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18A.23.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.
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Use Categories and Use Types

GIG HARBOR PENINSULA

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.23.020)

Rural Centers

Rural Residential, Resource Lands and Other Zones

Rural Neighborhood Center

Essential Public Facility-Rural Airport South

Essential Public Facility-Rural Airport North

Rural 10

Rural 5

Rural Sensitive Resource

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

Rural Farm

RNC

EPF-RAS

EPF-RAN

R10

R5

RSR

ARL

PR

RF

RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.210 for Description of Residential Use Categories.

Group Home

C

C

C

C

Mobile Home

P

Mobile Home Park

Multi-Family Housing

Residential Care Facilities

Senior Housing

Shared Housing

Single-Family Detached Housing

P

P

P

P

P

Two-Family Housing (Duplex)

P

P

P

P

P

CIVIC USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.220 for Description of Civic Use Categories.

Administrative Government Services

Community and Cultural Services

P7;C1,2

P7

P7;C2

P7; C2

P7;C1,2

P7

P7;C6

P7

P2,7;C1

Day-Care Centers

C

C1

C1

C1

Education

PUD4,5

RS

RS

P5

Health Services

Postal Services

C1

Public Park Facilities

C1

PUD

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1;C2-4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

C1

PUD1

C1

C1

C1

C1

Religious Assembly

C1,2

C1,2

C

C1,2

Transportation

C1

PUD

C1,2

C1,2

C1

UTILITIES USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.230 for Description of Utilities Use Categories.

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

C4

Natural Gas Facilities

P1

PUD

P1,2;C3,4

P1,2;C3,4

P1,2;C3,4

P1;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

C

C

C2

P2;C1,3

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1

PUD1,2

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

PUD

C

C

C

P1;C2

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1,2,3

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1

PUD1

P1

P1;C2,4

P1;C2,4

P

Water Supply Facilities

P1;A2;C3

PUD

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES USE CATEGORY [RESERVED]

OFFICE/BUSINESS USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.250 for Description of Office/Business Use Categories.

Administrative and Professional Offices

RESOURCE USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.260 for Description of Resource Use Categories.

Agritourism

P1

C

C1;P2

C

C

P

P

Agricultural Services

C

C

C

C

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

C1-4

C1-4

P1

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1-2

P1-2

P1-2

P1-2

P

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1

P1

P1

P1

C1

P

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

C

C

C

C

P

P

Forestry

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1;C2

Surface Mines

C

C

C

C

COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.270 for Description of Commercial Use Categories.

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

C6

C3,6

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1

C5

C5

Business Services

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3

PUD3

Lodging

PUD2

C1

C1

P4

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

Motor Vehicles and Related Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair, and Service

P1

PUD4,6

Rental and Repair Services

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

Storage and Moving

Wholesale Trade

INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORY: See PCC 18A.33.280 for Description of Industrial Use Categories.

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

C

C

Food and Related Products

C1,2

P2

Industrial Services and Repair

PUD

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

NFCC    New Fully Contained Community, see PCC 18A.10.090.D.2

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.33.160.B* and 18A.10.100.

MRO    Mineral Resource Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.E.

RAO    Rural Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.D.

P    Permitted.

P*    Permitted only as allowed by Title 19A PCC, Pierce County Comprehensive Plan Policy U-15.7 (Utilities Element: Sanitary Sewer Service and Wastewater Treatment).

C    Requires Conditional Use Permit.

A    Requires Administrative Use Permit.

Number    Refers to level of Use Type allowed, see PCC 18A.33.200 to 18A.33.280. When no number is present, all levels of the Use Type are allowed.

PUD    Individual uses described in each cell are permitted as shown on the Tacoma Narrows Airport PUD Boundaries Map.

RS    Rural School Criteria, see PCC 18A.43.020.

* Code reviser’s note: Section 18A.33.160.B was repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 2012-2s. Please refer to PCC 18A.60.090.

(Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-48 § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2019-53 § 1 (part), 2019; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 2017-43s § 1 (part), 2017; 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. 2014-67 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2013-85 § 1 (part), 2013; Ord. 2013-30s2 § 5 (part), 2013; Ord. 2014-32s § 1 (part), 2014; Ord. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2012-10 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-13s § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-98s § 4 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-109s § 3 (part), 2007; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2006-53s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2006-9s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-84s § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-15 § 1 (part), 2005; Ord. 2004-87s § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)