23.60A.942

"Vegetation cover" means the total area covered by vegetation multiplied by the fraction of the real cover that exists as based on vertical observation, or estimation. "Vegetation management" means any action that involves plant materials, including removing and replacing plant material with other plants or other ground surface coverage that is pervious or impervious or planting plant materials where no plants existed. "Vehicle storage" vehicle storage does not include movable equipment used on-site that is not routinely driven on a public right-of-way. "Vessel" means ships, boats, barges, or any other floating craft that are designed for navigation in order to transport people or goods over water, are used for or capable of being used for navigation, and do not interfere with the normal public use of the water. A vessel is considered capable of being used for navigation even if it is not used for navigation due to actions or inactions of the vessel owner(s) or due to conditions affecting the use of the vessel for navigation, which include, but are not limited to, broken engines, lack of an engine, hull damage, physical modifications, or missing sails. Vessel also means historic ships that do not have means of self-propulsion and steering equipment. "Vessel repair" means a marine sales and service use that is either major or minor, (see "vessel repair, major" and vessel repair, minor") and does not include routine maintenance of a vessel that may lawfully occur while a boat is moored at a permanent location. "Vessel repair, major" means a shipyard facility in which vessels are built, dry docked painted and/or repaired and that primarily handles vessels 65 feet or longer and is a marine sales and service use. "Vessel repair, minor" means a boatyard facility in which boats are built, dry docked, painted and/or repaired and primarily handles vessels under 65 feet in length and is a marine sales and service use. "View corridor" means an area of a lot that provides a view through the lot from the abutting public right-of-way to the water unobstructed by structures except as allowed by this Chapter 23.60A or by vegetation. (Ord. 125882 , § 3, 2019; Ord. 124750 , § 75, 2015; Ord. 124105 , § 3, 2013.)