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A. Use Tables are provided for urban and rural and resource zoning classifications, respectively. Zoning classifications are shown across the horizontal axis, and use category and type are shown down the vertical axis.

1. Use Categories, Types, and Levels. Uses are grouped into eight major categories: residential, civic, utilities, essential public facilities, office/business, commercial, industrial, and resource. Each use category includes a number of use types. Each use type may contain one or more level. Each level indicates uses based on intensity or characteristics of the use. These use categories, types, and levels are shown on the Use Table. For a description of use categories, types, and levels see PCC 18A.33.200 to 18A.33.280.

a. Typical Uses within Use Types. The description of the use types and associated levels in this Chapter contain examples of usual and customary uses. These uses are intended to be typical and are not intended to represent all possible uses.

b. Organization of Uses. In PCC 18A.33.200 through 18A.33.280, uses are organized into use categories, use types, and levels that represent typical uses.

Example:

Commercial Use Category

Lodging Use Type

Level 2 – Lodging House.

2. Symbols. The following symbols are employed in the Use Tables:

a. A blank cell on the Table indicates that the use type is prohibited in the zone listed at the top of the column.

b. A "P" in a cell on the Table indicates that the use type is permitted outright in the zone listed at the top of the column.

c. A "C" in a cell on the Table indicates that the use type is permitted subject to the Conditional Use provisions specified in PCC 18A.75.030, Conditional Use Permit.

d. An "A" in a cell on the Table indicates that the use type is permitted subject to administrative review under the provision specified in PCC 18A.75.020, Administrative Use Permit.

e. A number accompanying a "P", "C", or "A" in a cell refers to the level of the use type allowed in the zone listed at the top of the column. If a letter is not accompanied by a number, all levels of that use type are permitted, subject to appropriate review. The description of levels for each use type is contained in PCC 18A.33.200 through 18A.33.280.

f. All symbols used in the Use Tables, including superscripts and parenthetical footnotes, are explained in a footer Table at the bottom of every page for every Use Table.

3. Interpretation by Director. Where there is a question regarding the inclusion or exclusion of a proposed use within a particular use category, use type, or use type level, the Director shall have the authority to make the final determination. The Director's determination in these instances may be appealable according to PCC 18A.85.050. The Director shall prepare an annual report for the County Council regarding such interpretations and shall offer recommendations on necessary amendments to this Chapter or Title.

4. Water-Dependent Uses. Water-dependent uses, to include associated incidental and necessary uses, that are located within shoreline jurisdiction and regulated by Title 18S PCC, Development Policies and Regulations – Shorelines, shall not be regulated by the Use Tables of this Title. A water-dependent use is a use that cannot exist in a location that is not adjacent to the water and that is dependent on the water by reason of the intrinsic nature of its operations.

(Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2016-33 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-24s2 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2015-86 § 1 (part), 2015; Ord. 2015-40 § 4 (part), 2015; Ord. 2013-45s4 § 3 (part), 2015; Ord. 2014-42 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012)