12-2-1: TERMS DEFINED:
Any term not herein defined shall have its customary or commonly accepted meaning.
A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL (dBA): The sound level in decibels as measured on a sound level meter using the A-weighting network, which takes into effect the manner in which the human ear perceives sound.
ACCESSORY: A use, a building or structure, or part of a building or other structure, which is subordinate to and incidental to the use of the main building, structure or use on the same lot, including a private garage. If an accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or roof, such accessory building shall be considered a part of the main building. All accessory structures to be subordinate in size to the primary structure.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT: A dwelling unit added to a principal building or use for occupancy by a resident manager or on site security personnel, where so permitted by the underlying zoning.
ACCESSORY LIVING QUARTERS: Living quarters added to a principal building or within an accessory building of an owner occupied dwelling for the sole use of the family or of persons employed on the premises, or for the temporary use of guests of the occupants of the premises. Such quarters have no kitchen facilities and are not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit. The term "accessory living quarters" includes "guesthouse".
ADDITION: An extension or increase in floor area or height of an existing building or structure.
ADULT BUSINESS: See chapter 15 of this title for definitions.
ADULT FAMILY HOME: A residential home in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room and board to more than one but not more than six (6) adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services, as regulated by Revised Code of Washington chapter 70.128.
AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNIT: Any dwelling unit required to be occupied by qualified households as affordable housing, and subject to deed restrictions or covenants requiring such dwelling units to be rented or sold at prices preserving them as affordable housing for a specified time period.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Housing with a sales price or rental amount within the means of a household that may occupy low, very low and extremely low income housing. In the case of dwelling units for sale, "affordable" means housing in which mortgage, amortization, taxes, insurance, and condominium or association fees, if any, constitute no more than thirty percent (30%) of such gross annual household income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit in question. In the case of dwelling units for rent, "affordable" means housing for which the rent and utilities constitute no more than thirty percent (30%) of such gross annual household income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit in question.
AGGRIEVED PARTY: An individual whose legal rights have been violated or whose financial interests have been directly affected by a City decision.
ALLEY: A public thoroughfare or way that affords a secondary means of access to abutting property, and is not intended for general traffic circulation.
ALTERATION: Regarding exterior building changes, the replacement of fifty one percent (51%) or more of an exterior wall. Alteration is subject to the design review process. Contrast to "maintenance and repair" as defined herein. See also definition of Structural Alterations.
AMENDMENT: A change in the wording, context or substance of this title, the adoption of a zoning map hereunder, or a change in the zone boundaries upon zoning maps adopted hereunder.
AMUSEMENTS: Establishments engaged in providing entertainment or games for a fee, such as bowling alleys, billiard and pool establishments, rinks, racetracks, bumper cars or boats, go- carts, coin operated games, arcades, rides, carnival type operations, horse rides and similar activities. Such activities may occur indoors or outdoors, subject to the requirements of the zone district in which it is located.
ANNEXATION: The incorporation of a land area into the existing corporate boundaries, resulting in a change in the boundaries of the city.
ANTENNA: A device used in communications that transmits and/or receives radio, television, or other electromagnetic signals, including, but not limited to, dish, panel, parabolic and whip antennas.
APARTMENT: One or more rooms with a private bath and kitchen facilities constituting an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building containing three (3) or more dwelling units.
APARTMENT HOUSE: A building or a portion of a building designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living separately from each other and containing three (3) or more dwelling units. See also definition of Dwellings, Types Of: Multi-Family Dwelling.
APPEAL: A challenge of a city decision by a party of record. Decisions by the city administrator or community development director are appealable to the hearing examiner; decisions by the hearing examiner or planning commission are appealable to the city council; decisions by the city council are appealable to the Pacific County superior court or the growth management hearings board.
APRON: That portion of a driveway, whether paved or unpaved, that connects a garage or carport to a street or way; also referred to as a garage approach.
AREA MEDIAN INCOME (AMI): A statistical number based on household size and annual income for residents of Pacific County, in the annual schedule published by the U.S. department of housing and urban development.
ATTACHED: A structure that shares at least one common wall or roof with another structure.
AUTOMOBILE, BOAT AND TRAILER SALES AREA: An open area, other than a street, used for the display, sale or rental of new or used automobiles, boats or trailers, and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair of automobiles, boats or trailers to be displayed, sold, or rented on the premises.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKER: Any person, corporation or enterprise engaged in automobile wrecking.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING: Any dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD: Any premises devoted to "automobile wrecking" as the term is defined herein.
AWNING: An architectural projection or shelter projecting from and supported by the exterior wall of a building and composed of a covering of rigid or nonrigid materials and/or fabric on a supporting framework that may be either permanent or retractable, including such structures that are internally illuminated by fluorescent or other light sources.
BED AND BREAKFAST: A lodging facility that contains a maximum of fifteen (15) itinerant rental units, with the owner or manager living on the premises, and that provides a morning meal for guests only. See also definition of Itinerant Lodging.
BICYCLE PARKING: A facility that includes the necessary space and a secured rack designed to hold a bicycle.
BLOCK: All property abutting upon one side of a street between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between a street and railroad right of way, waterway, terminus or dead end street, or city boundary line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block on the side of the street which it intercepts.
BOARD AND BATTEN: Exterior siding comprised of boards approximately eight (8) to twelve inches (12") in width, installed vertically and with strips of wood (battens) applied to cover the joints between the boards. Battens are typically about two inches (2") wide but may be up to four inches (4"). Sheet siding such as exterior grade plywood may be used in lieu of individual boards, with the spacing of the battens simulating individual boards.
BUFFER STRIP: Open space, landscaped area, fences, wall, berm or any combination thereof used to physically separate or screen one use or property from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights or other nuisances.
BUILDING: Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials of any kind.
BUILDING HEIGHT: The vertical distance from the average finished grade to the highest point of the coping or parapet of a flat roof, or to the peak of the highest gable of a pitch, gambrel or hip roof, or to the highest point on a false wall on a building with a false front, or to the deck level on a mansard roof. Average finished grade is determined by a simple average of the lowest elevation point and the highest elevation point of the site's grade within the building's footprint.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL: The primary building or other structure on a lot or building site designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted. Where a permissible use involves more than one building or structure designed or used for the primary purpose, as in the case of group houses, each such permissible or other structure on a lot or building site as defined by this title shall be construed as comprising a principal building or structure.
BUSINESS OR COMMERCE: The purchase, sale, offering for sale, or other transaction involving the handling or disposition of any article, service, substance or commodity for livelihood or profit; or the management or occupancy of the office buildings, offices, recreational or amusement enterprises; or the maintenance and use of buildings, offices, structures or premises by professions and trades or persons rendering services.
CAMPGROUND: A plot of ground on which two (2) or more campsites are located, established or maintained for occupancy by tents, trailers, recreational vehicles or similar structures as temporary living quarters for recreation, education or vacation purposes. See also definition of recreational vehicle park.
CAMPING: A temporary activity of living in a camp, campground, or vehicle. Erecting a tent or shelter or arranging bedding or both for the purpose of, or in such a way as will permit remaining overnight, or parking a trailer, camper, RV, or other vehicle for the purpose of remaining overnight.
CANOPY: See definition of awning.
CARDROOM: A cardroom is a gaming establishment that exclusively offers card games for play by the public. All uses under this definition, except parking areas, shall be contained entirely within an enclosed building.
CARPORT: A roofed structure providing space for the parking of motor vehicles and enclosed on not more than three (3) sides.
CATEGORY: A broad generic group of types of uses such as agriculture, residential, business, commercial, manufacturing and others, and which are further refined into classifications distinguished principally by the degree of intensity of use.
CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY: A building or structure in which an agency, person, or persons regularly provide care for a group of children for periods of less than twenty four (24) hours a day. Child daycare facilities include family daycare homes, out of home child mini-daycare centers, and child daycare centers regulated by the Washington state department of social and health services, as presently defined and hereafter amended 1 . See also definitions of Daycare Center or Family Daycare Home.
CHURCH: An establishment, the principal purpose of which is religious worship and for which the principal building or other structure contains the sanctuary or principal place of worship, and including accessory uses in the main building or in separate buildings or structures, including Sunday school rooms and religious education classrooms, assembly rooms, kitchen, library room or reading room, recreation hall, a one- family dwelling unit and residences on site for nuns and clergy, but excluding facilities for training of religious orders.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR: The city administrator of the city of Long Beach, or his or her designee.
CITY COUNCIL: The elected legislative body of the city of Long Beach.
CIVIC CENTER: A building or complex of buildings that houses government offices and services and that may include cultural, recreational, athletic, convention and entertainment facilities.
CLASSIFICATION: A refined identification of uses which, either individually or as to type, are identified as possessing similar characteristics or performance standards and are permitted as compatible uses in a zone. A classification, as the term is employed in this title, includes provisions, conditions and requirements related to the permissible location of permitted uses.
CLOSED RECORD APPEAL: An appeal of a final decision made under the authority of this code where a predecision open record hearing was held. A closed record appeal is on the record of the permit decision and no new evidence or testimony is allowed to be submitted.
CLUB: An association of persons for some common purpose, but not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
CLUBHOUSE: A building, or portion thereof, providing a gathering place or space for other activities provided as an amenity for the use of the residents of a resort development, or associated with a recreational facility. A clubhouse may include kitchen facilities, assembly halls, meeting rooms and locker facilities, and where permitted by the underlying zone, retail, personal services and eating and drinking establishments.
COMMISSION: City of Long Beach planning commission.
COMMUNITY CENTER: A facility used for recreational, social, education and cultural activities.
COMMUNITY EVENT: An occurrence or activity open to the general public, and organized by (or in cooperation with) a public agency, civic organization or nonprofit organization.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The comprehensive plan adopted by the city pursuant to the state of Washington growth management act 2 . The comprehensive plan provides a vision of the future for the city, and includes the goals and their implementing strategies that guide development and city policies regarding development.
CONCESSION: The limited sale of food and goods, the rental of sporting equipment, or the provision of services such as instruction or guiding, incidental to a recreational use or special event.
CONDITIONAL USE: A use permitted in one or more classifications as defined by this title but which use because of characteristics peculiar to it, or because of size, technological processes or types of equipment, or because of the exact location with reference to surroundings, streets and existing improvements or demands upon public facilities, requires a special degree of control to make such uses consistent with and compatible to other existing or permissible uses in the same zone or zones, and to assure that such use shall not be inimical to the public interest.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: The documented evidence of authority granted by the hearing examiner to locate a conditional use at a particular location.
CONDOMINIUM(S): A building, or group of buildings, in which dwellings, units, offices, or floor area is owned individually and the structure, common areas, and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis. A condominium, whether permanent or itinerant, is a form of property ownership rather than a form of land use.
CONDOMINIUM HOTEL: A building constructed, maintained, and operated and managed as a hotel in which some or all of the rooms are available to transients for rent, and where the structure, common areas, and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis. See also definition of Itinerant Lodging.
CONFERENCE CENTER: A facility with meeting rooms used for conferences and seminars, that may include accommodations for sleeping, food preparation and eating, recreation, entertainment, resource facilities, and meeting rooms. A fitness and health center, retail stores, and services may be provided as accessory uses, for the primary use of conference center guests. A conference center may also be part of a resort complex.
CONFORMING BUILDING: Any building or structure that is built to the standards set forth in this title.
CONFORMING USE: An activity the nature and type of which is permitted in the zone in which the property on which it is established is located.
CONVALESCENT CENTER: A facility that provides short term, primarily in-patient care, treatment, and/or rehabilitation services for persons recovering from illness or injury who do not require continued hospitalization. Such facility may be combined with a nursing home or similar long term care facility. See also definition of Nursing Home.
CONVENTION CENTER: A building or portion thereof designed to accommodate a large group of people in assembly. A convention center may be combined with a civic center or a community center. See also definition of Conference Center.
COURT: Any portion of the interior of a lot or building site which is fully or partially surrounded by buildings or other structures and which is not a required yard or open space.
CROSS GABLE: A secondary roof form, set perpendicular to the primary roof and having its highest ridge at the same height or lower than the ridge of the primary roof.
CUPOLA: A small roof tower, usually rising from the roof ridge.
DAY NURSERY: Any type of group child daycare program, including nurseries for children of working mothers, nursery schools for children under minimum age for education in public schools, privately conducted kindergartens when not a part of a public or parochial school, and programs covering after school care for school children; provided, that any such "day nursery" is licensed by the state or county and conducted in accordance with state and local requirements.
DAYCARE CENTER: A childcare center providing care for seven (7) or more children, and not located in the home of the provider. See also definition of Child Daycare Facility.
DENSITY: The number of dwelling units permitted per unit of land, usually described as minimum lot area per unit or maximum number of units per acre.
DENSITY BONUS: An increase in the number of dwelling units permitted on a property in order to provide an incentive for the construction of affordable housing.
DESIGN REVIEW GUIDEBOOK: The city of Long Beach design review guidebook, adopted by the city and as may be amended, containing guidelines defining parameters to be followed in site and building design and development, for use in conducting design review pursuant to the requirements of this title.
DETACHED: A structure that does not share any walls or roof with any other structure.
DORMER: A projection from a sloping roof that typically contains a window.
DRIVE-THROUGH: An establishment that by design, physical facilities, service or packaging procedures encourages or permits customers to receive services or obtain goods while remaining in their motor vehicles. A business with a drive- through may also provide goods or services within a building or may operate solely as a drive-through establishment, as permitted by the underlying zoning.
DRIVEWAY: A private roadway providing access to a street or highway.
DUMP: An open area devoted to the disposal of refuse, including incineration, reduction, or dumping of ashes, garbage, combustible or noncombustible refuse, but not including transfer stations.
DWELLING: A building or a portion of a building designed exclusively for residential purposes, encompassing one-family, two-family and multiple-family dwelling units, but not including hotels or motel units having no kitchens. A dwelling may be site built or factory built.
DWELLING UNIT: A house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room, with cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities, occupied as separate living quarters for exclusive use by a single family maintaining a household. A dwelling unit may be site built or factory built.
DWELLINGS, TYPES OF:
   Attached Dwelling: The building encompassing a one-family dwelling unit with ground floor outside access, that shares common walls with, and is connected to, two (2) or more one- family dwelling units, but without openings or interior connections between the separate dwelling units. An attached dwelling could also be described as a townhouse.
   Detached Dwelling: A dwelling that is not attached to any other dwelling by any means.
   Group Dwelling: Two (2) or more single-family dwellings on a single property, each containing not more than one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet of living area. A group dwelling development may also be referred to as a cottage development, and is distinguished by shared open space within the project. It may include a shared community building and accessory uses as amenities. Individual dwelling units may be condominiums, but the owner of each dwelling unit does not individually own the land on which the unit is situated and the open space and community building are owned in common by all owners.
   Multi-Family Dwelling: A building containing three (3) or more dwelling units. A "group home" is not a "multi-family dwelling".
   Seasonal Dwelling: A residential building that is not used as a principal residence and may be occupied weekends and for other periods during the year. In Long Beach many "summer homes" are seasonal dwellings.
   Semidetached Dwelling: A residential building with ground floor outside access that shares a common wall, without openings, to another single-family dwelling, but without openings or interior connections between the units. Each unit is located on a separate lot.
   Single-Family Dwelling: A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family and containing one dwelling unit.
   Two-Family Dwelling Or Duplex: A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two (2) families living independently of each other, having a common wall, floor or roof, and containing two (2) dwelling units.
EASEMENT: The grant of one or more specific air, surface or subsurface property rights by the property owner to and/or for use by the public, a corporation, or another person or entity, and recorded by deed or on the plat of the property.
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT: A retail establishment selling food and drink for consumption on the premises. An eating and drinking establishment serves alcoholic beverages, and may provide live entertainment and/or gaming.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION: Elementary, junior high, high schools, junior colleges, colleges or universities or other schools giving general academic instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the education code of the state.
ELEVATION:
   A.   A vertical distance above or below a fixed reference level; or
   B.   A fully dimensioned drawing of the front, rear, or side of a building showing features such as windows, doors, roofs, and relationship of grade to floor level.
ENTIRELY ENCLOSED BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: A building or structure so designed and constructed that all exterior walls of the building or structure shall be solid from the ground to the roofline and containing no openings except for windows and doors which are so designed that they may be closed.
EQUIPMENT, HEAVY DUTY: High capacity mechanical devices for moving earth or other materials, mobile power units, including, but not limited to, carryalls, graders, loading and unloading devices, cranes, drag lines, trench diggers, tractors, augers, caterpillars, concrete mixers and conveyors, harvesters, combines or other major agricultural equipment and similar devices operated by mechanical power as distinguished from manpower.
ERECTED: The construction of any building or structure, or the structural alteration of a building or structure the result of which would be to change the exterior walls or roof or to increase the square foot floor area of the interior of the building or structure.
EXCEPTION: Permission to depart from or to be released from normally required city regulation(s). An exception is dictated by specific circumstances unique to a given situation that would make strict application of regulation(s) as normally applied unnecessary or unreasonable. An exception may or may not require a variance.
EXEMPTION: Waiver from regulations for a type or class of activity.
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSING: Housing that is affordable, according to the U.S. department of housing and urban development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households with a gross annual household income that is thirty percent (30%) or less of the area median income for households of the same size within Pacific County.
FAR: See definition of Floor Area Ratio (FAR).
FACADE: The exterior walls of a building exposed to public view or that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
FALSE FRONT: The vertical extension of the facade of a building to give the appearance of an additional story or to conceal the roof from street view. A "mansard roof" is not a "false front".
FAMILY: An individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood or marriage, or domestic partners, or a group of not more than five (5) persons who are not related by blood or marriage, living together in a dwelling unit. Exceptions to the limits in this definition may be made at the city's discretion.
FAMILY DAYCARE HOME: A person regularly providing care during part of the twenty four (24) hour day to six (6) or fewer children in the residence of the person or persons under whose direct care the children are placed. See also definition of Daycare Center.
FENCE: A barrier composed of posts connected by boards, rails, panels, or wire or a masonry wall, erected for the purpose of enclosing space or separating parcels of land. The term "fence" does not include "retaining wall".
FENESTRATION: Windows or other openings on a building facade.
FINAL APPROVAL DATE: The date after which no appeal may be filed, or the date upon which all appeals have been adjudicated.
FLOOR AREA/GROSS FLOOR AREA: The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all enclosed floors of a building, excluding basements, vents, shafts, light courts, elevators and equipment penthouses, and any area having a ceiling height of less than six feet six inches (6'6"), measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the centerline of a common wall separating two (2) buildings.
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR): Ratio representing the gross floor area of all buildings or structures on a lot divided by the total lot area.
FRONTAGE: The length of a structure, business, or lot abutting a property line along a street or private drive; the length of the front lot line.
FULL CUTOFF: Light fixture designed to fully shield the bulb, allowing no emission of light above the horizontal plane drawn through the fixture; also referred to as a "dark sky" light fixture.
GARAGE, PRIVATE: An accessory building or an accessory portion of the main building, enclosed on not less than four (4) sides and designed and intended to be used only for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated only by the occupants of the main building or buildings.
GRADE: The vertical elevation of the ground surface.
GRADE, ARTIFICIAL: A manmade grade created by means of earthen terraces, berms, fills or the like, specifically for the purpose of gaining a height advantage or disguising the true height of a structure. Artificial grade shall not be used to determine the permissible height of any building or structure.
GRADE, AVERAGE BUILDING FOOTPRINT: The average elevation of the building footprint before clearing and grubbing for the building foundation determined by averaging the highest and lowest elevation points within the building's footprint.
GRADE, FINISHED: The vertical elevation of the ground surface after development.
GROUND COVER: Grasses and other plants used to provide a low growing carpet between larger plants. Contrast with "mulch" as defined herein.
GROUP HOME: A nonprofit or for profit home for the sheltered care of persons with special needs which, in addition to providing food and shelter, may also provide some combination of personal care, social or counseling services, and transportation. See also definition of Residential Care Facility.
HEIGHT: See definition of Building Height.
HOME OCCUPATION: A limited commercial activity carried out for gain by a resident that results in a product or service, is conducted in the resident's dwelling unit, and is clearly subordinate to use of the premises as a residence.
HOSPITAL: An institution specializing in giving clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and licensed by state law to provide facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics and general medical practice, as distinguished from the treatment of mental and nervous disorders and alcoholics, but not excluding surgical and postsurgical treatment of mental cases.
HOTEL: A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public, and which may include additional facilities and services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, personal services, entertainment, and recreational facilities. See also definition of Itinerant Lodging.
HOURS OF OPERATION: The actual hours when a business is open to serve customers.
IMPERMEABLE: Not permitting the passage of water.
IMPERMEABLE SURFACE: A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
INSPECTOR: Includes any city employee working under the authority and direction of the city administrator.
INTERPRETIVE FACILITY: An installation, structure(s), exhibit, series of features or other elements intended to provide information and education regarding cultural or historical persons, places or events, natural resources, or other matters of significance or interest.
ITINERANT LODGING: A hotel, motel or other facility engaged in the rental or provision of lodging facilities for periods of thirty (30) days or less. Also refers to the actual facility for rent, including, and not limited to, bed and breakfast rooms, condominium hotel units, hotel rooms, motel rooms, RV spaces, camping spaces, timeshare units, and vacation rentals. All itinerant lodging is subject to the city's lodging tax, as required by title 3, chapter 6 of this code. See also definitions of Bed And Breakfast, Condominium Hotel, Hotel, Motel, Timeshare and Vacation Rental. Contrast to "long term lodging" as defined herein.
JUNKYARD OR SALVAGE YARD: Any facility or area used for storing, selling, dismantling, shredding, compressing, or salvaging scrap, discarded material, or equipment.
KENNEL 3 : A place in which dogs, cats, or domesticated animals or any combination thereof are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold, all for a fee or compensation, but not including a small animal hospital or clinic.
KENNEL, PRIVATE: The keeping, breeding, raising, showing, or training of more than four (4) dogs over six (6) months of age for personal enjoyment of the owner or occupant of the property.
LANDSCAPING: An area of ground that consists of living plant material including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, ground covers, grass, flowers, gardens and vines. These natural materials may also be described as softscape. Landscaping may also include limited amounts of hardscape such as mulch (beauty bark, oyster shell, river rock, etc.), patios, and walkways, and may include furnishings, sculptures, fountains, pools, lighting, fences and retaining walls, as may be permitted by the provisions of this title. Landscaping does not include off street parking spaces, driveways or similar areas.
LIVE-WORK: A dwelling unit, part of which is used as a business establishment and wherein the business operator is the principal resident. Where permitted as an accessory use in the underlying zone, live-work spaces are not subject to the limitations of a home occupation, including, but not limited to, area, number of employees and signage.
LIVING AREA: The amount of gross square footage in a residence, not including garage, deck, unfinished basement, unfinished attic, or porch surface area.
LOADING SPACE: An on site space or berth on the same lot or site with the buildings or use served, such space to serve for the temporary parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise, materials or passengers.
LONG TERM LODGING: A facility engaged in the rental or provision of lodging facilities for periods of thirty one (31) days or more. Also refers to the actual facility for rent. Contrast to "itinerant lodging" as defined herein.
LOT: A building site that is described by reference to a recorded plat, by metes and bounds, or by section, township and range which has direct legal access to a street or has access to a street over an easement approved by the county.
LOT AREA/LOT SIZE AND DIMENSIONS:
   Lot Area/Lot Size: The total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot; provided, that the area of a public street or right of way is not included within the area and is not used to compute lot area/lot size or available for the satisfaction of any required yard. Nonbuildable critical areas within the lot shall be included in the computation of lot area/lot size.
   Lot Depth: The horizontal distance between the midpoint of the front and rear lot lines. In the case of a lot having a curved front line, the lot front line, for purposes of this section, shall be deemed to be a line tangent to the curve and parallel to a straight line connecting the points of intersection of the lot side lines of the lot with the lot front line.
   Lot Width: The horizontal distance between the lot side lines measured at right angles to the line comprising the depth of the lot at a point midway between the lot front line and the lot rear line.
LOT COVERAGE: That net portion of the lot that is covered by buildings, structures and impermeable surfaces, including driveways, walkways, decks and patios.
LOT, FLAG: A lot with a narrow street frontage and extension, providing access by a private driveway from the street to the main part of the lot, which is located behind and separated from the street by another lot or lots.
LOT LINES:
   Lot Front Line: In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street; in the case of a corner lot and reverse corner lot, the "lot front line" shall be the line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street. In case of corner lots or reverse corner lots having equal street frontages, that property line, the prolongation of which creates the front property line for the greatest number of interior lots in the same block, shall be considered as the lot front line of such corner or reverse corner lot.
   Lot Rear Line: A lot line that is opposite and more distant from the lot front line. For the purpose of establishing the "lot rear line" of a triangular or trapezoidal lot, or of a lot where the rear line is formed by two (2) or more lines, the following shall apply:
   A.   For a triangular or irregular shaped lot, a line ten feet (10') in length within the lot and farthest removed from the lot front line and at right angles to the line comprising the depth of such lot shall be used as the "lot rear line".
   B.   In the case of a trapezoidal lot, the rear line of which is not parallel to the lot front line, the "lot rear line" shall be deemed to be a line at right angles to the line comprising the depth of such lot and drawn through a point bisecting the recorded "lot rear line".
   C.   In the case of a pentagonal lot, the rear boundary of which includes an angle formed by two (2) lines, the angles shall be employed for determining the "lot rear line" in the same manner as prescribed for a triangular lot.
   D.   In no case shall the application of the above be interpreted as permitting a main building to locate closer than five feet (5') to any property line.
Lot Side Line: Any lot boundary line not a lot front line or a lot rear line.
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT: Site development and construction practices that reduce environmental impacts by managing rainfall at the source in a manner that mimics the site's predevelopment hydrology, primarily by using landscape features. Low impact development (LID) uses design techniques that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate and detain runoff close to its source rather than disposal through stormwater conveyance and treatment facilities.
LOW INCOME HOUSING: Housing that is affordable, according to the federal department of housing and urban development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households with a gross annual household income that is greater than fifty percent (50%) but does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the area median income for households of the same size within Pacific County.
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR: Regarding exterior building changes, the replacement of fifty percent (50%) or less of an exterior wall in a calendar year. Maintenance and repair is not subject to the design review process. Contrast to "alteration" as defined herein.
MANSARD ROOF: A hip roof where the lower slope on all four (4) sides is nearly vertical and the upper slope of the roof has a minimum pitch. This roof will be treated as a building wall during design review and the floor area of the floors within the mansard roof walls will be included in the calculation of the total floor area for the structure.
MANUFACTURED HOME: A structure intended for residential habitation that is manufactured in one area, then transported to another area for occupation, and that is consistent with the requirements of Revised Code Of Washington 35A.63.145(2).
MANUFACTURING: Establishment engaged in the transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the creation of products, and the blending of materials, primarily carried on for the wholesale market, although retail sales may occur in conjunction with the manufacturing use.
MARQUEE: A permanent structure attached to, supported by and projecting from a building and providing protection from the weather elements. This does not include freestanding permanent rooflike structures providing protection from the elements, such as a service station gas pump island.
MEDICAL-DENTAL BUILDING OR BUILDINGS: A building or group of buildings designed for the use of, and occupied and used by, physicians and dentists and others engaged professionally in such healing arts for humans as are recognized by the laws of the state, including medical clinics; and including the installation and use of therapeutic equipment, X-ray equipment or laboratories, chemical, biochemical, and biological laboratories used as direct accessories to the medical-dental profession; dental laboratories including facilities for the making of dentures on prescription; pharmacies limited to the retail dispensing of pharmaceutical and sick room supplies (but not room or orthopedic equipment or furniture), provided there shall be no exterior display windows or signs pertaining to such accessory uses other than a directory sign.
MIXED USE: A building or lot where more than one type of use occurs, i.e., commercial and residential, commercial and itinerant lodging.
MOBILE HOME: A factory built dwelling built prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the code set forth by the United States department of housing and urban development (HUD).
MODULAR HOME: A dwelling constructed in a factory in accordance with the international building code and bearing the appropriate sign indicating such compliance.
MOTEL: A group of attached or detached buildings containing individual itinerant sleeping units where a majority of such units open individually and directly to the outside, and where a garage is attached to or a parking space is conveniently located to each unit, all for use as itinerant lodging, rented for periods of thirty (30) days or less. See also definition of Itinerant Lodging.
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR OPERATION: A business involving the repair, overhaul, and/or reconditioning of motor vehicles.
MULCH: Wood chips, oyster shells, river rock, plastic, or other nongrowing material placed on the surface of the ground to retain moisture, prevent weeds, hold soil in place, and add to the appearance of landscaping. Contrast with "ground cover" as defined herein.
MULTI-FAMILY: A building or lot with three (3) or more dwelling units.
MULTIPLE-BUILDING COMPLEX: A group of structures housing at least one retail business, office, commercial venture or independent or separate part of a business, or a single structure containing more than one business with separating walls and at least one outside access for each business, which shares a common lot, access and/or parking facility.
MULTIPLE-TENANT COMPLEX: A single facility housing more than one retail business, office or commercial venture, which does not incorporate a separate outside access for each enterprise; but not including residential apartment buildings.
MUSEUM: A building or institution operated by a public, nonprofit or private entity, dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of objects or subjects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
NEW CONSTRUCTION: The erection of a building, structure or other improvements on a property that is not attached to, nor an expansion of, an existing building or structure.
NOISE DISTURBANCE: Any noise exceeding standards described in Revised Code Of Washington chapter 70.107 and Washington administrative code chapter 173-60, as measured at the receiving property line.
NONCONFORMING LOT: A lot whose area, dimensions or location was lawful at the time it was platted but no longer conforms to the standards of the zone in which it is located as defined by this title.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE: A structure that was lawful at the time it was constructed, but no longer conforms to the use regulations of the zone in which it is located as defined by this title.
NONCONFORMING USE: A use which was lawfully established and maintained but which, because of the application of this title, no longer conforms to the use regulations of the zone in which it is located as defined by this title.
NURSING HOME: Any home, place or institution that operates or maintains facilities providing convalescent or chronic care, or both, for a period in excess of twenty four (24) consecutive hours for patients not related by blood or marriage to the operator, who by reason of illness or infirmity, are unable to properly care for themselves. Convalescent and chronic care may include, but not be limited to, any or all procedures commonly employed in waiting on the sick, such as administration of medicines, preparation of special diets, giving of bedside nursing care, application of dressings and bandages, and carrying out treatment prescribed by a duly licensed practitioner of the healing arts. It may also include care of mentally incompetent persons. It may also include community based care. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to include general hospitals or other places which provide care and treatment for the acutely ill and maintain and operate facilities for major surgery or obstetrics, or both. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to include any boarding home, guest home, hotel or related institution which is held forth to the public as providing, and which is operated to give, only board, room and laundry to persons not in need of medical or nursing treatment or supervision except in the case of temporary acute illness. See also definition of Convalescent Center.
OFF SITE IMPROVEMENT: An improvement required to be made off site as a result of an application for development and including, but not limited to, water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure, road improvements and construction, pedestrian, bicycle and transit facilities, and streetlights.
OFF SITE PARKING: Parking provided for a specific use but located on a site other than the property on which the specific use is located.
OFFICE: A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government.
ON SITE: Located on the lot that is the subject of an application for development.
OPEN RECORD HEARING: A public hearing conducted by a hearing body that creates the city's official record through testimony and submission of evidence and information under the procedures described herein. An open record hearing may be held prior to the city's decision on a project permit, to be known as an "open record predecision hearing". An open record hearing may be held on an appeal, to be known as an "open record appeal proceeding", if no open record predecision hearing has been held on the project permit.
OPEN SPACE, REQUIRED: A portion of the area of a lot or building site, other than required yards, which area is required by this title, as set forth in the different classifications contained herein, to be maintained between buildings, between wings of a building, and between buildings and any portion of a property boundary line not contiguous to a required front or side yard. Open spaces, as in the case of required yards, are required to be free and clear of buildings and structures and to remain open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DISPLAY: Any card, paper, cloth, metal, glass, wooden or other display or device of any kind or character whatsoever placed or painted for outdoor advertising purposes on the ground or on any tree, wall, fence, rock, structure, building or thing whatsoever. See also the definitions under Sign Types And Sign Definitions.
PARAPET: The extension of a building facade above the line of the structural roof. A building's height is calculated up to the highest point of a parapet.
PARKING AREA, PRIVATE: Area within property limits dedicated to the parking of automobiles and other vehicles of occupants, employees or visitors to dwellings, businesses and other establishments within the property, to which these facilities are appurtenant.
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC: Area dedicated to the parking of automobiles and other vehicles by the general public and not restricted to the use by occupants, owners, employees or visitors of an establishment within or abutting the property.
PARKING SPACE: An area accessible to vehicles, which area is provided, improved, maintained and used for the sole purpose of accommodating a motor vehicle.
PARTY OF RECORD: Those who request to be kept informed regarding a city action or those who provide written original comments (but not form letters or petitions) or who testify at a public hearing on a city action. Being a party of record entitles a person to appeal a city decision.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: A facility designed for the performance of music, theater, dance and other forms of live entertainment. Such facility may be incorporated with other cultural, community and civic institutions and facilities.
PERIMETER: The boundary lines used to define the extent of an area.
PERMEABLE PAVEMENT SYSTEM: An alternate supplemental stormwater management system that creates voids through which water can percolate and that is used for surfacing of driveways and parking lots, thereby reducing the amount of impermeable surface within a development. See also definitions of Low Impact Development and Pervious Surface.
PERMIT: Any form of certificate, approval, registration, license or other written governmental permission issued by an authorized official, which is required by law, ordinance or regulation to be obtained before engaging in any activity.
PERSON: Means and includes an individual or any group of organized individuals, firm, business entity, copartnership, association or corporation, and their agents and assigns. Person also includes any governmental agency or political subdivision, special district, agency, instrumentality or corporation of the state.
PERVIOUS SURFACE: Any material that permits full or partial absorption of stormwater into previously unimproved land. See also definitions of Low Impact Development and Permeable Pavement System.
PET SHOP: An establishment dealing in buying and selling small animals and birds such as are customarily or occasionally harbored in domestic establishments as pets, such as fish, dogs, cats, parrots, canaries and other song and decorative birds, monkeys, hamsters and similar animals, but specifically excluding dangerous animals or dangerous or poisonous or constricting reptiles, provided no boarding or veterinarian services are rendered excepting bathing and clipping of dogs and cats.
PLANNING COMMISSION: The body appointed by the city council of the city of Long Beach charged with the planning duties and responsibilities set forth in this title and this code.
PREMISES: The real estate (as a unit) that is involved in the use regulated by this title or this code.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING: See definition of Building, Principal.
PRINCIPAL USE: The primary or predominant use to which the property is or may be devoted, and to which all other uses on the premises are accessory.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES: Offices maintained and used as a place of business conducted by persons engaged in the healing arts for human beings, such as doctors and dentists (but wherein no overnight care for patients is given), and by engineers, attorneys, realtors, architects, accountants, and other persons providing services utilizing training in and knowledge of the mental discipline as distinguished from training in the occupations requiring mere skill or manual dexterity or the handling of commodities.
PUBLIC UTILITY: A private business organization such as a public service corporation performing some public service and subject to special governmental regulations, or a governmental agency performing similar public services, the services by either of which are paid for directly by the recipients thereof. Such services shall include, but are not limited to, water supply, electric power, gas and transportation.
QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLD: A household that meets the income standards for occupancy of affordable housing. When establishing affordability standards for low to extremely low income families and individuals, the latest (2008) area median income (AMI) levels established for Pacific County by the U.S. department of housing and urban development apply as follows:
- Extremely low: 0 - 30 percent of AMI
- Very low: 31 - 50 percent of AMI
- Low: 51 - 80 percent of AMI
QUASI-PUBLIC: A use owned or operated by a nonprofit, religious or charitable institution for the purpose of providing programs and services similar in nature to those that may be provided by government; a corporation or a special district vested with municipal powers for the accomplishment of a limited municipal purpose, such as fire protection, recreation or transit.
RECLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY: A change in zone boundaries upon the zoning map, which map is part of this title when adopted in the manner prescribed by law.
RECLASSIFICATION OF USE: The assignment, by amendment of this title, of a particular use to a different use classification than that in which the use was originally permitted.
RECORDED: Means, unless otherwise stated, filed of record with the auditor of Pacific County.
RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, MAJOR: For purposes of these regulations, "major recreational equipment" includes boats and boat trailers, recreational vehicles (RVs) and the like, and cases or boxes used for transporting recreational equipment, whether occupied by such equipment or not.
RECREATIONAL FACILITY: A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisure time activities and programs. Such facility may be operated by a public entity, a nonprofit or as a for profit business and may include clubhouses, kitchen facilities, assembly halls, meeting rooms, locker facilities, etc.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV): Any vehicular type of portable structure without permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled, or driven, and is primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation for recreational and camping purposes. Recreational vehicles (RVs) include, but are not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, and self- propelled motor homes.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK: Any lot or parcel on which two (2) or more sites are located, established or maintained for itinerant, short term or long term occupancy by recreational vehicles or for their storage for a fee. Each nonstorage site shall include individual connections for electricity and sanitary services. A recreational vehicle park may also include amenities for the use of the occupants, including, but not limited to, laundry, showers, game room, recreation, or restaurant.
REMODELING: Construction of an addition to, or alteration of, the design or layout of a building. Remodeling may include expansion of the structure or building, and structural changes. See also definitions of Addition and Alteration.
RESIDENCE: A building or structure, or portion thereof, which is designed for and used to provide a place of abode for human beings, but not including hotels or motel units having no kitchens. The term "residence" includes the term "residential" as referring to the type of or intended use of a building or structure. See also definition of Dwelling.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY: A residential facility that cares for at least five (5), but not more than fifteen (15), functionally disabled persons. See also definition of Group Home.
RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY: Occupancy or use of a residence for a period of time exceeding thirty (30) days in length.
RESORT COMPLEX: A development anchored by itinerant lodging that also contains amenities for the use of visitors, including recreational activities and facilities and commercial uses such as restaurants, shops and day spas. A resort complex may also include a conference center. See also definition of Conference Center.
REST HOME, HOME FOR THE AGED: A home operated similarly to a boarding house but not restricted to any number of guests or guestrooms, and the operator of which is licensed by the state or county to give special care and supervision to his or her charges. Such facility shall not include a group home, "halfway house" or any residence intended for use by persons with special needs. See also definitions of Adult Family Home, Convalescent Center and Nursing Home.
RESTAURANT: An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed, mostly on the premises. A restaurant does not provide live entertainment, and does not serve alcoholic beverages.
Restaurant, Drive-Through: A restaurant that serves food and/or drink to patrons in their vehicles, either through a drive-through window and with service to the vehicle. Such restaurant may also have indoor service and/or seating, or may serve food exclusively to customers in their vehicles, with no indoor seating.
Restaurant, Takeout: A restaurant where food and/or drink are sold in a form ready for consumption, where all or a significant part of the consumption takes place outside the confines of the restaurant. Service may occur through a walk-up window, or at a drive-through. A takeout restaurant generally will not have indoor seating but may have a limited number of outdoor tables.
RETAIL: A commercial establishment engaged in the selling or rental of goods directly to the consumer for personal use or consumption. A retail establishment may also render services incidental to the sale of such goods.
RETAINING WALL: Any wall used to resist the lateral displacement of any material.
REVIEWING AUTHORITY: The agency, board, group, official or other legally designated entity that has been charged with the review and approval of plans and applications.
RIGHT OF WAY: A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied by a street, utility, pedestrianway or similar uses.
ROOF: A structural covering over any portion of a building or structure, including the projections beyond the walls or supports of the building or structure. An open work covering shall not be considered a roof if the upper horizontal surface area of the component solid portions thereof measured on the horizontal plane do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the area of the covering.
ROOF PITCH: The slope of a roof plane, described as the ratio of the number of inches of vertical rise to each twelve inches (12") of horizontal run, i.e., five to twelve (5:12).
ROOFLINE: The top edge of a roof or parapet; the top line of a building silhouette.
SATELLITE DISH: A parabolic antenna that receives or transmits electromagnetic signals to and from another location.
SCALE: The relationship of a particular project or development in terms of its size, height, bulk, intensity and aesthetics, to its surroundings and to humans.
SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH: Institutions of learning offering instruction in the several areas of learning and study required by the education code of the state to be taught in the public and private schools, but does not include any residence used for home schooling.
SCREENING:
   A.   The use of fences, walls, plants, berms, structures or other materials to shield or buffer a use from adjacent properties or uses; or
   B.   The use of mesh screens within window and door openings to allow air to circulate but prevent insects from entering a space such as a porch.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES: The secretary of the interior's standards for the treatment of historic properties, developed by the national park service, provide guidance and articulate common sense principles against which project work on historic buildings can be weighed. The secretary's standards address the four (4) treatments: preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and reconstruction; and are used to evaluate projects subject to SEPA and section 106, as well as federal tax incentive projects. They may also be used by the city, where applicable, as alternate guidelines for design review. (Full title: "The Secretary Of The Interior's Standards For The Treatment Of Historic Properties With Guidelines For Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring And Reconstructing Historic Buildings".)
SERVICE STATION, AUTOMOBILE: Any building, land area, or other premises, or portion thereof, used for the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels, the servicing and repair of automobiles, and including as an accessory use the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, and similar vehicle accessories.
SETBACK: A line parallel to its nearest property line, between which no structure may be extended or be placed; the minimum or maximum distance required between a structure and a lot line, or between structures on the same lot. See also definitions under Yards, Types And Measurements.
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS: See chapter 15 of this title for definitions.
SHEET SIDING: Siding made to be installed in panels ("sheets"), such as plywood, T1-11, or metal. Sheet siding is prohibited in most design review areas, except where used as the base for board and batten.
SIGN: Any object, device, display, or structure or part thereof, visible from off premises, that is used to advertise, identify, display, direct, or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event, or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or projected images. Painted wall designs or patterns which do not represent a product, service or trademark or which do not identify the user are not considered signs but may be subject to other sections of this title.
SIGN TYPES AND SIGN DEFINITIONS:
Abandoned Sign: Any sign or sign structure which has not been used for the display of sign copy for more than thirty (30) days, or that no longer identifies or advertises a location, product, or activity conducted on the premises upon which the sign is located or, in the case of an off premises sign, the business or activity the sign advertises.
Advertising Vehicle: Any registered or unregistered vehicle or trailer having attached thereto or located thereon any sign or advertising device which advertises a product, business, or service, or directs people to a business or activity located on any premises. This definition does not include the identification of a firm or its products on a vehicle operated during the normal course of business. Franchised buses and taxis are specifically excluded from this definition.
Animated Sign: A sign employing actual motion or the illusion of motion. "Animated signs", which are differentiated from "changeable signs" as defined and regulated by this title, include the following types:
   A.   Environmentally Activated: Animated signs or devices motivated by wind, thermal changes, or other natural environmental input. Includes spinners, pinwheels, pennants and pennant strings, and/or other devices or displays that respond to naturally occurring external motivation.
   B.   Mechanically Activated: Animated signs characterized by repetitive motion and/or rotation activated by a mechanical system powered by electric motors or other mechanically induced means.
   C.   Electrically Activated: Animated signs producing the illusion of movement by means of electronic, electrical, or electromechanical input and/or illumination capable of simulating movement through employment of the characteristics of one or both of the classifications noted below:
      1. Flashing: Any directly or indirectly illuminated sign that exhibits changing natural or artificial light or color effects by any means whatsoever.
      2. Patterned Illusionary Movement: Animated signs or animated portions of signs whose illumination is characterized by simulated movement through alternate or sequential activation of various illuminated elements for the purpose of producing repetitive light patterns designed to appear in some form of constant motion.
Architectural Embossing: A decorated or marked surface with a slightly raised or carved design or lettering.
Architectural Projection: Any projection that is not intended for occupancy and that extends beyond the face of an exterior wall of a building but that does not include signs as defined herein. See also definitions of: Awning, Cupola, Dormer; and see definitions of Back-Lit Awning, Canopy (Attached), Canopy (Freestanding) under Sign Types And Sign Definitions.
Awning Sign: A sign displayed on or attached flat against the surface or surfaces of an awning.
Back-Lit Awning: An awning with a translucent covering material and a source of illumination contained behind or within its framework.
Banner: A flexible substrate on which copy or graphics may be displayed.
Banner Sign: A sign utilizing a banner as its display surface.
Billboard: An off premises permanent or temporary sign and its supporting structure erected, maintained or used in the outdoor environment for the purpose of the display of commercial or noncommercial messages.
Canopy (Attached): A multisided overhead structure or architectural projection supported by attachment to a building on one or more sides.
Canopy (Freestanding): A multisided overhead structure supported by columns, but not enclosed by walls.
Canopy Sign: A sign affixed to the visible surface(s) of an attached or freestanding canopy.
Changeable Sign: A sign with the capability of content change by means of manual or remote input, including signs which are:
   A.   Manually Activated: Changeable sign whose message copy or content can be changed manually.
   B.   Electrically Activated: Changeable sign whose message copy or content can be changed by means of remote electrically energized on-off switching combinations of alphabetic or pictographic components arranged on a display surface.
Copy: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Sign Copy.
Cutout Letter Sign: Sign copy consisting of the attachment of individual letters to the building wall.
Development Complex Sign: A freestanding sign identifying a multiple occupancy development, such as a shopping center or planned industrial park which is controlled by a single owner or landlord.
Directional Sign: Any sign that is designed and erected for the purpose of providing direction and/or orientation for pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Double Faced Sign: A sign with two (2) identical faces, back to back such that only one side is visible from a single vantage point. Only one side of a double faced sign is counted toward sign area.
Electrical Sign: A sign or sign structure in which electrical wiring, connections and/or fixtures are used for activation or illumination.
Electronic Message Sign: An electrically activated changeable sign whose variable message capability can be electronically programmed.
Embossed Sign: A sign with a slightly raised or carved surface.
Exterior Sign: Any sign placed outside a building.
Externally Lighted Sign: Any sign with an illumination source outside of the sign face or frame and pointing back to the sign.
Fascia Sign: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Wall Or Fascia Sign.
Feather: Also called a "pin". A vertical, flexible staff or pole affixed to the ground or a structure with cloth or other flexible material attached to its length, a maximum of sixteen feet (16') tall and three feet (3') wide. Usually constructed of brightly colored material intended to flutter in the breeze and draw attention to a business establishment.
Flag: Any piece of cloth or other flexible material, attached to a staff, pole, or other structure, with distinctive colors, patterns, or symbolic devices, used as a symbol for a government, corporation, or other organization, public or private. Does not include "pins" or "feathers".
Flashing Sign: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Animated Sign, subsection C, "Electrically Activated".
Freestanding Sign: A sign principally supported by a structure affixed to the ground, and not supported by a building, including signs supported by one or more columns, poles, or braces placed in or upon the ground.
Ground Sign: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Monument Sign.
Historical Marker: A small sign attached to a building identifying a person or event of historic significance related to the property.
Illegal Sign: A sign erected without a permit, a sign not permitted by the sign matrix and all other regulations in chapter 14 of this title, with the exception of legal nonconforming signs, exempt signs, and temporary signs that fulfill the regulations provided in section 12-14-10, "Temporary Signs", of this title.
Illuminated Sign: A sign characterized by the use of artificial light, either projecting through its surface(s) (internally illuminated); or reflecting off its surface(s) (externally illuminated).
Individual Letter Signs: Signs that consist of individual letters that are mounted to a wall, within the signable area, shall be considered individual letter signs. The signable area of such signs shall be calculated as one-half (1/2) of the entire area contained within a continuous rectilinear perimeter of not more than eight (8) lines drawn with straight lines at perpendicular angles to encompass the entire perimeter of the extreme limits of each line of text, decorative artwork, logos, or other displayed information in each respective line. See also definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Signable Area.
Inflatable Sign: A balloon or other gas filled figure.
Information Sign: A sign which gives directional information or identifies specific use areas and which is necessary to maintain the orderly internal use of the premises, such as those signs which identify employee parking, shipping, clearance or which restrict ingress and egress. Excluded from this definition are signs which are not directly related to an identified need for orderly internal use of the property and off premises or portable signs.
Interior Sign: Any sign placed within a building, but not including "window signs" as defined in this section. "Interior signs", with the exception of "window signs" as defined in this section, are not regulated by this title.
Internally Illuminated Sign: Any sign with illumination inside the sign including neon signs.
Marquee Sign: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Canopy Sign.
Menu Board: An exterior sign for a restaurant that advertises the takeout menu items available, and which has no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total area for such sign utilized for business identification.
Monument Sign: A freestanding sign not more than six feet (6') in height, which is attached to the ground by means of a wide base of solid appearance.
Multiple Faced Sign: A sign containing three (3) or more faces.
Off Premises Sign: A permanent or temporary sign (including the structure to which it is attached) erected, maintained or used in the outdoor environment for the purpose of the display of commercial or noncommercial messages not appurtenant to the use of, products sold on, or the sale or lease of, the property upon which it is displayed.
On Premises Sign: A sign (and the structure to which it is attached) erected, maintained or used in the outdoor environment for the purpose of the display of messages appurtenant to the use of, products sold on, or the sale or lease of, the property on which it is displayed.
Pin: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Feather.
Pole Sign: See definition of Sign Types And Sign Definitions: Freestanding Sign.
Political Sign: A temporary sign intended to advance a political statement, cause, or candidate for office. A legally permitted outdoor advertising sign shall not be considered to be a political sign.
Projecting Sign: A sign other than a wall sign that is attached to or projects more than eighteen inches (18") from a building face or wall or from a structure whose primary purpose is other than the support of a sign. A projecting sign may be attached to the building at a single point, or two (2) sign faces may be attached to the building no more than twenty four inches (24") apart and joined at the farthest extent from the building, forming a triangle, such that only one side of the sign copy is visible from a single vantage point.
Real Estate Sign: A portable or freestanding sign erected by the owner or his agent advertising the real estate upon which the sign is located for rent, lease or sale or directing to the property.
Revolving Sign: A sign that revolves three hundred sixty degrees (360o) about an axis. See also definition of Animated Sign, subsection B, Mechanically Activated under Sign Types And Sign Definitions.
Roof Sign: A sign mounted on, and supported by, the main roof portion of a building, or above the uppermost edge of a parapet wall of a building and which is wholly or partially supported by such building. Signs mounted on mansard facades, pent eaves, and architectural projections such as canopies or marquees shall not be considered to be "roof signs".
Sandwich Board Sign: A temporary sign made of metal, wood, chalkboard, or whiteboard that is not permanently attached to the ground and is designed for and oriented to pedestrians.
Sign Area: The area of the smallest geometric figure, or the sum of the combination of regular geometric figures, which comprise the sign face. The area of any double sided sign shall be the area of the largest single face only. The area of a sphere shall be computed as the area of a circle. The area of all other multiple-sided signs shall be computed as fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the area of all faces of the sign. In the case of back-lit or internally illuminated signs or awnings, the sign area shall consist of the entire illuminated area.
Sign Copy: Those letters, numerals, figures, symbols, logos, and graphic elements comprising the content or message of a sign that identify or promote the sign user or any product or service; or that provides information about the sign user, the building or the products or services available.
Sign Face: The surface upon, against or through which the sign copy is displayed or illustrated, not including structural supports, architectural features of building or sign structures, nonstructural or decorative trim, or any areas that are separated from the background surface upon which the sign copy is displayed by a distinct delineation, such as a reveal or border.
   A.   In the case of panel or cabinet type signs, the sign face shall include the entire area of the sign panel, cabinet or face substrate upon which the sign copy is displayed or illustrated, but not open space between separate panels or cabinets.
   B.   In the case of sign structures with routed areas of sign copy, the sign face shall include the entire area of the surface which is routed, except where interrupted by a reveal, border, or a contrasting surface or color.
   C.   In the case of signs painted on a building, or graphic elements affixed to a building or structure, the sign face shall comprise the sum of the geometric figures or combination of regular geometric figures drawn closest to the edge of the letters or separate graphic elements comprising the sign copy, but not the open space between separate groupings of sign copy on the same building or structure.
   D.   In the case of sign copy enclosed within a painted or illuminated border, or displayed on a background contrasting in color with the color of the building or structure, the sign face shall comprise the area within the contrasting background, or within the painted or illuminated border.
Sign Height: The height of a sign as measured from the ground to the highest point of the sign structure. For the purpose of chapter 14, "Signs", of this title, the definition of "ground" shall be the highest adjacent roadway or sidewalk.
Sign Structure: Any structure or framework supporting a sign.
Signable Area (For Individual Letter Signs Only): An area of the facade of a building, the boundaries of which shall form a square or a rectangle that is free of windows, doors and all major architectural details, where an individual letter sign may be installed. Only one signable area may be established for each frontage. Parapets, pylons and equipment enclosures may be designated as signable areas. Note: The following is for illustration purposes only and is not intended to limit individual letter signs to the first floor of a building.
 
Structural Alteration: Modification of a sign or sign structure that affects size, shape, height, or sign location; changes in structural materials; or replacement of electrical components with other than comparable materials. The replacement of wood parts with metal parts, the addition of electric elements to a nonelectrified sign would all be structural alterations. "Structural alteration" does not include ordinary maintenance, repainting an existing sign surface, including changes of message or image, exchanging painted and pasted or glued materials on painted wall signs, or exchanging display panels of a sign through release and closing of clips or other brackets.
Temporary Sign: A sign intended to display either commercial or noncommercial messages of a transitory or temporary nature, such as a banner. Portable signs, not including sandwich board signs, or any sign not permanently embedded in the ground, or not permanently affixed to a building or sign structure that is permanently embedded in the ground, are considered temporary signs. Banners, balloons, and pennants are temporary signs, regardless of the manner by which they are affixed to a building or to the ground.
Under Canopy Sign Or Under Marquee Sign: A sign attached to the underside of a canopy or marquee, as distinguished from a "projecting sign".
V Sign: Signs containing two (2) faces of approximately equal size, erected upon common or separate structures, positioned in a "V" shape.
Wall Bulletin: A sign painted directly upon the surface of a wall.
Wall Or Fascia Sign: A sign that is in any manner affixed to any exterior wall of a building or structure and that projects not more than eighteen inches (18") from the building or structure wall, including signs affixed to architectural projections from a building, provided the copy area of such signs remains on a parallel plane to the face of the building facade or to the face or faces of the architectural projection to which it is affixed.
Way Finding Sign: A sign or series of signs located in a manner that provides orientation and direction to a destination or destinations within a specific geographic area.
Window Sign: A sign affixed to the surface of a window with its message intended to be visible to and readable from the public way or from adjacent property.
SMALL WIND TURBINE: On site wind energy based generator that generates between two (2) and ten (10) kilowatts.
SOLAR PANEL: Solar photovoltaic modules or thermal collectors that convert incoming solar radiation to either electricity or thermal energy.
SPECIAL EVENT: An occasion or period so designated by the city council, including, but not limited to, festivals, holidays, activities or events of interest to the public, and where by so designating a special event, certain temporary uses associated with the event may be permitted that would not otherwise be allowed.
STACKED PARKING: See definition of Tandem Parking.
STORAGE:
   A.   The use of a building, structure or site to store goods, materials or equipment for use in a business. Such use would typically be accessory to the business located on the property but may be the principal use, where permitted, when the business is located elsewhere; or
   B.   A building, structure or site containing separate, individual and private storage space of varying sizes, available for lease or rent to store personal property or household goods, also referred to as a self-storage facility.
STORY: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it. If there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it shall be considered a story. If the finished floor level directly above the basement or cellar is more than six feet (6') above grade, such basement or cellar shall be considered a story.
STREET: Any vehicular way that is: a) an existing state, county or municipal roadway; b) shown upon a plat approved pursuant to law; c) approved by other official action; d) shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the county assessor; e) shown on the official map or adopted plan. It includes the land between and beyond the street lines, whether improved or unimproved. A street affords the primary means of access to abutting property. See also definition of Right Of Way.
STREET FRONTAGE: See definition of Frontage.
STREET LINE: The boundary line between a street and the abutting property.
STREET, PRIVATE: A street that has not been accepted by or dedicated to the municipality or other governmental entity but is used for the primary means of access to abutting properties within a development. Such streets are typically constructed and maintained by those parties who own, use or benefit from the street.
STREET, SIDE: A street that is adjacent to a corner lot or reverse corner lot and that extends in the general direction of the line determining the depth of the corner or reverse corner lot.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, floor or roof joists, girders or rafters, or changes in the interior dimensions of the building or structure, or increase in floor space. See also definitions of Addition, Alteration, and Remodeling.
STRUCTURE: Anything constructed in the ground, or anything erected that requires location on the ground or water, or is attached to something having location on or in the ground, but not including fences less than six feet (6') in height, paths, trails or paved areas.
STUDIO APARTMENT: A dwelling unit consisting of not more than one habitable room, together with kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: Services provided in combination with affordable housing to help tenants with challenges that might otherwise cause them to become homeless. Services may include, but are not limited to, counseling, case management, education, training or treatment, according to the needs of the tenants.
TANDEM PARKING: A parking configuration wherein one car is parked directly behind another or others, either within a garage or along a driveway, and where at least one vehicle must be moved in order to access the other vehicle.
TEMPORARY USE: A land use activity that occurs for a specific and limited period of time, typically authorized by a special use permit.
THEATER: An establishment to provide entertainment through projection of motion pictures on a screen or live performances on a stage for audiences.
THEATER, DRIVE-IN: An establishment to provide entertainment through projection of motion pictures on an outdoor screen for audiences whose seating accommodations are provided by their own motor vehicles parked in car spaces provided on the same site with the outdoor screen.
TIMESHARE: A form of ownership of an itinerant lodging property in which multiple parties hold rights to use the property and each sharer is allotted a period of time or duration in which they may use the property. Such use may also be referred to as fractional ownership or vacation ownership. See also definition of itinerant lodging.
TINY HOMES: Please refer to the definition of a recreational vehicle (RV).
TO PLACE: The verb "to place" and any of its variants as applied to advertising displays and outdoor advertising structures, includes maintaining, erecting, constructing, posting, painting, printing, nailing, gluing or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in any manner whatsoever.
TRAILER PARK, TRAILER COURT, MOBILE HOME PARK OR PUBLIC TRAILER CAMP: Any area or tract of land designed and used to accommodate two (2) or more mobile homes or recreational vehicles. See also definition of recreational vehicle park.
TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS: Accommodations designed or used for occupancy of less than thirty (30) days. See also definition of itinerant lodging.
TRASH CONTAINERS: Any garbage can, dumpster or other receptacle used for disposal and/or storage of trash, rubbish, garbage, junk, scrap, debris, refuse, recycling and other discarded materials.
UNLISTED USES: Uses that are not specifically named as permitted in any use classification contained within this title.
URBAN GROWTH AREA (UGA): Those areas abutting City limits designated for urban growth, and which may be annexed into the City.
USE: The nature of the occupancy, the type of activity, or the character and form of improvements to which land is devoted or may be devoted.
VACATION RENTAL: The use of a dwelling unit as itinerant lodging. See also definition of itinerant lodging.
VARIANCE: An adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of this title to a particular piece of property which, because of special circumstances applicable to it, is deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone and which adjustment remedies disparity in privileges.
VEHICLE: All instrumentalities capable of movement by means of circular wheels, skids or runners of any kind, along roadways or paths or other ways of any kind, specifically including, but not limited to, all forms of automotive vehicles, buses, trucks, cars and vans, all forms of trailers or mobile homes of any size whether capable of supplying their own motive power or not, without regard to whether the primary purpose of which instrumentality is or is not the conveyance of persons or objects, and specifically including all such automobiles, buses, trucks, cars, vans, trailers, and mobile homes even though they may be at any time immobilized in any way and for any period of time of whatever duration.
VERY LOW INCOME HOUSING: Housing that is affordable, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households with a gross annual household income that is greater than thirty percent (30%) but does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the area median income for households of the same size within Pacific County.
VISION CLEARANCE TRIANGLE (VCT): Area at the corner of an intersection of a right-of-way with another right-of-way, alley or driveway, formed by measuring a specific distance along each right-of-way, alley or driveway from the property corner and connecting the two (2) end points to form a triangle. The vision clearance triangle is maintained clear of landscaping, fences and other obstructions of a certain height, generally the area between forty two inches (42") to eight feet (8') above the adjacent street level, which would block the visibility of vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic.
VCT At Street Corner:
 
VCT At Driveway:
 
WAREHOUSE: A building used primarily for the storage of large amounts of goods and materials for distribution to another location and not intended solely for the use of a business located on the site. Limited assembly or repackaging may occur as part of the warehouse activity.
WHOLESALE: A business primarily engaged in selling goods and materials to other businesses, or from which a bulk material such as propane is distributed to individual customers.
WINERIES OR BREWERIES: Means a winery or brewery for processing and manufacturing purposes only, with limited wholesale trade incidental to the primary use.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY (WCF): A facility that transmits, receives or relays voice and data signals from various wireless communication devices and equipment. It includes antennas, microwave dishes and other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of such signals, wireless communication towers or similar structures supporting said equipment, equipment buildings and cabinets, parking areas, and other facilities accessory to the use.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY, COLLOCATED: A wireless communication facility comprised of a single wireless communication tower or building supporting two (2) or more antennas owned or used by more than one public or private entity.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWER: A support structure such as a mast, pole, monopole, guyed tower, lattice tower or freestanding tower designed and primarily used to support antennas.
YARD: An open space that lies between the property line and a building or structure that is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward unless specifically otherwise permitted in this title. See also definition of setback.
YARD, REAR LINE OF REQUIRED FRONT: A line parallel to the lot front line and at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the required front yard, and extending across the full width of the lot.
YARDS, TYPES AND MEASUREMENTS:
   Front Yard: An area extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the lot front line and a line drawn parallel thereto, and at a distance therefrom equal to the required front yard depth as prescribed in each classification. "Front yards" shall be measured by a line at right angles to the lot front line, or by the radial line or radial line extended in the case of a curved lot front line. For a "flag lot", the front yard shall be measured across the lot line of the entire width of the property that is parallel to the street from which access occurs, excluding the flag extension to the street.
   Rear Yard: An area extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the lot rear line and a line drawn parallel thereto, and at a distance therefrom equal to the required rear yard depth as prescribed in each zoning district. "Rear yards" shall be measured by a line at right angles to the lot rear line, or by the radial line or radial line extended in the case of a curved lot rear line.
   Side Yard: An open area measured from the lot side line toward the center of the lot and extending from the rear line of the required front yard, or for the lot front line if there is no required front yard, toward the lot rear line to a point measuring two-thirds (2/3) of the depth of the lot, except that on the side street side of corner lots and reverse corner lots the required side yard shall extend to the rear line of the lot. The width of the side yard shall be measured horizontally from, and be parallel to, the lot side line from which it is measured.
ZONE: An area accurately defined as to the boundaries and location on an official map and within which area only certain types of land uses are permitted, and within which other types of land uses are excluded, as set forth in this title. (Ord. 849, 8-17-2009; amd. Ord. 870, 4-4-2011; Ord. 890, 4-13-2013; Ord. 891, 4-13-2013; Ord. 912, 8-3-2015; Ord. 959, 10-15-2018; Ord. 997, 11-15-2021)

 

Notes

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1. RCW ch. 74.15.
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1. RCW ch. 36.70A.
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1. See also title 6, chapter 4, article A of this code.