§ 21.48.040. Table of Uses—Waterfront Maritime Zoning Districts.

P = Permitted Use; S = Special Exception Use; -Std = Use Subject to Standards (Chapter 21.64); A = Accessory Use; Blank = Not Permitted

Important. The notes at the end of the table are as much a part of the law as the table itself.

Uses		District WMC	District WMM	District WMI	District WME
A. Maritime uses
1. In-water boat storage:
	a. Docks, slips, piers and other facilities at which boats are berthed, only in conjunction with other maritime uses	P	P
	b. Docks, slips, piers and other facilities at which boats are berthed, in conjunction with other maritime uses		P	P	P
	c. Yacht and sailing clubs, and member services	P	P	P	P
	d. Sailing schools	P	P	P	P
2. On-land boat storage:
	a. Open areas, paved or unpaved, and structures providing for on-land boat and marine equipment storage and display	P		P-Std
	b. Open areas, paved or unpaved, providing for on-land boat and marine equipment storage and display		P		P
	c. Structures existing as of August 24, 1987 providing for on-land boat and marine equipment storage and display		P		P
3. Boat repair and maintenance:
	a. Vessel repair and maintenance	P	P	P	P
	b. Maritime engineer/mechanical repair	P	P	P	P
	c. Boat, yacht and watercraft haul-out facilities and maintenance operations	P	P	P	P
	d. Fuel storage and refueling facilities for marine craft	P	P	P	P
	e. Accessory on-land material storage	P	P	P	P
4. Marine fabrication:
	a. Sail and canvas accessory manufacture	P	P	P	P
	b. Spar and rigging construction	P	P	P	P
	c. Maritime carpentry	P	P	P	P
	d. Construction and laying up of marine molds	P	P	P	P
	e. Metal casting for marine use	P	P	P	P
	f. Marine industrial welding and fabrication	P	P	P	P
	g. Boat manufacture	P	P	P	P
5. Maritime services: functions necessary to serve in-water and on-land boat storage and working boatyards, including, but not limited to:
	a. Boat dealers, brokers and manufacturers' representatives	P	P	P	P
	b. Boat rentals, charters, and charters services	P	P	P	P
	c. Marine parts, supplies, accessory distributors	P	P	P	P
	d. Marine transportation and water taxis	P	P	P	P
	e. Marine documentation	P	P	P	P
	f. Boat show management and promotion	P	P	P	P
	g. Nautical component servicing	P	P	P	P
	h. Yacht designers	P	P	P	P
	i. Marine surveyors	P	P	P	P
6. Maritime retail: display, sale and storage of marine parts, supplies, accessories, and provision of other goods including, but not limited to:
	a. Marine hardware	P	P	P 1,	P 1, 2
	b. Fishing tackle	P	P	P	P 1, 2
	c. Marine chandleries	P	P	P	P 1, 2
	d. Yacht furniture	P	P	P	P 1, 2
	e. Marine maps, magazines, catalogues and other publications	P	P		P 1, 2
	f. Maritime retail	P	P	A-Std	A-Std
7. General maritime: general office and research functions contributing to maritime activities including, but not limited to:
	a. Marine salvage, testing, research and environmental services	P	P
	b. Marine salvage, testing, and environmental services				P 1, 2
	c. Maritime associations	P	P		P 1, 2
	d. Oceanographic laboratories and experimental facilities	P	P		P 1, 2
	e. Facilities for marine pollution control, oil spill cleanup, and servicing of marine sanitation devices	P	P		P 1, 2
	f. Tugboat, vessel towing services, fireboat, pilotboat, harbormaster and similar services	P	P		P 1, 2
	g. Specialized professional services to the maritime industry	P	P		P 1, 2
	h. Marine transport operations, including shipping offices	P	P		P 1, 2
	i. Marine photography, printmaking and chart-making	P	P		P 1, 2
	j. Yacht and sailing club offices	P	P		P 1, 2
	k. Yacht finance	P	P		P 1, 2
	l. Maritime service organizations		P		P
8. Maritime institutions:
	a. Marine educational facilities	P	P		P
	b. Marine museums and aquariums	P	P		P
	c. Maritime service organizations	P	P
9. Seafood industrial:	Landing, distribution, processing, brokerage, wholesale and retail sales of fish and shellfish		P	P	P

 

	District WMC	District WMM	District WMI	District WME
B. Other uses:
Accessory uses	A	A
Antenna towers			P-Std, S-Std
Antennas and amateur radio stations	A-Std	A-Std	A-Std	A-Std
Delicatessen			A-Std	A-Std
Food service marts			A-Std	A-Std
Governmental uses:
Parks and recreation facilities	P		P	P
Parking structures as accessory to permitted maritime uses on a separate zoning lot		S-Std
Professional offices		S-Std
Restaurant, standard	S-Std	S-Std		S-Std
Retail sales of non maritime-related goods	S-Std	S-Std
Telecommunications facilities	A-Std	A-Std	A-Std	A-Std
Temporary uses	P-Std	P-Std	P-Std	P-Std
Transient boater services, such as laundry, pool, recreation facilities and sales of convenience items			A-Std

 

1 This use is permitted only on lots without waterfront frontage as of August 24, 1987.

2 This use is permitted in buildings located within one hundred feet of the shoreline, provided that the use does not exceed twenty-five percent of the gross floor area of the lot.

3 In the WMM and WMI districts non water-dependent buildings, structures, or parking are permitted within the one hundred-foot maritime use setback only if they meet certain bulk requirements. See Division III Chapter 21.46.

(Ord. O-1-04 Revised (part), 2005; Ord. No. O-40-15 Amended, § I, 12-7-2015)