(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to implement the Brinnon Subarea Plan, a chapter of the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, by establishing a small-scale recreation and tourist (SRT) overlay district at WaWa Point. The intent of this section is to encourage small-scale recreation and tourist development consistent with the needs, scale and rural character of the Brinnon Planning Area and in compliance with the provisions of RCW 36.70A.070. This section provides for certain exemptions, review criteria and other requirements to encourage compatible rural economic development in the Brinnon Planning Area. The provisions of this section allow for flexible application of the SRT standards to recognize the unique economic development characteristics and needs of this remote rural area.
(2)
Applicability. This section shall apply to all small-scale recreation and tourist uses identified in Table 3-1 in JCC § 18.15.040 and subject to the performance standards identified in JCC § 18.20.350. The WaWa Point SRT overlay district shall encompass those areas within the Brinnon Planning Area identified on Figure BR-9 of the Brinnon Subarea Plan. The provisions of this section constitute an overlay district (i.e., floating zone) over the underlying rural residential districts at WaWa Point. All other provisions of this unified development code shall apply to such uses in the SRT overlay district unless otherwise exempted by this section.
(3)
Small-Scale and Recreational Tourist Uses. In the WaWa Point SRT overlay district, small-scale recreation and tourist uses shall be regulated according to the following provisions:
(a)
The list of illustrative small-scale recreation and tourist uses in rural residential districts, as defined in Table 3-1 in JCC § 18.15.040, and Chapter 18.20 JCC, Performance and Use-Specific Standards, shall be classified as Type II permit uses within the SRT overlay district only unless otherwise classified by this section.
(b)
Outdoor commercial amusement facilities, outdoor shooting ranges, and off-road vehicle (ORV) and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) parks and recreational uses shall be prohibited within the SRT overlay.
(c)
Unnamed uses, if classified as an SRT by the administrator, consistent with the requirements of JCC § 18.20.350(2), shall be treated as "Cd" (conditional discretionary) uses within the SRT overlay.
(d)
All allowed uses within the SRT overlay shall be exempt from the general minimum lot size requirements of JCC § 18.20.350(3)(b), provided they are located on legal lots of record. However, other use-specific minimum lot size requirements of JCC § 18.20.350 shall apply unless otherwise exempted by this section.
(e)
The use-specific minimum lot size requirements of JCC § 18.20.350 for equestrian centers, conference center/retreat facilities, and for rural recreational lodging shall not apply to such uses when located within the SRT overlay.
(f)
All allowed uses within the SRT overlay shall have a site plan approved by the administrator consistent with the requirements of the UDC generally and JCC § 18.20.350(3)(j) specifically.
(g)
Setbacks and other development standards shall be consistent with those required in the underlying rural residential district, except as may be modified by JCC § 18.20.350 or by the provisions of this section.
(h)
Expansion of existing SRT uses and facilities within the SRT overlay shall be exempt from the requirements of JCC § 18.20.350(4)(a) (which requires a conditional use permit), but shall be subject to a Type II permit process.
(i)
Rural recreational lodging or cabins for overnight rental and conference center/retreat facilities, when located within the SRT overlay, shall be exempt from the requirements of JCC § 18.20.350(9)(f) (which requires a conditional use permit), but shall be subject to a Type II permit process.
(j)
The maximum size provisions for rural recreational lodging or cabins for overnight rental, and conference center/retreat facilities, specified in JCC § 18.20.350(9)(b), shall be amended as follows when such uses are located within the SRT overlay:
(i)
Fifteen built cabins or bedrooms for overnight lodging comprising up to 7,500 square feet of gross floor area are allowed for up to every 10 acres of parcel area devoted to SRT use, or as allowed in JCC § 18.20.350(9)(b), whichever is greater. A maximum of 30 rooms or cabins comprising no more than 12,000 square feet of total building area over the entire site, excluding a caretaker's or manager's residence, shall apply to rural recreational lodging uses in areas greater than 10 acres when located in the SRT overlay.
(ii)
In projects involving both conference center/retreat facilities and lodging facilities, total building coverage shall not exceed the maximum impervious surface coverage allowed by Table 6-1 in JCC § 18.30.050 for the underlying rural residential district and other requirements of this title, as applicable.
(iii)
The administrator may also modify the maximum building size of the SRT use(s) allowed under this section based on the authority granted under JCC § 18.20.350(3)(j).
(k)
Rural restaurants, when located within the SRT overlay, shall be exempt from the provisions of JCC § 18.20.350(10)(a) (which requires co-location with another primary SRT use).
(m)
The public notice requirements of the Type II permit process in Chapter 18.40 JCC shall be required to ensure that adjacent and surrounding property owners receive adequate and timely public notice and comment periods for proposed SRT uses within the SRT overlay district.
(n)
During site plan review of proposed SRT uses within the SRT overlay, the administrator shall consider site and building design standards including, but not necessarily limited to, building material types, building mass and orientation, architectural treatment, and the use of existing vegetation and landscaping as means to ensure compatibility with the surrounding rural character.
(Ord. 8-06 § 1)