23.84A.002

"Abut" means to border upon, except that lots that touch only on a corner of another lot are not considered to abut. "Access bridge" means a structure that is designed and necessary for pedestrian access from an alley, street or easement to a principal structure or accessory structure. "Accessible crossing" means that portion of the pedestrian walkway that provides a direct connection between the roadway level and the constructed pedestrian walkway level for the purpose of allowing persons and persons operating wheeled devices to have access between the roadway and pedestrian walkway. "Accessory dwelling unit." See "Residential use." "Accessory parking." See "Parking, accessory." "Accessory structure" means a structure that is incidental to the principal structure. "Accessory use." See "Use, accessory." "Addition to existing public school structures" means any extension of an existing public school structure or rebuilding of an existing public school structure any portion of which remains intact. Building of an entirely new public school structure when part of an existing public school complex is considered an addition to an existing public school structure when the proposed new structure is on an existing public school site. "Adjacent" means near but not necessarily touching. "Administrative conditional use." See "Use, conditional." "Administrative office." See "Office." "Adult cabaret." See "Entertainment use." "Adult care center." See "Institution." "Adult family home" means the occupation of a dwelling unit by an adult family home defined and licensed as such by the State of Washington under chapter 70.128 RCW. "Adult motion picture theater." See "Entertainment use." "Adult panoram." See "Entertainment use." "Advertising sign." See "Billboard." "Agricultural use" means any of the following: 1. "Animal husbandry" means a use in which animals are reared or kept in order to sell the animals or their products, such as meat, fur or eggs, but does not include keeping of animals according to Section 23.42.052 , pet daycare centers, or animal shelters and kennels. Examples of animal husbandry uses are poultry farms and rabbitries. 2. "Aquaculture" means a use in which food fish, shellfish or other marine foods, aquatic plants, or aquatic animals are cultured or grown in fresh or salt waters in order to sell them or the products they produce. Examples are fish farms and shellfish beds. 3. "Community garden" means a use in which land managed by a public or nonprofit organization, or a group of individuals, is used to grow plants and harvest food or ornamental crops from them for donation or for use by those cultivating the land and their households. Examples include P-Patch community gardens administered by the Department of Neighborhoods. 4. "Horticulture" means a use, other than an urban farm, in which plants are grown for the sale of them or their products or for use in any business, and in which other customarily incidental products may be sold. Examples include nurseries with greenhouses and garden stores. 5. "Urban farm" means a use in which plants are grown or animals are kept in accordance with Section 23.42.052 for sale of the plants, or the sale of either plants or animal products including but not limited to eggs or honey, but not including the slaughtering of animals or birds for meat, and in which the plants, or plant and animal products are sold at the lot where they are grown or kept, or off site, or both, and in which no other items are sold. Examples may include flower and vegetable raising, orchards and vineyards, or sale of eggs, honey, or similar animal products. "Agricultural use" does not include landscaping or gardening that is incidental to a residential use or business if plants or their products are not sold. "Airport." See "Air transportation facilities" under "Transportation facility." "Aisle" means a passageway for vehicles within a parking garage or surface parking area, other than a driveway. "Alley" means a public right-of-way not designed for general travel and primarily used or intended as a means of vehicular and pedestrian access to the rear of abutting properties. An alley may or may not be named. "Alley, existing" means any alley that is not a new alley. "Alley, new" means an alley proposed to be created through the subdivision or short subdivision process. "Amenity area" means space that provides opportunity for active or passive recreational activity for residents of a development or structure, including landscaped open spaces, decks and balconies, roof gardens, plazas, courtyards, play areas, swimming pools and sport courts. "Amenity area, common" means amenity area that is available for use by all occupants of a residential use. "Amenity area, private " means amenity area that is intended to be used only by the occupants of one dwelling unit. "Animal health services." See "Medical services." "Animal husbandry." See "Agricultural use." "Animal shelters and kennels" means a use in which four or more small animals are boarded, impounded, cared for, or bred for sale as pets, except if permitted as part of a pet daycare center or pet grooming service, and which may include on-site outdoor exercise space, and disposing of lost, stray, unwanted, dead, or injured animals. "Apartment" See "Residential use". "Appeal, open record." See "Hearing, open record." "Application, fully complete, for preliminary plat approval of a subdivision" means an application meeting the requirements of Section 23.22.020 . "Application, fully complete, for short plat approval" means an application meeting the requirements of Sections 23.24.020 and 23.24.030 . "Aquaculture." See "Agricultural use." "Arbor" means a landscape structure consisting of an open frame with horizontal and/or vertical latticework often used as a support for climbing plants. An arbor may be freestanding or attached to another structure. "Arborist, certified" means an individual who has successfully passed the certified arborist examination administered by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and holds a current certification. "Areaway" means a space or court, either covered or uncovered, that affords room, access or light to a structure. "Arterial." See "Street, arterial." "Artist's studio/dwelling." See "Residential use." "Arts facility" means space occupied by one or more organizations dedicated to the creation, display, performance, or screening of art by or for members of the general public. "Assisted living facility." See "Residential use." "Assisted living unit" is a dwelling unit in an assisted living facility that meets the size and physical requirements required by WAC 388-110-140. "Atrium, public." See "Public atrium." "Atrium, shopping." See "Shopping atrium." "Attached accessory dwelling unit." See "Residential use." "Automobile wrecking yard." See "Solid waste management, Salvage yard," under "Utility." "Automotive parts and accessory sales." See "Retail sales and services, automotive" under "Sales and services, automotive." "Automotive repair, major." See "Sales and services, automotive." "Automotive retail sales and service." See "Sales and services, automotive." "Automotive sales and service." See "Sales and services, automotive." "Avenue," if used with reference to a downtown zone, means one of the following public rights-of-way (including if designated with the directional "South"): Elliott, Western, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Terry, Boren, Minor, Yale, Occidental, Maynard, and Rainier Avenues. "Average daily outpatients" means a number equal to the annual number of outpatients divided by the number of days the hospital receiving them is open. "Awning, fixed" means a protective covering of fixed, non-collapsible, rigid construction, attached to a structure, the upper surface of which has a pitch of at least thirty (30) degrees from the horizontal. (Ord. 127376 , § 76, 2025; Ord. 126855 , § 69, 2023; Ord. 125854 , § 7, 2019; Ord. 125791 , § 108, 2019; Ord. No. 125681 , § 5, 2018; Ord. 125603 , § 75, 2018; Ord. 124843 , § 60, 2015; Ord. 124378 , § 87, 2013; Ord. 123589, § 97, 2011; Ord. 123495, § 81, 2011; Ord. 123378, § 24, 2010; Ord. 123020, § 14, 2009; Ord. 122411 , § 9, 2007; Ord. 122311 , § 100, 2006.)