Okanogan City Zoning Code

means a building or use which (i) is subordinate to and serves a principal building or use; (ii) is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or use served; (iii) contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal building or use; and (iv) is located on the same lot as the principal building or use.

means any activity including, but not limited to:

means a narrow street which affords only a secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.

means an area in which is conducted the dismantling and/or wrecking of used motor vehicles, machinery or trailers, or the storage or sale of dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or parts or the storage of motor vehicles unable to be moved under the power of the vehicle.

means a veterinarian clinic or kennel where provisions are made for boarding animals for periods longer than one day.

mean a building where lodging with or without meals is provided for three or more persons in addition to members of the family occupying such building.

means the space remaining on a lot after the minimum open space requirements (coverage, yards, setbacks) have been met.

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

means a line, fixed parallel to the lot line, beyond which a building cannot extend.

means a place of worship that is a specially designed structure or consecrated space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or exercise of religion. A building constructed or used for this purpose is sometimes called a house of worship. Temples, churches, and mosques are examples of structures created for worship. A monastery, particularly for Buddhists, may serve both to house those belonging to religious orders and as a place of worship for visitors. A parsonage may be included in the use where it is used to house a clergy member of the church. Natural or topographical features may also serve as places of worship, and are considered holy or sacrosanct in some religions; the rituals associated with the Ganges River are an example in Hinduism.

means the city of Okanogan, Washington.

means the planning commission of the city.

means any map, plan or policy statement pertaining to the development of land use, streets or public utilities and facilities, for all or any portion of the city, which has been officially adopted by the planning commission of the city and the city council.

means a facility other than a home used to house and care for more than two ill, disabled or elderly persons.

means a lot located at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of intersections of not more than 135 degrees.

means the city council.

means a facility other than a home which provides child care for more than two children on a regular basis.

means a home where child care is provided for more than two and fewer than 13 children as licensed by the state of Washington.

means the average number of dwelling units per acre.

means a structure designed to receive radio or television signals from communication satellites.

means a building containing three or more dwelling units.

means a detached building containing one dwelling unit.

means a detached building containing two dwelling units.

means a building or portion of a building designed for occupancy by one family and having only one cooking facility.

means a structure designed for long-term residential use. For purposes of these regulations, factory-built housing consists of three types: modular homes, manufactured homes, and mobile homes. "Kit" homes composed of pre-cut, nonassembled materials are not considered factory-built housing.

means an individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship, living together in a dwelling unit in which meals or lodging may also be provided for not more than two additional persons excluding servants; or a group of not more than three unrelated persons living together in a dwelling unit.

means the total area of all floors of a building as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls and including hall, stairways, elevator shafts, attached garages, porches, basements and balconies.

means the lowest elevation of the finished ground level.

means the average of the natural or existing topography of the portion of the lot, parcel, or tract of real property which will be directly under the proposed building or structure. Calculation of the average grade level shall be made by averaging the elevations at the center of all exterior walls of the proposed building or structure.

means all dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in RCW 70.105.010.

means the holding of dangerous waste for a temporary period as regulated by State Dangerous Waste regulation, Chapter 173-303 WAC.

means the physical, chemical or biological processing of dangerous waste to make wastes nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.

means those treatment and storage facilities which treat and store waste from generators on properties other than those on which the off-site facilities are located. These facilities must comply with the state siting criteria as adopted in accordance with RCW 70.105.210.

means those treatment and storage facilities which treat and store wastes generated on the same geographically contiguous, or bordering property. These facilities must comply with the state siting criteria as adopted in accordance with RCW 20.105.210.

means the vertical distance measured from average grade level to the highest point of the roof.

means the lawful accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving the manufacture, provisions for sale of goods and/or services in the home, and meeting the standards and restrictions of Chapter 18.68 OMC.

means the subgroup of home occupations of a significantly less intensity and magnitude of character and meeting the standards and restrictions of Chapter 18.68 OMC. Home occupations, administration is the accessory use of a dwelling unit as an administrative office for an occupation conducted away from the home and/or employs only the residents of the home and no clients visit the dwelling to conduct business. The home is used for phone calls, mail, and completing paperwork associated with a business. This definition does not include manufacturing, sales, repair or other such services conducted within the home.

means an area where any person is engaged in breaking up, handling, packing, bailing, sorting, distributing, buying or selling any scrap, waste material or junk, including but not limited to scrap metal, bones, rags, used cloth, used rubber, used rope, used bottles, old or used machinery, used tools, used appliances, used fixtures, used lumber, used pipe or pipe fittings, used tires or other used manufactured goods.

means the basic development unit; an area with fixed boundaries, used or intended to be used by one building and its accessory building(s) and not divided by any street or alley.

means the total horizontal land area within the lot lines of a lot.

means the amount of land covered or permitted to be covered by a building, usually measured in terms of percentage of total lot area. Coverage includes any accessory structures.

means the property line bounding a lot.

means the property line separating the lot from the street other than an alley.

means a property line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of an irregular, triangular or other shaped lot, a line 10 feet in length within the lot parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

means any property line not a front or rear lot line.

means the average horizontal distance between the side lot lines, ordinarily measured at the front building line.

is a manufactured home constructed after June 15, 1976, in accordance with state and federal requirements for manufactured homes, which:

means a manufactured home that meets the definition of "designated manufactured home" and additionally:

means a residential, factory-built dwelling constructed in accordance with and subsequent to the 1976 enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.

means a parcel of land under single ownership on which two or more manufactured housing units are sited. A manufactured housing community does not include real property used for seasonal recreation purposes only, as opposed to year-round occupancy.

means a condominium development of manufactured homes.

means a residential, factory-built dwelling constructed prior to the 1976 enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.

means a residential unit or part thereof on one or more chassis for towing to the point of use and designated to be used with a foundation as a dwelling unit on a year-round basis, and which bears an insignia issued by a state or federal regulatory agency indicating that the mobile/ manufactured home complies with all applicable construction standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development definition of a manufactured home. Commercial coaches, recreational vehicles or motor homes are not considered mobile/manufactured homes.

means a development of at least one acre of land specifically designed for mobile/manufactured homes or mobile homes on the same lot for dwelling or sleeping purposes.

means a residential, factory-built dwelling constructed in conformance with local and state building codes.

means a lot, the area, width and other dimensional characteristics of which fail to meet the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located and was conforming prior to the enactment of the ordinance codified in this title or any amendment thereto.

means a legally established structure existing at the time the ordinance codified in this title or any amendment thereto becomes effective which does not conform to the lot size, yard, height or lot coverage requirements of the district in which it is located.

means a legally established use existing at the time the ordinance codified in this title or any amendment thereto becomes effective which does not conform to the use requirements of the district in which it is located.

means a facility, structure or use of land for the commercial production of bedding plants, tree stock or associated horticultural or agricultural products.

means an off-street enclosed or unenclosed surface area of not less than nine feet by 20 feet in size, exclusive of maneuvering and access area, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile, and connected with a street by a driveway which affords ingress and egress for automobiles.

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means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, branch of government, social or fraternal organization, or any group or combination acting as a legal entity, and including representative(s) thereof.

means the planning commission of the city.

means an office occupied by doctors, dentists, accountants, attorneys, optometrists, architects, professional engineers and surveyors, and persons engaged in other similar occupations.

means a structure or use designed to provide indoor or outdoor recreation opportunities for the public.

means travel trailers, motor homes and other like vehicles used for camping and other recreational activities.

means a a parcel of land designed to accommodate travel trailers, motor homes, campers and other types of recreational vehicles on an overnight or longer-term basis.

means an institution of learning, whether public or private, offering a regular course of educational instruction, and includes kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school, or any special institution of education.

means the required distance between structures and all lot lines.

means an identification, description, illustration or device which is affixed to or represented, directly or indirectly, upon a structure or land, and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, person, institution, business or profession.

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means a public right-of-way for roadway, sidewalk and utility installation.

means any change to the supporting members of a structure including but not limited to foundations, bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, girders, trusses or any structural change in the roof or exterior walls.

means anything constructed or erected on the ground, or which is attached to something located on the ground. The term includes buildings, radio and TV towers, shed and signs. The term does not include residential fences and retaining walls less than three feet in height, rockeries, sidewalks and other paved surfaces, and similar improvements of a minor character.

means a structure or use designed to provide services and support for persons using public conveyance.

means a building or vehicle which is portable or which was originally designed to be portable and which was constructed to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.

means the purpose for which land or a structure is primarily designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is primarily occupied or maintained.

means a clinic for the treatment of sick, diseased or injured animals on an appointment or walk-in basis which may also include boarding facilities.

means any fence, wall, tree, hedge or shrub, object or combination of which limits visibility along streets.

means a school for educating, training or retraining persons in a trade, vocation or other technical field.

means an open space on a lot which is unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided in this title.

means a yard between side lot lines and measured horizontally at right angles to the front lot line from the front lot line to the nearest point of the building.

means a yard between the side lot lines and measured horizontally at right angles from the side lot line to the nearest point of the building.

means a yard between the front and rear yard measured horizontally at right angles from the side lot line to the nearest point of the building.

means the side yard of a corner lot abutting the street extending from the front yard to the rear lot line, and measured horizontally at right angles from the side lot line to the nearest point of the building.

means a section of the city designated in this chapter in which requirements for the use of land and building and development standard are prescribed.

means the map delineating the boundaries of districts which, along with the zoning text of this title, comprise the zoning ordinance of the city.