4-11-220 DEFINITIONS V:

VARIANCE: A grant of relief via departure from any provision of the requirements of this Title for a specific parcel, except use, without changing the Title regulations permanently or the underlying zoning of the parcel. The definition of variance does not include variations to provisions related to “use” including: size limits, units per structure, or densities.

VEGETATION TYPES: Descriptive classes of the wetlands taxonomic classification system of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the U.S. FWS/OBS – 79/31 (Cowardin, et al., 1979).

VEHICLE:

A. Vehicle, Large: Motor vehicles including, but not limited to, trucks, recreational vehicles, buses, boats, and heavy equipment, and similar size vehicles which have gross vehicle weights greater than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, but excluding aircraft.

B. Vehicle, Small: Motor vehicles including, but not limited to, motorcycles, passenger cars, light trucks, vans, and similar size vehicles which have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand (10,000) pounds.

VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL, LARGE: Rental and incidental servicing of motor vehicles including but not limited to limousines, trucks, recreational vehicles, buses, boats, and heavy equipment, and similar size vehicles which have gross vehicle weights greater than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, but excluding airplanes or aircraft. This use excludes small vehicle rentals, and large and small vehicle sales.

VEHICLE FUELING STATION: An establishment which supplies and dispenses motor fuels at retail as well as ordinary accessory uses, including but not limited to retail sales of food, groceries, and auto accessories, and eating and drinking establishments. This definition includes automotive fuel dispensing facilities as defined in the IFC.

VEHICLE RENTAL, SMALL: Rental and incidental storage and servicing of motor vehicles including but not limited to motorcycles, passenger cars, watercraft, light trucks, vans, and similar size vehicles which have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand (10,000) pounds. This use excludes large vehicle rentals, and large and small vehicle sales.

VEHICLE SALES, LARGE: Sales, leasing, and incidental servicing of motor vehicles including, but not limited to, trucks, recreational vehicles, buses, boats, and heavy equipment, and similar size vehicles which have gross vehicle weights greater than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, but excluding airplanes or aircraft. This use excludes small vehicle sales, and large and small vehicle rentals.

VEHICLE SALES, SMALL: Sales, leasing and incidental servicing of motor vehicles including, but not limited to, motorcycles, passenger cars, watercraft, light trucks, vans, boats, and similar size vehicles which have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand (10,000) pounds. This use excludes large vehicle sales, and large and small vehicle rentals.

VEHICLE SERVICE AND REPAIR: Maintenance of motorized vehicles including exchange of parts, installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, and similar vehicle accessories, minor customizing and detail operations, and body shops, but excluding operations associated with industrial engine or transmission rebuild operations.

VEHICLE STORAGE: See STORAGE, VEHICLE.

VESSEL: (This definition for RMC 4-3-090, Shoreline Master Program Regulations, use only.) Ships, boats, barges, or any other floating craft which are designed and used for navigation and do not interfere with the normal public use of the water.

VESTING: The establishment of a date that is used to determine which development regulations the City of Renton and the City’s Hearing Examiner will apply to the review of a valid and fully complete application or approved and unexpired development permit.

VETERINARY OFFICES/CLINICS: A place where common household pets are given medical care and the accessory indoor boarding of animals is limited to twenty five percent (25%) of the net floor area or no more than five (5) days of short-term care incidental to the hospital use.

VOLCANIC HAZARDS: Volcanic hazard areas are those areas subject to a potential for inundation from post lahar sedimentation along the lower Green River as identified in Plate II, Map D, in the report U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (Revised 1998), Volcano Hazards from Mount Rainier, Washington. Open-File Report 98-428.

(Ord. 4071, 6-1-1987; Ord. 4346, 3-9-1992; Ord. 4715, 4-6-1998; Amd. Ord. 4963, 5-13-2002; Ord. 5137, 4-25-2005; Ord. 5404, 7-21-2008; Ord. 5633, 10-24-2011; Ord. 5639, 12-12-2011; Ord. 5650, 12-12-2011; Ord. 5675, 12-3-2012; Ord. 5837, 6-12-2017)