The following activities and uses of land and/or structures are exempt from the land use and development permit requirements of this title. However, activities/uses shall comply with all other relevant provisions of this title and may require other permits.
(1) Decks and paths. Decks, platforms, and on-site paths that are less than thirty inches above natural grade, are not over any basement or story below, and are unenclosed except for a safety railing with a maximum height of forty-two inches.
(2) Fences in residential zoning districts. Certain fences in residential zoning districts are exempt from land use permit requirements, as provided in Chapter 21.62.
(3) Portable spas, hot tubs, fish ponds. Portable spas, hot tubs, fish ponds, and similar structures that are less than one hundred twenty square feet in area (including related equipment), contain less than two thousand gallons of water, and are less than three feet in depth.
(4) Accessory structures. Accessory structures, as defined in Article X, that are smaller than one hundred twenty square feet in size, are not located in the required front yard, and have no portion of the structure equal to or greater than eight feet in height.
(5) Interior remodeling. Interior alterations that do not increase the gross floor area within the structure or change/expand the permitted use of the structure.
(6) Repairs and maintenance. Ordinary repairs and maintenance, if:
(A) The work does not change the approved land use of the site or the structure or add to, enlarge or expand the area occupied by the land use, or the floor area of the structure.
(B) Within a parking lot, the work does not alter the number or configuration of parking and/or landscape planters in any manner.
(C) Any exterior repairs employ the same materials and design as the original construction.
(7) Solar collectors. The addition of solar collection systems to the roofs of existing structures.
(8) Utilities. The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by a public utility or public agency of underground or overhead utilities intended to service existing or nearby approved developments (e.g., water, gas, electric or telecommunication supply or disposal systems, including wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire-alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and similar facilities and equipment), but not including new transmission lines and structures. Satellite and cellular telephone antennas are subject to compliance with Chapter 21.46.
(9) Activities/uses.
(A) Garage sales in residential zoning districts and neighborhoods, provided a garage sale permit has been issued.
(B) Emergency public health and safety needs/land use activities including, but not limited to emergency utility and response facilities.
(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).