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18A.26.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.
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Use Categories and Use Types

KEY PENINSULA

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.26.020)

Rural Centers

Resource Lands

Rural Residential and Other Zones

Rural Activity Center

Rural Neighborhood Center

Agricultural Resource Lands

Rural 10

Rural Sensitive Resource

Rural Farm

Park and Recreation

RAC

RNC

ARL

[Rsvd]

R10

RSR

RF

PR

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

Group Home

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Mobile Home

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Mobile Home Park

Multi-Family Housing

C

Residential Care Facilities

P1,2

P1,2

Senior Housing

P

P

Shared Housing

Single-Family Detached Housing

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Two-Family Housing (Duplex)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

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

Administrative Government Services

P

P

Community and Cultural Services

P1-4,7,8

P2,7

P7;C6

P2,7,8;C1,3

P2,7;C1

P2,7;C1

P2,3,7,8;C5

Day-Care Centers

P

P

P1;C2

P1;C2

Education

RS;P5

RS

RS;P5

P5

P5

Health Services

P1;C2

P1

Postal Services

P1

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,2,4

P1,4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

P1,2

P1

P1

P1

P1

Religious Assembly

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

Transportation

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

C1

P1,2;C3

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C3

C

C

C4

C4

Natural Gas Facilities

P1,2;C3

P1,2;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

P1;2

P2

C1,2

C1,2

P2

P2

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

C

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;PL2;C3,4

P1;PL2;C3,4

P1;PL2;C3,4

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3,4

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P

P

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1-3,5

C1-3,5

C1-3,5

C1-3,5

C1-3,5

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1;C2,4

P1

P1;C2,4

Water Supply Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

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

P

P

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

Agritourism

P

P

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

P

C

C

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P

P1-4

P1-4

P1,2

P1,2

P1-4

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1,2;C3

P

P1-2;C3

P1-2;C3

P

P1-2

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1;A2;C3

P1

P

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P

P1

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

P

P

P

P

P

Forestry

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1

P1;C2

P1,C2

P1,C2

P1

Surface Mines

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

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

Adult Business

Amusement and Recreation

P1-3

P1

P1-4;C5,6

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1-5

P1,2,5

Business Services

P

Commercial Centers

P1

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P

P

Lodging

P1,2;C4

C3

C1,3,5

C1,3,5

C3

P1,3,5,6

Mobile, Manufactured and Modular Home Sales

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

P1,2,4

P1,2,4

Rental and Repair Services

P1,2

P1

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P4

P1

Storage and Moving

P1

C1

Wholesale Trade

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

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

P1

P1

P1;C2

Food and Related Products

C2

C2

C2

Industrial Services and Repair

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

C1

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

C

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

 

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.

EPF-SC    Essential Public Facility-State Corrections, see PCC 18A.10.100.F.

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

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

MPR    Master Planned Resort, see PCC 18A.10.090.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.

PL    Priority Location Criteria, see PCC 18J.15.270.

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

(Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 10, 2020; Ord. 2020-91s § 2 (part), 2020; Ord. 2020-40s § 1 (part), 2020; Ord. 2019-36 § 1 (part), 2019; Ord. 2017-89s § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 2017-43s § 1 (part), 2017; Ord. 2016-33 §§ 1, 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-24s2 § 1 (part), 2016; Ord. 2016-14s § 2 (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. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-70s § 11 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2008-39 § 4 (part), 2008; Ord. 2008-15s § 1 (part), 2008)