The purpose of this chapter providing for the establishment
of commercial and industrial zones is as follows:
A.
To
establish standards for the height and size of buildings, the areas
and dimensions of yards and open spaces.
B.
To
provide for facilities to minimize traffic congestion and hazards.
C.
To
provide for facilities and the operation of both commercial and industrial
uses to minimize noise, vibration, water and air pollution and fire
and safety hazards within those zones.
D.
To
provide areas within Columbia County that would be compatible to commercial
and industrial type uses.
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Subject
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Zone District
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C-1
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LI-1
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HI-1
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Maximum building height
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35 feet
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60 feet, 35 feet adjacent to residential zone. May add 1 foot
for each 2-foot increase in setback.
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None
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Minimum parcel size
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1/2 acre w/water and sewer
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1 acre w/water and sewer
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2 acres
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Setbacks
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Front
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County road
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15 feet + 1/2 ROW from centerline
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35 feet + 1/2 ROW
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State highway
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Outside WSDOT safety zone or 10 feet from ROW
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Private road
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10 feet from ROW
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20 feet from ROW
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45 feet from ROW
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Side
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10 feet
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20 feet (5 feet if no road frontage)
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25 feet (30 feet on corner)
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Rear
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10 feet
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20 feet (5 feet if no road frontage)
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25 feet
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Minimum road frontage or lot width
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100 feet
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200 feet
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200 feet
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Minimum lot depth
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100 feet
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200 feet
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200 feet
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Signage
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1 freestanding monument sign, 1 square foot of signage for each
10 feet of road frontage.
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1. Any external sign displayed shall pertain only to the
use conducted within the building.
2. Artificially illuminated signs shall not be permitted
if they face an abutting agricultural residential zone (AR-1).
3. All signs shall be mounted flat against the buildings.
4. Moving or intermittent flashing signs are prohibited.
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Notes:
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1. C-1 zone:
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a. The minimum lot size of this zone shall be one-half acre
when a public water supply and public sewer facility is used, except
that motels, hotels, and planned area developments shall meet the
following requirements: 9,200 square feet shall be required for three-dwelling-unit
buildings. Each additional unit shall require an additional 1,000
square feet.
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b. When use of a private water supply and/or private sewage
system is contemplated, the minimum lot size in this zone shall be
as deemed appropriate by the Columbia County health department in
accordance with Chapter 246-272A WAC or any other applicable regulation.
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2. L-I zone:
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a. A use which creates a nuisance because of noise, smoke, odor,
dust, gas, or water pollution is prohibited.
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b. Materials shall be stored and the ground shall be maintained
in a manner which will not attract or aid the propagation of insects
or rodents or otherwise create a health or fire hazard.
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c. Landscaping. There shall be a 10-foot landscaped buffer adjacent
to public roads and 20 feet adjacent to residentially zoned property.
Minimum five-foot-wide landscaped planters shall separate buildings
and other structures from parking and driveways.
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d. Service, manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing
and storage activities, except as permitted as an accessory use or
by approval of a CUP or PUD, shall be wholly within an enclosed building
or where permitted screened from view, except from abutting industrial
property, by a permanently maintained sight-obscuring fence at least
six feet high. Barbed or razor wire shall not be permitted where abutting
residential or commercial zones and must be specifically approved
for use where visible from a public right-of-way.
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e. Points of access from a public street to properties in an
LI-1 zone shall be so located as to minimize traffic hazards in areas
of high traffic and be well lighted and defined by a landscaped planter.
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f. Building entrances or other openings adjacent to or across
the street from an agricultural-residential zone shall be prohibited
if they cause glare, excessive noise, or otherwise adversely affect
land uses in the AR zone. All exterior lighting shall be designed
to keep light and glare on site.
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g. A public water and waste water system shall be utilized where
available and allowed, otherwise systems meeting state health and
DOE requirements are required. In UGAs nonpublic systems shall be
designed to allow future connection to public infrastructure.
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h. The site shall be designed to deliver stormwater to an approved
public system or maintain all stormwater generated on site in conformance
with state of Washington stormwater management standards.
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i. All access to public roads shall be provided with a paved
apron a minimum 30 feet deep measured from the property line.
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3. H-I zone:
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a. All buildings housing manufacturing processes or industrial
uses shall be located at least 200 feet from the nearest zone classified
other than industrial, and all other buildings or structures shall
be at least 100 feet from a nonindustrial zone.
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b. All minimum setback requirements shall be increased one foot
for each one foot that the building or structure exceeds 45 feet in
height.
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(Ord. 90-02 § 12; Ord. 95-01 § 13; Ord. 2015-02 § 2; Ord. 2017-03 (Exh. E); Ord. 2020-02 § 2 (Exh.
G))