Rural Area Industrial sites are rural areas of more intense development under RCW 36.70A.070 and have been identified where industrial activities have existed historically and are planned for future activity, in concert with plans by public agencies. The purpose of this zone is to provide guidelines for development in such zones, and to insure that such zones do not create a need for urban services or lead to urban development in rural areas.
(Ord. 1170B, 2000)
(1) 
The Ed Carlson Memorial Field is a municipal airport operated by Lewis County. The area identified as airport area is the area necessary to protect the airport from incompatible uses, including residential development, and to assure the availability of air service to the south county area.
(2) 
Permitted uses shall include all aviation-related uses, and light industrial and warehouse, storage, and transportation facilities not inconsistent with Chapter 17.80 LCC; provided, that no use is permitted which requires municipal sewers for operation.
(3) 
Development shall be through a master plan process which identifies the airport comprehensive plan and associated compatible uses. No new development shall occur within the airport industrial zone until a master plan is approved. Existing uses are considered lawful uses and may be expanded consistent with the airport master plan through the binding site plan process.
(4) 
Uses within the planned areas shall be limited to industrial and/or resource use and associated supporting uses. All properties so designated shall be developed through a master plan process which identifies how the plan objectives for the site shall be met, including minimum planning block (a tract devoted to one or more primary uses) sizes for primary uses and airport related or dependent uses. The approach surface areas, as identified in the comprehensive plan, shall be restricted to conform with FAA guidelines. Residential uses shall be prohibited within the zone to protect the long-term viability of the airport.
(5) 
Uses within the planned areas shall be consistent with RCW 36.70A.547 to discourage the siting of incompatible uses adjacent to public aviation airports.
(a) 
The mapped area is the minimum area necessary to protect general airport activities.
(b) 
Incompatible uses shall include multifamily and clustered residential uses, places of public assembly, and medical facilities involving the care of people or animals.
(Ord. 1170B, 2000; Ord. 1179, 2002)
All other designated rural industrial sites may be used for general purpose industrial, transportation, and associated activities, including warehousing and storage, or other uses allowed in Chapter 17.42 LCC. Such uses are confined to the lot or lots designated and any permit for development or redevelopment within such site shall assure that the facilities used to serve the industrial and associated uses shall not be used to serve development outside the designated industrial areas, except consistent with the provisions of the uses permitted under the chart shown in LCC § 17.42.020.
(Ord. 1179, 2002; Ord. 1292 § 16, 2018)