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ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
Section 3.01 Intent. The purpose of this chapter is to establish dis-
tricts wherein compatible uses of land may be located and grouped to create,
protect or maintain a living environment for the citizens of Port Townsend.
Three broad categories of uses are established: residential, commercial and
industrial, and it is the intent of this chapter to stabilize and protect
the uses contained within these districts by excluding mutually interfering
uses and to allow a maximum degree of latitude within the regulations to
promote residential harmony, conduct profitable business, or contribute to
the economy of the community. It is also the purpose of this classification
to make it possible to more efficiently and economically design and install
all physical public service facilities in terms of size and capacity to
adequately and permanently meet needs resulting from a defined intensity
of land use and to provide for the health, safety, morals, prosperity and
well-being of the community at large.
Section 3.02 Establishment of Districts. The City of Port Townsend is
hereby divided into ten classes of districts with the designations and
general purposes listed below and the specifically permitted and prov-
isional uses tabulated in Section 3.03.
Section 3.03 Table of Permitted Uses. Within the various use districts
as indicated on the Official Zoning Map of Port Townsend, Washington, and
subject to the requirements of Sections 3.04 and 3.05, no land, building,
or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected
which is intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any of
the uses indicated in the "conditional" column without specific approval
of the Board of Adjustment. The criteria of Section 6.08 shall guide the
Board in granting or withholding approval. Permitted uses in the various
use districts are indicated by an "x" in the appropriate column of the
accompanying table. With the exception of conditional uses, as regulated
in Sections 6.08 through 6.10, only those uses appearing below are deemed
to be in the interests of public health, safety, morals, and the general
welfare of the citizens of Port Townsend.
DISTRICT
Public
P-I
Single -Family Residential
R-I
PURPOSE
Primarily a public use district devoted to
schools, public buildings, parks and related
uses.
Exclusively a single-family residence district
with adequate plot areas required and including
the customary accessory and secondary uses.