21.60.300 Uses prohibited in city center zones

21.60.300 Uses prohibited in city center zones.

All uses shall be allowed in the city center zones unless specifically prohibited below:

3. Industrial uses (excluding management, research and development, and sales operations);

4. Outdoor storage or display of materials and equipment (except during construction) except as provided for in subsection (A)(7) of this section;

5. Auto-oriented uses, including:

a. Vehicle washing;

b. Drive-throughs, including drive-up windows and drive-up kiosks, unless within an enclosed parking structure;

c. Vehicle repair;

d. Battery exchange station (electric vehicles);

e. Gasoline service stations;

f. Rental car agencies with outdoor fleet;

g. Outdoor sales of boats, vehicles or equipment;

6. Wrecking yards;

7. Uses not contained within a building except:

a. Accessory outdoor dining;

b. Accessory outdoor display of merchandise up to a maximum of 200 square feet and where the display only occurs during business hours;

c. Temporary special events; or

d. Accessory outdoor recreation areas, in an amount not greater than the gross floor area of the principal use it serves, not to exceed one-half acre;

8. Self-service storage facilities;

9. Marijuana and marijuana-infused products retail sales, processing or production;

10. Medical marijuana collective gardens;

11. Dry cleaning and laundry plants (with the exception of dry cleaning and laundry, self-service and pick-up stations and incidental cleaning as an in-house service);

12. Outdoor commercial recreation and entertainment, including stadiums, race tracks, outdoor theaters, swimming pools, golf courses;

13. Overnight campgrounds;

14. Retail lumber yards;

15. Assembly of glass, light metal, plastic, electronic, electrical or wood parts, which are extracted, stamped, manufactured or shaped elsewhere, not precluding minor processes such as cutting or drilling;

16. Bottling or packaging plants (except as incidental to a brewery or winery);

17. Greenhouses, plant nurseries and agriculture;

18. Outdoor fresh fruit, vegetable or produce stands (except for temporary uses such as farmers markets or accessory to a principal use contained within a building);

19. Warehouses of 10,000 square feet or less;

20. Distribution centers;

21. Detached single-family or manufactured homes;

22. Detached wireless communication facilities (wireless attached facilities are allowed subject to LMC 21.46.110);

23. Supervised drug consumption facilities; and

24. Any other uses similar to those listed above or any other use determined by the development and business services director to be inconsistent with the intent of the city center zones as described in this chapter and the city center subarea plan. Appeals of the development and business services director’s decision shall be processed as a Process II application (LMC 1.35.200).

B. Additionally, prohibited in the portion of the city center – core zone (CC-C) that is north of 194th St. SW:

1. Multifamily residential. (Ord. 3415 § 56, 2022; Ord. 3399 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 3336 § 3, 2019; Ord. 3305 § 12, 2018; Ord. 3258 § 24, 2017; Ord. 3136 § 13, 2015; Ord. 2937 § 7, 2012; Ord. 2554 § 5, 2005)