24824 Ben Howard Rd, Monroe, WA 98272

Agriculture-10 Acre zone

The intent and function of the Agricultural-10 Acre zone is: To implement the goals and objectives of the County General Policy Plan, which include the goals of protecting agricultural lands and promoting agriculture as a component of the County economy; To protect and promote the continuation of farming in areas where it is already established and in locations where farming has traditionally been a viable component of the local economy; and To permit in agricultural lands, with limited exceptions, only agricultural land uses and activities and farm-related uses that provide a support infrastructure for farming, or that support, promote or sustain agricultural operations and production including compatible accessory commercial or retail uses on designated agricultural lands.; Allowed uses include, but are not limited to: Storage and refrigeration of regional agricultural products; Production, sales and marketing of value-added agricultural products derived from regional sources; Supplemental sources of on-farm income that support and sustain on-farm agricultural operations and production; Support services that facilitate the production, marketing and distribution of agricultural products; Off-farm and on-farm sales and marketing of predominately regional agricultural products from one or more producers, agriculturally related experiences, products derived from regional agricultural production, products including locally made arts and crafts, and ancillary sales or service activities; and Accessory commercial or retail uses which shall be accessory to the growing of crops or raising of animals and which shall sell products predominately produced on-site, agricultural experiences, or products, including arts and crafts, produced on-site.