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"Panoram, adult." See "Entertainment use." "Parcel park" means an amenity feature consisting of a small open space that is accessible to the public and that provides downtown pedestrians an opportunity to rest and relax in a developed urban environment through such amenities as seating, landscaping and artwork. "Park." See "Parks and open space". "Park and ride facility." See "Park and ride facility" under "Parking and moorage" under "Transportation facility." "Parking" when used as a noun means a surface parking area or parking garage. "Parking, accessory" means one or more parking spaces that are either reserved or required for a particular use or structure. "Parking and moorage." See "Transportation facility." "Parking, flexible-use." See "Parking and moorage," under "Transportation facility." "Parking garage" means a structure or a portion of a structure used or intended to be used for parking or storage of vehicles. "Parking, long-term" means one or more long-term parking spaces. "Parking, non-required" means one or more parking spaces not required by either the Land Use Code ( Title 23 SMC) or the Zoning Code ( Title 24 SMC) as accessory to a principal use and not required as a mitigating measure pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act. "Parking screen" means a screen that effectively obscures view of off-street parking from the public right-of-way or private lots. (See also "Screen.") "Parking, short-term" means one or more short-term parking spaces. "Parking space" means an area for the parking of one vehicle within a parking facility or parking area, exclusive of driveways, ramps, and office and work areas. "Parking space, long-term" means a parking space that will be occupied by the same motor vehicle for four hours or more, including a space generally used by persons who commute to work by private motor vehicle or by residents. "Parking space, short-term" means a parking space occupied by individual motor vehicles for less than four hours and generally used intermittently by shoppers, visitors, or outpatients. "Parking, surface" means an open area used or intended to be used for the parking of vehicles. It may be available to the public or reserved to accommodate parking for a specific purpose. "Parks and open space" means a use in which an area is permanently dedicated to recreational, aesthetic, educational or cultural use and generally is characterized by its natural and landscape features. A parks and open space use may be used for both passive and active forms of recreation. "Parkway" means a thoroughfare located within a park, or including a park-like development and designated as a "parkway." "Participant sports and recreation." See "Sports and recreation, indoor" and "Sports and recreation, outdoor" under "Entertainment". "Party of record" means any person who files an appeal; a person granted party status through intervention; the City department making the decision or determination and any of its employees or agents; the owner(s) of the property subject to the quasi-judicial action; and the person who files an application for a permit or other type of development authorization that is the subject of the appeal. "Passenger terminal." See "Transportation facility." "Paved" means surfaced with a hard, smooth surface, usually consisting of Portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete underlain by a subgrade of crushed rock. "Pedestrian orientation" means a condition in which the location of and access to structures, types of uses permitted at street level, and storefront design are based on needs of persons on foot. "Pedestrian-designated zone." See "Zone, pedestrian-designated." "Pedestrian walkway" means a hard or compacted surface walkway separated from the roadway. "Penthouse pavilion" means a covered and posted but otherwise open structure, or an arbor, affixed to the roof of a building and intended to be used as a common amenity area. "Performing arts theater." See "Theaters and spectator sports facilities" under "Entertainment." "Permanent supportive housing." See "Residential use, permanent supportive housing." "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization of any character. "Personal and household retail sales and service." See "Sales and service, general". "Personal transportation services." See "Transportation services, personal." "Personal wireless service." See "Communication devices and facilities." "Pet daycare center" means a general retail sales and service use that regularly provides care for animals, which may include boarding. "Pet grooming services." See "Retail sales and services, general." "Pitched roof" means any non-horizontal roof. "Placard" means a highly visible notice at least eleven (11) by fourteen (14) inches in size with headings that can be read from a distance of seventy-five (75) feet by persons of normal visual acuity. "Planting strip" means that portion of a street right-of-way lying between the curb and the street lot line, exclusive of the sidewalk; provided, that if there is no curb, then "planting strip" means that portion of the street lying between a sidewalk and the street lot line. If there is no curb and no constructed sidewalk, there is no "planting strip." "Plat" means a map or representation of a subdivision showing the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions and dedications. "Playgrounds." See "Parks and open space." "Plaza, urban" means an amenity feature downtown satisfying the applicable conditions in the Downtown Amenity Standards. "Podium" means the portion of a structure containing the stories closest to the street level that are below a specified height limit and that provide the base above which additional stories of a tower are permitted. "Podium height" means the maximum height above street level permitted for the podium portion of a structure, except for those features that are otherwise allowed as exceptions to the applicable height limit of the zone. "Porch" means an elevated platform extending from a wall of a principal structure, with steps or ramps to the ground providing access by means of a usable doorway to the structure. A porch may be connected to a deck. (See also "Deck.") "Power plant." See "Utility." "Preliminary plat" means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks and other elements of a subdivision, that is submitted to furnish a basis for the approval or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision. "Primary residence" means a person's usual place of return for housing as documented by motor vehicle registration, driver's license, voter registration, or other similar evidence. A person may have only one primary residence. "Principal structure" means the structure housing one or more principal uses as distinguished from any separate structures housing accessory uses. "Principal use." See "Use, principal." "Private club." See "Institution." "Private usable open space." See "Open space, usable, private." "Project permit" or "Project permit application." See RCW 36.70B.020. "Property Use and Development Agreement" means an agreement, executed by the legal or beneficial owner of property whose zoning classification is changed by a contract rezone, which subjects the property to restrictions on its use and development. "Public atrium" means a feature consisting of an indoor public open space that provides opportunities for passive recreational activities and events, and for public gatherings, in an area protected from the weather, and including such amenities as seating, landscaping and artwork. "Public benefit feature" means an amenity, use, or other feature of benefit to the public in a Downtown zone, that is provided by a developer and that can satisfy wholly or in part conditions to qualify for an increase in chargeable floor area. Examples include public open space, pedestrian improvements, housing, and provision of human services. "Public Benefit Features Rule" means the superseded Director's Rule 20-93, subject heading Public Benefit Features: Guidelines for Evaluating Bonus and TDR Projects, Administrative Procedures and Submittal Requirements in Downtown Zones, to the extent the provisions thereof have not been superseded by amendments to, or repeal of, provisions of this title. References to the "Public Benefit Features Rule" for provisions on a particular subject also shall include, where applicable, any successor rule or rules issued by the Director to incorporate provisions on that subject formerly included in Rule 20-93, with any appropriate revisions to implement amendments to this title since the date of such rule. The Downtown Amenity Standards replaced this rule. "Public boat moorage." See "Boat moorage, public." "Public convention center" means a public facility of three hundred thousand (300,000) square feet or more, the primary purpose of which is to provide facilities for regional, national and international conventions and that is owned, operated or franchised by a unit of general or special-purpose government. A public convention center may include uses such as shops, personal services and restaurants, which may be owned, operated or franchised by either a unit of general- or special-purpose government or by a private entity. "Public display space." See "Museum." "Public facility" means a public project or city facility. "Public project" means a facility owned, operated or franchised by a unit of general or special-purpose government except The City of Seattle. "Public school site, existing" means any property acquired and developed for use by or for the proposed public school before November 12, 1985. A public school site may be divided by streets or alleys. "Public school site, new" means any property that has not been previously developed for use by a public school that is to be constructed, expanded or remodeled. A public school site may be divided by streets or alleys. A school property may include both a new school site and existing school sites. (Ord. 127376 , § 84, 2025; Ord. 127099 , § 62, 2024; Ord. 126855 , § 73, 2023; Ord. No. 125681 , § 7, 2018; Ord. 125558 , § 61, 2018; Ord. 125483 , § 6, 2017; Ord. 124378 , § 91, 2013; Ord. 124172, § 64, 2013; Ord. 123913, § 47, 2012; Ord. 122497 , § 14, 2007; Ord. 122311 , § 100, 2006.)