Title 14 LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE
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- Chapter 14.05 General Provisions
- 14.05.010 Authority
- 14.05.020 Purpose
- 14.05.030 Jurisdiction
- 14.05.040 No Special Duty Created
- 14.05.050 Administration and Interpretation
- 14.05.055 Reasonable Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities
- 14.05.060 Adoption of Supporting Administrative Guidelines
- 14.05.070 Compliance
- 14.05.080 Computation of Time
- Chapter 14.10 Land Use Development Code Fees
- Chapter 14.15 Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Map, and Development Code Amendments and Rezone Procedures
- 14.15.010 Early and Continuous Public Participation
- 14.15.020 Amendment and Rezone Procedures
- 14.15.040 Threshold Determination, Scheduling of Hearing, and Notice
- 14.15.050 Reconsideration of DNS
- 14.15.060 Forward to City Council and Planning Commission
- 14.15.070 State Review
- 14.15.080 Hearing
- 14.15.090 Criteria – Findings and Recommendation
- 14.15.100 Council Action
- 14.15.105 Amendments to the Development Code and Future Land Use Map
- 14.15.110 Appeals
- Chapter 14.20 Permit Classifications and Development Review Process
- 14.20.010 Purpose
- 14.20.020 Permit Classifications
- 14.20.030 Consolidation of Permits
- 14.20.040 Pre-Application Process
- 14.20.050 Design Review
- 14.20.060 Application Information Requirements
- 14.20.070 Acknowledgement of Owner
- 14.20.080 Determination of Legal Status of Lot or Parcel
- 14.20.090 Concurrency
- 14.20.100 Land Use Permit Review Process
- 14.20.110 Determination of Completeness and Review Timeframes
- 14.20.120 Permit Approval Timeframes and Expiration
- 14.20.130 Public Notice
- 14.20.140 Permit Conditions
- 14.20.150 Assignability of Permits
- 14.20.160 Minor Changes
- 14.20.170 Appeals
- 14.20.180 Vesting of Applications
- Chapter 14.25 Definitions
- 14.25.010 General
- 14.25.020 Definitions – A
- 14.25.030 Definitions – B
- 14.25.040 Definitions – C
- 14.25.050 Definitions – D
- 14.25.060 Definitions – E
- 14.25.070 Definitions – F
- 14.25.080 Definitions – G
- 14.25.090 Definitions – H
- 14.25.100 Definitions – I
- 14.25.110 Definitions – J
- 14.25.120 Definitions – K
- 14.25.130 Definitions – L
- 14.25.140 Definitions – M
- 14.25.150 Definitions – N
- 14.25.160 Definitions – O
- 14.25.170 Definitions – P
- 14.25.180 Definitions – Q
- 14.25.190 Definitions – R
- 14.25.200 Definitions – S
- 14.25.210 Definitions – T
- 14.25.220 Definitions – U
- 14.25.230 Definitions – V
- 14.25.240 Definitions – W
- 14.25.250 Definitions – X
- 14.25.260 Definitions – Y
- 14.25.270 Definitions – Z
- Chapter 14.30 Establishment of Zoning Districts
- Chapter 14.55 Conditional Use Permits
- Chapter 14.60 Temporary Permits
- Chapter 14.65 Site Development Plans
- Chapter 14.70 Variances
- Chapter 14.80 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- Chapter 14.85 Enforcement
- Chapter 14.90 State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
- 14.90.010 Adoption by Reference of Chapter 197-11 WAC
- 14.90.020 Designation of SEPA Responsible Official
- 14.90.030 Initiation of Environmental Review
- 14.90.040 Categorical Exemptions without Flexible Thresholds
- 14.90.045 Flexible Thresholds for Minor New Construction Categorical Exemption
- 14.90.050 Environmental Checklist
- 14.90.060 Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS)
- 14.90.070 Cost of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
- 14.90.080 Substantive Authority
- 14.90.090 Environmentally Sensitive Areas
- Chapter 14.95 Hearing Examiner
- 14.95.010 Authority And Duties
- 14.95.020 Ex Parte Communication/ Appearance of Fairness/Conflict of Interest
- 14.95.030 Rights And Responsibilities Of Applicants, Appellants, And Parties Of Record
- 14.95.040 Rights And Responsibilities of the City Planner
- 14.95.050 Elements Of Public Hearing
- 14.95.060 Evidence
- 14.95.070 Continuation Of Hearing
- 14.95.080 Additional Evidence
- 14.95.090 Record Of Hearing
- 14.95.100 Decision
- 14.95.110 Reconsideration
- Chapter 14.175 Detached Dwellings and Cottage Housing
- Chapter 14.180 Mobile Home Parks
- Chapter 14.207 Land Use Tables
- 14.207.010 Guide to Use of Land Use Tables
- 14.207.020 Permitted Uses
- 14.207.030 Conditional Use Permits
- 14.207.040 Specific Regulations Pertaining to the Use in the Land Use Designation
- 14.207.050 Uses Not Permitted in a Land Use Designation
- 14.207.060 Interpretation of the Land Use Tables
- 14.207.065 Prohibited Uses
- 14.207.070 Residential Uses
- 14.207.075 Residential Uses: Regulations
- 14.207.080 Commercial Uses
- 14.207.085 Commercial Uses: Regulations
- 14.207.090 Industrial Uses
- 14.207.095 Industrial Uses: Regulations
- 14.207.100 Recreational, Cultural, and Community Uses
- 14.207.105 Recreational, Cultural, and Community Uses: Regulations
- 14.207.110 Utility Uses
- 14.207.115 Utility Uses: Regulations
- 14.207.120 Essential Public Facility Regulations
- 14.207.125 Essential Public Facilities: Regulations
- 14.207.160 Accessory Uses
- Chapter 14.210 Dimensional Requirements
- 14.210.010 Purpose
- 14.210.020 Interpretation of Tables
- 14.210.030 Measurement Methods
- 14.210.040 Lot Area – Prohibited Reduction
- 14.210.050 Lot Divided by Zoning District Boundary
- 14.210.060 Division of Lots in Multifamily Residential Use
- 14.210.070 Directional Sense of Lots
- 14.210.080 Contiguous Lots
- 14.210.090 Noncontiguous Lots
- 14.210.100 Setbacks for Single-Family Residential Structures in Other Zoning Districts
- 14.210.110 Setbacks – Modifications
- 14.210.120 Utility and Access Easements
- 14.210.130 Setbacks From Vehicular Access Points
- 14.210.140 Projections Allowed Into Setback Areas
- 14.210.150 Sight Clearance
- 14.210.160 Utility Distribution and Transmission Poles and Towers
- 14.210.170 Multifamily Developments in Non-Multifamily Zoning Districts
- 14.210.180 Airport Industry
- 14.210.190 Parks, Open Space and Public
- 14.210.200 Accessory Structures
- 14.210.210 Vehicular Residential Access Requirement
- 14.210.220 Infrastructure Improvements Required as a Condition of Development
- 14.210.230 Underground Utilities Required
- 14.210.240 Dimensional Requirements
- Chapter 14.211 Business Park
- Chapter 14.212 Pilchuck District Development Regulations
- Article I. DEVELOPMENT CODE APPLICABILITY
- 14.212.110 Purpose and Intent of Pilchuck District Land Use Regulations
- 14.212.120 Administration and Interpretation
- 14.212.130 Applicability
- 14.212.140 Development Review and Approval
- 14.212.150 Pilchuck District SEPA Planned Action
- 14.212.160 Transportation Impacts and Concurrency
- 14.212.170 Deviation from Code Requirements and Determination of Equivalence
- Article II. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND ZONES
- Article III. STREETS AND SUBDIVISIONS
- Article IV. BUILDING AND SITE USE
- Article V. SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Article VI. PARKING REGULATIONS
- Article VII. LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS
- Article VIII. DESIGN STANDARDS
- 14.212.800 Purpose
- 14.212.810 Context
- 14.212.820 Applicability
- 14.212.830 Site Design – General
- 14.212.840 Building Design – General
- 14.212.850 Standards Specific to the Single-Family Zone
- 14.212.860 Standards Specific to the Townhouse Zone
- 14.212.870 Standards Specific to the Center Zone
- 14.212.880 Standards Specific to the Civic Zone
- Article IX. SIGN STANDARDS [Reserved]
- Article X. DESCRIPTION OF TERMS
- Article I. DEVELOPMENT CODE APPLICABILITY
- Chapter 14.214 Midtown District Development Regulations
- Article I. Administration
- Article II. Required and Prohibited Uses
- Article III. Block Frontage Standards
- 14.214.300 Purpose
- 14.214.310 Block Frontage Types
- 14.214.320 Façade Transparency
- 14.214.330 Storefront Block Frontage Standards
- 14.214.340 Landscaped Block Frontage Standards
- 14.214.350 Bonneville Block Frontage Standards
- 14.214.360 Ground Floor Residential Frontage Standards
- 14.214.370 High Visibility Corner Standards
- Article IV. Site Planning Standards
- 14.214.400 Purpose
- 14.214.405 Front Yard Setbacks
- 14.214.410 Side and Rear Yard Setbacks
- 14.214.420 Public Pedestrian-Oriented Space
- 14.214.430 Residential Amenity Space
- 14.214.440 Internal Pedestrian Access and Design
- 14.214.450 Vehicular Circulation and Parking
- 14.214.460 Service Areas and Mechanical Equipment
- 14.214.470 Landscaping Standards
- 14.214.480 Parking
- 14.214.490 Site Lighting
- Article V. Building Design Standards
- Chapter 14.215 Subdivisions
- 14.215.010 Purpose and Scope
- 14.215.020 Preliminary Plat Approval Criteria
- 14.215.025 Preliminary Plat Approval
- 14.215.030 Revisions of Preliminary Plats
- 14.215.035 Construction Drawings
- 14.215.040 Preconstruction Meeting
- 14.215.050 Construction Compliance
- 14.215.060 Assurance That Any Remaining Improvements Will Be Installed
- 14.215.070 As-Built Drawings
- 14.215.080 Maintenance Bond
- 14.215.085 Extension of Time for Preliminary Plats
- 14.215.090 Final Plats
- 14.215.100 Final Plat Criteria
- 14.215.105 Phased Development
- 14.215.110 Vacations and Alterations of Plats
- 14.215.120 Short Plat
- 14.215.125 Fee Simple Unit Lot Subdivisions
- 14.215.130 Boundary Line Adjustments
- 14.215.140 Binding Site Plans
- Chapter 14.220 Planned Residential Developments
- 14.220.010 Purpose
- 14.220.020 Applicability
- 14.220.030 Permitted Uses
- 14.220.040 Application and Review Procedures
- 14.220.050 Internal Streets and Sidewalks
- 14.220.060 Parking and Driveways
- 14.220.070 Public Utilities
- 14.220.080 Buffering and Screening Between Housing Types
- 14.220.090 Compatibility with Adjacent Land Uses
- 14.220.100 Special Design and Bulk and Dimensional Requirements
- 14.220.105 Open Space and Recreation Area Requirements
- 14.220.110 Preservation of Existing Features
- 14.220.120 Maintenance of Open Space and Common Facilities
- Chapter 14.222 Transfer of Development Rights
- Chapter 14.225 Design Standards in Historic District
- 14.225.010 Historic District Boundaries
- 14.225.020 Purpose
- 14.225.030 Design Standards
- 14.225.040 References
- 14.225.050 Implementation of Design Standards – Reviewing Entity
- 14.225.060 Exemptions
- 14.225.070 Submittal Requirements
- 14.225.080 Building Demolitions
- 14.225.090 Other Reviews
- 14.225.100 Conduct of DRB Meetings
- Chapter 14.230 General Design Standards
- Chapter 14.235 Off-Street Parking, Loading, and Access Requirements
- 14.235.010 Required Off-Street Parking
- 14.235.020 Interpretation of Tables
- 14.235.030 Parking Requirements for Uses Not Specified
- 14.235.040 Parking Requirements for Existing and New Structures in the Historic Business District Land Use Designation
- 14.235.045 Parking Requirements for Existing and New Structures in the Pilchuck District Land Use Designation
- 14.235.047 Parking Requirements for Existing and New Structures in the Midtown District
- 14.235.050 Parking Requirements for Senior Citizens’ Multi-Family Units
- 14.235.055 Parking Requirements for Low-Income Multi-Family Units
- 14.235.060 Mixed Occupancies
- 14.235.070 Joint Uses of Parking Facilities
- 14.235.080 Conditions Required for Joint Use
- 14.235.090 Location of Parking Spaces
- 14.235.100 Use of Parking Spaces Accessory to Residences
- 14.235.110 Parking Plans Required Prior to the Issuance of a Building Permit
- 14.235.120 Allowance for Compact Cars
- 14.235.130 Minimum Requirements for Off-Street Parking
- 14.235.140 Off-Street Loading Space Requirements
- 14.235.150 Access to Parking from Alleys
- 14.235.160 Vehicle Capacity for Drive-Through Service Access
- 14.235.170 Parking Requirements for Residential Land Uses
- 14.235.180 Parking Requirements for General Services Land Uses
- 14.235.190 Parking Requirements for Government/Business Services Land Uses
- 14.235.200 Parking for Retail Land Uses
- 14.235.210 Parking for Manufacturing Land Uses
- 14.235.220 Parking for Regional Land Uses
- 14.235.230 Parking for Recreational/Cultural Land Uses
- 14.235.240 Parking for Resource Land Uses
- 14.235.250 Parking for Essential Public Facilities Land Uses
- 14.235.260 Minimum Standards for Conventional Off-Street Parking
- 14.235.270 Minimum Standards for Interlocking Off-Street Parking
- 14.235.280 Acceptable Parking Designs
- 14.235.290 Acceptable Parking Designs
- Chapter 14.237 Clearing and Grading
- 14.237.010 Purpose
- 14.237.020 Permit Required
- 14.237.030 Exempt Activities
- 14.237.040 Permit Issuance
- 14.237.050 General Conditions (Required of All Applicants)
- 14.237.060 Minimum Standards
- 14.237.070 Permit Restrictions
- 14.237.080 Inspections
- 14.237.090 Completion of Work
- 14.237.100 Permit Suspension or Revocation
- 14.237.110 Liability
- 14.237.120 Severability
- Chapter 14.240 Landscaping, Screening, Fencing, and Retaining Walls
- Chapter 14.242 Wireless Communications Facilities
- 14.242.010 Purpose
- 14.242.030 Applicability and Exemptions
- 14.242.040 Prohibitions
- 14.242.050 Siting Hierarchy
- 14.242.060 Exception from the Standards
- 14.242.070 City-Owned WCF Sites
- 14.242.075 Eligible Facilities Request
- 14.242.080 Types of WCF Permits Required
- 14.242.090 WCF Application Requirements
- 14.242.100 Permit Review (“Shot Clock”) Time Periods
- 14.242.110 Category 1 WCF Permit Process and Findings
- 14.242.120 Category 2 WCF Permit Process and Findings
- 14.242.130 Category 3 WCF Permit Process and Findings
- 14.242.140 Development Standards
- 14.242.150 Conditions of Approval
- 14.242.160 Third Party Technical Review
- 14.242.170 Public Notice
- 14.242.180 Removal of Abandoned Equipment
- 14.242.190 Revocation
- Chapter 14.245 Sign Regulations
- 14.245.010 Intent and Purpose
- 14.245.015 Applicability and Interpretations
- 14.245.030 Sign Permit Required
- 14.245.040 Sign Permit Fees
- 14.245.050 Sign Permit – Historic District
- 14.245.060 Signs Exempt from Permit Requirements
- 14.245.065 Freestanding Signs
- 14.245.070 Building Signs
- 14.245.075 Temporary Signs
- 14.245.080 Prohibited Signs
- 14.245.082 Off-Site Highway Signs
- 14.245.085 Electronic Changing Message Signs
- 14.245.090 Illumination of Signs
- 14.245.115 Signs in Residential Land Use Designations
- 14.245.120 Maintenance of Signs
- 14.245.130 Non-Conforming Signs
- Chapter 14.250 Shoreline Management
- 14.250.010 Purpose
- 14.250.020 Shoreline Master Program Regulations and Relationship to Other Regulations
- 14.250.030 Definitions.
- 14.250.040 General Provisions
- 14.250.050 Permits, Decisions, and Appeals – General
- 14.250.060 Substantial Development Permit, Conditional Use Permit and Variance
- 14.250.070 Non-Conforming Shoreline Uses and Structures
- 14.250.080 Shoreline Environments
- 14.250.090 Shoreline Environment – Designation Change
- 14.250.100 Development Regulations – General
- 14.250.110 Use Regulations – General
- 14.250.120 Table 1: Shoreline Uses
- 14.250.130 Regulations Specific to Agriculture Uses
- 14.250.140 Regulations Specific to Aquaculture Uses
- 14.250.150 Regulations Specific to Commercial Uses
- 14.250.160 Regulations Specific to Industrial Uses
- 14.250.170 Regulations Specific to Residential Uses
- 14.250.180 Regulations Specific to Recreation and Cultural Uses
- 14.250.190 Regulations Specific to Boat Launches and Marinas
- 14.250.200 Regulations Specific to Transportation and Parking
- 14.250.210 Regulations Specific to Utilities
- 14.250.220 Regulations Specific to In-Water Structural Uses
- 14.250.230 Regulations Specific to Public Facilities
- 14.250.240 Regulations Specific to Public Access
- 14.250.250 Regulations Specific to Signs
- 14.250.260 Shoreline Modifications – General
- 14.250.270 Table 2: Shoreline Modifications
- 14.250.280 Regulations Specific to Shoreline Stabilization
- 14.250.290 Regulations Specific to Flood Protection
- 14.250.300 Regulations Specific to Grading, Filling, Dredging, and the Disposal of Dredge Material
- 14.250.310 Regulations Specific to Breakwaters, Jetties, Groins and Weirs
- 14.250.320 Regulations Specific to Docks and Piers
- 14.250.330 Critical Areas in Shoreline Jurisdiction
- Chapter 14.252 Archaeological Resources
- 14.252.010 Purpose and applicability
- 14.252.020 Applicability of zoning requirements
- 14.252.030 Archaeology site report
- 14.252.040 Project or permit approval for property on state register as an archaeological resource
- 14.252.050 Inadvertent discovery of archaeological resources
- 14.252.060 Inadvertent discovery of human remains
- 14.252.070 Appeals
- 14.252.080 Severability
- Chapter 14.255 Critical Areas – General
- 14.255.010 Purpose
- 14.255.020 Critical Areas Code
- 14.255.030 Best Available Science (BAS)
- 14.255.040 Applicability
- 14.255.050 Exemptions
- 14.255.060 Critical Area Reports
- 14.255.070 Previous Studies
- 14.255.080 Mitigation Plan Requirements
- 14.255.090 Independent Review of Critical Area Report
- 14.255.100 Substantive Requirements
- 14.255.110 Critical Area Variances
- 14.255.120 Reasonable Use Variances
- 14.255.130 Enforcement and Inspections
- Chapter 14.260 Wetlands
- 14.260.010 Purpose and Intent
- 14.260.020 Identification and Rating
- 14.260.030 Regulated Activities
- 14.260.040 Wetland Exemptions
- 14.260.050 Uses Allowed in Wetlands
- 14.260.060 Wetland Buffers
- 14.260.070 Critical Area Reports for Wetlands
- 14.260.080 Compensatory Mitigation
- 14.260.090 Unauthorized Alterations and Enforcement
- Chapter 14.265 Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas
- Chapter 14.270 Flood Hazard Areas
- 14.270.010 Floodplains as Critical Areas
- 14.270.020 Purpose
- 14.270.030 Methods of Reducing Flood Losses
- 14.270.040 Definitions
- 14.270.050 General Provisions
- 14.270.060 Administration
- 14.270.070 General Standards for Flood Hazard Reduction
- 14.270.080 Specific Standards for Flood Hazard Reduction (44 CFR 60.3(c)(1))
- 14.270.090 General Requirements for Other Development
- 14.270.100 Variances
- Chapter 14.275 Geologically Hazardous Areas
- Chapter 14.280 Habitat Conservation Areas
- Chapter 14.285 Low-Income Housing Incentives
- Chapter 14.290 School Impact Fees
- 14.290.010 Purpose
- 14.290.020 Applicability
- 14.290.030 Incorporation of School District Capital Facilities Plan as a Sub-Element of the City Capital Facilities Plan
- 14.290.040 Establishment of Impact Fees
- 14.290.050 Exemptions from Impact Fees
- 14.290.060 Procedure for Determining Mitigation Impacts
- 14.290.070 Method for Calculating Impact Fees
- 14.290.080 Administrative Adjustment of Fee Amount
- 14.290.090 School District Impact Area
- 14.290.100 Comparable In-Kind Mitigation Option
- 14.290.110 Credit for Payment or Obligation Previously Incurred
- 14.290.120 Time of Performance for Mitigation of Impact
- 14.290.125 Single-Family Residential Deferral Program
- 14.290.130 Use of Impact Mitigation Funds
- 14.290.140 Unacceptable Impact Levels
- 14.290.150 Impact Fee Schedule Exemptions
- 14.290.160 Impact Fee Limitations
- 14.290.170 Revision of School District CFP
- 14.290.180 Annual Report
- 14.290.190 Appeals
- Chapter 14.295 Traffic Impact Fees and Mitigation
- 14.295.010 Findings
- 14.295.020 Declaration of Purpose
- 14.295.030 Relationship to Environmental Impacts
- 14.295.050 Street System Policy – General Provisions
- 14.295.060 Traffic Study
- 14.295.070 Determination of Street System Obligations
- 14.295.080 Street System Capacity Requirements
- 14.295.090 Traffic Impact Fee
- 14.295.095 Traffic Impact Fee Exemption
- 14.295.100 Level-of-Service Requirements and Concurrency Determinations
- 14.295.110 Inadequate Street Condition Requirements
- 14.295.120 Special Circumstances
- 14.295.130 Administration of Traffic Impact Fee Payments
- 14.295.135 Single-Family Residential Deferral Program
- 14.295.140 Administrative Appeals
- 14.295.150 Severability
- 14.295.160 No Special Duty
- Chapter 14.300 Park Impact Fees
- 14.300.010 Purpose
- 14.300.020 Establishment of Impact Fees and Fund
- 14.300.030 Incorporation of Parks Capital Facilities Plan
- 14.300.040 Applicability
- 14.300.050 Impact Fee Schedule Exemptions
- 14.300.060 Impact Fee Collection and Assessment
- 14.300.065 Single-Family Residential Deferral Program
- 14.300.070 Schedule of Park Impact Fees
- 14.300.080 In-Kind Mitigation Option
- 14.300.090 Credit for Payment or Obligation Previously Incurred
- 14.300.100 Administrative Adjustment of Fee Amount – Payment under Protest
- 14.300.110 Appeals
- 14.300.120 Service Area Established
- 14.300.130 Use of Funds
- 14.300.140 Refunds
- 14.300.150 Use and Disposition of Land
- 14.300.160 Annual Report
- 14.300.180 Severability
- 14.300.190 No Special Duty