RSC

Clallam County Zoning Code Summary

Updated November 15, 2002.

Rural Suburban Community (RSC)

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This summary is provided for your convenience and does not represent all provisions of the Clallam County Zoning Code. You are encouraged to consult the Zoning Code in its entirety. The County does not intend that you rely solely on this summary.

 

PURPOSE: The purpose of the Rural Suburban Community (RSC) zone is to allow very limited, residential infill development at one acre densities in rural areas that were almost fully developed at these densities prior to the passage of the Growth Management Act. An existing Rural Suburban Community zone shall not be expanded and new Rural Suburban Community zones shall not be established.

---------------------- PERMITTED USES ----------------------

    • Agricultural activities
    • Bed and breakfast inns
    • Family child care home
    • Home Enterprises
    • Single family dwellings
    • Timber harvesting

---------------------- CONDITIONAL USES ----------------------

    • Child day care center
    • Home based industries
    • Outdoor oriented recreational activity

---------------------- PROHIBITED USES ----------------------

    • Airports
    • Asphalt plants
    • Business parks
    • Cemeteries
    • Churches
    • Commercial greenhouses (retail)
    • Commercial horse facility
    • Commercial greenhouses (wholesale)
    • Commercial storage
    • Duplexes
    • Gas stations
    • Grocery stores
    • Lodges
    • Medical service facilities
    • Mineral extraction
    • Mobile home parks
    • Motels
    • Multiple family dwellings
    • Planned unit developments
    • Primitive campgrounds
    • Private schools with less than 50 students
    • Professional offices
    • Race tracks
    • Restaurants
    • Retail stores
    • Research facilities
    • RV parks
    • Schools
    • Shooting ranges
    • Taverns
    • Timber labor camps
    • Tourist shops
    • Vehicular repair
    • Veterinarian clinics/kennels
    • Wood manufacturing
    • Wrecking yards

---------------------- STANDARDS ----------------------

Maximum Residential Density: One dwelling unit per 1 acre.

Minimum Lot Size: 1 acre.

Minimum Lot Width: 75 feet.

Maximum Lot Width to Depth Ratio: 1/5 (0.20)

Setbacks :

    • Front yard - 45 feet from the right-of-way centerline of a local access street

50 feet from the right-of-way centerline of an arterial street

60 feet from the right-of-way centerline of a highway (or 15-feet from property line, whichever is greater)

    • Side yard - 10 feet from property line (or 40 feet from the right-of-way centerline of a side street).
    • Rear yard - 15 feet from property line (or 40 feet from the right-of-way centerline of a rear street).
    • From Resource Zones - 50 feet (20 feet for accessory structures).

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