§ 21.41.020. Permitted uses.

A.

Primary Uses. Primary uses permitted in the business park district provide a broad range of activities including research institutions and light assembly and light manufacturing facilities. Specific primary types of uses allowable include:

1.

Assembly, manufacture, packaging, compounding or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: cloth, glass, lacquer, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, wood (excluding sawmills, lumber mills and planing mills), paint, clay, sand, rubber;

2.

Printing, publishing and book binding;

3.

Manufacturing, processing and packaging of food, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, cosmetics, optical goods, scientific instruments and equipment, and precision instruments and equipment;

4.

Scientific research, testing and experimental development laboratories;

5.

Corporate headquarters, regional headquarters and administrative offices of commercial, industrial, financial, charitable or governmental institutions limited to five thousand square feet or more in floor area. Such uses shall be limited collectively to occupying no more than fifty percent of the developable floor area of each business park zone.

B.

Secondary Uses. Secondary uses are uses that complement the primary uses, but do not conflict with the primary use. Secondary uses cannot be used to justify the need for additional secondary uses. Specific secondary types of uses allowable include:

1.

Warehousing and distribution facilities and the storage of goods or products clearly subordinate to, and an integral part of, the primary permitted use;

2.

Engineering, development, administrative or executive offices which are part of a primary use;

3.

Retail. Retail development may be permitted where it can be demonstrated that the business park will be clearly and primarily benefited by the convenience of such retail facilities. The total square footage devoted to retail development shall not exceed ten percent of the developable floor area of the business park district. The total square footage of a retail use may not exceed five thousand square feet or, if incorporated within a building, the square footage may not exceed twenty-five percent of the building gross floor area, and an individual retail use may not exceed five thousand square feet. A building containing a retail use may not be located closer than one hundred feet to an arterial street or four hundred feet if the retail use stands alone. Signs for retail uses shall be visible only within the business park area and attached to the building wall. Retail uses include:

a.

Convenience stores, such as food and drug stores, banks and office supplies,

b.

Personal services such as barber and beauty shops, dry cleaning, laundry,

c.

Business services, such as printing and copying, photo processing, postal/mail, word processing, travel agencies,

d.

Delicatessen,

e.

Restaurants, except drive-ins,

f.

Recreation facilities, (exceptions: mechanical or electronic games, theaters (live and movie) and games of skill such as bowling),

g.

Day care centers,

h.

Museums and art galleries;

4.

Multifamily Residential. Fifteen percent of the total acreage of a business park district may be developed with multifamily residential units for the purposes of providing a transition buffer. Multifamily residential developments will be reviewed and designed using the following sections of this chapter and Chapter 21.18, High Density Residential District:

a.

Section 21.41.050G, Transitional Buffer,

b.

Section 21.41.050H, Height Limitation,

c.

Section 21.41.070, Landscaping,

d.

Section 21.18.020, Permitted uses,

e.

Section 21.18.035, Environmental performance standards,

f.

Section 21.18.040A—C, Lot area, and

g.

Section 21.18.050, Off-street parking.

C.

Similar, related or compatible uses permitted, and criteria for determination of similarity, relatedness or compatibility, include:

1.

Uses similar to, or related to, or compatible with those listed or described in Section 21.41.020A and B are permitted upon a finding by the department that a proposed use does not conflict with the intent of this chapter or the policies of the Lacey Joint Plan.

2.

The criteria for such finding of similarity, etc., shall include but not be limited to the following:

a.

The proposed use is appropriate in this area;

b.

The development standards for permitted uses can be met by the proposed use;

c.

The public need is served by the proposed use.

D.

Special uses may be permitted as provided for in Chapter 21.66 of this title.

(Ord. 11274 § 1 (part), 1996)