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Chart 20.10.440 Uses in land use districts

Transportation and Utilities – Residential Districts

STD LAND USE CODE REF

LAND USE CLASSIFICATION

R-1

R-1.8

R-2.5

R-3.5

R-4

R-5

R-7.5

R-10

R-15

R-20

R-30

4

Transportation, Communications and Utilities

41

Rail Transportation: Right-of-Way, Yards, Terminals, Maintenance Shops

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

42

4291

Motor Vehicle Transportation: Bus Terminals, Taxi Headquarters

4214

422

Motor Vehicle Transportation: Maintenance Garages and Motor Freight Services (23)

43

Aircraft Transportation: Airports, Fields, Terminals, Heliports, Storage and Maintenance

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

C 11

Accessory Parking (6) (24)

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

P 3

46

Auto Parking: Commercial Lots and Garages (24)

Park and Ride (5) (24)

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

475

Radio and Television Broadcasting Studios

485

Solid Waste Disposal (19)

Highway and Street Right-of-Way (24)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Utility Facility

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Local Utility System

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Regional Utility System

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

On-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility (7)

Off-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility (8)

Essential Public Facility (20)

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Regional Light Rail Transit Systems and Facilities (25)

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

Wireless Communication Facility (WCF)

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

Communication, Broadcast and Relay Towers that are not WCFs

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

Satellite Dishes (18)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Utility Facility (22)

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

Permitted uses in the Shoreline Overlay District are listed in LUC 20.25E.020.

Permitted uses in the Evergreen Highlands Design District (EH-A, EH-B, EH-C and EH-D) are listed in LUC 20.25F.010.

Permitted uses in the Office and Limited Business-Open Space District (OLB-OS) are listed in LUC 20.25L.020.

Permitted uses in the BelRed District (BR) are listed in LUC 20.25D.070.

Permitted uses in the Camp and Conference Center District (CCC) are listed in LUC 20.25N.040.

KEY:
P – PERMITTED USE
C – CONDITIONAL USE (see Part 20.30B or Part 20.30C)
PD – PERMITTED subject to planned unit development only. (See Part 20.30D)
A – ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONAL USE (see Part 20.30E)
S – Permitted only as a subordinate use to a permitted or special use

Chart 20.10.440 Uses in land use districts

Transportation and Utilities – Nonresidential Districts

STD LAND USE CODE REF

LAND USE CLASSIFICATION

Professional Office

Office

Office/Limited
Business

Office/Limited
Business 2

Light Industry

General Commercial

Neighborhood
Business

Neighborhood
Mixed Use

Community Business

Factoria Land Use
District 1

Factoria Land Use
District 2

Factoria Land Use
District 3

PO

O

OLB

OLB 2

LI

GC

NB

NMU

CB

F1

F2

F3

4

Transportation, Communications and Utilities

41

Rail Transportation: Right-of-Way, Yards, Terminals, Maintenance Shops

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

42

4291

Motor Vehicle Transportation: Bus Terminals, Taxi Headquarters

P

P

P

P

4214

422

Motor Vehicle Transportation: Maintenance Garages and Motor Freight Services (23)

P

C

43

Aircraft Transportation: Airports, Fields, Terminals, Heliports, Storage and Maintenance

C 11

C 12

C 12

C 12

C 12

C 12

C 11

C 11

C 12

C 12

C 12

C 12

Storage and Maintenance

Accessory Parking (6, 24)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

46

Auto Parking: Commercial Lots and Garages (24)

C

C 26

C

C

C

C

C

C

Park and Ride (5, 24)

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

475

Radio and Television Broadcasting Studios

P

P

P

P

P 10

P 10

P

P

P

P

485

Solid Waste Disposal (19)

C

Highway and Street Right-of-Way (24)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Utility Facility

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Local Utility System

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Regional Utility System

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

On-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility (7)

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Off-Site Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility (8)

C

Essential Public Facility (20)

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Regional Light Rail Transit Systems and Facilities (25)

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

C/P

Wireless Communication Facility (WCF)

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

Communication, Broadcast and Relay Towers that are not WCFs

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

Satellite Dishes (18)

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Electrical Utility Facility (22)

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

A/C 22

Permitted uses in the Shoreline Overlay District are listed in LUC 20.25E.020.

Permitted uses in the Evergreen Highlands Design District (EH-A, EH-B, EH-C and EH-D) are listed in LUC 20.25F.010.

Permitted uses in the Office and Limited Business-Open Space District (OLB-OS) are listed in LUC 20.25L.020.

Permitted uses in the BelRed District (BR) are listed in LUC 20.25D.070.

Permitted uses in the Camp and Conference Center District (CCC) are listed in LUC 20.25N.040.

Permitted uses in the Eastgate Transit Oriented Development District (EG-TOD) are listed in LUC 20.25P.050.

KEY:
P – PERMITTED USE
C – CONDITIONAL USE (see Part 20.30B or Part 20.30C)
PD – PERMITTED subject to planned unit development only. (See Part 20.30D)
A – ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONAL USE (see Part 20.30E)
S – Permitted only as a subordinate use to a permitted or special use

Notes: Uses in land use districts – Transportation and Utilities*:

* Code reviser’s note: Ordinance 6016 amended these notes and unintentionally omitted the amendments made by Ordinance 5989. At the city’s request, the amendments of Ordinance 5989 have been retained.

(1)Intentionally deleted.

(2)Intentionally deleted.

(3)Accessory parking is not permitted in residential land use districts as accessory to uses which are not permitted in these districts.

(4)The location of an off-site parking facility must be approved by the Director of the Development Services Department. See LUC 20.25A.050.H.

(5) Park and Ride: A park and pool lot or other carpool facility is regulated as a park and ride. A park and ride providing no more than 50 parking spaces and utilizing the parking area of an existing use shall be regulated as an accessory use under LUC 20.20.200. Any other park and ride requires a Conditional Use Permit.

(6)Accessory parking requires approval through the review process required for the primary land use which it serves pursuant to LUC 20.10.440.

(7)On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities as defined by LUC 20.50.024 are only permitted as administrative conditional use approvals as a subordinate use to a permitted or special use. These facilities must comply with the state siting criteria as adopted in accordance with RCW 70.105.210.

(8)Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities as defined by LUC 20.50.024 must comply with the state siting criteria as adopted in accordance with RCW 70.105.210.

(9)(Deleted by Ord. 5086).

(10)These uses are permitted only if located in a multiple function building or complex.

(11)Aircraft transportation is limited in these districts to government heliports used exclusively for emergency purposes and regulated pursuant to the terms of LUC 20.20.450.

(12)Aircraft transportation is limited in these districts to government and hospital heliports used exclusively for emergency purposes and regulated pursuant to the terms of LUC 20.20.450.

(13)Design Review approval, Part 20.30F LUC, or a Change of Use Permit is required to establish a commercial parking facility. Refer to LUC 20.25A.050.E for additional development requirements.

(14)Intentionally deleted.

(15)Intentionally deleted.

(16)Refer to LUC 20.20.195 for provisions applicable to wireless communication facilities and other communication, broadcast and relay facilities other than small wireless facilities in the public right-of-way. Refer to Chapter 6.08 BCC for requirements applicable to small wireless facilities and certain eligible facilities requests in the public rights-of-way.

(17)Intentionally deleted.

(18)Refer to LUC 20.20.730 for general requirements applicable to large satellite dishes.

(19)Refer to LUC 20.20.820 for general requirements applicable to solid waste disposal facilities.

(20)Refer to LUC 20.20.350 for general requirements applicable to essential public facilities (EPF).

(21)Intentionally deleted.

(22)For the definition of electrical utility facility, see LUC 20.50.018, and for reference to applicable development regulations relating to electrical utility facilities, see LUC 20.20.255. For new or expanding electrical utility facilities proposed on sensitive sites as described by Figure UT.5a of the Utilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan, the applicant shall obtain Conditional Use Permit approval under Part 20.30B LUC, complete an alternative siting analysis as described in LUC 20.20.255.D and comply with decision criteria and design standards set forth in LUC 20.20.255. For expansions of electrical utility facilities not proposed on sensitive sites as described by Figure UT.5a, the applicant shall obtain Administrative Conditional Use Permit approval under Part 20.30E LUC and comply with decision criteria and design standards set forth in LUC 20.20.255.

(23)Battery exchange stations are ancillary to motor vehicle transportation, and are permitted through the applicable review process as a component of that use. Operators of battery exchange stations must comply with federal and state law regulating the handling, storage, and disposal of batteries.

(24)Electric vehicle infrastructure, excluding battery exchange stations, is ancillary to motor vehicle parking and highways and rights-of-way, and is permitted through the applicable review process as a component of that use.

(25)Refer to Part 20.25M LUC, Light Rail Overlay District, for specific requirements applicable to EPF defined as a regional light rail transit facility or regional light rail transit system pursuant to LUC 20.25M.020. A Conditional Use Permit is not required when the City Council has approved a regional light rail transit facility or regional light rail transit system by resolution or ordinance, or by a development agreement authorized by Chapter 36.70B RCW and consistent with LUC 20.25M.030.B.1.

(26)Auto parking, commercial lots, and garages are only allowed in the OLB 2 District if they are west of 142nd Avenue SE.

(Ord. 6759, 10-23-23, § 1; Ord. 6670, 7-18-22, § 4; Ord. 6417, 5-21-18, § 4; Ord. 6366, 8-7-17, § 5; Ord. 6277, 3-7-16, § 1; Ord. 6190, 11-3-14, § 5; Ord. 6102, 2-25-13, § 1; Ord. 6016, 8-1-11, § 1; Ord. 5989, 2-7-11, § 1; Ord. 5876, 5-18-09, § 4; Ord. 5805, 3-3-08, § 7; Ord. 5717, 2-20-07, § 2; Ord. 5480, 10-20-03, § 2; Ord. 5475, 10-20-03, § 4; Ord. 5460, 8-4-03, § 1; Ord. 5457, 7-21-03, § 2; Ord. 5403, 8-5-02, § 3; Ord. 5385, 7-15-02, § 5; Ord. 5089, 8-3-98, § 3; Ord. 5086, 8-3-98, § 1; Ord. 4979, 3-17-97, § 1; Ord. 4973, 3-3-97, § 301; Ord. 4816, 11-27-95, § 401; Ord. 4654, 6-6-94, § 16; Ord. 4029, 9-5-89, § 2; Ord. 4028, 7-17-89, § 1; Ord. 3903, 4-18-88, § 1; Ord. 3747, 1-20-87, § 1; Ord. 3690, 8-4-86, § 1; Ord. 3530, 8-12-85, § 7; Ord. 2945, 2-2-81, § 5)