Chapter 15.42
PORT INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Sections:
15.42.050 Dimensional standards.
15.42.051 Dimensional standards, office.
15.42.010 Purpose.
The purpose of port industrial zoning is to provide areas for marine manufacturing and maritime services that require facilities and/or waterfront access available to port properties, with the goal to support a strong maritime economy. The uses permitted in the town’s Port Industrial Zone include wholesale and retail businesses to engage in light to medium manufacturing, processing, storing, or distributing goods and public services. Only those uses that comply with the shoreline master program are allowed in the 200-foot shoreline jurisdiction. [Ord. 1222 § 2, 2023.]
15.42.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in the Port Industrial Zone by certificate of authorization:
(1) Manufacturing, packaging, processing, warehousing and distributing operations and associated wholesale and retail activities;
(2) Parks, trails, public open space;
(3) Retail or wholesale lumber or building material yards, paint, glass, heating, plumbing and electrical materials;
(4) Retail sales of boats and marine supplies;
(5) Aquaculture and seafood processing;
(6) Cold storage;
(7) Textile products manufacturing;
(8) Lumber, wood products manufacturing;
(9) Transportation equipment and parts manufacturing;
(10) Metal products fabrication and manufacturing;
(11) Light fabricated building components;
(12) Light fabrication assembly and manufacturing;
(13) Warehouses for storage and services in association with office and manufacturing;
(14) Mini warehouses – storage only;
(15) Government services and functions including shops, maintenance, and utilities;
(16) Special vocational schools;
(17) Research and development facilities;
(18) Commercial auto parking lots and garages;
(19) Utility and communications storage and distribution, substations;
(20) Shipbuilding and shipyards, boat storage, boat maintenance, and boat haul out facilities;
(21) Public parking lots;
(22) Marinas;
(23) Public transportation system terminals;
(24) Nonhazardous recycling collection depots for paper, glass, aluminum, plastic, and metal, provided all storage is contained within a structure or sight-obscuring enclosure;
(25) Boat/vehicle washdown facilities;
(26) Vehicle charging and fueling stations;
(27) Temporary events. [Ord. 1222 § 2, 2023.]
15.42.030 Accessory uses.
The following accessory uses are permitted in the Port Industrial Zone by certificate of authorization:
(1) Office;
(2) On-site recycling and treatment of waste products associated with principal uses on the same site, subject to all applicable county, state and federal regulations and permits;
(3) Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which building shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work;
(4) A wholesale/retail outlet or showroom for sales of products produced, assembled or manufactured and warehoused or stored on the premises, which shall be limited to no more than 49 percent of the gross floor area of the industrial space;
(5) Employees’ cafeterias, motorized vending, and auditoriums;
(6) Outdoor storage of materials. [Ord. 1222 § 2, 2023.]
15.42.040 Conditional uses.
The following structures and uses are permitted by conditional use permit:
(1) Antennas plus antenna mount of more than 20 feet in height, four feet in width and of bulk area more than 16 feet;
(2) Maximum building height of 50 feet above the average lot grade determined by averaging the lowest and highest existing elevation points on the lot to the highest point of the roof; except, for structures built within the 100-year floodplain, the height shall be measured from one foot above the base flood elevation to the highest point on the building. Roof mounted equipment shall be excluded from the maximum building height calculation. Roof access must be approved by the fire chief. All buildings higher than 35 feet shall comply with the following:
(a) The roof shall be equipped with automatic smoke and heat vents;
(b) The internal structure shall be single-story open construction; a mezzanine is permitted;
(c) Shall be fully sprinklered per NFPA 13;
(d) Shall have central monitoring of the sprinkler system;
(e) Roof shall be constructed of noncombustible materials. [Ord. 1222 § 2, 2023.]
15.42.050 Dimensional standards.
(1) Minimum lot size – None.
(2) Maximum lot coverage by all buildings and impervious surfaces shall be 90 percent.
(3) Minimum landscaping area – 10 percent of the gross site area.
(4) Minimum building setbacks – No minimum except adjacent to, or across the street from, a Residential or Public Use Zone, the following setbacks apply:
There should be a minimum of at least five feet on each side and 10 feet in the rear to allow for fire department access.
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|
Front |
Side |
Rear |
|---|---|---|---|
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All buildings, interior lot |
50 ft. |
15 ft. (total 30) |
50 ft. |
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All buildings, corner lot |
50 ft. |
50 ft. |
25 ft. |
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Outdoor storage |
25 ft. |
25 ft. |
25 ft. |
|
Agricultural lands |
|
25 ft. |
25 ft. |
[Ord. 1222 § 2, 2023.]
15.42.051 Dimensional standards, office.
Office development in the Port Industrial Zone shall meet the following dimensional standards, which amenities will be included in the calculation of square footage devoted to office-commercial use:
(1) Minimum lot size – none.
(2) Maximum lot coverage for commercial office, including required amenities, is 90 percent.
(3) Minimum landscape area – 10 percent of the gross site area.
(4) Minimum building setbacks – minimum of 50 feet from the mean high water line for new buildings fronting on the Swinomish Channel. There shall be at least five feet on each side and 10 feet on the upland facing side of new buildings to allow for fire department access.
(5) Maximum building height – 30 feet and limited to two occupied stories above finished grade to meet fire department life safety concerns; except, for structures built within the 100-year floodplain, the height shall be measured from one foot above the base flood elevation to the highest point on the building. Roof access must be approved by the fire chief. [Ord. 1222 § 2, 2023.]