Chapter 17.08 DEFINITIONS

A. For the purpose of this title, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, certain words and terms herein are defined. The word “shall” is always mandatory, words in present tense include the future, the singular includes the plural, and plural includes the singular.

B. Words not defined herein shall be construed as defined in the city of Bridgeport building code and if not defined therein, as generally construed from the common meaning of the word. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.020 “A” definitions.

“Accessory use” or “accessory building” means a subordinate use, structure, building or portion of a building located on the same parcel of land as the main use or building to which it is accessory. For purposes of this definition, “accessory building” excludes accessory dwelling units. Accessory buildings, excluding accessory dwelling units, shall contain no habitable dwelling space, nor shall they exceed fifteen feet in height, unless otherwise specifically provided by other provisions of this title. For the purposes of defining accessory buildings, “habitable space” is a space in a building for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet rooms, sink, shower, or utility spaces and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces. In addition, and for the purposes of accessory buildings, “living” spaces are typically living rooms, hobby rooms, sewing rooms, play rooms, computer rooms, craft rooms, etc.

“Administrator” or “zoning administrator” means the person or official designated by the mayor responsible for administering and enforcing this title. In absence of an appointment or delegation by the mayor, the city clerk shall serve as the administrator until such time as an appointment or designation is made by the mayor.

“Adult arcade” means a commercial establishment containing individual viewing areas or booths where, for any form of consideration including a membership fee, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide projectors, cathode ray tube (“CRT”) projectors, liquid crystal display (“LCD”) projectors, television monitors, computer terminals or other similar image producing machines are used to show films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, laser discs, digital video discs (“DVDs”), computer discs, Internet sites, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas.

“Adult book/novelty store” means a retail business conducting the sale of books, magazines, or other products that are sold for the purpose of sexual pleasure or entertainment.

“Adult cabaret” means a nightclub, bar, restaurant, tavern, or other similar commercial establishment, whether or not alcoholic beverages are served, that regularly features adult entertainment.

“Adult entertainment” means:

A. Any exhibition, performance, or dance conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance, or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas; or

B. Any exhibition, performance, or dance intended to sexually stimulate any member of the public and conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance, or dance is performed for, arranged with, or engaged in with fewer than all patrons in the adult entertainment facility at that time, with separate consideration paid, either directly or indirectly, for such performance, exhibition, or dance. For purposes of example and not limitation, such exhibitions, performances, or dances are commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, taxi dancing, lap dancing, private dancing, or straddle dancing.

“Adult entertainment facility” means a commercial establishment defined herein as an adult arcade, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, or adult retail store.

“Adult family home” means a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 70.128 RCW as the same exists now or may hereafter be amended. At the time that this title was adopted the RCW defined “adult family home” as “a regular family abode in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room, and board to more than one but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services.”

“Adult motel” means a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment which:

A. Offers sleeping accommodations to the public for any form of consideration and provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, laser discs, digital video discs (“DVDs”), computer discs, Internet sites, streaming media, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas and that has a sign visible from the public right-of-way that advertises the availability of this type of sexually oriented materials; or

B. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a rental fee period of time that is less than ten hours; or

C. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to sub-rent the room for a period of time that is less than ten hours.

“Adult motion picture theater” means an enclosed commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, motion pictures, films, video cassettes, slides, laser discs, digital video discs (“DVDs”), computer discs, Internet sites, streaming media, or other similar visual representations are regularly shown that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas.

“Adult retail store” means a commercial establishment such as a bookstore, video store, or novelty shop which as its principal business purpose offers for sale or rent, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:

A. Books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed materials or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, laser discs, digital video discs (“DVDs”), computer discs, Internet sites, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas; or

B. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with any specified sexual activities.

For the purpose of this definition, the term “principal business purpose” shall mean the business purpose that constitutes fifty percent or more of the stock-in-trade of a particular business establishment. The stock-in-trade of a particular business establishment shall be determined by examining either: (1) the retail dollar value of all sexually oriented materials compared to the retail dollar value of all non-sexually oriented materials readily available for purchase, rental, view, or use by patrons of the establishment, excluding inventory located in any portion of the premises not regularly open to patrons; or (2) the total volume of shelf space and display area reserved for sexually oriented materials compared to the total volume of shelf space and display area reserved for non-sexually oriented materials.

“Agricultural equipment and facilities” include, but are not limited to: (A) the following used in agricultural operations: equipment; machinery; constructed shelters, buildings, ponds; fences; upland finfish rearing facilities; water diversion, withdrawal, conveyance, and use equipment and facilities including, but not limited to, pumps, pipes, tapes, canals, ditches, and drains; (B) corridors and facilities for transporting personnel, livestock, and equipment to, from, and within agricultural lands; (C) farm residences and associated equipment, lands, and facilities.

“Agricultural land” means those specific land areas on which agriculture activities are conducted as of the date of adoption of this title.

“Agriculture” means the tilling of soil, raising of crops and horticulture, except that vegetable gardens occupying less than five thousand square feet and up to ten fruit trees are exempt from this definition.

“Agriculture related industry” means:

A. Packaging plants that may include but are not limited to the following activities: washing, sorting, milling, crating, canning, freezing and other functional operations such as drying, field crushing or other preparation in which the chemical and physical composition of the agricultural product remains essentially unaltered. Processing activities such as slaughterhouses, animal reduction yards, and tallow works shall not be considered packaging plants.

B. Processing plants that may include but are not limited to those activities which involve the pasteurization, fermentation or other substantial chemical and physical alteration of agricultural products. Activities such as slaughterhouses, animal reduction yards and tallow works shall not be considered processing plants.

C. Storage facilities that may include those activities which involve the warehousing (dry, cold and/or wet) of processed and/or packaged agricultural products.

“Alley” means a narrow public right-of-way which affords only a secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.

“Amateur radio tower and antenna” means an antenna and tower that transmits noncommercial communication signals and is licensed as an amateur radio tower by the Federal Communications Commission. Guy wires for amateur radio towers are considered part of the structure for the purposes of meeting development standards.

“Animal feeding operation” or “AFO” means a lot or facility (other than an aquatic animal production facility) where animals (other than aquatic animals) have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of forty-five days or more in any twelve-month period, and crops, vegetation forage growth, or post-harvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility.

“Animal shelter” means a building or structure (including outdoor fenced cages or yards) for the care of lost, abandoned, homeless or injured animals, whether domestic or wild.

“Animal (veterinary) clinic/hospital” means a facility used for veterinary care of sick or injured animals primarily within the confines of the principal structures. The boarding of animals is limited to short term care, and is accessory to the principal use. This definition does not include kennels.

“Antenna” means any system of poles, panels, rods, reflecting discs or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of radio frequency signals.

A. “Omni-directional antenna” (also known as a “whip antenna”) means an antenna that transmits and receives radio frequency signals in a three-hundred-sixty-degree radial pattern. For the purpose of this chapter, an omni-directional antenna is up to fifteen feet in height and up to four inches in diameter unless otherwise provided for in conformance with RCW 35.21.315.

B. “Directional antenna” (also known as a “panel antenna”) means an antenna that transmits and receives radio frequency signals in a specific directional pattern of less than three hundred sixty degrees.

C. “Parabolic antenna” (also known as a “dish antenna”) means a bowl-shaped device for the reception and/or transmission of radio frequency communications signals in a specific directional pattern.

“Apartment house” means a building or portion thereof, designed and intended for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other. This definition includes apartment hotels and group dwellings.

“Appeal” means a request for a review of the interpretation of any provision of this title.

“Assisted living facility” means a type of licensed boarding home operating in accordance with an assisted living services contract with the Department of Social and Health Services offering a package of services, including personal care and limited nursing. Such facilities may include housing for the resident in a private apartment-like unit.

“Automobile wrecking yard” means an area in which is conducted the dismantling and/or wrecking of used motor vehicles, machinery or trailers, or the storage or sale of dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or parts, or the storage of motor vehicles unable to be moved under the power of the vehicle. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 601 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.025 “B” definitions.

“Bed and breakfast” means an owner-occupied single-family dwelling in which not more than two bedrooms for not more than six guests total are rented for money or other consideration to the traveling public. For the purposes of this title, this use is not considered a commercial use. This use shall have the outward appearance of a single-family residence and food service in accordance with WAC 246-215-180.

“Best management practices (BMPs)” means conservation practices or systems of practices and management measures that:

A. Control soil loss and reduce water quality degradation caused by nutrients, animal waste, toxins, and sediment.

B. Minimize adverse impacts to surface water and ground water flow, circulation pattern, and to the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of waters, wetlands, and other fish and wildlife habitats.

C. Control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw material.

“Binding site plan development” means a planned development that does not establish lot boundaries for the purpose of subdividing for sale individual lots or parcels within the development. A binding site plan development must meet exemption criteria from subdivision regulations as defined in Chapter 58.17 RCW and the city’s subdivision regulations.

“Boarding house” means an owner-occupied dwelling unit in which not more than four unrelated roomers, lodgers or boarders are housed or fed for compensation. “Boarding house” shall not include rest home or convalescent home.

“Broadcast facility, radio and television” means an establishment engaged in transmitting oral and/or visual programs, and which consists of a studio, transmitter, and antennas.

“Buildable area” means the space remaining on a lot after the minimum open space requirements (coverage, yards, setbacks) have been met.

“Building” means a structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind.

“Building code” has the meaning set forth in Chapter 15.02.

“Building coverage” means the amount of land covered or permitted to be covered by a building or buildings, usually measured in terms of percentage of a lot.

“Building height” means the vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the native grade adjacent to the building foundation, to the highest point of the roof, excluding chimneys, antennas, and other secondary roof structures.

“Building line” means a line, fixed parallel to the lot line, beyond which a building cannot extend.

“Bulk storage” means nonportable storage of bulk products in fixed tanks.

“Bus stop” means a location where bus passengers, public transit or school students are picked up and dropped off, including waiting areas but not service or storage facilities for buses.

“Bus terminal” means a facility used for the storage and service of buses.

“Business or professional office” means the office of a recognized profession including doctors, dentists, accountants, attorneys, optometrists, architects, professional engineers and surveyors and persons engaged in other similar occupations or nonretail business maintained for the conduct of that profession or business. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.030 “C” definitions.

“Campgrounds” means a development providing facilities for outdoor recreational activities, including structural improvements such as covered cooking areas, group facilities, self-contained travel trailer/motor home sites, tent sites, restroom and shower facilities, and laundry facilities for the convenience of temporary occupants.

Cannabis. See “marijuana.”

“Car wash” means any structure requiring the installation of special equipment and plumbing, which is used or intended to be used primarily for the washing of motor vehicles.

Child Care Center. See “day care facility.”

“Church” means a place of worship that is a specially designed structure or consecrated space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or exercise of religion. A parsonage may be included in the use where it is used to house a clergy member of the church.

“City” means the city of Bridgeport, Washington.

“City council” means the duly elected city council of the city of Bridgeport, Washington.

“Clearing” means the destruction or removal of vegetation ground cover, shrubs and trees including, but not limited to, root material removal and/or topsoil removal.

Collective Garden. See RCW 69.51A.085. On or after July 1, 2016, any references to collective gardens in this title shall be interpreted as references to cooperative gardens.

“Community center, meeting hall, fraternal lodge” means structures for civil, public and club meetings or gatherings, with or without accessory kitchens and dining facilities not operated as regular commercial enterprises.

“Comprehensive plan” means any map or policy statement pertaining to the development of land use, streets, or public utilities and facilities, for all or any portion of the city which has been officially adopted by the planning commission and the city council.

“Concentrated agricultural feeding operation” or “CAFO” means as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations Section 122.23.

“Conditional use” means a use, development, or substantial development which is classified as a conditional use or is not classified within this title or the city of Bridgeport shoreline master program.

“Cooperative garden” has the meaning set forth in RCW 69.51A.250.

“Corner lot” means a lot located at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of intersections of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.035 “D” definitions.

“Data mining operation” means a facility containing four or more computers/servers designed and operated to “mine” data via the Internet.

“Day care,” “day care facility,” or “child care facility” means a person, business, or agency licensed by the state regularly providing care for a group of children for periods of less than twenty-four hours. For specific zoning district provisions, day care or child care facilities are categorized and further defined as follows:

A. “Family day care home” means a day care or child care facility that regularly provides care during part of the twenty-four-hour day to six or fewer children in the family abode of the person or persons under whose direct care the children are placed.

B. “Mini day care center” means a day care or child care facility for the care of twelve or fewer children in a facility other than the family abode of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the child is placed; or the care of from seven through twelve children in the family abode of such person or persons.

C. “Day care center” or “child care center” means a day care or child care facility regularly providing care of thirteen or more children. State law provides that no such center shall be located in a private family residence unless the portion of the residence where the children have access is used exclusively for the children during the hours the center is in operation or is separate from the usual living quarters of the family. Such facilities are licensed by the Department of Social and Health Services under Chapter 74.15 RCW and Chapter 388-150 WAC. (WAC 212-12-005.)

“Deliver or delivery” means the actual or constructive transfer from one person to another of an item or substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship.

“Density” means an expression of the intensity of use of property, usually indicated in the following manner. For residential uses: minimum acreage or square footage required for each residential unit; for nonresidential uses: maximum amount of use and/or floor area expressed as a percentage or fraction of the size of the lot.

“Development regulations” means the controls placed on development or land uses by the city, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, all portions of a shoreline master program other than goals and policies approved or adopted under Chapter 90.58 RCW, planned unit development ordinances, subdivision ordinances, and binding site plan ordinances, together with any amendments thereto.

“Dish antenna” means a structure designed to receive radio or television signals from communication satellites.

“Domestic farm animal” means animals domesticated by humans to live in a tame condition or fenced yard. This definition includes, but is not limited to, dairy cows, beef cattle, horses, ponies, mules, llamas, goats, sheep, rabbits, poultry and swine.

“Drive-in restaurant” means an eating establishment that provides for the ordering and pick-up of food from the window of a vehicle.

“Duplex” means a building designed or arranged to be occupied by two families living independently, the structure having only two dwelling units.

“Dwelling, apartment” means a dwelling unit which is subordinate to the principal use of the property, i.e., store in the front and apartment in the back or second floor.

“Dwelling, multifamily” means a building containing more than three dwelling units. (Also, see “use, multifamily.”)

“Dwelling, single-family” means a detached building containing one dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means a building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family as defined in this title.

“Dwelling unit, accessory” means a small separate living unit accompanying the residence or dwelling permitted on a lot of minimum size or larger for the purpose of housing guests, friends, and relatives and having its own living area, kitchen and toilet and bathing facilities. The total floor area of such a unit shall not exceed fifty percent of the total area of the main residence or dwelling. The main residence shall be occupied by the property owner. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.040 “E” definitions.

“Eating and drinking establishments” means retail establishments selling food and drink for consumption on the premises, including lunch counters and refreshment stands selling prepared foods and drinks for immediate on-site consumption.

“Elementary school” means a school for early education that provides the first four to eight years of basic education and is recognized by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

“Essential public facilities” means and includes those facilities that are typically difficult to site, such as airports, state education facilities and state or regional transportation facilities as defined in RCW 47.06.140, state and local correctional facilities, solid waste handling facilities, and in-patient facilities including substance abuse facilities, mental health facilities, group homes, and secure community transition facilities as defined in RCW 71.09.020.

“Events center” means a privately owned, operated and maintained facility that hosts a wide range of recreational, cultural and social events. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 564 § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.045 “F” definitions.

“Family” means an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, registered domestic partnership, adoption or legal guardianship, living together in a dwelling unit; or a group of not more than five unrelated persons living together in a dwelling unit. Persons with functional disabilities, as defined in this title, shall be considered the same as related individuals.

“Farmers market” means a site used for the retail sale of fresh agricultural products, grown either on or off site, but may include as incidental and accessory to the principal use, the sale of factory sealed or prepackaged food products and some limited nonfood items. This definition does not include the regular sale of livestock.

“Feed, grain and farm supply” means a retail establishment that primarily sells agricultural-related supplies and equipment.

“Feedlot” means an enclosure or facility used or capable of being used for feeding livestock hay, grain, silage, or other livestock feed, a confined area or structure for feeding, breeding or holding livestock for eventual sale or slaughter and in which animal waste accumulates faster than it can naturally dissipate without creating a potential for a health hazard, particularly with regard to surface and groundwater; but not including barns, pens or other structures used in a dairy operation or structures on farms holding livestock primarily during winter periods.

“Fence” means any arrangement of wood, stone, brick, metal, chain link, vinyl, or other similar material running around, along, or by the side of any open area to prevent or restrict passage or to mark a boundary; provided, that fences composed solely of live shrubbery or plantings shall not be included under this definition. “Fence” does not include the use of materials that are not generally used and/or sold specifically for fencing, such as plywood, metal or fiberglass roofing panels, or other similar materials.

“Finished floor” means the finished horizontal base of any story of a dwelling unit, or group of dwelling units, that meets all building code requirements for a habitable space.

“Flea market” or “swap meet” means a type of bazaar that rents space to people who want to sell or barter merchandise, including used goods, low quality items, and high quality items such as collectibles and antiques. Markets may offer fresh produce or baked goods, plants from local farms and vintage clothes. Renters of the flea market tables are called vendors. Flea markets or swap meets may be conducted indoors, as in a warehouse or school gymnasium; or outdoors (covered or uncovered), as in a field or parking lot.

“Floor area” means the total area of all floors of a building as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls and including halls, stairways, elevator shafts, attached garages, porches, basements and balconies.

“Front yard” means that area between the front of the building or structure and the front property line.

“Functional disabilities, people with” means:

A. A person who, because of a recognized chronic physical or mental condition or disease, is functionally disabled to the extent of:

1. Needing care, supervision or monitoring to perform activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, or

2. Needing supports to ameliorate or compensate for the effects of the functional disability so as to lead as independent a life as possible, or

3. Having a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities, or

4. Having a record of having such an impairment; and

B. A person being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include current, illegal use of or active addiction to a controlled substance.

“Funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary” means a business that provides interment and funeral services for the dead and their families. These services may include a prepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the funeral. (Ord. 712 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.050 “G” definitions.

“Game arcade” means an entertainment venue featuring primarily video games, simulators, and/or other amusement devices where persons under twenty-one years of age are not restricted.

“Grade” (adjacent ground elevation) is the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line or, when the property line is more than five feet from the building, between the building and a line five feet from the building.

“Grading” means the movement or redistribution of the soil, sand, rock, gravel, sediment, or other material on a site in a manner that alters the natural contour of the land.

“Gravel pit” means land from which sand, gravel or quarried rock is extracted, but does not include the extraction of metals, minerals or fossil fuels.

“Grocery store” means a retail establishment primarily selling food as well as other convenience and household goods.

“Group home” means a place for dependent or minor children that provides special care in a homelike environment. This definition does not include homes of this nature for three or fewer persons (excluding house parents) or day care or child care facilities.

“Gyms, exercise facilities” means an open air or covered location for gymnastics, athletics and other recreational uses such as in private recreation facilities, parks, schools and colleges. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.055 “H” definitions.

“Halfway house” means a home for juvenile delinquents or adult offenders leaving correctional and/or mental institutions or rehabilitation centers for alcohol and/or drug users.

“Hazardous waste” means all dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in RCW 70.105.010, as existing or hereafter amended.

“Hazardous waste storage” means the holding of dangerous waste for a temporary period as regulated by state dangerous waste regulation, Chapter 173-303 WAC, as existing or hereafter amended.

“Hazardous waste treatment” means the physical, chemical or biological processing of dangerous wastes to make them less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.

“Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility, off-site” means those treatment and storage facilities that treat and store waste from generators on properties other than those on which the off-site facilities are located. These facilities must comply with the state siting criteria as adopted in accordance with Chapter 70.105 RCW as the same exists or may be hereafter amended.

“Hazardous waste treatment and storage facility, on-site” means those treatment and storage facilities which treat and store hazardous wastes generated on the same, or on geographically contiguous, or bordering property. These facilities must comply with the state siting criteria adopted in accordance with Chapter 70.105 RCW as the same exists or may be hereafter amended.

“Height, building” means the vertical distance above the average existing grade measured to the highest point of the building. The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building.

“Height, fence” means the vertical distance from the highest adjacent finish grade elevation to the elevation of the top horizontal member or to the top of the vertical members when the vertical members manifest the fence.

“Historic site” means those sites that are eligible to be listed or are listed on the Washington Heritage Register, National Register of Historic Places, or any locally developed historic registry formally adopted by the city of Bridgeport.

“Home business” means the use of a dwelling unit or any of its accessory structures for lawful and gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision or sale of goods and/or services in the home, and meeting the standards and restrictions of Chapter 17.68.

“Hotels and motels” means establishments containing three or more guest rooms for housing the traveling public on an overnight or short term basis. Access to restaurant and recreation facilities are usually available to nonguests as well as guests.

“Housing for people with functional disabilities” means housing used, or intended for use, by persons with functional disabilities. The term includes, but is not limited to, adult family homes, residential care facilities, and housing for any supported living arrangement, as defined in this title. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 497 § 1, 1998; Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.060 “I” definitions.

“Impervious surface” means any material or structure that prevents the natural absorption of water into the earth.

“Indoors” means within a fully enclosed and secure structure that complies with the International Building Code, as adopted by the city of Bridgeport, that has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof, and a foundation, slab, or equivalent base to which the floor is securely attached. The structure must be secure against unauthorized entry, accessible only through two or more lockable doors, and constructed of solid materials that cannot be easily broken through. Plastic sheeting, regardless of gauge, or similar products do not satisfy this requirement.

“Industrial use” means a use including manufacturing, processing, warehousing, storage, distribution, shipping and other related uses.

“Inns, lodges and guest ranches” means establishments for housing and providing either organized entertainment (both active and passive) or recreational opportunities for stays, generally several nights in duration. This type of facility either provides all recreational opportunities on site or as part of an organized or duly licensed and/or permitted recreational activity on public or private lands in the vicinity of the inn, lodge or guest ranch.

“Inundation area” means those areas along the Columbia River subject to flooding based on the regulation of the river by the Douglas PUD at Wells Dam and the amount of water released from Chief Joseph Dam upstream. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.065 “J” definitions.

“Junkyard” means any lot, parcel, tract of land, building, structure or part thereof used for the storage, collection, processing, purchase, sale or abandonment of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal, vehicular parts, glass, used building materials, household appliances, brush, wood or other scrap or discarded goods, materials, machinery or two or more unregistered, inoperable motor or recreational vehicles or any other type of junk. This definition shall not include recycling drop-off stations. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.070 “K” definitions.

“Kennel” means any premises or building commercial establishment (including a residence) in which dogs or other domestic animals are housed, kept, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.075 “L” definitions.

“Library” means an organized collection of resources made accessible to the public for reference or borrowing supported with money derived from taxation.

“Lot” means the basic development unit; an area with fixed boundaries shown on a final plat or short plat officially recorded in the Douglas County auditor’s office; or which is a legally recognized prior division or parcel under the provisions of the city of Bridgeport’s subdivision or short subdivision ordinance.

“Lot area” means the total horizontal land area (generally measured in square footage) within the lot lines of a lot.

“Lot coverage” means the building coverage plus the amount of land covered or permitted to be covered by improvements that create impervious surfaces, and by driveways and parking areas, usually measured in terms of percentage of total lot area.

“Lot line” means the property line bounding a lot.

“Lot line, front” means the property line separating the lot from the street upon which a building has its official address, except, for corner lots, the shorter of the two street-side lot lines shall be considered as the front lot line. If both street frontages are the same length, the official address shall determine which is front.

“Lot line, rear” means the property line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of an irregular, triangular or other shaped lot, a line ten feet in length within the lot parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

“Lot line, side” means any property line not a front or rear lot line.

“Lot line, side street” means a side lot line on a corner lot that runs parallel with a street. This line shall always be equal to or longer than the front lot line.

“Lot, through” means a lot having street frontage in both the front and rear.

“Lot width” means the average horizontal distance between the side lot lines, ordinarily measured at the front building line. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.080 “M” definitions.

“Machine shop” means an establishment primarily involved in the fabrication, machining, welding and repair of metal parts and equipment. The term “machine shop” does not include major manufacturing facilities that mass produce materials, parts and equipment for export.

“Manufactured home” means a structure constructed after June 15, 1976, and in accordance with state and federal requirements for manufactured homes. All manufactured homes shall bear the appropriate insignia by a state or federal regulatory agency indicating such compliance with all applicable construction standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for manufactured homes as adopted by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries or the International Building Code as adopted by the city of Bridgeport and be designed primarily for residential occupancy by human beings.

“Manufactured home park” means a parcel of land under single ownership used for or available for rent for the placement of two or more manufactured homes used as dwellings and meeting the certification requirements of this title. For the purposes of this title the term “manufactured home park” shall be synonymous with the term “mobile home park,” as defined herein, and shall be allowed in any district where mobile home parks are allowed. All mobile home parks proposed or expanded under this title must meet the standards for a manufactured home park.

“Manufacturing, heavy” means industrial enterprises and activities which possess potential nuisance or hazard components or place exceptional demands upon public facilities and services. Such facilities generally involve the manufacturing, assembly, fabrication and processing, bulk handling, storage, warehousing, and heavy trucking activity and normally require sites of larger size to accommodate these uses.

“Manufacturing, light” means a manufacturing use in which goods are produced without using heavy machinery, such as machine loaders, foundry machinery, metal, presses, etc., and without chemically processing materials. Light manufacturing activities include but are not limited to the following activities:

A. Manufacture, assembly, finishing, and/or packaging of small items from component parts. Examples include but are not limited to pottery, clothing, assembly of clocks, electrical appliances, or medical equipment.

B. Production of items made from materials derived from plants or animals, including but not limited to leather, premilled wood, paper, wool or cork; or from textiles, semiprecious or precious metals or stones, or plastics.

C. Production or bottling of beverages for human consumption, including but not limited to beer, wine and soft drinks.

“Marijuana” or “cannabis” as defined in RCW 69.50.101 means all parts of the plant cannabis, whether growing or not, with a THC concentration greater than three-tenths percent on a dry weight basis; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. The term does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.

“Marijuana processor” as defined in RCW 69.50.101 means a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to process marijuana into useable marijuana and marijuana infused products, package and label useable marijuana and marijuana infused products for the sale in retail outlets, and sell useable marijuana and marijuana infused products at wholesale to marijuana retailers.

“Marijuana producer” as defined in RCW 69.50.101 means a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to produce and sell marijuana at wholesale to marijuana processors and other licensed marijuana producers.

“Marijuana retailer” as defined in RCW 69.50.101 means a person licensed by the State Liquor and Cannabis Board to sell useable marijuana and marijuana infused products in a retail outlet.

“Microbrewery” means a combination retail, wholesale and manufacturing business that brews and serves beer, wine or other distilled spirits and/or food on the premises. Microbreweries shall have a production capacity not to exceed fifteen thousand U.S. barrels per year.

“Mini-mart” means a use which combines retail food sales with fast foods or take-out food service. Mini-marts may or may not be associated with service stations. The term “mini-mart” shall also include “quick-e-mart” and “convenience store.”

“Ministorage” means a building(s) or site used for temporary indoor or outdoor storage on a commercial basis (excluding the storage of hazardous materials and waste).

“Mixed use development” means the use of land or a structure for two or more different uses, or “mixed use development” means a combination of uses within the same building or site as a part of an integrated development project with functional interrelationships and coherent physical design.

“Mobile home” means a transportable dwelling unit manufactured after January 1, 1968, and before June 15, 1976, and bearing an insignia of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Mobile homes without such insignia are nonconforming structures.

“Modular/factory built home” means a structure constructed in a factory in accordance with the State Building Code and bearing the appropriate insignia indicating such compliance. This definition includes prefabricated, panelized, and factory-built units.

“Multifamily use” or “multifamily dwelling” means two or more single-family dwellings located on a single lot; or one or more duplexes, triplexes or multifamily dwellings located on a single lot; or any combination of two or more of the above located on a single lot.

“Museums, art galleries” means an institution or business that cares for (conserves) or displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance and makes them available for public viewing and/or sale through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.

“Museums, nonprofit historical” means an institution that cares for (conserves) or displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of cultural or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. (Ord. 697 § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 574 § 1 (Exh. A), 2007; Ord. 564 § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.085 “N” definitions.

“Neighborhood” means an area which is recognized as a distinct entity by virtue of certain factors, such as: definite boundaries, natural or manmade; history; architecture; facilities which attract people within a certain radius; or a shared sense of identity or social cohesion.

“Nightly rental” means tourist accommodation in guest houses, recreational homes or cabins, or part-time residential homes.

“Nonconforming lot” means a lot, the area, width and other dimensional characteristics of which fail to meet the minimum requirements of the zoning district in which it is located and was a conforming lot at the time it was created.

“Nonconforming structure” means a legally established structure existing at the time the ordinance codified in this title or any amendment thereto becomes effective which does not conform to the lot size, yard, height or lot coverage requirements of the district in which it is located.

“Nonconforming use” means a legally established use existing at the time the ordinance codified in this title or any amendment thereto becomes effective which does not conform to the use requirements of the district in which it is located.

“Nursery/greenhouse” means a facility, structure or use of land for the commercial production of bedding plants, street stock or associated horticultural products.

“Nursing home” means any home, place or institution which operates or maintains facilities providing convalescent or chronic care, or both, for a period in excess of twenty-four consecutive hours for three or more patients not related by blood or marriage to the operator, who, by reason of illness or infirmity, are unable properly to 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 of 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. The mere designation by the operator of any place or institution as a hospital, sanitarium, or any other similar name, which does not provide care for the acutely ill and maintain and operate facilities for major surgery or obstetrics, or both, shall not exclude such place or institution from the provisions of this chapter; provided, that any nursing home providing psychiatric treatment shall, with respect to patients receiving such treatment, comply with the provisions of RCW 71.12.560 and 71.12.570. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.090 “O” definitions.

“Obscene” means abhorrent to morality or virtue; specifically: designed to incite to lust or depravity.

“Off-street parking” means parking space(s) provided beyond the right-of-way of a highway, street or alley.

“Outdoor mobile vendor” means nonpermitted structures, vehicles, or trailers, located on private property, conducting retail sales or offering goods and/or services to the public for a fee or donation.

“Outdoors” means any location that is not “indoors” within a fully enclosed and secure structure as defined herein. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016)

17.08.095 “P” definitions.

“Parcel” means a tract or tax parcel other than a platted lot.

“Parking facility” means a land area or structure that is devoted exclusively to the temporary parking or storage of motor vehicles for which a fee may or may not be charged, and where no service or repairs of any kind are furnished.

“Party of record” includes all persons, agencies or organizations who have submitted written comments in response to a notice of application; made oral comments in a formal public hearing conducted on the application; or notified local government of their desire to receive a copy of the final decision on a permit and who have provided an address for delivery of such notice by mail.

“Permit” means any form of permission required under this title, Title 13, 15 or 19, prior to undertaking activity within the city and/or on shorelines of the state, including substantial development permits, variances, conditional use permits, permits for oil or natural gas exploration activities and shoreline exemptions.

“Person” means any individual, owner, contractor, tenant, partnership, corporation, business trust, industry, association, organization, joint venture, cooperative, government, governmental subdivision of agency or any other legal or commercial entity, public or private institution, or an employee or agent of any of the foregoing entities; or an applicant, a re-applicant, a permit holder, an authorized agent of any entity, or any third party acting on behalf of any entity.

“Personal services” means establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or his or her personal goods and apparel. Examples include, but are not limited to, cleaning and pressing service, linen supply, beauty shops, barbershops, shoe repair, funeral services and domestic services.

“Personal storage facility” means enclosed area or structures providing storage for personal goods and/or recreational vehicles within the structure.

“Planning commission” means the planning commission of the city.

“Plant” means an organism having at least three distinguishable and distinct leaves, each leaf being at least three centimeters in diameter, and a readily observable root formation consisting of at least two separate and distinct roots, each being at least two centimeters in length. Multiple stalks emanating from the same root ball or root system shall be considered part of the same single plant.

“Playground” means a public outdoor recreation area for children, usually equipped with swings, slides and other playground equipment, owned and/or managed by a city, county, state or federal government.

“Preschool, agency” means a place where prekindergarten children are taught that meets all state requirements to conduct such activity.

“Private road” means every way or place in private ownership and used for travel of vehicles by the owner(s) or those persons having express or implied permission by the owner(s), but not by other persons; such roads are not maintained by the city of Bridgeport.

“Private school” means any building or group of buildings the use of which meets the state requirements for elementary, secondary, or higher education and which use does not secure the major part of its funding from any governmental agency.

“Process” means to handle or process cannabis in preparation for medical or recreational use.

“Produce or production” means to manufacture, plant, grow or harvest cannabis or marijuana.

“Public park” means an area of land for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and/or recreation, such as a baseball diamond or basketball court, owned and/or managed by a city, county, state, federal government or metropolitan park district. “Public park” does not include trails.

“Public place” includes streets and alleys of incorporated cities and towns; state or county or township highways or roads; buildings and grounds used for school purposes; public dance halls and grounds adjacent thereto; premises where goods and services are offered to the public for retail sale; public buildings, public meeting halls, lobbies, halls and dining rooms of hotels, restaurants, theatres, stores, garages, and filling stations which are open to and are generally used by the public and to which the public is permitted to have unrestricted access; railroad trains, stages, buses, ferries, and other public conveyances of all kinds and character, and the depots, stops, and waiting rooms used in conjunction therewith which are open to unrestricted use and access by the public; publicly owned bathing beaches, parks, or playgrounds; and all other places of like or similar nature to which the general public has unrestricted right of access, and which are generally used by the public.

“Public transit center” means a facility located outside of the public right-of-way that is owned and managed by a transit agency or city, county, state or federal government for the express purpose of staging people and vehicles where several bus or other transit routes converge. They serve as efficient hubs to allow bus riders from various locations to assemble at a central point to take advantage of express trips or other route to route transfers. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.100 “Q” definitions.

Reserved.

17.08.105 “R” definitions.

“Recognition card” means a card issued to qualifying patients and designated providers by a marijuana retailer with a medical marijuana endorsement that has entered them into the medical marijuana authorization database.

“Recreation center or facility” means a supervised center that provides a broad range of activities and events intended primarily for use by persons under twenty-one years of age, owned and/or managed by a charitable nonprofit organization, city, county, state or federal government.

“Recreational uses” means uses which offer activities, pastimes, and experiences that allow for the refreshment of mind and body. Examples include, but are not limited to, parks, camps, camping clubs, launch ramps, golf courses, viewpoints, trails, public access facilities, public parks and athletic fields, hunting blinds, and other low intensity use outdoor recreation areas. Recreational uses that do not require a shoreline location, nor are related to the water, nor provide significant public access are considered non-water-oriented. For example, a recreation use solely offering indoor activities would be considered non-water-oriented.

“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicle:

A. Built on a single chassis;

B. Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection;

C. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; and

D. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

“Recreational vehicle park” means a tract of land under single ownership or control upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites with hookups (minimum water, sewer and power) are located, established or maintained for occupancy by the general public as temporary living quarters. This definition includes camping clubs when developed in accordance with applicable state laws.

“Recreational vehicle site” means a plot of ground within a recreational vehicle park available for accommodation of a recreational vehicle for thirty consecutive days or fewer unless an extension of this time period is granted in accordance with Section 17.72.020.

“Recycling center” means a facility where discarded recyclable products such as aluminum and tin cans, glass, paper, and other similar individual consumer products are deposited and stored for future reprocessing (excluding drop stations).

“Recycling drop station (enclosed containers only)” means a facility or area for consumer deposit of small recyclable household items (glass, paper, aluminum, etc.) in enclosed containers which are collected and emptied on a regular basis without processing, crushing or other handling, and which does not create a nuisance due to odor, noise, appearance, rodent or insect attraction.

“Repair shop” means establishments primarily involved in the repair of appliances, electronic equipment and small engines, excluding automobiles and heavy equipment.

“Residential care facility” means a facility not otherwise meeting the definition of an adult family home or nursing home that provides limited nursing services and personal care for people with functional disabilities pursuant to Chapter 70.128 RCW as the same exists now or may be hereafter amended. Examples of residential care facilities include but are not limited to state-licensed boarding homes, congregate care facilities, group care facilities, foster family homes and assisted living facilities.

“Residential treatment facility” means a facility providing for treatment of drug and alcohol dependency.

“Resort” means an establishment offering guests the following: lodging, meals, recreation, entertainment and related items.

“Retail sales” means establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.

“Retirement community” means any age-restricted development, which may be in any housing form, including detached and attached dwelling units offering private and semiprivate residences or rooms.

“Rezone” means to change the zoning district classification of particular lot(s) or parcel(s) of land. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 564 § 1 (part), 2006; Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.110 “S” definitions.

“Screening” means a fence, wall, landscaping, evergreen hedge or combination thereof that effectively provides a sight-obscuring and sound-absorbing buffer. It shall be at least four feet in height and be broken only for access drives, walks and for compliance with clear vision requirements. (See Section 17.56.070.)

“Seasonal” means a temporary use the duration of which is related to an identifiable climatic, cultural, or recreational period (i.e., summer, winter, fall, spring, Christmas, ski season).

“Secondary school” means a high and/or middle school: a school for students who have completed their primary education, usually attended by children in grades seven to twelve and recognized by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

“Semipermanent” means, in the context of an outdoor mobile vendor (see Section 17.08.090), a unit such as a trailer that requires towing to or from a site.

“Server farm” means a collection of computer servers—usually maintained by an organization to supply server functionality far beyond the capability of a single machine. Server farms consist of dozens, hundreds or thousands of computers which require a large amount of power to run and to keep cool. Server farms are typically collocated with the network switches and/or routers which enable communication between the different parts of the cluster and the users of the cluster. Server farmers typically mount the computers, routers, power supplies, and related electronics on nineteen-inch racks in a server room or data center.

“Service station” means a retail facility to supply motor fuel, other petroleum products and convenience foods to motor vehicles and their occupants, and may include lubrication, repair services and incidental sale of motor vehicle accessories.

“Setback” means the required distance between structures and all lot lines.

“Sexually oriented materials” means any books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed materials or any photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, laser discs, digital video discs (“DVDs”), computer discs, Internet sites, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas. The term “sexually oriented materials” includes any instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with any specified sexual activities.

“Shoreline master program” means the goals, policies and regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 90.58 RCW.

“Shorelines” means that area lying two hundred feet landward on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark of the Columbia River.

“Short-term (nightly) rentals” means dwelling units rented for less than thirty days.

“Sign” means an identification, description, illustration or device which is affixed to or represented, directly or indirectly, upon a structure or land, and which directs attention to a product, service, place, activity, person, institution, business or profession.

“Small appliance” means indoor household appliances weighing fifty pounds or less that can be hand-carried by one person.

“Small engine repair” means and includes the repair of lawnmowers, chainsaws and similar size equipment.

“Specified anatomical areas” means and includes any of the following:

A. The human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered; or

B. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, anus, buttocks, or female breast below the top of the areola.

“Specified sexual activities” means and includes any of the following:

A. The caressing, fondling, or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts; or

B. Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; or

C. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or

D. Excretory functions as part of, or in connection with, any of the sexual activities specified in this definition.

“Storage container” means a unit originally or specifically used or designed to store goods or merchandise during shipping or hauling by a vehicle, including but not limited to rail cars of any kind, truck trailers or multimodal shipping containers; does not include apple bins, wooden or cardboard shipping crates or similar items.

“Storage facilities, bulk” means either enclosed or outdoor areas designed for the storage of either large quantities of materials or materials of a large size.

“Street” means a public right-of-way for roadway, sidewalk and utility installation.

“Structural alteration” means any change to the supporting members of a structure including but not limited to foundations, bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, girders, trusses or any structural change in the roof or exterior walls.

“Structure” means anything constructed or erected on the ground, or which is attached to something located on the ground. The term includes buildings, radio and TV towers, sheds and signs. The term does not include residential fences and retaining walls less than six feet in height, rockeries, sidewalks and other paved surfaces, and similar improvements of a minor character.

“Structure, mobile vendor” means, in the context of an outdoor mobile vendor (see Section 17.08.090), a semipermanent structure built on site or delivered to a site.

“Supported living arrangement” means a living unit owned or rented by one or more persons with functional disabilities who receive assistance with activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and/or medical care from an individual or agency licensed and/or reimbursed by a public agency to provide such assistance. (Ord. 720 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.115 “T” definitions.

“Temporary” means having a specific, short-term duration. (See “seasonal.”)

“Theater” means a building or part of a building devoted to showing motion pictures or for dramatic, dance, musical or other live performances.

“Townhouse” means an attached dwelling unit in a row of at least two and not more than six such units, separated by property lines and by vertical common fire-resistant walls from other dwelling units in the row and having individual outside access and legal frontage on a public or approved private street. Each dwelling unit shall be designed for and occupied exclusively by one family and the household employees of that family. A townhouse shall extend from foundation to roof, and no townhouse shall be located over another unit. Common walls between townhouses shall have no doors, windows or other provisions for human passage or visibility. Each townhouse shall be attached to other units in the row by not more than two common walls. The principal access shall be at or near grade. Townhouses shall be considered multifamily dwellings and regulated as such.

“Transportation facility” means a structure or use designed to provide services and support for persons using public conveyance.

“Triplex” means a building designed or arranged to be occupied by three families living independently, the structure having only three dwelling units.

“Truck stop” means any building, premises or land in which or upon which a business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, storage or repair of commercial vehicles is conducted or rendered, including the dispensing of motor fuel directly into motor vehicles and the sale of accessories or equipment for trucks and similar commercial vehicles. A truck stop may also include overnight accommodations and restaurant facilities primarily for the use of truck crews.

“Truly mobile” means, in the context of an outdoor mobile vendor (see Section 17.08.090), a unit such as a vehicle that is registered and licensed for driving on the street under its own power. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 697 § 2 (part), 2018; Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.120 “U” definitions.

“Urban growth area (UGA)” means unincorporated area cooperatively designated by the city and Douglas County for expansion of the corporate limits and where Douglas County agrees to enforce city zoning.

“Use” means the purpose for which land or a structure is primarily designed, arranged or intended; or for which it is primarily occupied or maintained.

“Use, multifamily” means:

A. Two or more single-family dwellings; or

B. Two or more duplexes, triplexes or multifamily dwellings; or

C. Any combination of two or more of the above located on a single lot and under common or condominium ownership.

“Use, principal” means the primary or predominant use to which a structure, part of a structure or lot is or may be devoted. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.125 “V” definitions.

“Variety/department stores” means a retail establishment, greater than ten thousand total square feet, selling a variety of new or used products for household use, including but not limited to any combination of clothing, food, appliances, home furnishings, recreational equipment, automotive supplies, hardware and electronics.

“Vehicle and heavy equipment sales” means the use of any building, land area or other premises for the display and sale of new or used automobiles, motorcycles or other forms of motorized equipment used for personal, industrial or commercial purposes.

“Vision area, clear” means a triangular shaped portion of land established at street (excluding alleys) intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, parked, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.

“Vocational school” means a school for educating, training or retraining persons in a trade, vocation or other technical field. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.130 “W” definitions.

“Warehouse” means a structure used for the storage of goods and materials.

“Winery” means a combination retail, wholesale and manufacturing business that makes and sells wine or other distilled spirits and/or food on the premises. Wineries shall produce two hundred fifty thousand gallons or less per year. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.135 “X” definitions.

Reserved.

17.08.140 “Y” definitions.

“Yard” means an open space on a lot which is unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided for in this title. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)

17.08.145 “Z” definitions.

“Zoning district” means a section of the city designated in this title in which requirements of the use of land and building and development standards are prescribed.

“Zoning map” means the official zoning map of the city of Bridgeport as the same exists or may be hereafter amended delineating the boundaries of zoning districts which, along with the text of this title, comprise the zoning ordinance of the city. (Ord. 663 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2016: Ord. 475 § 1 (part), 1996)