23.84A.012

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Seattle Municipal Code · Seattle Mun. Code § 23.84A.012

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"Facade" means any exterior wall of a structure including projections from and attachments to the wall. Projections and attachments include balconies, decks, porches, chimneys, unenclosed corridors and similar projections. "Facade, front" means the facade, other than an interior facade, extending the full width of the structure, including modulations, that is closest to and most nearly parallels the front lot line. "Facade, interior" means any facade of a structure that faces, or portions of which face, the facade(s) of another structure(s) located on the same lot. "Facade, rear" means the facade, other than an interior facade, extending the full width of the structure, including modulations, that is closest to and most nearly parallels the rear lot line. "Facade, side" means a facade, other than an interior facade, extending the full depth of the structure, including modulations, that is closest to and most nearly parallels the side lot line. "Facade, street-facing" means a facade extending the full width of a structure and facing a street lot line of the subject property. If two sides of a facade are at an angle to the street lot line, or if the facade is curved or articulated in a manner that is not square, straight or parallel to the street lot line, the Director shall determine which facade is a street-facing facade. Portions of an interior facade that face a street lot line are not a street-facing facade if the portion of the interior facade facing the street is separated from the street for 50 percent or more of its width by another lot at least 10 feet wide or by any structure with interior floor area. "Facade, street-level" means the portion of the facade that covers the street-level story or stories of a structure along an abutting street. On streets with little or no slope, the street-level facade is the exterior wall of the story of a structure with its floor closest to street-level. On sloped streets, the street-level facade may cover portions of more than one story. "Family support center." See "Institution." "FAR." See "Floor area ratio." "Fast food restaurant, formula" means, for purposes of application within the International Special Review District, an establishment required by contractual or other arrangements to offer some or all of the following: 1. standardized menus, ingredients, food preparation, decor, external facade and/or uniforms; 2. prepared food in a ready-to-consume state; 3. food sold over the counter in disposable containers and wrappers; 4. food selected from a limited menu. "Fixed wireless service." See "Communication Devices and Utilities." "Flat" means a dwelling unit that is located entirely on one (1) level in a multi-family structure. "Fleet vehicles" means more than three (3) vehicles having a gross vehicle weight (gvw) not exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds, or more than one (1) vehicle having a gvw exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds permanently located at a business establishment or operated on a daily basis in connection with business activities. This definition shall not include vehicles that are available for rent to the public. "Floating homes." See "Residential use." "Floor area, gross." See "Gross floor area." "Floor area ratio" means a ratio expressing the relationship between the amount of gross floor area or chargeable floor area permitted in one or more structures and the area of the lot on which the structure is, or structures are, located, as depicted in Exhibit 23.84A.012 A. "Florist" means a retail sales and service use in which cut flowers and other plants are sold. "Food preparation area" means a room or portion of a room designed, arranged, intended or used for cooking or otherwise making food ready for consumption. "Food processing and craft work" means a commercial use in which food items and craft work are produced without the use of a mechanized assembly line and includes but is not limited to the following: 1. "Custom and craft work" means a food processing and craft work use in which nonfood, finished, personal or household items, which are either made to order or which involve considerable handwork, are produced. Examples include but are not limited to pottery and candlemaking, production of orthopedic devices, motion picture studios, printing, creation of sculpture and other art work, and glassblowing. The use of products or processes defined as high-impact uses shall not be considered custom and craft work. 2. "Food processing" means a food processing and craft work use in which products for human consumption, such as candy, baked goods, seafood, sausage, tofu, pasta, beverages, tinctures, consumable oils, products to be smoked, etc., are produced for sale and consumption off the premises. Food processing includes catering services. Processing of products for human consumption using mechanized assembly line production of canned or bottled goods is not included in this definition, but is considered to be light manufacturing. "Formula fast-food restaurant." See "Fast food restaurant, Formula." "Freeway" means an expressway with full control of access. "Frequent transit service." See "Transit service, frequent." "Fuel pump" means a device for retail deliveries of motor fuels, including but not limited to gasoline, diesel, natural gas, bio-diesel, or hydrogen, to individual motor vehicles. "Fuel sales" see "Sales, Heavy commercial" under "Sales and services, Heavy (Ord. 124843 , § 62, 2015; Ord. 124326, § 3, 2013; Ord. 123495, § 84, 2011; Ord. 122311 , § 100, 2006.)