means a subordinate dwelling unit that is either incorporated within a single-family structure or located within a separate freestanding structure.

means a use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure.

means a commercial establishment which has a minimum of 20 percent of its stock in trade in books, magazines or other periodicals distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. Such an establishment is customarily not open to the public generally but only to one or more classes of the public, excluding minors by virtue of age. It shall be a refutable presumption that 20 percent of a business's stock in trade is considered substantial.

shall include adult motion picture theaters, adult drive-in theaters, adult bookstores and adult entertainment establishments.

means the use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, apiaries and animal and poultry husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses for storing produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory use shall be incidental to that of normal agricultural activities, and provided further that such uses shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage or refuse to swine or other animals.

means a public or private way not more than 30 feet wide affording only secondary means of access to abutting property or providing access to no more than three lots or potential lots. Alleys are typically unnamed.

means a dwelling unit in a multifamily building.

means any building or portion thereof which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied, as the home or residence of three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in such building, and shall include flats and apartments.

includes fixing, incidental body or fender work, changing of automobile fluids, painting, upholstering, engine tune-up, adjusting lights or brakes, or supplying and installing replacement parts of or for passenger vehicles and trucks.

means a device for transacting business with a bank, utility, or any other business. Automatic teller machines provide two-way communications, including the provision of receipts.

means a building or lot having pumps and storage tanks where fuels, oils or accessories for motor vehicles are dispensed, sold or offered for sale at retail only, repair service is incidental and no storage or parking space is offered for rent.

means the dismantling or disassembling of motor vehicles or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked motor vehicles or their parts.

means that portion of a building between floor and ceiling, which is partly below and partly above grade, but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below is more than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling.

means the town board of adjustment created in accordance with RCW Title 35 which, in the case of Eatonville, is also the planning commission.

means a dwelling or part thereof, other than a motel or hotel, where lodging, with or without meals, is provided, for compensation, for not more than three persons.

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.

means the vertical distance from the grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof.

means a roof-like projection.

means a large container for freight which can be loaded onto container ships, trains, or trucks.

means the plans, maps and reports which have been adopted by the town council in accordance with Chapter 35.63 RCW or RCW Title 35A.

means district regulations superimposed on an underlying zoning district which impose additional regulations for specific uses, and which are valid for a stipulated time period. Uses permitted by the underlying zone may also be developed.

means a parcel of land or an area of water or a combination of land and water within the site designated for a planned unit development, and designed and intended primarily for the use or enjoyment of the residents of such development.

means a use permitted in a zoning district only after review and approval by the board of adjustment. Conditional uses are such that they may be compatible only on certain conditions in specific locations in a zoning district, or if the site is regulated in a certain manner.

means a cluster or clusters of small detached dwelling units arranged around a common open space.

means all creeks other than major creeks and generally conforming to following criteria: a course or route as formed by nature, or as altered by human activity, and generally consisting of a channel with a bed, banks or sides substantially throughout its length along with surface waters, with some regularity, naturally and normally flow or drain from high to lower lands.

means the use of land for horticultural purposes, excluding the production of marijuana under a license issued by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

means those wastes designated in WAC 173-303-070 through 173-303-103 as dangerous wastes. This may include any discarded, useless, unwanted or abandoned substances, including but not limited to certain pesticides, or any residues or containers of such substances which are disposed of in such quantity or concentration as to pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, wildlife or the environment because such wastes or constituents or combinations of such wastes:

means any hazardous waste facility that requires an interim or final status permit under rules adopted under Chapter 70.105 RCW and Chapter 173-303 WAC, and that is not a preempted facility as defined in RCW 70.105.010 or in Chapter 173-303 WAC. A hazardous waste treatment or storage facility is a designated zone facility.

means a plan drawn to scale, indicating the proposed use, the actual dimensions and shape of the lot to be built upon, the exact sizes and locations on the lot of buildings already existing, if any, and the location on the lot of the proposed building or alteration, yards, setbacks, landscaping, off-street parking, ingress and egress and signs.

means regulations including but not limited to, setbacks, landscaping, screening, height, site coverage, signs, building layout, drainage, parking and site design and related features of land use.

means the abandonment or nonuse of a building, structure, sign or lot for a period of six months.

means an area designated by this title, with specific boundaries, in which lie specific zones, which zones are described in this title.

means truck maneuvering areas and loading or unloading areas associated with loading doors that are located above the finish grade.

means a manmade channel with a bed, bank or sides which discharges waters into a major or minor creek, lake, pond or wetland.

means a circle drawn at the soil line directly under the outermost branches of a tree.

means a business providing goods and services to customers who may remain in their vehicles. Drive-in businesses may provide service in parallel to a number of customers simultaneously. Such parallel service may be provided either by a moving service point, such as a carhop, or by provision of mass-delivery facilities, such as the large screen and multiple speakers of a drive-in theater. Drive-in businesses may also provide services in series, using drive-through facilities.

refers to a fixed facility for the provision of goods or services to customers who remain in their vehicles. Such facilities may include windows, for person-to-person transactions; automatic teller machines; restaurants; fast food restaurants; or drop boxes. Drive-through service is characterized by customers passing the service window, automatic teller machine, or drop box in series, in a line or queue one after another.

means a facility for deposit of bill payments, mail, or other articles. Communication through drop boxes is one-way, involving customer deposits only; drop boxes provide no immediate communications from business to customer, and are incapable of printing receipts.

means a detached building containing two dwelling units, each with a kitchen, designed for and occupied by two families living independently of each other in separate dwelling units.

means a detached residential dwelling unit designed for and occupied by one family only.

means a detached residential building containing two dwelling units, designed for occupancy by not more than two families.

means a residential building designed for or occupied by three or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.

means one room, or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure or on the same property, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.

include areas that because of natural characteristics, including vegetative cover, soil texture, slope, gradient and rainfall patterns, or manmade changes to such characteristics, are vulnerable to erosion. Erosion hazard areas are those areas that have a severe or very severe erosion potential as detailed in the soil description contained in the "Soil Service of Pierce County Area, Washington," 1979, Soil Conservation Service, USDA.

means a use for which permits for construction of the principal structure were finaled (occupancy approved) at least three years previously and which has not been interrupted by more than six consecutive calendar months.

means those wastes designated in WAC 173-303-070 through 173-303-103 as extremely hazardous wastes. This may include any dangerous waste which:

means one or more individuals related by blood or legal familial relationship, or a group of not more than six persons who need not be related by blood or a legal familial relationship, living together in a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, excluding class II and III group homes as defined in EMC § 18.02.173.

means a restaurant or establishment that serves or delivers its food or beverages in disposable containers regardless of whether or not such food or beverages are to be consumed on or off the premises.

means a fence constructed of solid wood, metal or other appropriate material which totally conceals the subject use from adjoining uses at six feet above the base of the fence line, at 20 feet from the subject property line.

means a fast food restaurant that is contractually required to offer standardized menus, ingredients, and interior or exterior design elements.

means a restaurant that washes and reuses dishes, flatware, and beverage containers used by on-premises diners. A full service restaurant may sell take-out meals in disposable containers.

means the length of that portion of a building or ground floor occupancy which abuts a street, publicly used parking area or mall appurtenant to such building or occupancy, expressed in lineal feet and fractions thereof.

means a structure intended for receipt of mail for two or more residences or businesses. Ganged mailboxes may include two or more separate enclosures on a common support structure or on separate support structures in close proximity. Ganged mailboxes also include larger structures containing multiple compartments, with each compartment designated for a separate family or business. Ganged mailbox locations, enclosures, support structures, and labeling shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 18.08 EMC.

means an accessory building, or a portion of a principal building, or a combination thereof, principally for vehicular equipment such as automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats, etc., in which only motor vehicles used by the tenants of the buildings on the premises are stored or kept, which totals more than 1,000 square feet in area.

means an accessory building, or a portion of a principal building, or a combination thereof, principally for vehicular equipment such as automobiles, boats, etc., in which only motor vehicles used by the tenants of the buildings on the premises are stored or kept. Total area of private garage(s) shall be not more than 1,000 square feet in area per residential unit.

means uses described in EMC § 18.08.030. Such uses shall be deemed conditional uses in all districts.

means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground between the exterior wall of a building and a point five feet distant from such wall, or the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground between the exterior wall of a building and the property line if it is less than five feet distant from such wall. In case walls are parallel to and 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.

means the area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a building expressed in square feet and fractions thereof. The floor area of a building not provided with surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area under the horizontal projections of the roof or floor above.

means low-growing vegetative materials with a mound or spreading manner of growth that provides solid cover within two years after planting. Examples include sod or seed lawn, ivy, junipers, cotoneaster, etc.

means an accessory, detached dwelling without any kitchen facilities designed for and used to house transient visitors or nonpaying guests of the occupants of the main building.

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 described in rules adopted under Chapter 70.105 RCW or in WAC 173-303-090, 173-303-100, 173-303-101, 173-303-102 or 173-303-103.

means a setback area between the hazardous substance land use facility boundary and the nearest point of the hazardous substance land use property line, necessary to provide added protection to adjacent land uses or resources of beneficial use. All hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities must maintain at least a 50-foot buffer zone.

means any use which is permitted under this title and which includes a designated zone facility or the processing or handling of a hazardous substance.

means the projected line enclosing the area of all structures and lands on which hazardous substance land use activities occur, have occurred in the past or will occur in the future. This does not include the application of products for agricultural purposes.

means the compounding, treatment, manufacture, synthesis, use or storage of hazardous substances in excess of the following amounts in bulk quantities: 5,000 pounds of solid hazardous substances, 500 gallons of liquid hazardous substances and 650 cubic feet of gaseous hazardous substances.

means any dangerous and extremely hazardous waste, including substances composed of radioactive and hazardous components. A moderate risk waste is not a hazardous waste.

means the contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances and improvements on the land used for recycling, storing, treating, incinerating or disposing of hazardous waste.

means any designated zone facility which holds hazardous waste for a temporary period not to exceed five years; this does not include accumulation of hazardous waste by the generator on the site of generation, as long as the generator complies with the applicable requirements of WAC 173-303-200 and 173-303-201.

means any designated zone facility which processes hazardous waste by physical, chemical or biological means to make such waste nonhazardous or less hazardous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.

means any hazardous waste treatment or storage facility which treats or stores wastes that are generated off the site.

means any hazardous waste treatment or storage facility which treats or stores only those wastes that are generated on the site.

means the point of a structure which casts the longest shadow at noon on January 21st.

means a person who regularly provides child care and early learning services for not more than 12 children. "Children" includes both the provider's children, close relatives and other children irrespective of whether the provider gets paid to care for them. They provide their services in the family living quarters of the day care provider's home.

means any use customarily carried on within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof which use is incidental to the residential use and not primarily considered as a business and which complies with the conditions of EMC § 18.08.040.

means an incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which (1) each lot owner is automatically a member, and (2) each lot is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the common property, and (3) a charge, if unpaid, becomes a lien against the property.

means any building containing six or more guest rooms which are intended or designed to be used or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.

means that hard surface area which either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil mantle as it entered under natural conditions preexistent to development, or that hard surface area which causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that present under natural conditions preexistent to development. Common impervious surfaces include but are not limited to rooftops, concrete or asphalt paving, paved walkways, patios, driveways, parking lots or storage areas, and oiled, macadam or other surfaces which similarly impede the natural infiltration of surface water.

means a space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or above grade level on a lot and bounded on three or more sides by walls of a building.

means a place where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto and motor vehicle wrecking yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards and yards for use of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment.

means any fenced lot and/or structure on which four or more dogs or cats over six months of age are kept for breeding, sale, training, boarding or sporting purposes, or are cared for or kept for any purpose other than as a pet.

means a natural or artificial body of water of two or more acres or where the deepest part of the basin at low water exceed two meters (six and six-tenths (6.6) feet). Artificial bodies of water with a recirculation system approved by the public works director are not included in this definition.

means vegetative cover including shrubs, trees, flowers, seeded lawn or sod, ivy and other similar plant material.

include areas potentially subject to landslides based upon the following combination of geologic, topographic and hydrologic factors:

means a lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees within the lot lines.

means the property lines bounding the lot.

means a lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the county assessor, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.

means any lot or land parcel which is adjacent to the Mashell River or Little Mashell River, Ohop and Lynch Creeks, a riverfront road or a riverfront park.

means a lot that has both ends fronting on a street. Either end may be considered the front.

means a structure intended for receipt of mail from a single-family or business. Mailbox locations, enclosures, support structures, and labeling shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 18.08 EMC.

means any nonconforming building or structure located on a parcel which at any point borders or is in a residential district and which is not in compliance with the minimum development standards of the district in which it is located.

shall mean 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. For the purposes of this title, "marijuana" 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; or industrial hemp as defined in RCW 15.120.010.

means products consisting wholly or in part of the resin extracted from any part of the plant Cannabis and having a THC concentration greater than 10 percent.

shall mean products that contain marijuana or marijuana extracts, are intended for human use, and have a THC concentration no greater than 10 percent. The term "marijuana-infused products" does not include useable marijuana.

shall mean a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to process marijuana into marijuana concentrates, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products, package and label marijuana concentrates, usable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products for sale in retail outlets, and to sell marijuana concentrates, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products at wholesale to marijuana retailers.

shall mean a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to produce and sell marijuana at wholesale to marijuana processors and other marijuana producers.

shall mean a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to sell marijuana concentrates, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products in a retail outlet.

means any nonconforming building or structure which is not a major nonconforming structure and which is not in compliance with the minimum development standards of the district in which it is located.

means a building that contains two or more separate and distinct uses permitted in the zoning district where such building is located.

means two or more permitted uses or conditional uses developed in conjunction with one another on the same site.

means a residential unit (single-family dwelling) constructed after June 15, 1976, on one or more chassis for towing to the point of use and designed to be used with a foundation as a dwelling unit on a year-round basis, and which bears an insignia issued by a state or federal regulatory agency indicating that the manufactured home complies with all applicable construction standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) definition of a manufactured home. The unit shall be certified for transportation on public streets by the State Department of Labor and Industries. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured home" are considered to be interchangeable in the context of this title. A commercial coach, recreational vehicle or motor home is not a mobile manufactured home.

means a lot, parcel or tract of land, improved or unimproved, under the ownership or management of one or more persons, which is utilized as the location for six or more mobile/manufactured homes for dwelling or sleeping purposes.

means those wastes defined in WAC 173-303-040 as moderate risk wastes. This may include any waste that exhibits any of the properties of hazardous waste but is exempt from regulation under Chapter 70.105 RCW solely because the waste is generated in quantities below the threshold for regulation, and any household waste which is generated from the disposal of substances identified by the Department of Ecology as hazardous household substances.

means a building or group of buildings comprising sleeping or living units for the accommodation of guests for compensation.

means all or portions of a parcel of land undisturbed by development and maintained in a manner which preserves the indigenous plant materials.

means a box, tube, or other enclosure intended for receipt of newspapers. Such delivery boxes may be installed in the public right-of-way, for curbside delivery, if they conform to the requirements for mailboxes, as described in of Chapter 18.08 EMC.

means the buildable area after the area of street rights-of-way and easements has been subtracted.

means any validly recorded lot which at the time it was recorded fully complied with the applicable laws and ordinances but which does not fully comply with the lot requirements of this title.

means any sign which is not in full compliance with the regulations of this code, as amended.

means the use of land, a building or a structure lawfully established prior to this title which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is located on the effective date of such use regulations.

means any land use, structure, lot of record or sign legally established prior to the effective date of this title or subsequent amendment to it which would not be permitted by or is not in full compliance with the regulations of this title.

means the average distance between lines from the corners of the northern lot line south to a line drawn east-west and intersecting the southernmost point of the lot.

means a building or structure in which an agency, person or persons regularly provide care for a group of children (more than 12). "Nursery school" or "day care centers" includes family day care homes, out-of-home child mini-day care centers and child day care centers regulated by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

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.

means maps showing the designation, location and boundaries of the various districts which have been adopted and made a part of this title.

means landscaped areas and areas of natural or native vegetation.

on the streams, marshes and swamps, is that mark that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland, in respect to vegetation as that condition exists on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, or as it may naturally change thereafter; provided that in any area where the ordinary high-water mark cannot be found the ordinary high-water mark shall be the line of mean high water.

means all or part of a lot which is used for the keeping of materials or products in an open, uncovered yard or in an unwalled building. Such materials shall not be for general public consumption or viewing. Such materials shall include tractors, backhoes, heavy equipment, construction materials and other similar items which detract from the appearance of the zone in which they are located.

means that a property owner, as reflected in title records, makes his or her legal residence at the site, as evidenced by voter registration, vehicle registration, or similar means; actually resides at the site more than six months out of any given year; directly pays all municipal utility bills; and at no time receives rent for the owner-occupied unit.

means a publicly owned open space which lies along the Mashell River.

means parking facilities specifically designed to accommodate vehicles and intended for public use for a period of not more than five days. Temporary parking shall not be in lieu of specified off-street parking as required in Chapter 18.05 EMC pertaining to off-street parking and loading requirements.

means regulations for the control of dangerous or objectionable elements, as defined in EMC § 18.08.050.

is a development built under those provisions of this title which permit departures from the conventional siting, setback and density requirements of other sections of this title in the interest of achieving superior site development, creating open space and encouraging imaginative design by permitting design flexibility.

means a person designated by the mayor of the town to carry out all duties related to planning.

means a map, prepared and maintained by the United States Postal Service, and coordinated with the town public works director, showing the area in which mail is delivered, the streets or alleys traveled and the direction of travel by mail carriers for curbside delivery of mail.

means any hazardous waste facility defined as a preempted facility in RCW 70.105.010 or in Chapter 173-303 WAC. This may include any facility that includes as a significant part of its activities any of the following hazardous waste operations: (1) landfill, (2) incineration, (3) land treatment, (4) surface impoundment to be closed as a landfill, or (5) waste pile to be closed as a landfill.

means an area constituting a "young valley" which contains a major or minor creek. It includes the bottom land of the ravine and the ravine sidewalls to a point where the slopes are less than 15 percent.

means the planting of vegetation to cover any land areas which have been disturbed during construction. This vegetation shall be maintained to ensure its survival and shall be consistent with planting regulations of the town landscape regulations as set out in Chapter 18.07 EMC.

means a temporary structure designed or used for the display or sale of agricultural products primarily produced on the premises upon which such a stand is located.

include areas subject to severe risk of damage as a result of earthquake-induced ground shaking, slope failure, settlement, soil liquefaction or surface faulting.

means a business which sells the knowledge or work of its people rather than a tangible product.

means a retail shopping area designed as a unit, which utilizes a common parking area.

means that portion of a lot covered by buildings or structures.

means to jump and fall freely from an aircraft, performing various maneuvers before pulling the ripcord of a parachute. "Skydiving" also means, for zoning purposes, the use of a parachute during a jump from an airplane, balloon, or other aircraft, or from a cliff or structure, whether the ripcord is pulled by static line or skydiver.

is defined as the line perpendicular to the contour lines crossing the property. The precise bearing or heading of the slope line shall be determined by the planning director.

means the processing of solid wastes by means of pyrolysis, refuse-derived fuel or mass incineration within an enclosed structure. These processes may include the recovery of energy resources from such waste 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 incineration which is accessory to an individual principal use.

means a permit issued for uses permitted in a district provided such use meets the standards as required for such use.

means trees significant due to their size, age, species and variety, or historical importance.

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means the space specifically designated as a waiting area for vehicles whose occupants will be patronizing a drive-in business. Such space is considered to be located directly alongside a drive-through window, automatic teller machine, drop box, or entrance used by patrons and in lanes leading up to the business establishment.

means that which is built or constructed, or an edifice or building of any kind or any piece of work composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, and includes posts for fences and signs, but does not include mounds of earth or debris.

means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement, cellar or unused underfloor space is more than six feet above grade for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or is more than 12 feet above grade at any point, such basement, cellar or unused underfloor space shall be considered as a story.

means a public or private right-of-way or easement that can accommodate vehicle access to more than three lots, potential lots, or lot equivalents. "Street", "avenue", "court", "drive", "highway", "lane", and "road" are terms used interchangeably and mean the same. Streets are typically named.

means an attached one- or two-family dwelling having no side yard and sharing a common wall with adjacent dwelling units.

means the sale or rental of goods and merchandise for final use or consumption.

means a facility operated publicly or privately to provide housing for individuals or families who are otherwise homeless and have no other immediate living options available to them. Transitional housing shall not exceed an 18-month period per individual or family.

means any living woody plant characterized by one main stem or trunk and many branches, and having a diameter of two inches or more measured at three feet above ground level.

means a parcel of land which does not have an inhabitable building or where the inhabited buildings occupy no more than three percent of the total parcel area.

means an activity for which land or premises or a building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, let or leased.

means any activity or structure permitted under the provisions of EMC § 18.08.205 which is intended to exist or operate for a limited period of time and which does not comply with the development standards and requirements set out in this title as specified for the zoning district in which it is located.

means dried marijuana flowers. The term "useable marijuana" does not include either marijuana-infused products or marijuana concentrates.

means a modification of regulations of this title when authorized by the board of adjustment after finding that the literal application of the provisions of this title would cause undue and unnecessary hardship in view of certain facts and conditions applying to a specific parcel of property.

means vegetation planted on the south side of a major creek that generally provides shade from midmorning to midafternoon. Examples of shading vegetation are specified in EMC § 18.07.050 pertaining to landscaping.

means bark mulch, gravel and other nonvegetative materials which promote vegetative growth by retaining moisture or preventing weeds. These materials are not a substitute for vegetative cover.

means any premises to which animals are brought, or where they are temporarily kept, solely for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of any illness or injury, which does not have outdoor runs.

means any premises to which animals are brought, or where they are temporarily kept, solely for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of any illness or injury, which may have outdoor runs.

means an unrestricted angle of vision.

means the land unoccupied or unobstructed, from the ground upward, except for such encroachments as may be permitted by this title, surrounding a building site.

means an open space, other that a court, on the same lot with the building, between the front line of the building (exclusive of steps) and the front property line, including the full width of the lot to its side line.

means an open space on the same lot with the building between the rear line of the building (exclusive of steps, porches and accessory buildings) and the rear line of the lot, including the full width of the lot to its side lines.

means an open space on the same lot with the building between the side wall line of the lot and extending from front yard to rear yard. No portion of a structure shall project into any side yard, except cornices, canopies, eaves or other architectural features, which may project two feet, zero inches.

means the regulation of the use of private lands or the manner of construction related thereto in the interest of achieving a comprehensive plan of development. Such regulation shall also govern those public and quasi-public land use and buildings which provide for proprietary type services for the community's benefit as contrasted with governmental activities. Governmental activities are encouraged to cooperate under these regulations to secure harmonious town development.

means a tract of land occupied or to be occupied by a principal building and its accessory facilities, together with such open spaces and yards as are required under the provisions of this title, having not less than the minimum area required by this title for a zoning purpose in the district in which such land is situated, and having its principal frontage on a public street of standard width and improvement. A zoning lot need not necessarily coincide with the record lot, which refers to land designated as a separate and distinct parcel on a legally recorded subdivision plat or in a legally recorded deed filed in the records of the county.

means a certificate, issued prior to a building permit, stating that the proposed use is in accordance with the requirements and standards of this title.