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Agenda 01/09/2014 S1F1•••#\... ne Valle Spokane Valley Planning Commission Agenda City Hall Council Chambers, 11707 E. Sprague Ave. January 9, 2014 6:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL A. Election of Officers IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: December 12, 2013 VI. COMMISSION REPORTS VII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT: On any subject that is not on the agenda. IX. COMMISSION BUSINESS: New Business: Study Session - Code Text Amendment, Permitted Use Matrix X. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER XI. ADJOURNMENT COMMISSIONERS CITY STAFF KEVIN ANDERSON JOHN HOHMAN,CD DIRECTOR CHRISTINA CARLSEN SCOTT KUHTA,PLANNING MANAGER ROBERT MCCASLIN ERIK LAMB,DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY STEVEN NEILL CHRISTINA JANSSEN,PLANNER CHRIS SNEIDER GLORIA MANTZ,ENGINEER JOE STOY,VICE-CHAIR DEANNA HORTON,SECRETARY MIKE PHILLIPS WWW.SPOKANEVALLEY.ORG CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY Request for Planning Commission Action Meeting Date: January 9,2013 Item: Check all that apply: n consent n old business ® new business n public hearing n information ® admin.report n pending legislation FILE NUMBER: CTA-2013-0007 AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Study Session—Amendment to the Spokane Valley Municipal Code DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: Code text amendment to the Schedule of Permitted and Accessory Uses Matrix (permitted use matrix)and supporting defmitions GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 36.70A.106, SVMC 17.80.150 and 19.30.040 PREVIOUS ACTION TAKEN: None BACKGROUND: The City of Spokane Valley adopted Chapter 19.120 Permitted and Accessory Uses on October 28, 2007. Post adoption, staff has found the permitted use matrix difficult to use because: — Many of the uses are too specific and do not have corresponding definitions. If a use is not included in the matrix,it is difficult to determine how to permit the use. This created a delay in processing permits due to the need for an administrative determination. — The matrix is long and hard to navigate. — The matrix refers to the North American Industry Classification System(NAICS)Codes and many of the uses do not correlate to the list of codes. It was determined that the permitted use matrix needed to be reviewed for usability and consistency with City's adopted Comprehensive Plan. The methodology for reviewing and revising the permitted use matrix is provided below: 1. Review permitted use matrices from other jurisdictions to develop ideas for formatting and organizing a revised permitted use matrix. Through this research process,it was determined that the most user-friendly permitted use matrices were organized into categories and not structured on long lists identifying specific uses. 2. Determine broad use categories for the permitted uses. 3. Identify and group similar uses into the broad use categories. 4. Consolidate the uses into subcategories. 5. Add uses to the current permitted use matrix(marijuana productions/sales/manufacturing). 6. Remove the NAICS codes from the permitted use matrix. 7. Review,modify, and/or add defmitions to eliminate inconsistencies or clarify proposed uses categories and subcategories. 8. Ensure that the references to the municipal code sections identified in the matrix were accurate. Staff will provide copies of the presentation at the meeting. RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: No action recommended at this time. The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed amendment on January 23,2014. STAFF CONTACT: Mike Basinger,AICP, Senior Planner ATTACHMENTS: Chapter 19.120—Permitted and Accessory Uses and Appendix A-Definitions Chapter 19.120 Permitted and Accessory uses. 19.120.010 General A. Uses allowed in each zoning district are shown in SVMC 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix. B. Uses within the shoreline jurisdiction are also subject to additional use restrictions pursuant to SVMC 21.50 Shoreline Regulations. 19.120.020 Use categories Uses are assigned to the category that most closely resembles the nature of the use. Definitions and examples are provided in Appendix A Definitions. 19.120.030 Uses Not Identified. When a use is not identified in SVMC 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix, the Community Development Director will determine how to administer the use based on similar uses and Appendix A Definitions. 19.120.040 Explanation of Table Abbreviations. The following describe the abbreviations used in SVMC 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix: A. Permitted uses are designated with a "P". Permitted uses are allowable uses within a zoning district. B. Conditional uses are designed with a "C". Conditional uses are authorized pursuant to SVMC 19.150. C. Accessory uses are designated with an "A". Accessory uses are allowed when they are subordinate to, or incidental to, the primary use on the same parcel. D. Temporary uses are designated with a "T". Temporary uses are permitted for a limited period of time or pending the occurrence of an event pursuant to SVMC 19.160. E. Regional siting uses are designated with an "R". Regional siting uses are uses that are of statewide or regional/countywide significance. They are subject to the SVMC 19.90 and the Spokane County Regional Siting process for Essential Public Facilities. F. Uses subject to supplemental use regulations are designated with an "5". The "Supplemental Condition" column in SVMC 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix provides a reference to the applicable supplemental use regulation. Where only one SVMC provision is cited for a given use, such provision shall apply to the use for all of the zoning districts designated with an "S" in the permitted use matrix. Other generally applicable requirements may apply, including but not limited to, parking, landscaping, stormwater, and engineering requirements. G. Prohibited uses are designated with a blank cell. H. Explanation for the zoning district abbreviations is provided in SVMC 19.20.010 Zoning Districts. 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix. Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions 7 a' a' a' u_ N u_ 2 U 2 R U 0 7 0 0 0 Cl) 0 a N Agriculture and Animal Animal processing/handling P Animal raising and/or keeping SS S SS S S S SVMC 19.40.150. Keeping of swine is prohibited Animal shelter S P P SVMC 19.60.080(B)(6) Beekeeping,commercial P Beekeeping, hobby S S S SVMC 19.40.150(C) Community garden SS S SS S SS S Community Garden is used for personal consumption and/or donation Greenhouse/nursery,commercial P P P P Kennel S S S S S P P See zoning districts for conditions. Marijuana production S S P P Only indoors Orchard,tree farming,commercial P P Riding stable C P P Communication Facilities Radio/TV broadcasting studio P P P P P P Repeater facility PP P PP P PP PP P P Telecommunication wireless antenna array SS S SS S SS CS SS S S SVMC 22.120 Telecommunication wireless support tower C C C C C C S S CS SS S S SVMC 22.120 Tower, ham operator SS S SS S SS C S S S S SVMC 19.40.110 Community Services Community hall,club,or lodge PP P PP PP P P P Church,temple,mosque,synagogue and house of worship P P P P P P P P P P P P P Crematory P P P P P Funeral home P P P Transitional housing C A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page I 1 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions a a a a LL N LL 2 U m 2 m 2 U 0 0 z 0 Cl) 0 a 7 N Day Care Day care,adult PP P PP P PP AP PP A A Day care,child(12 children or fewer) PP P P P P PP A AP PP A A Day care,child(13 children or more) CC C C P P PP A AP PP A A Food and Beverage Service Espresso establishment P P P P P P P AP P Mobile food vendors S S S S S S S S S S SVMC 19.60.010(L),19.70.010(B)(2) Restaurant,full service PP AP P PP P P Restaurant,drive-through or drive in P P A C P P P P Tavern/night club P P P P P P P Education Schools,college or university P P P P P P Schools,professional,vocational and trade schools P P P P P P P P P Schools, K through 12 PP P PP P PP P P P Schools,specialized training/studios P P P P P PP Entertainment Adult entertainment and retail S S SVMC 19.80 Carnival,circus T T T T T T Casino P P P P Cultural facilities P P P P P PP Exercise facility A A PP A P P PP A A Off-road recreational vehicle use P P Major event entertainment P P P Racecourse P P P P Racetrack P P Recreation facility P P PP A P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 12 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions IT a' a' a' u_ N u_ 2 U 2 R U 0 0 z () 0 Cl) 0 a 7 N Entertainment Theater, indoor P P P P P Group Living Assisted living/convalescent/nursing home P P P P P P P Community residential facilities(6 residents or less) PP P PP P PP Community residential facilities(greater than 6 residents under 25) PP P PP Dwelling,congregate P P PP P Industrial, Heavy Assembly, heavy P Explosive storage P P Hazardous waste treatment and storage S S SVMC 21.40.060 Manufacturing, heavy P Power plant(excluding public utility facilities) P Processing, heavy P Wrecking, junk and salvage yard C P Solid waste recycling/transfer site P P Industrial, Light Assembly, light P P P P P P P Carpenter shop P P P P Machine shop or metal fabrication P P P Manufacturing, light P P P Marijuana processing P P Plastic injection molding,thermoplastic P P P P P P Processing, light P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 13 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions 17 I u_ N u_ 2 U 2 R U 0 0 z () 0 Cl) 0 a IT N Industrial Service Carpet/rug cleaning,dry cleaning,laundry, linen supply plant,commercial P P Contractor's yard P P Laboratories(bio safety level 2) P P P P Laboratories(bio safety level 3) P P P Laboratories(bio safety level 4) P P Recycling facility S S S P P SVMC 19.60.040(B)(4), 19.60.050(B)(4), 19.60.080(B)(5) Lodging Bed and breakfast PP P PP P P P P Hotel/motel P P P P P P Recreational vehicle park/campground C S SVMC 19.60.010 Medical Ambulance service P P P P P P P Hospital P P P P P Hospital, psychiatric and substance abuse R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Hospital,specialty P P P P P A A Laboratories, medical and diagnostic P P P P P Medical,dental,and hospital equipment supply/sales P P P P P P Medical/dental clinic P P P P P P P Office Animal clinic/veterinary P P P S P P P SVMC 19.60 Office, professional P P P P P P P PP P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 14 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions a' a' a' a' LL N LL 2 U m 2 M 2 U 0 0 z U fn 0 a 7 N N Parks and Open Space Cemetery PP P P P Golf course SS S SS S P SP P SVMC 22.60 Golf driving range CC C C C C P CS P P SVMC 22.60 Parks PP P PP P P P P P P P P P PubliclQuasi-Public Community facilities SS S S S S S S S S S S S S S S See zoning districts for conditions. Essential public facilities RR R R R R R R R R R R R SVMC 19.90 Public utility distribution facility SS S S S S S S P P P P P P P P See zoning districts for conditions. Public utility transmission facility SS S S S S S S S S S S S S S S See zoning districts for conditions. Tower,wind turbine support CS SS S S SVMC 19.60.050(B)2 Residential Dwelling,accessory units SS S S SVMC 19.40.100 Dwelling,caretaker's residence S S S S S S SVMC 19.60.060(B)(1), 19.40.110 Dwelling,duplex P PP P PP Dwelling, multifamily P P P P P S S SVMC 19.60.020(B)2 Dwelling,single-family PP P PP P P P S S SVMC 19.60.020(B)2 Dwelling,townhouse PP P P P P P Manufactured home park S S SS S SVMC 19.40.130 A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 15 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions 7 a' a' a' u_ N u_ 2 U E 2 R 0 8 0 z () 0 fn 0 a 7 N Retail Sales Antique store P P P P P Appliance sales/service P P P P S S Retail sales may be accessory in industrial zones, only if manufactured/assembled on premises. Bakery, retail P P P P P PP S S Floor area limited to 10%of Gross Leasable Floor Area(GLFA)not to exceed 1,000 sf.SVMC? Building supply and home improvement and Hardware store P P S S P P P Floor area limited to 50,000 sq.ft.or less. Candy and confectionery P P P P P PP P P Retail Sales Convenience store P P S S P PP P P SVMC 19.60.020 Clothes retail sales P P P P P Department/variety store P P S P P Floor area limited to 50,000 sq.ft.or less. Educational and hobby store P P P AP PP A A Equipment sales, repair,and maintenance P P P P P Florist shop PP A AP PP P Food sales,specialty/butcher shop/meat market/specialty foods P P S P P SVMC 19.60.040(B)(3) General sales/service PP A AP PP P P Gift shop PP A AP PP A Grocery store P P S P P SVMC 19.60.040(B)(3) Office supply and computer sales P P AP PP P P Landscape materials sales lot and greenhouse, nursery,garden center, retail P P P P P P Manufactured home sales P P P Marijuana sales P P P P Market,outdoor P P P P P P Pawn shop P P P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 16 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions a' a' a' a' LL N LL 2 U m 2 m 2 U 0 0 z 0 Cl) 0 a 7 N Retail Sales Pharmacy PP AP P PP P Secondhand store,consignment sales P P P P P S SVMC 19.70.010(8)(9) Showroom P P P P P P Specialty stores PP A AP PP Retail Services Bank, savings and loan,and other financial institutions P P P P P PP P P Barber/beauty shop P P P P P PP P Catering services P P PP P P P PP Equipment rental shop P P P P P Personal services P P P P P PP Post office,postal center P P P P P PP P P Print shop PP AP P PP P P Upholstery shop P P P P P Taxidermy P P P P P P Transportation Airstrip,private P P Heliport P P Helistop C C C C P Parking facility,controlled access P P P P P P P Railroad yard, repair shop and roundhouse P Transit center P P P P P P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 17 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions a' a' a' a' LL N LL 2 U m 2 m 2 U 0 0 z 0 Cl) 0 a 7 N Vehicle Services Automobile impound yard P P Automobile/taxi rental P P P P P P P Automobile parts,accessories and tires P P P P P P Automobile/truck/RV/motorcycle painting, repair, body and fender works S S P P P Enclosed structure only. SVMC 19.60.050(B)(3). Vehicle Services Carwash P P S P P P P SVMC 19.60.040(B) Farm machinery sales and repair P P P Fueling station P P P A P P P P Heavy truck and industrial vehicles sales, rental, repair and maintenance P P Passenger vehicle, boat,and RV sales, service and Repair P P P P Towing P P P P Truck stop P P Warehouse,Wholesale,and Freight Movement Auction house P P P P Auction yard(excluding livestock) P P Catalog and mail order houses P P P P P Cold storage/food locker P P Freight forwarding P P Grain elevator P P Storage,general indoors P P A A A P P P P Storage,general outdoors S S S S P See zoning districts for conditions. Storage,self-service facility P P P P P P P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 18 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use Chapter 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix Use Category/Type Residential Zone Districts Commercial and Industrial Zone Districts Supplemental Conditions a 2 1 u_ N u_ 0 R m 2 U 8 0 z () o U) 0 a 7 N Warehouse,Wholesale,and Freight Movement Tank storage,critical material above ground S S SVMC 21.40.060,SVMC 21.50 Tank storage,critical material below ground S S S S SVMC 19.60.040,SVMC 21.40.060, SVMC 21.50 Tank storage, LPG above ground S S S S S S S SVMC 21.40.060,SVMC 21.50 Warehouse P P P P P P Wholesale business P P P P P P A=Accessory use, C=Conditional use, P=Permitted use Page 19 R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions T=Temporary use APPENDIX A DEFINITIONS A. General Provisions. 1. For the purpose of this code, certain words and terms are herein defined. The word "shall" is always mandatory.The word "may" is permissive, subject to the judgment of the person administering the code. 2.Words not defined herein shall be construed as defined in Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. 3. The present tense includes the future, and the future the present. 4. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. 5. Use of male designations shall also include female. B. Definitions. AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Abandoned: Knowing relinquishment by the owner, of right or claim to the subject property or structure on that property, without any intention of transferring rights to the property or structure to another owner, tenant, or lessee, or of resuming the owner's use of the property. "Abandoned"shall include but not be limited to circumstances involving tax forfeiture, bankruptcy, or mortgage foreclosure. Accessory: A building, area, part of a building, structure or use which is subordinate to, and the use of which is incidental to, that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot. Accessory dwelling unit: A freestanding detached structure or an attached part of a structure that is subordinate and incidental to the principal dwelling unit located on the same property, providing complete, independent living facilities exclusively for a single housekeeping unit, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking and sanitation. ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act. Adequate public facilities: Facilities which have the capacity to serve development without decreasing levels of service below locally established minima. Administrative exception: A minor deviation from standards pursuant to Chapter 19.140 SVMC. Adult entertainment: Includes the following: • Adult arcade device: Sometimes also known as "panoram," "preview,"or"picture arcade." • Adult arcade or peep show: Any device which,for payment of a fee, membership fee, or other charge, is used to exhibit or display a graphic picture, view, film,videotape, or digital display of specified sexual activity, or live adult entertainment in a booth setting.All such devices are denominated under this chapter by the term "adult arcade device."The term "adult arcade device" as used in this code does not include other games which employ pictures, views, or video displays, or gambling devices which do not exhibit or display adult entertainment. • Adult arcade establishment: A commercial premises to which a member of the public is invited or admitted and where adult arcade stations, booths, or devices are used to exhibit or display a graphic picture, view, film, videotape, or digital display of specified sexual activity, or live adult entertainment in a booth setting to a member of the public on a regular basis or as a substantial part of the premises activity. • Adult arcade station or booth: An enclosure where a patron, member, or customer would ordinarily be positioned while using an adult arcade device or viewing a live adult entertainment performance, exhibition, or dance in a booth. "Adult arcade station"or"booth" refers to the area in which an adult arcade device is located and from which the graphic picture, view, film, videotape, digital display of specified sexual activity, or live adult entertainment is to be viewed. These terms do not mean such an enclosure that is a private office used by an owner, manager, or person employed on the premises for attending the tasks of his or her employment, if the enclosure is not held out to any member of the public for use, for hire, or for a fee for the purpose of viewing the entertainment provided by the arcade device or live adult entertainment, and not open to any person other than employees. • Adult entertainment establishment: Collectively refers to adult arcade establishments and live adult entertainment establishments licensed pursuant to Chapter 5.10 SVMC. • Applicant: An individual or entity seeking an adult entertainment establishment license. • Applicant control person: All partners, corporate officers and directors and other individuals in the applicant's business organization who hold a significant interest in the adult entertainment business, based on responsibility for management of the adult entertainment establishment. • Employee: Any person, including a manager, entertainer or an independent contractor,who works in or at or renders services directly related to the operation of an adult entertainment establishment. • Entertainer: Any person who provides live adult entertainment within an adult entertainment establishment as defined in this section,whether or not a fee is charged or accepted for entertainment. • Licensing administrator: The director of the community development department of the City of Spokane Valley and his/her designee and is the person designated to administer this code. • Liquor: All beverages defined in RCW 66.04.010(25). • Live adult entertainment: 1.An exhibition, performance or dance conducted in a commercial premises for a member of the public where the exhibition, performance, or dance involves a person who is nude or seminude.Adult entertainment shall include, but is not limited to, performances commonly known as "strip teases"; 2.An exhibition, performance or dance conducted in a commercial premises where the exhibition, performance or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on the depiction, description,simulation or relation to the following "specified sexual activities": a. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; b.Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse,sodomy, oral copulation, or bestiality; c. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breasts; or 3.An exhibition, performance or dance that is intended to sexually stimulate a member of the public. This includes, but is not limited to, such an exhibition, performance, or dance performed for, arranged with, or engaged in with fewer than all members of the public on the premises at that time,whether conducted or viewed in an arcade booth or otherwise,with separate consideration paid, either directly or indirectly, for the performance, exhibition or dance and that is commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, taxi dancing, lap dancing, private dancing, or straddle dancing. • Live adult entertainment establishment: A commercial premises to which a member of the public is invited or admitted and where an entertainer provides live adult entertainment, in a setting which does not include arcade booths or devices, to a member of the public on a regular basis or as a substantial part of the premises activity. • Manager: Any person who manages, directs, administers or is in charge of the affairs or conduct, or the affairs and conduct, or of a portion of the affairs or conduct occurring at an adult entertainment establishment. • Member of the public: A customer, patron, club member, or person, other than an employee, who is invited or admitted to an adult entertainment establishment. • Nude or seminude: A state of complete or partial undress in such costume, attire or clothing so as to expose any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva, or genitals, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered. • "Open to the public room so that the area inside is fully and completely visible to the manager": Premises where there is no door, curtain, partition, or other device extending from the top of the door frame of an arcade booth or station,with the exception of a door which is completely transparent and constructed of safety glass as specified in the International Building Code, so that the activity and occupant inside the enclosure are fully and completely visible by direct line of sight to the manager located at the manager's station which shall be located at the main entrance way to the public room. • Operator: Any person operating, conducting or maintaining an adult entertainment establishment. • Person: Any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, marital community,joint venture, governmental entity, or other entity or group of persons however organized. • Premises: The land, structures, places, equipment and appurtenances connected or used in any business, and any personal property or fixtures used in connection with any adult entertainment establishment. • Sexual conduct: Acts of: 1. Sexual intercourse within its ordinary meaning, occurring upon any penetration, however slight; or 2.A penetration of the vagina or anus, however slight, by an object; or 3.A contact between persons involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another; or 4. Masturbation, manual or instrumental, of oneself or of one person by another; or 5. Touching of the sex organs, anus, or female breast,whether clothed or unclothed, of oneself or of one person by another. • Specified sexual activities: Refers to the following: 1. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; 2.Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse,sodomy, oral copulation, or bestiality; or 3. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks or female breasts. • Transfer of ownership or control: Of an adult entertainment establishment means any of the following: 1. The sale, lease or sublease of the business; 2. The transfer of securities that constitute a controlling interest in the business,whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; 3. The establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar legal device that transfers the ownership or control of the business; or 4. Transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of the person possessing the ownership or control. Adult entertainment and retail: An adult entertainment or adult retail establishment. Adult entertainment establishment: Collectively refers to adult arcade establishments and live adult entertainment establishments, as defined herein. Adult retail use establishment: A retail use establishment which,for money or any other form of consideration, devotes a significant or substantial portion of stock in trade to the sale, exchange, rental, loan, trade, or transferring of adult-oriented merchandise. The retail use establishment may permit patrons to view the adult-oriented merchandise for possible purchase or rental, but such on-premises viewing shall not be in exchange for money or any other form of consideration. Affordable housing: Where the term "affordable" is used, it refers to the federal definition of affordability stating that annual housing costs shall not exceed one-third of a family's annual income.When establishing affordability standards for moderate-to extremely low-income families and individuals, the median household income is the amount calculated and published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development each year for Spokane County. Agriculture and animal, use category: Activities wherein animals or plants are raised, produced or kept. It also includes establishments that process animals and agricultural products to make food or goods. Examples include beekeeping, animal shelters, kennels, doggie daycares, riding stables, community gardens, commercial greenhouses or nurseries, orchards, tree farms, feed lots, rendering yards, livestock auction yards, and slaughter houses. Agricultural: Relating to the science or art of cultivating soil or producing crops to be used or consumed directly or indirectly by man or livestock, or raising of livestock. Agricultural processing: The series of operations taken to change agricultural products into food and consumer products. Uses include creameries. Aircraft manufacture: The manufacture or assembly of complete aircraft, aircraft prototypes, aircraft conversion, overhaul and rebuilding. Airport: An area of land or water that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and includes its buildings and facilities, if any. Airport hazard: Any structure or object of natural growth located in the vicinity of the airport which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft or airport operations. Airport land use compatibility zone: Aircraft accident zones established by WSDOT, Division of Aviation and adopted by ordinance wherein certain land uses are restricted in order to protect the airport from encroachment from incompatible land uses. Airport obstruction: Any structure or object of natural growth or use of land which would exceed the federal obstruction standards established in 14 CFR Sections 77.21, 77.23, 77.25 and 77.28, or which obstructs the airspace required for flight of aircraft in landing or takeoff, or is otherwise hazardous to airport operations. Airstrip, private: An aircraft landing strip under private ownership which may provide specialty flying services without regular routes using general purpose aircraft. Alley: A public right-of-way which provides access only to the rear and/or side of properties abutting and having access to a public road. Altered/alteration: Any change, addition or modification in construction or any change of occupancy from one use to another or from one division of a trade to another. Ambulance service: A facility used for the housing and dispatch of emergency medical personnel and paramedics using ground transportation. Amendment: A change in the wording, context, or substance of this code, or a change in the zone boundaries. Animal clinic/veterinary: A facility dedicated to the care of animals,which may include grooming services and short-term boarding. Animal, large: Domesticated animals including, but not limited to, horses, donkeys, burros, llamas, bovines, goats, sheep, and other animals or livestock of similar size and type. Young of horses, mules, donkeys, burros, llamas, and alpaca, under one year in age, bovines, under 10 months in age, and sheep and goats under three months in age shall not be included when computing intensity of large animals. Animal, small: Domesticated animals or fowl other than a household pet, or large animals including, but not limited to, chickens, guinea hens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, emus, ostriches (struthious), kangaroos, rabbits, mink, chinchilla, and other animals or fowl of similar size and type.Young small animals or fowl under three months of age shall not be included when computing intensity of small animals or fowl.Young or miniature large animals are not included in this definition and are considered large animals. Animal processing/handling: The management or processing of animals for food preparation or goods manufacturing. Includes stockyards, feed lots, auction yards for livestock, slaughter houses, meat packing facilities and the rendering of meat by productcvlants, including the manufacture of tallow, gclatin and glue. Animal raising or keeping: The keeping of large and small domesticated animals other than household pets. Animal Shelter: a facility that houses and disposes of homeless, lost, or abandoned animals; mostly dogs and cats. In the past, such a shelter was more commonly referred to as a dog pound, a term which had its origins in the impoundments of agricultural communities, where stray cattle would be penned up or impounded until claimed by their owners. Animal, wildlife rehabilitation or scientific research facility: A building, structure, pen or portion(s)thereof about a particular subject. Antique store: A retail establishment offering for sale glass, china,objets d'art art objects,furniture or similar furnishings and decorations which have value and significance as a result of age and design. AO: Is characterized as sheet flow and AH indicates ponding and includes a base flood elevation. Apparel/tailor shop: A service providing for the alteration and repair of clothing. Appeal: A request for a review of the interpretation of any provision of this code or a request for a variance. Appliance manufacture: The manufacture, assembly and storage of household appliances. Appliance sales/service: The sale, servicing and repair of home appliances including radios, televisions, washers, refrigerators and ranges. Aquifer: The underground layer of rock and sand that contains usable quantities of water. Area of shallow flooding: A designated AO or AH Zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)and which has the following characteristics: 1. The base flood depths range from one to three feet; 2.A clearly defined channel does not exist; 3. The path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and 4.Velocity flow may be evident. Area of special flood hazard: The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. Designation on maps always includes the letters A or V. Art gallery/studio: The work areas of graphic artists, painters, sculptors,weavers, quilters and other artists with display and sales areas. Arterial/road map: The official maps adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan. As-graded: The extent of surface conditions on completion of grading. Asphalt plant/manufacturing: The manufacture of carbon based paving a - __ _ -- •• - _ _-••--_•- Assembly, heavy: The assemblage of materials and/or metals for commercial and industrial uses. For examples see the definition of industrial, heavy use category and industrial, light use category. Assembly, light: The assemblage of metals and/or materials into products, including such as electronic a: emblly. Assisted living facility: _A residential facility that provides routine protective oversight or assistance for independent living to mentally and physically limited persons in a residential setting. Services include, but are not limited to, transportation, food service, pharmacy and limited nursing services.An assisted living center may be included as a part of a nursing home or convalescent center complex. Attached: _Structurally dependent, sharing a common or party wall for not less than 50 percent of the length of the principal structure(s).A breezeway is not a common wall. Auction house: A building where sale items are stored or displayed where persons are permitted to attend sales and offer bids on such items. Auction yard: An open area where sale items are stored or displayed for not more than seven conzecutivc days within any given 30 day period and where persons are permitted to attend sales and offer bids on such items. Auction yard, livestock: Facilities designed for the sale of livestock at auction, including barns, holding pens, and loading facilities. Automobile assembly plant: A manufacturing facility for new cars and trucks. Automobile impound yard: A secure area used for the temporary impoundment of motor vehicles by law enforcement. Automobile/taxi rental: Facilities including parking,for vehicles available for rent or lease. Facilities for fueling, servicing and minor repair may be accessory to the rental use. Automobile/truck sales and service: An area located on private property used for the display and sale of more than two new or used passenger automobiles or light trucks, including sports utility vehicles, or any truck with a gross vehicle weight(GVW)of less than one ton, including service. Automobile/truck/RV/motorcycle painting, repair, body and fender works: A facility providing for the repair and painting of a wide variety of motor vehicles, not including engine overhaul. Automotive parts, accessories and tires: A retail establishment engaged in the sale of new or refurbished automotive parts and accessories, including installation of tires, automotive accessories and the minor repair of passenger cars and light trucks. Available public facilities: Facilities or services are in place or a financial commitment is in place to provide the facilities or services within a specified time. In the case of transportation, the specified time is six years from the time of development. Awning: A roof-like cover that projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of identity, decoration or shielding a doorway or window from the elements. Bakery products manufacturing: A facility preparing baked goods for regional distribution with accessory retail sales. See light industrial use category. Bakery, retail sales: A retail business offering baked goods including pies, doughnuts, cakes and breads for sale to the public. Bankfull depth: The average vertical distance between the channel bed and the estimated water surface elevation required to completely fill the channel to a point above which water would enter the floodplain or intersect a terrace or hill slope. In cases where multiple channels exist, the bankfull depth is the average depth of all channels along the cross-section. Bankfull width: • For streams—the measurement of the lateral extent of the water surface elevation perpendicular to the channel at bankfull depth. In cases where multiple channels exist, bankfull width is the sum of the individual channel widths along the cross-section. • For lakes, ponds, and impoundments—line of mean high water. • For periodically inundated areas of associated wetlands—the line of periodic inundation, which will be found by examining the edge of inundation to ascertain where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland. Banks, savings and loan and other financial institutions: Offices and service facilities for banks, savings and loans, credit unions or other financial institutions, including drive-through windows. Barber/beauty shop: A facility offering haircuts, manicures and similar personal services. Base flood: The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. Also referred to as the "100-year flood." Designation on maps always includes the letters A or V. Basement: The portion of a building at least four feet below grade for more than 50 percent of the perimeter but not more than eight feet below grade at any point of the structure. Battery rebuilding/manufacture: A facility that specializes in retail, wholesale, OEM/manufacturing, custom Bed and breakfast: A single-family dwelling which provides accommodations for one or more paying guests on a reservation basis. Bedrock: The more or less solid rock in place on or beneath the surface of the earth. It may be soft, medium, or hard and have a smooth or irregular surface. Beehive: A structure designed to contain one colony of honey bees (apis mellifera) and registered with the Washington State Department of Agriculture per Chapter 15.60 RCW or as hereafter amended. Beekeeping, commercial: An activity where more than 25 beehives are kept on a lot. Beekeeping, hobby: The keeping of 25 or fewer beehives on a lot. Bench: As referred to in grading, a relatively level step excavated into earth material on which fill is to be placed. Berm: A narrow ledge or shelf of land generally consisting of earth material that may be natural or artificial. Best management practices (BMP): Currently available, feasible and generally accepted techniques or practices that mitigate the adverse impact from the uncontrolled stormwater on the environment, surrounding properties and infrastructure. Bicycle: A vehicle having two tandem wheels propelled solely by human power, upon which any persons or person may ride. Bicycle lane: That portion of a paved roadway striped for use by bicycles. Bicycle path: A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and either within the highway right-of-way or within an independent right-of-way. Bicycle route: A segment of a system of bikeways designated with appropriate directional and informational markers with or without specific bicycle route number. Bicycle sales and service: A retail establishment offering for sale to the public nonmotorized vehicles, general sales and service, retail sales. Bikeway: Any road, path, or way,which in some manner is specifically designated and which may legally be used by bicycles regardless of whether such facilities are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or are to be shared with other transportation modes. Binding site plan: A division of land approved administratively by the department of community development, which legally obligates a person making a proposal to conditions,standards or requirements specified by this code. Block: A parcel of land surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad rights-of-way, public walks, parks, or green strips, rural land, drainage channels, or a combination thereof. Boat building: The construction, refurbishing and repair of recreational boats. Book/stationery store: A retail establishment offering books, magazines, greeting cards, and similar items to the public. See educational and hobby, retail sales. Border easement: A dedicated easement on private property adjacent to public street right(s)-of-way established for the purposes of utility, drainage facilities, pedestrian access or other public purpose. Borrow: As referred to in grading, earth material acquired from either an on-or off-site location for use in grading on a site. Bottling plant: An industrial facility which provides for the packaging and distribution of liquid products, Boundary line adjustment: A land use action adjusting lot lines. Boundary line elimination: A land use action aggregating two or more lots or parcels of land. Bowling alley: Indoor entertainment facility that provides including rental and sale of bowling equipment and; ac well as restaurant services. Breakaway wall: A wall that is not part of the structural support of the building and is intended through its design and construction to collapse under specific lateral loading forces,without causing damage to the elevated portion of the building or supporting foundation system. Brewery, micro: An establishment brewing specialized beers for localized distribution, as well as local restaurant services. Brewery,winery or distillery: A facility engaged in the production of beer,wine or spirits for regional distribution, including fermentation, distillation and bottling. Broom manufacturing: The manufacture of brooms, brushes and mops. Building height: The vertical distance from the average finished grade to the average height of the highest r � 1_ ! 3D � I t - EX' Grade 5 Point of -� ='L6..vest yleasurement roof surface. Elevation Building official: The authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the adopted building codes pursuant to SVMC 18.40.010. Building setback line: A line established as the minimum distance a structure may be located from any property line or border easement. Building supply and home improvement: An establishment selling hardware, lumber, sheetrock, plumbing supplies, flooring, lighting fixtures, landscaping supplies, nursery stock, and appliances at retail and wholesale. Bulkheads: Retaining wall structures erected to stabilize land at the water's edge and prevent erosion. Revetments are the same as bulkheads. Butcher shop/meat market: The retail sales of specialty meat and fish products, not otherwise classified as a grocery store. See "Food sales, specialty/butcher shop/meat market." Caliper: The diameter of a deciduous tree measured at four and one-half feet above grade. Camera sales and service: The retail sale of photographic equipment and supplies, and the repair of cameras, lenses, tripods, optical and related photographic accessories. See specialty store definition. Camping units: A structure, shelter or vehicle designed and intended for temporary occupancy by persons engaged in camping or use of a camping unit for recreation. Camping units include, but are not limited to, recreational vehicles, recreational park trailers and campers, camping cabins, tents, tepees, yurts and other similar shelters. Candy and confectionery: The preparation and specialty retail sale of candy and confectionery, not otherwise classified as a grocery store. See specialty store definition. Carnival or circus: Temporary entertainment facilities providing rides, exhibits, games, musical productions, food and drink, and items for sale as part of a private commercial venture. Carpenter shop: An establishment producing finished wooden products from raw materials. Carpet and rug cleaning plants: A plant engaged in the cleaning and repair of carpets and textiles utilizing solvents and volatile organic compounds. It gdoes not include cleaning services provided on client premises. Car wash: Facilities for the washing of passenger cars and light trucks as either a principal use or accessory to fueling stations, convenience stores or similar permitted uses. Car wash, automated: A car wash using robotic tracks or systems to wash the exterior of passenger cars and light trucks. Casino: A gaming establishment licensed pursuant to Chapter 9.46 RCW, including restaurant services. Catalogue and mail-order houses: Merchandise warehouse and distribution center, including showroom. Category: A land use classification established pursuant to the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan. Catering services: Food preparation intended for delivery to location(s)different from that where the preparation takes place. Cemetery: Land or facilities used or planned for use for the preparation for the disposition of human or animal remains including columbaria, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery. Ceramics shop: A retail store which provides the supplies and equipment for molding, firing, glazing and enameling ceramic goods. See specialty store, retail sales. Certificate of occupancy: An official certificate issued by the building official that indicates conformance with building requirements and zoning regulations and authorizes legal use of the premises for which it is issued. Certificate of title: A letter, report, opinion, statement, policy, or certificate prepared and executed by a title describing all encumbrances of record which affect the property, together with all recorded deeds, including any part of the property included in the plat. Chemical manufacture: Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemicals using basic processes, Church, temple, mosque, synagogue, house of worship: An establishment, the principal purpose of which is religious worship and for which the main building or other structure contains the sanctuary or principal place of worship, and including accessory uses in the main building or in separate buildings or structures, including Sunday school rooms and religious education classrooms, assembly rooms, a common kitchen, a library room or reading room, columbaria, recreation hall and on-site living quarters for members of religious orders and caretakers. City: The City of Spokane Valley,Washington. City council: The governing body of the City. City property: Real property owned by the City which may include easements, dedications and rights-of-way. City standards: In reference to stormwater standards, the "Spokane County Guidelines for Stormwater Management" and other standards developed or recognized by the director that relate to best management practices, threshold requirements for a site drainage plan, exemptions, permitting processes forms and such other matters for the administration of stormwater control. Garment Clothes manufacture: The manufacture of apparel- , for wholesale distribution. Clothes, retail sales: A retail store offering clothing, footwear and accessories for sale to the general public. Club: An association of persons for some common purpose, but not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business. Clustered housing: Residential lots or building sites which reduce minimum yard requirements within a tract but provide compensating open space. Code: Spokane Valley Uniform Development Code. Cold storage/food locker: A commercial building designed to prevent spoilage of food and to store food for retail food stores or persons buying in large quantities. Collocation: Locating wireless communication equipment from more than one provider on one structure on one site. Commercial zones: Those zones permitting commercial uses including the business zones, office zones, Corridor Mixed Use, Mixed Use Center, and City Center. Commission: The Spokane Valley planning commission. Communication equipment manufacture: The manufacture, assembly and storage of communications Communication facilities, use category: Any towers, poles, antennas, structures, or broadcasting studios intended for use in connection with transmission or receipt of telecommunication signals. Communication service/sales: Establishments providing for the sale and service of communications equipment including, but not limited to, telephones, satellite dishes, and radio equipment. See general sales/service, retail sales. Community garden: Facility or area for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one person or family. This does not include collective gardens pursuant to RCW 69.51A.005. Community facilities: The facilities of local government, other public agencies or nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, police stations,fire stations, government offices, court rooms,water/wastewater storage and treatment facilities, - -- - , transmission lines, except transit stations, churches, and schools. Community hall: A building and related grounds used for social, civic, or recreational purposes and owned and operated by a nonprofit group serving the area in which it is located and open to the general public. Community residential facility: A dwelling licensed, certified or authorized by state authorities as a residence for children or adults with physical or developmental disabilities in need of supervision, support or assistance. Community service, use category: Uses of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature that provide a local service to the community. Examples include funeral service facilities, religious institutions, senior centers, community centers, youth club facilities, hospices, drug and alcohol centers,social service facilities, mass shelters or short-term housing when operated by a public or nonprofit agency, vocational training for the physically or mentally disabled, soup kitchens, and surplus food distribution centers. activities. Compaction: The densification of a fill by mechanical means. Composting storage/processing, commercial: A facility storing or composting organic material for commercial purposes. See heavy industrial use category definition. Comprehensive Plan: The Comprehensive Plan adopted by Spokane Valley,Washington, pursuant to Chapter 36.70 RCW. Computer manufacture and assembly: See"Electrical/electronic/computer component/system manufacturing and a cembly." Computer services: Facilities used for the design and testing of computer systems and component parts, including software design and computer support services. See office, professional definition. Concurrency: Adequate public facilities required when the service demands of development occur. Conditional use: A use authorized subject to conditions and performance standards established by the hearing examiner. Contractor's yard: An area and/or building used to store, maintain and repair equipment, trucks and motor vehicles, construction supplies, building equipment and raw materials for an individual or for a contractor engaged in building or other construction businesses including, but not limited to, plumbing, electrical, structural, finish, demolition,transportation, masonry, excavating or other construction work. Convalescent home/nursing home: A residential facility licensed by the state or county to provide long-term special care and supervision to convalescents, invalids, and/or aged persons, but where no persons are kept who suffer from mental sickness or disease or physical disorder or ailment which is normally treated within sanitariums or hospitals. Special care in such a facility includes, but is not limited to, nursing, feeding, recreation, boarding and other personal services. Convenience store: A retail store of less than 10,000 square feet in size engaged in the sale of personal or household merchandise, packaged foods and beverages,which may include fueling stations as an accessory use where permitted. Court: An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building.An outer court has one side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanent space. Cosmetic manufacture/distribution: The manufacture, storage and distribution of cosmetics, perfumes, and toiletries. Crematory: A facility containing a furnace for cremating and providing cremation services. Critical areas: Any of the following areas and ecosystems:wetlands, areas with a critical recharge effect on aquifers used for potable water, fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas, frequently flooded areas, and geologically hazardous areas. Critical facility: A facility for which even a slight chance of flooding might be too great. Critical facilities include, but are not limited to, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, police, fire and emergency response installations, installations which produce, use or store hazardous materials or hazardous waste. Critical material: A substance present in sufficient quantity that its accidental or intentional release would result in the impairment of one or more beneficial uses of soil, air and ground and surface water pursuant to Chapter 21.40 SVMC. Cultural facilities: Establishments that provide cultural opportunities to the public. Example includes performing art centers, exhibition halls, auditoriums, museums, art galleries and studios, dance, and music venues. Cumulative substantial damage: Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a 10-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. Day(s): A calendar day, unless otherwise specified, computed by excluding the first day and including the last day pursuant to RCW 1.12.040.When an act to be done requires a City business day, and the last day by which the act may be done is not a City business day, then the last day to act is the following business day. Day care, use category: A licensed or accredited place, program, or organization that regularly provides care for children or elderly or handicapped adults for periods of less than 24 hours per day. Day care, adult: A licensed or accredited facility that provides counseling, recreation,food, or any or all of these services to elderly or handicapped persons for a period of less than 24 hours a day. Day care, child: A licensed or accredited facility which regularly provides care for a group of children for periods of less than 24 hours and includes pre-kindergarten, nursery schools, Montessori schools, mothers' day out and after school programs. Deciduous: Plant materials which shed leaves during the fall and winter season. Density, gross: The total number of residential dwelling units per gross acre. Density, net: The number of dwelling units per acre of land, including parcels for common open space and associated recreational facilities within the area, stormwater drainage facilities and tax exempt open spaces, after deducting the area for roads, parks, churches and schools, public/private capital facilities, dedicated public lands, and any other nonresidential use. Department, community development: The City of Spokane Valley department of community development. Department, public works: The City of Spokane Valley public works department. Department/variety store: A store offering a variety of goods to the public at retail including, but not limited to, furniture, clothing, housewares, linens, toys, electronics, small appliances, sporting goods, and footwear. Detention and post-detention facilities: See"Essential public facility." Development: 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 located within the area of special flood hazard. Director: Director of community development, unless otherwise stated specifically in the code. Director of community development: The individual or designee, appointed by the city manager, responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of all or part of the provisions of the Spokane Valley Uniform Development Code. District: The area to which certain zoning regulations apply. Dormitory: See"Dwelling, congregate." Double plumbing: Plumbing installation required for properties for which conversion from on-site to public wastewater collection is necessary. Dredging: The removal of sediment, earth, or gravel from the bottom of a body of water, either for the deepening of navigational channels, to mine the sediment materials, to restore water bodies or for flood control. Driveway: Any area, improvement or facility between the roadway of a public or private street and private property, which provides ingress/egress for vehicles from the roadway to a lot(s)or parcel(s). Dry cleaners: A retail business providing dry cleaning and laundry services to the public. Dry cleaning, laundry, linen supply plant, commercial: An industrial facility providing laundry,dry cleaning, linen supply, and uniforms on a regional basis. Dry kiln: An industrial process for curing timber. Dry line sewer: A sewer line, constructed at the time of property development,which is not put into service until the public sewer system is extended to the development. Dwelling: A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential purposes. Dwelling, accessory apa nunit: A freestanding detached structure or an attached part of a structure that is subordinate and incidental to the main or primary dwelling unit located on the same property, providing complete, independent living facilities exclusively for a single housekeeping unit, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, and sanitation. Dwelling, caretaker's residence: A dwelling unit provided for the purpose of on-site supervision and security that is occupied by a bona fide employee of the property owner. Dwelling, congregate: A residential facility under joint occupancy and single management arranged or used for lodging of unrelated individuals,with or without meals, including boarding or rooming houses, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, and convents and monasteries_, and convalescent care facilities. Dwelling, duplex: An attached building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families,with separate entrances and individual facilities for cooking, sleeping, and sanitation, but sharing a common or party wall. Dwelling, multifamily: A building designed for occupancy by three or more families,with separate entrances and individual facilities for cooking, sleeping, and sanitation. Dwelling, single-family: A building, manufactured or modular home or portion thereof, designed exclusively for single-family residential purposes,with a separate entrance and facilities for cooking, sleeping, and sanitation. Dwelling, townhouse: A single-family dwelling unit constructed in groups of three or more attached units in which each unit extends from foundation to roof, open on at least two sides. Dwelling unit: One or more rooms, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with an individual entrance, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of one family maintaining a household. Earth material: Any rock, natural soil or fill or any combination thereof. Easement: A right to use the land of others. The right may be from the common law or may be acquired, usually by purchase or condemnation and occasionally by prescription or inverse condemnation. The right is not exclusive, but subject to rights of others in the same land, the lesser right being subservient to a prior right which is dominant. Ecological function, no net loss of: The aggregate impact of an improvement, disturbance or encroachment of a shoreline which does not result in an overall loss of ecological function.Any shoreline degradation is concurrently offset by an enhancement of ecological function on the same site or on property within 1,000 feet of the site which equals or exceeds the scope and ecological value (or function)of the degraded resource. Ecological functions or shoreline functions: The work performed or role played by the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the maintenance of the aquatic and terrestrial environments that constitute the shoreline's natural ecosystem. See WAC 173-26-200(2)(d). Ecologist, qualified: A person who has obtained an undergraduate and/or graduate degree in one of the environmental sciences such as but not limited to biology,zoology, botany,wildlife management or bioengineering from an accredited college or university and has a minimum of two years of field experience evaluating the impacts of human encroachments on riparian fish and wildlife habitats and on riparian vegetation species. Education, use category: Uses that provide state mandated basic education, higher learning education, vocational or trade education, or specialized training. Preschools and pre-kindergarten facilities are included in the daycare use category. Educational and hobby store: An establishment that sells educational and hobby oriented merchandise such as bookstores,stationary stores, games, arts and crafts stores. Electrical/electronic/computer component/system manufacturing and assembly: The manufacture, assembly of light fixtures, computers or computer components including, but not limited to, relays, chips, routers, semiconductors and optical processing equipment. Elevated building: For insurance purposes, a non-basement building which has its lowest elevated floor raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns. Elevation certificate: The official form (FEMA Form 81-31)used to track development, provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, and determine the proper insurance premium rate with Section B completed by community officials. Engineering geology: The application of geologic knowledge and principles in the investigation and evaluation of naturally occurring rock and soil for use in the design of civil works. Entertainment, use category: Uses that are entertainment or recreation oriented. alley, video arcade, dance hall, skating rink or billiard parlor. Also includes indoor archery, pistol or gun range. to the general public for a fee or charge such as a golf driving range, archery range, or miniature golf course. Equipment rental shop: A business establishment offering equipment for rental. Equipment sales, repair and maintenance: A business establishment offering equipment for sale, including repair and maintenance_- Erosion: The disturbance of land or transportation of soil or other native materials by running water,wind, ice or other geological agents. Espresso/latto establishment retail sale: An establishment with or without drive-through service offering coffee, tea and other nonalcoholic beverages for sale to the public,with only limited sale of food items incidental to the beverage service for take-out or consumption on the premises. Essential public facility: Facilities which are typically difficult to site, such as airports, state education facilities, state or regional transportation facilities, state and local correctional facilities,solid waste handling, inpatient facilities including substance abuse, mental health, and secure community transition facilities. • Detention and post-detention facilities: Congregate residential facilities for the housing, training and supervision of individuals under judicial detention including, but not limited to, prisons,jails, probation centers, juvenile detention homes, halfway houses and related post-incarceration facilities. • Hospital, psychiatric and/or substance abuse: A licensed facility providing inpatient residential rehabilitation and supervision and outpatient care for individuals suffering from substance abuse, psychological or emotional disease or defect. • Secure community transition facility(SCTF): A licensed secure and supervised residential facility for convicted sex offenders. Excavation: The mechanical removal of earth material. Exercise facility/gym athletic club: A facility providing physical fitness equipment and facilities, including weight rooms, running tracks, swimming pools, play courts and similar facilities, as well as counseling in exercise and nutrition. Existing manufactured home park or subdivision: 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 adopted floodplain management regulations. Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision: 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). Explosive manufacturing: The manufacture and storage of substances causing a sudden release of preccure, gas and heat when subjected to sudden shock, preccure or high temperature including, but not limited to, dynamite, gun powder, plastic explosives, detonators, or fireworks. Explosive storage: Storage of explosive materials including, but not limited to, dynamite, gun powder, plastic explosives, detonators, or fireworks. FAA: Federal Aviation Administration. Family: An individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or a group of not more than five persons, excluding dependents,who are not related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit. Family home, adult: A licensed residential home in which a person or persons provide personal care, special person or persons providing the services. Family home, child: A licensed child care facility providing rcgular carc for not morc than 12 children in the family living quarters. Farm machinery sales and repair: A specialized retail facility catering exclusively to the sale and repair of farm machinery including tractors, farm implements, combines, loaders, applicators, and their accessories. FCC: Federal Communications Commission. Feed lot: A confined area or structure used for feeding, breeding or holding livestock for eventual sale or slaughter, including barns, pens or other structures. Feed/cereal/flour mill: A structure or building used to store or grind grain for animal or human consumption. Fence: A wall or a barrier composed of stone, brick or posts connected by lumber, rails, panels, or wire for the purpose of enclosing space, marking boundaries, serving as an obstruction or barrier or separating parcels of land. Fertilizer manufacture: The manufacture and storage of organic and chemical fertilizer, including manure and sludge processing. Fill: A deposit of earth material placed by artificial means. Film/camera sales and service: The retail sale of photographic equipment and supplies, and the repair of Film developing: The commercial processing of photographic film, including x rays. Fire lane: An access designed to accommodate emergency access to a parcel of land or its improvements. Flood or flooding: A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from: 1. The overflow of inland or tidal waters; and/or 2. The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source. Flood Insurance Rate Map or FIRM: The official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the City. Flood Insurance Study (FIS): The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood. Floodplain, 100-year: An area determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)or by Spokane County to have a one percent chance of flooding in any given year. Flood storage area: Floodplain areas designated on the FIRM where the storage and infiltration of floodwater has been taken into account in reducing flood discharges. Storage areas may include floodwater conveyance or floodway characteristics. Floodway: The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot. Florist shop: A retail sales of floral arrangements and accessories. Food and Beverage Service, use category: Establishments that prepare and serve food and drinks in exchange of money. Examples include restaurants, coffee shops, establishments that sell alcoholic drinks such as taverns, breweries, wineries, lounges, and nightclubs. Food product manufacturing/storage: The commercial production or preservation of food products from agricultural products, and/or the packaging, repackaging or other preparation of food for wholesale distribution including, but not limited to, starch manufacture, sugar refining, pickling, tobacco and vegetable oil manufacture. See also "Meat/fish cutting, canning, curing and smoking." Food sales, specialty/butcher shop/meat market: The retail sales of specialty meat and fish products;and specialty food, not otherwise classified as a grocery store. Food vendor, mobile: An itinerant vendor of beverages, processed foodstuff and produce. Forest land: Land identified as of long-term significance for growing trees for commercial purposes (WAC 365- 190-030(7)). Fraternity/sorority: An organization formed chiefly for social purposes which may function as a place for living and eating, especially for college students. See also "Dwelling, congregate." Freight forwarding: Land and facilities providing for the transport, storage and shipment of goods. Frontage: The full length of a plot of land or a building measured alongside the road onto which the plot or building fronts. In the case of contiguous buildings, individual frontages are usually measured to the middle of any party wall. Interior lots which front on two streets are double frontage lots. Fueling station: An establishment engaged in the retail sale of gasoline and automotive fuels and lubricants. Funeral home: A facility licensed by the state engaged in preparing human remains for burial or cremation. Services may include, but are not limited to, embalming, transport, memorial services, and the sale of caskets. Furniture manufacture: The manufacture of furniture and cabinetry for regional distribution. Furniture sales/repair: Retail sales of household furniture and repairs not including re upholstery. Garage, public: A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage, used for the care, parking, repair, or storage of automobiles, boats, and/or recreational vehicles or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration or hire. General sales/service: Retail establishments that sell and service small electronics or consumer products such as bikes, computers, small electronics, communication equipment,jewelry, clocks, and musical instruments. Does not include appliance sales/service and equipment sales, repair, and maintenance. Gift shop: Retail sales of miscellaneous gift items, including novelty merchandise, souvenirs, floral arrangements, stationery, statuary, ornaments and decorations. Golf course: Outdoor course of nine or more holes, including driving range, cart rentals, pro-shop and restaurant services. Golf driving range: A tract of land for practicing long golf shots. Grade: The vertical location of the ground surface. • Existing grade is the grade prior to grading. • Finish grade is the final grade of the site that conforms to the approved plan. • Rough grade is the state at which the grade approximately conforms to the approved plan. • The average elevation of the finished ground level at the center of all exterior walls of a building. In case of any wall which is parallel to and within five feet of a lot line, elevation at the lot line adjacent to the center of the wall shall be considered the finished ground level. Grading: Any excavating or filling or combination thereof. Grain elevator: A facility for the storage of grain. See also "Feed/cereal/flour mill." Greenhouse/nursery, commercial: An establishment where flowers, shrubbery, vegetables, trees and other horticultural and floricultural products are grown both in the open and in an enclosed building for sale on a retail or wholesale basis. It does not include marijuana production. Greenhouse, nursery, garden center, retail: An establishment where flowers, shrubbery, vegetables, trees and other horticultural and floricultural products are grown both in the open and in an enclosed building for sale on a retail basis. It does not include marijuana production. Grocery store: A retail establishment offering a wide variety of comestibles, beverages and household supplies for sale. Group living, use category: Living facilities for groups of unrelated individuals that include at least one person residing on the site who is responsible for supervising, managing, monitoring and/or providing care, training or treatment of residents characterized by shared facilities for eating, hygiene and/or recreation. Examples include dormitories, fraternities and sonorities, assisted living facilities, nursing and convalescent homes, aggregate dwellings, and community residential facilities. Excludes detention and post-detention facilities.See also "Dwelling, congregate." Gymnasium: A building containing space and equipment for various indoor sports activities (such as basketball or boxing)and usually including spectator accommodations, locker and shower rooms, offices, and swimming pools. Halfway house: See"Essential public facility." Hardware store: An establishment engaged in the retail sale and/or rental of hardware and small tools. Hazardous waste: All dangerous or hazardous waste materials, including substances composed of, or contaminated by, radioactive and hazardous components as defined in RCW 70.105.010(11). Hazardous waste storage: The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, as regulated by Chapter 173-303 WAC. Hazardous waste treatment: The physical, chemical or biological processing of hazardous waste for the purpose of rendering these wastes nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. Hearing examiner: The individual designated by the city council to conduct public hearings and render decisions on amendments, special permits, conditional uses, appeals and other matters as set forth in Chapter 18.20 SVMC. Heavy truck and industrial vehicle sales, rental, repair and maintenance: Land and facilities offering the sale, service and maintenance of motor vehicles and cargo trailers with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight in excess of one ton. Helicopter: A rotorcraft that, for its horizontal motion, depends principally on its engine-driven rotors. Heliport: A landing facility for rotary wing aircraft subject to regularly scheduled use and may include fueling or servicing facilities for such craft. Helistop: A landing pad for occasional and infrequent use by rotary wing aircraft. No on-site servicing or fueling, and not for regularly scheduled stops. High occupancy vehicle (HOV): A motorized vehicle carrying two or more passengers. Hobby shop: A retail establishment offering games, crafts and craft supplies, and art supplies to the public. Home furnishings, retail sales: A retail establishment offering decorating services and materials. Home occupation: An occupation, profession or craft incidental to the residential use. Horse boarding: A barn, stable, or other structure where owners or users of the property commercially bathe, users or owners of the property for more than 2/1 consecutive hours. Hospital: An institution licensed by the state offering in-and outpatient medical services, but not including facilities treating exclusively psychiatric, substance or alcohol abuse. Hospital, psychiatric and/or substance abuse: See"Essential public facility." Hospital, specialty: A facility providing specialized in-and/or outpatient medical care, including hospices, birthing centers, urgent and trauma care, but not including facilities treating psychiatric,substance or alcohol abuse. Hotel/motel: A building in which there are six or more guest rooms where lodging with or without meals is provided for compensation, and where no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite. Household pet: Any animal or bird, other than livestock, large or small animals and animals or birds considered to be predatory or wild,which normally lives in or is kept in a residence. Ice plant: A facility manufacturing and distributing ice. Incinerator: A vessel, device, apparatus, or structure designed to burn solid waste under controlled, nuisance- free conditions, and at a relatively high temperature, for the purpose of reducing the combustible components to a nonputrescible residue capable of ready disposal. Industrial, heavy use category: Establishments that assemble, manufacture, package or process raw or semi-finished products to produce goods. Heavy industry can require large amounts of raw materials, area, and power. Heavy industrial uses can have the potential to be dangerous or to have significant impacts to surrounding properties with noise, odor, nuisance or vibration. It includes uses that do heavy assembly, manufacturing, and processing: produce energy: and handle or store waste. • Dangerous facilities examples include storage of explosives. • Heavy industrial assembly examples include assembly of motor vehicles and aircraft. • Heavy industrial manufacturing examples include the production of chemicals, stone, leather, explosives, non-metallic mineral, machinery, fertilizer, plastic, rubber, tires, soap, petroleum, coal, ink, food and roll forming and stamping metal. • Handling waste examples include hazardous solid or liquid waste treatment and storage facilities. • Heavy processing examples include rubber reclamation facilities, composting, processing and storage facilities (commercial), asphalt/concrete plants, dry kiln, rolling mills, lumber mills, paper mills, metal processing plants, dry kilns, rolling mills, wood preservation, woodworking, composting yards, and mines. It also includes plastic injection molding (thermoset), except that plastic injection molding (thermoplastic) is classified as light industrial use. Industrial, light use category: Establishments that assemble, manufacture, package or process semi- finished products to produce goods. Light industry uses require small amounts of raw materials, area, and power. All processing, fabricating, assembly or disassembly of items takes place within an enclosed building. Many light industrial uses can utilize small spaces designed for general commercial use, often needing very little renovation or adaptation. Light industry uses tend to be consumer oriented as the products are for end users and typically not to be used in an intermediate step by another industry. Uses that have the potential to impact the environment or adjacent properties are classified in the heavy industrial use category. Production of goods that are to be sold primarily on-site and to the general public are classified in the retail sales use category. • Light industrial assembly examples include establishments that assemble electronics, computer components and systems, communication equipment, precision tools, musical, medical and laboratory instruments and apparatus, and power hand tools. • Light industrial manufacturing examples include clothes, shoes, furniture, signs, medical and household appliances. • Light industrial processing examples include, ice plants, bottling plants, machine shops, meat and fish processing plants (such as canning, curing, and smoking), feed, cereal, and flour mills, agricultural processing plants, and marijuana processing facilities. Industrial Service, use category. Establishments that service equipment or products for or to support industrial, commercial, or medical uses, such as: • Commercial carpet rug cleaning, dry cleaning, laundry linen supply plants; • Contractors and building maintenance services that perform services off-site. Examples include janitorial and building maintenance services, heating and plumbing contractors, construction companies, or electrical contractors; • Industrial and commercial printing facilities; • Research, development or scientific laboratories; • Recycling facilities; and • Laundry, dry-cleaning and carpet cleaning plants. Industrial zoning districts: Those zones permitting various industrial and manufacturing uses. See also "Zone, zoning district." Infiltration: The infiltration of floodwater into the ground which may be taken into account in reducing flood discharges. Ink manufacture: A facility manufacturing printing ink, and inking supplies. Jewelry, clock, musical instrument, assembly, sales/service: Retail sale, assembly, service and repair of clocks, musical instruments and jewelry. Kennel: An establishment or place, other than an animal or veterinary hospital or clinic or animal shelter, where six or more dogs or six or more cats, or any combination thereof, over six months of age are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold commercially or as pets. Key: A designated compacted fill placed in a trench excavated in earth material beneath the toe of a proposed fill slope. Laboratories, medical and diagnostic: A facility where samples are collected and/or tests are done to obtain information about the health of a patient to diagnose, treat, or prevent a disease. Laboratories, Scientific(Bio Safety Level 2, OSHA Standards): A facility in which work is done with the broad spectrum of indigenous moderate-risk agents present in the community and associated with human disease of varying severity. Laboratories, Scientific(Bio Safety Level 3, OSHA Standards): A facility in which work is done with indigenous or exotic agents where the potential for infection by aerosols is real and the disease may have serious or lethal consequences. Laboratories, Scientific(Bio Safety Level 4, OSHA Standards): A facility in which work is done with dangerous and exotic agents which pose a high individual risk of life-threatening disease. Landfill: A licensed facility for the sanitary disposal of solid waste. Landfill, shoreline: The placement of soil, excavated material or spoil within the shoreline jurisdiction. Landscape materials sales lot: The retail sale of organic and inorganic materials including, but not limited to, soil and soil amendment, bark, sod, gravel, pea gravel, hardscape products, crushed rock, river rock and landscape boulders primarily used for landscaping and site preparation purposes. The exclusive sale of horticultural or floricultural stock that is permitted in a commercial greenhouse or nursery-wholesale shall not be considered landscape materials. Laundromat: A self-service facility providing machines for the washing and drying of clothes and personal items. Library: An establishment for the sole purpose of loaning and circulating books or providing a reading room and reference service to the public whether conducted by a public or private agency or whether the service is with or without direct cost to the user. Liquor store: A retail establishment that sells prepackaged alcoholic beverages intended to be consumed off premise.The retail sale of off premises distilled spirits, beer and wine. Livestock: Animals including, but not limited to, horses, cattle, llamas, sheep, goats,swine, reindeer, donkeys and mules. Loading zone: An off-street space or designated area or loading dock located on the same lot or site as the buildings or use served,which provides for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise, materials, or passengers. Locksmith: The sale, service and repair of locks and other security devices. Lodging, Use Category: Establishments that provide a person, typically a traveler, a place to stay for a short period of time. Examples include bed and breakfasts, hotels, and motels. Transitional housing and mass shelters are included in the community services use category. Lot: An undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public street and designated as a distinct tract. • Lot aggregation: The consolidation of one or more lots into a single parcel through the elimination of lot lines. • Lot area: The area of a horizontal plane intercepted by the vertical projections of the front, side, and rear lot lines of a building lot. • Lot, corner: A building lot situated at the intersection of two public streets. • Lot coverage: The percentage of the total area of a lot occupied by the base (first story or floor)of buildings located on the lot. • Lot depth: The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a building lot measured at the respective midpoints of the front lot line and rear lot line within the lot boundary. • Lot, double frontage: An interior lot with frontage on more than one street. • Lot, flag: A lot of irregular shape with reduced frontage on a public or private street with dimensions which are otherwise adequate at the building line. • Lot, interior: A lot within a subdivision that is not located at the intersection of any adjacent public or private street. • Lot line: A boundary of a building lot. • Lot line, front: The boundary of a building lot that is the line of an existing or dedicated street. Upon corner lots either street line may be selected as the front lot line providing a front and rear yard are provided adjacent and opposite, respectively, to the front lot line. • Lot line, rear: A boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is, or is most nearly, parallel to the front lot line. • Lot line, side: A boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line. • Lot of record: An area of land designated as a residential lot on the plat or subdivision recorded or registered, pursuant to statute,with the auditor for Spokane County. • Lot, radial: Lots adjacent to curved streets or circular cul-de-sacs with side lot lines running roughly perpendicular to the street right-of-way. • Lot, reverse flag: A lot of irregular shape with reduced access to a rear alley, amenity or natural feature. • Lot segregation: The re-establishment of lot lines within parcels aggregated for tax purposes. • Lot width: The width of a lot at the front building line. Measurements on irregularly shaped lots to be taken in a straight line from a point where the front building line crosses the side property lines. Lowest floor: The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement).An unfinished or flood- resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor; provided, that such enclosure is equipped with adequate flood-ventilation openings specified in SVMC 21.30.090(C)(1)(b). Lumber mill, sawmill, shingle mill, plywood mill: The manufacture of wood products, including cutting, planning, preservation and veneering, match manufacture and millwork. Machine/machinery manufacturing: The fabrication of machines and machinery. Machine shop: See"Metal fabrication." Major event entertainment: Uses that draw lame number of people to special events or shows on a periodic basis. Activities are generally of spectator nature. Examples include stadiums, sports arenas, coliseums, and fairgrounds. Manufactured home sales: A sales lot for manufactured housing units with display models. Manufactured home subdivision: A subdivision designed exclusively for manufactured housing. Manufactured (mobile) home: A pre-assembled dwelling unit transportable in one or more sections,which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities certified by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. The term "manufactured home"does not include a "recreational vehicle." Manufactured (mobile) home park: A site having as its principal use the rental of space for occupancy by two or more manufactured (mobile) homes, and the accessory buildings,structures, and uses customarily incidental to such homes. Manufacturing: The production or fabrication of goods using labor, tools, or machinery. For examples see the definition of industrial, heavy use category and industrial, light use category. Manufacturing, nonmetallic metal products: The manufacture of clay, earthenware, brick, vitreous, cement and concrete, including readi-mix, concrete block, lime, gypsum, stone and stone product. Manufacturing, petroleum and coalp-e4uerts: The manufacture of asphalt paving, roofing and coating and otrole im refining Marijuana processing: Processing marijuana into useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products, packaging and labeling useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products for sale in retail outlets, and sale of useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products at wholesale by a marijuana processor licensed by the State liquor control board and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 69.50 RCW, as now adopted or hereafter amended. Marijuana production: Production and sale of marijuana at wholesale by a marijuana producer licensed by the State liquor control board and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 69.50 RCW, as now adopted or hereafter amended. Marijuana sales: Selling useable marijuana and marijuana-infused products in a retail outlet by a marijuana retailer licensed by the State liquor control board and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 69.50 RCW, as now adopted or hereafter amended. Market, outdoor: A temporary or seasonal location where produce and agricultural products including, but not limited to, pumpkins, Christmas trees and firewood, as well as crafts and other items are offered for sale to the public. Massage therapy: An establishment providing the therapeutic massage services of a licensed massage therapist. Meat/fish cutting, canning, curing and smoking: The processing and packaging of meat and fish for wholesale distribution; does not include the slaughter of animals. Meat packing: The slaughter of live animals and the inspection and processing of animal carcasses. See "Animal processing." Medical and laboratory instrument/apparatus manufacture: The manufacture of medical and dental equipment,supplies, and instruments. Medical, use category: Includes uses that pertain to the science or practice of medicine, such as hospitals and medical and dental clinics. It also includes incidental uses such as ambulance services, medical and diagnostic laboratories, and medical supplies. See retail sales use category for pharmacies. Medical/dental clinic: A facility where three or more medical or dental professionals or paraprofessionals, including physicians, dentists, endodontists, chiropractors, physical therapists, dental hygienists, physician assistants, or osteopaths, provide outpatient services on a regular basis. Medical, dental and hospital equipment supplies and sales: The sale of medical/dental equipment and supplies including, but not limited to, uniforms, prosthetics, pharmacy, optics, and corrective appliances. Metal fabrication: The fabrication of metal products including chain and cable manufacture, sheet metal fabrication, machining,welding and punching. Metal plating: The electroplating, galvanizing and dip plating of various kinds of metal. Metal processes, hot: Metal processes including blast furnace, coke oven, die casting, drop hammer or forge, metal reduction, reclamation, and refining. Mineral product manufacturing, nonmetallic: The manufacture of brick, cement, gypsum, lime, plaster of paris, tile, stoneware, earthenware and terra cotta. Mineral resource lands: Lands primarily devoted to the extraction of minerals with potential for long-term commercial significance (WAC 365-190-030(13)). Mining: Mineral extraction, not including oil and gas. Mobile food vendors: Itinerant vendors of prepared foods and beverages. Model home: The temporary use of one or more single-family residential units for the marketing and promotion of residential subdivisions. Multiple building complex: A group of structures, or a single structure,with dividing walls and separate entrances for each business, housing retail businesses, offices, commercial ventures or independent or separate parts of a business which share the same lot, access and/or parking facilities. Museum: A premises housing the display of antiquities or artifacts of historical or artistic significance. Music store: The specialty retail sale of recorded music, musical instruments, sheet music and similar items. MUTCD: The U.S. Department of Transportation Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. NAICS: North American Industry Classification System. Neighborhood: A geographic area or subarea bounded by distinct physical boundaries, such as major or minor arterials, geologic formations, broad open spaces and similar features, centered around common interests or facilities. New construction: Structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this appendix. New manufactured home park or subdivision: 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 on or after the effective date of adopted floodplain management regulations. Nonconforming: A lot, use, building, or structure,which was legal when commenced or built, but which does not conform to subsequently enacted or amended regulations pursuant to SVMC 19.20.060. Nonconforming use, shoreline: A use located within the shoreline jurisdiction which does not conform to the requirements of the Shoreline Management Act(Chapter 90.58 RCW). Nursing home: See"Convalescent home/nursing home." Occupancy: The type of construction required based on the use of the structure as established by adopted building codes. fo alc Office, professional: A business office maintained as a principal use including, but not limited to, insurance, sales that do not include a tangible commodity, consulting services (accounting, legal, financial, engineering, architectural, real estate), studios,-legal-data entry, computer related, or other professional office. - Contractors and others who perform services off-site are included if the equipment, materials, and vehicles used in conjunction with the business are not stored on the site and fabrication, services or similar work is not carried on at the site. Professional office does but does not include animal, medical or dental clinics. . See also "Medical/dental clinic." Office, use category: Uses conducted in an office setting and that generally provide business, government, professional, veterinary, or financial services. Office supply and computer sales: The retail sale of office supplies and office equipment, including computers, copiers and communication equipment. Off-road recreational vehicle use: The operation of any gas-powered motorized vehicle including, but not limited to, motorcycles and/or all-terrain vehicles, on private property for recreational purposes. This definition does not include vehicles used for yard or garden work in residential areas. Off-street parking: The amount of vehicular parking to be provided on private property for a specified use. Open space: An area accessible to and permanently reserved for the common use and enjoyment of the occupants of residential uses for landscaping, leisure and recreational purposes. Open space does not include area devoted to parking, accessory uses, landscaping required pursuant to this code, drainage easements, border easements or building separation required under adopted building codes. Opponent of record: A person who has provided verbal or written testimony in opposition to a proposal/project before or during the public testimony portion of a hearing, or filled out and submitted a party of record notice indicating opposition prior to the close of the public hearing. Orchard, tree farming, commercial: A planting of trees producing fruit and/or nuts and the cultivation of trees for the purpose of sale. Ordinary high-water mark(OHWM): A mark that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland. In any area where the ordinary high-water mark cannot be found, the ordinary high-water mark adjoining freshwater shall be the line of mean high water. Overlay zone: A zoning designation that supplements the provisions of the underlying zone within a specified geographic area. Owner(s): Any person, partnership, corporation, association, unincorporated organization, trust or any other legal commercial entity having sufficient proprietary interest to authorize development of land. Owner's agent: Any person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of real property. Paper product manufacturing: The manufacture of paper products. Paper/pulp mills: Manufacturing plants producing paper and paper pulp from timber. Park-and-ride facility: A parking area or structure used for the temporary storage of motor vehicles for individuals using public transit or car/van pools. Park, public: A site designated or developed for recreational use by the public including, but not limited to, indoor facilities such as museums, swimming pools and skating rinks, and outdoor facilities such as athletic fields, community gardens, playgrounds, fishing areas, and areas and trails for hikers, equestrians, bicyclists, or off-road recreational vehicle users.Accessory uses include concessions, maintenance facilities, caretakers' dwellings, and parking facilities. Parks and open space, use category: Land uses that focus on natural areas, lame areas consisting mostly of vegetative landscaping or outdoor recreation. Uses tend to have few structures. Examples include trails, botanical gardens, nature preserves, golf courses, cemeteries, plazas, and parks. Parking area, satellite: A parking area more than 300 feet away from the establishment, building, structure, or use which it is designed to serve. Parking facility: A parking area, building, or structure used for the specific purpose of parking or storage of motor vehicles. Parking facility, controlled access: A parking garage or surface lot controlling patron access using attendants or ticket dispensers. Party of record: A person who has provided verbal or written testimony in or regarding a public hearing on a land use action. Paved surface: A paved surface shall consist of asphalt, Portland cement, concrete or equivalent material laid to City specifications. Pawn shop: An establishment where money is loaned on the security of personal property pledged in the keeping of the owner or proprietor.Also includes the retail sales of used items. Performance surety: A financial guarantee that infrastructure required for a project will be constructed and certified according to the accepted plans and specifications and all applicable standards. Permitted use: _An allowable activity or use within a zoning district. Person: A corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership or joint stock company, as well as an individual, a state, and all political subdivisions of a state or any agency or instrumentality thereof. Person or party having standing: Any party of record. Personal services, Retail Services: Services including, but not limited to, barber shops/beauty salons, nail salons, tanning salons, specialty boutiques, day spas, locksmith services, apparel and tailor shops, massage parlors, tattoo parlors, permanent makeup salons, massage therapy, dry cleaning, laundry mat, and photographic studios. and similar services. Pet shop: The specialty retail sale of household pets and pet supplies and equipment. Petroleum and coal products manufacture: The manufacture of petroleum and coal products including -e _ _ -'e _ __ ___•_ -.! _ _ - e -Pharmac : aA retail facilit authorized to dis.ense .rescri.tion drugs prescribed by licensed professionals. Photographic studio: A retail establishment that provides portrait and other photographic services. Pipeline: Gravity or pressurized pipelines for the long-distance transmission of water, petroleum products, natural gas, and other commodities such as ores in the form of slurries. Planned residential development(PRD): A residential development project meeting the requirements of Chapter 19.50 SVMC characterized by flexibility in the regulations of a residential zoning district. Planning agency: The Spokane Valley community development department, together with its planning commission. Planning commission: See"Commission." Plastic and rubber product manufacture: A chemical manufacturing process utilizing resin and synthetic compounds for plastics and rubber. Plastic molding (thermoplastic): A process of converting pelletized plastic into molds using heat,without the use of solvents or volatile organic compounds (VOC). Thermoplastic resins can be melted, formed and resolidified. Thermoplastic processes include injection molding, blow molding, injection blow molding, rotational molding, roto-molding, and extrusion molding. Does not include solvent molding. This use is included in the light industrial use category. Plastic molding (thermoset): An injection molding process which uses heat, industrial processes and solvents to create plastic forms which cannot be reformed. Thermoset processes include bag molding, cold molding,jet molding, pulp molding, transfer molding and compression molding. Uses engaged in this process are included in the heavy industrial use category. Plastic solvent molding: Also known as dip molding, forms thermoplastic articles by dipping a male mold and drawing off the solvent to leave a plastic film adhering to the mold. Uses engaged in this process are included in the heavy industrial use category. Pollution generating impervious surface (PGIS): Surfaces that are subject to vehicular use, industrial activities, or storage of erodible or leachable materials that receive direct rainfall, or run-on or blow-in rainfall. Metal roofs are PGIS unless coated with an inert, nonleachable material. Roofs that are subject to venting of commercial or industrial pollutants are also considered PGIS.A surface,whether paved or not,shall be considered PGIS if it is regularly used by motor vehicles. The following are considered regularly used surfaces: roads, graveled and/or paved road shoulders, bike lanes within the traveled lane of a roadway, driveways, parking lots, unfenced fire lanes, vehicular storage yards, and airport runways. Post office, postal center: A facility owned or operated under contract with the U.S. Postal Service for the delivery of mail and packages. Power plant: oA heavy industrial facility that generates electric power. It excludes public utility facilities. Precision instrument runway: An existing or planned runway with instrument approach utilizing an instrument landing system (ILS), or precision approach radar(PAR)as prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Principal dwelling unit: The principal structure on a lot that is the main residence to which the property is devoted. Principal structure: The principal building or other structure on a lot or building site designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted. Principal use: The predominant use to which the lot or property is or may be devoted and to which all other uses are accessory. Print shop: Retail print services, including blueprinting,photostat copies, copier and other business support services. Printing, reprographics and bookbinding: Commercial printing including engraving, manifold form printing Processing: To convert raw or semi-raw materials into a marketable form through a series of mechanical or chemical operations. For examples see the definition of industrial, heavy use category and industrial, light use category. Professional civil engineering geologist: A geologist experienced and knowledgeable in engineering geology and licensed by the state of Washington to practice. Professional engineer: A civil engineer licensed in Washington under Chapter 18.43 RCW who is qualified by examination and/or experience to practice in the fields of civil, geotechnical and/or soils engineering. Professional inspection: The observation and testing to determine conformance with project plans and specifications required by this code performed by a professional civil engineer and/or professional civil engineering geologist. Such inspection includes that performed by persons supervised by such engineers or geologists and shall be sufficient to form an opinion relating to the conduct of the work. Prohibited use: A use not specifically enumerated as a permitted use, accessory use, a conditional use, a temporary use, or a legal nonconforming use. Project permit: Any land use or environmental permit or license required for development or construction including, but not limited to, building permits, short plats,subdivisions, binding site plans, planned unit developments, conditional uses, variances, shoreline permits, site plan review, permits or approvals required by Chapter 21.40 SVMC, Critical Areas,site-specific zone reclassifications, manufactured home parks, and change of condition request. Proper functioning condition (PFC): A methodology for assessing the physical functioning of riparian and wetland areas,which describes both the assessment process and a defined on-the-ground condition of a riparian or wetland area. Public/quasi-public, use category: Uses related to, paid for by, or working for a government or which are essentially public (as in services rendered)although may be under private ownership or control. Examples include community facilities, essential public facilities, and public utility facilities. Public utility: A regulated public or private enterprise with an exclusive franchise for providing a public service paid for directly by the recipient of that service. Public utility local distribution facility: Any building, structure, or device which transfers directly to the public the service or supply provided by a public utility, including telephone, electric, gas, cable television,water and sewer, and all other facilities, equipment and structures necessary for conducting a local distribution service by a government or public utility. Public utility transmission facility: Any building, structure, or device which does not directly transfer to the public the service or supply provided by a public utility, including telephone, electric (greater than 55 KV), gas, cable television,water and sewer, and all other facilities, equipment, and structures, including substations, switching stations, and reservoirs. Racecourse: An outdoor track or course laid out for competition, testing, practice or use by motorized vehicles including, but not limited to, automobiles, go-carts, all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, scooters, snowmobiles, motorcycles, remote-controlled cars and airplanes. See also "Entertainment/recreation, commercial (outdoor)." Racetrack: A state-licensed facility permitting competitive racing of vehicles, horses and dogs. Radio/TV broadcasting studio: Facilities serving the broadcast media. Railroad yard, repair shop and roundhouse: Facilities serving railroad operations. Record: The official file, exhibits, maps and slides including the tape recorded proceedings or transcription thereof. Record of survey: A survey prepared and sealed by a registered Washington surveyor identifying the boundaries of land and real property, and the location or placement of other improvements. Recreational facility, indoor: An indoor or outdoor facility_place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, games of skill, and leisure time activities within an enclosed space. Examples include gymnasiums, amusement arcades, health and fitness clubs, indoor tennis and racquetball courts, bowling alleys, video indoor swimming pools. This definition excludes indoor sports arenas, auditoriums, health and fitness clubs, and exhibition halls. Recreation facility: An indoor or outdoor facility used, on a continuous basis, for sports, games of skill, and leisure-time activities. Examples include bowling alley, gymnasiums, amusement arcades, tennis and racquetball courts, video arcades, dance halls, skating rinks, billiard parlors, archery, miniature golf course, pistol, gun range and indoor swimming pools. This definition excludes indoor theaters, golf driving ranges, and gymnastic and exercise facilities. Recreational vehicle (RV): A vehicular-type built on a single chassis designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use,with or without motor power including, but not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers and self-propelled motor homes. Recreational vehicle park/campground: An area where facilities are provided for recreational or camping vehicles or travel trailers, tents or other portable habitation, utilized by the public as a place for camping, vacationing,or temporary usage,which are in place for not more than 30 days. The park may include certain recreational or service facilities for the use of the residents of the park. Recreational vehicle sales and service: An area for the display, sales and service of recreational vehicles. Recycling facility: A facility that accepts recyclable materials and may perform some processing activities. The principal function is to separate and store materials that are ready for shipment to end-use markets, such as paper mills, aluminum smelters or plastic manufacturing plants. Processing activities may include baling, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, or cleaning. Rendering Plant: A facility that converts waste animal tissue into stable, value-added materials. Rendering can refer to any processing of animal products into more useful materials, or more narrowly to the rendering of whole animal fatty tissue into purified fats like lard or tallow. Repeater facility: A facility for the noncommercial reception and retransmission of radio signals. Residential, use category: Uses for residential purpose. Restaurant, drive-in: An establishment designed and constructed to serve food and beverages for consumption on the premises, in an automobile or for carry-out for off-premises consumption and which establishment may or may not have on-premises dining room or counter. Restaurant, drive-through: An establishment serving food to the general public with designated dining areas and allowing carry-out window(s)serving a single lane of automobiles for the purpose of serving food to go where food consumption is not allowed in automobiles on the premises. Restaurant, full service: An establishment serving food and beverages to the general public in specific designated dining areas. Retail sales, se ategory: An establishment 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. Retail sales, use category: An establishment 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. Retail services, use category: An establishment that provides miscellaneous services to the general public and that may provide items for sale that are incidental to the service such as mailing centers, personal services facilities, lodging, catering services, equipment rental, print shops, barber/beauty shops, taxidermy services, and upholstery shops. Retaining wall: Any wall not an integral part of a building, used to resist the lateral displacement of earth material. Riding stable: A commercial enterprise renting horses and providing equestrian instruction. Right-of-way: The land area provided by dedication for public use for streets, utilities, walks, and other uses, also providing access to adjoining properties. Riparian management zone (RMZ): A fish and wildlife conservation buffer established pursuant to Chapter 21.40 SVMC. Roadway: The paved or improved portion of a street/road, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel including shoulders, auxiliary lanes, curbs, sidewalks, etc. Rolling mill: Primary metal manufacturing including the rolling and drawing of purchased metals. Roof: A structural covering over any portion of a building or structure, including the projections beyond the walls or supports of the building or structure. Runway: Any existing or planned paved surface or turf-covered area of an airport which is specifically designed and used, or planned to be used, for the landing and/or taking off of aircraft. Schools(K through 12): Public and private institutions of learning offering instruction from kindergarten to grade 12 required by the Education Code of the State of Washington. Schools cColle•e or universit : A .ublic or .rivate institution-of hi.her learnin. which offer courses of general or specialized study leading to a degree. They are certified by the State Board of Higher Education or by a recognized accrediting agency. Examples include universities, liberal art colleges, community colleges, nursing and medical schools not accessory to a hospital. Schools, professional, vocational and trade schools: Post-secondary professional and training education schools at which students are trained in a trade or skill to be pursued as a career-These schools focus on job skill training rather than academics in the liberal arts. Training periods are typically shorter than in a traditional college or university. Examples include institutions providing training to drafters, carpenters, electricians, HVAC technicians, aviation mechanics, plumbers, pipefitters, and welders. Schools,sSpecialized trainina/ -- - - - • - - - studios: A facilit .rovidin. specialized classes to .ersons of all ages including, but not limited to, gymnastics, fitness, martial arts and dance. Secondhand store/consignment sales: The sale and resale of used merchandise including thrift shops and consignment shops. Secure residential treatment facility: See"Essential public facility." SEPA: The Washington State Environmental Policy Act of 1971, and administrative codes developed pursuant thereto or any amendments thereto. Shared access: A common point of vehicle and pedestrian access from a right-of-way,or a vehicular access easement or tract for more than one lot or use. Shorelands or shoreland areas: Those lands extending landward for 200 feet in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high-water mark; floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward 200 feet from such floodways; and all wetlands and river deltas associated with the streams, lakes (RCW 98.58.030(2)(d)). Shoreline environment: The classification of shorelines based on the existing use pattern, the biological and physical character of the shoreline, consistent with WAC 173-26-211(4)and (5). Shoreline master program: Locally adopted plans and regulations governing uses and activities within the shorelines of the state and shorelines of statewide significance identified in the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan. Shoreline of statewide significance: A natural river or segment thereof east of the crest of the Cascade range downstream of a point where the mean annual flow is measured at 200 cubic feet per second or more and lakes or impoundments of 1,000 or more acres (RCW 98.58.030(2)(f)). Shoreline of the state: All of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except: 1. Shorelines of statewide significance; 2. Shorelines on segments of streams upstream of a point where the mean annual flow is 20 cubic feet per second or less and the wetlands associated with such upstream segments; and 3. Shorelines on lakes less than 20 acres in size and wetlands associated with such small lakes. (RCW 98.58.030(2)(e).)Shorelines of statewide significance are shorelines of the state. Shoreline protection: Structural and nonstructural methods to control flooding or address erosion impacts to property and dwellings or other structures caused by natural processes,such as current, flood,wind, or wave action. Shoreline restoration: The revegetation of a shoreline site cleared of vegetation and not covered by structures or occupied by other improvements following completion of a project. Shoreline substantial development: Any development of which the total cost or fair market value exceeds the dollar amount set forth in Chapter 90.58 RCW and Chapter 173-26 WAC for any improvement of property in the shoreline of the state. Showroom: Space for buyers to view fashion merchandise for sale in their retail stores or to showcase high value specialty items such as cabinetry, pianos and luxury vehicles. Sign: A visual communication device, structure, or fixture which is visible from any right-of-way and is intended to aid in promoting the sale of products, goods, services, events or to identify a building using graphics, letters, figures, symbols, trademarks or written copies. Sign types include: • Abandoned structure: A sign support structure upon which a sign is located when the advertised business is no longer conducted on the premises. • Banner: A temporary sign of lightweight material mounted to a pole or building. • Mural: A work of art applied directly to an exterior surface where forms and/or figures are the dominant elements and not containing any copy. • Name plate: A sign showing only the name and address of the owner or occupant of the premises. • Reader board: A sign face consisting of tracks to hold readily changeable letters allowing frequent changes of copy. • Sign: Any board, poster, placard, banner, flag, pennant, streamer, or similar structure, electronic or otherwise which is constructed, placed, attached, painted or fastened in any manner for the purpose of attracting attention of the public to any place, person, entity, or business. • Sign,abandoned: A copy sign that advertises a product or service no longer available or a business no longer in operation; a sign which is illegible, in disrepair, or a safety hazard as a result of lack of maintenance; or a nonconforming sign that has lost its nonconforming rights. • Sign area: The gross surface area of the sign. • Sign, billboard: A structure for the purpose of leasing advertising space to promote an interest other than that of an individual, business, product or service available on the premises on which the structure is located. • Sign, copy: Letters, characters, illustrations, logos, graphics,symbols,writing or any combination thereof designed to communicate information of any kind, or to advertise, announce or identify a person, entity, business, business product,or to advertise the sale, rental or lease of premises. • Sign, copy area: The area of the sign containing any copy, symbol, sign, logo or graphic. • Sign, decorative emblem (or standard): A one-or two-sided sign with or without copy that is securely attached by grommets to the top and bottom of a mounting bracket attached to a permanently installed lighting fixture. • Sign, directional: Any sign relating solely to internal pedestrian and vehicular traffic circulation within a complex or project. • Sign, electronic: A sign that can be changed by electrical, electronic or computerized process; inclusive of video boards. • Sign, flashing: An electrical sign or portion thereof which changes light intensity in a brief, brilliant, or sudden and transient outburst of light causing a steady on and off, glittering, sparkling, or oscillating pattern. • Sign, freestanding: A permanent sign not attached to or forming part of a building. • Sign, freeway: A permanent freestanding on-premises sign or billboard located on a parcel adjacent and contiguous to Interstate Highway 90. • Sign, inflatable: Any temporary hollow item or character expanded or enlarged by the use of air or gas. • Sign, menu board: An on-site display of menu items at a restaurant; not meant to be viewed from the street. • Sign, monument: A sign and supporting structure constructed as a solid structure or one that gives the appearance of a continuous, non-hollow, unbroken mass. • Sign, multi-business complex: A sign with a primary facility name and a list of the individual stores or businesses mounted on one structural element. Such a sign type includes signage describing a mall arrangement, a strip-center development, an industrial park complex, or a multi-business structure or complex of buildings with a unifying name and a listing of businesses contained within the grouping. • Sign, nonconforming: Any sign which was lawfully erected and maintained on private property which now, as a result of code amendments, does not conform to all applicable regulations and restrictions of this code. • Sign, notice: A sign intended to safeguard the premises (e.g., "No Parking," "No Trespassing," "Watch Dog on Duty"); or which identifies emergency telephone number, hours, and security information. • Sign, official: A sign erected by a governmental agency within its territorial jurisdiction for the purpose of carrying out an official duty or responsibility and including, but not limited to, traffic signs and signals, zoning signs, and street signs. Special lighting or banners celebrating seasonal or civic events sponsored and/or endorsed by the city council may be official signs. • Sign, off-premises: A sign which advertises or directs attention to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product not principally located or primarily manufactured or sold on the premises on which the sign is located. • Sign, on-premises: A sign which advertises or directs attention to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product which is manufactured and/or available on the premises where the sign is located. • Sign, permanent: Signs permanently affixed to a pole, monument,or building. Including decorative emblems (or standards)affixed by rope, cords,wires, or mechanical devices. • Sign, pole: A permanent freestanding sign supported wholly by a pole or poles permanently affixed to the ground and not attached to a building or structure. • Sign, POP—Point of purchase: A sign relating to the place, such as a supermarket aisle or soda machine, where a decision to purchase is made. • Sign, portable: A sign not permanently attached or affixed to the ground or other permanent structure, or a sign designed to be transported or moved from place to place including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of skids, or wheels, and including reader boards, and A-frame signs. • Sign, roof: A sign supported by and erected on or above a roof that does not meet the requirements of a wall sign. • Sign,support structure(s): Posts or columns and the anchors and bolts that structurally support the sign attached to it. • Sign,temporary: Banners, pennants, flags, streamers, searchlights, inflatables, special event signage or temporary on-premises commercial signs posted in conjunction with the alteration, construction, sale or lease of real property. • Sign,three-sided: A sign with three faces. • Sign,two-sided: A sign with two faces. • Sign,wall (attached): A permanent sign attached or erected parallel to and extending not more than 15 inches from the facade or face of any building to which it is attached and supported throughout its entire length, with the exposed face of the sign parallel to the plane of said wall or facade. Signs incorporated into mansard roofs, marquees or canopies are wall signs. • Wall area: The two-dimensional representation of a building elevation, including windows and doors, excluding eaves. Sign manufacturing/repair: The manufacture of commercial signs and sign support structures. Sign painting shop: The painting, etching or printing of sign copy. Site: Any lot or parcel of land or contiguous combination thereof, under a single ownership or control, proposed for development, where grading is performed or permitted. Site development plan: A plan drawn to scale for one or more lots, parcels or tracts on which is shown the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, tract or parcel. Site drainage plan: A plan prepared by a professional engineer licensed in the state of Washington that identifies the stormwater control area, stormwater facilities and other measures reasonably required by the director. The plan shall contain analysis and recommendations based upon the City standards. Slope: An inclined ground surface the inclination of which is a ratio of vertical distance to horizontal distance, expressed as a percentage. chemicals and solvents. Soil: A natural aggregate of mineral grains that can be separated by such gentle mechanical means as agitation in water. Solid waste: All p t scible biodegradable and non-biodegradable{9essible-solid and semisolid material including, but not limited to,garbage, refuse, bulky wastes, inert waste, agricultural solid waste, sewage sludge and demolition and construction wastes. Solid waste recycling/transfer site: A site storing solid waste or recyclable materials, prior to transport to a central disposal or collection location. Special flood hazard areas (SFHA): The land area covered by the flood waters of the base flood is the SFHA on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps. The SFHA is the area where the NFIP's floodplain management regulations must be enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance applies. Specialty stores: Small establishments that focus on the sale of a particular product and associated items. Examples include pet shops, specialty boutiques, music stores, ceramics shops, and liquor stores. It does not include stores selling specialty food such as butcher shop, meat market and specialty foods. f lid t49, gy.FRRas.t.i€s,f*4ece, maFtiat arts a elafce- Spoil: Any material removed from an excavation. Standard soils: Soils comprised of the Natural Resources Conservation District groups: Garrison, Springdale, Bonner, and Hagen. Start of construction: Includes substantial improvement, and the date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, placement or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start 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. Storage, general indoor: The storage of equipment, merchandise and supplies within an enclosed structure. The storage area occupies 50 percent or less of the ground floor area of the structure. See warehouse, for storage areas that exceed 50 percent of the ground floor area. Storage, general outdoor: The storage of any equipment, machinery, commodities, raw, semi-finished materials, and building materials,which is visible from any point on the building lot line when viewed from ground level to six feet above ground level. The outdoor display of motor vehicles, equipment for sale or lease, manufactured housing or landscaping and nursery stock available for sale to the public is not general outdoor storage. Storage, self-service facility: A facility including buildings and/or structures containing spaces of varying sizes leased, rented or sold on an individual basis and used exclusively for the storage of excess property and outdoor storage of vehicles and boats. Stormwater: That portion of precipitation or snow melt that has not naturally percolated into the ground or otherwise evaporated, but is contained, transported or flowing above ground through streets, swales, channels, pipes, artificial or natural surfaces. Stormwater drainage facility: Constructed and natural features which function together as a system to collect, convey, channel, hold, inhibit, retain, detain, infiltrate, evaporate, divert, treat or filter stormwater. Stormwater facilities include, but are not limited to, pipes, ditches, culverts, street gutters, detention ponds, retention ponds, evaporation ponds, constructed wetlands, infiltration devices, catch basins, oil/water separators and swales. Stormwater facility: The drainage system including, but not limited to, drywell, channel, inlet, curb drop, swale, ditch, detention, retention, and/or infiltration facility designed to contain and control stormwater. Street, arterial, minor: Roadways identified in the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan providing for interconnection with and augmentation of the principal arterial system and providing local mobility. Street, arterial, principal: Roadways identified in the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan providing for regional mobility. Street, collector: Roadways identified in the Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan providing for both land access and traffic circulation within residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial areas. Street, flanking: One of the two streets abutting a corner lot which is not parallel with the lot front line. Street, local access: A street providing access to abutting property. Structure: Any construction, including a building or any portion thereof, erected for the purposes of support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind, including swimming pools, decks in excess of 30 inches in height, and roof overhangs exceeding three feet.A fence of six feet or less in height is not a structure, nor a masonry, brick, concrete, or cinder block wall of less than four feet in height. Subdivision: The subdivision of land into two or more parts for the purpose of establishing building sites, and including both short subdivisions and long subdivisions. Substantial damage: Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. Substantial improvement: Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either: 1. Before the improvement or repair is started; or 2. If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences,whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however, include either: 1.Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or 2.Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a state inventory of historic places. Swale: A constructed depression for the treatment and disposal of stormwater runoff.The swale shall be designed by an engineer licensed in the state of Washington. Tailor shop: A personal service providing alterations and fittings for apparel. Tank storage (LPG): The storage of liquefied petroleum gas or its component gases. Tank storage, critical materials: The storage of critical materials identified in Appendix 21-G (SVMC 21.40.060), including but not limited to gasoline, kerosene, diesel, lubricating oils, and solvents. Tanning and curing of hides: The preparation of animal hides and skins for the manufacture of leather products. Tavern/night club: A retail establishment serving alcoholic beverages with incidental food service. Examples are lounges, bars, nightclubs, wineries, micro-breweries, and distilleries. Taxidermy: The operation of preserving, stuffing and mounting the skins of dead birds and animals for exhibition. Telecommunications: The transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of audio and/or visual information and data of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. • Alternative mounting structure: A water tower, manmade tree, clock tower, church steeple, bell tower, utility pole, light standard,freestanding sign,flagpole, or similar structure designed to support and camouflage or conceal the presence of telecommunications antennas. • Antenna: A structure or device used to collect or radiate radio, television, or microwave electromagnetic waves, including directional antennas, such as panels,wireless cable and satellite dishes, and omni-directional antennas, such as whips, but not including satellite earth stations or noncommercial antennas installations for home use of radio or television. • Array: An arrangement of antennas and their supporting structure. • Collocation: A single telecommunications tower and/or site used by more than one telecommunications service provider. • Dish: A parabolic or bowl shaped device that receives and/or transmits signals in a specific directional pattern. • EIA-222: Electronics Industries Association Standard 222, "Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antennas Support Structures." • Electric transmission: A self-supporting structure in excess of 50 feet in height designed to support high voltage electric lines. This does not include local utility or distribution poles (with or without transformers) designed to provide electric service to individual customers. • Guyed, tower: Any telecommunications tower supported in whole or in part by cables anchored to the ground .• Height: The distance measured from grade to the highest point of any and all components of the structure, including antennas, hazard lighting, and other appurtenances, if any. • Monopole: A self-supporting telecommunications tower,which consists of a single vertical pole,fixed into the ground and/or attached to a foundation. • Panel: An antenna which receives and/or transmits signals in a directional pattern. • Self-supporting lattice tower: A telecommunications tower that consists of an open network of metal braces, usually triangular or square in cross-section. • Service: The offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. • Stealth: A telecommunications antenna that is effectively camouflaged or concealed from view. • Telecommunications antenna: An antenna used to provide a telecommunications service. This excludes lightning rods, private mobile radio systems, amateur radio antennas less than 35 feet in height in residential districts and 50 feet in height in nonresidential districts, and whip antennas less than four inches (10 cm)in diameter and less than 10 feet in height. • Tower: A self-supporting or guyed structure more than 20 feet in height, built primarily to support one or more telecommunications antennas. Does not include ham operator or wind turbine support towers. • Tower, ham operator: An amateur radio operator who uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other amateur operators on radio frequencies assigned to the amateur radio service. • Wireless: Having no wire or wires, operating by means of transmitted electromagnetic waves. • Whip antenna: An omni-directional dipole antenna of cylindrical shape which is no more than six inches in diameter. Temporary use: A use permitted for a limited period of time or pending the occurrence of an event. Textile manufacture: The manufacture of textiles, carpet, canvas and cordage, including knitting. Theater, indoor: An establishment for the indoor viewing of motion pictures by patrons.A structure or area Threshold requirements: The level of development, volume, or peak flow of stormwater that must be controlled. Tire recap and retread manufacture: The process of refurbishing and retreading used vehicle tires. Title notice: A document recorded with the county auditor for the purpose of disclosure to a prospective purchaser, lender or other interested party of important information, special conditions, restrictions, and/or circumstances that affect real property. Tower, ham operator: A structure less than 75 feet in height above grade used for two-way communication for hobby or emergency service purposes by private individuals. Tower,wind turbine support: A structure not enclosed with exterior walls used for the production of energy such as a wind turbine tower (Public utility towers used for the distribution or transmission of electricity and wireless communication support towers are not included in this definition-), Towing: Facilities that provide towing services. Towed vehicle storage is permitted under impound yard or junk and salvage yards. Transportation, use category: -Facilities that provide public or private transportation services and/or transfer points between modes of transportation. Examples include private airstrips, heliports, park and ride stations, private parking garages, transit centers. -- -_ _ _ _ __ _ - - e"' - - -- - e-' _ being trans ported Transit center: A facility serving transit patrons which may serve as a transfer point between different transportation modes and routes, and providing parking. Transitional housing: Congregate living facilities for temporarily displaced individuals and families with an on- site resident manager including, but not limited to, homeless and protective shelters. Detention and post- detention facilities, hospital, psychiatric and/or substance abuse and secure community transition facilities are not transitional housing. Heavy Triink truck mistrial vehicle sales, rental, repair and maintenance: Land and facilities offering the sale, service and maintcnancc of motor vchicics and cargo trailcrs with a manufacturcr's gross vchicic weight in excess of one ton. Truck stop: A facility providing parking, fueling, and restaurant services for large trucks, and may include truck washing facilities, sleeping accommodations and showers for drivers. Underground injection control (UIC)well: A manmade subsurface fluid distribution system designed to discharge fluids into the ground and consists of an assemblage of perforated pipes, drain tiles, or other similar mechanisms, or a dug hole that is deeper than the largest surface dimension (WAC 173-218-030). Subsurface infiltration systems include drywells, pipe or French drains, drain fields, and other similar devices that are used to discharge stormwater directly into the ground. Upholstery shop: A retail service for the upholstery and re-upholstery of furniture. Variance: An adjustment to the strict application of regulations to a particular piece of real property which, because of special circumstances, is deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the vicinity and similar zone classification. The adjustment remedies the disparity in privileges; provided, that a variance granted shall not authorize a use otherwise prohibited in the zone classification in which the property is located. Vehicle service, use category: Establishments that sell, service, repair, or rent passenger vehicles, boats, recreation vehicles, heavy trucks, and industrial vehicles. It also includes other uses that provide relate to vehicles such as truck stops, impound yards, and towing establishments. Veterinai hospital or clinic, large animal: An establishment providing veterinary medical services and Veterinas hospital or clinic, small animal: An establishment other than a kennel in which veterinary medical services, clipping, bathing, boarding and similar services are rendercd to dogs, cats and othcr small animals- and domestic pets. Warehouse: A structure in which more than 50 percent of the ground floor area is utilized for the storage of products,which is not the office or showroom area of the building. Warehouse,wholesale and freight movement, use category: Wholesale businesses and establishments that store or transport goods for themselves or other firms. Warranty surety: A financial guarantee against defects in the construction of all required infrastructure for a project. Water-dependent: A use or activity dependent on a waterfront location including, but not limited to, bridges, marinas,dams for domestic/industrial water supply,flood control, and/or hydroelectric production;water diversion structures and facilities for water supply, irrigation and/or fisheries enhancement; flood water and drainage pumping plants and facilities; hydroelectric generating facilities and appurtenant structures; structural and nonstructural flood damage reduction facilities, and stream bank stabilization structures and practices. Water-related: A use or activity not intrinsically dependent on a waterfront location including, but not limited to, facilities that provide water sports equipment and services, restaurants providing water views, recreational vehicle parks, and public parks. Water-related industry: Water-related industries are those requiring water transportation or those which seek the advantage of water transportation as an alternative to other modes, and those which use or recycle large quantities of water. Welding: The process of uniting metal parts through heat and/or pressure. Wetland: An area characterized by saturated or nearly saturated soils most of the year that forms an interface between terrestrial (land-based)and aquatic environments.Wetlands include marshes around lakes or ponds and along river or stream channels. Wholesale business: Those businesses which sell, broker, transfer, receive or otherwise handle volume commodities for fabrication, resale or internal institutional, commercial or industrial consumption. Examples include sale of building materials, special trade tools, welding supplies, major wholesale distribution centers, major postal services, machine parts, electrical supplies,janitorial supplies, restaurant equipment and store fixtures, mail order houses, and wholesalers of food, clothing, auto parts, and building hardware. Wood product manufacturing: The manufacture of wood products, such as lumber, plywood, veneers,wood containers,wood flooring,wood trusses, and prefabricated wood buildings. The production processes include sawing, planning,shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products starting from logs that are cut into bolts, or lumber that then may be further cut, or shaped by lathes or other shaping tools. Wrecking,junk and salvage yards: Any area, lot, land, parcel, building, structure or part thereof where waste or discarded or salvaged materials are exchanged, handled, bought, sold, baled, packed, stripped, stored, dumped or disassembled including, but not limited to, inoperable vehicles, tires, machines or remnants thereof, and/or metals, paper, rags, tires and bottles. WRIA: Water resources inventory area. Xeriscaping: A planting practice that relies on minimal or no irrigation, eliminating heavily watered landscaping in favor of those that combine low water requirements with plants adapted to the region. Yard: An open space, other than a court, on a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward. • Flanking street yard: That unoccupied area of a lot which is coterminous with a flanking street bounded by the front yard and rear yard and the flanking street yard depth. • Front yard: An area extending across the full width of a lot and lying in between the front lot line and building setback line. The front yard is usually the location of the main entrance to the building and/or its orientation to the primary street. • Rear yard: An area extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the lot rear line and that portion of a proposed or existing building or structure closest to the lot rear line or between the lot rear line and the required rear yard depth in each classification when no building or structure exists or is proposed. • Side yard: That area of a lot that is unoccupied and which is not a front yard, a rear yard nor a flanking street yard. Zero lot line development: A residential development for single-family detached where each dwelling is located in close proximity to an interior side property line, with a minimum side yard maintained between each adjacent residence. Zone, zoning district: A use classification established for the purpose of promoting orderly and efficient development of land compatible with surrounding areas implementing the Comprehensive Plan. (Ord. 12-022 §4 (Att. B), 2012; Ord. 12-009§§ 1 —8, 2012; Ord. 11-021 §2, 2011; Ord. 11-005 §2, 2011; Ord. 09-036 §7, 2009; Ord. 09-032 §2, 2009; Ord. 09-017 § 1, 2009; Ord. 08-006 § 1, 2008; Ord. 08-005§2, 2008; Ord. 07- 015 §4, 2007). Chapter 19.120 PERMITTED AND ACCESSORY USES Sections: 19.120.010 General. 19.120.010 General. Uses may be permitted, be subject to conditions, or require conditional or temporary use permits as shown in Appendix 19-A, the schedule of permitted and accessory uses. 4 R R- 3 R- 4 MF-MF 1 2 MAICS Schedule-of-Remitted-Uses ndi r°-: Mixed Use Center C9Frid9F Mixed Use Garden Office office Neighborhood Commercial Con�nity Commercial Regional Commercial Pa ; Space 1-1- t InCL 1-2 1n� Reference Conditions 711 Adu l Olt ente�inmenteetabliehment S S C p r 19.80 SVMG 453 Adult retail use establishment S S SVMG 311 sing R p plant, warehouse 181219 Airstrip,private Iz 62191 Am ulanoe acMco p p p p p p 12 51191 .. . - P S a p P SVMC 4-9.60.010(B)(1) 311613 "- p S S S S S S 112 Animal raising and/or kceping S S 1-1 CS Animal S � p p 41340 shelter 4- 2 3 4 4- MF-NAlcs 2 Schedule-of-Pencliftecl-Uses Appendix-4-9-A Mixed Use Center Corridor Mixed Use Garden Office offiee Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial Packs/Open Space 44 Light. Id, 4-2 Heavy Ind, Reference Conditions 31161 Animal-slaughtering-and processing P 45392 Antique store P P P 42 P 448 Apparelitailor-shop P ;0 P FA 12 P 42 443111 Appliance-salesIservice 12 p P P A A Only-if manufactured/ assembled on premises, 45392 Art-ga4eryistuclio P P la P P P P 333 Assembly heavy P 334 Assembly light 12 12 P 12 12 12 12 12 P 623312 MsiSted4MR9-faGility p p p p 4533 Auction house P 12 12 P 4533 p la 1152 Auction-yarcIT-livestosk 3364 Automobile-assembly 1-i-plant P 9-22 Automobile-impound-yard P P 444 -,_ e-•e e - e• ._ - -s-and service -, P 7-- 7-' 4353 Automobile/taxi P P P P P 12 P 811121 works S S P P P Enclosed-structure only. 19.60.050(B)(3). R- 4 R- 2 R- 3 R.- 4 filIF--11/1P- 4 2 NAICS Settedule-of-Pennittecl-Uses Appendix-1-9-A Mixed Use Center Corrklor Mixed Use Garden Office office Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial Pa-ft/Open Space 11 Light IncL 1-2 Heavy Ind, Reference Conditions 4413 Automotive parts,accessories and tires p p p p p p 445291 Bakery, P la S S la P la A A Roor-area-limited to 10%of Gross Leasable-Roof Area(GLFA)not to exceed 1,000 sf. 52211 financial institutions p p p p p p p p 3121 Barberibeauty-stiop p p P p p p p P ? P p p p p 721194 Bed and breakfast p p p 11291 Beekeeping mm P S S S 1129-4 Beekeeping, S-VMG 4-9,44-1-50-(C) 4511 Bicycle sales/service la P P P P p la P 3366-1-1- Boat-lauilding,repair-and maintenance P 411222 Beat-sales/service p p P p 4512 Book/stationary-store P P P P P p p 3424 Bottling plant P P 74395 Bowling alley P P P P 722 Brewery,rnicro p P P P p P p P p 3-1-24 p P p P p p 4411 Building-cupply-and-home improvement p S p p p Floor-area-limited to 50,000 eg.ft.or less R- 4 R- 2 R- 3 R- 4 MF-MF- 4 2 NAIGS Schedule-of-Pemi-ittecl-Uses Appendix-1-9-A Mixed use Center Corridor mixed Use Garden Office °face Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial ParkslOpen14 Space Light ld. 1-2 Heavy incl, Referenc-e Conditions 445292 Candy-and-confeotionery P la la la IQ P P la la 71399 Carnival,circus T T T T 32-1-9 Carpenter shop 12 P P P 561740 Garpetand-rug-cleaning-plants P P 811192 GaRYaSh fa 7 S P la P 7 SVPAC 4-9-60-940-(B) 7132 Casino la la 7 7 454113 Catalog-ansl-mail-erder-houses P ■ .1 pp 72232 Catering-services P 7 P P P P p p p p 8122 Cemetery P /151112 Ceramics shop P P P P la P PlalaPP P 84-3 Church,temple,mosque, synagegue-and-Pars9nage P P P P P P p 44.81 Clothes,retail sales P la P P P 4931-2 Goki-steragegood400ker P 6113 Gollege-ar-uhivereity P la P P p 517 Commohisatien-serviseisales P P la P P P P SSSSS S 92-1— g22 Community facilities S S S S S S S S S S See zoning districts far-gond-44ns- P P P 8134 Community-hall,club,or-lodge P P la P p -,---, P R- 4 R- 2 R- 3 R- 4 1111F-MF- 4 2 AAICS Schedule-of-Permitted-Uses n.."'°*"Tle"n Mixed Use r «^. SeFrdeF Mixed Garden Office office Neighbor-hood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Eemrneil e Rarks/Open Space 14 Ind, 1-2 g a Ind: Reference Condi tions ien s R P P 62322 Community-residential-facility-{6 or Bess ss dons P P P 6232 {greater than 6 residents, no more than 25) 564-73 commercial 54151 Computer-services 12 R R R la R 2373 Contractor's yard 238 P P P 623 home P P 44512 P P A A P P P Crematories ? P P P P P P P P 6233 Day care adult P P A P A C C C C P P 624410 !- more) P P A A P A A P P P P P P 624110 Day care,child(12 children or fewer-) P P A A P P 4521 P 8123 Dry cleaners P P A P 812332 Dry cleaning,laundry, linen , 3 3211114 D S S S 811 R- 2 R- 3 R- 4 MF- f- 4 r 2 NAILS Schedule-of-Permitted-Uses A Mixed 3se 6errtd erR- Mxd Garden Office gFcAeigh�erpeed mmercaemmereo eril o a"k"r°"" Space i Light } 12 Heavy Reference Conditions 8-1-4 - - - - S S S S S S SvMG 4-9.60.060(B)(1) P P 7213 R R la p R p R 814 Dwelling duplex R la R R R 84-4 Dwelling R H S S SWAG 19.60.020(B) R R P P 811 weir telling single4am4y P la S S �W1AG 19.60.020(6) p p P 844 fz la 334— 335 manufacturing/assembly R R P r- R R 713 indoor P P P la R P C 7139 outdoor P R P R 5323 la R r. g P 8113 P R P R R maintenance 7222 - R la lz la R P P P R R R R R R 92 R R R R R R R -90 SVMG A A 71391 ' : R p A R P P P A A 493 90 Explosive storage P la R P R 814 Fami e, eoma P P P R R R p R R 844 Family home child l2 n R- 4 R- 2 R- 3 R- 4 MF-1111F- 4 2 NAIGS Schedule-of-Permitted-Llses Appendix 11/1ixed hlse Center Cer-Fider Mixed ttse Garden Office offise Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial Parks/Open Space 1-4 Light- Ind, 1-2 Heavy Inch Reference Conditions 441222 P P p 112112 Feed lot P 314214 Fecd/cereallflour mill 81292 Plm-developing 12 P A 4 12 .:, - 41 313 - - -- -,--,-, P A- A P --.. _ _ ..- 1531 Florist shop 41521 -•ee ••:- •••• • et- •• • eee P ? S p p SVMC 1-9€0.010(B)(3) 434 Freight forwarding 12 p 417 Fueling station P P P A -, P 12 P 81221 Funeral home P p P 453 Gift-shop 12 P A A P P P A SSSSS S 74394 Golf-eserse P 8 12 12 Chapter 2260 SVIVIC GGGGG C 71391 P G S P Chapter 22.60 SWAG 493-1-3 Grain elevator 12 12 41122 Greenhouse,nursery,garden center,retail p p p p p 1114 S S,,, P P SVMC 4-9.60.050(B)(3) 4151 6f-falser:ry e-stare P p S p " SWAG 19.60.010(B)(3) R 4 R- 2 R- 3 R- 4 IMF-MF 4 � Schedule of Perm.ted Uses w p �,.19 n "* '°"�"` o ed else r }°" ivikederGarden Mlxed Use O ce office Neighborhood 6emmersiat Community Serr ercial Regional Commercial Par-IC-Si-Wen Space {-7 Lig#tHeavy Ind,. Ind: Reference Conditions 11113 P P S P CMS 19.60.010(B)(3) 562211 storage S S SWAG-21-404160 1812 Hel+pert P 1812p G S 15112 Hol aby4lop P P P P P p p X12 Home furnishings, retail sale p p P p p 6221 Hospital p p P p R R R R R R 622210 Hospital,psychiatric and substance abuse R R R R R Y R p 622310 Hospital,specialty p p R p A A 7211 Hotel/motel p P p 312113 Ice plant P 45322 assea4bly-salesIs Mce R R A p p.. p R 84-294 care-facility s S S 8 ? p See zoning district for-cenditieas- 541-33 = P p 54138 Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 3) p R p 5415 ;. = n 62151 Laboratories, edical and diagnostic p p p p R- . R- 2 R- R- E NF-MP- AI Schedule-of-Permitted-Uses A.p".4 a: -,-a-A Mixed lice CcnterJ Corridor Mixed Use Garden Office office Neighborhood Commercial community Commercial Regional Commercial Pen #ft 2 Ind: Reference 4 4___n -9 ._ - - - -- 1 n A A 812310 Laundromat la R R 4153 Liquor etoro _ 561622 Locksmith P P 3211 Lumbermill, mild shingle mils plywood-mill 332 Machine chop - 236115 S S S S S 811 SVMC 19.10.130 393 Manufactured home sales Manufacturing 336111 Aircraft manufacturing 33522 Appliances manufacturing Asphalt plant/manufacturing 3399-94 Chemical manufacturing Communications-equipment R- R- a MF- 2 NAICS Schedule of Permitted L'sps nppe 9 A Mired Use Center l;eFfielef Mix-ad Use Garden Office Office Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial RaflrslOpen Space Light +-2 Heavy lad: Reference Conditions 339 Cosmetic and miscellaneous manufacturing 322226 Emery cloth and sandpaper manufacturinc 32592 -Explosive-manufacturing Food-product Furniture manufacturing 2.250- 3 Machineiniasnine manufacturing 3394- ir-ctrumentlappa ratus manufacturing 327 manufacturing manufacturing Petroleum and coal products manufacturing Plastic and rubber products manufacturing Rope-manufacturing 33995 R- R- 4- MF- NAICS Schedule e f Permitted Uses Appendix9-A Mixed Use Center Corridor Mixed Use Garden Office Office Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial Pan Space 1-4 Light inch I-2 Heavy Ind Reference Conditions 32564- manufacturing 31,111 56292 Tire, recap and retread manufacturing 32-4 453993 Market,outdoor R 621196 Massage therapy 3116 and-smoking 3117 • 2345 equipment-supply/sales 3211 621 Me Metal plating Metal--processes,hot Mining 7-22330 s S S S 236115 Model-name-units 71211 Museum 4- 2 3 4 1- 2 NAICS Schedule-of-Pemlitted-Uses Appendix Mixed use Con ter Mixed Use Garden Office office NeighbeFileed Commercial ComfflunitY Commercial Regional Commercial Parke/Open Space 4-1- Light' Inch 4-2 Heavy Inch RefecenGe Conditions 45111 Music stars P ca A A P P fa A A 564 Office P P P la P la P P P 45321 P la A P fa P la 7 999 12 1113 Orchard,tree farming, 7 commercial 32211 Paper/pulp mills P 4859 Park and ride facility P P P P P 522298 Pawn-chop P la P 842 Personal-service P P la la la P P 45394- Pet shop P P A P r 44611 Pharmacy P la A P P P ,--, 544-92 Photographic studio P P P P P P 32619-9 Plastio-injection-molding7 thermoset 326-1-99 Plastic-injection-molding, thermoplastic P P la P P P 326199 Plastic-injection-solvent-molding P 494 Post office,postal center 42 p la p 12 P la P p 221 utility facilities) P R- ? R- w _ R- 3 3 R- M F-NiR- A 3 N-1SS Schedule-of-Permitted-Uses Appendix 19^. d Center Corridor Garden Office a Neighborhood Commercial Community Commercial Regional Commercial Rams/Open Space Light lnd: Heavy Ind: Reference Conditions 56113 Print shop p P = P P P P P 323 Printing, reprographics laseicbtading-servicessemmeraial 41 49 P P p - 8 5 5 8 5 5 221 _. ._ .. S S - - 2 - - - - See-zoning-districts tp er-conditions- S S S S S S Public S S = See zoning districts for-senditierss -uti 71399 Racecourse - p lz 711212 Racetrack 5151 Radio/TV broadca�stn9 t4Jdie ¢ _ 4324 Railroad yard, repair shop and roundhouse 7212 park/sampgreund 44121 service 56292 Recycling-faces` P P P R P P P 51511 Repeater facility _ P P 7222 Restaurant,drive in P 7222 Restaurant,drive through P 722 Rest uranF full service e 452 Retail-sales P P = A A Limited to items as nufactured sn the premises. L_77 z R- P- 2 R- 3 R- F-M-F- NiNAICS 2 S s edule of Perm tt -s e�_Ues Appendix-I-9-A Mixed Llse G9rr9d0 Use Garden office � Commercial Community Commercial Smmrial o rkc!O ,1= pae Ind,- i 2 Ind, Reference Conditions 74399 Riding-stable G P P 33122 +k 6111 through 12 - 6-1 Scheel - e-- - and trade schools P -4-4 45-33 sales. "_. 12 e _ SW/1.1.1; 19.70.0?0(B)(9) Showroom P SeNd-wa - - - •- -• - sits SVMC 19.60.060(B) 0- 6 schools or studios P = r Adaptive reuse of existing-structures only—No-expansion allowed. 2 P 4931-9 = p - a Storage,general outdoors S S P Joi mot for-conditions- Tank storage, LPG above ground S SVMC 21.10.060 213112 above-ground S S SVMC 21.10.060 213112 Tank storage,critical material below-ground - SVMC-24,40,060 3161 Tanning,curing of hides and skins 7221 Tavern Taxidorm»s R- R- R- R- NW-NW 2 AAIGS Schedule of Per fitted ;c s Appendix To Mixed ase t Corridor Mixed Garden A ce office ereedSen Commercial community y Commercial Regienal Commercial Q a rks/O.e, Sae l-a tl1-2 Ind, avReference Intl, Conditions S S S SS S antenna array ,S r_ S S S S S Chapter 22.120 5172 SalMr; C S C C S C -ss 5 C S _ S S S Chapter 22.120 5172au-pp-eft-tower SIMC 711 Theater, indoor R 7_4 Theater,outdoor - - 93 S S S S S S 5 9 Tower, ham operator s 59.10.110( A) 221119 Tune support S S SUMS 19.10-110(B) 454 Transit center P C 7213 411222 Truck sales, rental, repair and maintenance 445— 447 Truck-step 81112olssh 49311 Warehoesing . - r P Adaptive-reuse-of existing-structures, No-expansion slowed- 55252 Wrecking, recycling, 5 5 SuMC 5) junk and salvage yards Permitted Use A ^ On^'T cc ry � ff �^^a^lI sci.t+i.__ T Tem r r Pcm it v. S Conditions Apply Permit Minutes Spokane Valley Planning Commission Council Chambers—City Hall, December 12,2013 Chair Bates called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Commissioners, staff and audience stood for the pledge of allegiance. Ms. Horton took roll as follows: COMMISSIONERS Present Absent CITY STAFF Kevin Anderson p r Scott Kuhta,Planning Manager Bill Bates-Chair p r Erik Lamb, Deputy City Attorney Christina Carlsen Mike Basinger, Senior Planner Michael Phillips p r Gloria Mantz,Engineer Robert McCaslin p r Steven Neill p r Joe Stoy—Vice Chair p r Deanna Horton,Admin Assistant Commissioner Stoy moved to approve the agenda as presented. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Commissioner Neill moved to approve the November 14, 2013 minutes as presented. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. COMMISSION REPORTS: The commissioners had nothing to report. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: Planning Manager Scott Kuhta reported he discussed the manufactured home park regulations had been on the advanced agenda to be coming forward soon, however staff felt they needed to do more research on them and they will be coming forward later in 2014. Mr. Kuhta also stated staff has been doing some internal reviews on the regulations for the Shoreline Mater Program. Staff is expecting to begin bringing those forward for Planning Commission review after the first part of the year. PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment COMMISSION BUSINESS Unfinished Business: STV-2013-0002 Findings and Recommendation for Street Vacation of a portion of Alki east of Broadway. Planning Manager Kuhta mentioned it had been brought to the attention of staff the findings sent to the Planning Commissioners had said the vote on the street vacation had been 6-0 when in fact it had been 7-0 and the findings have been corrected to reflect this. Commissioner Stoy moved to send the findings on to the city council. Commissioner Anderson stated he did not feel that the finding B-1 was accurate. Mr. Anderson said the discussion during the public hearing concentrated on allowing one more housing unit. It was stated during the hearing the access would be there with or without the vacation but the developer could get one more unit with the vacation. Planning Commission Minutes Dec. 12,2013 Page 1 of 3 Commissioners Carlson and Phillips concurred with the assessment of the discussion during deliberations. Commissioner Anderson moved to amend the motion to add to the end of the sentence in B-1 after the period "provide a secondary access to Alki Avenue for their development and to allow for one additional unit. The vote on this amendment was seven to zero in favor, the motion passes. The amended motion was to forward the Planning Commission findings and recommendations to the City Council with the changed language in section B-1. The vote on the amended motion was seven to zero in favor, motion passes. New Business: Study Session on the Permitted Use Matrix Senior Planner Mike Basinger informed the Commission that the intent of tonight's presentation was to provide a preview of the proposed amendment so the Planning Commission could start to become familiar with the proposed amendment. There would be a formal study session and public hearings down the road. Mr. Basinger explained the current adopted Matrix is difficult to use, is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan in some places, some of the uses do not correlate to definitions. Also, some of the supplemental conditions are missing from the Municipal Code, and the NAICS codes are outdated. Other reasons for updating the matrix now are to incorporate some other pending code amendments which staff has been working on and to assist with economic development by helping to streamline our permitting process. Mr. Basinger further explained this is an initial step for the future required major update of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff reviewed other jurisdictions use matrices to see what they were using. The proposed matrix includes new,broad use categories,groups similar uses into the broader use categories,consolidates uses into subcategories, and removes the NAICS references. Definitions were reviewed and modified and/or added as needed. Mr. Basinger and Mr. Kuhta explained why staff is proposing to remove the NAICS codes reference in the matrix. The NAICS code is not widely used in zoning codes, they were designed for statistical and data gathering purposes. The SVMC references the 2002 NAICS Code, but it is updated every 5 years,including updates in 2007 and 2012. Mr. Basinger explained the current matrix has too many uses which are specific,yet they are not all inclusive. The matrix is not considered user friendly for people at the counter trying to assist customers. Currently there are 240 uses on the matrix; staff has worked to narrow this list down to approximately 166 uses. Mr. Kuhta shared early/middle of the last decade the trend was to move to a consolidated matrix. In the beginning of the City we adopted the longer matrix; this will be more in line with what other jurisdictions. Mr. Kuhta also explained how the supplement conditions were applied to a use. Commissioners asked about how the matrix was used at the permit center and staff discussed the way the current matrix was cumbersome, people have a difficult time finding some uses and the proposed matrix would allow for more flexibility and will be easier for the permit center people to make decisions. There would be some time getting familiar with the new matrix and there will be some training involved, some of the new definitions will assist to make the use much easier. The Commissioners requested to have as much time ahead of time to review the proposed matrix before the study session. They would like to be able to look it over and develop their own questions before the study session instead of getting it just a couple of days before. Mr. Kuhta said staff would do the best they could to get the proposed matrix to them as soon as they could so the Commissioners could review it for comments before the study session. The Commissioners asked what it would take to make adjustments to allow for uses such as small aircraft manufacturing. Staff explained the possible ways it could be allowed however, most Planning Commission Minutes Dec. 12,2013 Page 2 of 3 importantly the use would need to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. If a use was not consistent with the Comp Plan, there would be no reason to look at allowing it. The Commissioners applauded staff working to make the matrix more business friendly. GOOD OF THE ORDER Commissioner Bates said thank you to the other commissioners and staff for an important and good year. Mr. Bates stated he felt it had been a good year,there had been good input, good recommendations to the Council, that the Commission had more credibility,he felt the Council appreciated all of the effort of the Commission. Mr. Bates also said although he had not worked with another staff he felt the staff did a wonderful job Commissioner Anderson asked to have the difference between a zoning change done last fall with the Comprehensive Plan changes and a zoning change which was recently done and approved by the Hearing Examiner. Mr. Kuhta stated a Comprehensive Plan change is a legislative action and can only be performed once a year. There are many times a Comp Plan changes also requires a zone change. Not always does a zone change require a Comp Plan change. Many jurisdictions handle these actions separately and require a applicant to come back in and apply for a zoning change after the Comp Plan change has been approved. Our City has chosen to save our applicants time and money when a zoning change is related to a Comp Plan change and we process them together. A sample of a zoning change would be moving from R-2 to R-4 in the Low Density Residential designation or MF-1 to MF-2 in Medium Density Residential designation, these can be applied for at any time. However, it would be Comp Plan amendment to go from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential designations and this can only be done once a year. Commissioner Neill noted a hardy thank you to Commissioners Bates and Stoy for their joint leadership of the Commission this past year. He stated they displayed excellent examples of quality as Chair and Co-Chair. Commissioner McCaslin agreed. Commissioner Stoy thanked Commissioner Bates for his service stating this would be his last meeting as a Commissioner,he also stated it was his last meeting for his term,but noted he had reapplied. ADJOURNMENT: There being no other business the meeting was adjourned at 7:06 p.m. Bill Bates, Chairperson Deanna Horton, secretary Date signed Planning Commission Minutes Dec. 12,2013 Page 3 of 3