1. Rural Activity Center RUAC

a. Purpose: To designate mixed-use areas where conve­nience goods and personal services are provided to rural residents on a daily or weekly basis.

b. Objective: The intent is to minimize vehicle travel be­tween rural settlements and suburban areas. Residential densities slightly higher than the surrounding rural neighborhoods are permitted to provide opportunities for special housing needs, i.e. elderly, single households, low income. The center is not intended to attract vehicle trips from outside the immediate rural service area. A grocery market may be the principal anchor tenant, along with other uses such as a drugstore, variety/hardware store, self-service laundry, church, and bank. The site area requires generally less than twenty acres.

c. Residential Gross Density: Only land area zoned and planned for residential use, or natural or cluster open space areas, shall be included in gross density calculations. Natural and cluster open space shall be defined as set forth in Section 18.09.040B, except that cluster open space shall not include land developed under the GC Golf Course Zone. Residential gross density shall conform with the following:

1) Minimum - 1.3 RAC
2) Maximum - 10 RAC

d. Zoning Districts: Only the following zoning districts shall be deemed in conformance with the land use plan, except as provided for under Section 18.89.060D major resort community, Section 18.89.030A3b plan policies, or Section 18.90.030E specific plans:

1) GR-1 Rural Residential Zone
2) SH Suburban Homestead Zone
3) CR-2 Single Residence Zone
4) CR-3 Single Residence Zone
5) CR-4 Mixed Dwelling Type Zone
6) CMH-1 County Manufactures And Mobile Home- 1 Zone
7) RVC Rural Village Center Zone
8) CB-1 Local Business Zone
9) CB-2 General Business Zone

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