An “accessory dwelling unit” is a self-contained residential unit that is accessory to a single-unit detached housing or middle housing unit located on individually owned lots, where the accessory dwelling unit is located on the same lot. An accessory dwelling unit has its own bathroom, kitchen facilities, living and sleeping areas, though it can share other features with the primary unit, including the yard, parking, storage or laundry facilities. The accessory dwelling unit may be attached to or detached from the single-unit detached housing or middle housing unit(s). An accessory dwelling unit excludes accessory residential uses as defined in ACC 18.04.023. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 5399 § 1, 2000.)

“Accessible electric vehicle charging station” means an electric vehicle charging station where the battery charging station equipment is located within accessible reach of a barrier-free access aisle (minimum 44-inch width) and the electric vehicle. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Accessory use” means a use, a building or structure, or part of a building or other structure which is subordinate to and the use of which is incidental to that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot, including a residential garage. If an accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or roof, such accessory building shall be considered a part of the main building. Parking areas will not be considered an accessory use under this definition. See related definitions for “Accessory use, manufactured home community” and “Accessory use, residential.” (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Manufactured home community accessory use” is a subordinate use which supports the principal manufactured home community use without displacing it. Manufactured home community accessory uses include but are not limited to recreation facilities, clubhouses, park offices, and utility rooms to serve the residents of the park only. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Residential accessory use” means a subordinate use which supports the principal residential use without displacing it. The accessory residential use is typically located on the same lot occupied by the principal residential use. Residential accessory uses include residential garage, guest cottage, recreation room, tool shed, swimming pool, noncommercial greenhouse, private stable, barn, pen, coop, or similar structure. This use excludes accessory dwelling units, as defined in ACC 18.04.018, and manufactured home community accessory uses. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Administrative use” means a use permitted in a zone only after review and approval by the planning director or designee. Administrative uses are those which typically have some potential for impacts to neighboring properties, but which may be permitted within a zone following review by the city to establish conditions mitigating impacts of the use and to assure compatibility with other uses in the zone. (Ord. 6269 § 27, 2009.)

“Adult family home” means a residential home licensed by the state in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room, and board to more than one but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services. Adult family homes are not communal residences. (Ord. 6560 § 1, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Agricultural enterprise” means a business enterprise which is engaged in, or related to, farming or agricultural production and other businesses and services supporting and promoting agriculture practices and the practice of locally and regionally grown foods. The term shall include the following:

“Agricultural store” means a retail food establishment, housed in a permanent structure, whose primary economic activity is the sale of local and regional agricultural products directly to consumers. An agricultural store may also include the sale of sundries, prepackaged food, bottled or canned beverages and freshly prepared food and beverages for consumption on site. (Ord. 6363 § 1, 2011.)

“Airport,” “heliport,” or “aircraft landing field” means any runway, landing area or other facility whether publicly or privately owned or operated, and which is designed, used or intended to be used either by public carriers or by private aircraft for landing and taking off of aircraft. This definition includes all necessary taxiways, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars and other necessary buildings and open spaces. This definition does not include manufacturing, servicing or testing facilities located in the vicinity of any landing area associated with the manufacturing or testing of commercial or military aircraft or activities associated therewith. (Ord. 6838 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Airport elevation” means the established elevation of the highest point on the usable landing area. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Airport hazard” means any structure, tree or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for, or is otherwise hazardous to, the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at the airport. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Airport landing area” means the area of the airport used for the landing, taking off or taxiing of aircraft. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Airport reference point” means the point established as the approximate geographic center of the airport landing area and so designated. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Alley” means a public travel way or other public right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of the city and not designated for general travel and used primarily as a means of access to the rear of residential and/or business establishments. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Mechanical amusement device” means any machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, disk, monetary bill or credit card, may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering a score. It includes such devices as marble machines, pinball machines, skill ball, mechanical grab machines, video games and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be indicated to specify. “Mechanical amusement device” does not include pool tables. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Animal shelter, public” means a facility that is used to temporarily house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted animals. The facility must be owned, operated, or maintained by one or more of the following: an animal care and control agency; humane society, or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals registered under Chapter 16.52 RCW, or another nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals, when such society or organization is then under contract with an animal care and control agency. An animal shelter, public may provide supporting services, including medical care. (Ord. 6407 § 2, 2012.)

“Apartment building” means:

“Apiary” (“apiaries”) means a place where honey bees (Apis mellifera) are kept; a collection of beehives. Beekeeping is included under this definition. (Ord. 6600 § 1, 2016.)

“Arcade” means an entertainment venue featuring primarily video games, simulators, and/or other amusement devices where persons under 21 years of age are not restricted. (Ord. 6642 § 14, 2017; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Assisted living facility” means a combination of housing, supportive services, personalized assistance, and health care designed to respond to the individual needs of those who need help with activities of daily living. An establishment with a central or private kitchen, dining, recreational, and other facilities, with separate bedrooms or living quarters, where the emphasis of the facility remains residential. An assisted living facility is not a communal residence. (Ord. 6560 § 2, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6140 § 1, 2007.)

“Automobile repair” includes fixing, incidental body or fender work, painting, and upholstering, engine tune-up, adjusting lights, installation/repair of electrical or electronic components, brakes, supplying and installing replacement parts to passenger vehicles and trucks. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Automobile wrecking” means the dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles or trailers, the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, obsolete, or wrecked vehicles or their parts, and the towing of such vehicles or parts in connection with such activity. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Automobile wrecking yard” means any premises devoted to automobile wrecking. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Automobile, trailer and equipment sales area” means an open area, other than a street or alley, used for the display, sale or rental of new or used automobiles, trucks, trailers or other equipment. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Battery charging station” means an electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Battery electric vehicle (BEV)” means any vehicle that operates exclusively on electrical energy from an off-board source that is stored in the vehicle’s batteries, and produces zero tailpipe emissions or pollution when stationary or operating. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Battery exchange station” means a fully automated facility that will enable an electric vehicle with a swappable battery to enter a drive lane and exchange the depleted battery with a fully charged battery through a fully automated process, which meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.27 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Bed and breakfast” means a residential home maintained by an on-premises owner that provides no more than six guest rooms which are used, rented, or hired out to guests to be occupied for sleeping purposes, and which may also offer communal dining services. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Building and landscape material sales” means a retail or wholesale establishment selling hardware, lumber and other large building materials, plant materials, and other landscaping materials. (Ord. 6433 § 3, 2012.)

“Building contractor, heavy” means businesses relating to the heavy construction trades including but not limited to: excavation work, highway and street construction; heavy construction, masonry and concrete work and water well drilling. These types of businesses generally have heavy equipment that may be stored outside. (Ord. 6433 § 4, 2012.)

“Building contractor, light” means businesses relating to the building trades including but not limited to: plumbing, heating, air conditioning; painting, paperhanging and decorating; electrical; carpentry and flooring; roofing and sheet metal. These types of businesses generally do not have heavy equipment or building materials stored outside. (Ord. 6433 § 5, 2012.)

“Height of building” means the vertical distance measured from the finished grade to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs. If a structure has none of the above features then the height shall be measured from the finished grade to the highest portion of the structure. See Figure 18.04.200.

“Main building” means the principal building or buildings on a lot or building site designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Building site” means a parcel of land assigned to a use, to a main building, or to a main building and its accessory buildings, together with all yards and open spaces required by this title. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Built green” means an environmental building program locally administered by the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties which provides rating systems which quantify environmentally friendly building practices for remodeling and new residential construction. The construction must qualify for a minimum number of points in order to be certified as “built green.” Each building receives a one- to five-star rating based on the builder’s ability to meet the sustainable design standards. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6036 § 5, 2006.)

“Caretaker apartment” means an accessory housing unit that is permitted in association with a commercial or industrial use where no residential dwelling exists, for the express purpose of providing a housing unit for on-site security or operations personnel. (Ord. 6433 § 6, 2012.)

“Charging levels” means the standardized indicators of electrical force, or voltage, at which an electric vehicle’s battery is recharged. The terms “1,” “2,” and “3” are the most common EV charging levels, and include the following specifications:

A. Level 1 is considered slow charging.

B. Level 2 is considered medium charging.

C. Level 3 is considered fast or rapid charging. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Chicken coop” means a building for housing and weather protection for domestic fowl. The chicken coop is treated as an accessory structure. (Ord. 6600 § 2, 2016.)

“Chicken run” or “chicken pen” means an area enclosed by fencing or netting which may or may not be connected to a coop within which domestic fowl can move about freely within a limited portion of the property or site. (Ord. 6600 § 3, 2016.)

“Commercial use” shall mean any activity or use of land which involves the buying, selling, processing or improving of things not produced on the land and having financial gain as the primary aim of the activity or use; whether or not such activity or use be for hire or on account of the buyer, seller, processor, or improver. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Commercial vehicle” means semi-truck tractors and/or semi-trailers (over 26,001 pounds gross vehicle weight rating) used in any commercial enterprise. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6019 § 1, 2006.)

“Commercial recreation facility, indoor” means a private for-profit or nonprofit establishment offering recreation or providing entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge and wholly enclosed in the building. Typical uses include athletic and health club, pool or billiard hall, indoor swimming pool, bowling alley, skating rink or climbing gyms. (Ord. 6433 § 7, 2012.)

“Commercial recreation facility, outdoor” means a private for-profit or nonprofit establishment offering recreation or providing entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge where any portion of the activity takes place in the open, excluding public parks. Typical uses include: racetracks; miniature golf; skateboard park; swimming and wading; therapeutic facilities; tennis, handball, basketball courts; batting cages; and trampoline facilities. (Ord. 6433 § 8, 2012.)

“Community retail establishment” means stores, shops and businesses either individually or in a shared space setting serving a geographic area of the city that engage in merchandise sales. (Ord. 6433 § 9, 2012.)

“Communal residence” is a business operated out of a single residential home without an owner occupant residing therein, where the residential home, or portions thereof, is/are rented to more than one individual through separate, unrelated lease or rental agreements. The fact that the individuals rent the residence or a portion thereof through separate, unrelated lease or rental agreements shall be prima facie evidence that the individuals are unrelated and do not meet the definition of “family” per ACC 18.04.360. Adult family homes, foster care homes, group residence facilities, special needs housing, and supportive housing are not communal residences. (Ord. 6560 § 3, 2015; Ord. 6477 § 10, 2013.)

“Comprehensive plan” means the comprehensive plan for the Auburn planning area, as now constituted, or hereafter amended, or its successor. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Conditional use” means a use permitted in a zone only after review and approval by the hearing examiner. Conditional uses are such that they may be compatible only on certain conditions in specific locations in a zone, or if the site is regulated in a certain manner in order to achieve the purposes of this title. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6185 § 1, 2008; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Condominium” means a form of ownership in which individuals purchase and own individual units in a multi-unit complex and jointly own and share financial responsibility for certain common areas. Residential condominiums in multifamily buildings differ from apartments in that each unit is individually owned, and any land in the project is owned in common by all householders. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Conforming use” means an activity the nature and type of which is permitted in the zone in which the property on which it is established is located. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Convenience store” means a small retail establishment that offers convenience goods for sale, such as prepackaged food items, beverages, tobacco, personal care items, and other household goods and often characterized by 24 hours a day operations. These stores can be part of a fueling station or an independent facility. (Ord. 6433 § 10, 2012.)

“Crematorium” means a facility for the burning of corpses, human or animal, to ashes either as a principal use or as an accessory use. Crematoriums do not include establishments where incinerators are used to dispose of toxic or hazardous materials, infectious materials or narcotics. (Ord. 6433 § 11, 2012.)

“Dangerous waste” means those solid wastes designated in WAC 173-303-070 through 173-303-103 as dangerous waste. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Designated accessible space” means a required accessible parking space designated for the exclusive use of parking vehicles with a state disabled parking permit, in accordance with WAC 51-50-005, the International Building Code requirements for barrier-free accessibility. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Designated facility zone” means a zone in which hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities are allowed uses, subject to the state siting criteria designated in Chapter 70.105 RCW. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Density” is a measure of population, housing units, or building area related to land area, and is expressed as a ratio, e.g., units per acre or square feet of lot area per unit. See ACC 18.02.065 for the methodology for calculating density. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6661 § 2, 2018; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Density bonus” refers to residential units allowed in excess of the base density of a particular zone. Density bonuses may be granted to residential developers within a certain distance of a high capacity transit stop, inclusion of affordable housing, or in exchange for recognized public benefits pursuant to Chapters 18.02 and 18.25 ACC. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Minimum density” refers to the least number of dwelling units or lots allowed per land area in a specific zone, expressed as a ratio. For example, in a zone with a minimum density of 12 units per acre, development of a two-acre lot would require a minimum of 24 units. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Development standards” means regulations pertaining to setbacks, landscaping, height, site coverage, signs, building layout, site design and related features of land use. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Dripline” means an area encircling the base of a tree, the minimum extent of which is delineated by a vertical line extending from the outer limit of a tree’s branch tips down to the ground. (Ord. 6387 § 2, 2011.)

“Domestic fowl and poultry” includes all species of chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons or other fowl or poultry of similar size and character. Roosters and peafowl are not included in this definition and are not permitted. (Ord. 6600 § 6, 2016; Ord. 6369 § 5, 2011.)

“Dwelling” means a building designed exclusively for residential purposes for occupancy by a person, family, or unrelated group with one or more rooms for living and sleeping purposes, containing kitchen facilities and rooms with internal accessibility, including single-unit detached housing, middle housing, apartments, and accessory dwelling units, but not including recreational vehicles, or hotels or motel units without kitchens. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6565 § 1, 2015; Ord. 6477 § 3, 2013; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

A. Dwelling, Single-Unit Detached. “Single-unit detached” means a detached building, not connected to another building, designed exclusively for occupancy by one family or communal residence and containing one dwelling unit that is permanently attached to the ground. A manufactured home may be considered a single-unit detached dwelling if sited per ACC 18.31.050. This dwelling type was previously called “single family” and is synonymous with “single-unit detached housing.”

B. Dwelling, Middle Housing. “Middle housing” dwellings include the following housing types:

C. Dwelling, Apartment. “Apartment” means a building designed for occupancy by seven or more families or communal residences living independently of each other and containing seven or more dwelling units. Apartment units may be located in a mixed-use development. This dwelling type was previously called “multiple-family” dwellings. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6477 § 4, 2013; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6162 § 1, 2008; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms designed for or occupied by one family or communal residence for living or sleeping purposes and containing kitchen facilities. All rooms comprising a dwelling unit shall have access through an interior door to other parts of the dwelling unit. An efficiency apartment, also known as a studio apartment, constitutes a dwelling unit within the meaning of this title. (Ord. 6477 § 5, 2013; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Electric scooters and motorcycles” means any two- or three-wheel vehicle or scooter or motorcycle under state law that operates exclusively on electrical energy from an off-board source that is stored in the vehicle’s batteries and produces zero emissions or pollution when stationary or operating. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Electric vehicle” means any vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid, or an off-board source, that is stored on-board for motive purpose. “Electric vehicle” includes: (1) a battery electric vehicle; (2) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; (3) a neighborhood electric vehicle; and (4) a medium-speed electric vehicle. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Electric vehicle charging station” means a public or private parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle. An electric vehicle charging station equipped with Level 1 or Level 2 charging equipment is permitted outright as an accessory use to any principal use. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Electric vehicle charging station – restricted” means an electric vehicle charging station that is (1) privately owned and restricted access (e.g., single-family home, executive parking, designated employee parking) or (2) publicly owned and restricted (e.g., fleet parking with no access to the general public). (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Extremely hazardous waste” means those solid wastes designated in WAC 173-303-070 through 173-303-103 as extremely hazardous waste. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Electric vehicle charging station – public” means an electric vehicle charging station that is (1) publicly owned and publicly available (e.g., park and ride parking, public library parking lot, on-street parking) or (2) privately owned and publicly available (e.g., shopping center parking, nonreserved parking in multifamily parking lots). (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Electric vehicle infrastructure” means structures, machinery, and equipment necessary and integral to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging stations, rapid charging stations, and battery exchange stations. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Electric vehicle parking space” means any marked parking space that identifies the use to be exclusively for the parking of an electric vehicle. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Emergency housing” means temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless that is intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene needs of individuals or families. Emergency housing may or may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Emergency shelter” means a facility that provides a temporary shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless. Emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. Emergency shelter facilities may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accommodations. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Entertainment, commercial” means spectator entertainment for commercial purposes. This use includes theaters, concert halls, nightclubs, or comedy clubs, but does not include cabarets, licensed under ACC 5.20.130(B), and adult entertainment, licensed under Chapter 5.30 ACC. (Ord. 6959 § 1, 2024; Ord. 6433 § 12, 2012. Formerly 18.04.359.)

“Family” means a person living alone, two or more persons related by blood or marriage, or any other analogous family union recognized under federal and/or state statute, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, or communal residence. For the purposes of this definition, minors living with a parent shall not be counted as part of the maximum number of residents. The purpose of defining family is to assist in the regulation of occupancy standards within dwelling units and to define different types of structures; it is not intended to interfere with the civil rights of individuals who establish relationships under the terms of state and federal laws. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6477 § 6, 2013; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987. Formerly 18.04.360.)

“Fence” means a masonry wall or a barrier generally composed of posts connected by boards, rails, panels, or wire for the purpose of enclosing space, functional areas, or separating parcels of land. The term “fence” does not include retaining walls or rockeries when a separate structure. The term also does not include hedges, trees, or other natural growth. (Ord. 6884 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2022; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Screened fence” means a fence that is between 70 to 100 percent opaque, and provides a high degree of visual buffering between two areas. A screened fence may consist of wood, vinyl, or metal. A chain link fence interwoven with slats in every row or available space is considered a screened fence. (Ord. 6884 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2022; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“One hundred percent sight-obscuring fence” means a fence that is 100 percent opaque, completely obstructs view between two areas or completely obstructs view between two adjoining uses. A sight-obscuring fence shall be constructed of solid wood, metal, concrete, or other appropriate material which totally conceals the subject use from adjoining uses. (Ord. 6884 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2022; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Retaining wall” means a structure designed and constructed to hold soil, earth, or like material in place, or to resist lateral pressure of materials to create or maintain a change in ground elevation. Such walls can be of various types including gravity, cantilevered, anchored, or piling walls and can be comprised of various materials including concrete, stone, or masonry units. The term “retaining wall” does not include fences. (Ord. 6884 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2022.)

“Floor area” means total floor area within the walls of all buildings on a lot or building site, except for the spaces therein devoted to vents, shafts and light courts and except for the area devoted exclusively to loading and unloading facilities and to parking of motor vehicles. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Foster care home” means a home which provides regular care for up to four developmentally disabled adults, or up to four adults who are recipients of state or federal financial assistance services, or up to four foster children under the age of 18, or up to three expectant mothers in a residential structure of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the people are placed. A foster care home is not a communal residence. (Ord. 6560 § 4, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Fueling station” means a retail business selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels primarily to passenger vehicles. Includes alternative fuels and recharging facilities which are commercial facilities offering motor vehicle fuels not customarily offered by commercial refueling stations (e.g., liquid propane gas) as well as equipment to recharge electric powered vehicles. This classification includes customary incidental activities when performed in conjunction with the sale of fuel, such as vehicle maintenance and repair, vehicle washing, and electric vehicle battery swap-out, but excludes body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles. (Ord. 6433 § 13, 2012.)

“Residential garage or carport” means a building or a portion of a building principally used for vehicular equipment such as automobiles, boats, etc., in which only motor vehicles used by the tenants of the building or buildings on the premises are stored or kept. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4304 § 1(1), 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Commercial garage” means any garage not a residential garage, and which is used for storage, repair, rental, servicing or supplying of gasoline or oil to motor vehicles. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Governmental facilities” means facilities of any unit of city, county, state, federal, or special district government. Types of facilities include community centers, vehicle and driver licensing offices, public works maintenance and operations facilities, courts of law, school support facilities, and other types of city, county, state, school district, special district, or federal facilities. This definition excludes jails, municipal parks, transit facilities, sewage treatment plants, schools, municipally owned airports, libraries, and utility facilities and substations as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Grade” means the average of the finished ground level at the center of all exterior walls of a building. In case walls are within five feet of a public sidewalk, alley or other public way, the grade shall be the elevation of the sidewalk, alley or public way. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Green building practices” (as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design [LEED] Program) means practices that conserve resources, use recycled content materials, maximize energy efficiency, and otherwise consider environmental, economic, and social benefits in the design and construction of a building project. See ACC 18.04.525 for more information on LEED. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6036 § 6, 2006.)

“Gross floor area” includes all floor area within the exterior walls of the building including area in halls, storage, and partitions, but excluding furnace and similar utility space used solely to maintain the building for occupancy. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Group residence facility” means a facility licensed by the state and operated with full-time supervision for housing resident persons who, by reason of their mental or physical disability, addiction to drugs or alcohol, or family and social adjustment problems, require a transitional nonmedical treatment program for rehabilitation and social readjustment. For the purposes of this title, a nonmedical treatment program consists of counseling, vocational guidance, training, group therapy and other similar rehabilitative services but does not include drug and/or alcohol detoxification. Monitoring the taking of prescription medication shall be permitted. The use of medication by any resident shall be incidental to that person’s residence in the facility and shall not be a criterion for residence in the facility. This definition does not include residential dwellings which meet all other requirements of this title, that provide programs related to this definition or which provide services of a nursing home as defined by ACC 18.04.660. A group residence facility is not a communal residence. (Ord. 6560 § 5, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4590 § 2 (Exh. A), 1992; Ord. 4304 § 1(2), 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Growth centers” are walkable, pedestrian-oriented, compact areas of the city and are the basis for achieving neighborhoods where residents can meet more of their everyday needs within an easy walk of their homes. They are complete neighborhoods with commercial development (grocery stores, restaurants, markets, shops, etc.), housing options, a variety of employment types, open space and parks, and other public gathering places. They are located adjacent to the public transit network. Growth centers allow for a mix of commercial and residential uses in vertical or horizontal configurations, with the central core of a growth center. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Guest cottage” means an accessory, detached building with bathroom, living and sleeping areas without any kitchen facilities designed for and used to house nonpaying guests of the occupants of the main dwelling. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Hazardous material” means a substance or materials in a quantity or form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety or property when stored, transported or used in commerce. For specific definitions of hazardous materials see Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, as amended; the International Fire Code, as amended; and the Valley Regional Fire Authority General Hazardous Materials Guidelines, as amended. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Hazardous substance” means any liquid, solid, gas or sludge, including any material, substance, product, commodity or waste, regardless of quantity, that exhibits any of the characteristics or criteria of hazardous waste as defined by Chapter 713-303 WAC. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Hazardous waste processing or handling” means the use, storage, manufacture, production or other land use activity involving hazardous substances. Hazardous substances processing and handling activities do not include individually packaged household consumer products or quantities of hazardous substances of less than five gallons in volume per container. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Hazardous waste” means and includes all dangerous (see ACC 18.04.285) and extremely hazardous waste (see ACC 18.04.355). (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Hazardous waste storage” means the holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period. Accumulation of waste on the site of generation is not storage as long as the storage complies with applicable requirements of Chapter 173-303 WAC. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Hazardous waste treatment” means the physical, chemical or biological processing of dangerous waste to make such wastes nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, or amenable for energy or material resource recovery. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility” means the treatment and storage of hazardous wastes from generators on properties other than that on which the off-site facility is located. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility” means the treatment and storage of hazardous wastes generated on the same site. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4294 § 2, 1988.)

“Home occupation” means any activity undertaken for gain or profit and carried on in a dwelling, or building accessory to a dwelling. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Homeless encampment” means an emergency homeless encampment hosted by a religious organization, which provides temporary housing to homeless persons. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6014 § 2, 2006.)

“Commercial horse riding” means a land use established for the purpose of providing equestrian trails or other facilities for riding and keeping horses for a fee. This use includes bridle trails. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Hospital” means an institution specializing in giving clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and which is licensed by state law to provide facilities including overnight accommodations and services in surgery, obstetrics and general medical practice. This definition does not include small animal hospitals or clinics, or veterinary clinics, as defined in ACC 18.04.480. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Small animal hospital or clinic” means an establishment in which veterinary medical services and/or clipping, bathing and similar services are rendered to dogs, cats and other small animals and domestic pets, not including kennels. This definition does not include hospitals as defined in ACC 18.04.470. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4304 § 1(3), 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Host agency” means the owner of the property, being a religious institution or other organization, that joins a sponsoring agency in an application for indoor emergency housing, indoor emergency shelters, permanent supportive housing, and transitional housing for providing basic services and support to residents, such as hot meals, coordination of other needed donations and services, etc. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6014 § 3, 2006.)

“Hotel” means any building containing six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and includes additional amenities such as banquet halls and meeting facilities. Hotels include but are not limited to motels and extended stay hotel accommodations. Hotels do not include renting of rooms, boardinghouses, or bed and breakfast accommodations. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Housing rehabilitation” means the renovation of an existing housing unit for the purpose of preserving existing housing stock, often as a means to provide affordable housing within an established residential neighborhood. See Chapter 18.49 ACC. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Impervious surface” means a hard surface area which either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil mantle as under natural conditions prior to development. A hard surface which causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from the flow present under natural conditions prior to development. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Incidental” means reasonably related, as determined by the planning director. One use is incidental to another when it is reasonably related to another (i.e., a garage is incidental to the single-family dwelling unit). (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Intensity” refers to the level of development or activity on a site, in terms of both the nature of uses and the concentration of those uses as indicated by residential density (dwelling units per acre) or floor area ratio. For example, a site with a mixed-use complex with a commercial retail component and a high density multifamily residential component would display a higher level of intensity than the same sized property with a low density, single-family residential development. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Junkyard” includes automobile wrecking yards and salvage yards or any premises devoted wholly or in part to the storage, buying or selling of, or otherwise handling or dealing in, old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metal, rubber or other articles commonly known as junk. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Kennel” means a place where four or more adult dogs or cats or any combination thereof are kept, whether by owners of the dogs or cats or by persons providing facilities and care, whether or not for compensation, but not including a small animal hospital or clinic. An “adult dog or cat” is one of either sex, altered or unaltered, that has reached the age of four months. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Kitchen” means any room or portion of a room designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food, having a kitchen-type sink and provisions available for an installed gas or electric stove or range. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4304 § 1(4), 1988.)

“Landscaping” means vegetative cover including shrubs, trees, flowers, seeded lawn or sod, ivy and other similar plant material. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Large domestic animal” means horses, ponies, donkeys, cows, standard size goats, llamas, oxen, standard size pigs, and other similarly sized animals. (Ord. 6600 § 4, 2016.)

“Leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED)” means a national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6036 § 7, 2006.)

“Live/work unit” means an integrated housing unit and working space, occupied and utilized by a single household in a structure that has been designed or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity, and includes a complete dwelling unit and working space reserved for and regularly used by one or more occupants of the dwelling unit. Within a live/work unit the “work” component of a live/work unit is secondary to its residential use. Live/work units are allowed within mixed-use developments. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6433 § 14, 2012.)

“Lot” is defined in ACC 17.04.200. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 5170 § 1, 1998; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot; however, the area contained in access easements, tracts or panhandles shall not be included in the lot area or any other lot size computation. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Lot coverage” means that percentage of the plot or lot area covered by all buildings including accessory buildings and uses. Coverage is determined by measuring along a horizontal plane from the outermost edge of eaves, cornices, overhangs, or areas covered by a weathertight roof. The first two feet of an eave overhang will, however, not be used in the lot coverage calculation. See Figure 18.04.550.

A. “Lot depth” means:

“Lot lines” means the lines bounding the lot. For purposes of establishing a setback line for a lot, “lot lines” shall also mean the limits of a private street, when such a street is located on the lot. See Figures 18.04.570(A) and (B).

A. Front Lot Line.

B. Rear Lot Line. The line opposite, most distant and most parallel with the front lot line. For a biangular or gore-shaped lot, a line 10 feet in length within the lot and farthest removed from the front lot line and at right angles to the line comprising the depth of the lot shall be used as the rear lot line.

C. Side Lot Line. All lot lines which do not qualify as a rear or front lot line.

D. Panhandle Lot Lines. For a panhandle lot, the lot lines shall be approved by the planning director. The lot lines shall be most consistent with the adjoining lot lines and shall take into consideration any unique physical characteristics of the property.

“Lot of record” is defined in ACC 17.04.220. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 5170 § 1, 1998; Ord. 4503 § 1, 1991; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Low impact development” means a stormwater management and land development strategy that emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features integrated with engineered, small-scale hydrologic controls to more closely mimic pre-development hydrology. The goal is to prevent measurable harm to streams, lakes, wetlands, and other natural aquatic systems from commercial, residential or industrial development sites. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6036 § 8, 2006.)

A “major transit stop” means:

A. A stop on a high capacity transportation system funded or expanded under the provisions of Chapter 81.104 RCW;

B. Commuter rail stops;

C. Stops on rail or fixed guideway systems; or

D. Stops on bus rapid transit routes. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Manufactured home” means a single-family dwelling which:

A. Is comprised of at least two fully enclosed parallel sections each of not less than 12 feet wide by 36 feet long;

B. Was originally constructed with and now has a composition or wood shake or shingle, coated metal, or similar roof of nominal 3:12 pitch; and

C. Has exterior siding similar in appearance to siding materials commonly used on site-built single-family homes built in accordance with the International Building Code (IBC).

This definition does not include a mobile home as defined by ACC 18.04.630 or a recreational vehicle as defined by ACC 18.04.780. A manufactured home may be considered a single-family dwelling if sited per ACC 18.31.050. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6162 § 2, 2008; Ord. 4350 § 2, 1989; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Manufactured home community” means an area of not less than five acres designed to accommodate individual manufactured homes within the approved community boundaries. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Manufacturing, assembling and packaging – heavy intensity” means a facility accommodating manufacturing processes that involve and/or produce basic metals, building materials, chemicals, fabricated metals, paper products, machinery, textiles, and/or transportation equipment, where the intensity, scale, and/or characteristics of operation and materials used have the potential to result in externalities or effects on surrounding land uses or the community. Examples of heavy intensity manufacturing uses include, but are not limited to, chemical products manufacturing, paving and roofing materials manufacturing and glass products manufacturing. (Ord. 6433 § 15, 2012.)

“Manufacturing, assembling and packaging – light intensity” means a facility accommodating manufacturing processes involving and/or producing: apparel; food and beverage products; electronic, optical, and instrumentation products; ice; jewelry; and musical instruments. Light manufacturing also includes other establishments engaged in the assembly, fabrication, and conversion of already processed raw materials into products, where the intensity, scale, and/or characteristics of operation and materials used are unlikely to result in externalities or effects on surrounding land uses or the community because they can be controlled within the building. Examples of light intensity manufacturing uses include, but are not limited to, clothing and fabric product manufacturing and food and beverage products. (Ord. 6433 § 16, 2012.)

“Manufacturing, assembling and packaging – medium intensity” means a facility accommodating manufacturing processes that involve and/or produce building materials, fabricated metal products, machinery, and/or transportation equipment, where the intensity, scale, and/or characteristics of operation and materials used are greater than those classified under “manufacturing, assembling and packaging – light intensity,” but where externalities or effects on surrounding land uses or the community can typically be reduced or avoided when appropriately located and developed. Examples of medium intensity manufacturing uses include lumber and wood product manufacturing and stone and cut stone product manufacturing. (Ord. 6433 § 17, 2012.)

“Medium domestic animal” means potbelly pigs, miniature goats, miniature horses, and other similarly sized animals that are larger than a small domestic animal and smaller than a large domestic animal. (Ord. 6600 § 5, 2016.)

“Medium-speed electric vehicle” means a self-propelled, electrically powered four-wheeled motor vehicle, equipped with a roll cage or crush-proof body design, whose speed attainable in one mile is more than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour and otherwise meets or exceeds the federal regulations set forth in 49 CFR 571.500. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Medical-dental clinic” means an establishment for treatment of outpatients, and providing no overnight care for patients. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Middle housing” means buildings that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single-unit detached dwellings and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, cottage housing, and accessory dwelling units. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Miniature goats” include species of goats commonly known as pygmy (Capra hircus hircus pygmy) or Nigerian dwarf (Capra hircus hircus nigerian dwarf). (Ord. 6600 § 7, 2016; Ord. 6369 § 6, 2011.)

“Microbrewery” or “small craft brewery” means a production facility that manufactures beer. A microbrewery may sell beer of its own production at retail for on- and off-premises consumption, and may act as a distributor for beer of its own production. (Ord. 6368 § 2, 2011.)

“Mixed-use development” means a single unified development that incorporates the planned integration of two or more different land uses consisting of some combination of office, light industrial, hotel, retail, entertainment, public uses, along with residential uses. Mixed-use development may be vertically oriented in one or more buildings, or horizontally distributed on a development site. When horizontally distributed, the different uses may be constructed concurrently and in separate phases, and should incorporate common and/or complementary features and/or elements such as pedestrian walkways, access driveways, parking areas, architectural themes, or other techniques that provide integration between uses on the site. (Ord. 6644 § 1, 2017; Ord. 6253 § 2, 2009.)

“Mobile home” means a factory-constructed residential unit with its own independent sanitary facilities, that is intended for year-round occupancy, and is composed of one or more major components which are mobile in that they can be supported by wheels attached to their own integral frame or structure and towed by an attachment to that frame or structure over the public highway under license or by special permit. This definition does not include a manufactured home as defined by ACC 18.04.600 or a recreational vehicle as defined by ACC 18.04.780. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6162 § 3, 2008; Ord. 4350 § 2, 1989; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Motor freight terminal” means a facility with more than one dock per 5,000 square feet of warehouse, storage, or related use and used for either (A) the loading, unloading, dispensing, receiving, interchanging, gathering, or otherwise physically handling freight for shipment or (B) any other location at which freight is exchanged by motor carriers between vehicles. This includes but is not limited to cross-dock operations and does not include a package delivery service. Excludes buildings with six or fewer loading docks. (Ord. 6433 § 18, 2012.)

“Motel” or “motor hotel” means a group of buildings containing individual sleeping or living units, designed for use by automobile tourists or transients, with garage attached or parking space conveniently located to each unit. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Multimodal transportation corridor” refers to a transportation route that accommodates and contains facilities for more than a single form or mode of transportation. Multimodal corridors provide opportunities for travel by automobile, transit, and nonmotorized transportation and include relevant infrastructure improvements, such as dedicated bicycle lanes, sidewalks, and transit stations and shelters. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Municipal park” means a parcel or tract of land provided by a unit of government to meet the active and/or passive recreational needs of people. This definition includes associated playgrounds and active recreation areas. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Museum” is a cultural facility established and used for the education and enjoyment of the public through exhibits and displays of historical, cultural, or other related subjects. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Neighborhood electric vehicle” means a self-propelled, electrically powered four-wheeled motor vehicle whose speed attainable in one mile is more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour and conforms to federal regulations under 49 CFR 571.500. (Ord. 6433 § 1, 2012; Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011. Formerly 18.04.643A.)

“Neighborhood recreation buildings” means facilities owned and managed by a neighborhood homeowners’ association for recreational and community gatherings. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Neighborhood retail establishment” means stores and shops serving the immediate surrounding neighborhood in which they are located, including but not limited to a beauty shop, laundry and dry cleaning, sales of retail goods and such others of a similar nature. (Ord. 6433 § 19, 2012.)

“Neighborhood services” as listed herein are intended to include commercial establishments that provide goods and services that are considered to be basic to the needs of a local neighborhood, and the provision of which would typically be primarily within the local market area. For the purposes of Chapter 18.49 ACC, neighborhood services establishments include: bakery and pastry shops (products made must be sold at retail on the premises); produce markets; retail grocery stores; delicatessens, restaurants or sandwich shops, limited to a seating area of 25 seats; hardware stores; retail banks or bank branches; pharmacies; daycare facilities; or other services subject to the approval of the planning director. See Chapter 18.49 ACC. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Net density” is a measure of the net site area as defined in ACC 18.02.065. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Nonelectric vehicle” means any motor vehicle that does not meet the definition of “electric vehicle.” (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Nonconforming use” means a use which when commenced, complied with use regulations applicable at the time when such use was commenced, and which does not conform to the existing use regulations of the zone where the use is now being conducted or carried on. The term “nonconforming use” shall be applicable to uses of buildings, structures, and land. This definition does not include those uses existing in the zone, prior to the adoption of this title, which would now require an administrative or conditional use permit to operate in the zone. Any expansion of the space, volume or area of the use would then require an administrative or conditional use permit as this title may require. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Nursing home,” “rest home,” “convalescent home,” “guest home” and “home for the aged” mean a home operated similarly to a boardinghouse but not restricted to any number of guests or guest rooms, the operator of which is licensed by the state or county to give special care and cure to their charges, and in which nursing, dietary and other personal services are furnished to convalescents, invalids and aged persons, and in which homes are performed no surgery, maternity or any other primary treatments such as customarily provided in hospitals, and in which no persons are kept or served who normally would be admitted to a mental hospital or to a group residence facility. This definition does not include group residence facilities as defined in this title. A nursing home is not a communal residence. (Ord. 6560 § 6, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4304 § 1(5), 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Occupancy” means the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used. The term shall also include the building or room housing such use. Change of occupancy is not intended to include change of tenants or proprietors. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Outdoor sales” means an open area used for the display, sale, or rental of goods and/or materials that are actively marketed and readily available for general public consumption. This does not include storage areas of materials that are sold elsewhere on the premises or junkyards as defined by ACC 18.04.500. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Outdoor storage” means the keeping of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery and vehicles which are not currently licensed or capable to operate on public streets or highways, in an open, uncovered yard or nonwalled buildings. This definition includes junkyards as defined by ACC 18.04.500, but excludes outdoor sales as defined by ACC 18.04.672. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Owner occupied unit” means a dwelling unit in which the owner resides on a regular, permanent basis. (Ord. 6477 § 11, 2013.)

“Parking area” includes an off-street parking area together with driveways and the access to a public street. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

A “parking space” is any off-street space intended for the use of vehicular parking with ingress or egress to the space which is easily identifiable. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Parking structure” means a single or multi-level structure intended for the use of vehicular parking, as opposed to an uncovered surface parking lot. This definition includes both stand-alone parking garages and structured parking as incorporated into a building, the primary purpose of which is not parking (i.e., rooftop or basement parking areas). (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Permanent supportive housing” is subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors. Permanent supportive housing is paired with on-site or off-site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was at imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a successful tenant in a housing arrangement, improve the resident’s health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community-based health care, treatment, or employment services. Permanent supportive housing is subject to all of the rights and responsibilities defined in Chapter 59.18 RCW. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Permitted use” means a land use that is allowed outright within a zone. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Person” means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Personal service shop” means premises devoted to hair styling, cutting or permanents, manicurists, custom tailoring, and similar related uses. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Planning commission” means that body created by Chapter 2.45 ACC. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Planning director” means the director of the Auburn department of planning and development, or its successor, unless otherwise specified. (Ord. 6287 § 2, 2010; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)” means an electric vehicle that (1) contains an internal combustion engine and also allows power to be delivered to drive wheels by an electric motor; (2) charges its battery primarily by connecting to the grid or other off-board electrical source; (3) may additionally be able to sustain battery charge using an on-board internal-combustion-driven generator; and (4) has the ability to travel powered by electricity. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

Miniature “potbelly pigs” are that type of swine commonly known as Vietnamese, Chinese, or Asian potbelly pig (Sus scrofa bittatus). (Ord. 6369 § 7, 2011.)

“Prerelease facility” has the same meaning as “work release facility” for the purposes of this title. See ACC 18.04.914. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4590 § 3 (Exh. B), 1992.)

“Print and copy shop” means a facility for the custom reproduction of written or graphic materials on a custom order basis for individuals or businesses. Typical processes include, but are not limited to, photocopying, blueprint, facsimile sending and receiving, and including offset printing. (Ord. 6433 § 20, 2012.)

“Private country club and golf course, excluding driving range” means an area designed and used for playing golf, including all accessory uses incidental to the operation of the facility. This definition may include private country clubs or golf courses open to the general public. This definition excludes other outdoor recreational facilities such as driving ranges, municipal parks, or commercial horse riding and bridle trails. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Privately owned and operated park and playground” means a parcel or tract of land provided by a private entity to meet the active and/or passive recreational needs of people. This definition includes associated playgrounds and active recreation areas. This use excludes municipal parks. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Professional offices” means offices maintained and used as places of business conducted by professionals including engineers, attorneys, realtors, architects, accountants, clerical, and other recognized general office occupations. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Prohibited use” means any use which is not specifically enumerated or interpreted by the city as allowable in that zone. Any use not specifically listed as a permitted, administrative, conditional, or accessory use is prohibited, except those determined to be unclassified and permitted by the planning director pursuant to ACC 18.02.120(C)(6). Any prohibited use is illegal. (Ord. 6269 § 2, 2009; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Public art” refers to works of art, regardless of medium, that are primarily designed for, and presented in, the public domain, including work displayed in common areas of publicly accessible buildings. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Public recreational amenity” is any recreational facility that is incorporated into a development for public use including but not limited to children’s playgrounds, tennis, basketball, or other sport courts or fields. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Public use” means a use operated exclusively by a public body, such use having the purpose of serving the public health, safety, or general welfare, and including uses such as public schools, parks, playgrounds, and administrative and service facilities. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Quasi-public use” means a use operated by a private nonprofit educational, religious, recreational, charitable, or medical institution having the purpose primarily of serving the general public, and including uses such as churches, private schools and universities, community, youth and senior citizen recreational facilities, private hospitals, and the like. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Rapid charging station” means an industrial grade electrical outlet that allows for faster recharging of electric vehicle batteries through higher power levels and that meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540. (Ord. 6365 § 1, 2011.)

“Recreational vehicle,” “camping trailer,” “travel trailer,” “motor home” and “truck camper” mean vehicular-type units primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, with or without motive power, being of such size or weight as not to require a special highway movement permit and licensed by the state as a recreational vehicle. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4350 § 2, 1989; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Recreational vehicle park” means a parcel of land designed and improved to accommodate two or more recreational vehicles on a temporary basis. Spaces are typically rented for overnight use, not to exceed 120 days. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Regional retail establishment” means a large-scale retail establishment intended to serve customers within and outside the city. A regional retailer may accommodate a wide range of retail commodities (e.g., apparel and accessories, consumer electronics, hardware, building materials, sporting goods and automotive supplies). (Ord. 6433 § 21, 2012.)

“Religious institution” means an establishment, operated by a religious organization, that provides religious worship, religious services or religious ceremonies as its principal use with the sanctuary or principal place of worship contained within a principal building. Incidental and accessory uses that include chapels or subordinate places of worship, school rooms, daycares, classrooms, kitchens, library rooms or reading rooms, recreation halls or offices are permitted in the principal building or in separate buildings. Caretaker’s quarters or living quarters for employees are also permissible as an accessory use. The following incidental and accessory uses to a religious institution are not permitted unless allowed under a valid temporary use permit issued pursuant to ACC 18.46A.070: (A) facilities for training of religious orders; (B) nonemployee rooms for rent, boarding rooms or similar facilities; or (C) public showers or other public health services. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6014 § 1, 2006; Ord. 5550 § 1, 2001.)

“Religious organization” means the federally protected practice of a recognized religious assembly, school, or institution that owns or controls real property. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025.)

“Renting of rooms” means the provision of rooms for lodging purposes to not more than two persons in addition to the owner occupied unit, and/or family who lives in the residence. (Ord. 6477 § 7, 2013; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Repair services – equipment, appliances” means repair of products, not to include vehicles or heavy equipment. These uses include consumer repair services for individuals and households for items such as household appliances, musical instruments, cameras, household electronic equipment, and similar uses. (Ord. 6433 § 22, 2012.)

“Residence” means a building or structure, or portion thereof, which is designed for and used to provide a place of abode for human beings, but not including hotels or motel units having no kitchens. The term “residence” includes the term “residential” as referring to the type of or intended use of a building or a structure. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Right-of-way” is property in which the city has any form of ownership or title and which is held for public purposes as provided for under ACC Title 12 and the city design and construction standards. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Elementary and middle/junior high schools” are institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the education code of the state of Washington in grades kindergarten through nine, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Secondary or high schools” are institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the education code of the state of Washington in grades nine through 12, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Secure community transition facility” means a residential facility for persons civilly committed under Chapter 71.09 RCW, Sexually Violent Predators, who are conditionally released under said chapter to a less restrictive alternative than total confinement or imprisonment. A secure community transition facility has supervision and security, and either provides or ensures the provision of sex offender treatment services. Secure community transition facilities include but are not limited to the facilities established pursuant to RCW 71.09.250 and any community-based facilities established under this chapter and operated by or under contract with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 5690 § 3, 2002.)

“Senior housing” refers to housing stock, whether rental or occupant-owned, that specifically caters to residents aged 55 years and older, either through age requirements or through the provision of specialized care, such as nursing or dietary and personal care. This definition shall include, at a minimum, all facilities that qualify as housing for older persons under the Fair Housing Act. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Setback” means the distance between a lot line and the corresponding parallel setback line. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Setback area” means that area of a lot bounded on opposite sides by a lot line and the corresponding setback line that is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward unless specifically permitted in this title. See Figure 18.04.811.

“Front setback” means the distance between a front lot line and the corresponding parallel setback line. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Rear setback” means the distance between a rear lot line and the corresponding parallel setback line. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Side setback” means the distance between a side lot line and the corresponding parallel setback line. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Setback line” means a line which defines a setback as required by this title, which is parallel to but other than a lot line, between which no building, structure, or portion thereof shall be permitted, erected, constructed, or placed unless specifically permitted by this title. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Shop” means a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services. (Ord. 6433 § 23, 2012.)

“Shopping center” means a series of unified commercial establishments which provides retail, business, entertainment or professional services, shares the same parking facilities and contains in excess of 100,000 square feet of gross floor area. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987. Formerly 18.04.810.)

“Sign” means any visual communication device, structure, or fixture which is visible from any right-of-way intended to aid the business establishment in question in promoting the sale of a product, goods or service using graphics, symbols or written copy. It shall be restricted solely to graphics, symbols or written copy that is meant to be used in the aforementioned way. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Site” is an area comprised of one or more legally created lots or parcels used for a development proposal in order to calculate compliance with the standards and regulations of this title. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Site area” is the total horizontal area of a project site. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Small domestic animal” means a domesticated animal of ordinary species that lives, or is commonly known to be capable of living, within the confines of a residence such as dogs, cats, common rabbits, ferrets, or other similarly sized animals. Other indoor animals weighing less than 10 pounds, such as, but not limited to, caged birds, small rodents, fish, and nonvenomous reptiles or amphibians, and not kept for commercial purposes, are not regulated under this title. Any endangered or exotic species are prohibited. (Ord. 6600 § 8, 2016; Ord. 6369 § 1, 2011; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 5777 § 1, 2003; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987. Formerly 18.04.495.)

“Social and service organizations” refers to incorporated or unincorporated nongovernmental or private associations of persons organized for social, education, literary or charitable purposes. This definition also includes community meeting halls, philanthropic institutions, private clubs, fraternal or nonprofit organizations, and social service organizations. This definition excludes religious institutions and government facilities. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, and discarded commodities. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4262 § 1, 1988. Formerly 18.04.023.)

“Solid waste processing facility” means the management, collection, transportation, temporary storage, treatment, utilization, and processing of solid wastes by means of pyrolysis, refuse-derived fuel, or mass incineration within an enclosed structure. These processes may include source separation and recovery of recyclable materials from solid wastes, the recovery of energy resources from such wastes or the conversion of the energy in such wastes to more useful forms or combinations thereof. This definition refers to citywide or regional scale operations and does not include solid waste handling which is accessory to an individual principal use. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4262 § 1, 1988. Formerly 18.04.025.)

“Special events” means incidental use of a facility, which use is otherwise allowed or permitted in the zoning district, as a venue for hire for social gatherings. Special events do not include marketing or promotional events that are part of the normal operation of an agricultural enterprise or winery and directly related to products sourced from that operation. (Ord. 6363 § 1, 2011.)

“Sponsoring agency” means an organization that joins in an application with a host agency for indoor emergency housing, indoor emergency shelters, permanent supportive housing, and transitional housing and assumes responsibility for providing basic services and support to residents, such as hot meals, coordination of other needed donations and services, etc. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6014 § 4, 2006.)

“Store” means a business establishment where usually diversified goods are kept for retail sale. (Ord. 6433 § 24, 2012.)

“Special needs housing” is housing that meets the definition of nursing home, group home, or other housing that meets the needs of special populations that need assistance or special accommodation in housing. See Chapter 18.49 ACC. Special needs housing is not a communal residence. (Ord. 6560 § 7, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Small craft distillery” means a production facility that manufactures distilled spirits that can contract distilled spirits for, and sell distilled spirits to, holders of distillery licenses, manufacturer’s licenses and grower’s licenses. (Ord. 6368 § 3, 2011.)

“Story” means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under-floor space is more than six feet above grade as defined in this chapter for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or is more than 12 feet above grade as defined in this chapter at any point, such usable or unused underfloor space shall be considered as a story. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Private street” means any street which is not a public street. For the purposes of this title a private street will be considered as being a public street for determining setback provisions only. Driveways which are not part of an easement, tract, alley or street shall not be considered a street. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Public street” is defined in ACC 17.04.370. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4304 § 1(6), 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Structure” is that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, except benches, statuary, planter boxes less than 42 inches in height, and fences 72 inches or under in height, or paved areas. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Supportive housing” means a multiple-family dwelling owned or sponsored by a nonprofit corporation or government entity, designed for occupancy by individual adults that (A) are homeless or at risk of homelessness; (B) are experiencing a disability that presents barriers to employment and housing stability; or (C) generally require structured supportive services to be successful living in the community. “Supportive housing” is not a communal residence. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 6560 § 8, 2015; Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6167 § 1, 2008.)

“Sustainable design” means design in which the impact of a building on the environment will be minimal over the lifetime of that building. Structures should incorporate the principles of energy and resource efficiency, practical applications of waste reduction and pollution prevention, good indoor air quality and natural light to promote occupant health and productivity, and transportation efficiency in design and construction, during use and reuse. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 6036 § 9, 2006.)

“Tasting room” means a location separate from, or on the same site as, the production/manufacturing site, that allows customers to taste samples of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverage and has a state of Washington issued liquor license to operate a tasting room. In addition to sampling of alcoholic beverages, a tasting room may include retail sales for off-premises consumption. (Ord. 6368 § 4, 2011; Ord. 6363 § 1, 2011.)

“Tavern” means an establishment operated primarily for the sale of wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages that may or may not include the service of food as an accessory use. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 5382 § 1, 2000.)

“Transmitting tower” means any freestanding structure whose primary purpose is the transmission and/or reception of radio signals for personal or hobby purposes. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Transitional housing” means a supportive housing for persons or families for up to two years for the purpose of facilitating the movement of persons and families into independent living. (Ord. 6977 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025.)

“Unclassified use” means a land use which does not appear in a list of permitted, conditionally permitted, or accessory uses, but which is interpreted by the planning director as similar to a listed permitted, conditionally permitted or accessory use, and not otherwise prohibited, pursuant to ACC 18.02.120. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Use” means an activity or purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, let or leased. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Utility facility and substation” is any utility facility or substation that is not included in ACC 18.02.040(E). (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009.)

“Variance” means an adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of this title to a particular piece of property. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Walking distance” means an area without physical space impediments for a walkable pathway without ADA obstruction. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024.)

“Wine production facility” means a production facility that manufactures wine. A wine production facility may sell wine of its own production at retail for on- and off-premises consumption, and may act as a distributor for wine of its own production. (Ord. 6959 § 1, 2024; Ord. 6368 § 5, 2011. Formerly 18.04.911.)

“Winery” means a facility licensed as a domestic winery under RCW 66.04.010 where fruit or other ingredients are processed (i.e., crushed, fermented, blended, aged and/or stored, bottled) and may include as incidental and/or accessory to the principal use a tasting room, food and beverage service, places of public/private assembly and/or retail sales area. (Ord. 6959 § 1, 2024.)

“Work/live unit” means an integrated housing unit and working space, occupied and utilized by a single household in a structure that has been designed or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity, and includes a complete dwelling unit and working space reserved for and regularly used by one or more occupants of the dwelling unit. Within a work/live unit the “work” component is the primary use, to which the residential use is secondary, while the “work” component of a live/work unit is secondary to its residential use. Work/live units are allowed within mixed-use developments. (Ord. 6959 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 6433 § 25, 2012.)

“Work release facility” means a residential alternative to imprisonment, including work/training release and prerelease programs which are under the supervision of a court, federal, state or local agency. This definition excludes at-home electronic surveillance. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4590 § 4 (Exh. C), 1992.)

“Youth community support facility” means a building, or a group of buildings within a campus setting, owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation or government entity that provides supportive services to children and young adults (under the age of 26) and families (with a child or young adult under the age of 26), who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, at risk of exploitation, experiencing a disability that presents barriers to employment and housing stability; or generally require structured supportive services to be successful living in the community; by providing counseling and case management, transitional housing (housing for no more than two years), temporary housing (i.e., limited to overnight stay), and daytime drop-in services (e.g., meals, showers, counseling, etc.). This definition does not include facilities providing housing for criminal justice, parole, or probation programs. Youth community support facilities are not stand-alone “supportive housing” or “communal residences.” (Ord. 6688 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2018.)

“Zone” means an area accurately defined as to boundaries and location on an official map to which a uniform set of regulations applies controlling the types and intensities of land uses, as set forth in this title. (Ord. 6245 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)

“Child care center” means an entity that regularly provides child daycare and early learning services for a group of children for periods of less than 24 hours licensed by the Washington State Department of Early Learning under Chapter 170-295 WAC. (Ord. 6642 § 15, 2017.)

“Marijuana” or “marihuana” means all parts of the plant Cannabis, whether growing or not, with a THC concentration greater than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. (Ord. 6642 § 16, 2017.)

“Marijuana cooperative” means up to four qualifying patients, as defined by RCW 69.51A.010(19), who share responsibility for acquiring and supplying the resources needed to produce and process marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabimimetic agents, only for the medical use of members of the cooperative and not for profit. (Ord. 6642 § 17, 2017.)

“Marijuana-infused products” means products that contain marijuana or marijuana extracts and are intended for human use. The term “marijuana-infused products” does not include usable marijuana. (Ord. 6642 § 18, 2017.)

“Marijuana processor” means any person or entity licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to process, package, and label marijuana concentrates, including tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabimimetic agents, in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 65.50 and 69.51A RCW and Chapter 314-55 WAC. (Ord. 6642 § 19, 2017.)

“Marijuana producer” means any person or entity licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to produce marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabimimetic agents, for wholesale to marijuana processors and other marijuana producers pursuant to RCW 69.50.325. (Ord. 6642 § 20, 2017.)

“Marijuana-related business” means a person or entity engaged in for-profit activity that includes the possession, cultivation, production, processing, distribution, dispensation, or sale of tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabimimetic agents, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act, codified at 21 USC Section 812, including marijuana retailers, marijuana processors, and marijuana producers, as defined herein. (Ord. 6642 § 21, 2017.)

“Marijuana retailer” means any person or entity established for the purpose of making marijuana concentrates, usable marijuana and marijuana-infused products, including tetrahydrocannabinols or cannabimimetic agents, available for sale to adults aged 21 and over. (Ord. 6642 § 22, 2017.)

“Marijuana researcher” is a position licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board that permits a licensee to produce, process, and possess marijuana for the limited research purposes set forth in RCW 69.50.372. (Ord. 6642 § 23, 2017.)

“Marijuana transporter” is a position licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board pursuant to WAC 314-55-310 that allows a licensee to physically transport or deliver marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products between licensed marijuana businesses within Washington State. (Ord. 6642 § 24, 2017.)

“Public or private park” means an area of land for the enjoyment of the public or private parties, having facilities for rest and/or recreation, such as a baseball diamond or basketball court, owned and/or managed by a private for-profit entity, a nonprofit entity, a homeowners’ association, city, county, state, federal government, sovereign nation or metropolitan park district. Public park does not include trails. (Ord. 6642 § 25, 2017.)

“Public or private playground” means a public or private outdoor recreation area for children, usually equipped with swings, slides, and other playground equipment, owned and/or managed by a private business, a nonprofit entity, city, county, state, or federal government or sovereign nation. (Ord. 6642 § 26, 2017.)

“Public or private recreation center or facility” means a supervised center that provides a broad range of activities and events intended primarily for use by persons under 21 years of age, owned and/or managed by a private business, charitable nonprofit organization, sovereign nation, city, county, state, or federal government. (Ord. 6642 § 27, 2017.)

“Public transit center” means a facility located outside of the public right-of-way that is owned and managed by a transit agency or city, county, state, or federal government for the express purpose of staging people and vehicles where several bus or other transit routes converge. They serve as efficient hubs to allow bus riders from various locations to assemble at a central point to take advantage of express trips or other route-to-route transfers. (Ord. 6642 § 28, 2017.)