8.76.050 Identification of Environments.
A. The EDNA of any property shall be based on the following typical uses:
1. Class A EDNA. Lands where human beings reside and sleep. Typically, Class EDNA will be the following types of property used for human habitation:
a. Residential;
b. Multiple-family living accommodations;
c. Recreational and entertainment (e.g., camps, parks, camping facilities and resorts);
d. Community service (e.g., orphanages, homes for the aged, hospitals, health and correctional facilities);
2. Class B EDNA. Lands involving uses requiring protection against noise interference with speech. Typically, Class B EDNA will be the following types of property:
a. Commercial living accommodations;
b. Commercial dining establishments;
c. Motor vehicle services;
d. Retail services;
e. Banks and office buildings;
f. Miscellaneous commercial services;
g. Recreation and entertainment; property not used for human habitation (e.g., theaters, stadiums, fairgrounds and amusement parks);
h. Community services; property not used for human habitation (e.g., educational, religious, governmental, cultural and recreational facilities).
3. Class C EDNA. Lands involving economic activities of such a nature that higher noise levels than experienced in other areas are to be anticipated. Persons working in these areas are normally covered by noise control regulations or the Department of Labor and Industries. Uses typical of Class A EDNA are generally not permitted within such areas. Typically, Class C EDNA will be the following types of property:
a. Storage, warehouse and distribution facilities;
b. Industrial property used for the production and fabrication of durable and nondurable manmade goods;
c. Agricultural and silvicultural property used for the production of crops, wood products or livestock.
B. Subject to subsection D of this Section, EDNA land classification shall conform with the County zoning codes as follows:
1. Zones primarily utilized for residential purposes in the County include: RE, SR, ST, RR, RML, RM, RMH, RMP and SA – Class A EDNA. Any future zoning change will also control the EDNA classification, i.e., if zoned R-2 is changed to M-1, the M-1 EDNA would apply.
2. Zones primarily utilized for commercial purposes in the County include: C-1, C 2, C-3, PS-1, PS-2, PSC, FS, HAS and PE – Class B EDNA.
3. Zones primarily utilized or potentially utilized for industrial purposes in the County include: M-1, M 2, MP, A – Class C EDNA. EDNA designations shall be amended as necessary to conform to zone changes under the zoning ordinance.
4. The general use zone in the County shall be governed on the basis of current use; therefore, if a residential area abuts an industrial or commercial use, it will be considered a Class A EDNA.
C. Subject to subsection D of this Section, in areas not covered by a local zoning ordinance but within the coverage of an adopted Pierce County comprehensive plan, EDNA's shall conform with the comprehensive plan as follows:
1. Primarily residential areas – Class A EDNA;
2. Primarily commercial areas – Class B EDNA;
3. Primarily industrial areas – Class C EDNA.
EDNA designations shall be amended as necessary to conform to changes in the comprehensive plan.
D. Where in the County there is neither a zoning ordinance in effect nor an adopted comprehensive plan, the Health Department shall designate EDNA's which conform to the criteria in subsections A.1, 2 and 3 of this Section.
E. Where no specific prior designation of EDNA's has been made, the appropriate EDNA for properties involved in any enforcement activity will be made by the Noise Control Officer on the basis of the criteria of subsections A.1, 2 and 3 of this Section.
F. The Health Department may make special designations of lands where serenity, tranquility or quiet are essential to the quality of the environment and serves an important public need. If so approved, such designation will not be effective until approved by the County Executive and the Washington State Department of Ecology and until maps of such designations are available for public inspection in the Health Department.