SECTION 7 – AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (AG)



SECTION 7 – AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (AG)

A. INTENT

The Agricultural District is established to promote the economic viability of

the various agriculture lands of long term commercial significance by

protecting such lands from development pressures and incompatible land

uses, by preserving important open space areas and by protecting

environmental conditions conducive to a healthy agricultural economy.

Generally, the agricultural lands of long-term commercial significance

include cranberry growing areas, aquacultural and shellfish areas, and

some limited livestock grazing areas.

B. PERMITTED USES

1. All agricultural uses, including animal husbandry, horticulture,

viticulture, floriculture, beekeeping, crop cultivation, wholesale

nurseries, and includes the processing of agricultural products.

2. The cultivation, harvest, and production of forest products or any

forest crop, in accordance with Chapter 76.09 RCW and any

relevant provisions of the Washington Administrative Code.

3. The cultivation, harvest, and production of ferns, moss, boughs,

bark, berries, nuts, tree fruits, tree seeds, nursery stock, and

Christmas trees.

4. All aquacultural farming activities, including the storage of

commercial fishing gear and the sales of aquacultural products.

5. Commercial processing of aquacultural products consistent with the

minimum development standards of this Ordinance and conducted

in accordance with local and state health requirements.

6. One single-family residential dwelling per lot of record that meets

the applicable standards in either Subsection 21.D, Residential

Housing Standards, or Subsection 21.E, Mobile/Manufactured

Housing Standards.

7. The management and propagation of fish and wildlife.

8. Normal public services, facilities and utilities including, but not

limited to, communication and electrical power substations, water

reservoirs, transmission lines, pumping service facilities, satellite

fire stations, sheriff substations, communication relay stations, and

wireless communication facilities.

9. Watershed management practices, including erosion control

measures, drainage control structures, vegetation management to

improve run-off characteristics, weather stations, stream gauging

stations, and watershed research facilities.

10. Temporary Recreational Vehicle use that meet the standards in

Subsection 21.I, Recreational Vehicle Usage, Occupancy and

Storage.

11. Any use or activity similar in nature, usage and impacts to a listed

permitted use.

C. ACCESSORY USES

1. Uses incidental to the primary permitted forestry, agricultural and

aquacultural uses.

2. Uses incidental to a primary permitted residential use including, but

not limited to, garages, storage buildings, ponds, accessory

residential dwellings, etc.

3. Uses incidental to the primary permitted agricultural use including,

but not limited to, barns, storage buildings, loafing sheds, animal

confinement lots, ponds, corrals, temporary worker housing, etc.

4. Home occupation uses according to the standards contained in

Subsection 21.K, Home Occupations.

5. A detached accessory living quarter for the sole use by the owner,

his temporary guest(s) or employee(s) that meets the standards

contained in Subsection 21.F, Accessory Structures/Uses.

6. Retail sales of agriculture and horticulture products provided they

are produced on the premises upon which such products are being

sold. This accessory use specifically excludes the retail sales of

products grown or produced off-site and imported specifically for

the purpose of retail sales.

7. Retail and wholesale sales of aquacultural products, i.e., fish,

shellfish, etc., produced or caught off-site but processed on-site.

8. Any use or activity similar in nature, usage, and impacts to a listed

accessory use.

D. SPECIAL USES

Any use listed below requires a Special Use Permit from the Hearings

Examiner and is subject to a Type II Administrative Process according to

Pacific County Ordinance 145, or any amendments thereto.

1. Commercial horse arenas, riding farms, and stables.

2. Animal hospitals and/or kennels provided that all outdoor dog runs

are located at least two hundred (200) feet from any adjoining

property lines.

3. Cottage industries according to the standards contained in

Subsection 21.L, Cottage Industries.

4. Grain stores, feed stores, seed stores, farm implement and

hardware stores, or similar retail stores specializing in agricultural,

horticultural, aquacultural, landscaping, home & garden products

and materials, or other related merchandise.

5. The sales and storage of landscaping materials including, but not

limited to, bark, chips, rock, brick, block, railroad ties, fencing,

plants, seasonal materials, etc.

6. Contractor storage yards, including the storage of equipment, sand,

rock, gravel, logs and other materials incidental to the performance

of normal or typical construction activities conducted off-site, shall

be subject to the following requirements:

a. All buildings used for the repair of machinery and equipment

shall be located at least thirty (30) feet from all property

lines;

b. Outdoor storage areas shall be within a fenced area and

screened from the view of surrounding properties and the

adjoining public right-of-ways;

c. No on premise sales of materials are allowed;

d. Burning of brush, limbs and other organic debris originating

off-site is permitted provided a burning permit is secured;

and,

e. The use shall adhere to all other minimum standards,

including signage, parking, lighting, access, etc.

7. Cluster developments according to the standards contained in

Subsection 21.Q, Cluster Developments.

8. Bio-solid waste application provided such application is conducted

in accordance with local and state health requirements.

9. Churches, community centers, schools, day care centers, preschool

centers, public parks, church affiliated campgrounds,

campgrounds operated by a non-profit organization, and youth

camps.

10. Any use or activity similar in nature, usage, and impacts to a listed

accessory use.

E. CONDITIONAL USES

Any use listed below requires a Conditional Use Permit from the Pacific

County Board of Adjustment and is subject to a Type III Administrative

Process according to Pacific County Ordinance 145, or any amendments

thereto.

1. Private and public airports.

2. Inert waste/wood waste landfills, solid waste transfer stations,

recycling centers.

3. Major utility and communication facilities including, but not limited

to, overhead transmission lines, power generation plants and

underground pipelines which are designed to serve regional needs.

4. Any use or activity similar in nature, usage, and impacts to a listed

conditional use.

F. PROHIBITED USES

All other uses not listed as permitted, accessory, special, or conditional

uses, or those uses not similar in nature, scale, and scope to the varying

categories of uses listed above, are prohibited.

G. MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

1. The minimum allowable density for all new short subdivisions and

subdivisions is subject to the requirements of Pacific County

Ordinance No. 149, or any amendments thereto.

2. The minimum lot size shall be sufficient to ensure the proposed

development meets minimum development standards contained

within this Ordinance and other applicable regulations, including

minimum parking requirements, minimum building setbacks,

minimum standards for water provision, and the minimum land area

required for the use of on-site sewage disposal systems.

3. New lots created after the enactment of this Ordinance shall be

consistent with the minimum lot sizes prescribed in Pacific County

Ordinance 149, or any amendments thereto. Existing lots, legally

created prior to the enactment of this Ordinance, are considered to

be legal lots of record and are exempt from having to meet the

minimum lot size requirements prescribed in Pacific County

Ordinance 149, or any amendments thereto.

4. Cluster Development. Projects utilizing clustering may reduce the

minimum lot size down provided the overall density of the

underlying Land Use District, as established on the Pacific County

Comprehensive Plan Map, remains the same, and provided the

standards contained in Subsection 21.Q, Cluster Development, are

met.

5. Building and Use Setbacks:

a. Agricultural Activity – None.

b. Agricultural Buildings, barns, structures – Twenty (20) feet

from all property lines. Buildings used for machinery repair,

metal fabrications, welding, etc., shall be setback fifty (50)

feet from all property lines.

c. Residential Uses and other uses, structures or buildings –

Twenty (20) feet from the front, side and rear property lines.

d. New residential construction shall observe a seventy-five

(75) foot setback from active cranberry bogs. Cranberry bog

expansion shall observe a seventy-five (75) foot setback

from existing residential dwellings.

6. Building Height:

a. The maximum building height for all residential and

accessory structures is thirty-five (35) feet.

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