1120 Big Pine Way, Forks, WA 98331

Very Low Density Residential District

The purpose of this district is to comply with the comments received from CTED, dated October 21, 1997, regarding the keeping of densities low inside the incorporated urban growth area where urban services are not currently available. The zone consists of properties that currently have little or no infrastructure in place, yet were placed into the agreed upon urban growth area in 1991. The R-1 zones are likely areas where urban development and/or infill development will occur in time, however, the density and lot size requirements take into account the undeveloped nature of the property within the zones. When roadways, electrical power, water service and telephone services are expanded into these areas by developers or utilities, then those areas would become candidates for rezoning into another zone. While sewer is an urban service, current state law permits the usage of septic systems through Washington, therefore sewer expansion is not necessarily mandated of developers attempting to obtain a rezone. The parcel size is such that upon the installation of the infrastructure noted above, the minimum sized lots could be redivided via a subdivision application or short plat application depending upon how the parcel in question is rezoned. Examples of very low density residential, however not limited to said examples, would be the parcels of commercial forest that exist to the west of Andersonville, the area associated with the southwestern portions of the FUGA, and portions of property between Merchant Road and Elk Valley along the Calawah River.