§ 21.40.190. B-4 rural business district.

The following statement of intent and use regulations shall apply in the B-4 district:

A.

Intent. The B-4 district is intended to serve the needs of rural residential areas for commercial goods and services. The district is designed for areas around major arterial intersections where residential development may not be appropriate. The B-4 district is not intended as a strip commercial district.

B.

Permitted principal uses and structures. Permitted principal uses and structures are as follows:

1.

Commercial-wholesale uses:

a.

Wholesaling and distribution operations, including incidental manufacturing or processing of goods for sale at retail or wholesale on the premises, but not to include yards for storage or display of any scrap, junk, salvaged or secondhand materials or for any scrap or salvage operations.

b.

Business offices for mercantile establishments.

2.

Commercial-retail uses:

a.

General merchandise and dry goods stores.

b.

Men's, women's and children's clothing and shoe stores.

c.

Furriers.

d.

Furniture and home furnishing stores.

e.

Radio, television and music stores.

f.

Household appliance stores.

g.

Hardware and variety stores.

h.

Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops.

i.

Drugstores.

j.

Bookstores and stationery stores.

k.

Retail food stores and liquor stores. Uses involving the sale (retail), dispensing or service of alcoholic beverages may be permitted by conditional use only.

l.

Restaurants, cafes and other places serving food and beverages. Uses involving the sale (retail), dispensing or service of alcoholic beverages may be permitted in accordance with section 21.50.160. Alcoholic beverage license use for a restaurant or eating place licensed by the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Board to sell beer and wine for consumption only on the licensed premises is permitted subject to the administrative site plan review standards in section 21.50.500.

m.

Catalog sales stores.

n.

Gift, novelty and souvenir shops.

o.

Photographers.

p.

Laundry and dry cleaning establishments.

q.

Beauty shops and barbershops.

r.

Shoe repair shops and tailors.

s.

Small appliance repair shops.

t.

Auditoriums, libraries, museums, historical and cultural exhibits and the like.

u.

Motion picture theaters and drive-in theaters.

v.

Insurance and real estate offices.

w.

Banking and financial institutions.

x.

Medical, health and legal services.

y.

Business service establishments, including commercial printing.

z.

Hotels, motels, motor lodges and sports lodges. Uses involving the sale (retail), dispensing or service of alcoholic beverages may be permitted in accordance with section 21.50.160. Alcoholic beverage license use for a restaurant or eating place licensed by the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Board to sell beer and wine for consumption only on the licensed premises is permitted subject to the administrative site plan review standards in section 21.50.500.

aa.

Plumbing and heating service and equipment dealers.

bb.

Paint, glass and wallpaper stores.

cc.

Gasoline service stations.

dd.

Aircraft and marine parts and equipment stores.

ee.

Antiques and secondhand stores, including auctions, and pawnshops.

ff.

Farm equipment and garden supply stores.

gg.

Mail order houses.

hh.

Automotive accessories, parts and equipment stores.

ii.

Automotive repair services and garages.

jj.

Fur repair and storage.

kk.

Automobile display lots, new and used.

ll.

Mobile home display lots, new and used.

mm.

Aircraft and boat display lots, new and used.

nn.

Motorcycle and snow machine display lots, new and used.

oo.

Automobile, truck and trailer rental agencies.

pp.

Lumberyards and builders' supply stores.

qq.

Fuel dealers.

rr.

Nurseries.

ss.

Automobile carwashes, self-service and automatic, with sufficient off-street area for maneuvering, waiting and drying automobiles.

tt.

Frozen food lockers.

uu.

Utilities substations.

vv.

Hospitals and nursing facilities.

ww.

Single-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings.

xx.

Veterinary clinics and boarding kennels.

yy.

Business and professional offices.

zz.

Child care centers and child care homes.

aaa.

Churches, to include any place of religious worship, along with their accessory uses, including, without limitation, parsonages, meeting rooms and child care provided for persons while they are attending religious functions. Use of church buildings other than the parsonage for the purpose of housing or providing shelter to persons is not permitted except as otherwise allowed in this title.

bbb.

Roominghouses.

ccc.

Antennas without tower structures, type 1, 2, 3, and 4 community interest and local interest towers as specified in the supplementary district regulations.

ddd.

Commercial recreation, excluding motorized sports.

eee.

Unlicensed nightclub, provided such nightclub conforms to the requirements of section 21.45.245.

fff.

Large retail establishment, subject to public hearing site plan review.

ggg.

Self-storage facility and vehicle storage yards, subject to public hearing site plan review.

hhh.

Adult care facilities.

iii.

Large residential care facilities.

jjj.

Tower, high voltage transmission, maximum average tower height of 70 feet above ground level. The average height shall be determined by adding the heights from ground level of all towers in a project and dividing by the total number of structures. The result shall be the "average tower height."

C.

Permitted principal accessory uses and structures. Permitted principal accessory uses and structures are as follows:

1.

Uses and structures clearly incidental and customarily accessory to permitted uses and structures.

2.

Bed and breakfast with three or less guestrooms.

3.

Bed and breakfast with four guestrooms only by administrative site plan review.

4.

Antennas without tower structures, type 1, 2, 3, and 4 community interest and local interest towers as specified in the supplementary district regulations.

D.

Conditional uses. Subject to the requirements of the conditional use standards and procedures of this title, the following uses may be permitted:

1.

Junkyards, salvage yards and storage yards.

2.

Rehabilitation centers and psychiatric institutes.

3.

Natural resource extraction on tracts of not less than five acres.

4.

Railroad and motor freight terminals.

5.

Tanning, curing or storing of raw hides and skins.

6.

Planned unit developments.

7.

Airstrips and heliports.

8.

Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 community interest and local interest towers that do not meet the supplementary district regulations for a permitted or accessory use.

9.

Snow disposal sites.

10.

Correctional community residential centers.

11.

Tower, high voltage transmission, exceeding maximum average tower height of 70 feet. Towers exceeding the maximum average of 70 feet in height may be replaced with a like tower, or a shorter tower, without the requirement for a conditional use. When a road project or other public works project causes a utility to modify its existing facilities to accommodate the design of the public works project, a maximum of four structures of an existing transmission line may be replaced with structures exceeding the maximum average of 70 feet in height without the requirement for a conditional use.

E.

Prohibited uses and structures. Any use which causes or may reasonably be expected to cause excessive noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, humidity, heat or glare at or beyond any lot line of the lot on which it is located is prohibited. The term "excessive" is defined for the purpose of this subsection as to a degree exceeding that generated by uses permitted in the district in their customary manner of operation, or to a degree injurious to the public health, safety, welfare or convenience.

F.

Minimum lot requirements. Minimum lot requirements are as follows:

1.

Area: 10,000 square feet.

2.

Width: 80 feet

G.

Minimum yard requirements. Minimum yard requirements are as follows:

1.

Front yard: Ten feet.

2.

Side yard: None.

3.

Rear yard: None.

H.

Maximum lot coverage by all buildings on a lot. Maximum lot coverage by all buildings on a lot is unrestricted.

I.

Maximum height of structures. Maximum height of structures is unrestricted, except that structures shall not interfere with Federal Aviation Administration regulations on airport approaches.

J.

Signs. Signs may be allowed in connection with any permitted use, subject to the provisions of the supplementary district regulations.

K.

Parking. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided in connection with any permitted use, with the minimum for each use to be as provided in the supplementary district regulations, section 21.45.080.

L.

Loading facilities. Where applicable, off-street loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of the supplementary district regulations.

M.

Landscaping.

1.

Buffer landscaping. Buffer landscaping shall be planted along each lot line adjoining a residential district.

2.

Visual enhancement landscaping. All areas not devoted to buildings, structures, drives, walks, off-street parking facilities or other authorized installations shall be planted with visual enhancement landscaping.

3.

Maintenance. All landscaping shall be maintained by the property owner or his designee.

(GAAB 21.05.050.N; AO No. 77-355; AO No. 81-67(S); AO No. 84-41; AO No. 85-18; AO No. 85-23; AO No. 85-91, 10-1-85; AO No. 86-90; AO No. 87-32; AO No. 88-171(S-1), 12-31-88; AO No. 88-147(S-2); AO No. 92-114; AO No. 97-78, § 1, 6-3-97; AO No. 98-149(S), § 1, 11-17-98; AO No. 98-160, § 8, 12-8-98; AO No. 99-62, § 23, 5-11-99; AO No. 2001-80, § 7, 5-8-01; AO. No. 2004-108(S), § 4, 10-26-04; AO No. 2005-185(S), § 22, 2-28-06; AO No. 2005-124(S-1A), § 25, 4-18-06; AO No. 2006-64(S-1), §§ 2, 3, 12-12-06; AO No. 2007-121(S-1), § 9, 10-23-07)