Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- C-C, C-B, C-F, C-S districts
- Geographic extent
- Outdoor special sales and seasonal agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. sales limited to C-C, C-B, C-F, C-S zoning districts including the walkable downtown core
Uses
Permitted by right8
- Religious, patriotic or historic assemblies, displays or exhibits
- Outdoor special sales, outdoor art and craft shows or exhibits, swap meets, flea markets, parking lot sales, or similar sales activities (limited to C-C, C-B, C-F, C-S districts, max 3 consecutive days or 21 days per year)
- Seasonal retail sales of agricultural or horticultural products, including farmers markets (limited to C-C, C-B, C-F, C-S districts)
- Temporary signs relating to a temporary and legally permitted land use or a legally permitted and active construction project
- Temporary structures, travel trailers, recreational vehicles or mobile homes for emergency services during an emergency
- Garage and yard sales in residential zones (up to 3 per 12 months, max 3 consecutive days each)
- Temporary use of a cargo container for storage on the site of an active construction project with a valid construction permit
- Use of a temporary commercial land use building for business activities per PMC 17.06.980
Conditional / special use6
- Model homes or apartments and related real estate sales activities within a subdivision or residential development
- Contractor's office, storage yard, and equipment parking and servicing on the site of an active construction project
- Circus, carnival, rodeo, fair or similar transient amusement or recreational activities
- Christmas tree sales lots not directly associated with an established and permitted retail services land use
- Residential occupancy of a mobile home or travel trailer by supervisory or security personnel on the site of an active construction project
- Temporary use of a mobile home or similar portable structure for residential use in a residential district while a permanent dwelling is under construction
Prohibited1
- Garage or yard sales in excess of three per twelve-month period in residential zones
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Application lead time9 business_days
Application shall be made at least nine (9) business days prior to the requested commencement date
- Decision time after application complete5 business_days
the planning director shall make a determination whether to approve, conditionally approve, or to deny the proposed temporary use within five (5) business days after the date the application is determined complete for processing.
- Maximum consecutive days for outdoor special sales3 days
to operate for not more than three (3) consecutive days or more than a total of twenty-one (21) days in the same year
- Maximum consecutive days for a garage sale3 days
Three (3) garage or yard sales conducted in any twelve (12) month period, not exceeding three (3) consecutive days each
- Maximum garage or yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. sales per 12 months3 sales
Three (3) garage or yard sales conducted in any twelve (12) month period, not exceeding three (3) consecutive days each
- Maximum total days for outdoor special sales per year21 days
to operate for not more than three (3) consecutive days or more than a total of twenty-one (21) days in the same year
- Site cleanup required
Each site occupied by a temporary land use shall be left free of debris, litter, or other evidence of temporary use upon completion or removal of the use.
- Months to remove temporary dwelling if building permit not renewed12 months
The temporary dwelling must be removed from the site after one year from the date of the approval of the temporary dwelling, if the building permit for construction of the permanent dwelling is not renewed.
Parking
- Maximum parking spaces occupied by temporary use50 pct
A temporary land use conducted in a parking facility shall not occupy or remove from availability more than fifty (50) percent of the parking spaces required by the permanent land use on the site.
Signage
- Days to remove construction signage after final inspection10 days
Signage related to a construction project shall be removed within ten (10) days of town approval of final building inspection
From the ordinance
The following temporary land uses shall be allowed subject to the regulations set forth within this chapter.