Unless otherwise provided herein, permitted, accessory and conditional uses shall be administered pursuant to the applicable provisions of Chapter
20.80 WCC (Supplementary Requirements) and Chapter
22.05 WCC (Project Permit Procedures), the Whatcom County SEPA Ordinance, the Whatcom County Subdivision Ordinance and the Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program. In a rural community designation, nonresidential uses listed below are permitted if a use of the same type existed in that same rural community designation on July 1, 1990, per WCC §
20.80.100(1). In a rural business designation all uses are permitted.
.051 Manufacturing/fabrication type uses.
(1) The manufacture and processing of food including meat, dairy, fruit, vegetable, seafood, bakery and beverage products.
(2) Fabrication of apparel including clothing, hats, caps, millinery, fur products; and miscellaneous fabricated textile products.
(3) Fabrication of furniture and fixtures including household, office and public building furniture; and partitions, shelving and lockers.
(4) Fabrication of paper products including paperboard containers, boxes, carryon boxes and paper containers.
(5) Printing and publishing newspapers, periodicals and books; commercial printing; book binding; and manufacture of manifold business forms and greeting cards.
(6) Fabrication of leather products including belting; packing; cut stock and findings for shoes and boots; shoes; footwear; gloves and mittens; luggage; personal leather goods and handbags.
(7) Fabrication of stone, clay and glass products including glassware; glass products from prepared materials; pottery and related products; stone cutting; monuments; and manufacture of fiberglass products.
(8) The manufacture of transportation equipment including boat building; and bicycle and motorcycles, and related parts.
(9) Processing and packaging of drugs, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, cosmetics, supplements, remedies, or similar types of products.
(10) Fabrication of electrical equipment including radio and television sets; communications equipment; electronic components and accessories; and electric lighting equipment and lamps.
(11) Fabrication of instruments, photographic goods, optical goods, watches and clocks, and including engineering, scientific, surgical, medical, dental and ophthalmic products.
(12) Manufacture and fabrication of jewelry, silverware, plated ware, musical instruments and parts, toys, sporting and athletic goods; pens, pencils and other office and artistic supplies; novelties, buttons and notions; and miscellaneous manufacture.
(13) Manufacture of office, computing and accounting machines.
(14) Retail automobile wrecking yards where determined by the zoning administrator to be adequately screened from adjacent properties and streets.
(15) The fabrication of metal products including metal cans, hardware, hand tools, cutlery, heating apparatus, plumbing fixtures, structural metals, screws and bolts, and stamping.
(16) The manufacture of machinery including engines; turbines, farm machinery and equipment; construction, mining and materials handling equipment; machine tools and dies; and special and general industrial equipment.
(17) The manufacture of electrical machinery including transmission and distribution equipment, and industrial apparatus.
(18) Manufacture of millwork and structural wood members; wood containers; wood buildings and mobile homes; resawed cants and lumbers; dressed ceiling lumber; lath; snow fence lath; cut stock; dressed lumber flooring and dressed lumber siding; and sawmill activities including sawmills; and independent planing mills.
(19) Construction contractors including general building, heavy construction and special trade.
(20) Rail, truck and freight terminals, warehousing and storage; parcel delivery service, freight forwarding; inspection and weighing service; and packing and crating.
(21) Wholesale trade of durable and nondurable goods including automotive parts and supplies; tires and tubes; furniture and home furnishings; lumber and other construction materials; sporting goods, toys and hobby goods; metal service centers and offices; electrical goods; hardware, plumbing and heating equipment; machinery, equipment and supplies; jewelry, watches and precious stones; other durable goods; paper and paper products; drugs, proprietaries and sundries; apparel, piece goods and notions; groceries and related products; beer, wine and distilled beverages; and miscellaneous nondurable goods; automotive wrecking scraps; bag reclaiming; waste bottles; waste boxes; fur cuttings and scraps; iron and steel scrap; general line of junk scrap; nonferrous metals scrap; rags; and waste paper.
.052 Public/community type uses.
(1) Public uses and community facilities including police and fire stations, libraries, activity centers, community centers, park and recreation facilities identified in an adopted city or county Comprehensive Plan or Park Plan, and other similar noncommercial uses, excluding state education facilities and correction facilities.
(2) Other uses similar in nature to the uses listed above which are consistent with the purpose and the intent of the district, have similar effects on surrounding land uses, and can meet the performance standards for this district.
(3) Trails, trailheads, restroom facilities and associated parking areas for no more than 30 vehicles.
.053 Retail/office/restaurant/lodging type uses.
(1) Eating establishments, convenience grocery stores, vehicle washes and facilities, and gas stations operating primarily for the convenience of employees, clients and customers of the district; providing the following criteria are met:
(a) Maximum floor area is 2,500 square feet per use;
(b) No more than two pump islands for each gas station;
(c) Centrally located within the district to primarily serve the uses of this district and not to primarily serve the uses in adjacent Residential, Rural, or Commercial Zone Districts.
(Ord. 87-11, 1987; Ord. 87-12, 1987; Ord. 88-13, 1988; Ord. 91-075, 1991; Ord. 95-009, 1995; Ord. 99-062, 1999; Ord. 2004-014 § 2, 2004; Ord. 2004-026 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2011-013 § 2 Exh. B, 2011; Ord. 2012-032 § 2 Exh. B, 2012; Ord. 2017-030 § 1 (Exh. C), 2017; Ord. 2023-078 § 1 (Exh. A § 9), 2023)