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in effect"Incentive zoning suffix" means a modification to a zoning designation listed in Section 23.30.010 . The designation is indicated by a listed zoning designation followed by a number in parentheses that establishes base FAR and/or base residential FAR for purposes of application of Chapter 23.58A , Incentive Provisions. "Indoor agricultural operation" means a business establishment with an agricultural use that is limited to plants grown in containers within an enclosed structure. "Infill development" means development consisting of either: 1. Construction on one (1) or more lots in an area that is mostly developed, or 2. New construction between two (2) existing structures. "Information Computer Technology (ICT)" means a use primarily focused on computing, computer coding, or digital information technology, leading to the development of new products, knowledge creation, and innovation. This use may include computer hardware or software development and includes research and prototyping and engineering activities that result in technology and computer products or applications. This use shall be considered a distinct use category in industrial zones of Chapter 23.50A and shall be considered a part of the office use category in all other zones. "Institute for advanced study." See "Institution." "Institution" means structures and related grounds used by organizations for the provision of educational, medical, cultural, social, and/or recreational services to the community, including but not limited to the following uses: 1. "Adult care center" means an institution that regularly provides care to a group of adults for less than 24 hours a day, whether for compensation or not. 2. "College" means a post-secondary educational institution, operated by a nonprofit organization, granting associate, bachelor, and/or graduate degrees. 3. "Community club or center" means an institution used for athletic, social, civic, cultural, artistic, or recreational purposes, operated by a nonprofit organization, and open to the general public on an equal basis. Activities in a community club or center may include, but are not limited to, classes and events sponsored by nonprofit organizations, community programs for the elderly, social gatherings, educational programming, gardens, and art exhibits. a. "Community center" means a community club or center use, providing direct services to people on the premises rather than carrying out only administrative functions, that is open to the general public without membership. Community centers may include accessory commercial uses including but not limited to commercial kitchens and food processing, craft work and maker spaces, cafes, galleries, co-working spaces, health clinics, office spaces, and retail sales of food and goods. b. "Community club" means a community club or center use to which membership is open to the general public on an equal basis. 4. "Child care center" means an institution that regularly provides care to a group of children for less than 24 hours a day, whether for compensation or not. Preschools, cooperative child care exchanges, and drop-in centers where children receive care by the day are considered to be child care centers. 5. "Community farm" means an institution, operated by a nonprofit organization, in which land and related structures are primarily used to grow or harvest plants for food, educational, cultural, or ecological restoration purposes, or to keep animals in accordance with Section 23.42.052 . Additional activities may include but are not limited to indoor and outdoor classes and events, food processing and preparation, community programs and gatherings, and the sale of plants, harvested or prepared food, ornamental crops, and animal products such as eggs or honey but not including the slaughtering of animals or birds for meat. 6. "Hospital" means an institution other than a nursing home that provides accommodations, facilities, and services over a continuous period of 24 hours or more, for observation, diagnosis, and care of individuals who are suffering from illness, injury, deformity, or abnormality or from any condition requiring obstetrical, medical, or surgical services, or alcohol or drug detoxification. 7. "Institute for advanced study" means an institution operated by a nonprofit organization for the advancement of knowledge through research, including the offering of seminars and courses, and technological and/or scientific laboratory research. 8. "Library" means an institution where literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials are kept for use but not generally for sale. 9. "Museum" means an institution operated by a nonprofit organization as a repository of natural, scientific, historical, cultural, or literary objects of interest or works of art, and where the collection of such items is systematically managed for the purpose of exhibiting them to the public. 10. "Private club" means an institution used for athletic, social, or recreational purposes and operated by a private nonprofit organization, to which membership is by written invitation and election according to qualifications in the club's charter or bylaws and the use of which is generally restricted to members and their guests. 11. "Religious facility" means an institution, such as a church, temple, mosque, synagogue, or other structure, together with its accessory structures, used primarily for religious worship. 12. "School, elementary or secondary" means an institution operated by a public or nonprofit organization primarily used for systematic academic or vocational instruction through the twelfth grade. 13. "School, vocational or fine arts" means an institution that teaches trades, business courses, hairdressing, and similar skills on a post-secondary level, or that teaches fine arts such as music, dance, or painting to any age group, whether operated for nonprofit or profit-making purposes, except businesses that provide training, instruction, or lessons exclusively on an individual basis, which are classified as general retail sales and service uses, and except those businesses accessory to an indoor participant sports use. 14. "University." See "College." (Ord. 127376 , § 81, 2025; Ord. 126862 , § 20, 2023; Ord. 126858 , § 5, 2023; Ord. 126131 , § 15, 2020; Ord. 124378 , § 89, 2013; Ord. 124326, § 4, 2013; Ord. 123770, § 11, 2011; Ord. 122311 , § 100, 2006.)
Source: Seattle Municipal Code (Municode library)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_codeFetched: 7/25/2026