1. New construction and expansion of buildings, structures, and parking lots.

2. Use permits and expansion of uses, if the underlying project is subject to this Title.

3. Site development activities, if the underlying project is subject to this Title.

4. Site clearing, grading, or filling without a proposed principal use.

5. Land divisions.

1. Agricultural structures for farming.

2. Utility lines, equipment, and appurtenances, excluding substations and similar facilities.

3. Water-dependent uses subject to Title 18S PCC.

4. Two-lot, single-family short plats, except that significant tree retention applies. (See PCC 18J.15.030.F.3.)

5. Temporary uses. (See Chapter 18A.38 PCC.)

6. Interior remodel work.

7. Building maintenance.

8. Portable classrooms on more than 2 acres.

9. Bus shelters, less than 300 sq. ft.

10. Individual single-family homes, except that special design standards apply in Graham, Gig Harbor, or Browns/Dash Point, and significant tree retention of PCC 18J.15.030.F.3 applies.

11. Sites regulated through a previously adopted site plan or recorded plat.

12. Change of use to outright permitted use with no exterior remodel/outdoor storage.

13. Exempt land divisions. (See PCC 18F.10.060.)

Countywide. If there is a conflict between a countywide standard and a community(ies) plan standard, the community(ies) plan standard shall apply.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

Commercial, industrial, and civic uses and buildings, and residential developments.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

1. Single-family attached (townhouse), multi-family, civic, utility, commercial, industrial, land divisions, and site development permits.

2. Remodels when the improvement value of the remodel is 60 percent or greater.

1. Title 18J PCC exemptions.

2. Animal, crop, or forestry production.

3. Proposals that result in the removal of less than 1,000 sq. ft. of native vegetation.

4. Agricultural activities, except for sales and services within ARL and RF, with an approved Hobby Farm Agreement, or Farm and Agricultural Land pursuant to Chapter 84.34 RCW.

5. Urban residential short subdivisions of 4 lots or less on 1 acre or less.

6. Public roads, paths, bicycle ways, trails, bridges, sewer lines, storm drainage facilities, related critical area mitigation, and other similar public infrastructure.

Establishes the minimum landscaped area requirement or buffer level required for each proposed land use.

1. Title 18J PCC exemptions.

2. Existing, legally established, single- and two-family dwellings and accessory structures.

3. A single-family dwelling or accessory dwelling unit with a land division decision that did not include a landscape buffer requirement.

4. Land divisions which result in 4 or fewer detached single-family dwelling unit lots.

Both sides of all new roads in urban areas only.

1. Title 18J PCC exemptions.

2. Street tree plantings may be used to meet Low Impact Development requirements in vegetative strips.

New residential developments of 5 or more dwelling units proposed adjacent to lots of less than 1 acre in size, built with similar housing type but to a lesser density.

Title 18J PCC exemptions and projects designed according to the Urban Infill Design standards of Chapter 18J.17 PCC.

Any barrier being built to attenuate noise from a proposed or existing land use.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

1. Neighborhood Corridor (NCOR), Towne Center (TCTR), and Urban Corridor (UCOR) zones.

2. New parking facilities that accommodate 10 or more vehicles.

3. Ten percent or more expansion to an existing parking lot that accommodates 10 or more vehicles.

4. New residential developments.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

1. New residential developments, civic, commercial, and industrial uses; and

2. Multi-family, civic, commercial, or industrial expansion greater than 60% of the building value, excluding interior improvements.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

1. Perimeter parking lot landscaping is required for any portion of a surface parking lot that is within 20 feet of a right-of-way or shared access.

2. Interior parking lot landscaping is required for all new surface parking lots with 10 or more spaces.

3. Interior parking lot landscaping is required for the addition of 10 spaces or more to an existing parking lot.

4. Standards for drive-through facilities, storage, and service areas are applicable when such facilities are proposed for the project.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

Western Washington native and/or drought-tolerant plant material shall be used within all required landscape screening, buffers, and parking lot landscaping.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

Exceptions:

1. Plants specifically required or prohibited by Title 18E PCC or Title 18S PCC shall supersede this Section.

2. Native plantings are required within natural buffer areas and tree conservation areas.

Street trees, landscape buffers, noise attenuating barriers, and parking lot landscaping, unless a standard has otherwise been specified in this Chapter.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

Street trees, landscape buffers, replacement trees, and parking lot landscaping.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

All vegetation and associated areas required pursuant to this Chapter.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

Comprehensive LID site design techniques shall be utilized for development within the:

1. RSR zone.

2. USRO overlay.

3. Graham and Gig Harbor Open Space Corridors.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

1. New multi-family developments, civic, commercial, and industrial uses; and

2. Multi-family, civic, commercial, or industrial remodel or expansion that changes the mechanical equipment or adds outdoor storage.

Title 18J PCC exemptions.

New urban developments proposing to utilize interim on-site septic systems.

1. Title 18J PCC exemptions.

2. If all the following apply:

a. The applicable sewer service provider agrees to the dry sewer facility exemption;

b. The depth and location of a future sewer line that would serve the project cannot be provided by the applicable sewer service provider;

c. All lots within a project shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system at the time a sewer line is installed adjacent to the proposed development; and

d. The plat includes a no objection to sewer clause.

Attached single-family, multi-family, civic, utility, commercial, industrial, land divisions, use permits, and site development permits.

1. Title 18J PCC exemptions.

2. Animal, crop, or forestry production or mineral extraction.

3. Plats for 9 or fewer dwelling units.

New residential developments of 31 dwelling units or more, new shared housing uses of 124 sleeping units or more, and new Urban Infill Design Developments (Chapter 18J.17 PCC) of any size.

1. Title 18J PCC exemptions.

2. Single-family and duplex lots 7,260 sq. ft. in size or larger.

3. Single-family lots and mixed-use buildings within Residential Targeted Areas located within 2,640 feet of a public park or public school where a safe pedestrian path exists or is provided.

4. Mixed-use buildings within Residential Targeted Areas with at least 1,500 sq. ft. of recreation space.

5. Residential care facilities in the Frederickson, Mid-County, Parkland-Spanaway-Midland and South Hill Community(ies) Plan areas.

Residential (attached single-family, duplex, triplex, multi-family, residential care facility)

Outdoor Event Facilities in all zones except NCOR, TCTR, and UCOR

Mobile Home Parks

Recreational Vehicle Parks

Construction and Contractor Facilities

Outdoor Stockpiles

Solid Waste Handling, Treatment, and Storage Facilities

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility

Water Supply Facilities

Telecommunication Towers and Wireless Facilities

Agritourism