18A.33.280 Industrial Use Category – Description of Use Categories.
Industrial Use Categories include the on-site production, processing, storage, movement, servicing, or repair of goods and materials. The harvesting and extraction of raw materials; e.g., agricultural, forest, mineral, etc., is not included within the Industrial Use Categories but is found within the Resource Use Category. The Industrial Use Categories typically have one or more of the following characteristics: relatively large acreage requirements, create substantial odor or noise, create heavy traffic passenger vehicle and/or truck volumes, employ relatively large numbers of people, and/or create visual impacts incompatible with residential development.
A. Basic Manufacturing. Basic Manufacturing Use Type refers to uses that involve the primary processing of a raw or initially-processed material into a product that requires additional processing, manufacture, or assembly in order to become a consumer good. Examples include, but are not limited to:
1. the production of basic chemicals;
2. the manufacture of castings and other basic metal products and the manufacture of nails, spikes, and insulated wire and cable;
3. the tanning, curing, or storage of raw hides or skins;
4. the manufacture of cement, ready-mix concrete, cut stone, and crushed rock and other primary products from materials taken principally from the earth in the form of stone, clay, and sand;
5. the manufacture of asphalt and asphalt reclamation processes;
6. soil remediation facilities;
7. saw, lath, shingle, planing, plywood and veneer mills engaged in producing lumber and basic wood materials;
8. the manufacture of pulps from woods and other cellulose fibers and from rags;
9. petroleum and natural gas refining and processing; and
10. the smelting and refining of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from ore or scrap, rolling, drawing, and alloying metals.
B. Contractor Yards. Contractor Yards Use Type refers to an area for construction or contracting business offices, interior or outdoor storage, repair, or maintenance of heavy equipment, vehicles, or construction supplies and materials.
Level 1: Contractor Yards that include an outdoor storage area of less than or equal to 2 acres.
Level 2: Contractor Yards with outdoor storage areas greater than 2 acres in size.
C. Food and Related Products. Food and Related Products Use Type refers to uses which involve the processing of non-animal food materials, raw milk, ice manufacturing, and other food products manufacturing, processing, storage and packaging. Examples include: bakeries which distribute products to many retail outlets, creameries and other dairy products manufacturing without on-site dairy animals, soft drink bottling plants, feed and cereal mills, flour mills, vegetable oil manufacturing, refining or storage, yeast plants, and starch, glucose and dextrine manufacturing, and dry pet food, lard, pickles, sauerkraut, and vinegar manufacturing, sugar refining, breweries and distilleries. This Use Type does not include any food processing in which animals, slaughtered or live, are processed on site. Those uses are found under the Animal Production, Boarding, and Slaughtering Use Type.
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Table 18A.33.280-1. Food and Related Products Use Type – Description of Levels |
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Level |
Primary Activity |
Total Floor Area |
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Level 1 |
Small Scale Wineries, Distilleries, Breweries, Cideries |
Up to 2,500 square feet. No exterior storage |
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Level 2 |
Food processing and packaging facilities |
Up to 10,000 square feet |
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Level 3 |
Food processing and packaging facilities |
Up to 80,000 square feet |
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Level 4 |
Food processing and packaging facilities |
Greater than 80,000 square feet |
D. Industrial Services and Repair. Industrial Services and Repair Use Type refers to businesses that support industrial and commercial uses by repairing equipment or vehicles, fuel, gas, and oil storage and distribution, bio-tech, or high-tech research and laboratories, and/or providing other services integral to the functioning of the industrial or commercial use.
E. Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly. Intermediate Manufacturing and Intermediate/Final Assembly Use Type refers to uses that involve intermediate processing of semi-processed material into a consumer good and to uses that involve the assembly of semi-processed and/or intermediate processed products into a consumer good. This Use Type refers to the production, manufacture, fabrication or assembly of one or more of the following product types:
1. clothing and fabricated products;
2. products manufactured by predominately chemical processes and which are to be used for ultimate consumer or industrial consumption;
3. products manufactured by predominately chemical processes and which are to be used in further manufacture of other products;
4. electronic computers, computer hardware components and related equipment, and other machinery, apparatus and supplies for the generation, storage, transmission, transformation, and utilization of electrical energy;
5. industrial and commercial machinery and equipment;
6. finished products made entirely or mainly from wood for use in construction;
7. paper and paperboard and its conversion into other paper-based products;
8. ferrous and non-ferrous metal products and a variety of metal and wire products manufacturing;
9. products manufactured or assembled from plastic resins and from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber;
10. paving and roofing materials, compounding lubricating oils and greases, rubber reclaiming, manufacture of synthetic rubber;
11. instruments for measuring, testing, analyzing and controlling, optical instruments and lenses, surveying and drafting instruments, medical instruments and equipment, photographic equipment, watches and clocks, and supplies associated with the previous products;
12. glass and glass products, clay products, pottery, concrete and gypsum products, abrasive and asbestos products, and other secondary products from materials taken principally from the earth in the form of stone, clay and sand;
13. woven and knit fabrics, and carpets and rugs from yarn;
14. dyeing, finishing, coating, waterproofing, and other treating of fiber, yarn, and fabrics;
15. felt, lace goods, non-woven fabrics, and miscellaneous textiles;
16. equipment for transportation of people or cargo by land, air, rail, or water; and
17. other manufacturing and/or assembly processes in which processed or semi-processed materials are made or assembled into consumer products.
Level 1: Total floor area up to 2,000 square feet. No exterior storage allowed.
Level 2: Total floor area up to 5,000 square feet.
Level 3: Total floor area up to 45,000 square feet.
Level 4: Total floor area up to 80,000 square feet.
Level 5: Total floor area greater than 80,000 square feet.
F. Off-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities. Off-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facilities Use Type refers to facilities that treat and store hazardous waste generated off-site and are authorized pursuant to Chapter 70.105 RCW. All contiguous land and structures used for recycling, reusing, reclaiming, transferring, storing, or treating hazardous wastes are included.
G. Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities. Use Type refers to commercial and industrial activities which specialize in accepting, buying, collecting, storing, or processing recyclable materials, excluding activities which fall under the following specific use types: "Organic Waste Processing Facilities," "Waste Disposal Facilities," or "Waste Transfer Facilities."
Level 1: Recycling collection sites at staffed or unstaffed locations which accept source-separated recyclable materials from off-site household or commercial generators. Patrons place recyclable materials into containers designed and marked to receive specific recyclable commodities or a combination of commodities. All containers are removed from the site for sorting, grading, packaging, manual processing, mechanical processing, remanufacturing or reuse.
Level 2: Buy-back centers or any small-scale business operated solely indoors which collects, receives, or buys recyclable materials from household, commercial, or industrial sources for the purpose of sorting, grading, or packaging recyclables for subsequent shipment and marketing, not to include processing and crushing activities. Recyclable materials must have been separated from non-recyclable municipal garbage at the source of generation prior to delivery to the buy-back center.
Level 3: Industrial activities which specialize in accepting, storing, and processing any waste, other than hazardous waste or municipal garbage, for reuse and which may use heavy mechanical equipment to do the processing and include outdoor processing and storage of recycled materials. This includes material recovery facilities designed and operated to accept and process recyclable materials which were separated from non-recyclable municipal garbage at the source of generation. This also includes buy-back centers which involve materials stored outside in containers, dumpsters, piles or bales. Facilities which collect, store and process recyclables still co-mingled with municipal garbage are classified as a Waste Transfer Facility Level 4.
H. Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage. Salvage Yards/Vehicle Storage Use Type refers to uses that involve: the salvage of wrecked vehicles, vehicle parts and appliances; and the storage of vehicles.
Level 1: Salvage Yards dealing with salvage of wrecked motor vehicles, vehicle parts, and appliances in which all vehicles and merchandise are stored within an enclosed building(s).
Level 2: Salvage Yards dealing with salvage of wrecked motor vehicles, vehicle parts, mobile and manufactured homes, and appliances in which vehicles and merchandise are stored in an outdoor storage area.
Level 3: Vehicle Storage. The area for vehicle storage shall be no more than 10,000 square feet for storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses, and recreational vehicles. The area for vehicle storage shall be fenced. It does not include parking lots or the storage of vehicles for repair, sale, or the sale of vehicle parts.
Level 4: Vehicle Storage areas of more than 10,000 square feet for storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses, and recreational vehicles. The area for vehicle storage shall be fenced. It does not include parking lots or the storage of vehicles for repair, sale, or the sale of vehicle parts.
I. Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement. Warehousing, Distribution, and Freight Movement Use Type refers to the large scale warehousing and distribution of manufactured or processed products for one or more businesses, the large scale distribution of raw, manufactured, or processed products for one or more businesses at a central location, and the central dispatch and servicing of a delivery truck fleet, where no reloading (transfer facility), warehousing, or consolidation of materials takes place on site. Materials may be stored inside a building or in outdoor storage areas.
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Table 18A.33.280-3. Warehousing, Distribution and Freight Movement Use Type – Description of Levels |
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Level |
Products transported or stored |
Size of Project area |
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Level 1 |
Manufactured, processed, semi-processed products and raw materials |
On a lot or combination of lots not exceeding 2 acres |
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Level 2 |
Same as Level 1 |
On a lot or combination of lots from 2 to 5 acres in size |
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Level 3 |
Same as Level 1 |
On a lot or combination of lots exceeding 5 acres in size |
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Level 4 |
High and low level explosive materials and blasting agents as defined by the relevant Federal regulatory agencies |
Project area shall be on parcels large enough to meet federal standards regarding setbacks, buffers and separation, and not less than 10 acres in size |