The definition of any word or phrase not listed in this chapter which is in question when administering this title shall be defined by the development review committee from one of the following sources. The sources shall be utilized by finding the desired definition from source number one, but if it is not available there, then source number two may be used and so on. The sources are as follows:

A.

Any city resolution, ordinance, code or regulation;

B.

Any statute or regulation of the state of Washington;

C.

Legal definitions from Washington common law or a law dictionary;

D.

The common dictionary.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

For the purposes of this title, unless the context requires otherwise, the words and terms defined in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this chapter.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Abutting" means bordering upon, to touch upon, in physical contact with. Properties are considered abutting even though the area of contact may be only a point.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Access" means a way or means of approach to provide vehicular or pedestrian physical entrance to a property.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"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 provision within the accessory apartment for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. Such a dwelling is an accessory use to the main dwelling. Accessory units are also commonly known as "mother-in-law" units or "carriage houses."

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Accessory building" means a building or structure housing an accessory use, such as a detached garage, detached carport, tool or garden sheds, cabanas, and covered swimming pools unless otherwise noted in this title.

(Ord. No. 1304, § 2, 10-6-2014)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1304, § 2, adopted October 6, 2014, repealed the former § 17.08.015, and enacted a new § 17.08.015 as set out herein. The former § 17.08.015 pertained to accessory use building or structure and derived from Ord. No. 939, 2000.

"Accessory use" means a use which is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principle use on the same lot.

(Ord. No. 1304, § 3, 10-6-2014)

"Adjacent" means nearby and not necessarily abutting.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Adult day care" means a facility which provides, on a recurrent basis for periods of less than twenty-four hours, supervision and social activities in a group setting, and which serves socially isolated persons, or persons who cannot be left unsupervised. Persons may have physical, cognitive, or emotional impairments, but any required treatment is provided outside the social day care program.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Adult family home" means a regular family abode of a person or persons who are providing personal care, room, and board to more than one, but not more than four, adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services; except that a maximum of six adults may be permitted if the Department of Social and Health Services determines that the home is of adequate size and that the home and provider are capable of meeting the standards and qualifications established in Chapter 70.128 RCW.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Agriculture" means the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, forestry, horticulture, gardening, keeping or raising of livestock and poultry, and any agricultural industry or business such as dairies, nurseries, greenhouses, or similar uses.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Alley" means a public thoroughfare or way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property. Access is usually limited to on-site vehicular parking and utility service.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Amendment" means a change in the wording, context or substance of this title, or the Woodland comprehensive plan, a change in the zone boundaries upon zoning maps adopted under this title, or a change in the land use designations upon the comprehensive plan map.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Animal shelter" means a place where dogs, cats or other stray or homeless animals are sheltered. Activities and services may include kenneling, animal clinic, pet counseling and sales, as well as animal disposal.

(Ord. No. 1263, § 6, 4-15-2013)

"Small animal" means any animal other than livestock or animals considered to be predatory or wild.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Antenna" means any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting disks, or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves external to or attached to any building.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Satellite dish antenna" means a device incorporating a reflective surface that is solid, open mesh, or bar configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn, or cornucopia. Such device is used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based uses. This definition is meant to include but not be limited to what are commonly referred to as satellite earth stations, TVROs (television reception only satellite dish antennae), and satellite microwave antennae.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Apartments" means a building design for the purpose of human habitation which contains two or more dwelling units.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Artisan/craft shop" means a retail store selling art glass, ceramics, clothing, jewelry, paintings, sculpture, and other handcrafted items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the items being sold.

(Ord. No. 1263, § 6, 4-15-2013)

"Assisted living facilities" means apartments in an apartment complex but with additional services beyond retirement units. The services include all of those provided in retirement homes, as well as more personal care services such as giving medications, assisting with bathing, dressing, transporting to a doctor, etc. Some assisted living facilities specialize in dementia care where a secured environment is needed for confused residents who might wander off.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Automobile, boat and trailer sales area" means an open area, other than a street, used for the display, sale or rental on the premises of new or used automobiles, boats or trailers, and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair to items sold.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Major automobile and truck repair" means the rebuilding and reconditioning of automobiles and of trucks over one and one-half tons in capacity, which include: auto and truck body and frame repair and straightening, vehicle painting, motor vehicle dismantling and wrecking, and engine, transmission, and suspension rebuilding. These uses normally require outdoor storage of vehicles under repair or used for parts.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Minor automobile and truck repair" means general maintenance, tune-up, and replacement with new or reconditioned parts to automobiles and trucks not exceeding one and one-half tons in capacity, but not including operations specified under Section 17.08.060. Activities include: ignition system tune-ups, oil and lubricating, clutch, starter, alternator, water pump, and fuel pump replacement, front end realignment, tire balancing, muffler and suspension repair, and electric system repairs.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Automobile wrecking yard" means an area outside of an enclosed building where motor vehicles are disassembled, dismantled or junked, or where vehicles not in operable condition or used parts of motor vehicles are stored.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Basement" means that portion of a building partly underground and having at least one-half of its height, or more than five feet, below the exterior ground's grade level. If the finished floor level directly above the basement is more than five feet above grade, such basement shall be considered a story.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Battery charging station" means a public or private electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.27 RCW, as amended, and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540, as amended.

(Ord. No. 1257, § 1, 1-7-2013)

"Battery exchange station" means a fully automated facility that will enable an electric vehicle with a swappable battery to enter a drive lane and exchange the depleted battery with a fully charged battery through a fully automated process, which meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.27 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.

(Ord. No. 1257, § 1, 1-7-2013)

"Bed and breakfast" means a lodging where five or fewer guest rooms are provided to guests by a resident operator for a fee by pre-arrangement on a daily or short-term, temporary basis. A breakfast and/or light snacks may be served to those renting rooms in the bed and breakfast. No cooking facilities are provided in the individual rooms.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

For a definition of "billboard," see provisions for outdoor advertising display and outdoor advertising structure, contained in Sections 17.08.540 and 17.08.545.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Block" means all property abutting upon one side of a street between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between a street and railroad right-of-way, waterway, terminus or dead-end street. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block on the side of the street which it intercepts.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Board and care homes" means homes generally licensed to care for ten to fifteen functionally disabled or frail older adults. Services provided include meals, social activities, laundry, housekeeping, medication supervision, and personal care services. Typically, residents have a sleeping room (private or semi-private) and share living rooms and family rooms. They are often large homes adapted for board and care. Usually there is twenty-four-hour a day staff coverage. Some specialize in caring for developmentally disabled or chronically mentally ill adults. They may also be referred to as "residential care facilities" and "congregate care facilities."

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Boardinghouse" means a building with not more than five guest rooms where meals (with or without lodging) are provided for compensation for not more than ten persons, but shall not include rest homes or convalescent homes. Guest rooms numbering six or more in any building shall constitute a hotel. The term "lodginghouse" is synonymous with "boardinghouse."

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Boat" means a vessel designed to travel on water.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Building" means any structure having a roof. When a use is required to be within a building, or where special authority granted pursuant to this title requires that a use shall be within an entirely enclosed building, the term "building" means one so designated and constructed that all exterior walls of the structure shall be solid from the ground to the roof line, and shall contain no openings except for windows and doors which are designed so that they may be closed.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Building department" means the designated building department of the city.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Building height" means the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof. (Refer to Figure 17.08 A).

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Building line" means a line established at the minimum distance a building may be located from any property line or right-of-way as determined by the standards of this title.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Main building" means the principal building or other structure on a lot or building site designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted. Where a permissible use involves more than one building or structure designed or used for the primary purpose, as in the case of group houses, each such permissible building or other structure on a lot or building site as defined by this title shall be construed as comprising a main building or structure.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Building site" means a parcel of land assigned to a use, to a main building, or to a main building and its accessory buildings, together with all yards and open spaces required by this title, whether the area so devoted is comprised of one lot, a combination of lots, or a combination of lots and fractions of lots, or a piece of unsubdivided land.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Business" means the purchase, sale, offering for sale, or other transaction involving the handling or disposition of any article, service, substance or commodity for livelihood or profit; or the management or occupancy of office buildings, offices, recreational or amusement enterprises by professions and trades or persons rendering services.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

This definition includes the terms "trailer park," "trailer court," and "public trailer court" and means a plot of ground divided into lots or sites under ownership or management of one person, firm or corporation, or unit of government for the purpose of temporarily locating or allowing camper vehicles for dwelling or sleeping purposes.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Camper vehicle" means a travel trailer, pickup camper, converted bus, tent trailer, motor home, camping trailer, or similar vehicular dwelling used for travel, vacation, or recreational purposes.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Carport" means a private garage which is open to the weather on at least forty percent of the total area of its sides.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

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

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Charging levels" means the standardized indicators of electrical force, or voltage, at which an electric vehicle's battery is recharged. The terms 1, 2, and 3 are the most common EV charging levels, and include the following specifications: Level 1 is considered slow charging, Level 2 is considered medium charging, and Level 3 is considered fast or rapid charging.

(Ord. No. 1257, § 1, 1-7-2013)

"Church" means an establishment or group of people with the principal purpose of religious worship and for which the principal building or other structure contains the sanctuary or principal place of worship.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Classification" means a category in the broad list of land uses, in which category, certain uses, either individually or as to type, are identified as possessing similar characteristics or performance standards and are permitted as compatible uses in the same zone or classification. A classification, as the term is employed in this title, includes provisions, conditions and requirements related to the location of permitted uses.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

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

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"Club" means an association of persons for some common purpose, but not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)

"College" means a public or private post-secondary educational institution, granting associate, bachelor and/or graduate degrees.

(Ord. 939 § 2 (part), 2000)