The conditional uses listed herein shall be administered pursuant to the applicable provisions of Chapters
16.08 WCC (SEPA), 20.80 WCC (Supplementary Requirements) and 22.05 WCC (Project Permit Procedures), and WCC Titles
21 (Land Division Regulations) and 23 (Shoreline Management Program).
.151 Construction and operation of water diversion structures, impoundment dams and hydroelectric generating facilities not permitted under WCC § 20.42.061.
.152 Bed and breakfast establishments.
.153 Surface mining, rock crushing, and accessory washing and sorting, subject to the conditions in WCC § 20.36.159.
.154 Operation of indoor or outdoor parks and recreation facilities including camps, community centers, campgrounds, activity centers, marinas, riding academies, developed trailheads with more than 30 parking spaces and off-road vehicle parks; provided, that in the Lake Whatcom watershed riding academies, marinas, recreational vehicle and offroad vehicle parks are not allowed.
.155 The operation of facilities intended to provide education related to forestry, natural resource and wildlife and the purpose of this district, including but not limited to demonstration forests and conservation laboratories, educational meeting facilities and related uses including rental cabins or other lodging structures, cooking and dining facilities, retail sales or meeting supplies and gifts, in the Foothills subarea, South Fork Valley, the Newhalem exclave, the Baker Lake exclave, and the Nooksack Falls exclave, provided the following standards are met:
(1) Density shall not exceed one sleeping unit per one gross acre or a maximum for 50 beds for the entire development.
(2) Each cabin shall have a maximum of three sleeping units.
(3) Must be located with vehicular access fronting on paved county roads or private roads improved to county standards.
(4) Front yard setback shall be 75 feet, with 100-foot side and rear yard setbacks to adjacent properties.
(5) Lot coverage for all facilities, including the rental cabins, shall not exceed 20 percent, clustered on no more than 50 percent of the property.
.156 Aircraft landing areas when solely for personal (aircraft based at those landing areas are owned or controlled by the landowner or tenant and subject to any limitations deemed necessary by the hearing examiner) or forest management uses; provided the centerline of any such landing area shall not be located within 500 feet of any zone boundary other than a Commercial Forestry Zone, property line, building, or structure; except that a legal affidavit from adjacent property owner(s) allowing all, or a portion, of that 500 feet as a recorded easement on their property, presented as part of a conditional use permit application, shall be acceptable. The surface of any such landing area shall be grass or sod and not longer than 2,500 feet. It shall be unlighted and for daytime use only.
Handling and storage of fuel and bulk chemicals associated with forest management on or near the landing area, and fuels and lubricants associated with the operation of personal use aircraft, will be stored and handled in accordance with pertinent state and county codes. Notification of conditional use permit application hearing shall go, by first class mail, to residents within 1,000 feet from any point on a proposed aircraft landing area; the applicant shall pay the cost of such mailings.
.158 Major utility and communication facilities.
.159 Primary or low intensity, secondary processing facilities of timber not permitted in WCC § 20.42.053, including fabrication of furniture and fixtures, partitions, shelves and lockers, manufacture, processing, treatment and fabrication of lumber, millwork, miscellaneous wood products, and other wooden building, roofing and construction materials and building material yards, if screened by a fence and/or vegetation as specified in WCC §
20.80.355; excluding pulp or paper mills. The conditional use provisions are applicable for proposals which include structures that exceed 4,000 square feet and employ more than 10 nonfamily members.
.162 Asphalt and concrete batch plants, when within an MRL Special District.
.163 Repealed by Ord. 2023-018.
.165 Public facilities for emergency-related health and safety purposes, such as firehalls and Washington State Department of Transportation satellite road safety facilities.
.185 Type I solid waste handling facilities.
.186 Type II solid waste handling facilities.
.187 Mitigation banks as a form of compensatory mitigation for wetland and habitat conservation area impacts when permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
16.16 WCC; provided, applications for mitigation banks shall be processed as a major development project pursuant to Chapter
20.88 WCC.
.197 Surface mining subject to Washington State's Surface Mining Act (Chapter
78.44 RCW), and accessory washing, sorting, and rock crushing, when within a Mineral Resource Land Special District subject to the requirements of Chapter
20.73 WCC and all other applicable regulations.
(Ord. 86-42, 1986; Ord. 88-29, 1988; Ord. 91-013, 1991; Ord. 92-079, 1992; Ord. 92-094, 1992; Ord. 93-076, 1993; Ord. 96-056 Att. A §§ J2, J3, 1996; Ord. 97-069, 1997; Ord. 98-078 Exh. A, 1998; Res. 99-010 Exh. A, 1999; Ord. 99-031, 1999; Ord. 2000-064 § 1, 2000; Ord. 2001-012 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2004-014 § 2, 2004; Ord. 2004-026 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2004-041 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2005-068 § 2, 2005; Ord. 2008-018 Exh. A, 2008; Ord. 2008-045 Exh. A, 2008; Ord. 2009-032 Exh. A, 2009; Ord. 2009-033 § 1 (Att. A), 2009; Ord. 2013-057 § 1 (Exh. A), 2013; Ord. 2015-016 Exh. A, 2015; Ord. 2016-011 § 1 (Exh. D), 2016; Ord. 2022-012 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 2022-014 Exh. B, 2022; Ord. 2023-018 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 2025-020 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025)