(1) For the purpose of this title, certain terms or words herein shall be interpreted or defined as set forth in this section and PMC 25.15.030 through 25.15.280. Except where specifically defined in this chapter all words in this title shall carry the customary meanings.

(2) For the purposes of this title, certain terms or words shall be interpreted and defined as in the following sections of this chapter. [Ord. 4575 § 1, 2022; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 § 25.12.010.]

“Accessory dwelling unit” means an additional dwelling unit on a lot with a primary one-family dwelling unit. An accessory dwelling unit is an independent living unit designed for long-term residential occupancy by one or more people independent of the primary dwelling unit, with independent facilities for sleeping, cooking, and sanitation. An accessory dwelling unit may be attached or internal to the primary dwelling unit, or it may be detached from the primary dwelling unit. For the purposes of this title, internal accessory dwelling units are considered attached accessory dwelling units.

“Accessory use” means a use subordinate to the principal use and located on the same lot with such principal use.

“Adult entertainment” means:

“Adult entertainment facility” means any of the following:

“Agricultural uses (commercial)” means agricultural activities, involving 10 or more acres, carried on as a commercial enterprise with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly. Agricultural uses (commercial) do not include feed lots, stockyards, dairies, hog farms or poultry husbandry.

“Agricultural use (limited)” means an agricultural operation, including the construction of farm buildings and the keeping of farm animals upon the premises, but the agricultural operation shall be for a personal use only and not be carried on as a commercial enterprise where a profit is realized.

“Alley” means a dedicated narrow service way, not more than 20 feet wide, providing a secondary means of public access to abutting properties.

“Alterations” means, as applied to a building or structure:

“Amusement game center” means any building or portion thereof which contains more than two amusement game devices.

“Amusement game device” means a machine or other device, whether mechanical, electrical, or electronic, to be operated by the public for the purpose of entertainment, amusement or as a game, the object of which is to score high or low by comparison to the score of other players, playing concurrently or not, or to demonstrate skill or competence against an opponent, whether the opponent is the device or another person. It shall include such devices as pool tables, billiard tables, pinball machines, arcade video games and similar devices which use television screens or monitors to reproduce symbolic figures and lines intended to be representative of real games or activities.

This definition shall not apply to vending machines for products unrelated to gaming, a device which does not require active participation by the player in the game, coin-operated machines which only provide music, or gambling devices regulated by state law.

“Animal unit” means any one of the following: Steer, cow, milk cow, horse, mule/donkey, three goats, three sheep, three pigs, 20 chickens, 20 fowl or 20 rabbits. For the purpose of this definition, any newborn animal listed above shall be excluded until such time as it is weaned.

“Antique” means a piece of furniture, glassware, silverware, art work or other items that are at least 60 years old and are distinguished from general secondhand personal property and collectibles by educational value, historic value, artistic value, ornamental character or intrinsic aesthetic merits.

“Antique dealer” means an establishment having as its primary stock-in-trade antiques as that term is defined in this chapter.

“Articulation” means shifts in the plane of walls, setbacks, stepbacks, overhangs, and finishes to create variation in a building façade and divide large buildings into smaller identifiable sections.

“Assisted living facility” means a system of housing and care that is designed for two or more occupants who need some assistance with daily activities, and is required to be licensed by the State of Washington.

“Auto body shop” means a building or portion of a building wherein there is engaged the business of improvement and restoration of automobiles and other motor vehicles by sanding, priming, painting, straightening and other like repair and restoration.

“Auto dealership, new” means a business that is franchised or sanctioned through a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary (e.g., Ford, Chrysler, Honda, BMW, etc.) to sell new vehicles at the retail level. Said dealership must include an on-site building greater than 8,000 square feet, with offices, a showroom, a parts department, service bays and indoor maintenance facilities. No more than 33 percent of a new auto dealership sales lot may be devoted to the display of pre-owned vehicles.

“Auto detail shop” means a building or portion of a building wherein there is engaged the business of improvement of the appearance of automobiles or other vehicles defined in PMC 25.15.240 by washing, waxing, polishing or other like means not within the definition of an “auto body shop” (this section).

“Auto repair facilities” means the machinery permanently installed on site to facilitate automobile repair, such as hydraulic lifts, hoists or repair pits. [Ord. 4700A § 1, 2023; Ord. 4575 § 2, 2022; Ord. 4526 § 2, 2021; Ord. 4369 § 6, 2017; Ord. 4149 § 1, 2014; Ord. 4121 § 1, 2013; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.015 – 25.12.093.]

“Billiard or pool halls” means an establishment wherein the principal use or activity is billiards, pool, or snooker, regardless of the number of billiard, pool or snooker tables.

“Blank walls” means ground floor walls or a portion of a ground floor wall with a horizontal length of greater than 15 feet without windows, transparent doors, or architectural elements such as articulation and/or modulation.

“Boarding house” means any dwelling with fewer than 20 sleeping rooms in which persons whether individually or as families are housed or lodged and are provided meals at the dwelling. A rooming house or furnished rooming house is a boarding house.

“Boat” means any type of watercraft, whether registered or unregistered, licensed or unlicensed. The term boat shall include any wheeled trailer or other device on which such boat is or may be kept, stored, or transported, whether registered or unregistered, licensed or unlicensed.

“Building” is any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

“Building, accessory” means a supplementary building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main or principal building and which is located on the same lot therewith.

“Building area” means the three-dimensional space within which a building is permitted to be built on a lot and which is defined by height regulations, yard setbacks, and building coverage.

“Building, detached” means a building surrounded by open space as required herein.

“Building height” means the vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface. Said grade plane represents the average finished ground level adjoining the building exterior walls. Where the finished ground slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line is more than six feet from the building, between the building and a point six feet from the building. [Ord. 4700A § 2, 2023; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.095 – 25.12.130.]

“Camp/travel trailer/fifth wheel” means a structure designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use, constructed with integral wheels to make it mobile and/or towable by motor vehicle.

“Camper (pickup)” means a structure designed to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for recreational use, camping or vacation use.

“Cannabis processor facility” or “cannabis processor facilities” shall mean any business, whether licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board or not, that processes, packages, markets and/or conducts wholesale sales of cannabis.

“Cannabis producer facility” or “cannabis producer facilities” shall mean any business, whether licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board or not, that cultivates, harvests and/or conducts wholesale sales of cannabis.

“Cannabis retail facility” or “cannabis retail facilities” shall mean a business or businesses holding an active license issued by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board permitting it to conduct retail sales of cannabis pursuant to RCW 69.50.301 et seq. and Chapter 314-55 WAC, as such provisions may be amended from time to time, and which license has not been suspended or revoked by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

“Club, membership” means an organization catering exclusively to members and their guests in premises and buildings for recreation and athletic purposes.

“Communication tower” means a freestanding or building-mounted structure, including appurtenances and antenna, intended for airway communication purposes, such as a television antenna or ham radio tower. This definition does not include wireless communications towers defined under PMC 25.15.250.

“Community kitchen” means a facility that offers or provides meals and food to the homeless and needy as its primary activity.

“Community service facilities” of the level one category include, but are not limited to, day-care centers, nursery schools, hospitals, sanitariums, nonprofit community health clinics, governmental and quasi-governmental activities, and related uses which provide similar services for citizens; except any such use which limits the activity solely to organizational or administrative office functions, whereby the actual community service is provided elsewhere, shall be excluded from this definition.

“Community service facilities” of the level two category include, but are not limited to, drug abuse and alcoholic treatment centers, halfway houses, charitable organizations, nonprofit service groups, juvenile care and treatment centers, crisis residential centers, correctional work release facilities, correctional institutions, juvenile delinquency homes and facilities, any and all facilities for incarceration or detainment, temporary shelters, emergency housing facilities, community service housing, missions, community kitchens, food banks, and other similar uses which provide social, health and welfare service for citizens; except any such use which limits the activity solely to organizational or administrative office functions, whereby the actual community service is provided elsewhere, shall be excluded from this definition.

“Community service housing” means a facility that principally offers or provides subsidized housing on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and provides one or more of the additional following services at a cost, if any, subsidized by charitable or government agencies, including: (a) meals and food; (b) child or adult day-care services; (c) employment, substance abuse or behavior counseling; and (d) medical, dental or mental health services; regardless of whether such community social and health welfare services are provided on premises or off the premises for the benefit of such residents.

“Consignment store” means a retail establishment having up to but no more than 50 percent of its stock-in-trade in secondhand personal property as the term is defined in PMC 25.15.210, offered for sale on behalf of others in return for a commission, typically a percentage of the sales price. [Ord. 4670 § 5, 2023; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 4066 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3642 § 1, 2003; Ord. 3514 §§ 3 – 5, 2001; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.135 – 25.12.157.]

“Dance hall” means an enclosed space where public dances are held and where alcohol and/or food may be sold.

Day-Care Center, Family Home Nursery School, Family Home Day Care, Preschool. For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall apply to day-care center, babysitting care, family home day care, family home preschool/nursery schools, nursery schools or preschools:

“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family, multiple-family dwellings, but not including hotels or motel units.

“Dwelling, multifamily” means a building or buildings used or designed as a residence for four or more families living independently of each other and in separate dwelling units doing their own cooking therein. The buildings can be attached or detached. This includes apartments, condominiums, and cottage housing, but does not include hotels or motels.

“Dwelling, single-family attached” means a building designed for occupancy exclusively by one family on an individually owned lot where the building abuts one or more property lines and shares a common wall with an adjacent dwelling unit(s), also known as a “rowhouse” or “townhouse,” and “zero-lot line.”

“Dwelling, single-family detached” means a freestanding dwelling unit designed for occupancy exclusively by one family on an individually owned lot, notwithstanding a permitted accessory dwelling unit.

“Dwelling, duplex” means a building, located on one legal lot, containing two dwelling units designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other with one family in each dwelling unit.

“Dwelling, triplex” means a multifamily building, which is located on one legal lot, containing three dwelling units designed exclusively for occupancy by three single households living independently of each other with one family in each dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means a building or portion thereof providing complete independent living facilities for one family, including permanent provisions for eating, sleeping, cooking and sanitation.

“Dwelling unit, accessory” means an additional dwelling unit on a lot with a primary one-family dwelling unit. An accessory dwelling unit is an independent living unit designed for long-term residential occupancy by one or more people independent of the primary dwelling unit, with independent facilities for sleeping, cooking, and sanitation. An accessory dwelling unit may be attached or internal to the primary dwelling unit, or it may be detached from the primary dwelling unit. For the purposes of this title, internal accessory dwelling units are considered attached accessory dwelling units.

“Dwelling unit, primary” means a separate, complete dwelling unit that is the larger of the dwelling units when a single-family residential site development plan proposes or contains an accessory dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit, zero-lot-line” means a dwelling or dwellings on a parcel, which shares a common wall on a side lot line with a similar adjoining dwelling(s) on a separate, adjacent parcel. Examples include townhouses and rowhouses. [Ord. 4700A § 3, 2023; Ord. 4575 § 3, 2022; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.158 – 25.12.185.]

“Exotic/wild animal” includes but is not limited to anyone of the following: lions, tigers, wildcats (including lynx and bobcats), wolves, bears, apes, monkeys, and raccoons, dangerous reptiles such as alligators, poisonous reptiles, or similar wild and exotic animals. [Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Code 1970 § 25.12.188.]

A “factory-assembled home” is defined as either:

“Family” means one or more persons, either related or unrelated, living together as a single dwelling unit.

“Food truck park” means a lot that is primarily used for mobile vending, services related to mobile vending, and mobile vending customers. This may be on a lot that also contains a building, or on an open lot with no buildings. Food truck parks may contain temporary or permanent seating areas, pathways, and other amenities to support the outdoor dining experience. This definition does not apply to use of a parking lot by one or more food trucks, whereby the primary function of the lot is for parking. [Ord. 4722 § 4, 2024; Ord. 4700A § 4, 2023; Ord. 4575 § 4, 2022; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.190 – 25.12.195.]

“Gable” means the vertical triangular portion of the end of a building created by two sloping planes, extending from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof.

“Garage, public” means any garage other than a private garage, available to the public, operated for gain and which is used for storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting, or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.

“Garage, residential” means a structure on the same lot with and accessory to a principally permitted use, used for storage only. Residential garages do not contain bathrooms, showers, or other furnishings or living space appurtenances set up for habitation purposes.

“Group care facility” means any number of unrelated persons living together as a single housekeeping unit sponsored by a public or private service entity, whether supervision of the residents is provided on a full- or part-time basis.

“Group home” means more than six unrelated persons over the age of 16 years living together as a single housekeeping unit. [Ord. 4700A § 5, 2023; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.200 – 25.12.215.]

“Home occupation” means a profession, trade, skill or service possessed and utilized, in whole or in part, by a family member(s) for monetary gain within or upon the premises of a permanent dwelling unit in a residential district. A home occupation shall not involve wholesale or retail sales of any general or specific line of merchandise, products, goods or wares upon said premises, unless such articles are produced thereon in the conduct of the profession, trade, skill or service; or the merchandise is sold strictly through the internet and/or direct mail service.

“Hotels or motels” means any commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents. [Ord. 4369 § 7, 2017; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.220 – 25.12.222.]

“Junkyard” means a lot or structure or part thereof used for the collecting and/or storage and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal, appliances, old furniture, or discarded material; and/or for the collecting, storage, and/or dismantling and/or salvaging of machinery, equipment, boats and/or vehicles for the sale of parts thereof. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 § 25.12.225.]

“Kennel” means a place where four or more dogs or cats over the age of six months or any combination thereof are kept, whether by owners of the dogs or cats or by persons providing facilities and care, whether or not for compensation. This definition shall include boarding kennels, but not pet shops, animal hospitals, or veterinarian clinics. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 § 25.12.230.]

“Lot” means a designated parcel, tract or area of land established by final plat, short plat, binding site plan, or as otherwise permitted by law.

“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot exclusive of street and alley rights-of-way, regardless of whether such right-of-way is improved.

“Lot, corner” means a lot at the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting street rights-of-way or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.

“Lot coverage” means that percentage of the lot area covered by all buildings, excluding accessory dwellings, including accessory buildings and patio covers or sun screens.

“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear property in the mean direction of the side lot lines.

“Lot, depth of corner” means a mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.

“Lot, flag” means a lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the public right-of-way is by a narrow private driveway. Flag lot also means a recessed interior lot with an extended driveway.

“Lot, interior” means a lot other than a corner lot.

“Lot, key” means a lot in which the front half of the side lot line forms the rear lot line of an adjoining lot.

“Lot line” means any line dividing a lot from a public street or alley right-of-way, or dividing one lot from another.

“Lot, through” means an interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

“Lot, width of,” means the average width measured at right angles to the depth. [Ord. 4700A § 6, 2023; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.235 – 25.12.290.]

“Massage parlor” means a business principally used for the purpose of providing massage in an enclosed building. “Massage” shall have the same meaning as in PMC 5.25.010.

“Massing, building mass” refers to height, width and depth of a building structure. “Massing” means grouping of three-dimensional building forms to achieve variation.

“Micro-brewery” means a business engaged in the production of beer and licensed by the Washington State Liquor Board as a B1 Domestic Brewery, producing less than 60,000 barrels annually.

“Micro-winery” means a business licensed by the Washington State Liquor Board as a W1 winery, producing less than 99,999 liters annually.

“Mini-storage facility” means a building or group of buildings consisting of small, self-contained units for the storage of household or business goods or recreational vehicles, provided no hazardous substances or conditions are maintained within the facility.

“Minor automobile repair” means repairs that are started and completed in one business day, which is defined as the 12-hour period from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., and do not involve vehicle disassembly, dismantling, salvaging or recycling; and include belt and bulb replacement, oil changes and lubrication, fluid flushes, tire and rim replacement or mounting, muffler and exhaust replacement, filter and hose replacement, audio and alarm system installation and glass or wiper replacement or other similar activities.

“Mission” means a facility that offers or provides temporary housing, meals, food, clothing and other commodities or any combination thereof to the homeless and needy as its primary activities.

“Mobile home” means a factory-built dwelling built prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development code, and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or introduction of the home into the state.

“Modulation” means variation in the building mass through the use of stepbacks, setbacks, diminishing upper floors areas, and/or projecting roof overhangs.

“Motor home” means a recreational vehicle or device, whether licensed or unlicensed, primarily designed as a temporary living quarters for recreation, camping, or travel use, which contains its own motive power.

“Motor vehicle repair shop” means a building or portion of a building arranged, intended or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles. [Ord. 4700A § 7, 2023; Ord. 4121 § 1, 2013; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3951 § 1, 2009; Ord. 3514 § 2, 2001; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.295 – 25.12.325.]

“Nightclub” means an establishment that provides entertainment and has as its primary source of revenue (a) the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises and (b) cover charges. It does not mean premises wherein such beverages are sold in conjunction with the sale of food for consumption on the premises and the sale of said beverages comprises less than 25 percent of the gross receipts.

“Nonconforming use” means a use of land existing at the time of the enactment of this title and which does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated.

“Nursing or convalescent home” means any building where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care and which premises are licensed by the State of Washington. [Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.295 – 25.12.340.]

“Open space” means an unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building.

Outdoor Storage. See definition under PMC 25.180.030.

Overnight Truck Parking and Habitation Facility. See definition under PMC 25.163.020. [Ord. 4757A § 1, 2025; Ord. 4757 § 1, 2025; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.345 – 25.12.350.]

“Pawn shop” means an establishment wherein a person, firm or corporation is engaged, in whole or in part, in the business of loaning money on the security of pledges, deposits, or conditional sales of personal property. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.355 – 25.12.360.]

“Quarry, sand pit, gravel pit, or topsoil stripping” means a lot or land or part thereof used for the purpose of extracting stone, sand, gravel or topsoil for sale as an industrial operation and exclusive of the process of grading the lot preparatory to the construction of a building for which application for a building permit has been made. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 § 25.12.365.]

Recreational Vehicle. See definition under PMC 25.160.020.

“Riding academy” means any establishment where horses are kept for riding, driving, or stabling for compensation or incidental to the operation of any club, association, ranch or similar establishment. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.370 – 25.12.375.]

“Secondhand dealer” means an establishment having any portion of its stock-in-trade in secondhand personal property as that term is defined in this section, exclusive of consignment stores and thrift shops as defined in PMC 25.15.050 and 25.15.220.

“Secondhand personal property” means any item (or part thereof) of secondhand personal property, regardless of condition, age or value; including scrap and melted metals, excepting the following: stamps, coins, books, reconditioned appliances, empty food containers, compact discs, computer software, goods used in trade-ins on the purchase of other merchandise of the same or greater value, used automobiles, unclaimed goods sold to collect mechanics’ liens, and antiques.

“Setback” means the distance that buildings or uses must be located away from their lot lines.

“Sexually oriented materials” means any books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed materials, or any photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other visual or sensory representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas.

“Shared driveway” means two or more homes with a shared driveway access from the street to the lots.

“Shop” means a residential garage as defined under PMC 25.15.090.

“Snowmobile” means a vehicle with a continuous tread and runner-type steering device used primarily for over-snow travel.

“Specified anatomical areas” means:

“Specified sexual activities” means:

“Stock-in-trade” means all books, magazines, posters, pictures, periodicals, other printed material, items, products, equipment, prerecorded video tapes, discs or other similar materials readily available for purchase, rental, viewing or use by patrons of the establishment, excluding material located in any storeroom or other portion of the premises not regularly open to patrons.

Storage, Container. “Storage container ” means a unit originally or specifically used or designed to store goods or merchandise during shipping or hauling by a vehicle, including but not limited to rail cars of any kind, truck trailers or multi-modal shipping containers. This definition also includes mobile homes used for storage rather than habitation.

“Street” means a public or private way that affords a principal means of access to abutting properties.

“Structure” is that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. [Ord. 4700A § 8, 2023; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 4066 § 2, 2012; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.385 – 25.12.440.]

“Tattoo parlor” means an enclosed building used for the business of tattooing a customer’s body.

“Tavern” means an establishment licensed by Washington State to dispense beer, wine or other alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises, the provision of which is not in any way dependent upon food sales to retain said license. Such places may also provide packaged alcoholic products for off-site consumption.

“Temporary business” means a mobile vendor as defined under PMC 5.75.030 and any business licensed as a temporary special sales event out of doors and not included within the business activity licensed for the permanent business located on the lot.

“Theater, motion picture” means a building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures on a paid admission basis. This does not include adult entertainment facilities.

“Thrift shop” means a retail establishment having any portion of its stock-in-trade in secondhand personal property as the term is defined in PMC 25.15.210, which has been donated by the public, and at least 80 percent of its total floor space devoted to retail sales. [Ord. 4722 § 5, 2024; Ord. 4066 § 3, 2012; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.445 – 25.12.456.]

“Urban area” means the area within the Pasco City limits and the unincorporated portion of Franklin County within the Pasco Urban Growth Boundary established and adopted by Franklin County.

“Utility trailer” means a vehicular structure or device with or without its own mode of power, licensed or unlicensed, designed and/or used for the transportation of goods, equipment, other vehicles or devices, and materials. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.460 – 25.12.465.]

“Vehicles” means motorized and nonmotorized mechanical devices designed for movement by means of wheels, skids or runners of any kind, and specifically including all such automobiles, buses, trucks, cars, vans, and motor homes even though they may be at any time immobilized in any way for any period of time for whatever duration; and also including boats, trailers and such recreational vehicles as defined herein.

“Vehicle, inoperable” means a vehicle which is apparently inoperable and is extensively damaged, including but not limited to: a broken window or windshield; is absent a tire, wheel, engine, transmission, rear end, axle or driveline; or a vehicle or part thereof which is placed upon jacks, blocks or other support. [Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.470 – 25.12.475.]

“Winery, commercial” means a facility designed for crushing, pressing, fermenting, bottling and cellaring wine for retail and wholesale purposes.

“Wireless communication tower” means an unstaffed facility for the transmission and reception of radio or microwave signals used for commercial or personal communications. Wireless communication towers are composed of two or more of the following components:

“Yard, front” means an open and unoccupied space extending the full width of the lot between any building and the street right-of-way the building is addressed from. The front yard shall be determined by measuring perpendicular from the street right-of-way to the closest point of the building.

“Yard, rear” means an open and unoccupied space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular from the rear lot line to the closest point of the building; and shall not include any front setback area on corner lots. For a corner lot the rear yard shall be parallel to the shortest lot line common to an adjacent lot.

“Yard, secondary front” means a yard on a corner lot between the street right-of-way that a building is not addressed from, extending the remaining width of the frontage from the front yard. The secondary front yard shall be determined by measuring perpendicular from the street right-of-way to the closest point of the building.

“Yard, side” means an open and unoccupied space, except as provided herein, extending from the front yard to the rear lot line between the principal building and the side lot line. The side yard shall be measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the principal building. [Ord. 4734 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 §§ 1 – 3, 1999; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.490 – 25.12.500.]