ARTICLE XXVIII RCW Recreation, Conservation and Wildlife District | |||||||
§ 430-200. Purposes and objectives; permitted uses.
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A. The purposes and objectives of this district are to maintain and operate property as a preserve or preserves for the maintenance of wildlife and its natural habitat and to reasonably limit any other activities that might adversely affect the environment or the animal population and to provide an opportunity and facilities for observation and study of the various types of flora and fauna that are indigenous to the respective area.
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B. No building, structure or premises shall be used, erected or altered except for the following permitted uses:
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(1) Farms, truck gardens and nurseries and the sale of products raised thereon, including tree nurseries and other commercial and noncommercial agricultural and livestock uses.
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(2) Outdoor commercial and noncommercial recreational uses, including the following: horseback riding and jumping schools, bridle trails, hiking and nature trails, picnicking, camping (including day camps), field trails for dogs, wildlife hunting preserves (including pheasant and other game), pay-as-you-fish in fish-stocked ponds, archery, tennis, swim clubs, ice skating, bird-watching and other outdoor commercial and noncommercial recreation, provided that no building for the housing of cows, calves, bulls, horses, sheep, goats and birds or any building for the housing of hogs, hog pen, hog run or enclosure shall be within 100 feet of any side or rear lot line nor within 200 feet of any front lot line; that no fertilizer or manure shall be heaped, piled or stored within 100 feet of any side or rear lot line nor within 400 feet of any front lot line, that no building of more than two stories in height, run or enclosure for the housing or keeping of fowl having 60 square feet of floor space or less shall be within 15 feet of any side or rear lot line nor within 100 feet of any front lot line, which side and rear yard requirements shall be increased one foot and front yard requirements five feet, respectively, for each additional 60 square feet of floor space or fraction thereof, together with an additional fifty-foot setback for each story that the building housing fowl is over two feet in height (separate buildings to be cumulative as to the number of square feet for rear, side and front yard requirements); provided, however, that the maximum side and rear yard requirements shall be 200 feet and maximum front yard requirements 400 feet plus 50 feet for each story above two stories as hereinabove set forth, provided that no animals or poultry may be kept nor maintained unless adequate shelter is provided and provided further that any structure erected for any of the foregoing purposes shall be accessory to a residential dwelling. Any use permitted in this subsection shall be limited to an area of not less than five acres.
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