Rural Low (R5) Interim

What is Rural Low (R5) Interim? The Board of County Commissioners adopted interim controls in response to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board's (WWGMHB) finding of invalidity of certain zoned areas of the County. Without such interim controls, the County would have been prohibited from allowing any development in those zones except for only development allowed by State law: 1) for construction of single-family houses on pre-existing lots for the applicant's own use or their family's use; 2) for re-modeling or expanding pre-existing structures; and 3) boundary line adjustments that do not increase the number of buildable lots. These interim controls basically keep the County's options open. The Board of County Commissioners recognizes that such interim controls are a burden for some people, but felt that such controls were a much better option than a blanket moratorium as still allowing ‘some' development to continue. By providing landowners with some development options, the interim controls allow the County and those landowners time for a more thoughtful and measured response to the WWGMHB's ruling. For more information about the interim controls and the County's response to the WWGMHB's ruling with regards to the Carlsborg UGA, click here.

For applicable use tables and development standards for Rural Low (R5) Interim, see the Zoning Code at CCC 33.10.020, Rural Low (R5).

Please note that these links do not represent all applicable development provisions.  For more information, see the Clallam County Code or interactive Clallam County maps, or contact the Department of Community Development by phone at (360) 417-2420, via email at dcdplan@co.clallam.wa.us, online at www.clallam.net, or at the County Courthouse at 223 E 4th St. Suite 5, Port Angeles, WA. 

Last updated March 2010