San Juan County logo Community Development and Planning
Department—Long-Range Planning
P.O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(360) 378-2116 | FAX (360) 378-3922

San Juan County
Long-Range Planning Directory Page

 Unified Development Code (UDC) Documents
  Guide and Description
  Sections
  Appendices
  Status of GMA Appeals
  How to propose amendments to the Comp Plan, Official Maps, & UDC
  Supportive Information

Hot Topics & Public Involvement

Comprehensive Plan

Official Maps

How to propose amendments to the Comp Plan, Official Maps, & UDC

Community Planning

How to submit a proposal for a Site-Specific Map Redesignation

Subarea Plans

Watersheds and Marine Resources
  

 

 

 

 

Long-Range Planning Staff

Debra "DJ" Sessner,
    Sr. Planner
  Lynda Guernsey,
    Departmental Assistant

Unified Development Code
(UDC) Documents (Title 18, SJCC)

Note: The documents that are available from this page are formatted as .pdf files Adobe
Acrobat file indicator, and require the use of the free Adobe® Reader®. If you do not already have this installed, you may get it by clicking this hyperlink.

The Unified Development Code (UDC) was first adopted on December 20, 1998. The UDC was codified as Title 18 of the San Juan County Code by the Code Reviser on Dec. 18, 2000. The version available below incorporates revisions adopted through Ord. 26–2002, December 31, 2002.

Printed versions of the Comp Plan, UDC, and Official Maps are available for inspection at the San Juan County Community Development and Planning Department offices in Friday Harbor. A copy is also at each of the San Juan County Libraries on San Juan, Orcas, Lopez, and Shaw islands, and at the schools on Waldron and Decatur islands. Copies are available for purchase from the Community Development and Planning Department.

For further information on amendments since Dec. 20, 1998, see the 1999– Amendments page.


Unified Development Code
(Title 18 SJCC)
 
Table of Contents and Chapter 18.10
—Introductory Provisions
(to 10–7–2003)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (83 kB)
Chapter 18.20
—Definitions
(to 4–17–2003)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (326 kB)
Chapter 18.30
—Land Use Districts
(to 4–17–2003)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (228 kB)
Chapter 18.40
—Performance and Use-Specific Standards
(to 9–9–2003)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (293 kB)
Chapter 18.50
—Shoreline Master Program
[regulations portion] (changes approved by WDOE through 10–7–2003)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (466 kB)
Chapter 18.60
—Development Standards
(to 4–17–2003)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (286 kB)
Chapter 18.70
—Land Divisions
(to 12–31–2002)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (237 kB)
Chapter 18.80
—Application, Notice, Review, and Appeal Requirements
(to 12–31–2002)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (395 kB)
Chapter 18.90
—Criteria and Procedures for Legislative Actions and Site-Specific Redesignations
(to 12–31–2002)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (122 kB)
Chapter 18.100
—Enforcement
(to 12–31–2002)
 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (79 kB)

Appendices to the UDC  Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (160 kB)
(all 3 appendices are included in this file)
 
A San Juan County Wetlands Rating System
Wetlands Rating Office Data Form
Wetlands Rating Field Data Form
B Mitigation Plan Contents
C Bonding
 

Supportive Information
 
Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington (Wash. Dept. of Ecology, August 2001, 5 vols.):
 
Volume 1 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (1.20 MB) Volume 4 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (1.22 MB)
Volume 2 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (3.88 MB) Volume 5 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (3.86 MB)
Volume 3 Adobe
Acrobat file indicator (2.33 MB)  
Planning information and Official Maps for Village & Hamlet Activity Centers