§ 20.09.050. Density.

1.

The base density for this district is a maximum of one unit per five acres, or one unit per one-one hundred twenty-eighth of a section of land; and

2.

The maximum number of dwelling units allowed shall be determined by:

a.

Subtracting from the parcel area: documented high groundwater hazard areas, wetlands twenty-two thousand square feet or more and two thousand five hundred square feet or more if adjacent to a stream or within its one-hundred-year floodplain, marine bluff hazard areas to the top of the bluff and landslide hazard areas; one-hundred-year floodplains; and submerged lands as defined in the Shoreline Master Program for the Thurston Region, as amended;

b.

Critical area buffers shall not be subtracted from the parcel for purposes of making the density calculation; and

c.

The zoning density shall be applied to the remainder of the parcel.

d.

For the purposes of calculating density, the documented area of a wetland shall not be subtracted from the parcel area if a property owner opts to develop a planned residential development as specified in Chapter 20.30 TCC.

(Ord. No. 14773, § 7(Att. F), 7-24-2012)