Words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular number include the plural and words in the plural number include the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Abutting wall" means the wall of the main building facing the particular lot line being described.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Accessory antenna device" means an antenna including, but not limited to, test mobile antennas and global positioning (GPS) antennas which are less than twelve (12) inches in height or width, excluding the support structure.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Accessory building" means a subordinate building or portion of the main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot. If the roof or a wall of the accessory building is a continuation of the roof, or a wall of the accessory building is a continuation of the roof or a wall of the main building, the accessory building shall be considered attached to the main building. An accessory building shall in no case be considered attached if the attachment is only by a covered but unenclosed breezeway.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Accessory dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit subordinate to a single-family dwelling that is located within the single-family dwelling unit or is located within a legally conforming accessory building.

(Ord. 595 § 10, 2005)

"Accessory use" means a use customarily incidental and related to the principal use of a lot or a building or other structure located upon the same lot.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Adult entertainment facility" shall have the same definition as provided in GBMC Section 5.68.030, as now exists or may hereafter be amended.

(Ord. 565 § 2, 2002)

"Agriculture" means tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, viticulture, small livestock farming, poultry, dairying and/or animal husbandry including all uses customarily incidental thereto.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Alley" means any public thoroughfare for the use of pedestrians and/or vehicles which provides a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Alteration" means any change, addition or modification in construction or any change of occupancy from one (1) trade to another or from one (1) division of a trade to another.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

Rabbits, mink, ermine, and chinchilla.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Animal run" means any fenced area commonly associated with a commercial or private kennel, providing limited exercise area for adult cats and/or dogs which is accessible from the housing not a dwelling unit customarily provided for such animals.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Antenna" means any system of poles, panels, rods, reflecting discs or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of radio frequency signals.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Antique" means any article that because of its age, rarity or historical significance has a monetary value greater than the original value; provided, that for the purpose of this code, the term "antique" shall not include automobiles.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Antique shop" means a place that sells predominantly those articles which are antiques, as defined in Section 17.08.130, and antique-related objects.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Apartment house" means a building or a portion of a building used or designed for occupancy by two (2) or more nontransient families living independently of each other, or containing two (2) or more dwelling units. The term does not include hotels, motels, rooming or boarding houses.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Assembly hall" is a building or a portion of a building used or designed for purposes of assembly with a minimum occupancy of fifty (50) or more persons. Assembly halls may include part or all of buildings used for, churches, educational facilities, non-profit organizations, and other types of organizations using a meeting area.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Attached wireless communication facility" means a wireless communication facility that is affixed to an existing structure and is not considered a component of the attached wireless communications facility.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

For "major automobile repair" see "garage, public."

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Minor automobile repair" means general motor repair and replacement of parts to passenger cars and trucks not exceeding one and one-half (1½) tons capacity but not including collision repair or auto painting.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Automobile service station" means a retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and the fulfilling of motorists' needs. These may include sale of petroleum products, sale and servicing of tires, batteries, automotive accessories and replacement items, washing and lubrication services, the performance of minor automotive maintenance and repair and the supplying of other incidental customer services and products. Major automotive repairs, painting and body and fender work are excluded except where such uses are otherwise permitted.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Automobile wrecking" means any dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Automobile wrecking yard" means any premises devoted to "automobile wrecking" as the term is defined in Section 17.08.210.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Bank" means banking institutions including stock banks, savings and loan associations, mutual banks and branch banks.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Base flood" means a flood having a one (1) percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, often referred to as the "one hundred (100) year flood."

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Base flood elevation" means the water surface elevation of the base flood in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Basement" means a story partly or wholly underground and having at least one-half (½) of its height, measured from its floor to its finished ceiling below the average adjoining grade.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Bed and breakfast" room means a room situated in a single-family residence which is owner occupied and which is rented as temporary lodging subject to the following limitations:

A.

That the room is not rented to the same person or persons for more than thirty (30) days per year;

B.

That the room is not rented to more than two (2) persons at one time;

C.

That the persons renting such rooms are served only breakfast at the residence and that no meals are sold from the residence except to renters of bed and breakfast rooms;

D.

That no rooms at this same residence are rented to roomers or boarders on a permanent basis and that no other business, service or commercial activity is conducted or provided on premises.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Best available technology" means the most effective method, technique or product available which is generally accepted in the field and which is demonstrated to be reliable and effective, which requires a low level of maintenance and which is responsive to the needs of the specific situation in which it is proposed to mitigate adverse impacts on the natural system.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Billboard" means a sign or structure designed for advertising purposes which are not related to things principally located, produced or existing on the same property as the billboard.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Binding site plan" means a drawing to a scale specified by the city code which:

A.

Identifies and shows the areas and locations of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities, open spaces and any other such matters specified by local regulations;

B.

Contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth such appropriate limitations and conditions for the use of the land as are established by the council or hearing examiner; and

C.

Contains provisions requiring conformity with the site plan by any development.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Boarding house" means a building, other than a hotel, where meals and lodging are provided for compensation to nontransient persons.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Boat launch facility" means any basic site improvement, such as paving, houses, buildings, structures, docks, wharfs, ramps, rafts, piling or moles installed for the servicing, maintenance, storing and moving of boats into bodies of water; provided such facilities are not restricted to the private use of a residence to which such facility is an accessory use.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Boundary line adjustment" means a division made for the purpose of alteration by adjusting boundary lines between platted or un-platted lots or both which does not create any additional lots, tracts, parcels, sites nor create existing lots which are more nonconforming.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls designed for housing or shelter of persons, animals or property of any kind. When separated by dividing walls without opening each portion of the building so separated shall be deemed a separate building.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Accessory building" means a building secondary to the primary building on the same lot and not attached thereto.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building alterations" means any change or repair which would tend to prolong the life of a supporting member of a building, including alterations of bearing walls, foundation columns, beams or girders and any change in the external dimensions of the building.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building area" means the maximum horizontal projected area of a building and its accessory building, excluding open steps and buttresses, terraces, cornices and other ornamental features projecting from the walls of the building, not otherwise supported by the ground.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

See "gross building area."

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building front" means that side of the main building facing the front lot line.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building height" means the vertical distance from the average adjoining curb elevation to the highest point of the roof surface of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof and to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for a gable, hip or gambrel roof; provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height of the building shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building line" means a horizontal line that coincides with the building front.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"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. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Building official" means the city employee or designee charged with the enforcement of this title.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"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. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Bulk storage of flammable fluids" means flammable liquid stored in a tank or other container.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Caretaker's house" means an accessory building used or designed as a dwelling for a person or persons employed on the premises.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Carport" means a structure which is used to cover or protect motor vehicles or boats owned or operated by the occupants of the main building.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Child care service" means a use providing regular care and training for children, generally for less than twenty-four (24) hours, outside of the immediate family, or kindergarten through 12 education system. This use includes family day care homes (one (1) to ten (10) children), mini-day care centers (eleven (11) to twelve (12) children) and day care centers (more than twelve (12) children) as defined by the Department of Social and Health Services in WAC 388-73 as that section reads on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title. Also included are preschool and nursery school facilities which are not part of the kindergarten through 12 education program. Not included are uses solely for religious purposes.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Clinic" means a building designed for the licensed medical, osteopathic, dental, psychiatric or chiropractic services for the treatment of outpatients only.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Club" means an association of persons for some common purpose, but not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is normally considered a business.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Clubhouse" means any building or structure employed in housing or for the meeting of a club.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Co-location" exists when more than one (1) wireless communications provider mounts equipment on a single support structure (i.e., building, monopole, lattice tower).

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Commercial use" means the providing of goods, merchandise or services for compensation.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Commercial recreation" means an establishment engaged in providing amusement or entertainment for a fee or admission charge.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Retail commercial" means a use which dispenses commodities to the consuming public at retail, printing, publishing and binding establishments, public utility facilities and offices, contractors' offices and repair shops for household appliances and the like.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Commission" means the city planning commission.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Community business zone" means a zone developed to provide shopping facilities serving neighborhoods.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Community club" means the structure or premises occupied by a club consisting of an association of individuals (not for profit) residing in a clearly defined area or district, having its principal objective the advancement of their community, social, civic or quasi-municipal interests.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Comprehensive plan" means the policies and proposals approved and recommended by the planning commission, as now constituted, or hereafter amended, or its successor.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Conditional use" means a use listed among those classified in any given use zone but permitted to locate only after review by the planning commission and the granting of a conditional use permit imposing such performance standards as will make the use compatible with other permitted uses in the same vicinity and zone and assure against imposing excessive demands upon public utilities

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Conforming use" means an activity the nature and type of which is permitted in the district in which the property on which it established is located.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Contract rezone" means an agreement between the city and property owner which implements a rezone by outlining conditions and other obligations. A contract rezone must demonstrate a general public benefit, must run with the land and be binding upon the owner and his heirs, assigns and successors. A contract rezone cannot be inconsistent with the comprehensive plan.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Council" means the city council.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Private country club" means a suburban clubhouse for social life, golf and other recreation with membership limited to a particular group.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Public country club" means a suburban clubhouse for social life, golf and other recreation with membership open to the public.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Court" means an open, unoccupied space, on the same lot with a building or buildings and which is bounded on three (3) or more sides by a building or buildings.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Coverage" means the percentage of a lot which is built upon subject to the exclusions listed in Section 20.20.012. Underground buildings, not higher than three (3) feet above finished grade, with their roofs in gardens, lawns, or landscaping are not buildings for the purpose of calculating coverage.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Dangerous waste" means those solid wastes designated in WAC 173-303-070 through 173-3030 -103 as dangerous waste.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Day" means calendar day unless otherwise specified.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Day care" means any type of group day care programs for the care of children during part of a twenty-four (24) hour day, including nurseries for children of working mothers, nursery schools for children under minimum age for education in public schools, programs covering after-school care for school children, provided such facilities are licensed by the state of Washington.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Day care center" means either a facility other than an occupied dwelling unit which receives children for day care or an occupied dwelling unit which receives thirteen (13) or more children for day care.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Declaration of nonsignificance" means an environmental assessment declaring no significant adverse environmental impacts.

(Ord. 595 § 16, 2005)

"Dedication" means the deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for general or public uses, reserving no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyments of the public uses to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by the owner by the presentment for filing of a final plat showing the dedication thereon, and the acceptance by the public of any public dedications shall be evidenced by the administrative approval of the city of such plat for filing thereof.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Density" means the number of units within a specified area calculated by dividing the total number of square feet of the area by the number of dwelling units in the area.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Designated facility zone" means a zoning district in which hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities are allowed uses, subject to the state siting criteria designated in Chapter 70.105 RCA.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Detached building" means a building surrounded on all sides by open space and having no common wall with another building.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Development standards" means regulations pertaining to setbacks, landscaping, height, site coverage, signs, building layout, site design and related features of land use.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Directional antenna" (also known as a "panel" antenna) transmits and receives radio frequency signals in a specific directional pattern of less than three hundred sixty (360) degrees.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"District" means a portion of the territory of the city within which certain uniform regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof, apply under the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Adult dog" means any dog six (6) months of age or older.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Duplex" means a residential structure containing two (2) dwelling units, which structure is located on one (1) lot, but which term shall not include manufactured homes.

(Ord. 595 § 12, 2005: Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Dwelling" means a structure designed or used for residential purposes.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Group dwelling" means a combination arrangement of dwellings, whether detached or not, on one (1) building site.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Multiple-family dwelling" means a dwelling containing two (2) or more dwelling units, but which term shall neither include townhouses, nor manufactured homes.

(Ord. 595 § 13, 2005: Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Single-family dwelling" means a dwelling containing one (1) and only one (1) dwelling unit, which term shall include factory built housing constructed pursuant to the standards delineated in RCW 43.22.455, as amended, and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Temporary dwelling" means a dwelling unit which has not been permanently attached to the ground by placement on a permanent foundation, removal of wheels or other means, has no permanent utility connections, and for which a permit has been obtained.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Dwelling unit" means one (1) or more rooms in a dwelling designed for occupancy by one (1) family for living or sleeping purposes and having not more than one (1) kitchen.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Easement" means a grant or authorization by a property owner of the use of any designated portion of land by the public generally or by a corporation, or persons for specified purpose.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Equipment shelter or cabinet" means a room, cabinet or building used to house equipment for utility or service providers.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Explosives" means any chemical compound, mixture or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. The term includes all items contained in the explosives list provided for in 26 CFR 191.23 and published annually in the Federal Register; provided, that for the purposes of this title, small arms ammunitions, small arms ammunitions primers, smokeless powder not exceeding fifty (50) pounds, and black powder not exceeding five (5) pounds shall not be defined as explosives.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Factory-built housing" means housing designed for human occupancy such as a single-family dwelling. The structure of any room is entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site. It may also include a component. A factory-built house is also referred to as a "modular" structure. Factory-built housing does not include manufactured (mobile) housing. (See RCW 43.22.450(3).)

(Ord. 595 § 50, 2005)

"Fallout shelter" means a structure or portion of a structure designed to provide protection to human life from nuclear fallout, air raids, storms and other emergencies.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Family" means one (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or a group of not more than six (6) persons (excluding servants), not related by blood or marriage living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Family care home" means a facility licensed by the state, other than as a foster home to regularly provide care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to six (6) or fewer developmentally disabled or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent and neglected children in the full-time family dwelling of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the person receiving care is placed. The term shall not include facilities for the care or rehabilitation of convicted felons or adults being treated for drug or alcohol related problems.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

The term "family day care home" means an occupied dwelling unit in which the full-time occupant provides day care for children other than his/her own family and the children of close relatives. Such care in a family day care home is limited to twelve (12) or fewer children, including children living in the home or children of close relatives cared for in the home.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Family rehabilitative home" means a facility licensed by the state which regularly provides care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to six (6) or fewer persons receiving therapy and counseling in the full-time facility dwelling of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the person receiving care is placed in order to:

A.

Assist them to recuperate from the effects of drugs and/or alcohol.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Feasibility study" means a potential customer, traffic and demand analysis where required in certain zones.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Fence" means a masonry wall or a barrier composed of posts connected by boards, rails, panels, rope, wire or any other material for the purpose of enclosing space or separating parcels of land. The term "fence" includes those vegetative barriers, such as hedges, that when planted and mature, create a living fence. The term fence does not include retaining walls.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Fill" means a solid material which increases ground surface elevation above or below the ordinary high water mark.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Fence height" means the distance measured vertically from the top board, rail or wire to the ground directly below the fence. When a fence is located on a retaining wall containing fill or a landscaping berm, the height of the retaining wall or berm shall be considered a portion of the height of the fence and shall be measured from the ground on the low side.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Filling" means placing soil, rock grave, sand, peat or debris on top of the existing land surface.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Final plat" means the final drawing of the subdivision and any dedications prepared for filing for record with Snohomish County assessor's office and containing all elements and requirements set for final plats as required by state law.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Foster home" means a social service facility, licensed by the state as a full-time foster family which regularly provides care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to one (1) or more, but not more than six (6) foster children under the age of eighteen (18) years, or to not more than three (3) expectant mothers in the family dwelling of the persons under whose direct care and supervision the child or expectant mother is placed.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

Geese, ducks, chickens, pheasants, turkeys.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Private garage" means an accessory building or a portion of the main building designed or used primarily for shelter or storage of vehicles or boats, but not airplanes. Where any vehicles or boats are equipped for operation, repaired or kept for renumeration, hire or sale, the term "private garage" does not apply.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Public garage" means property devoted to the storage and repair of trucks and automobiles, including body any fender works and painting. The term does not encompass the business of wrecking automobiles or impound car lots when conducted outside of a structure.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"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 (5) feet of a public sidewalk, alley or other public way, the grade shall be the elevation of the sidewalk, alley or public way.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Greenbelt" means a strip of land containing a sight-obscuring screen of healthy trees, shrubs or cultivated landscaping to attain an ultimate height of not less than eight (8) feet. The greenbelt shall be planted within six (6) months of the issuance of a building or conditional use permit.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Greenhouse" means an accessory building or structure designed or used to create an artificial climate for the growing of plants.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Gross building area" means the total square feet of floor space in a building, including selling areas, offices and stock rooms of a commercial building.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Group care facility" means a facility licensed by the state to provide, on a twenty-four (24) hour basis, training, care, custody, correction or control, or any combination of those functions, to one (1) or more persons who may be children, the aged, disabled, underprivileged, indigent, handicapped or other special class of persons, either by a governmental unit or agency or by a person or organization devoted to such functions. The term shall not include schools, hospitals, prisons or other social service facilities defined in this chapter.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Guest house" means an accessory building to a one (1) family dwelling with not more than two (2) bedrooms having no kitchen facilities, and which shall be used or designed for use primarily by guests or servants for sleeping quarters only.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Guyed tower" means a wireless communication support structure which is usually over one hundred (100) feet tall, which consists of metal crossed strips or bars and is steadied by wire guys in a radial pattern around the tower. Guyed towers are often constructed in rural areas and are used to support antennas and related equipment.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Gymnasium" means a building designed or used for various indoor sports activities, and for conducting programs of physical education.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Hammerhead" means a street temporarily closed at one (1) end, the ultimate purpose of which is to provide an extension of the street to adjacent property. The end of this temporary dead-end street must be further characterized by an extension of the street width to be used for turning of motor vehicles.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"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 173-303 WAC.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"High technology light industry" means uses that engage in research, development, testing, assembly, and manufacturing, including, but not limited to: professional, scientific or control instruments, electrical or other technical equipment, computers (assembly or software).

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Home business/cottage industry" means an occupation carried on within a dwelling and not in an accessory building by a member or members of a family residing therein as outlined in Section 17.16.020.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 779, § IV, 7-16-2024)

"Household" means one (1) or more adults and their dependents who will be residing in a single dwelling unit. For ownership units, title will be held in the name of all adults, other than specifically identified dependents.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Hospital" means an institution specializing in giving clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and injured persons and licensed by state law to provide facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics and general medical practice as distinguished from treatment of mental and nervous disorders, but not excluding surgical and post-surgical treatment of mental cases; an institution devoted to impatient service.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Animal hospital" means a building or premises for the veterinary medical or surgical treatment of animals or pets, including dog, cat and veterinary hospitals, including the boarding of hospitalized animals, but excluding the boarding of animals not subject to veterinary medical or surgical treatment.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Hotel" means a building designed or used for occupancy as the place of abode of families who are lodged with or without meals, in which there are more than fifteen (15) sleeping rooms, and in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Educational institution" means a college or university supported by public or private funds, tuition, contributions or endowments, giving advanced academic instructions as approved by the State Board of Education or by a recognized accrediting agency, excluding preschool, elementary and junior and senior high schools, and trade and commercial schools, and fraternity and sorority houses.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Junkyard" means the use of more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of area of any lot where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, house wrecking yards and places or yards devoted to the storage of inoperable vehicles, salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment. A junkyard does not include such uses when conducted entirely within an enclosed building, nor pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition or the processing of used, discarded or salvaged materials as part of a manufacturing operation.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Kennel." Full definitions of kennels are located in Title [Section] 6.01.003(17), (43), and (44), of the Gold Bar Municipal Code.

(Ord. 585, § 1, 2004; Ord. 574, § 7, 2003; Ord. 543, § 1(part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 659, 4-15-2014)

"Kitchen" means any rooms used or intended or designed to be used for cooking or preparation of food.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

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

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Lattice tower" means a wireless communication support structure which consists of metal crossed strips or bars to support antennas and related equipment.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Licensed practitioners" mean those persons possessing a license earned as a result of passing an examination administered by a state or national board of examiners, commission or professional association. The term also includes necessary support staff for the above-defined individuals.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Livestock" involves animals typically associated with agricultural and farm use, such as cows, horses, pygmy goats, emus, ostriches, goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, and pigs. Livestock also includes exotic animals similar to animals used in agriculture and farms, such as pot-bellied pigs and miniature horses.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Loading space" means an area required to be maintained on certain business, commercial and industrial lots, in addition to regular yard requirements, used for the loading and unloading of trucks and other vehicles.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Lot" means a platted or unplatted parcel of land which:

A.

Has such minimum size, yards, widths and open spaces as are required by this title for occupancy by a principal use and uses accessory thereto or a principal building and accessory buildings; and

B.

If one (1) or more lots are built upon as a unit of property and under one (1) ownership, they shall, for the purposes of this title, be considered as a single lot.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Lot area" means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Corner lot" means a lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets or private roads, or bounded on two (2) or more adjacent sides by street or private road lot lines; provided, that the angle of intersection of such lot lines does not exceed one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Permitted lot coverage" means that portion of the total area of a lot which may be covered by buildings including accessory buildings.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Lot depth" means the mean dimension of the lot from the street line to the rear line.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Front lot line" means the lot line separating the lot from the street or private road in the case of an interior lot and in the case of a corner lot, either street or private road lot line.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Rear lot line" means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of a triangular, or gore-shaped lot, it means a line twenty (20) feet in length within the lot parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line. When a lot bordering a body of water, stream or river extends into the body of water, stream or river beyond the ordinary high- water mark, the rear lot line shall be considered to be the ordinary high- water mark.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Side lot line" means any lot line not a front or rear lot line.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Through lot" means a lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets or private roads that do not intersect at the lot line.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Lot of record" means a lot which is recorded in the offices of Snohomish County and in conformance with this title and the land division ordinance.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Lot width" means the distance between the side lot lines as measured along a line parallel to the front lot line or, if the front line is a curve, parallel to the tangent thereof, and at a distance from the front lot line equal to the depth of the required front yard; provided, that for triangular or other taper-shaped lots, narrowest at the front lot line, lot width may be measured along a line parallel to the front lot line at a point representing one-half (½) of the lot depth.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Macro facility" means an attached wireless communication facility which consists of antennas equal to or less than fifteen (15) feet in height or a parabolic antenna up to one (1) meter (39.37 inches) in diameter and with an area not more than one hundred (100) square feet in the aggregate as viewed from any one (1) point.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Manufactured home" means a structure transportable in one (1) or more sections; that in the traveling mode is eight (8) body feet or more in width and thirty-two (32) body feet or more in length; or when erected on site is three hundred twenty (320) square feet or more in area; built on a permanent chassis; designed to be used as a dwelling unit, with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities; which contains plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems; and shall include any structure that meets all the requirements of this section, or of Chapter 296-150B WAC, except the size requirements for which the manufacturer voluntarily complies with the standards and files the certification required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

(Ord. 595 § 46, 2005)

"Manufacturing uses" mean establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products excluding any manufacturing defined as high technology light industry.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Micro facility" means an attached wireless communication facility which consists of antennas equal to or less than four (4) feet in height (except omni-directional antennas which may be up to six (6) feet in height) and with an area of not more than five hundred eighty (580) square inches in the aggregate (e.g., one (1) foot diameter parabola or two (2) foot by one and one-half (1.5) foot panel) as viewed from any one (1) point. The permitted antenna height includes the wireless communication facility support structure.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Mini facility" means an attached wireless communication facility which consists of antennas equal to or less than ten (10) feet in height or a parabolic antenna up to one (1) meter (39.37 inches) in diameter and with an area not more than fifty (50) square feet in the aggregate as viewed from any one (1) point.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Mini-self-storage" means a building or portion thereof segregated into small storage cubicles used exclusively for the dead storage of excess property. Such term shall not include the conduct of business activities other than rental of storage units on the premises nor allow outside storage of property. Cubicle rental documents shall be required and shall set forth use restrictions imposed by governmental laws and ordinances.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Mobilehome" means a factory-built dwelling built prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the HUD Code, and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or introduction of the home into the state. Mobilehomes have not been built since the introduction of the HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act.

(Ord. 595 § 49, 2005: Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Mobilehome park" means land under single ownership or control designed for the temporary or permanent parking of three (3) or more mobilehomes and/or manufactured homes used for human habitation where the minimum lot area for each mobilehome site is less than the requirements of this title for a single-family home and/or where an individual septic tank is not provided for each mobilehome. "Mobilehome park" also includes a contiguous parcel of ground under single ownership or control where the density of mobilehomes is over three (3) per acre. "Mobilehome park" does not include land designated for the display or sale of mobilehomes or manufactured homes.

(Ord. 595 § 47, 2005: Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Modular" means factory-built housing as defined in Section 17.08.655 of this title.

(Ord. 595 § 51, 2005)

"Monopole I" means a wireless communication facility which consists of a support structure, the height of which shall not exceed sixty (60) feet.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Monopole II" means a wireless communication facility which consists of a wireless communications support structure, greater than sixty (60) feet and less than or equal to one hundred twenty (120) feet in height erected to support wireless communication antennas and connecting appurtenances.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Motel" means a building or group of buildings containing guest rooms or apartments, used or designed for use primarily by transients.

(Ord. 595 § 14, 2005: Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Motor home" means a motorized vehicle with fully self-contained living quarters.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 757, § II, 6-21-2022)

"Natural conditions, natural determinants and natural environment" means the existing topography, geology, soils, hydrology, water quality, climate, air quality, noise, vegetation, wildlife, marine life, and natural resources in the city, as recognized in the comprehensive plan as important in determining the types and forms of development permissible.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Natural or existing topography" means the topography of the lot, parcel or tract of real property immediately prior to any site preparation or grading, including excavation or filling.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Nonconforming lot" means a lot which does not conform to site development regulations, including but not limited to, the landscaping, parking, fence, driveway, street opening, pedestrian amenity, screening and curb cut regulations of the district in which it is located due to changes in code requirements or annexation.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

A "nonconforming structure" is a structure which was legally constructed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title but which would not be permitted as a new structure under the terms of this title because such structure is not in conformance with the yard, height, lot coverage or open space requirements of the zone in which it is located.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"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 district where the use is now being conducted or carried on. The term nonconforming use shall be applicable to use 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 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. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Omni-directional antenna" (also known as a "whip" antenna) transmits and receives radio frequency signals in a three hundred sixty (360) degree radial pattern. For the purpose of this title, an omni-directional antenna is up to fifteen (15) feet in height and up to four (4) inches in diameter.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Open space" means land area unoccupied by buildings, traffic circulation roads, or parking areas, including, but not limited to, woodlands, fields, sidewalks, walkways, landscape areas, gardens, court yards, or lawns.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Ordinary high-water mark" means that mark on all lakes, streams and tidal water which 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; provided that in any area where the ordinary high-water mark cannot be found, the ordinary high-water mark adjoining saltwater shall be the line of mean higher high tide; and the ordinary high-water mark adjoining fresh water shall be the line of mean high-water.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Parabolic antenna" (also known as a "dish antenna") means a bowl-shaped device for the reception and/or transmission of radio frequency communications signals in a specific directional pattern.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Private parks" mean a piece of ground maintained for purposes of pleasure, exercise, amusement or ornament, being open to a limited group or only to paying visitors for the profit of a private owner.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Public parks" mean a piece of ground maintained for purposes of pleasure, exercise, amusement or ornament, being owned by and open to the public.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Off-street parking" means parking areas within the boundaries of a lot.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Parking space" means a space within or without a building, exclusive of driveways, used to temporarily park a motor vehicle and have access to a public street or alley.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Permitted use" means any use authorized or permitted alone or in conjunction with another use in a specified district and subject to the limitations of the regulations of such use district.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Personal service shops" mean a facility used for administering personal services including beauty shops, barber shops, tanning salons, tailoring, shoe repairing and other similar uses, excluding uses such as massage parlors, body painting studios and other uses otherwise expressly provided for.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Preliminary plat" means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks and restrictive covenants to be applicable to the subdivision, and other elements of a plat or subdivision which shall furnish a basis for the approval or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision. Usually prepared by a land use planner, landscape architect or licensed civil engineer.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Premises" means a lot with or without buildings.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Principal use" means the primary or predominant use to which the property is or may be devoted, and to which all other uses on the premises are accessory.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Print shop" means an establishment employing twenty-five (25) or fewer persons which provides custom printing services to the public. The term may include publishing of books, magazines, periodicals or newspapers when within the above employment limits.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Printing plant" means an establishment employing more than twenty-five (25) persons which is engaged in the publishing of books, magazines, periodicals or newspapers, and may include the provision of custom printing services to the public.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Recreational vehicle" means any wheeled, motorized vehicle manufactured, converted or altered to provide self-contained temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel uses, and which does not exceed forty (40) feet in length. Any vehicle manufactured, converted or altered which has integral wheels for towing or can be mounted on a motorized vehicle to provide self-contained, temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel uses.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Recycling center" means collection point for small refuse items, such as bottles and newspapers, located either in a container or a small structure.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Related equipment" means all equipment ancillary to the transmission and reception of voice and data via radio frequencies. Such equipment may include, but is not limited to, cable, conduit and connectors.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Remuneration" means compensation, money, rent or other bargained for consideration given in return for occupancy, possession or use of real property.

(Ord. No. 757, § II, 6-21-2022)

"Resident's association or homeowner's association" means a formally constituted nonprofit association or corporation made up of the property and/or residents of a fixed area; may take permanent responsibility for costs and upkeep of semi-private community facilities.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 757, § II, 6-21-2022)

"Residential care home" shall mean any state or federally funded approved dwelling, other than a clinic, used as a residence for the care or rehabilitation of dependent children, the elderly, and the physically and/or mentally handicapped. Residential care homes shall be limited to six (6) residents not including any resident staff.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Private road" is that easement or parcel created to provide the access from a county road to a lot, the maintenance of which shall be the responsibility of the lot owners having access thereto.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Roominghouse" means a building, other than a hotel, where lodging is provided for compensation to nontransient persons.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Sanitarium and/or rest home" means a structure and/or premises for nursing, dietary care and other personal services rendered to convalescents, invalids and aged persons, but excluding contagious communicable or mental disease cases and surgery or primary treatments such as are customarily provided for in hospitals.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Commercial school" means a building where instruction is given to pupils in arts, crafts or trades, and operated as a commercial enterprise as distinguished from schools endowed and/or supported by taxation.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Elementary, junior or senior high, including public, private and parochial school" means an institution of learning which offers instructions in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the State Board of Education.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)

"Secondhand store" means a retail establishment dealing in the selling and buying of used merchandise which is not antique and not including the sale of used automobiles.

(Ord. 543 § 1 (part), 2001)