Chapter 17.12 DEFINITIONS

This chapter provides definitions for terms and phrases used in this title. Where any of the definitions conflict with the definitions used in other titles of the city code, the definitions in this chapter shall prevail for the purpose of this title. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.010 Interpretation and construction.

A. For the purpose of this title, certain terms or words herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows: except where specifically defined in this chapter all words in this title shall carry the customary meanings.

1. Words used in the present tense shall include the future;

2. Words in the singular number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise;

3. “Person” includes a corporation, a member or members of a partnership or other business organization, a committee, association, board, trustee, receiver, agent, or other representative and all other legal entities;

4. “Shall” is mandatory and not directory;

5. “May” is permissive;

6. “Use,” “used,” or “occupied” as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words “intended,” “arranged,” or “designed” to be used or occupied;

7. “City” means city of Grandview;

8. “County” means Yakima County;

9. Unless otherwise specified, all distances shall be measured horizontally;

10. Words not defined herein, but defined within the International Building Code, shall have the same meaning as defined within the International Building Code;

11. Chapter and section headings contained in this title shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this title.

B. For the purposes of this title, certain terms or words shall be interpreted and defined as in the following sections of this chapter. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.015 Accessory structure.

“Accessory structure” means any building other than the dwelling unit or main structure erected on the site. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.020 Accessory use.

“Accessory use” means a use subordinate to the principal use and located on the same lot with such principal use. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.025 Adult entertainment.

See adult use business definitions in GMC 5.10.010. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.030 Adult entertainment facility.

See adult use business definitions in GMC 5.10.010. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.032 Adult family home.

“Adult family home” means a regular family abode in which a person or persons provides 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 family homes shall be considered a residential use of property for zoning and public and private utility rate purposes. Adult family homes shall be a permitted use in all areas zoned for residential or commercial purposes, including areas zoned for single-family dwellings. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.035 Agricultural uses (commercial).

“Agricultural uses (commercial)” means agricultural activities, involving 10 or more acres, carried on as a commercial enterprise with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly. Agricultural uses (commercial) do not include feed lots, stockyards, dairies, hog farms or poultry husbandry. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.040 Agricultural use (limited).

“Agricultural use (limited)” means an agricultural operation including the construction of farm buildings and the keeping of farm animals upon the premises, but the agricultural operation shall be for a personal use only and not be carried on as a commercial enterprise where a profit is realized. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.045 Alley.

“Alley” means a dedicated narrow service way, not more than 20 feet wide, providing a secondary means of public access to abutting properties. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.046 All weather surface.

“All weather surface” means any roadway, driveway, alley or parking lot surface paved with crushed stone, asphalt, concrete or other pervious or impervious material in a manner that will support the weight of anticipated vehicular traffic in all weather conditions and minimize the potential for ruts, dust, potholes, or pooling of water. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.050 Alterations.

“Alterations” means as applied to a building or structure:

A. A change or rearrangement of the structural or nonstructural parts in the existing facilities; or

B. An enlargement or addition on a building or structure; or

C. Moving a building or structure from one location or position to another; or

D. A change of use. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.055 Amusement game device.

See vending and amusement devices definitions in GMC 5.18.010. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.060 Amusement game center.

“Amusement game center” means any building or portion thereof, which contains more than two amusement game devices. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.065 Animal unit.

See animal definitions in GMC Title 6, Animals. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.070 Antique.

“Antique” means a piece of furniture, glassware, silverware, art work or other items that are at least 60 years old and are distinguished from general secondhand personal property and collectibles by educational value, historic value, artistic value, ornamental character or intrinsic aesthetic merits. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.075 Antique dealer.

“Antique dealer” means an establishment having as its primary stock-in-trade “antiques” as that term is defined in this chapter. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.080 Apartment building.

“Apartment building” means a building arranged, intended, or designed to be occupied by three or more families living independently of each other. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.085 Auto body shop.

“Auto body shop” means a building or portion of a building wherein there is engaged the business of improvement and restoration of automobiles and other motor vehicles by sanding, priming, painting, straightening and other like repair and restoration. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.090 Auto detail shop.

“Auto detail shop” means a building or portion of a building wherein there is engaged the business of improvement of the appearance of automobiles or other vehicles by washing, waxing, polishing or other like means not within the definition of an “auto body shop,” GMC 17.12.085. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.092 Batch plant (asphalt or concrete).

“Batch plant” means a manufacturing facility for the production of paving and/or construction materials, usually temporary in nature, and normally associated with specific construction projects or mineral resource extraction facilities. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.095 Billiard or pool halls.

“Billiard or pool halls” means an establishment wherein the principal use or activity is billiards, pool, or snooker, regardless of the number of billiard, pool or snooker tables. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.100 Boat.

“Boat” means any type of water craft, whether registered or unregistered, licensed or unlicensed. The term “boat” shall include any wheeled trailer or other device on which such boat is or may be kept, stored, or transported, whether registered or unregistered, licensed or unlicensed. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.105 Boardinghouse.

“Boardinghouse” means any dwelling with less than 20 sleeping rooms in which persons whether individually or as families are housed or lodged and are provided meals at the dwelling. A rooming house or furnished rooming house is a boardinghouse. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.110 Building.

“Building” is any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.115 Building, accessory.

“Accessory building” means a supplementary building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main or principal building and which is located on the same lot therewith. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.120 Building area.

“Building area” means the three-dimensional space within which a building is permitted to be built on a lot and which is defined by height regulations, yard setbacks, and building coverage. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.125 Building, detached.

“Detached building” means a building surrounded by open space as required herein. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.130 Building height.

“Building height” means the vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The reference datum shall be selected by either of the following, whichever yields a greater height of building:

A. The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or finished ground surface within a five-foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such sidewalk or finished ground surface is not more than 10 feet above lowest finished grade;

B. An elevation 10 feet higher than the lowest finished grade when the highest sidewalk or finished ground surface described in subsection A of this section is more than 10 feet above lowest finished grade. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.135 Camp trailer/travel trailer/fifth wheel.

“Camp trailer/travel trailer/fifth wheel” means a structure designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use, constructed with integral wheels to make it mobile and/or tow-able by motor vehicle. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.140 Camper (pickup).

“Camper (pickup)” means a structure designed to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for recreational use, camping or vacation use. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.145 Club.

“Club” means an organization catering exclusively to members and their guests in premises and buildings for recreation and athletic purposes. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.150 Communication tower.

“Communication tower” means a freestanding or building-mounted structure, including appurtenances and antenna intended for airway communication purposes, such as a television antenna or ham radio tower. This definition does not include wireless communications towers defined in GMC 17.12.485. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.152 Community building.

“Community building” means a facility used for the common welfare of all persons. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.153 Community kitchen.

“Community kitchen” means a facility that offers or provides meals and food to the homeless and needy as its primary activity. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.155 Community service facilities level one.

“Community service facilities” of the level one category include, but are not limited to, day care centers, nursery schools, hospitals, sanitariums, nonprofit community health clinics, governmental and quasi-governmental activities, and related uses, which provide similar services for citizens; except any such use which limits the activity solely to organizational or administrative office functions, whereby the actual community service is provided elsewhere, shall be excluded from this definition. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.156 Community service facilities level two.

“Community service facilities” of the level two category include, but are not limited to, drug abuse and alcoholic treatment centers, halfway houses, charitable organizations, nonprofit service groups, juvenile care and treatment centers, crisis residential centers, correctional work release facilities, correctional institutions, juvenile delinquency homes and facilities, any and all facilities for incarceration or detainment, temporary shelters, emergency housing facilities, community service housing, missions, community kitchens, food banks, and other similar uses which provide social, health and welfare service for citizens; except any such use which limits the activity solely to organizational or administrative office functions, whereby the actual community service is provided elsewhere, shall be excluded from this definition. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.160 Day care center, nursery school, preschool.

“Day care center, nursery school, preschool” means any type of group day care programs, for children or adults, including nursery schools for children under the minimum age for education in public schools, parent cooperative nursery schools, playgroups for preschool children, covering after school care for school children, and programs which provide organized learning and education experiences, provided such establishments are licensed by the state and conducted in accordance with state requirements. For the purpose of this title, the following shall also apply to day care centers, nursery schools or preschools:

A. “Babysitting care” means a dwelling which provides occasional custodial care to children, for periods of less than 24 hours, who do not reside within the residence of the person providing the care. Babysitting care is not necessarily provided in exchange for compensation.

B. “Home-based day care” means a home licensed by the Department of Social and Health Services and in which day care is regularly provided for not more than 12 children or adults for periods of less than 24 hours. Home-based day care is allowed in any home regardless of its zoning classification.

C. “Mini-day care center” means a place, other than the home of the provider, which provides regular custodial care for one to 12 children or adults for periods of less than 24 hours.

D. “Day care center” means a place which provides regular custodial care for 12 or more children or adults.

E. “Preschool/nursery schools” means a place that provides regular custodial care and/or organized learning and educational experiences for children. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.163 Discontinuance.

“Discontinuance” means the intentional or inadvertent cessation of a nonconforming use or the same or a more restrictive use of a nonconforming building including, but not limited to, the termination of a nonconforming tenancy and nonoccupancy of the building for the required period or the cessation of a nonconforming business use of a building for the prescribed period. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.165 Dwelling.

“Dwelling” means a building designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family, or multiple-family dwellings, but not including hotels or motel units. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.170 Dwelling, multiple.

“Multiple dwelling” means a building used or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other doing their own cooking therein. This includes apartment houses and flats. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.175 Dwelling, one-family.

“One-family dwelling” means a detached dwelling designed for or occupied exclusively by one family. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.180 Dwelling, two-family.

“Two-family dwelling” means a building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other, except that common laundry facilities are allowed. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.185 Dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means a building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.186 Electric vehicle battery charging station.

“Electric vehicle battery charging station” means an electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.28 RCW (electricians and electrical installations) and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540 (electric vehicle infrastructure requirements). (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.187 Essential public facilities.

“Essential public facilities” means those facilities that are typically difficult to site, such as airports, state education facilities, state and local correctional facilities, state or regional transportation facilities, solid waste handling facilities, and in-patient facilities including substance abuse facilities, mental health facilities, and group homes not falling under the purview of fair housing laws, such as adult correctional work release facilities; and those facilities appearing on the list maintained by the State Office of Financial Management pursuant to RCW 36.70A.200(4). (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.190 Factory-assembled home.

A “factory-assembled home” is defined as either:

A. A factory-built structure that was constructed in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requirements and bearing an appropriate Department of Labor and Industries insignia indicating such compliance; or

B. A factory-built structure designed for human occupancy, which is entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site and is transported to a building site on streets or highways and there affixed to a permanent foundation. A factory-assembled home must be constructed to International Building Code standards as adopted by the city of Grandview for on-site construction, the Washington State Energy Code and all other uniform codes adopted by the city of Grandview governing the construction of residential structures. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.195 Family.

“Family” means an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, or a group of not more than five persons unrelated by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, but, subject to International Property Maintenance Code provisions regarding minimum area requirements per number of people in living spaces, living together as a single housekeeping unit and doing their cooking on the premises of the dwelling unit; provided, however, that dormitories, clubs, rooming houses having over two rooms, motels or hotels, and like groups of individuals shall not be considered a family. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.196 Family day care providers.

“Family day care providers” means a child care provider who regularly provides early childhood education and early learning services for not more than 12 children in the provider’s home in the family living quarters. (Ord. 2017-1 § 5).

17.12.197 Foster-family home.

“Foster-family home” means an agency which regularly provides care on a 24-hour basis to one or more children, expectant mothers, or persons with developmental disabilities in the family abode of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the child, expectant mother, or person with a developmental disability is placed. Foster-family home does not include homes for individuals residing in halfway houses, crisis residential centers (as defined in RCW 74.15.020(1)(c)), group homes licensed for juvenile offenders, or other facilities, whether or not licensed by the state, where individuals are incarcerated or otherwise required to reside pursuant to court order under the supervision of paid staff and personnel. Foster-family homes shall be considered a residential use of property for zoning and public and private utility rate purposes. Foster-family homes shall be a permitted use in all areas zoned for residential or commercial purposes, including areas zoned for single-family residential dwellings. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.200 Garage, residential.

“Residential garage” means a structure on the same lot with and accessory to a principally permitted use, used for storage only. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.205 Garage, public.

“Public garage” means any garage other than a private garage, available to the public, operated for gain and which is used for storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting, or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.210 Group care facility.

“Group care facility” means an agency, other than a foster-family home, which is maintained and operated for the care of a group of children on a 24-hour basis. Group care facility does not include homes for individuals residing in halfway houses, crisis residential centers (as defined in RCW 74.15.020(1)(c)), group homes licensed for juvenile offenders, or other facilities, whether or not licensed by the state, where individuals are incarcerated or otherwise required to reside pursuant to court order under the supervision of paid staff and personnel. Group care facilities shall be a permitted use in all areas zoned for commercial purposes (C-1 and C-2). Group care facilities are not permitted in the central business overlay district as described in GMC 17.45.020. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.215 Group home.

“Group home” means a residence that is licensed as either a boarding home or an adult family home by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under Chapter 388-76 or 388-78A WAC. Group homes provide community residential instruction, supports, and services to two or more clients who are unrelated to the provider. Group home does not include homes for individuals residing in crisis residential centers (as defined in RCW 74.15.020(1)(c)), group homes licensed for juvenile offenders, or other facilities, whether or not licensed by the state, where individuals are incarcerated or otherwise required to reside pursuant to court order under the supervision of paid staff and personnel. Group homes shall be a permitted use in all areas permitting single-family homes (R-1, R-1S, R-2, R-3, R-1P). Group homes are not permitted in the central business overlay district as described in GMC 17.45.040. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.217 Health officer.

“Health officer” means the Yakima County health district. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.220 Home occupation.

“Home occupation” means a profession, trade, skill or service possessed and utilized, in whole or in part, by a family member(s) for monetary gain within or upon the premises of a permanent dwelling unit in a residential district. A home occupation may involve internet-based wholesale or retail sales of any general or specific line of merchandise, products, goods or wares. A home occupation shall not involve in-person wholesale or retail sales of any general or specific line of merchandise, products, goods or wares upon said premises, unless such articles are produced thereon in the conduct of the profession, trade, skill or service. (Ord. 2021-9 § 1; Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.222 Home site.

“Home site” means a reasonably level, adequately drained parcel of definite size clearly indicated by corner markers, for the placing of a site-built home, a factory-assembled home or mobile home. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.223 Improved hard surface.

“Improved hard surface” means any roadway, driveway, alley or parking lot surface paved with asphalt, concrete or brick pavers. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.225 Junk yard.

“Junk yard” means a lot or structure or part thereof used for the collecting and/or storage and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal, appliances, old furniture, or discarded material and/or for the collecting, storage, and/or dismantling, and/or salvaging of machinery, equipment, boats and/or vehicles for the sale of parts thereof. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.235 Lot.

“Lot” means a designated parcel, tract or area of land established by final plat, short plat, binding site plan, or as otherwise permitted by law. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.240 Lot area.

“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot exclusive of street and alley rights-of-way regardless of whether such right-of-way is improved. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.245 Lot, corner.

“Corner lot” means a lot at the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting street rights-of-way. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.250 Lot, corner, depth of.

“Depth of corner lot” means a horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the general direction of its side lot lines. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.255 Lot coverage.

“Lot coverage” means that percentage of the lot area covered by all buildings and other impervious surfaces, including accessory buildings and patio covers or sun screens. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.260 Lot depth.

“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear property in the mean direction of the side lot lines. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.265 Lot, flag.

“Flag lot” means a lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the public road is by a narrow private right-of-way or driveway. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.270 Lot, interior.

“Interior lot” means a lot other than a corner lot. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.275 Lot, key.

“Key lot” means a lot in which the front half of the side lot line forms the rear lot line of an adjoining lot. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.280 Lot line.

“Lot line” means any line dividing a lot from a public street or alley right-of-way or dividing one lot from another. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.285 Lot, through.

“Through lot” means an interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.290 Lot, width of.

“Width of lot” means the average width measured at right angles to the depth. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.292 Manufactured home.

“Manufactured home” means a single-family dwelling built according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, which is a national preemptive building code. A manufactured home also: (A) includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems; (B) is built on a permanent chassis; and (C) can be transported in one or more sections with each section at least eight feet wide and 40 feet long when transported, or when installed on the site is 320 square feet or greater. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.294 Manufactured home park.

“Manufactured home park” means a tract of land under single ownership or control upon which two or more manufactured homes occupied as dwellings may be located. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.295 Massage parlor.

“Massage parlor” means a business principally used for the purpose of providing massages in an enclosed building. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.296 Membership club.

“Membership club” means a social, sports or fraternal association or organization that is used exclusively by members and their guests. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.300 Micro-brewery.

“Micro-brewery” means a business engaged in the production of beer and licensed by the Washington State Liquor Board as a B1 Domestic Brewery, producing less than 60,000 barrels annually. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.305 Micro-winery.

“Micro-winery” means a business licensed by the Washington State Liquor Board as a W1 Winery, producing less than 99,999 liters annually. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.310 Mini-storage facility.

“Mini-storage facility” means a building or group of buildings consisting of small, self-contained units for the storage of household or business goods, provided no hazardous substances or conditions are maintained within the facility. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.312 Mission.

“Mission” means a facility that offers or provides temporary housing, meals, food, clothing and other commodities or any combination thereof to the homeless and needy as its primary activities. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.315 Mobile home.

“Mobile home” means a factory-built dwelling built prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Code, and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or introduction of the home into the state. Mobile homes have not been built since the introduction of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Act. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.317 Modular home.

“Modular home” means a factory-assembled structure designed primarily for use as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities that include plumbing, heating, and electrical systems contained therein; does not contain its own running gear; and must be mounted on a permanent foundation. This definition does not include a mobile home, manufactured home, commercial coach, recreational vehicle or motor home. The same standards shall apply to modular homes as are applied to manufactured homes. See “manufactured home,” GMC 17.12.292. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.320 Motor home.

“Motor home” means a vehicular type of unit or device, whether licensed or unlicensed, primarily designed as a temporary living quarters for recreation, camping, or travel use, which contains its own motive power. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.325 Motor vehicle repair shop.

“Motor vehicle repair shop” means a building or portion of a building arranged, intended or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.330 Nonconforming use.

“Nonconforming use” means a use of land existing at the time of the enactment of this title and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.335 Nursery school.

See definition under GMC 17.12.160. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.340 Nursing or convalescent home.

“Nursing or convalescent home” means any building where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care and which premises are licensed by the state of Washington. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.345 Open spaces.

“Open spaces” means an unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.350 Outdoor storage.

“Outdoor storage” means all materials, equipment, merchandise or objects kept or placed on the lot or not within an enclosed structure, for preservation or later use or disposal; it is not intended, however, to include the following exceptions:

A. Those objects customarily stored outside an enclosed structure due to their size and due to their being of such character as to not readily deteriorate when exposed to the elements, such as automobiles, mobile homes, boats and other vehicles, farm machinery, irrigation and heavy construction equipment, and those objects which are themselves enclosures; provided, however, said objects are being kept primarily for immediate sale or rental to others.

B. Neat and orderly outdoor displays of items or objects for immediate sale when such displays are incidental or accessory to an established commercial principal activity conducted from an enclosed structure; and further provided, that the area consumed by said displays does not exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the net lot area. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.355 Parcel.

See definition under GMC 17.12.235. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.360 Pawn shop.

“Pawn shop” means an establishment wherein a person, firm or corporation is engaged, in whole or in part, in the business of loaning money on the security of pledges, deposits, or conditional sales of personal property. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.365 Quarry, sand pit, gravel pit, or topsoil stripping.

“Quarry, sand pit, gravel pit, or topsoil stripping” means a lot or land or part thereof used for the purpose of extracting stone, sand, gravel or topsoil for sale as an industrial operation and exclusive of the process of grading the lot preparatory to the construction of a building for which application for a building permit has been made. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.370 Recreational vehicle.

See definition under GMC 17.69.020. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.372 Recycling center.

“Recycling center” means a facility where discarded household products such as aluminum and tin cans, glass, paper, and other similar individual consumer products are deposited and stored for future reprocessing. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.373 Residential park.

“Residential park” means a tract of land five acres or larger designed and developed to accommodate two or more site-built homes or factory-assembled homes as individual single-family dwelling units. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.374 Retail sales establishment.

“Retail sales establishment” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of general or specialized lines of merchandise, and in rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise, at fixed point-of-sale locations. Retail sales establishment does not include adult entertainment facilities. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.375 Riding academy.

“Riding academy” means any establishment where horses are kept for riding, driving, or stabling for compensation or incidental to the operation of any club, association, ranch or similar establishment. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.380 Sanitarium or sanatorium.

“Sanitarium” or “sanatorium” means a private hospital whether or not such facilities are operated for a profit. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.385 Secondhand dealer.

“Secondhand dealer” means an establishment having any portion of its stock-in-trade in “secondhand personal property” as that term is defined in GMC 17.12.390. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.390 Secondhand personal property.

“Secondhand personal property” means any item (or part thereof) of secondhand personal property, regardless of condition, age or value, including scrap and melted metals, excepting the following: stamps, coins, books, reconditioned appliances, empty food containers, compact discs, computer software, goods used in trade-ins on the purchase of other merchandise of the same or greater value, used automobiles, unclaimed goods sold to collect mechanics’ liens and antiques. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.395 Service building.

“Service building” means a building having either laundry facilities, or maintenance facilities or a combination of such uses. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.400 Snowmobile.

“Snowmobile” means a vehicle with a continuous tread and runner type steering device used primarily for over-snow travel. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.405 Solid fuel yard.

“Solid fuel yard” is an area that stores, processes, or disposes of wood, coal, or any other nongaseous or nonliquid fuels. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.415 Stable, private.

“Private stable” means an accessory building in which horses are kept for private use and not for hire, remuneration, or sale. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.420 Stable, public.

“Public stable” means a building in which horses are kept for remuneration, hire, or sale. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.425 Stock-in-trade.

“Stock-in-trade” means all books, magazines, posters, pictures, periodicals, other printed material, items, products, equipment, prerecorded video tapes, discs or other similar materials readily available for purchase, rental, viewing or use by patrons of the establishment excluding material located in any storeroom or other portion of the premises not regularly open to patrons. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.430 Container storage.

“Container storage” 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. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.435 Street.

“Street” means a public or private way that affords a principal means of access to abutting properties. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.440 Structure.

“Structure” is that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.445 Tattoo parlor.

“Tattoo parlor” means an enclosed building used for the business of tattooing a customer’s body. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.450 Tavern.

“Tavern” means an establishment licensed by Washington State to dispense beer, wine or other alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises, the provision of which is not in any way dependent upon food sales to retain said license. Such places may also provide packaged alcoholic products for off-site consumption. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.455 Theater, motion picture.

“Motion picture theater” means a building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures on a paid admission basis. This does not include adult entertainment facilities. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.457 Community service housing.

“Community service housing” means a facility that principally offers or provides subsidized housing on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and provides one or more of the additional following services at a cost, if any, subsidized by charitable or government agencies, including: (A) meals and food; (B) child or adult day care services; (C) employment, substance abuse or behavior counseling; and (D) medical, dental or mental health services; regardless of whether such community social and health welfare services are provided on premises or off the premises for the benefit of such residents. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.460 Urban area.

“Urban area” means the area within the Grandview city limits and the unincorporated portion of Yakima County within the Grandview urban growth boundary established and adopted by Yakima County. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.465 Utility trailer.

“Utility trailer” means a vehicular structure or device with or without its own mode of power, licensed or unlicensed, designed and/or used for the transportation of goods, equipment, other vehicles or devices, and materials. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.470 Vehicles.

“Vehicles” means motorized mechanical devices designed for movement by means of wheels, skids or runners of any kind, and specifically including all such automobiles, buses, trucks, cars, vans, and motor homes even though they may be at any time immobilized in any way for any period of time for whatever duration; and also including boats and such recreational vehicles as defined herein. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.475 Vehicle, inoperable.

“Inoperable vehicle” means a vehicle which is apparently inoperable and is extensively damaged, including but not limited to: a broken window or windshield; is absent a tire, wheel, engine, transmission, rear end, axle or driveline; or a vehicle or part thereof which is placed upon jacks, blocks or other support. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.480 Winery (commercial).

“Commercial winery” means a facility designed for crushing, pressing, fermenting, bottling and cellaring wine for retail and wholesale purposes. A commercial winery produces less than 50,000 cases of wine a year. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.485 Wireless communication tower.

“Wireless communication tower” means an unstaffed facility for the transmission and reception of radio or microwave signals used for commercial or personal communications. Wireless communication towers are composed of two or more of the following components:

A. Antenna;

B. Support structure;

C. Equipment enclosure;

D. Security barrier. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.490 Yard, front.

“Front yard” means an open and unoccupied space, except as provided herein, extending the full width of the lot between any building and any street right-of-way adjacent the lot. The front yard shall be determined by measuring perpendicular from the street right-of-way to the closest point of the building. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.495 Yard, rear.

“Rear yard” means an open and unoccupied space, except as provided herein, extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular from the rear lot line to the closest point of the building. For a corner lot the rear yard shall be parallel to the shortest lot line common to an adjacent lot. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.12.500 Yard, side.

“Side yard” means an open and unoccupied space, except as provided herein, extending from the front yard to the rear lot line between the principal building and the side lot line. The side yard shall be measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the principal building. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).