is decreased in size by a rezone, then the limits of Subsection (5)(a)(ii) of this Section apply to the remaining upland RMI parcel area. If the remaining area is 30 acres or less in size and is both all outside the geographical jurisdiction of the SMP and more than 200 feet landward of the ordinary high water mark, then the limits of Subsection (5)(b) of this Section otherwise apply.

(d)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an RMI parcel on which a marina permitted under Subsection (2)(a)(i) of this Section is located is decreased in size by a rezone, the lot coverage and impervious surface coverage limitations in Subsection (5)(a)(i) of this Section must be decreased proportionally.

(5)    Dimensional Standards.

(a)    Parcels 30 Acres or Less in Size.

(i)    On parcels with a marina use permitted under Subsection (2)(a)(i) of this Section, maximum lot coverage and impervious surface is limited to the following, based on the acreage of the contiguous RMI zoned area in the parcel:

RMI Zoned Area

Maximum Lot Coverage

Maximum Impervious Surface

Over 15 acres

115,000 sf

345,000 sf

(ii)    For All Other Parcels 30 Acres or Less in Size. Maximum lot coverage and impervious surface is limited to the following percentages of upland RMI parcels areas:

Upland RMI Parcel Area

Maximum Lot Coverage

Maximum Impervious Surface

0—1.5 ac

23%

48%

1.51—4.5 ac

18%

48%

4.51—9.5 ac

16%

46%

9.51—17.5 ac

15%

45%

17.51—22.5 ac

13%

40%

22.51—30.0 ac

12%

36%

(b)    Parcels Over 30 Acres in Size. Maximum lot coverage and impervious surface is limited to the following, and must be calculated based solely on the upland acreage that is located outside the area regulated by the SMP. If an RMI parcel over 30 acres in size is decreased in size through subdivision or sale of a portion to a different owner, then the limits of Subsection (5)(a)(ii) of this Section apply to any parcel that is located entirely outside of the area regulated by the SMP and the limits of this subsection otherwise apply.

RMI Zoned Area, Before Exclusion

Maximum Lot Coverage, After Exclusions

Maximum Impervious Surface, After Exclusions

More than 30 acres

5,000 sf per acre

15,000 sf per acre

(6)    Special Provisions.

(a)    All uses or expansions of use must comply with the following:

(i)    All structures and outside activities must be located or screened from adjacent properties to avoid disturbance through glare, shading, noise, dirt or other nuisances or hazards consistent with SCC Chapter 14.20, General Performance Standards; and

(ii)    No petroleum pumps or aboveground petroleum storage may be closer than 15 feet from any street right-of-way or 100 feet from parcels of different ownership; except, that on parcels on which marinas are permitted under Subsection (2)(a)(i) of this Section, these setbacks do not apply and location of petroleum pumps and storage are governed by the building and fire codes; and

(iii)    All development proposals within this designation must include a plan, which must be reviewed and approved for compliance with this Section, and must include a diagram and explanation on how the open areas are to be maintained during and after construction to avoid sewage, drainage and dust nuisances to adjacent properties, uses, and critical areas. The plan must also demonstrate how existing easement rights or other property ownership interests in the property will be protected.

(b)    Impacts to the off-site road system must be mitigated, particularly with regard to the impacts of trucks on substandard roads between the parcel and the arterial system.

(c)    On parcels regulated by Subsection (5)(b) of this Section, any new buildings or new outdoor storage areas must be located outside of the area regulated by the SMP. (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))

14.12.600 Small-Scale Recreation and Tourism (SRT).

(1)    Purpose. This zone provides for small-scale recreational and tourist uses that create opportunities to diversify the economy of rural Skagit County by utilizing, in an environmentally sensitive manner, the County’s abundant recreational opportunities and scenic and natural amenities.

(2)    Allowed Uses. In addition to the uses in SCC 14.12.020, the following uses are allowed in this zone:

(a)    Permitted Uses.

(i)    Cabins and other forms of overnight lodging that are rural in scale. Lodging operators may not allow any person to occupy overnight lodging on the premises for more than four months in any year.

(ii)    Commercial facilities, such as restaurants and small retail and service businesses, if they serve the primary recreational or tourist use.

(iii)    Overnight lodging and related services for visitors to the rural area.

(b)    Administrative Special Uses.

(i)    Expansion of existing major public uses up to 3,000 square feet.

(ii)    In remote areas only, such as east of Concrete and on saltwater islands without ferry service, employee housing sufficient to operate the SRT operation so long as such housing is not for permanent residential use and is limited in size and quantity to only that necessary to house active, existing employees. Any employee housing must be incidental in scale to the primary SRT use.

(c)    Prohibited Uses.

(i)    New residential development, which includes the subdivision or sale of land for year-round or second-home residential housing that is owner occupied or rented.

(3)    Dimensional Standards.

(a)    Minimum Setbacks.

(i)    Front: 35 feet except 55 feet where parking is located in the front or sides of the structure.

(b)    Maximum Size Limits. The entire SRT area, whose boundaries are identified on a single Comprehensive Plan Map amendment, must be considered as one unit for the purpose of this calculation and is subject to the limits outlined in the following subsections as a whole.

(i)    The maximum number of acres that may be devoted to the built environment is 20 acres. Additional land may be associated with an SRT development provided it remains substantially undeveloped, primarily left in a natural state, and is used for passive recreation purposes only.

(ii)    The maximum number of units of overnight lodging is 35 units of built lodging (meaning fixed or mobile structures). This limit does not apply to the number of camping sites or recreational vehicle hook-ups within a campground or resort.

(iii)    Retail and service uses may not exceed 3,000 square feet of gross building area per establishment and is limited to two establishments. Storage or other uses that are accessory to the permitted use and do not exceed 50 percent of the square footage of the permitted use or a total of 1,500 square feet are also permitted.

(c)    Maximum lot coverage is 0.35 minus the acres of SRT divided by 100, except that a maximum coverage of 130,680 square feet is allowed. The entire SRT area, whose boundaries are identified on a single Comprehensive Plan Map amendment, must be considered as one unit and must be subject to the above-stated limit as a whole. (Ord. O20250005 § 2 (Exh. A))