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Specific types permitted in accordance with the intent of this chapter, and subject to reasonable conditions imposed by the city, are categorized and identified as follows:

A. Personal or community service facilities such as:

1. Nursery schools and preschools,

2. Child day care centers when proposed in those districts specified in Chapter 16.65 LMC,

3. Funeral parlors, mortuaries and crematoria, provided these are permitted uses in the cemetery zone,

4. Senior citizen centers,

5. Nursing homes, convalescent care facilities, and

6. Cemeteries; provided once a cemetery is approved the property shall be designated as cemetery on the city’s zoning map.

B. Places of public assembly, including:

1. Churches (or other places of worship),

2. Sports arenas or stadia,

3. Fraternal organizations and lodges, and

4. Private clubs;

C. Public utilities and their appurtenances, such as:

1. Electrical substations,

2. Pumping, lift stations or similar regulatory appurtenances for the transmission or distribution of electricity, natural gas, water and sewage, oil or steam, and storage tanks for any of the above, including water towers,

3. Solid waste disposal facilities, including transfer stations, incinerators and sanitary landfills, and

4. Radio, television or telephone stations; commercial wireless communication facilities are subject to the requirements as specified in Chapter 16.68 LMC.

D. Public safety and emergency response facilities, including:

1. Police stations,

2. Fire stations,

3. Emergency medical centers, and

4. Hospitals;

E. Public and private transport/ maintenance facilities, including:

1. Airports, landing strips, heliports or helipads, including waterborne craft,

2. Marinas, docks, piers, or breakwater devices, regardless of size or purpose,

3. Railroad terminals, switching facilities, maintenance or repair shops, and spurs,

4. Bus terminals, storage or maintenance facilities,

5. Automobile parking facilities or structures other than those specifically required in Chapter 16.72 LMC in connection with permitted uses,

6. Corporation yards;

F. Sexual offender secure community transition facilities as defined in RCW 71.09.020, which facilities are mandated by the state of Washington pursuant to Chapter 71.09 RCW. The siting of such facilities shall be subject to the conditions identified in Chapter 16.66 LMC.

G. Uses which are similar or related to those uses described in subsections A through E of this section. (Ord. 1186 §1, 2002; Ord. 1080 §14, 1998; Ord. 931 §11, 1992; Ord. 927 §17, 1992; Ord. 691 §39, 1984; Ord. 583 §2.27(B)(1,2), 1980).