Palouse City Zoning Code

occurs when an owner of a support structure intends to permanently and completely cease all business activity associated therewith.

means any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a telecommunications facility or support structure. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters or other structures.

means any structure incidental, appropriate and subordinate to the main use of the property, and located on the same lot, or in the same building as the main use.

means the city building inspector and a selected planning commission member of the city.

means any structure or device used to collect or radiate electromagnetic waves for the provision of services including, but not limited to, cellular, paging, personal communications services (PCS) and microwave communications. Such structures and devices include, but are not limited to, directional antennas, such as panels, microwave dishes and satellite dishes, and omnidirectional antennas, such as whips. This definition does not apply to broadcast antennas, antennas designed for amateur radio use, or satellite dishes designed for residential or household purposes.

means a room or suite of rooms in a multi-unit structure that is arranged, designated, used or intended to be used as a housekeeping unit for a single family.

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

means that portion of a platted block that fronts along a single street.

means the lot lines describing a lot of record.

means a strip of land having mature vegetation, trees, fencing, or other appropriate barrier, of which the purpose is to provide visual and physical screening between zones defined as incompatible.

means any structure built for support, shelter or enclosure of persons and property, or structures of any kind.

means vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed structure's finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat and mansard roofs and to the average height between the eaves and ridge for other types of roofs.

means a portable, self-contained telecommunications facility that can be moved to a location and set up to provide wireless services on a temporary or emergency basis. A COW is normally vehicle-mounted and contains a telescoping boom as the antenna support structure.

means the act of siting telecommunications facilities on an existing structure without the need to construct a new support structure and without a substantial increase in the size of an existing structure.

means any telecommunications facility that is integrated as an architectural feature of an existing structure or any new support structure designed so that the purpose of the facility or support structure for providing wireless services is not readily apparent to a casual observer.

means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

means a structure containing two dwelling units.

means any building or portion thereof that contains living facilities including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

means previously erected support structure or any other structure, including, but not limited to, buildings and water tanks, to which telecommunications facilities can be attached.

means a document that City Hall holds and records all updated fees and schedules. Updated at least annually.

means the side of a lot or structure that faces the legal street address.

means an open space extending the full width of the lot and extending the full depth of the least distance between the front lot line and the front of a main building. Front yard is determined by established neighborhood precedent.

means all dangerous and hazardous waste regulated by the Washington State Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC, or its successors.

means an accessory use of a service character conducted within a dwelling by the residents thereof, which is clearly secondary to the dwelling use for living purposes and does not change the dwelling's character.

means the planned conversion of empty lots, underused or rundown buildings and other available space in built up areas for use as sites for commercial buildings and housing, frequently an alternative to overbuilding.

means the total horizontal land area within the lot lines of a parcel of land, exclusive of public or private road and easements of vehicular access to other property.

means improvements to existing telecommunications facilities or support structures that result in a substantial increase to the existing structure. Collocation of new telecommunications facilities to an existing support structure without replacement of the structure shall not constitute a major modification.

is defined as a dedicated commercial facility in which customers rent or lease space to store personal property.

means improvements to existing structures that result in some material change to the facility or support structure but of a level, quality or intensity that is less than a substantial increase. Minor modifications include the replacement of the structure.

shall be used interchangeably with the term "manufactured home" and both terms shall have the same meaning as these terms are defined in RCW 46.04.302 (as now appears or as may hereafter be amended). These terms shall not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.

means a parcel of land (or contiguous parcels) divided into two or more mobile home lots for rent. Each lot shall have independent utilities and services.

means a single, freestanding pole-type structure supporting one or more antenna. For purposes of this chapter, a monopole is not a tower.

means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of this title.

means any use, building, and/or structure not in compliance with any one or all of the provisions contained in this title, which existed legally at the time of the adoption of this title.

means an off-street surfaced 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 surfaced driveway.

is defined as an area of land or water that either remains in its natural state or is used for agriculture, free from intensive development for residential, commercial, industrial or institutional use. Open space can be publicly or privately owned. It includes agricultural and forest land, undeveloped estuarine lands, undeveloped scenic lands, public parks and preserves, and cemeteries. It also may include water bodies such as lakes and rivers.

means ensuring that telecommunications facilities and support structures are kept in good operating condition. Ordinary maintenance includes inspections, testing and modifications that maintain functional capacity, aesthetic and structural integrity; for example the strengthening of a support structure's foundation or of the support structure itself. Ordinary maintenance includes replacing antennas of a similar size, weight, shape and color and accessory equipment within an existing telecommunications facility and relocating the antennas of approved telecommunications facilities to different height levels on an existing monopole or tower upon which they are currently located. Ordinary maintenance does not include minor and major modifications.

means a piece of ground in or near the city kept for ornament and recreational purposes.

means the specific purpose for which land and/or buildings is designated, arranged, intended, or for which it may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent includes any nonconforming use.

refers to a new development within specified land use zones that is different from the layout and design otherwise permissible in such zones.

means a nonprofit social organization whose premises are restricted to its members and their guests, and which premises may include certain structures and buildings used primarily for the accommodation of its members.

means a building constructed for public purposes and usage by agencies and departments of local, county, state and federal government.

means a structure containing four dwelling units.

means an open space extending the full width of the lot between a main building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward.

means constructing a new support structure of proportions and of equal height or such other height that would not constitute a substantial increase to a preexisting support structure in order to support a telecommunications facility or to accommodate collocation and removing the preexisting support structure.

means the distance in feet as measured from a lot line to the sill line of a building, or the closest point to the lot line of a structure.

means an open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard, between a building and a side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward. The required width of side yards shall be measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line to the nearest part of the main building.

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.

means a walled and roofed building or mobile home that is principally above­ground.

means any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either: before the improvement or repair is started, or if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.

is considered to exist when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. "Substantial improvement" does not, however, include either:

occurs when:

means a structure designed to support telecommunications facilities including, but not limited to, monopoles, towers, and other freestanding self-supporting structures.

means any unmanned facility established for the purpose of providing wireless transmission of voice, data, images or other information including, but not limited to, cellular telephone service, personal communications service (PCS), and paging service. A "telecommunication facility" can consist of one or more antennas and accessory equipment or one base station.

means a structure that does not meet the requirements of living space within this title. This includes campers, RVs, and use of an accessory building.

means a lattice-type structure, guyed or freestanding, that supports one or more antennas.

means a structure containing three dwelling units.

means hotel, motel, and licensed bed and breakfast facilities.