RW5

Clallam County Zoning Code Summary

Updated November 15, 2002.

Western Region Rural Low (RW5)

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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 Western Region Rural Low (RW5) zone is to provide home sites in rural forestry areas with limited encroachment of commercial and industrial activities in the Western Region of Clallam County.

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

    • Agricultural activities
    • Bed and breakfast inns
    • Cemeteries
    • Duplex*
    • Family child care home
    • Home enterprises
    • Home based industries
    • Single family dwellings
    • Timber harvesting

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

    • Airports
    • Asphalt plants
    • Business parks
    • Child day care center
    • Churches
    • Commercial greenhouses
    • Commercial horse facilities
    • Commercial storage
    • Gas stations
    • Grocery stores
    • Industrial uses
    • Lodges
    • Medical service facilities
    • Mineral extraction
    • Mobile home parks
    • Motels
    • Multiple family dwellings
    • Outdoor oriented recreational activity
    • Planned unit developments
    • Primitive campgrounds
    • Private schools with less than 50 students
    • Professional offices
    • Race tracks
    • Research facilities
    • Restaurants
    • Retail stores
    • RV parks
    • Schools
    • Shooting ranges
    • Taverns
    • Timber labor camps
    • Tourist stops
    • Vehicular repair
    • Veterinarian clinics/kennels
    • Wood manufacturing
    • Wrecking yards

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

    • None

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

    • Maximum Residential Density: One dwelling unit per 4.8 acres or 1/128 of a standard section subdivision.
    • Minimum Lot Size: 2.4 acres.
    • Minimum Lot Width: 75 feet
    • Maximum 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).

*Subject to the maximum residential density requirements for this zone.

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