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Oakville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

08 - DEFINITIONS

Sections:


17.08.010 - General.

A.

All words shall have their normal and customary meanings, unless specifically defined otherwise in this section. Words used in the present tense shall include the future. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, partnership, association, or organization, as well as an individual. The word "shall" is mandatory and the word "may" denotes the use of discretion in making a decision.

B.

In the event a term utilized within the UDC is not defined within the Oakville Municipal Code (OMC), including the following section, but is defined in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) or a provision of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC), as on file in the office of the clerk-treasurer, that definition shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and shall be applicable to the extent not plainly inconsistent with the UDC. In the event there are multiple definitions, pursuant to a rule adopted under the authority granted in Section 17.04.030 the administrator shall have the authority to establish the one which is most consistent with the intent and purpose of the particular use.

(Ord. 560 § 2(part), 2007).

17.08.020 - Definitions.

As used in this title:

"A" Definitions:

1.

"Abate" means to repair, replace, remove, destroy, or otherwise remedy a condition which constitutes a civil violation by such means, in such a manner, and to such an extent as the administrator determines necessary in the interest of the general health, safety, and welfare of the community.

2.

"Accessory use" means a use incidental and subordinate to the principal use on the same lot.

3.

"Accessory structure" means a detached, subordinate building, located on the same lot, the use of which is clearly incidental to that of the principal building or to the principal use of the land.

4.

"Accessory dwelling unit" means a second dwelling unit either in or added to an existing single-family detached dwelling, or in a separate accessory structure on the same lot as the main dwelling, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provisions within the accessory apartment for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. Such a dwelling is an accessory use to the principal one.

5.

"Administrator" means the city director of public works, or his or her designee.

6.

"Adult bookstore" means an establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, tapes, or films that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical areas. An adult bookstore shall, for the purposes of the UDC, be an adult entertainment business.

7.

"Adult entertainment business" means any business which, as a substantial portion of its operations, offers for sale or viewing for any consideration any photographic or film depictions or devices or paraphernalia that depict or are characterized by an emphasis on the depiction, description, or engagement in specified sexual activities or anatomical areas including male or female sexual organs, buttocks, or female's breasts. For the purposes of this definition, the term "paraphernalia" shall not be deemed to include condoms or other birth control measures.

8.

"Adult entertainment," when utilized within this title, adult entertainment shall mean as follows:

a.

Any exhibition, performance, or dance of any type conducted in a premises where such exhibition, performance, or dance involves a person who is unclothed or in such costume, attire, or clothing as to expose any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva, or genitals, or wearing any device or covering exposed to view which simulates the appearance of any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered; or

b.

Any exhibition, performance, or dance of any type conducted in a premises where such exhibition, performance, or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on the depiction, description, simulation or relation to the following specified sexual activities:

i.

Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal,

ii.

Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy, or

iii.

Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast; or

c.

Any exhibition, performance, or dance which is intended to sexually stimulate any member of the public and which is conducted on a regular basis or as a substantial part of the premises' activity. This includes, but is not limited to, any such exhibition, performance, or dance performed for, arranged with, or engaged in with fewer than all members of the public on the premises at that time, with separate consideration paid, either directly or indirectly, for such performance, exhibition, or dance and which is commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, taxi dancing, lap dancing, private dancing, or straddle dancing.

9.

"Adult family home" means the regular family dwelling unit of a person or persons who provide personal care, room, and board to no more than four adults not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services. An adult family home may have a maximum of six adults if licensed pursuant to Chapter 70.128 RCW by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

10.

"Affordable housing," for renter-occupied housing, affordable housing is when monthly housing costs are thirty-three percent or less of a low- and moderate-income household's total monthly income. For owner-occupied housing, the cost of an affordable home is three times the annual income of a low- or moderate-income household. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually establishes "low- and moderate-income" levels for households in Grays Harbor County.

11.

"Agriculture" means the use of land for agricultural and forestry purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, or storing produce.

12.

"Agricultural activities" means the primary activity being the production, keeping, or maintenance for sale, lease, or personal use of plants or animals useful to man, including, but not limited to, forages and sod crops, grains and seed crops, dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, including, but not limited to, beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, or goats, or any mutations or hybrids thereof, including the breeding and grazing of any or all such animals, bees, and apiary products, fur animals, trees and forest products, fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts, and berries, vegetables, nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse products or lands devoted to a soil conservation or forestry management program.

13.

"Agricultural produce stand" means the display and retail sales of agricultural products produced on the property they are grown and less than two hundred square feet in area.

14.

"Alley" means a public right-of-way affording a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting lots and not intended for general traffic circulation.

15.

"Animal shelter" means a commercial or nonprofit establishment in which animals other than livestock are temporarily housed or boarded, groomed, bred, trained, treated, or sold.

16.

"Appliance," for purposes of this chapter, the term shall mean those items commonly used or installed in a household for use such as lamps and other light fixtures, kitchen ranges, exhaust fans, washing machines, clothes driers, dishwashers, clothes irons, blenders, mixers, televisions, and all other items of similar purpose and intent. That the particular appliance may be installed and utilized in a commercial context shall not remove it from this definition.

17.

"Appliance sales and repair" means a location at which either new or used appliances are offered for sale, lease, rent, or are repaired.

18.

"Applicant" means any person who files a permit application with the city of Oakville and who is either the owner, beneficial owner, contract purchaser, or authorized agent of such owner of the land on which the proposed activity would be located.

19.

"Aquifer recharge area" means an area with a critical recharging effect on an aquifer that is vulnerable to contamination and is used as a sole source of potable water supply. Aquifer recharge areas are those areas designated pursuant to:

a.

The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act;

b.

RCW Regulation of Public Groundwaters 90.44, Water Pollution Control 90.48, and Public Utility Districts 90.54; and

c.

WAC Groundwater Management Areas and Programs 173-100 and Water Quality Standards for Ground Waters of the State of Washington 173-200.

20.

Automobile. See "Passenger car."

21.

"Automobile service station" means any premise that sells gasoline and other petroleum products and/or conducts light maintenance activities such as engine tune-ups, lubrication, minor repairs, and carburetor cleaning. Service stations shall not include premises for conducting heavy automobile maintenance activities such as engine overhauls, automobile painting, and body fender work.

22.

"Automobile heavy maintenance and repair shop" means any premise for conducting heavy automobile maintenance activities such as engine overhauls, automobile painting, and body fender work.

"B" Definitions:

1.

"Bars and/or cocktail lounges" means any premises selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. It shall not mean a premise that sells beverages in conjunction with the sale of food for consumption on the premises.

2.

"Bed and breakfast inns" means a dwelling unit that contains no more than three guest rooms where lodging, with or without meals, is provided for compensation.

3.

"Binding site plan" means a drawing at a scale of no less than one inch equals one hundred feet that: (a) identifies and shows the locations of all streets, improvements, utilities, open spaces, buildable area, set backs, and manufactured home spaces; (b) contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth such appropriate limitations and conditions for the use of the land as established by the land use hearings examiner; and (c) contains provisions requiring that all development occurring within the proposal's boundaries be in conformity with the site plan.

4.

"Block" means a group of lots, tracts, or parcels within well-defined and fixed boundaries.

5.

"Boarding house" means an establishment providing long-term lodging for four or more persons where meals are regularly prepared and served for compensation.

6.

"Bond" means a form of insurance or financial security provided to guarantee completion of required improvements or maintenance.

7.

"Bottlers or distributors (beverage industries)" means the production, processing, and/or packaging of milk, soft drinks, beer, wine, fruit juices, and other drinks.

8.

"Boundary line adjustment" means a division of land for the purpose of alteration by minor adjustment of boundary lines, between platted or unplatted lots or parcels or both, which does not create any additional lot, tract, parcel, site or division nor create any lot, tract, parcel, site or division which:

a.

Contains area and dimension not meeting requirements for width and area for a building site;

b.

Violates restrictive covenants contained on the face of a final plat, short subdivision, binding site plan or other land division;

c.

Violates conditions of the long subdivision, short subdivision, large lot plat, or other land division approval; or

d.

Does not have legal access.

9.

"Building" means any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.

10.

"Building envelope" means the area of a lot that delineates the limits where a building may locate on the lot.

11.

"Building height" means the vertical distance measured from the highest elevation of the natural grade of the property where the footprint of the building will be located to the highest point of the roof, excluding chimneys and antennas.

12.

"Bulk fuel and chemical storage" means the storage of fuel or chemicals in structures or tanks for subsequent wholesale distribution or sale.

13.

"Business office use" means a use that provides professional, administrative, or business related services. Production, distribution, or the retail or wholesale sale of goods or commodities is not included.

"C" Definitions:

1.

"Canopy, freestanding" means any factory made, self-supporting building, with a frame or pole superstructure that uses a vinyl fabric or metal skin for the roof and/or walls. Freestanding canopies shelter or enclose automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, or property of any kind.

2.

"Caretaker dwelling" means a single-family dwelling unit accessory to an agricultural, professional, commercial, or industrial use for occupancy by the owner/caretaker.

3.

"Cemeteries" means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.

4.

"City" means city of Oakville.

5.

"Civil violation" means a violation for which a monetary penalty is sought by the city as specified under Section 17.04.210 of the UDC. Each day or portion of a day during which a violation occurs or exists is a separate violation.

6.

"Clear vision triangle" means an area maintained for vision safety purposes lying between the front lot line and the side lot line adjacent to a street and a line connecting points of these lot lines fifteen feet from their intersection.

7.

"Closed record appeal or hearing" means a matter heard on the record by a local government body or officer, including the legislative body, following an open record hearing on a project permit application when the hearing or appeal is on the record with no or limited new evidence or information allowed to be submitted and only comment, response to questions from the body or officer, or argument allowed.

8.

"Cluster development" means a development design technique that concentrates buildings in specific areas on a site to allow the remaining land for use as recreation, common open space, and protected critical areas.

8.1.

"Commercial overlay zone" means the permitted and conditional uses allowed in the commercial zone shall be applied to the specific properties shown on the map attached hereto. This specific area shall be designed a "commercial overlay zone." The intent of this designation is to allow the uses in both the industrial and commercial zones to apply to the affected properties. The City's zoning map shall be updated to reflect this new designation.

9.

"Commercial recreation areas/facilities" means an area operated for profit and devoted to facilities and equipment for recreational purposes, including swimming pools, tennis courts, playgrounds, and similar uses whether the use of such area is limited to private membership or whether open to the public upon payment of a fee.

10.

"Commercial use" means an occupation, employment, or enterprise carried on for profit by an owner, lessee, or licensee.

11.

"Commercial horticulture" means an establishment where flowers, shrubbery, vegetables, trees, and other horticultural and floricultural products are grown, both in the open and in an enclosed building, for sale on a retail or wholesale basis.

12.

"Community facilities" means any use of land, water, or building by the city of Oakville for providing services to the public, including, but not limited to, administrative offices, police stations, fire stations, community centers, parks, libraries, and the like.

13.

"Conditional use" means a use allowed in one or more zones, but which, because of characteristics peculiar to such use, the size, technological processes, or equipment, or because of the exact location with reference to surroundings, streets, and existing improvements or demands upon public facilities, requires a special permit in order to provide a particular degree of control to make such uses consistent and compatible with other existing or permissible uses in the same zone(s).

14.

"Condominium" means the division of a building or land pursuant to the Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums), Chapter 64.32 RCW.

15.

"Conservation areas" means lands within the city of Oakville that consist of critical areas, undeveloped areas, land used for agricultural purposes, undeveloped shorelines to water bodies, and places of cultural or aesthetic importance with or without buildings.

16.

"Consistency" means that no feature of a plan or regulation is incompatible with any other feature of a plan or regulation. Consistency is indicative of a capacity for orderly integration or operation with other elements in a system.

17.

"Contractor yards" means a service establishment primarily engaged in general contracting or subcontracting in the building construction trades. These include administrative offices, workshops, and the indoor or outdoor storage of tools, equipment, materials, and vehicles.

18.

"Critical areas" means and includes the following areas and ecosystems as defined in the growth management — planning by selected counties and cities RCW Chapter 36.70A.030:

a.

Wetlands;

b.

Areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water;

c.

Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas;

d.

Frequently flooded areas; and

e.

Geologically hazardous areas.

"D" Definitions:

1.

"Day care centre" means a child day-care provider who regularly provides child day care for not more than twelve children in the provider's home in the family living quarters; (RCW 74.15.020). See "Family day care provider."

2.

"Dedication" means the deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for any general and public uses, reserving to himself or herself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment 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 or short subdivision showing the dedication thereon; and, the acceptance by the public shall be evidenced by the approval of such plat for filing by the appropriate governmental unit.

3.

"Density" means the number of dwelling units permitted per acre of land, excluding streets and easements.

4.

"Drive-in restaurant" means a retail outlet that sells food or beverages for consumption to customers in motor vehicles.

5.

"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms physically arranged so as to create an independent housekeeping establishment for occupancy by one household with separate toilet(s) and facilities for cooking and sleeping.

"E" Definitions:

1.

"Easement" means a right granted by a property owner to specifically named parties or to the general public for the use of certain areas or strips of land for particular purposes. Where appropriate to the context, easement may also refer to the land covered by the rights granted. This may include pedestrian paths, bicycle paths, utility easements, drainage, open space, etc.

"F" Definitions:

1.

"Family day care provider" means a child day-care provider who regularly provides child day care for not more than twelve children in the provider's home in the family living quarters (RCW 74.15.020).

2.

"Feedlot" means an enclosure or facility used or capable of being used for feeding livestock hay, grain, silage, or other livestock feed, but shall not include land for growing crops or vegetation for livestock feeding and/or grazing, nor shall it include normal livestock wintering operations.

3.

"Financial institutions and services" means business activities in which customers frequent the site for purposes of buying and selling securities, insurance, annuities, obtaining loans, depositing and withdrawing money, and financial planning.

4.

"Final plat" means the final drawing of the subdivision and dedication prepared for filing for record with the county auditor and containing all elements and requirements set forth in this chapter and in local regulations adopted under this chapter.

5.

"Fire station" means a building in which firefighting and/or emergency medical equipment and trucks are kept and within which firefighters may be housed or dispatched.

6.

"Firewood storage except for personal consumption" means a place at or within which wood, in quantities greater than five cords, is stored to be sold to consumers for cooking and/or heating.

7.

"Fish and wildlife habitat area" means land managed for maintaining species in suitable habitats within their natural geographic distribution so that isolated subpopulations are not created. This does not mean maintaining all individuals of all species at all times, but it does mean cooperative and coordinated land use planning is critically important among counties and cities in a region. In some cases, intergovernmental cooperation and coordination may show that it is sufficient to assure that a species will usually be found in certain regions across the state. Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas include areas with which endangered, threatened, and sensitive species have a primary association; waters of the state; state natural area preserves and natural conservation areas; and streams and rivers planted with game fish by a governmental agency.

8.

"Flag lot," a flag lot is a lot shaped like similar to the capital letter "L" with two rectangular portions joined such that the lot is formed of by six corners at approximately ninety degrees.

9.

"Floodway" means those portions of the area of a river valley lying streamward from the outer limits of a watercourse upon which flood waters are carried during periods of flooding that occur with reasonable regularity, although not necessarily annually, said floodway being identified, under normal condition, by changes in surface soil conditions or changes in types or quality of vegetative ground cover condition. The floodway shall not include those lands that can reasonably be expected to be protected from floodwaters by flood control devices maintained by or maintained under license from the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.

10.

"Floor area" means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of a building or buildings, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls and from the center line of division walls. Floor area shall include basements, elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor, mechanical equipment rooms or attic spaces with headroom of seven feet six inches or more, penthouse floors, interior balconies and mezzanines, and enclosed porches. Accessory water tanks, cooling towers, mechanical equipment or attic spaces with headroom less than seven feet six inches, exterior steps or stairs, terraces, breezeways, and open spaces are not included in calculating floor area.

11.

"Frequently flooded areas" means lands in the floodplain subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. These areas include, but are not limited to, streams, rivers, lakes, coastal areas, wetlands, and the like. The one hundred-year floodplain designations of the national flood.

12.

"Forest practices" means any activity conducted on or directly pertaining to forest land and relating to growing or harvesting timber, or the processing of timber on a harvest site for less than thirty days per calendar year, including, but not limited to, road and trail construction and maintenance; harvest, final and intermediate; pre-commercial thinning; reforestation; fertilization; prevention and suppression of diseases and insects; salvage of trees; and brush control. Chapter 76.09 RCW, the Washington State Forest Practices Act, and forest practices board Chapter 222 WAC, regulate forest practices.

13.

"Fuel dispensing facility" means any site dispensing gasoline, diesel, or other petroleum based fuel into motor vehicle fuel tanks from stationary storage tanks.

"G" Definitions:

1.

"Geologically hazardous areas" means areas that because of the susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events, are not generally suited to locating commercial, residential, or industrial development consistent with public health or safety concerns. Geologically hazardous areas are characterized by slopes greater than fifteen percent and known erosion, landslides, settling, rock slide, debris flow and/or seismic hazards as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service.

2.

"Golf course" means any site, publicly or privately owned, on which the game of golf is played, including accessory uses such as golf driving ranges and buildings thereto.

"H" Definitions:

1.

"Land use hearing examiner" means the land use hearing examiner for the city of Oakville, as provided by the Oakville Municipal Code.

2.

"Heavy equipment sales, repair, and rental" means the sale, repair, or rental of self-powered, self-propelled, or towed mechanical devices, equipment, and vehicles of the nature customarily used for commercial purposes such as tandem axle trucks, graders, backhoes, tractor trailers, cranes and lifts, but excluding automobiles, recreational vehicles, and boats and their trailers.

3.

"Height" means the vertical distance measured from the highest elevation of the natural grade of the property where the footprint of the building will be located to the highest point of the roof, excluding chimneys and antennas.

4.

"Home occupations" means any commercial use conducted as an accessory use within a dwelling unit or accessory structure and which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.

5.

"Hospital" means an institution specialized 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 in surgery, obstetrics, and general medical practice.

6.

"Hotel or motel" means an establishment offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public and providing additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreational facilities.

7.

"Household" means a number of individuals living together in a dwelling unit not exceeding the maximum occupant load permitted by the building code.

8.

"Housing for the elderly" means a building or group of buildings containing dwellings where the occupancy of the dwellings is restricted to persons sixty years of age or older or couples where either spouse is sixty years of age or older. This does not include a development that contains convalescent or nursing facilities.

"I" Definitions:

1.

"Indoor amusement and entertainment facilities" means places, which cater to indoor sports and leisure-time activities.

2.

"Industrial park" means a planned, coordinated development of a tract of land with two or more separate industrial buildings. Such development is planned, designed, constructed, and managed on an integrated and coordinated basis with special attention given to on-site vehicular circulation, parking, utility needs, building design and orientation, and open space.

3.

Industry, Heavy. "Heavy industry" means a use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials, or a use engaged in storage of or manufacturing processes using, flammable or explosive materials, or storage or manufacturing processes that potentially involve hazardous conditions.

4.

Industry, Light. "Light industry" means a use engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, and sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

"J" Definitions:

1.

Jails and other correctional facilities means:

a.

A facility which provides for physical restriction of residents as the result of violations or alleged violations of the law.

b.

A facility to which persons are sentenced for a specific period of time by the court.

"K" Definitions:

1.

"Kennel" means a building, enclosure or portion of any premises in or at which dogs, cats, or other domesticated animals are boarded or kept for hire, or in or at which dogs, cats, or other domesticated animals are kept or maintained by any person other than the owner thereof.

"L" Definitions:

1.

"Land division" means the process by which individual lots, parcels, or tracts are created. Land divisions include, but are not limited to, short subdivisions, long plats, binding site plans.

2.

"Laundry or dry cleaner" means a room or commercial establishment where such cleaning is done or an establishment for dry-cleaning clothing.

3.

"Library" means a place where books, periodicals, films, records, and other materials are housed for access and study, and from which they may be borrowed by the members of the public.

4.

"Life care facility" means a facility for the transitional residency of elderly and/or disabled persons, progressing from independent living in single-family dwelling units to congregate apartment living where residents share common meals and culminating in a full health and continuing care nursing home facility.

5.

Livestock, Large. "Large livestock" means cattle, horses, and other livestock generally weighing over five hundred pounds.

6.

Livestock, Small. "Small livestock" means hogs, excluding pigs not weighing more than one hundred twenty pounds and standing twenty inches or less at the shoulder, which are kept as household pets or small animals, sheep, goats, miniature horses, llamas, alpaca, and other livestock generally weighing under five hundred pounds.

7.

"Long subdivision" means the division or re-division of land into five or more lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership. It may also be referred to as a long plat.

8.

"Lot" means a platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed, and otherwise used as a unit. The term includes "tract" or "parcel."

9.

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

10.

Lot, Corner. "Corner lot" means a platted lot abutting two road rights-of-way at their intersection.

11.

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

12.

"Lot line" means the boundary line of a lot.

13.

Lot Line, Front. "Front lot line" means on an interior lot, the lot line abutting a street; or, on a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a right-of-way.

14.

"Lot of record" means a lot whose existence, location, and dimensions have been legally recorded or registered in a deed or plat.

15.

"Lot width" means the horizontal distance between side lot lines abutting a street.

"M" Definitions:

1.

"Machine shop" means a factory, section of a factory, or workshop in which machines are made or fixed or a shop in which machine tools are used to shape and cut materials, especially metals.

2.

"Manufacture and/or manufacturing" means the processing of converting of raw, unfinished materials or products, or either of them, into articles or substances of a different character or for use for a different purpose.

3.

Manufactured Home, Nondesignated. "Nondesignated manufactured home" means a single-family dwelling unit constructed after June 15, 1976, in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements for manufactured housing, and bearing the appropriate insignia indicating such compliance. It is a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities.

4.

Manufactured Home, Designated. "Designated manufactured home" means a manufactured home meeting the specifications set forth in the Revised Code of Washington, currently RCW 35A.63.145, as that definition is now existing or hereafter amended or succeeded, which: (a) is comprised of at least two fully enclosed parallel sections each of not less than twelve feet wide by thirty-six 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 3:12 pitch; (c) has exterior siding similar in appearance to siding materials commonly used on conventional site-built uniform building code single-family dwelling units; and (d) has skirting that either matches the exterior siding or a masonry perimeter foundation.

5.

"Manufactured home park" means a site under single ownership and control that contains spaces with required improvements and utilities that is leased for the long-term placement of manufactured homes and that may include services and facilities for residents.

6.

"Medical clinic" means a building designed and used for the diagnosis and treatment of human patients that does not include overnight care facilities.

7.

"Mineral extraction" means the removal of naturally occurring materials from the earth for economic use. Extraction materials include nonmetallic minerals such as sand, gravel, clay, coal, and stone.

8.

"Mineral resource land" means an area that include gravel, sand, and valuable metallic substances.

9.

"Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, on which the driver rides astride the motor unit or power train and is designed to be steered with a handle bar, but excluding a farm tractor, a power wheelchair, an electric personal assistive mobility device, and a moped.

10.

"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled and every vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. "Motor vehicle" includes a neighborhood electric vehicle as defined in RCW 46.04.357. An electric personal assistive mobility device is not considered a motor vehicle. A power wheelchair is not considered a motor vehicle.

11.

"Motor vehicle repair" means any premises at which motor vehicle maintenance activities occur. By way of example, these shall include such activities as engine tune-ups, lubrication, minor repairs, carburetor or fuel injector repair or cleaning, engine repair or overhauls, motor vehicle painting, and body fender work.

12.

"Motorized vehicle cleaning" means any structure containing facilities for the washing or cleaning of motorized vehicles.

13.

"Mortuary" means a building that is used for the service of or relating to the burial of the dead.

14.

"Multifamily dwelling" means a dwelling, or portion thereof, used for occupancy by three or more households living independently of each other and containing three or more dwelling units.

"N" Definitions:

1.

"New manufactured home" means any manufactured home required to be titled under Title 46 RCW, which has not been previously titled to a retail purchaser, and is not a "used mobile home" as defined in RCW 82.45.032(2), as now existing or hereafter amended or succeeded.

2.

"Noncommercial recreation areas/facilities" means areas, facilities, and/or equipment maintained and operated by the city of Oakville or a nonprofit organization for public recreational purposes, including but not limited to parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, playgrounds, golf courses, natural areas, and other similar uses.

3.

"Nonconforming structure" means any structure that does not meet the minimum requirements for height or location for its zoning district, but which complied with applicable regulations at the time the use was established.

4.

"Nonconforming lot" means a lawfully established lot of record that does not comply with the lot width or area requirements for its zoning district, but which complied with applicable regulations at the time the use was established.

5.

"Nonconforming use" means a lawfully established use that does not comply with the use regulations for its zoning district, but which complied with applicable regulations at the time the use was established.

"O" Definitions:

1.

"Office park" means a large tract of land that has been planned, developed, and operated as an integral facility for a number of separate office buildings and supporting ancillary uses with special attention given to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.

2.

"Off-site" means areas separate from the project site, not including streets located on the perimeter of the project site.

3.

"Open record public hearing" means a hearing, conducted by a single hearing body or officer authorized by the city of Oakville to conduct such hearings that creates the city's record through testimony and submittal of evidence and information, under procedures prescribed by ordinance or resolution. An open record hearing may be held before the city's decision on a project permit to be known as an "open-record pre-decision hearing." An open-record hearing may be held on an appeal, to be known as an "open-record appeal hearing," if no open-record pre-decision hearing has been held on the project permit (RCW 36.70B.020(3)).

4.

"Ordinary high water mark" means the mark on all lakes, streams, and tidal water 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 June 1, 1971, as it may naturally change thereafter, or as it may change thereafter in accordance with permits issued by a local government or the department; provided that in any area where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found, the ordinary high water mark adjoining fresh water shall be the line of mean high water.

5.

"Outdoor sales" means an open area used for the display, sale, or rental of goods and/or materials, other than motor vehicles and appliances, that are actively marketed and readily available for general public consumption. This shall include an activity such as is commonly known as a "Farmer's Market." This does not include: (a) storage areas of materials that are sold elsewhere on the premises, (b) wrecking yards or junkyards, (c) nor yard or garage sales covered under Chapter 5.20 OMC.

6.

"Outdoor storage" means the keeping of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, and vehicles which are not currently licensed or capable to operate on public streets or highways, in an open, uncovered yard or non-walled buildings. This definition shall not include wrecking yards or junkyards.

6.1.

"Overlay zone" means an overlay zone is a special zone placed over an existing zoning district, part of a district, or a combination of districts. The overlay zone may apply additional requirements to the underlying or base zoning district or may provide additional flexibility to meet specific policy objectives of the City.

7.

"Owner" means the owner of record as determined by the records of the assessor, provided that the owner under a real estate contract is the purchaser-vendee and the owner of mortgaged property is the mortgagor.

"P" Definitions:

1.

"Park trailer (park model trailer)" means a travel trailer designed to be used with temporary connections to utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and appliances. The trailer's gross area shall not exceed four hundred square feet when in the setup mode. "Park trailer" excludes a mobile home.

2.

"Parking area" means a tract of land used for the temporary parking of motor vehicles when such use is not accessory to any other use.

3.

"Parking, RV and boat" means a tract of land used for the short- or long-term parking of recreational vehicles and boats, including with or without covered stalls or garages.

4.

Parking, Shared. "Shared parking" means the development and use of parking areas on separate properties for joint use by two or more businesses.

5.

"Parking space" means an unobstructed space or area other than a street or alley permanently reserved and maintained for the parking of one motor vehicle. The angle of a parking space is measured from centerline of the parking space and the centerline of the aisle.

6.

"Passenger car" means every motor vehicle, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, designed for carrying ten passengers or less and used for the transportation of persons.

7.

"Permitted use" means a use by right that is specifically authorized in a particular zoning district.

8.

"Person responsible for the violation" means any person who has an interest in or resides on the property, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, or otherwise.

9.

"Personal services" means establishments that may include beauty parlors, shops, or salons; barbershops; health clubs; martial arts studios; electrolysis services; manicurists; and the like.

10.

"Personal wireless services" means any of the technologies as defined by Section 704(a)(7)(c)(I) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, including, cellular, PCS, enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR), specialized mobile radio (SMR), and paging.

11.

"Personal wireless services facilities" means any unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of personal wireless services.

12.

"Places of religious worship" means institutions that people regularly attend to participate in or hold religious services, meetings, and other activities.

13.

"Planning commission" means the body as defined in planning and zoning code in cities Chapter 35A.63 RCW as designated by the city council to perform a planning function or that body assigned such duties and responsibilities. Oakville does not currently maintain a planning commission.

14.

"Plat" means a map or representation of a subdivision, showing thereon the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys, or other divisions and dedications.

15.

"Playing field or other publicly owned recreational facility park and playground" means any public or private open land area available for recreational, educational, cultural, or aesthetic use, of an active or passive nature.

16.

"Police station" means the headquarters of the police of a certain area or precinct; station house.

17.

"Preliminary plat" means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the existing site features such as structures, drainage and access and the proposed drainage, general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks, and other elements of a subdivision consistent with the requirements of this chapter.

18.

"Principal building" means a building that serves the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

19.

"Principal use" means the primary or predominant use of any lot.

20.

"Printing or data processing centers" means a shop where photocopying, printing, and computer processing services are rendered for hire.

21.

"Private clubs and fraternal organizations" means buildings or facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association, or persons for a social, educational, or recreational purpose; but not primarily for profit or to render a service that is customarily carried on as a business.

22.

"Privately owned schools" means a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group and usually charging tuition.

23.

"Professional offices" means establishments engaged in providing services in accounting, advertising, architecture, art, banking, dentistry, engineering, finance and securities investments, interior design, insurance, landscape architecture, law, medicine, music, planning, real estate, and any similar type of business.

24.

"Project permit or project permit application" means any land use or environmental permit or license required from the city of Oakville for a project action, including but not limited to land divisions, conditional use permits, variances, shoreline substantial development permits (including shoreline conditional uses and variances), permits for uses subject to performance standards (provisional uses), site-specific redesignations, temporary use permits, and permits or approvals required by critical area ordinances. Determinations of completeness and other such administrative approvals are reviewed as part of the underlying project permit. Building and other construction-type development permits and approvals are not "project permits" for the UDC.

25.

"Public agency offices" means an office operated by a public agency for accomplishment of a public use. "Public use" means a use operated exclusively by a public body, such use having the purpose of serving the public health, safety, or general welfare, and including uses such as public schools, parks, playgrounds, and administrative and service facilities.

26.

"Public meeting" means an informal meeting, hearing, workshop or other public gathering of people to obtain comments from the public or other agencies on a proposed project permit before the city of Oakville's decision on the permit. A public meeting does not include an open record hearing. The proceedings at a public meeting may be recorded and a report or recommendation may be included in the project permit application file.

27.

"Public owned facility" means those public or quasi-public buildings and uses of a public works, public service, public safety, or public utility nature not defined or listed elsewhere in this title. These buildings and uses characteristically may be hard to locate, need close proximity to utility corridors, require a location within a service area or specific site, or need access onto an urban arterial or rural collector. Such buildings and uses include, but are not limited to, public schools, parks, playgrounds, administrative and service facilities, bus shelters, water towers, park and ride lots, interpretive centers, rest stops, road maintenance stockpile sites, or similar public uses.

28.

"Public and private schools" means facilities that provide a curriculum of elementary and secondary academic instruction, including kindergarten, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools.

29.

"Public hearing" means a hearing at which evidence is taken and testimony is received under oath.

30.

"Public meeting" means a meeting, workshop, or other public gathering of people to obtain comments from the public on a matter upon which the city desires to receive comment or information, but shall not include a matter requiring a public hearing. A public meeting does not include an open record hearing. The proceedings at a public meeting may be recorded and a report or recommendation may be included in the project permit application file.

31.

"Public utility" means facilities that serve the general public including streets, roads, sidewalks, street lighting systems, traffic signals, water systems, including by way representation and not by way of limitation, water reservoirs, pump stations and wells, stormwater systems, sewer systems, including by way representation and not by way of limitation, sewer lift stations, waste water treatment plants, electrical substations, natural gas delivery systems, and electrical systems including by way representation and not by way of limitation, power lines, substations, and utility vaults.

"Q" Definitions:

1.

"Qualified expert" means a person preparing a technical assessment who has expertise appropriate to the relevant critical area. Expertise shall consist of professional credentials and/or certification, any advanced degrees earned in the pertinent scientific discipline from a recognized university, the number of years of experience in the pertinent scientific discipline, recognized leadership in the discipline of interest, formal training in the specific area of expertise, and field and/or laboratory experience with evidence of the ability to produce peer-reviewed publications or other professional literature. Geologists preparing technical assessments shall meet the requirements of a licensed geologist under geologists Chapter 18.220 RCW.

"R" Definitions:

1.

"Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle or portable unit that is self-propelled, towed, or carried by a motor vehicle and intended for temporary human occupancy and designed for recreational use. This definition includes vehicles such as travel trailers, truck campers, commercial coaches, fifth wheels, and motor homes, but does not include pickup trucks with camper shells, canopies, or other similar coverings. A recreational vehicle is not a manufactured home.

2.

"Recreational vehicle park" means a parcel of land designed and improved to accommodate two or more recreational vehicles on a temporary basis. Spaces are typically rented to tenants for overnight use, with rental of space within a park for placement of a particular recreational vehicle and occupancy thereof by that vehicle not to exceed sixty consecutive days nor to exceed one hundred twenty days within a calendar year.

3.

"Restaurants" means an establishment that serves food and beverages primarily to people seated within a building.

4.

"Retail sales" means establishments primarily engaged in selling finished products to individual consumers, such as apparel, book, grocery, gift, and video rental stores.

5.

"Retail sales of products grown on the premises/wayside stand or roadside stand" means any structure or land used for the sale of agricultural or horticultural produce or merchandise.

6.

"Retail/wholesale outlet appurtenant/incidental to permitted use" means onsite retail/wholesale sales incidental to the permitted use.

7.

"Right-of-way" means an area or strip of land, either public or private, on which an irrevocable right-of-passage has been recorded for the use of vehicles, pedestrians, railroad, or utilities.

"S" Definitions:

1.

"Secure community transition facility" means a residential facility for persons civilly committed and conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative under sexually violent predators Chapter 71.09 RCW. A secure community transition facility has supervision and security, and either provides or ensures the provision of sex offender treatment services. Secure community transition facilities include, but are not limited to, the facilities established pursuant to transition facility siting RCW 71.09.250 and any community-based facilities established under this chapter and operated by the Department of Social and Health Services or under contract with the department.

2.

"Self-service storage facilities" means a building or group of buildings that have small, fully enclosed, self-contained units that lease or rent storage spaces for business and household goods. Outside storage of goods, materials, vehicles, or property of any type or kind is not permitted.

3.

"Shorelands or shoreland areas" means those lands extending landward for two hundred feet in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark; floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward two hundred feet from such floodways; and all wetlands and river deltas associated with the streams, lakes, and tidal waters and as designated by the department of ecology.

4.

"Shoreline development" means any activity consisting of the construction or exterior alteration of structures; dredging; drilling; dumping; filling; removal of any sand, gravel, or minerals; bulkheading; driving of piling; placing of obstructions; or any project of a permanent or temporary nature which interferes, as defined by the UDC Administrator, with the normal public use of the surface of the waters overlying lands at any state of water level.

5.

"Shoreline master program (SMP)" means the city of Oakville shoreline master program.

6.

"Shorelines" means all of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except: (a) shorelines of statewide significance; (b) shorelines on segments of streams upstream of a point where the mean annual flow is twenty cubic feet per second or less and the wetlands associated with such upstream segments; and (c) shorelines on lakes less than twenty acres in size and wetlands associated with such small lakes.

7.

"Shoreline substantial development" means any development, of which the total cost or fair market value exceeds five thousand dollars, or any development that materially interferes with the normal public use of the water or shorelines of the state.

8.

"Short plat" means a map or representation of a short subdivision.

9.

"Short subdivision" means the division or re-division of land into four or fewer lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership. It may also be referred to as a short plat.

10.

"Sign" means any message, word, symbol, design, picture, or any other visual medium which is intended to draw attention to a product, service, business, person, institution, or location, and is placed or painted on the ground, or on any tree, wall, fence, rock, structure, or thing whatsoever, and placed thereon, whether indoor or outdoor, so as to be visible from off-premises, but excluding legal notices and safety and directional signs posted by public agencies.

A.

The maximum total face area of any sign shall be sixty-four square feet with no more that thirty-two square feet on any one face.

B.

The face area of any sign shall be determined by measuring the amount of space upon which any visual medium could be placed so as to be exposed to public view.

11.

"Sign area" means the entire area within a continuous perimeter, enclosing the extreme limits of sign display, including any frame or border. Curved, spherical, or any other shaped sign face shall be computed on the basis of actual surface area. The copy of signs composed of individual letters, numerals, or other devices shall be the sum of the area of the smallest rectangle or other geometric figure encompassing each of said letter or devices. The calculation for a double-faced sign shall be the area of one face only. A double-faced sign is a sign that has the perimeter of both faces coincide and are parallel and not more than twenty-four inches apart.

12.

Sign, Commercial. "Commercial sign" means a sign that directs attention to a business or profession, to a commodity or service sold, offered, or manufactured, or to an entertainment offered on the premises where the sign is located.

13.

Sign, Freestanding. "Freestanding sign" means a sign supported by one or more upright poles, columns, or braces placed in or on the ground and not attached to any building or structure.

14.

Sign, Off-Premise. "Off-premise sign" means a sign that identifies or communicates a commercial or noncommercial message related to an activity conducted, a service rendered, or a commodity sold at a location other than where the sign is located.

15.

"Sign, Portable. "Portable sign" means a sign, commonly known as a "sandwich sign," that is not permanently affixed to a building, other unmovable structure, or the ground.

16.

"Sign, Projecting. "Projecting sign" means any sign other than a wall sign that is attached to and projects from the wall or face of a building or structure.

17.

Sign, Roof. "Roof sign" means any sign erected upon, against, or directly above a roof eave, or on top of or above the parapet, or on a functional architectural feature above the roof or roof eave.

18.

Sign, Temporary. "Temporary sign" means a display, informational sign, banner, or other advertising device intended for a limited period of display.

19.

Sign, Wall. "Wall sign" means any sign painted on the outside of or attached to a building.

20.

Sign, Window. "Window sign" means a sign painted, stenciled, or affixed to a window that is visible from the right-of-way.

21.

Single-Family Dwelling, Attached. "Attached single-family dwelling" means a building containing dwelling units, each of which has primary ground floor access to the outside and which are attached to each other by party walls without openings. Examples of attached single-family dwelling units include townhouses, condominiums, and duplexes.

22.

Single-Family Dwelling, Detached. "Detached single-family dwelling" means a residential building containing not more than one dwelling unit entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot. Only one detached single-family residence may locate on a lot.

23.

"Slope" means the horizontal distance divided into the average vertical rise over that distance.

24.

"Stable" means any commercial or semi-public establishment where animals such as horses, llamas, donkeys, mules, and alpacas are housed or kept for riding or driving. It may include structures and/or open roaming areas.

25.

"State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)" means the environmental review process as provided by State Environmental Policy Chapter 43.21c RCW and SEPA rules Chapter 197-11 WAC.

26.

"Street" means a public or private thoroughfare used, or intended to be used, for passage or travel by vehicles.

27.

Street, Private. "Private street" means a privately owned thoroughfare open to vehicular ingress and egress established as a separate tract for the benefit of certain adjacent properties. This definition shall not apply to driveways.

28.

"Structure" means anything constructed or erected that requires permanent location on or in the ground or attachment to something having location on or in the ground. A building is always a structure; a structure may or may not be a building. For the purposes of this code, the term "structure" shall not be construed to include any roadway, driveway, at-grade paved parking lot, patio, or courtyard, or any other paved surface, or swimming pool.

29.

"Subdivision" means the division or re-division of land into lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership. See definitions for "long subdivision" and "short subdivision."

"T" Definitions:

1.

"Tavern" means an establishment having a license issued by the Washington State Liquor Control Board and operated primarily for the sale of wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages with any service of food incidental thereto.

2.

"Theater" means a building or part of a building, devoted to showing motion pictures, or for dramatic, musical, or live performances.

3.

"Truck and heavy equipment repair" means any premise for conducting truck and heavy equipment maintenance and repair activities.

4.

"Truck and heavy equipment terminal" means any structure or land devoted principally to the servicing, fueling, repair, storage, sales, and/or leasing of more than four large trucks or similar heavy equipment such as tractor-trailers or tandem or tri-axle dump trucks or grading equipment; or any structure or land devoted principally to any activity involving a substantial and routine traffic consisting of trucks, such as a gasoline or fuel oil distributor, a freight or shipping business, a moving business, or similar activities, but not including other principal uses specified in a zoning district where a truck terminal is permitted.

"U" Definitions:

1.

"Use" means the purpose that land or structures now serve or for which they are occupied, maintained, arranged, designed or intended.

2.

"Used mobile home" means a mobile home which has been previously sold at retail and has been subjected to tax under Chapter 82.08 RCW, or which has been previously used and has been subjected to tax under Chapter 82.12 RCW, and which has substantially lost its identity as a mobile unit at the time of sale by virtue of its being fixed in location upon land owned or leased by the owner of the mobile home and placed on a foundation (posts or blocks) with fixed pipe connections with sewer, water, and other utilities.

3.

"Utility" means any entity, whether public and private, which is in the business of operating and/or provides to customers within the corporate limits stormwater, solid waste pick up and disposal, sewerage, water service, telephone service, selling or furnishing natural or manufactured gas for domestic or industrial consumption, cable vision, or light and power.

"V" Definitions:

1.

"Vehicle" means and includes every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in, upon, or by which any persons or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, including bicycles. The term does not include power wheelchairs or devices other than bicycles moved by human or animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

2.

"Veterinary facility/animal clinic/hospital" means a structure used for veterinary care of sick or injured animals.

a.

A facility for the provision of surgical or other medical treatment to animals. Such animals may be kept in the facility during the recovery period or while under medical treatment only.

b.

The boarding of animals is limited to short-term care, and is accessory to the principal use. This definition does not include kennels.

"W" Definitions:

1.

"Warehousing and distribution" means a use engaged in storage, wholesaling, and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment, but excluding bulk storage of materials that are inflammable or explosive.

2.

Warehouse, Storage. "Storage warehouse" means a structure or part of a structure for storing goods, wares, boats, recreational vehicles, or other merchandise, whether for the owner or others for hire. This does not include a self-service storage facility.

3.

"Wastewater treatment plant" means a facility where the treatment of wastewater is licensed and regulated by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

4.

"Wetland" means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversion of wetlands.

5.

"Wholesale sales" means the sale of goods or commodities usually in bulk or large quantities and usually at a lower cost to a retailer for resale. Such sales activity takes place in establishments or places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.

6.

"Wrecking or junk yards" means any premises devoted to the dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

"X" Definitions:

"Y" Definitions:

1.

"Yard" means any open space located on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for accessory buildings, or such projections as are expressly permitted under Chapter 17.16. The minimum depth or width of a yard shall consist of the horizontal distance between the lot line and the nearest point of the foundation wall of the main building.

2.

Yard, Front. "Front yard" means a yard extending the full length of a front lot line and to the minimum depth required by the applicable zoning district. Front-yard depth shall be measured at right angles to the front lot line.

3.

Yard, Rear. "Rear yard" means a yard extending across the full length of a rear lot line and to the minimum depth required by the applicable zoning district. Rear-yard depth shall be measured at right angles to the rear lot line.

4.

Yard, Side. "Side yard" means a yard extending from a side lot line between the front and rear yards and to a minimum depth required by the applicable zoning district. Side-yard depth shall be measured at right angles to a side lot line.

"Z" Definitions:

(Ord. 560 § 2(part), 2007; Ord. No. 573, § I, 1-26-2009; Ord. No. 574, § I, 11-23-2009; Ord. No. 624, §§ 1, 2, 10-14-19)