For the purpose of this title certain terms and words are defined in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; the singular tense includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the work "shall" is always mandatory and the word "may" denotes a use of discretion in making a decision; the word "used" unless the context otherwise requires, shall be considered as though followed by the words, "or occupied," "or intended," "or arranged," and "or designed to be used."

"Accessory dwelling" is a separate living unit (apartment) integrated within a single-family dwelling, or one located as a detached accessory dwelling located on the same lot as a single-family dwelling. Accessory dwellings shall be limited to eight hundred fifty (850) square feet in floor area and, for the purposes of calculating residential density, shall not count as a dwelling unit. There shall not be more than one accessory dwelling located on a lot in addition to the single-family dwelling.

"Adult family home" means the regular family abode of a person or persons who are providing personal care, room and board to more than one but not more than four adults with functional disabilities who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services; except that a maximum of six adults may be permitted if the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services determines that the home and the provider are capable of meeting standards and qualifications provided for by law

"Agriculture" means the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, floriculture, small livestock farming, dairying, and animal husbandry, including all uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including hog farm, slaughterhouse, fertilizer works, bone yard, plant for the reduction of animal matter, or any other secondary processing of agricultural products.

"Alley" means a passage or way, open to public travel and dedicated to public use, affording generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting lots and not intended for general traffic circulation.

"Automobile wrecking" means the dismantling or wrecking of used motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts. This definition includes auto salvage operations and junk yards.

"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls, and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of people, animals or chattels.

Building, Accessory. "Accessory building" means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of a main building on the same lots, and which does not change or alter the character of the premises.

"Building height" means the vertical distance from average contact ground level, after grading, at the front wall of the building to the highest point of the building: provided, however, the height of a building on a sloping lot with a daylight basement shall be calculated in accordance with Section 17.44.060.

Building, Main. "Main building" means a building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any residential district, a dwelling shall be deemed to be the main building on the lot on which it is situated.

"Carport" means a covered space for the housing of one or more motor vehicles and enclosed on no more than two sides by walls, screens, cabinets, or other types of enclosures.

"Child day care center" means a facility providing regularly scheduled care for a group of thirteen (13) or more children, within a one-month of age through twelve (12) years of age range exclusively, for periods less than twenty-four (24) hours, as licensed and regulated by the Department of Social and Health Services under WAC 388-155.

"Clinic" means a building or portion of a building containing offices for providing medical, dental, psychiatric or chiropractic service for outpatients only.

"Commission" means the city of Morton planning commission.

"Development coverage" means the amount or percentage of ground area covered by impervious surfaces (i.e., surfaces which do not absorb moisture, specifically rainwater). Therefore, impervious surfaces include rooftops and all paved surfaces such as parking areas, roads, driveways, walkways and the like. Use of pervious pavement does not count toward development coverage.

Dwelling, Multiple-Family. "Multiple-family dwelling" means a detached building designed for or containing three or more independent dwelling units.

Dwelling, Single-Family. "Single-family dwelling" means a detached building designed for or containing one dwelling unit.

Dwelling, Two-Family. "Two-family dwelling" means a detached building designed for or containing two independent dwelling units.

"Dwelling unit" means a building, or portion of a building, which provides complete housekeeping facilities for one family.

"Essential public facility" means a facility, conveyance, or site whose services are provided by a governmental agency, a private or nonprofit organization under contract to or with substantial funding from government agencies, or a private organization subject to public service obligations, which is necessary to adequately provide a public service and which is typically hard to site.

"Family" means one or more persons living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.

"Family child care home" means a facility in the family residence of the licensee providing regularly scheduled care for twelve (12) or fewer children including the children who reside at the home, within a birth through eleven (11) years-of-age range exclusively for periods less than twenty-four (24) hours, as licensed and regulated by the Department of Social and Health Services under WAC 388-155.

"Family day-care provider" means a child day-care provider who regularly provides child day care for not more than twelve (12) children in the provider's home in the family living quarters;

"Gross floor area" means the sum of the areas of all floors included within the surrounding walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of vents, shafts and courts.

"Hazardous waste" means and includes all dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in RCW Chapter 70.105.

"Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility" means a location at which hazardous waste is treated and/or stored.

"Home occupation" means any use customarily conducted in a home environment and entirely within a dwelling unit, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof.

"Junkyard" means the use of a lot, or a portion of any lot, for the storage, keeping, or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap material, or the use of any area for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery or parts thereof. This definition shall not be deemed to include uses conducted entirely within an enclosed building, or the outdoor display and sale of used automobiles in operable condition.

"Lot" means one or more parcels of land occupied or to be occupied by a use or building or group of buildings and accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this title and having not less than the minimum area required by this title in the district in which such land is situated. "Lot" as defined herein is not necessarily the same as a platted lot.

Lot, Corner. "Corner lot" means a lot bounded on two sides by intersecting street lines, provided that the interior angle of intersection or interception of the street lines does not exceed one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

"Lot depth" means the horizontal distance between the midpoints of the front lot line and the rear lot line. For lots with front lot lines containing curves or angles, the measurements shall be taken from a line parallel to and midway between a base line joining the front corners of the lot and a line drawn parallel to the base line tangent to the curve.

Lot, Interior. "Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.

Lot Line, Front. In the case of an interior lot, "front lot line" means the line separating the lot from the street right-of-way; in the case of a corner lot, "front lot line" means the line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street right-of-way, or, where a corner lot has two or more street frontages of equal length or nearly equal length, the front lot line shall be considered to be the line adjoining the street which is intended or likely to carry the heaviest traffic flow.

Lot Line, Rear. "Rear lot line" means the lot boundary line which is generally opposite the front lot line. If the lot comes to a point at the rear, that point shall be deemed to be the rear lot line. In the case of a through lot, there will not be a rear lot line.

Lot Line, Side. "Side lot line" means any lot boundary line which is not a front line or a rear lot line.

Lot, Through. "Through lot" means a lot, other than a corner lot, having frontage on more than one street.

"Lot width" means the distance between side lot lines measured at a point twenty-five (25) feet from the front lot line on each side lot line.

"Manufactured home" means a designated manufactured home constructed after June 15, 1976, in accordance with state and federal requirements for manufactured homes, which: (a) Is comprised of at least two fully enclosed parallel sections each of not less than twelve (12) feet wide by thirty-six (36) feet long; (b) Was originally constructed with and now has a composition or wood shake or shingle, coated metal, or similar roof of not less than nominal 3:12 pitch; and has exterior siding similar in appearance to siding materials commonly used on conventional site-built uniform building code single-family residences.

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Designed for long-term occupancy, containing complete sleeping accommodations and toilet facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided;

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Designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels, or on a flat bed or other trailer, or on detachable wheels;

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Built to arrive at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling unit complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location of foundation supports and integration into a prepared structure.

"Off-site hazardous waste treatment or storage facility" means facilities that treat and store hazardous waste from generators on properties other than that on which the facility is located.

"On-site hazardous waste treatment or storage facility" means a facility that stores or treats hazardous wastes generated on the same, geographically contiguous or bordering properties.

"Outdoor advertising sign" means a lettered, figured or pictorial matter or other sign of any kind or character whatsoever, made visible for outdoor advertising purposes.

Parking Space, Off-Street. "Off-street parking space" means space within a public or private parking area, or within a building used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.

"Residential care facility" means a facility that cares for at least five, but not more than fifteen (15) functionally disabled persons, that is not licensed pursuant to Chapter 70.128 RCW.

"Sign" means any structure, or device, or portion thereof, identifying the premises, the occupant of the premises, or relating to goods or services manufactured produced, or available on the premises.

"Special needs housing" includes group homes, adult care facilities as well as but not limited to housing for those with developmental and other types of disabilities.

"State siting criteria" means the criteria developed by the Washington State Department of Ecology under the authority of RCW 70.105.210 for the siting of hazardous waste management facilities.

"Storage" means the holding of materials for a temporary period. Accumulation of hazardous waste by an on-site generator is not storage as long as the generator complies with the applicable requirements of WAC 173.200 and WAC 173.201.

"Street" means a public right-of-way which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and any other thoroughfare except an alley.

"Street line" means the boundary line separating a lot from a street.

"Structure" means anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.

"Trailer" means any structure or vehicle used or designated to be used for permanent occupancy for living or sleeping purposes and placed on or so constructed as to be capable of being placed on wheels or other running gear so that it may be readily moved from place to place, and includes "house trailer," "trailer coach," "recreational vehicle" and similar terms. This definition does not include mobilehomes as hereinafter defined.

"Trailer park" means an area of land used or designed to be used for the occupancy of trailers, in conformance with Section 17.36.050.

"Treatment" means the physical, chemical or biological processing of hazardous waste to make such waste nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. A hazardous waste treatment facility requires a state dangerous waste permit under the provision of Chapter 173.303, Washington Administrative Code.

"Variance" means a modification of the regulation of this title 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 building, structure or parcel of land.

Yard, Front. "Front yard" means a yard extending the full width of a lot, and measured as to depth at the least horizontal distance between the front lot line and the exterior wall of building on the lot.

Yard, Rear. "Rear yard" means a yard which extends the full width of a lot, and measured as to depth at the least horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the exterior wall of the main building or structure on the lot.

Yard, Side. "Side yard" means a yard which extends from the front lot line to the rear lot line, and measured as to width at the least horizontal distance between a side lot line and the exterior wall of a main building or structure on the lot.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 15, 1998)

(Ord. No. 05-6, § 3 (15), 12-27-05)