§ 20.09D.050. Lot size and design standards.

The following standards are established to insure that the purposes of this district are achieved and maintained as lots are created and buildings are constructed:

1.

Subdivision Alternatives. Land within this district may only be divided as follows:

a.

Large lot subdivisions, or

b.

Subdivisions or short subdivisions in conformance with Chapter 20.30A, Planned Rural Residential Development.

2.

Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot sizes in this district are as follows:

a.

Large lot subdivision—five acres;

b.

Planned Rural Residential Developments—none, subject to applicable standards for provision of water and sewage disposal contained in Articles III and IV of the Thurston County Sanitary Code, and the standards of Chapter 20.30A, Planned Rural Residential Development; and

c.

Special uses for which a minimum lot size is not established by Chapter 20.54—five acres, with the exception of fire district facilities which may be located on lots of less than five-acres.

3.

Maximum Building Coverage. Building coverage for fire district facilities shall be specified through the special use permit process and/or SEPA environmental review process as applicable. For all other special uses with no maximum building coverage specified in chapter 20.54 TCC, the maximum building coverage shall be six thousand square feet for parcels five to ten acres in size and twenty thousand square feet for parcels over ten acres in size.

4.

Maximum Building Height. Buildings shall not exceed a height of thirty-five feet, except for structures exempted from this height requirement pursuant to Section 20.07.080.

5.

Minimum Yard and Setback Requirements. See Chapter 20.07.030.

6.

Maximum Coverage by Hard Surfaces. Maximum hard surface coverage for new development in this district is as follows (also see Chapter 20.07):

a.

Lots two and one-half acres or greater: Ten percent.

b.

Lots less than two and one-half acres: Sixty percent or ten thousand square feet, whichever is less.

7.

Future Development Plans. Approval of large lot subdivisions, subdivisions, short plats, Planned Rural Residential Developments, and new dwellings proposed on individual lots over one acre in size shall be contingent upon approval of a future development plan. Such plans shall demonstrate how the parcel(s) can be potentially redeveloped to accommodate urban densities (i.e., four dwellings per acre or the minimum density in the adjacent urban growth area district, consistent with the provisions of that district, whichever is less) and provided with public utilities following inclusion in an urban growth area. Such plans shall depict a schematic lot layout, septic system placement, the approximate location of utility easements and the potential street layout and access points. The plan shall not be required to be stamped by an engineer or surveyor, nor will it bind future development, but the initial development must be consistent with it. Developers of individual lots shall locate individual or community sewage disposal systems, to the extent possible, where they can be efficiently converted to a public sewage collection system in the future.

(Ord. 13884 § 7 (part), 2007)

(Ord. No. 14377, § 4, 7-6-2010; Ord. No. 15204, § 4, 10-27-2015; Ord. No. 15355, 1(Att. A, § V), 10-18-2016)