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This section supplements the normal setbacks required by the underlying zone for the specified use.

(1) Agriculture. All structures used for housing or feeding animals, not including household pets, shall be located at least 30 feet from all property lines.

(2) Amusement Facilities. Theaters must be at least 300 feet from the property line of any preschool or K-12 school. Other amusement facilities must be at least 500 feet from the property line of any park, playground, preschool, or K-12 school. Distances shall be measured horizontally by following a straight line from the nearest point in the building in which the amusement facility will be located, to the nearest property line of a parcel which contains a park, playground, preschool, or K-12 school.

(3) Art Gallery. All buildings must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(4) Cemetery, Mausoleum, and Crematoriums. All buildings must be at least 50 feet from external boundaries of the property.

(5) Church. All buildings must be at least 25 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(6) Dock and Boathouse. Covered structures must be at least three feet from any side lot line or extension thereof. No setback from adjacent properties is required for any uncovered structure, and no setback from the water is required for any structure permitted hereunder, except that setbacks for docks and boathouses located in shoreline jurisdiction are regulated under SCC 30.67.517.

(7) Educational Institutions.

(a) All buildings shall be set back at least 35 feet from all external property lines; and

(b) All buildings shall be set back from all road network elements, except a driveway. The setback shall be the greater of either 75 feet from the centerline of a road network element, or 45 feet from the edge of a road network element.

(8) Equestrian Center and Mini-Equestrian Center. Open or covered arenas must be at least 50 feet from any external property line. New structures located on or adjacent to lands subject to chapter 30.32A SCC shall comply with all applicable setbacks.

(9) Governmental Structure or Facility. All structures must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(10) Health and Social Service Facility, Level II. All buildings must be at least 30 feet from all external property boundaries.

(11) Kennel, Commercial; Kennel, Private-Breeding; or Kennel, Private-Non-Breeding. All animal runs, and all buildings and structures devoted primarily to housing animals, must be at least 30 feet from all external property lines.

(12) Library. All buildings must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(13) Museum. All buildings must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(14) Office, Licensed Practitioners. All buildings must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(15) Race Track. The track must be at least 50 feet from all external property lines.

(16) Rural Industry. All buildings and structures, storage areas, or other activities (except sales stands) occurring outside of a residential structure must be at least 20 feet from any property line.

(17) School, Preschool and K-12.

(a) All buildings shall be set back at least 35 feet from all external property lines; and

(b) All buildings shall be set back from all road network elements, except a driveway. The setback shall be the greater of either 75 feet from the centerline of a road network element, or 45 feet from the edge of the road network element.

(18) Service Station Pump Island or Canopy. The following setbacks shall be applied from all road network elements, except for a driveway:

(a) The setback for a pump island, where the width of the road network element is less than 60 feet, shall be 45 feet from the centerline of the road network element.

(b) The setback for a pump island, where the road network element is 60 feet or wider, shall be one-half the width of the road network element plus 15 feet.

(c) The setback for a canopy, where the road network element is less than 60 feet, shall be 35 feet from the centerline of the road network element.

(d) The setback for a canopy, where the road network element is 60 feet or wider, shall be one-half the width of the road network element plus five feet.

(19) Small Animal Husbandry. All structures used for housing or feeding animals must be at least 30 feet from all property lines.

(20) Detached accessory or non-accessory storage structures and private garages with building footprints over 2,400 square feet must be at least 15 feet from any external property line; provided, that parcels abutting open space tracts shall have a five-foot setback from the open space. Storage structures and private garages over 4,000 square feet in size must be set back at least 20 feet from any external property line; provided, that parcels abutting open space tracts shall have a five-foot setback from the open space.

(21) RESERVED for future use.

(22) Studio. All buildings must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential, multiple-family, or rural zone. The hearing examiner may require an additional setback distance when necessary to maintain compatibility of the proposed building with residential uses on adjoining properties.

(23) Swimming or Wading Pool. The pool must be at least five feet from any property line.

(24) Tavern. The use must be at least 500 feet from the external property lines of all public school grounds and public parks or playgrounds.

(25) Utility Structures. All structures must be at least 20 feet from any other lot in a residential zone.

(26) Personal Wireless Service Facilities.

(a) The setbacks of a tower used for a personal wireless service facility shall be measured from the base of the structure to the property line of the parcel on which it is located. Where guy wire supports are used, setbacks shall be measured from the base of the guy wire anchored to the ground, rather than the base of the structure, except as provided for in SCC 30.23.110(26)(b).

(b) In zones categorized as Rural or Resource under SCC 30.21.020, any public road right-of-way may be included in the setback calculation. In all other zones categorized under SCC 30.21.020, public road right-of-way shall not be included in the setback calculation.

(c) A tower shall be set back from a property line with a minimum of 50 feet, except as provided for in subsections (26)(d) through (26)(f) of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, a personal wireless service facility’s lease area boundaries shall not be considered property lines.

(d) Setbacks may be modified by the approving authority to no less than 20 feet from a property line only if there is significant existing vegetation, topography, or some other land feature that will provide a higher level of screening of the facility. In accordance with SCC 30.25.025(2), a Native Vegetation Retention Area (NVRA) shall be established and maintained when this provision is used.

(e) Personal wireless service facilities located on utility structures, streetlight poles, traffic signal poles, or existing structures shall not be subject to the personal wireless service facility special setback requirements of subsections (26)(a) through (26)(c) of this section.

(f) Towers and auxiliary support equipment located on parcels adjacent to forest lands or lands designated local forest shall be set back in accordance with SCC 30.32A.110.

(g) To minimize the potential for birds to collide into antennas and towers, personal wireless service facilities shall not be located within the recommended construction buffer zone for birds listed as priority species by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as described in its Management Recommendations for Washington’s Priority Species Volume IV: Birds (revised March 2012), or listed as endangered or threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act (50 CFR Part 17), and as amended, unless the applicant demonstrates that the proposed location will not have a significant impact on such birds.

(h) In no case shall a tower be constructed so that its base is closer to an existing dwelling than a distance equal to the height of the tower, unless the owner of such dwelling consents in writing that a closer distance is permitted.

(27) Excavation and Processing of Minerals.

(a) Minimum setbacks, as measured from the nearest edge of active mining or processing, shall be established as follows:

(i) Distance from property line: 50 feet;

(ii) Distance from any public road or right-of-way: 50 feet;

(iii) Distance from residences: 100 feet; provided, that the residence is located on a site(s) designated and zoned for residential use;

(iv) Distance from parks, schools, hospitals and/or libraries in existence at the time of permit application: one-fourth mile (1,320 feet);

(v) Distance from UGA boundary: one-fourth mile (1,320 feet).

(b) No mining, processing or permanent buildings shall be located within the setback.

(c) Structures or buildings associated with mineral operations shall be located at least 100 feet from a developed residential property line.

(28) Marijuana production and marijuana processing. The minimum setback for outdoor marijuana production or marijuana processing facilities shall be at least 50 feet from any property line. The minimum setback for indoor marijuana production or marijuana processing facilities shall be at least 30 feet from any property line. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 04-010, Mar. 3, 2004, Eff date Mar. 15, 2004; Amended by Amended Ord. 05-038, Nov. 30, 2005, Eff date Dec. 16, 2005; Amended by Amended Ord. 05-083, Dec. 21, 2005, Eff date Feb. 1, 2006; Amended by Amended Ord. 05-089, Dec. 21, 2005, Eff date Feb. 1, 2006; Amended by Amended Emerg. Ord. 06-011, Feb. 15, 2006, Eff date Feb. 15, 2006; Amended by Amended Ord. 06-057, Aug. 2, 2006, Eff date Aug. 14, 2006; Amended by Amended Ord. 10-026, June 9, 2010, Eff date Sept. 30, 2010; Amended by Amended Ord. 12-025, June 6, 2012, Eff date July 27, 2012; Amended by Amended Ord. 12-049, Oct. 3, 2012, Eff date Jan. 1, 2013; Amended by Amended Ord. 13-086, Nov. 13, 2013, Eff date Nov. 28, 2013; Amended by Ord. 14-053, Aug. 27, 2014, Eff date Sept. 13, 2014; Amended by Ord. 15-005, Mar. 18, 2015, Eff date Apr. 2, 2015; Amended by Ord. 15-103, Jan. 11, 2016, Eff date Jan. 22, 2016; Amended by Amended Ord. 16-029, May 11, 2016, Eff date May 23, 2016; Amended by Ord. 18-011, Mar. 21, 2018, Eff date May 20, 2018; Amended by Amended Ord. 19-020, July 3, 2019, Eff date Oct. 14, 2019).