23.84A.004

"Balcony" means "Deck" or "Ledge." "Bay window" means a window feature comprising three (3) or more wall planes that projects beyond a structure face. "Bed and breakfast." See "Lodging use." "Bedroom" means any habitable space primarily used for sleeping that meets applicable requirements of the Seattle Building Code. "Billboard." See "Sign, advertising." "Bioretention facility" means a landscaped area that receives rainwater from surrounding areas and uses plants and soils to slow, filter and infiltrate stormwater runoff. Bioretention facilities include but are not limited to rain or rainwater gardens, bioretention planters, and linear cells or swales. "Block." In areas outside downtown and Seattle Mixed (SM) zones, a block consists of two facing block fronts bounded on two sides by alleys, rear lot lines, or another lot's side lot line and on two sides by the centerline of platted streets, with no other intersecting streets intervening, as depicted in Exhibit A for 23.84A.004 . Exhibit A for 23.84A.004 Block In downtown and Seattle Mixed (SM) zones within specific geographic areas as identified in Table A for 23.48.002, a block consists of the area bounded by street lot lines, and may or may not be bisected by an alley, as depicted in Exhibit B for 23.84A.004 . Exhibit B for 23.84A.004 Downtown block and block in Seattle Mixed (SM) zones within specific geographic areas "Block front" means the land area along one side of a street bound on three sides by the centerline of platted streets and on the fourth side by an alley, rear lot lines, or another lot's side lot lines (Exhibit C for 23.84A.004 ). For blocks in Downtown zones and all Seattle Mixed (SM) zones within specific geographic areas set forth in Table A to 23.48.002, if there is no alley or rear lot line, a line that approximates the centerline of the block shall be used to establish the line dividing the two block fronts of the block, taking into consideration the location of vacated alleys on the block, if any, and the location and orientation of alleys and rear lot lines on surrounding blocks. Exhibit C for 23.84A.004 Block front "Boat moorage." See "Parking and moorage" under "Transportation facility." "Boat moorage, public" means a boat moorage that is owned, operated or franchised by a governmental agency for use by the general public. "Bridge, access." See "Access bridge." "Building." See "Structure." "Bus base." See "Vehicle storage and maintenance" under "Transportation facility." "Business district identification sign" means an off-premises sign that gives the name of a business district or industrial park and which may list the names of individual businesses within the district or park. "Business establishment" means an economic or institutional unit organized for the purposes of conducting business and/or providing a service. In order to be considered a separate business establishment, a business shall be physically separated from other businesses. Businesses that share common facilities, such as reception areas, checkout stands, and similar features (except shared building lobbies and restrooms) are considered the same business establishment. A business establishment may be within one structure or many, and may be located on a single lot or on multiple adjacent lots. A business establishment may be a commercial, manufacturing, institutional, or any other type of nonresidential use or live-work unit. "Business incubator." See "Retail sales and services, non-household." "Business sign." See "Sign, business." "Business support service." See "Retail sales and services, non-household" under "Sales and services, heavy." "Butterfly roof" means a roof having planes that slope upward from the interior of a structure toward its exterior walls. (Ord. 126685 , § 59, 2022 [cross-reference and style update]; Ord. 126157 , § 52, 2020; Ord. 125603 , § 76, 2018; Ord. 125267 , § 37, 2017; Ord. 124883 , § 16, 2015; Ord. 124475, § 8, 2014; Ord. 122935, § 18, 2009; Ord. 122311 , § 100, 2006.)