Chapter 11.10
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
11.10.010 General provisions.
The following definitions are provided to aid in the understanding and interpretation of the provisions of this title. Words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely directive. (Ord. 2041 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 1024 § 11.01.041(A), 2001).
11.10.020 Definitions.
Terms that are not specifically defined below are to be understood according to the common meaning in use in the city, as interpreted by the administrator.
“Accessory dwelling” means a separate living unit (apartment) integrated within a single-family dwelling or detached garage/structure for the purposes of a caretaker or immediate family use only.
“Accessory use or structure” means a building, part of a building structure or use which is subordinate to, and the use of which is common or incidental to that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot.
“Adjoining lot” means a lot or parcel of land that shares all or part of a common lot line with another lot or parcel of land.
“Administrator” means the mayor or his designee.
“Airport” means any runway, landing facility, or any other facility including taxiways, aircraft storage and tiedown areas, hangars, and other necessary buildings and open areas designed to be used for the landing, taking off and storage of aircraft.
“Alley” means a public right-of-way not over 30 feet wide which affords, generally, a secondary means of access not intended for general traffic circulation (see Figure 3 in Appendix A).
“Alteration” means a movement of the components of a structure which changes its height, width, or depth, the moving of a structure from one location to another, or the moving of internal partitions which could affect the structural integrity of the building or more than one-third of a single floor.
“Amendment” means a change in the wording, context or substance of this title including any changes to the maps associated with this title.
“Annexation” means new areas or territory added to the city of Ritzville that will revise and expand the existing corporate limits.
“Antenna” means the outdoor portion of receiving equipment used for the reception or transmission of television, radio, or cell waves.
“Appeal” means a request for a review of the interpretation of any provision of this title or a request for a variance.
“Aquifer” means a permeable geologic formation that when saturated with ground water is capable of transporting water through the formation.
Area, Sign. “Sign area” means, for regularly shaped signs, the simple area of the sign. For irregularly shaped signs, the area shall be that of the rectangle, triangle, or circle (whichever is smaller), which will wholly contain the sign. In the case of a wall mural incorporating commercial wording, the sign area includes only the portion of the mural which contains the wording circumscribed as set forth in this definition.
Area, Site. “Site area” means the total horizontal area within the property lines of a building site excluding external streets.
“Arterial” means any street which has been designed to carry large volumes of traffic and designated as an arterial on the circulation plan of the Ritzville Comprehensive Plan.
“Basement” means any level below the ground floor of a building.
“Billboard sign” means a sign which directs attention to a business, product, activity, or service which is not conducted, sold, or offered on the premises where the sign is located (off-premises sign).
“Binding site plan” means a drawing to scale depicting lots for sale, lease or transfer of property and property rights from one person, firm or corporation to another as well as a developer agreement. A binding site plan identifies and shows the areas and locations of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities, open spaces, and any other matters specified by the local regulations. It contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth such appropriate limitations and conditions for the use of the land as are established by the city in approving the site plan; and contains provisions making any development be in conformity with the site plan.
“Block” means a group of lots, tracts or parcels within well defined and fixed boundaries.
“Boardinghouse” means a building or portion of a building other than a hotel, including but not limited to bed and breakfast facilities, where lodging and meals are provided for compensation.
“Bond” means any form of financial security acceptable to the city attorney and in an amount consistent with the provisions of these regulations. All bonds shall be approved by the city council whenever a bond is provided for by these regulations.
“Buffer” means a horizontal distance measured perpendicularly from a property line which is required of a property owner to reduce the impacts of proposed uses on adjacent property or natural features by blocking or reducing noise, glare or other emissions or to maintain privacy.
“Building” means any structure for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind.
“Building height” means the vertical distance from the average finished grade of a building site to the highest point of the structure, excluding chimneys and steeples.
“Building line” means the line of the face or corner of a building nearest the property line. A “building line” may coincide with a property line.
Building, Main. “Main building” means the principal building or structure on a lot or building site designed to accommodate the primary use on the lot or site.
“Bulk plant” means an establishment where flammable liquids are received by pipeline, tank car or tank vehicle, and are stored or blended in bulk for the purpose of distributing such liquids by pipeline, tank car, tank vehicle or container, to users or distributors.
“Business” or “commerce” means the purchase, sale, offering for sale or any other transaction involving the handling, disposition of any article, service, substance or commodity for livelihood or profit.
“Camper” means a structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
“Cargo container” means a metal unit originally or specifically used or designed to store goods or merchandise for shipping or hauling by vehicle, including but not limited to rail cars of any kind, truck trailers or multimodal shipping containers.
“Cemetery” means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the human dead.
“Church” means a structure intended for the use as a place for religious worship and containing spaces incidental to this use including residential uses for nuns and clergy but excluding training facilities for religious orders.
“City engineer” means professional engineer designated by the city to assist the city in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the city’s infrastructure.
“City superintendent” means person responsible for the design, operation, and maintenance of water and other utilities.
“Clear view area” means a triangular area on the corner of all lots surrounding the intersection of two streets where, for safety reasons, landscaping and structures must be designed and maintained to permit clear vision of approaching traffic.
“Clinic” means a building or portion of a building containing offices designed and used for providing dental, medical, psychiatric, or surgical diagnosis and/or treatment services for outpatients only.
“Code” means the Ritzville City Code and/or ordinances.
“Commission” means the Ritzville city planning commission.
“Comprehensive plan” means the city’s document which establishes policies and goals for the use of land and other resources of the city, and any amendments or supplements adopted pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW.
“Conditional use” means a use in one or more classifications of this title which, because of peculiar characteristics attendant to that use, require the issuance of a conditional use permit to ensure that adjacent uses are not subject to extraordinary impacts.
“Conditional use permit” means a permit which may be granted by the city for uses which are of similar character, would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare, and are not specifically mentioned elsewhere in this title.
“Conforming use” means any use which is permitted within the zone in which it is established.
“Convalescent, nursing or rest home” means any building or premises in and on which two or more sick, injured, or infirm persons are housed, for a period in excess of 24 consecutive hours, and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.
“Council” means the Ritzville city council.
“Critical area buffer” means an area that surrounds and protects a critical area from adverse impacts to the functions and values of the resource.
“Critical areas” includes the following areas and ecosystems: (1) wetlands and (2) areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water.
“Day care facility” means any facility offering day or after school care for children including nurseries, nursery schools, or private kindergartens.
“Dedication” means a deliberate appropriation of land or rights in land by an owner for any general and public use(s), reserving no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by the owner presenting for filing a plat showing the dedication thereon; and the acceptance by the public shall be evidenced by the approval of such plat.
“Development” means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.
“Drive-thru businesses” means service-related businesses primarily designed to serve customers seated in their vehicles.
Dwelling, Duplex. “Duplex dwelling” means a structure containing two dwelling units.
Dwelling, Multiple-Family. “Multiple-family dwelling” means a structure containing three or more dwelling units.
Dwelling, Single-Family. “Single-family dwelling” means a structure containing one dwelling unit.
“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate living quarter, with cooking, sleeping, and bathroom facilities for use by a family or household.
“Easement” means authorization by a property owner for another to use the owner’s property for a specified purpose.
“Electric sign” means any sign containing electric wiring. This does not include signs illuminated by an exterior floodlight source.
“Existing manufactured housing community” means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the regulations.
“Expansion to an existing manufactured housing community or subdivision” means the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).
“Family” means a group of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage or legal custody, living together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit under a common housekeeping management plan based on an intentionally structured relationship providing organization and stability.
“Fence” means a wall or barrier for the purpose of enclosing space or separating parcels of land.
“Flag lot” means a property with a narrow access stem connecting the bulk of the lot next to the street.
“Flat wall sign” means a sign affixed directly to or painted on or otherwise inscribed on an exterior wall and confined within the limits thereof, of any building, and which projects from that surface less than 12 inches at all points.
“Flood” means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.
“Flood damage” means harmful inundation, water erosion of soil, stream banks and beds, stream channel shifting and changes, harmful deposition by water of eroded and shifted soils and debris upon property or in the beds of streams or other bodies of water, damage by high water to public roads, streets, highways, bridges, utilities, structures, and to works built for protection against flood or inundation, the interruption by floods of travel, communication and commerce, and all other high water influences which injuriously affect the public health and the safety of property.
“Flood hazard district” means that area identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the Natural Resources Conservation Service which encompasses the area of the floodplain and has special flood hazards and is divided into the floodway and the floodway fringe.
Flood, 100-Year. “One-hundred-year flood” means the highest level of flooding that, on the average, is likely to occur once every 100 years.
“Floodproofing” means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to property and structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to lands, water and sanitary facilities, structures or contents of buildings.
“Floodway” means the regular stream channel plus that portion of the floodplain which would contain deep or fast-flowing water during a 100-year flood and is required to carry and discharge the floodwaters.
“Floodway fringe” means that portion of the floodplain which would be inundated by the 100-year flood but would not contain deep or fast-moving water and would not be required to carry or discharge floodwaters.
“Floor area ratio (FAR)” means the ratio of the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot divided by the lot area.
Garage, Private. “Private garage” means an accessory building or an accessory portion of a main building designed for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the main building or buildings.
Garage, Public. “Public garage” means a building used for the care, repair or storage of vehicles or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
“Grade” means 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.
“Habitat conservation area” includes (1) areas with which species designated as endangered, threatened, and sensitive under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act have primary association; (2) habitats and species of local importance; (3) naturally occurring ponds under 20 acres and their submerged aquatic beds that provide wildlife habitat; (4) waters of the state; and (5) state natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas.
“Hazardous waste” means all dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in RCW 70.105.010(15), except for moderate-risk waste as set forth in RCW 70.105.010(17).
“Hazardous waste storage” means the holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period. Accumulation of hazardous waste by the generator on the site of generation is not storage as long as the generator complies with the applicable requirements of WAC 173-303-200 and 173-303-201.
“Hazardous waste treatment” means the physical, chemical or biological processing of hazardous waste to make such waste nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.
Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility, Off-Site. “Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility” means treatment and storage facilities for hazardous wastes generated on properties other than those on which the facility is located. This use is always the primary use of the property.
Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility, On-Site. “On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facility” means treatment and storage facilities for hazardous wastes generated on the same property, incidental to a primary activity on the property.
“Home occupation” means a lawful occupation carried out as a clearly accessory use within a residential dwelling unit or accessory structure by the occupants of the dwelling.
“Hospital” means an institution which provides medical treatment on a short-term basis for people who are ill, injured or pregnant.
“Hotel” means a building containing five or more rooms in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation and which is open to transient guests. A hotel may or may not include a restaurant. Rooms are generally only accessible from the interior.
“Household pet” means dogs and cats, not to exceed three, permitted in the house or yard and kept for company or pleasure.
“Identity sign” means any sign which carries only the name of the firm, the major enterprise or the principal product offered for sale on the premises, or a combination of these.
“Junkyard (salvage yard)” means a place where waste or discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled, or handled, including auto wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and yards for use of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment.
“Kennel” means a commercial establishment in which four or more dogs or domesticated animals which are five months old or older are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained, or sold, all for a fee or compensation.
“Kitchen” means any room or rooms or portions thereof used or intended to be used for the cooking or preparation of food.
“Livestock” means horses, bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, donkeys and mules.
“Loading space” means a space on the site of use designed to provide for the temporary parking of vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise, materials or passengers.
“Location, sign” means a lot, premises, building, wall or any place whatsoever upon which the sign is located.
“Lot” means a parcel of land under one ownership used or capable of being used under the regulations of this title, including both the building site and all required yards and other open spaces. In the case of division of land (Division IV of this title), “lot” shall mean a fractional part of subdivided lands having fixed boundaries being of sufficient area and dimension to meet minimum zoning requirements for width and area. The term shall include tracts or parcels (see Figure 3 in Appendix A).
“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot.
Lot, Corner. “Corner lot” means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets, the street frontages of which form an angle not greater than 128 degrees, and not less than 45 degrees.
“Lot coverage” means the percentage of the total lot area covered by structures, including all projections except eaves.
“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured by connecting the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines (see Figure 3 in Appendix A).
Lot, Front Line. “Front lot line” means a line separating the lot from the street right-of-way by width.
Lot, Interior. “Interior lot” means a lot other than a corner lot.
Lot, Rear Line. “Rear lot line” means a lot line(s) which is opposite and most distant from the lot front line.
“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the front yard building line (see Figure 3 in Appendix A).
“Manufacture” means the converting of raw materials or finished products, or any or either of them, into an article or articles or substance of a different character, or for use for a different purpose.
“Manufactured home” means a single-family dwelling constructed after June 15, 1976, and in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements.
“Marquee” means a canopy or covering structure projecting from and attached to a building.
“Micro winery/brewery” means a business to produce and sell small quantities of wine and beer and produce no more than 300 cases per year.
“Minor modification” means a minor deviation in the property development standards or minor addition to or alteration of an existing building or structure affecting or equaling no more than 10 percent of the area of that structure or building.
“Mitigation” means compensating for project impacts such that no overall net loss in either size or function occurs.
“Mobile home” means a factory-built dwelling fabricated prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 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 HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act.
“Modular home” means a dwelling unit assembled off-site in one or more sections which complies with all local building codes (for on-site construction) when transported to and mounted on a permanent foundation.
“Motel” means a group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping units where a majority of such units open individually and directly to the outside and are available to the public for rental. Motels may have cooking facilities within each unit and a manager may or may not live on site.
“Multiple-family apartment” means any building housing more than two families, unless otherwise defined by this title.
“Nonconforming lot” means a lot of record, which was lawfully established, existing and maintained at the effective date of the provisions of this title but which, because of the application of this title to it, no longer conforms to the regulations prescribed in this title for the district in which it is located.
“Nonconforming use or structure” means a building, structure, or land use which was lawfully established, existing and maintained at the effective date of the provisions of this title but which, because of the application of this title to it, no longer conforms to the regulations prescribed in this title for the district in which it is located.
“Off-street parking space” means a permanently surfaced area either within a structure or in the open for the parking of a motor vehicle that is not located on a public street or right-of-way.
“Parcel” means a tract or plat of land of any size which may or may not be subdivided or improved.
Parking Lot, Private. “Private parking lot” means an open area other than a street, alley, or other public property limited to the parking of automobiles.
Parking Lot, Public. “Public parking lot” means an open area other than a street or alley, whether publicly or privately owned, which is used for parking of more than four automobiles and available for public use.
“Permitted use” means a use which is specifically permitted in a zone and does not require a conditional use permit.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, association, firm, partnership, and the like, singular or plural.
“Planning commission” means the Ritzville planning commission.
“Plat” means a map or representation of a land division showing the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions and dedications.
Plat, Final. “Final plat” means final drawing of a subdivision and dedication prepared for filing for record with the county auditor and containing all elements and requirements of this title and Chapter 58.17 RCW.
Plat, Preliminary. “Preliminary plat” means a neat and accurate drawing of a proposed subdivision or short plat, showing the layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks, restrictive covenants and similar elements, in accordance with this title, submitted for review by the city. The preliminary plat shall be the basis for the approval or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision.
“Principal use” means the primary or predominant use to which the property is or may be devoted, and to which all other uses on the premises are accessory.
“Principal uses permitted outright” means those uses allowed as a matter of right within certain land use districts without public hearing, zoning permit, or conditional use permit; provided, that such use is in accordance with requirements of the particular district and general conditions stated elsewhere in this title.
“Professional-type service” means activities or services such as those offered by a physician, surgeon, dentist, lawyer, architect, engineer, or accountant.
“Projecting sign” means a sign, other than a wall sign, which projects from and is supported by a wall of a building or structure.
“Projection” means a portion of a building that extends into the yards, but is not part of the bearing members of the structure, and is not essential to the creation of usable space.
“Public utility” means a private business organization such as a public service corporation performing some public service and subject to special governmental regulations, or a governmental agency performing similar public services, the services by either of which are paid for directly by the recipients thereof including, but not limited to, water supply, electric power, gas and transportation of persons and freight.
“Reclassification of a use” means the assignment by amendment of this title of use to a different classification other than that in which it was originally permitted.
“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type portable structure without permanent foundation or built on a single chassis; and 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection. It is designed to be self-propelled or towable by a light-duty truck; and 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 lot or portion of a lot designed for exclusive occupancy by recreational vehicles.
“Residence” means a building or structure, or portion thereof, which is designed for and used to provide shelter for people.
“Right-of-way” means a strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, road, alley, crosswalk, railroad, utility line, street trees, or other similar use, established as a separate lot or parcel and dedicated to public use by the maker of the subdivision or short plat on which the strip is established.
“Roofline” means either the edge of the roof or the top of the parapet, whichever forms the top line of the building silhouette, and, where a building has several roof levels, this roof or parapet shall be the one belonging to that portion of the building on whose wall the sign is located.
“Roof sign” means sign located on or above the roof of any building.
“Satellite receiving stations” means electronic equipment used for the reception of television waves.
“Screen” means a vertical barrier located in a limited space intended to provide a buffering effect to reduce noise or create visual separation and made of existing or planted vegetation, hedges, walls, earth berms or similar techniques.
“Service station” means a retail establishment for the sale on the premises of motor vehicle fuel and other petroleum products and automobile accessories, and for the washing, lubrication, and minor repair of automobile vehicles.
“Setback” means the horizontal distance in feet as measured from a lot line or right-of-way to the nearest vertical point of a structure.
“Short plat” means a map or representation of a short subdivision, showing the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions and dedications.
“Short subdivision” means the division or redivision of land into four or fewer lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.
“Sign” means any letters, figures, design, symbol, trademark, or any illuminating device intended to attract attention to any place, subject, person, firm, corporation, public performance, article, machine, or merchandise whatsoever and painted, printed, or constructed and displayed in any manner whatsoever out of doors for recognized advertising purposes. However, this shall not include any official court or public notices nor the flag, emblem, or insignia of a government, school, or religious group when displayed for official purposes. Interior signs, if located on a window or within a distance equal to the greatest dimension of the window and if obviously intended for viewing from the exterior, shall be considered an exterior sign for purposes of this sign code (see Figure 5 in Appendix A).
Sign, Temporary. “Temporary sign” means a banner, pennant, poster, or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, plastic sheet, cardboard, wallboard, or other like materials and intended to be displayed for a limited period of time.
“Small grain-mill” means a business that produces and sells small quantities of milled products and produces no more than eight tons per year.
“Start of construction” means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the “actual start of construction” means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.
“Story” means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above or, if there is no floor above it, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above.
“Street” means a public or recorded private thoroughfare which affords primary access to abutting property.
“Street line” means the boundary between the street and the abutting property.
“Structural alteration” means any change in structural integrity of a building or a structure.
“Structure” means anything constructed in the ground, anything erected which requires location on the ground or water or is attached to something having location on the ground, but not including fences less than six feet in height or paved areas.
“Studio” means an apartment without any traditional bedrooms, generally one room with a kitchen and bathroom.
“Substantial improvement” means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the actual cash value of the structure either before the improvement is started or if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.
“Trade or business school” means a school conducted as a commercial enterprise for teaching instrumental and vocal music, dancing, barbering or hairdressing, or for teaching skills in which machinery is employed as a means of instruction.
“Use” means the nature of the occupancy, the type of activity, or the character and form of improvements to which land is devoted or may be devoted.
“Utility” means a public service or quasi-public service operated to provide the necessary functions for the whole community. The term “utility” includes water, sewer, gas, electric, telephone, and cable TV facilities.
“Variance” means an adjustment, which requires review by the planning commission, in the specific regulations of this title regarding a piece of property where the strict application of the development standards would cause undue hardship to the owner as a result of existing physical constraints on the property.
Vehicles, Sign. “Sign vehicles” means automobiles, trucks, trailers, railroad cars, construction equipment, and other such mobile equipment whose major purpose is other than the display of advertising.
“Wellhead protection area” means the surface and subsurface area surrounding a well or well field that supplies a public water system through which contaminants are likely to pass and eventually reach the water well or well field, as has been designated pursuant to Chapter 246-290 WAC.
“Wetlands” means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities. Wetlands include artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas to mitigate conversion of wetland.
“Yard” means an open space on a lot unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this title (see Figure 3 in Appendix A).
Yard, Front. “Front yard” means a space extending the full width of the lot between any building and the front lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building, exclusive of steps, at the closest point to the front lot line.
Yard, Rear. “Rear yard” means a space extending the full width of the lot between any building and the rear lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the rear lot line.
Yard, Side. “Side yard” means a space extending the full depth of the lot between any building and the side lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the side lot line.
“Zone” means area accurately defined as to boundaries and location on an official map and within which area only certain types of land uses are permitted. (Ord. 2116 § 1, 2018; Ord. 2041 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 1077 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1029 § 3, 2001; Ord. 1024 § 11.01.041(B), 2001).