5501 47th NE Ave Marysville, WA 98270-5144

The purpose of the general industrial zone (GI) is to provide for the location and grouping of industrial enterprises and activities involving manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing, bulk handling and storage, research facilities, warehousing and heavy trucking and equipment but also for commercial uses having special impacts and regulated by other chapters of this title. It is also a purpose of this zone to protect the industrial land base for industrial economic development and employment opportunities. These purposes are accomplished by: (i) Allowing for a wide range of industrial and manufacturing uses; (ii) Establishing appropriate development standards and public review procedures for industrial activities with the greatest potential for adverse impacts; and (iii) Limiting residential, institutional, service, office and other nonindustrial uses to those necessary to directly support industrial activities. (b) Use of this zone is appropriate in general industrial areas designated by the comprehensive plan which are served at the time of development by adequate public sewers, water supply, roads and other needed public facilities and services. (9) Recreation Zone. (a) The purpose of the recreation zone (REC) is to establish areas appropriate for public and private recreational uses. Recreation would permit passive as well as active recreational uses such as sports fields, ball courts, golf courses, and waterfront recreation, but not hunting. This zone would also permit some resource land uses related to agriculture and fish and wildlife management. (b) This recreation zone is applied to all land designated as "recreation" on the comprehensive plan map. (10) Public/Institutional Zone. (a) The purpose of the public/institutional (P/I) land use zone is to establish a zone for governmental buildings, churches and public facilities. (b) This public/institutional zone is applied to all land designated as "public/institutional" on the comprehensive plan map. (11) Small Farms Overlay Zone. (a) The purpose of the small farms overlay zone (-SF suffix to zone's map symbol) is to provide a process for registering small farms, thereby applying the small farms overlay zone and recording official recognition of the existence of the small farm, and to provide encouragement for the preservation of such farms, as well as encouraging good neighbor relations between single-family and adjacent development. (b) Use of this zone is appropriate for existing and newly designated small farms. ( Ord. 2852