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Use Categories and Use Types

MID-COUNTY

Rural and Resource Zone Classifications (Table 18A.27.020)

Rural Centers

Resource Lands and Other Zones

Rural Residential

Rural Neighborhood Center

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

Rural Separator

Rural Farm

RNC

[Rsvd]

ARL

PR

RSep

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

P1,2

Senior Housing

P

Shared Housing

Single-Family Detached Housing

P

P

P

P

Two-Family Housing (Duplex)

P

P

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

Administrative Government Services

P

Community and Cultural Services

P1,2,7

P7;C6

P7

P2,7

P2,7;C1

Day-Care Centers

P

P1

Education

RS

RS;P5

P5

Health Services

P1

Postal Services

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,4

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

P1

P1

P1

Religious Assembly

P

(3)P1;C2-3

Transportation

P1;C2,3

C2(4)

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C4

C

C4

Natural Gas Facilities

P1,2;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3

P1;C3,4

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

P2;C1,3

P2;C1,3

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P

P1;C2

Waste Disposal Facilities

C1-3

Waste Transfer Facilities

P1

Water Supply Facilities

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

P

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

Agritourism

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Services

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P1

P1

P1

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

C1

P

P1,2;C3

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1

P

P1;A2;C3

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

P

P

P

Forestry

P1;C2

P1,3

P1,3;C2

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

P1

C6

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1,2,5

P1

Business Services

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P1,3

Lodging

C1

P4

Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home Sales

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

P1,2

Rental and Repair Services

P1

Sales of Merchandise and Services

P1

Storage and Moving

C1

Wholesale Trade

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

Basic Manufacturing

Contractor Yards

A*

Food and Related Products

P2

Industrial Services and Repair

Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly

Off-site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities

Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities

P1,2

Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage

Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

AIR    Airport Overlay, see PCC 18A.10.100.

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

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

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.

A*    Only legally existing contractors yards formerly designated in the CCS zone in the Summit-Waller Community Plan area shall be allowed to remain and expand (PCC 19A.40.010.G.2*.) in the RSep designation. All expansions shall require approval of an 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.

(3) Except for expansions of legally established religious assembly uses as provided for in this note, no new level 3 religious assembly uses are allowed. Legally established religious assembly uses existing on March 1, 2006, shall be allowed to expand. Expansions to adjacent parcels shall be allowed. Expansions to the sizes permitted by levels 2 and 3 shall require approval of a Conditional Use Permit.

(4) Transportation uses in the Mid-County Community Plan area are limited to those which serve a public school district in which the proposed facility is located.

* Code reviser’s note: The reference to Section 19A.40.010.G.2 is incorrect. Please refer to the Mid-County Community Plan, GOAL MC LU-5.2.

(Ord. 2022-80s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2022-49s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2020-102s § 3, 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. 2019-36 § 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. 2012-2s § 5 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-70s § 11 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-13s § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2010-7 § 2 (part), 2010; Ord. 2009-18s3 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2005-94s2 § 2 (part), 2005)