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18A.31.020 Rural and Resource Zone Classifications.
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Use Categories and Use Types

UPPER NISQUALLY

Rural Zone Classifications (Table 18A.31.020)

Village Center

Tourist Commercial

Village Residential

Rural 10

Rural 20

Rural 40

Rural Farm

Forest Land

Agricultural Resource Lands

Park and Recreation

VC

TC

VR

R10

R20

R40

RF

FL

ARL

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

C

Multi-Family Housing

P

Residential Care Facilities

P1,2

P1,2

Senior Housing

P

P

Shared Housing

Single-Family Detached Housing

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Two-Family Housing (Duplex)

P

P

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

Community and Cultural Services

P1-4,7,8

P2,3,7,8;C4,5

P7

P2,7,8;C1,3

P2,7,8;C1,3

P2,7,8;C1,3

P2,7;C1

P7

P7;C6

P7

Day-Care Centers

P

A1

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;C2

Education

RS;P4,5

RS

RS

RS

RS

P5

Health Services

P1

Postal Services

P1

Public Park Facilities

P1,2,4

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4;C3

P1,2,4

P1,2,4;C3

P

P1,4

P1,2,4;C3

Public Safety Services

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

Religious Assembly

P

P1,2

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

Transportation

P1;C2,3

A1

C

C

C

C2,3

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

Electrical Facilities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Generation Facilities

C3

C3

C

C

C

C4

C

C4

Natural Gas Facilities

P1,2;C3

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

P1;C3,4

Organic Waste Processing Facilities

C1,2,3

C1,2,3

C1,2,3

P2;C1,3

C1,2,3

P2;C1,3

Pipelines

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Sewage Collection Facilities

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

P*

Sewage Treatment Facilities

Surface Water Management Activities

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Telecommunication Towers or Wireless Facilities

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1;PL2;C3

P1;PL2;

C3

P1;PL2;C3

P1;C2,3

P1-3;C4

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

Utility or Public Maintenance Facilities

P

P

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2,3

P1;C2

P1;C2,3

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;C2

P1;C2,4

P1;C2,4

P1;C2,4

P1;C2,4

Water Supply Facilities

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

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

P1

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

Agritourism

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Agricultural Services

C

C

C

P

P

Agricultural Supply Sales

P1-4

P1

Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering

P1-2

P1-2;C3

P1-2;C3

P1-2;C3

P

P

Craft Distilleries

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Crop Production

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P1;A2;C3

P

P1

P

Fish Processing, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture

P

P

P

P

P

P

Forestry

P1

P1

P1

P1;C2

P1;C2

P1

Surface Mines

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;C2,3

P1

C3,6

C3,6

C3,6

Billboards

Building Materials and Garden Supplies

P1,2

Business Services

P

Commercial Centers

Eating and Drinking Establishments

P3

P3

Lodging

P2;A4**;C5

P2;A4**;C5

C1

C1

C1

P4**

C1

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

P3

P1

Storage

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

C

Food and Related Products

P1;C2-3

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

C4

OTHER RURAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

NOTES

NFCC    New Fully Contained Community, 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.

**    Employee Housing in the Upper Nisqually Valley Community Plan area is limited to living accommodations with shared kitchen/dining areas, shared restroom/shower facilities, and no more than 20 individual, internally accessed sleeping units per building. Provisions for cooking within individual sleeping units are prohibited.

(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. 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. 2008-39 § 4 (part), 2008; Ord. 2007-109s § 3 (part), 2007; Ord. 2007-85s § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2007-6 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2006-9s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2006-53s § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-84s § 2 (part), 2006; Ord. 2005-9 § 3 (part), 2005; Ord. 2004-87s § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-52s § 3 (part), 2004)