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Spokane Valley Planning Commission Agenda
City Hall Council Chambers, 11707 E. Sprague Ave.
January 23, 2014 6:00 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
VI. COMMISSION REPORTS
VII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT: On any subject that is not on the agenda.
IX. COMMISSION BUSINESS: Study Session, Amendment to the
Spokane Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 19.120, Schedule of Permitted and
Accessory Uses (Permitted Use Matrix) and Appendix A, Definitions.
X. PUBLIC HEARING: Amendment to the Spokane Valley Municipal
Code, Chapter 19.120, Schedule of Permitted and Accessory Uses (Permitted
Use Matrix) and Appendix A, Definitions.
XI. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
XI. ADJOURNMENT
COMMISSIONERS CITY STAFF
CHRIS SNEIDER JOHN HOHMAN,COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
KEVIN ANDERSON SCOTT KUHTA,PLANNING MANAGER
CHRISTINA CARLSEN MIKE BASINGER,SENIOR PLANNER
ROBERT MCCASLIN ERIK LAMB,DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
STEVEN NEILL
JOE STOY-VICE CHAIR CARL HINSHAW,SECRETARY
MIKE PHILLIPS WWW.SPOKANEVALLEY.ORG
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Planning Commission Action
Meeting Date: January 23,2014
Item: Check all that apply: n consent n old business ® new business
® public hearing n information n 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 definitions
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 36.70A.106, SVMC 17.80.150 and 19.30.040
PREVIOUS ACTION TAKEN: None
BACKGROUND: On January 9,2014,the Planning Commission was briefed on the proposed code text amendment. At
this meeting,the Planning Commission requested that staff provide information identifying the changes that have made to
the matrix to assist them in their recommendation. A working document that staff used to keep track of the consolidation
process is included to assist the Planning Commission.
The rationale for amending the adopted the permitted use matrix is:
— 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.
— Inconsistent with the 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 the new
permitted use matrix. Through this research process,we concluded 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. Group all uses in the current permitted use matrix 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 definitions in Appendix A 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.
9. Add an introduction to the permitted use matrix that shows how to use the matrix.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: Move to recommend approval of CTA-2013-0007
STAFF CONTACT: Mike Basinger,AICP, Senior Planner
ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A: Staff Report and Recommendation
ATTACHMENT A
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
CITY OF PLANNING DIVISION
Spokane
alle STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION
CTA-2013-0007
STAFF REPORT DATE: January 15,2014
HEARING DATE AND LOCATION: January 23, 2014, beginning at 6:00 p.m., Spokane Valley City Hall
Council Chambers, Valley Redwood Plaza Building, 11707 East Sprague Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane
Valley,Washington 99206.
PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION: A city initiated text amendment proposing to amend Spokane Valley
Municipal Code (SVMC) 19.120, the Schedule of Permitted and Accessory Uses Matrix and supporting
definitions in Appendix A of the SVMC.
PROPONENT: City of Spokane Valley Community Development Department, 11707 E Sprague Ave,
Suite 106, Spokane Valley,WA 99206
APPROVAL CRITERIA: Spokane Valley Comprehensive Plan, SVMC Title 17 General Provisions.
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Division recommends the Planning Commission
approve the proposed amendments as put forth.
STAFF PLANNER:Mike Basinger,AICP, Senior Planner,Community Development Department
REVIEWED BY: Scott Kuhta,AICP, Planning Manager, Community Development Department
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit 1: Proposed text amendment to SVMC 19.120
Exhibit 2: Proposed text amendment to Appendix A Definitions
Exhibit 3: Working Document
A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1. APPLICATION PROCESSING: SVMC Chapter 17.80, Permit Processing Procedures. The
following summarizes application procedures for the proposal.
Process Date
Pre-Application Meeting: N/A
Application Submitted: N/A
Determination of Completeness: N/A
Published Notice of Public Hearing: 1/3/14& 1/10/14
Sent Notice of Public Hearing to staff/agencies: 1/3/14
Staff Report and Recommendation CTA-2013-0007
PROPOSAL BACKGROUND: The proposal is to modify SVMC 19.120,the Schedule of Permitted
and Accessory Uses Matrix(permitted use matrix) and supporting defmitions. The City of
Spokane Valley adopted SVMC 19.120 Permitted and Accessory Uses on October 28,2007.
After many years of use,it has been determined that the structure of adopted permitted use matrix
is difficult to use and needs to be revised.
The adopted permitted use matrix is an alphabetized list of uses that is long and hard to navigate.
Many of the uses are too specific and do not have corresponding defmitions. If a use is not
included in the matrix,it is difficult to determine how to permit the use. In some situations,it
creates a delay in processing permits due to the need for an administrative determination. In
addition,the adopted matrix refers to the North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) Codes where many of the uses do not correlate to the list of codes.
The intent of the proposed amendment is to streamline the development review process by
providing a consolidated use matrix with supporting definitions that is easier to use.
The methodology for reviewing and revising the adopted permitted use matrix is provided below:
1. Review permitted use matrices from other jurisdictions to develop ideas for formatting
and organizing the new permitted use matrix. Through this research process,we
concluded 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 definitions in Appendix A of the SVMC 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.
9. Add an introduction to the permitted use matrix that shows the user how to use the
matrix.
Exhibit 1 includes the introduction to the permitted use matrix(SVMC 19.120.010 through
19.120.040) and the proposed permitted use matrix(SVMC 19.120.150).
Exhibit 2 includes a modified version of Appendix A of the SVMC(definitions).
Exhibit 3 is the working document that staff used to keep track of the consolidation process of the
permitted use matrix,described in steps 2 through 5 above.
B. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT
AMENDMENT
1. Compliance with Title 17(General Provisions) of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code
a. Findings:
SVMC 17.80.150(F)Municipal Code Text Amendment Approval Criteria
i. The City may approve Municipal Code Text amendment,if it finds that
(1) The proposed text amendment is consistent with the applicable provisions of the
Comprehensive Plan;
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Staff Report and Recommendation CTA-2013-0007
Staff Analysis: The proposed amendment is consistent with the applicable policies
of the Comprehensive Plan. Relevant Comprehensive Plan goals and policies are
shown below:
Land Use Policy-13.1 Maximize efficiency of the development review process by
continuously evaluating the permitting process and modifying as appropriate.
Housing Policy HP-1.2: Streamline the development review process and strive to
eliminate unnecessary time delays and expenses.
Economic Goal EDG-7: Maintain a regulatory environment that offers flexibility,
consistency,predictability and clear direction.
Economic Policy EDP-7.1: Evaluate,monitor and improve development standards to
promote compatibility between adjacent land uses; and update permitting processes
to ensure that they are equitable,cost-effective,and expeditious.
Economic Policy EDP-7.2: Review development regulations periodically to ensure
clarity,consistency and predictability.
(2) The proposed amendment bears a substantial relation to public health,safety,
welfare, and protection of the environment;
Staff Analysis: The amendment bears substantial relation to public health, safety,
welfare and protection of the environment. The proposed will provide further
consistency between the Comprehensive Plan and the City's development
regulations.
b. Conclusion(s):
The proposed text amendment is consistent with the approval criteria contained in the SVMC.
2. Finding and Conclusions Specific to Public Comments
a. Findings:
No public comments have been received to date.
b. Conclusion(s):
Public noticing was completed for CTA-2013-0007 on January 3, 2014.
3. Finding and Conclusions Specific to Agency Comments
a. Findings:
No agency comments have been received to date.
b. Conclusion(s):
No concerns are noted.
C. OVERALL CONCLUSION
The proposed code text amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plans policies and goals.
D. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Division, after review and consideration of the applicable approval criteria,
recommends the approval of the proposed amendment to streamline the development review
process and strive to eliminate unnecessary time delays and expenses.
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Exhibit 1 CTA-2013-0007
Introduction to the permitted use matrix(SVMC 19.120.010 through 19.120.040) and the proposed
permitted use matrix(SVMC 19.120.150)
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.
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44
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Conditions
31161
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P
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Antique store
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Office
office
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Community
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11
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Conditions
4413
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P
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445292
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Appendix
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Regional
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1-4
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Ind,
1-2
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Inch
Reference
Conditions
441222
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P
p
112112
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P
314214
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81292
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417
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12
P
81221
Funeral home
P
p
P
453
Gift-shop
12
P
A
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P
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41122
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center,retail
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p
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p
6221
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p
p
P
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R
R
R
R
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R
622210
Hospital,psychiatric and
substance abuse
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R
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622310
Hospital,specialty
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Hotel/motel
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312113
Ice plant
P
45322
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Regional
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4153
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561622
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P
P
3211
Lumbermill, mild shingle mils
plywood-mill
332
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-
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
Chapter 19.120
Permitted and Accessory uses.
19.120.010 General
A. Uses allowed in each zone 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
Spokane Valley Municipal Code (SVMC) 21.50 Shoreline Requlations.
19.120.020 Use categories
Uses are assiqned to the category that describes most closely the nature of the use. Uses have
been classified into qeneral use cateqories and sub-cateqories. Definitions and examples are
provided in SVMC Appendix A Definitions.
19.120.030 Uses Not Listed.
If a use is not listed, the Community Development Director may determine based on the SVMC
Appendix A Definitions of the use cateqories and sub-cateqories:
A. That a proposed use is substantially similar to other uses permitted or not permitted in the
respective zones, and
B. Whether the use should be permitted or not permitted in the zoninq district.
19.120.040 Explanation of Table Abbreviations.
The followinq 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 zone
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, to the primary use on the same lot.
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. Reqional siting uses are designated with a "R" and applies to uses that are of statewide or
reqional/countywide siqnificance. They are subject to the Spokane County reqional sitinq
process for Essential Public facilities.
F. Uses subject to supplemental use requlations are desiqnated with a "5". The "Supplemental
Condition" column in SVMC 19.120.050 Permitted Use Matrix provides a reference to the
applicable supplemental use requlation. Other requirements may apply, includinq but not
limited to, parkinq, landscapinq, stormwater, and enqineerinq requirements. Where only one
SVMC provision is cited for a qiven use, such provision shall apply to the use for all of the
zoning districts designated with an "S" in the permitted use matrix.
G. Prohibited uses, within a zone district, are desiqnated with a blank cell.
H. Explanation for the zoninq district abbreviations is provided in SVMC 19.20.010 Zoninq
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
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a'
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U
2
R
U
0
7
0
0
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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(A)
Community Services
Community hall,club,or lodge
PP
P
PP
PP
PP
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
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
P
P
A
A
P
PP
A
A
Day care,child(13 children or more)
CC
C
C
P
P
P
P
A
A
P
PP
A
A
Education
Schools,college or university
P
P
P
P
P
P
Schools, K through 12
PP
P
PP
P
PP
P
P
P
Schools,professional,vocational and
trade schools
P
P
P
P
P
P
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
AP
P
Theater, indoor
P
P
P
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
IT
N
Food and Beverage Service
Espresso establishment
P
P
P
P
P
PP
AP
P
Mobile food vendors
S
S
S
S
S
SS
S
S
S
SVMC 19.60.010(L),19.70.010(6)(2)
Restaurant,full service
P
P
A
P
P
PP
P
P
Restaurant,drive-through or drive in
P
P
A
C
PP
P
P
Tavern/night club
P
P
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
Solid waste recycling/transfer site
P
P
Wrecking, junk and salvage yard
C
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, 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
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
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
2
1
LL
2
N
LL
2
U
m
2
M
2
U
0
0
z
0
fn
0
a
7
N
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. See also supplemental conditions
for kennels.
Office, professional
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PP
P
P
Parks and Open Space
Cemetery
P
P
P
P
P
Golf course
SS
S
SS
S
P
S
P
P
SVMC 22.60
Golf driving range
CC
C
C
C
C
P
C
S
P
P
SVMC 22.60
Parks
PP
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PP
P
PubliclQuasi-Public
Community facilities
S
S
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
RR
R
R
SVMC 19.90
Public utility distribution facility
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
See zoning districts for conditions.
Public utility transmission facility
S
S
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
S
S
S
S
SVMC 19.40.100
Dwelling,caretaker's residence
S
S
S
S
S
S
SVMC 19.60.060(B)(1)
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
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u_
2
U
E
2
R
0
8
0
z
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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.
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
Clothes retail sales
P
P
P
P
P
Convenience store
P
P
5
5
P
PP
P
P
SVMC 19.60.020
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
P
P
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
P
P
A
AP
PP
P
P
Gift shop
PP
A
A
P
P
P
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
PP
PP
Pawn shop
P
P
P
P
Pharmacy
PP
AP
P
PP
P
Secondhand store,consignment sales
P
P
P
P
P
S
SVMC 19.70.010(B)(9)
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
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Ct
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u_
N
u_
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m
2
m
2
0
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0
z
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N
Showroom
P
P
P
P
P
P
Specialty stores
P
P
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
Taxidermy
P
P
P
P
P
P
Upholstery shop
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
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).
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
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Carwash
P
P
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P
P
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Farm machinery sales and repair
P
P
P
Fueling station
P
P
P
A
PP
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
PP
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
Tank storage,critical material above
ground
S
S
SVMC 21.40.060,21.50
Tank storage,critical material below
ground
S
S
S
S
SVMC 19.60.040,21.40.060,21.50
Tank storage, LPG above ground
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
SVMC 21.40.060,21.50
Warehouse
P
P
P
P
P
P
Wholesale business
P
P
P
P
P
P
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R=Regional Siting, S=Permitted with supplemental conditions
T=Temporary use
Exhibit 2 CTA-2013-0007
Modified version of Appendix A of the Spokane Valley Municipal Code (definitions)
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.
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 productsplants, including the manufacture of tallow, gelatin and gluc,.
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
the purpose of investigation, aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts or the collecting of information
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.
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
azsemblly.
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 morc than scvcn consecutive
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
battery rebuilding, and battery assembly for consumer and industrial use.
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.
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-
az 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.
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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.does 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 procecces,
such as thermal cracking and distillation. Chemicals manufactured in this industry group are usually separate
chemical elements or separate chemically defined compounds, not including aluminum oxide manufacturing,
primary metal manufacturing, ceramics, and beverage distilleries which are defined separately,
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.
Garmcnt 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.
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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, electric and other utility distribution/collection lines, electric substations,
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.
Cornputcr manufacture and assembly: See "Electrical/electronic/computer component/system manufacturing
and assembly."
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.
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.
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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 a-partmentunit: 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.
Entcrtainmcnt/rccrcation, commcrcial (indoor): A facility offering indoor entertainment such as a bowling
alley, video arcade, dance hall, skating rink or billiard parlor. Also includes indoor archery, pistol or gun range.
Entertainmcnt/rccrcation, commcrcial (outdoor): A facility offering outdoor entertainment or games of skill
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 rctail salt:,: 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
pressure, gas and heat when subjected to sudden shock, pressure 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
care, room, and board to two, but not more than six, adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the
person or persons providing the services.
Family home, child: A licensed child carc 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.
cameras, lenses, tripods, optical and related photographic accessories.
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 vcndor, 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.
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-alto
"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.
Home furnishings, retail salts: 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,
train, house and/or feed more than three horses or other riding animals, any of which are not owned by the
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 lame 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.
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."
Maior 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 fabrication: The construction and assembly of manufactured housing units.
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.
petroleum 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+ e 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.
Mincral product manufacturing, nonmctallic: The manufacture of brick, cement, gypsum, lime, plaster of
{saris, 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.
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.
Pctrolcum and coal products manufacture: The manufacture of petroleum and coal products including
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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 procese 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: aA 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.
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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 atcgorv: 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, &College or university: A public or private institution-of higher learning, 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. -rin(r inc+n in#inn in lihcrol or+c nr o p._foc;;;a?!
Schools, professional,vocational and trade schools: Post-secondary profes cional and training education
schools at which students are trained in a trade or skill to be pursued as a career.-These schools focus on lob
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, s- •- 'a " -d a"r"r• Icarning school°'studios: A facility providing specialized classes to persons
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/rcpair: 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.
Soap and cleaning compound manufacturing: The manufacture of soaps, detergents and cleaning
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 putrescible biodegradable and non-biodegradable putrescible 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.
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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
designed for the presentation of live performances, including dramatic works, concerts, and motion pictures.
Threshold requirements: The level of development, volume, or peak flow of stormwater that must be
controlled.
Tire recap and retread manufacture: The procese 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• - _ __ •- _ •- _ __-__ _
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 Truck truck and industrial vehicle sales, rental, repair and maintenance: Land and facilities offering
the sale, service and maintenance of motor vehicles and cargo trailer*with a manufacturer'c grocc vehicle,
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.
Vctcrinary hospital or clinic, largc animal: An establishment providing veterinary medical services and
similar services to livestock, such as horses, cows, donkeys, sheep, pigs, and similar animals, and may includc
Vctcrinary hospital or clinic, small animal: An establishment other than a kennel in which veterinary medical
services, clipping, bathing, boarding and similar services are rendered to dogs, cats and other small animals
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).
Exhibit 3 CTA-2013-0007
Working document that staff used to keep track of the consolidation process of the permitted use matrix
Use MatrixChapter 19.120 Permitted Use Matrix
Current Use
Proposed Use
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R-3
R-4
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Agriculture and Animal
Auction yard,livestock
Animal processing/handling
P
Feed lot
Animal processing/handling
P
Animal slaughtering and processing
Animal processing/handling
P
Animal raising and/or keeping
Animal raising and/or keeping
S
S
S
S
S
S
SS
Excluding NAICS 1122,Swinc. SVMC 19.40.150.
Keeping of swine is prohibited
Animal shelter
Animal shelter
S
P
P
SVMC 19.60.080(B)(6)
Beekeeping,commercial
Beekeeping,commercial
P
Beekeeping,hobby
Beekeeping,hobby
S
S
S
Community Garden
Community garden
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Community Garden is used for personal consumption
and/or donation
Greenhouse,nursery,commercial
Greenhouse,nursery,commercial
P
P
P
P
SVMC 19.60.050(B)(3)
Kennel,indoor kennel,doggie day
care facility
Kennel,indoor'kcnncl Fogg'^day
curc facility
SS
S
S
S
PP
See zoning districts for conditions.
Marijuana production
Marijuana production
SS
P
P
Only indoors
Orchard,tree farming,commercial
Orchard,tree farming,commercial
PP
Riding stable
Riding stable
C
P
P
Communication faclities
Radio/TV broadcasting studio
Radio/TV broadcasting studio
PP
P
PP
P
Repeater facility
Repeater facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PP
Telecommunication wireless antenna
array
Telecommunication wireless
antenna array
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
C
S
S
S
SS
ShapteF SVMC 22.120 SVMC
Telecommunication wireless support
tower
Telecommunication wireless support
tower
C
C
C
C
C
C
S
S
C
S
S
S
S
S
Glaaiater SVMC 22.120 SVMC
Tower,ham operator
Tower,ham operator
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
C
SS
SS
SVMC 19.40.110(A)
Community Services
Community hall,club,or lodge
Community hall,club,or lodge
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Church,temple,mosque,synagogue
and parsonage
Church,temple,mosque,synagogue
and parsonage
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Crematories
Crematories
P
PP
PP
Funeral home
Funeral home
P
PP
Transitional housing
Transitional housing
C
Day care
Day care,adult
Day care,adult
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
A
P
P
P
AA
Day care,child(12 children or fewer)
Day care,child(12 children or
fewer)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
A
A
P
P
P
AA
Day care,child(13 children or more)
Day care,child(13 children or more)
C
C
C
C
P
P
P
P
A
A
P
P
P
AA
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Use MatrixChapter 19.120 Permitted Use Matrix
Current Use
Proposed Use
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MF-2
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Education
College or university
Schools,college or university
P
P
P
P
PP
Schools,public and private,K through
12
Schools,public and privatc, K
through 12
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Schools,professional,vocational and
trade schools
Schools,professional,vocational
and trade schools
P
P
P
P
P
PP
PP
Specialized training/learning schools
or studios
Schools,specialized
traininrning or studios
P
P
P
P
P
PP
Entertainment
Adult entertainment establishment
Adult entertainment and retail
S
S
SVMC 19.80
Adult retail use establishment
Adult entertainment and retail
S
S
Carnival,circus
Carnival,circus
TT
TT
TT
Casino
Casino
PP
PP
Museum
Cultural facilities
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Art gallery
Cultural facilities
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Exercise facility/gym/athletic club
Exercise facility/gym/athletic club
A
A
P
P
A
P
P
P
P
AA
Off-road recreational vehicle use
Off-road recreational vehicle use
PP
Major event entertainment
Major event entertainment
P
PP
Racecourse
Racecourse
P
P
PP
Racetrack
Racetrack
PP
Bowling alley
Recreation facilities
PP
P
P
A
P
P
Theater,outdoor
Recreation facilities
PP
P
P
,A
P
P
Entertainment/recreation facilities,
indoor
Recreation facilities
PP
PP
A
P
P
Entertainment/recreation facilities,
outdoor
Recreation facilities
PP
PP
A
PP
Theater,indoor
Theater,indoor
PP
P
PP
Food and Beverage Service
Espresso/Latte retail service
Espresso/Lattc retail crvicc
establishment
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
A
P
P
Brewery/winery,micro
Tavern/night club
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PP
Brewery,winery and/or distillery
Tavern/night club
PP
P
P
P
PP
Tavern
Tavern/night club
PP
P
P
P
PP
Restaurant,full service
Restaurant,full service
P
P
A
P
P
P
P
PP
Restaurant,drive-through
Restaurant,drive-through or drive i n
PP
A
C
P
P
PP
Restaurant,drive-in
Restaurant,drive-through or drive i n
PP
A
C
P
P
PP
Mobile food vendors
Mobile food vendors
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
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Group Living
Assisted living facility
Assisted living
/convalescent/nursing home
PP
PP
PP
P
Convalescent home,nursing home
Assisted living
/convalescent/nursing home
PP
PP
PP
P
Community residential facility(6 or
less residents)
Community residential facilities(6
residents or less)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Community residential facility(greater
than 6 residents,no more than 25)
Community residential facilities
(greater than 6 residents under 25)
PP
PP
P
Dwelling,congregate
Dwelling,congregate
P
PP
P
P
Family homc,adult
Fami -e
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Family homc, child
Fami -e
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Industrial,Heavy
Assembly—heavy
Assembly,heavy
P
Automobile assembly plant
Assembly,heavy
P
Explosive Storage
Explosive storage
PP
Hazardous waste treatment and
storage
Hazardous waste treatment and
storage
S
S
SVMC 21.40.060
Aircraft manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Asphalt plant/manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Chemical manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Explosive Manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Fertilizer manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Food product manufacturing/storage
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Ink manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Nonmetallic mineral product
manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Petroleum and coal products
manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Plastic and rubber products
manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Rubber reclamation,
manufacturing/fabrication
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Soap and cleaning compound
manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Tire,recap and retread manufacturing
Manufacturing,heavy
P
Power plant(excluding public utility
faci I ities)
Power plant(excluding public utility
faci I ities)
P
Metal plating
Processing,heavy
P
Metal processes,hot
Processing,heavy
P
Mining
Processing,heavy
P
Paper/pulp mills
Processing,heavy
P
Plastic injection molding,thermoset
Processing,heavy
P
Plastic injection solvent molding
Processing,heavy
P
Tanning,curing of hides and skins
Processing,heavy
P
Dry kiln
Processing,heavy
P
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Lumbermill,sawmill,shingle mill,
plywood mill
processing,heavy
P
Rolling mill
Processing,heavy
P
Composting storage/processing,
commercial
processing,heavy
P
Solid waste recycling/transfer site
Solid waste recycling/transfer site
, P
, P
Wrecking,recycling,junk and salvage
yards
Wrecking,recycling,junk and
salvage yards
C
Industrial,Light
Assembly—light
Assembly,light
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Electrical/electronic/computer
component and system
manufacturing/assembly
Assembly,light
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Communications equipment
manufacturing
Assembly,light
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Medical and laboratory
instrument/apparatus manufacturing
Assembly,light
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Carpenter Shop
Carpenter Shop
P
P
P
P
Machine shop
Machine shop or metal fabrication
P
P
P
Wood product manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Boat building,repair and maintenance
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Metal fabrication
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Appliances Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Bakery Products Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Bakery rebuilding/manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Broom Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Cosmetic and miscellaneous
manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Emery cloth and sandpaper
Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Furniture Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Garment Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Machine/machinery Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Manufactured home fabrication
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Nonmetallic metal product
Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Rope Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Sign manufacturing/repair
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Textile Manufacturing
Manufacturing,light
P
P
Marijuana processing
Marijuana processing
P
P
Plastic injection molding,
thermoplastic
Plastic injection molding,
thermoplastic
P
P
P
P
P
P
Bottling Plant
Processing,light
P
P
Feed/cereal/flour mill
Processing,light
P
P
Meat/fish canning,cutting,curing and
smoking
processing,light
P
P
Agricultural processing plant,
warehouse
processing,light
P
P
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Ice Plant
Processing,light
PP
Sign.. nti....chop
Sign.. nti....chop
Industrial Service
Carpet and rug cleaning plants
Carpet/rug cleaning,dry cleaning,
laundry,linen supply plant,
commercial
PP
Dry cleaning,laundry,linen supply
plant,commercial
Carpet/rug cleaning,dry cleaning,
laundry,linen supply plant,
commercial
PP
Contractor's yard
Contractor's yard
PP
Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 2)
Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 2)
PP
PP
Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 3)
Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 3)
P
PP
Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 4)
Laboratories(Bio Safety Level 4)
PP
Recycling facility
Recycling facility
S
SS
P
P
SVMC 19.60.040(B)(4),19.60.050(B)(4),19.60.080(B)(5)
Lodging
Bed and breakfast
Bed and breakfast
P
PP
PP
P
P
P
P
Hotel/motel
Hotel/motel
PP
P
PP
P
Recreational vehicle park/campground
Recreational vehicle
park/campground
CS
SVMC 19.60.0610
Medical Center
Ambulance service
Ambulance service
PP
P
PP
PP
Hospital
Hospital
PP
P
PP
Hospital,psychiatric and substance
abuse
Hospital,psychiatric and substance
abuse
R
RR
RR
RR
RR
R
RR
RR
Hospital,specialty
Hospital,specialty
PP
P
PP
A
A
Laboratories,medical and diagnostic
Laboratories,medical and
diagnostic
P
P
P
P
P
Medical,dental,and hospital
equipment supply/sales
Medical,dental,and hospital
equipment supply/sales
PP
P
P
P
Mcdical/dcntal officc
Mcdical/dcntal officc
P
P
Medical/dental clinic
Medical/dental clinic
P
PP
P
PP
P
Office
Animal clinic/veterinary
Animal clinic/veterinary
PP
P
S
P
P
P
SVMC 19.60.^^^0 See also supplemental conditions
for kennels
Office
Professional office
A P
A; P
P
PP
PP
PP
PP
Computer services
Professional office
A; P
A; P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PP
Parks/Open Space
Cemetery
Cemetery
P
PP
P
P
Golf course
Golf course
S
S
S
S
S
S
P
SP
P
Ghaptef SVMC 22.60 SVMC
Golf driving range/training center
Golf driving range/training ccntcr
C
C
C
C
C
C
P
C
S
P
P
Chapter SVMC 22.60 SVMC
Parks
Parks
P
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
P
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Public/Semi Public
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Community facilities
Community facilities
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
See zoning districts for conditions.
Essential public facilities
Essential public facilities
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Ghaigter SVMC 19.90 SVMC
Public utility distribution facility
Public utility distribution facility
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
See zoning districts for conditions.
Public utility transmission facility
Public utility transmission facility
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
See zoning districts for conditions.
Tower,wind turbine support
Tower,wind turbine support
C
S
S
S
S
S
See zoning districts for conditions.
Residential lir
m
Dwelling,accessory units a sue_
Dwelling,accessory units
S
S
S
S
SVMC 19.40.100
Dwelling,caretaker's residence
Dwelling,caretaker's residence
S
5
5
5
SS
SVMC 19.60(B)(1)
Dwelling,duplex
Dwelling,duplex
P
P
P
P
P
P
Dwelling,multifamily
Dwelling,multifamily
P
P
P
P
P
S
S
SVMC 19.60.020(B)
Dwelling,single-family
Dwelling,single-family
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
S
S
SVMC 19.60.020(B)
Dwelling,townhouse
Dwelling,townhouse
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Manufactured home park
Manufactured home park
S
S
SVMC 19.40.130
MAodcl h m.. nits..ite
MAodcl h w... ..ite
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
Retail Sales
Antique store
Antique store
PP
P
P
P
Appliance sales/service
Appliance sales/service
PP
PP
A; 5
A; 5
Only if manufacturcd/a: cmblcd on prcmiscs.Retail sales
may be accessory in industrial zones,only if
manufactured/assembled on premises.
Bakery,retail
Bakery,retail
PP
P
P
P
P
P
4 S
pr S
Floor area limited to 10%of Gross Leasable Floor Area
(GLFA)not to exceed 1,000 sf.
Building supply and home
improvement
Building supply and home
improvement
PP
S
S
P
P
P
Floor area limited to 50,000 sq.ft.or less
Hardware store
Building supply and home
improvement
PP
S
S
P
PP
Candy and confectionery
Candy and confectionery
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
PP
Clothes,retail sales
Clothes,retail sales
PP
P
P
P
Convenience store
Convenience store
PP
A
A
P
P
P
P
P
SVMC 19.60.020
Department/variety store
Department/variety store
PP
S
P
P
Floor area limited to 50,000 sq.ft.or less
Home furnishings,retail sale
Department/variety store
PP
r-' S
P
P
Floor area limited to 50,000 sq.ft.or less
Book/stationery store
Educational and hobby
P
P
P
R A
P
P
P
A
A
Hobby shop
Educational and hobby
P
P
P
R A
P
P
P
A
A
Art studio
Educational and hobby
P
P
P
R A
P
P
P
A
A
Equipment sales,repair,and
maintenance
Equipment sales,repair,and
maintenance
P
PP
PP
Florist shop
Florist shop
PP
A
A
P
P
P
P
Food sales,specialty/butcher
shop/meat market/specialty foods
Food sales,specialty/butcher
shop/meat market/specialty foods
PP
S
P
P
SVMC 19.60.040(B)(3)
Bicycle sales/service
General sales and service
P
P
A
A
P
P
P
PP
Jewelry,clock,musical instrument
assembly,sales/service
General sales and service
PP
A
A
P
P
P
PP
Communication service/sales
General sales and service
PP
A
P A
P
P
P
PP
Gift shop
Gift shop
PP
A
A
P
P
P
A
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Grocery store
Grocery store
PP
S
P
P
SVMC 19.60.040(B)(3)
Office and computer supplies
Office supply and computer cupplico
PP
AP
PP
PP
Landscape materials sales
Landscape materials sales lot and
greenhouse,nursery,garden center
retail
PP
PP
PP
Greenhouse,nursery,garden center,
retail
Landscape materials sales lot and
greenhouse,nursery,garden center
retail
PP
PP
PP
Manufactured home sales
Manufactured home sales
PP
P
Marijuana Sales
Marijuana sales
PP
A
A
PP
Market,outdoor
Market,outdoor
PP
PP
PP
Pawnshop
Pawn shop
PP
PP
Pharmacy
Pharmacy
PP
A
PP
PP
P
Retail-sales
Retail-sales
PP
A-
P
P
Pr
A-
Secondhand store,consignment sales
Secondhand store,consignment
sales
PP
P
P
P
S
SVMC 19.70.010(B)(9)
Showroom
Showroom
PP
P
PP
P
Liquor store
Specialty stores
PP
A
AP
PP
Film/camera sales/service
Specialty stores
PP
A
AP
PP
Pet shop
Specialty stores
PP
A
AP
PP
Music store
Specialty stores
PP
A
AP
PP
Ceramics shop
Specialty stores
PP
A
P
P
P
Retail Services
Bank, savings/loan and other financial
institutions
Bank, savings/-and loan,and other
financial institutions
P
PP
PP
PP
PP
Barber/beauty shop
Barber/beauty shop
P
PP
PP
PP
P
Catering services
Catering services
P
PP
P
P
P
P
PP
Equipment rental shop
Equipment rental shop
P
PP
PP
Apparel/tailor shop
Personal services
P
PP
PP
PP
Dry cleaners
Personal services
PP
P
PP
PP
Laundromat
Personal services
PP
P
PP
PP
Personal Service
Personal services
P
PP
PP
PP
Massage Therapy
Personal services
P
PP
PP
PP
Film developing
Personal services
P
P
A;P
A P
P
PP
Locksmith
Personal services
P
P
A;P
A P
P
PP
Photographic studio
Personal services
P
PP
PP
PP
Post office,postal center
Post office,postal center
P
PP
PP
PP
PP
Print shop
Print shop
PP
A
PP
PP
PP
Printing,reprographics,bookbinding
services,commercial
Print shop
PP
A
PP
PP
PP
Taxidermy
Taxidermy
PP
PP
PP
Upholstery shop
Upholstery shop
P
PP
PP
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Airstrip,private
Airstrip,private
PP
Heliport
Heliport
PP
Helistop
Helistop
C
C
C
C
P
Public pay parking garage/lot
parking facility,controlled access
PP
P
PP
PP
Railroad yard,repair shop and
roundhouse
Railroad yard,repair shop and
roundhouse
P
Park-and-ride facility
Transit center
PP
P
PP
PP
Transit center
Transit center
PP
P
PP
PP
Vehicle
Automobile impound yard
Automobile impound yard
PP
Automobile/taxi rental
Automobile/taxi rental
PP
P
PP
PP
Automotive parts,accessories and
tires
Automobile parts,accessories and
tires
P
P
PP
PP
Automobile/truck/RV/motorcycle
painting,repair,body and fender
works
Automobile/truck/RV/motorcycle
painting,repair,body and fender
works
S
S
P
PP
Enclosed structure only. SVMC 19.60.050(B)(3)
Carwash
Carwash
PP
S
P
P
P
P
SVMC 19.60.040(B)
Farm machinery sales and repair
Farm machinery sales and repair
P
PP
Fueling station
Fueling station
PP
P
A
PP
PP
Truck sales,rental,repair and
maintenance
Heavy truck and industrial vehicles
Truck sales,rental,repair and
maintenance
PP
Recreational vehicle sales and service
Passenger vehicle,boat,and RV
sales,service and repair
P
PP
P
Automobile/light truck sales and
service
Passenger vehicle,boat,and RV
sales,service and repair
P
PP
P
Boat sales/service
Passenger vehicle,boat,and RV
sales,service and repair
P
PP
P
Towing
Towing
PP
PP
Truck stop
Truck stop
PP
Wholesale and Storage
Auction house
Auction house
P
PP
P
Auction yard(excluding livestock)
Auction yard(excluding livestock)
PP
Catalog and mail order houses
Catalog and mail order houses
PP
P
PP
Cold storage/food locker
Cold storage/food locker
PP
Freight forwarding
Freight forwarding
PP
Grain elevator
Grain elevator
PP
Storage,general-indoors
Storage,general-indoors
PP
A
A
A
PP
PP
Storage,general—outdoors
Storage,general—outdoors
S
S
S
S
P
See zoning district for conditions
Storage,self-service facility
Storage,self-service facility
P
PP
P
PP
PP
Tank storage,LPG above ground
Tank storage,LPG above ground
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
SVMC 21.40.060,21.50
Tank storage,critical material above
ground
Tank storage,critical material above
ground
S
S
SVMC 21.40.060,21.50
Tank storage,critical material below
ground
Tank storage,critical material below
ground
S
S
S
S
SVMC 19.60.040,21.40.060,21.50
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Wholesale business
Wholesale business
P
P
P
P
P
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Minutes
Spokane Valley Planning Commission
Council Chambers—City Hall,
January 9,2014
In the absence of a chair, Planning Commission Secretary Deanna Horton 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 I r-° John Hohman, CD Director
Christina Carlsen p r Cary Driskell, City Attorney
Robert McCaslin I r Scott Kuhta,Planning Manager
Michael Philips I r Gloria Mantz,Engineer
Steven Neill p r Christina Janssen,Planner
Chris Sneider p r
Joe Stoy r r Deanna Horton,Admin Assistant
ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Ms. Horton explained the process for election of officers. Any
commissioner who has served on the Planning Commission for more than one year is eligible to hold the
position of chair or vice-chair. All Commissioners are eligible except for Mr. Phillips and Mr. Sneider.
Ms. Horton requested nominations for the chair position. Commissioner Anderson nominated Joe Stoy
for Chair. Hearing no other nominations, Mr. Stoy was declared Chair for the year 2014. Nominations
were requested for the position of vice-chair. Commissioner Stoy nominated Christina Carlsen,
Commissioner Anderson nominated Steven Neill. Ballots were distributed, collected, tallied and the
results reported as follows: Four votes for Commissioner Carlsen, (Commissioners Carlsen, Neill,
Sneider, Stoy) three votes for Commissioner Neill, (Commissioners Anderson, McCaslin, Phillips),
Commissioner Carlsen is the Vice-Chair for the year 2014. The meeting was then turned to Chair Stoy
to run from that point forward.
COMMISSION REPORTS: Commissioner Carlsen reported she attended the Reach across America
event. Commissioner McCaslin reported he had been considered for the 4th District legislative position
vacated by the retiring Larry Crouse but the County Commissioners chose Leonard Christian for the
position
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: Director Hohman welcomed the Commissioners back to the new year,
congratulated Commissioners Stoy and Carlsen on their appointments; he also welcomed incoming
Commissioner Sneider. He said the Commissioners had three major projects upcoming, work on the
Permitted Use Matrix, the Shoreline Master Program regulations are almost ready and the annual
Comprehensive Plan amendments. Planning Manager Scott Kuhta stated there had been a standing
meeting with the previous chair the Monday before the meetings to go over the agenda and discuss any
issues which might come up,but not to discuss the business on the agenda itself. He would like to extend
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to the new chair and vice-chair and any other members who would like to attend, the same offer to keep
these meetings if incoming chairs would like.
PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment
COMMISSION BUSINESS
Study Session on the Permitted Use Matrix
Director Hohman began the study session regarding the Permitted Use Matrix by explaining to the
Commission why the decision was made to modify it, why staff is bringing it forward, and what it
means in the overall context of where things are going with the Comprehensive Plan. Staff explained at
the last session and will again tonight, the Permitted Use Matrix is a tool staff uses every day. The
existing matrix is difficult to use, and has proven to be unfriendly for our customers to use as well,
because it is too specific. Each use must be defined. If we have someone come in with a use which is
not listed,it creates a problem.
The process which begins tonight, to look at the Permitted Use Matrix in a revised format, is mainly a
formatting exercise at this stage. Mr. Hohman also stated staff has taken the liberty to review the
Comprehensive Plan and in some cases additional uses were included because we found they were
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. We have not removed any allowed uses from the Matrix. Mr.
Hohman said all the currently allowed uses are still allowed in the new format,they might be classified
a bit differently. This review is simply an organizational change of the Matrix. This effort was not
meant to open a debate regarding adding any additional uses, other than those we have informed you
about, because we have already taken it as far as we can with the language which is in our existing
Comprehensive Plan.
Continuing, Mr. Hohman shared examining the Use Matrix and the Comprehensive Plan we realized
there are updates which need to be done, especially to the Land Use chapter. This year as part of the
annual amendment process, Council has directed us to remove all references to a city center, so there
will several blanks in this document as we move forward with the Comprehensive Plan. What staff is
doing is preparing a road map for moving forward with an update to our Comprehensive Plan. We are
not sure when this update will occur. However we wanted the Commission to understand the current
proposal is to make the Matrix easier to use on a daily basis. In the future,the Matrix will be an update
to the Land Use chapter in the Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use map. After this is accomplished,
staff can return and a new process can begin to populate the Matrix with whatever changes were
developed from the overall update. Mr. Hohman cautioned the Commissioners to take the update of the
Matrix in steps and to focus on only the reformatting of the Matrix at this time.
Planning Manager Kuhta explained the items included in the Commissioners' packets. In the packets
Mr. Kuhta explained
• The RCA with the basic information regarding the proposed changes the Use Matrix;
• Proposed changes to Chapter 19.120, updated to provide instructions on how to use the
Matrix;
• A copy of the proposed Matrix; due to the amount of restructuring there are no underlines
and strikethroughs in this document;
• A copy of Appendix A, the Definitions. This section has all of the definitions of the entire
Municipal Code, however any which have been added or changed are marked with an
underline or strikethrough and those are the ones to be concentrated on; and
• A copy of the current Use Matrix completely struck through. It was too difficult to try and
show the old and new together since they are completely different, so the old one has been
completely struck out in order to show it is going away altogether.
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Mr. Kuhta continued by explaining why the review was taking place regarding the current Permitted
Use Matrix:
• Many of the uses are too specific and do not have corresponding definitions;
• If a use was not listed,then it caused problems determining how to permit the use and delays
in permitting the use due to the need for an administrative determination;
• The Matrix is long and hard to navigate;
• Staff wanted to incorporate some outstanding code text amendments which have been on hold
which can now be cleaned up;
• The Matrix refers to the North American Classification System(NAICS) Codes, many of the
uses do not correlate to the list of codes.
Mr. Kuhta said staff began by moving the uses from the middle of the listing to the outer edge to make
it easier to find the use listing. Staff moved all of the zoning districts to the right of the uses. To the
right of the zoning districts are any supplemental regulations which need to be taken into consideration
when permitting a certain use. Mr. Kuhta discussed the removal of the NAICS codes from the Use
Matrix. Mr. Kuhta explained the NAICS codes are not generally used in zoning codes, it is too specific
and yet not all inclusive. These codes are the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying
business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related
to the U.S.business economy.'
Mr. Kuhta then explained the code text amendments which would be incorporated into this proposed
update to the Use Matrix. Mr. Kuhta said with the new recreational marijuana laws staff wanted to
layout where the different marijuana licenses could locate in the City. An administrative interpretation
was made as to where these types of licenses would be allowed and staff wanted to bring those into the
code. One of the other code amendments which needed to be processed was to allow office uses in the
multifamily zones, which was a Comprehensive Plan amendment from 2013. He also said when
townhouses were allowed in the Neighborhood Commercial zone it prompted a discussion as to why
they could not be allowed in the Garden Office zone,language was found in the Comprehensive Plan to
support this change so it has also been incorporated. Mr. Kuhta stated there has been some interest in
community gardens recently and it is not addressed in the code, so staff felt this would be a good time
to address the requests. These are the reasons these specific changes are being incorporated into the
proposed change to the Matrix. Mr. Kuhta then turned the discussion over the Ms. Gloria Mantz to
discuss how the changes in the Matrix came about.
Development Engineer, Gloria Mantz explained to the Commission the process used to update the
Permitted Use Matrix. Ms. Mantz stated staff reviewed several other jurisdictions' use matrices to see
what some other cities were doing and what seemed to be working. Several other jurisdictions were
using a matrix very similar to the proposed matrix the Commissioners are looking at. Staff discovered
the most user-friendly matrices were organized into categories instead of long lists of specific uses.
Staff then determined 22 broad use categories where the uses could be grouped. Staff feels these are
intuitive categories and should be much easier for the end user to figure out. After determining the
broad categories, then each of the uses in the current matrix was placed under one of the 22 broad
categories. After grouping the uses, staff tried to find ways to consolidate the uses. Staff reviewed the
definitions, how each use was permitted in each of the zoning districts, and then tried to remove the
specifics and move them into a more general use whenever possible. By doing this task, the uses were
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reduced by approximately 30%. Most of the merging of the uses was accomplished in the Heavy and
Light Industrial districts. Afterwards the definitions were reviewed, modified or added to eliminate
inconsistencies or to clarify proposed uses. Some of the new or modified definitions have examples to
help the user with determining if the use will be allowed or not. Afterwards all of the references to the
Municipal Code sections identified in the Matrix were accurate.
Staff then wrote an introduction to the Use Matrix for Chapter 19.120 so a user would have a bit of
instruction on how to use the Matrix. Previously there were no instructions on how to use the Matrix,
just the Matrix was in the code and an end user just had to figure it out.
Ms.Mantz stated the public hearing is scheduled January 23,2014.
Commissioner Sneider asked why the NAICS codes were used originally. Mr.Kuhta explained the first
Community Development Director had used them in building the Use Matrix in the beginning, he
shared staff felt this was something for which she might have been familiar with in another city she had
worked in. The NAICS codes can help you determine a use category if someone is confused however it
could be confusing in the end, because an end use could be identical to another use if you were not
using the proper root. It was intended to help with uses which were not listed,however, it has become
cumbersome in the long run. It will still be a tool in the last resort if a use cannot be determined
however, there are other ways to make a determination which would be easier to use than the NAICS
codes.
Commissioner Anderson wondered if staff was using the new matrix or the old one. Staff explained the
old one until the new one goes through the process of a public hearing, through council and adoption.
He also asked if staff had engineered a list of different uses to cross reference from. Mr. Kuhta
answered no staff does not have such a list. Mr. Anderson stated there have been changed made to the
new Matrix to allow two permitted uses which were not allowed in the old Matrix. He wanted to know
if there was authority to do that without some formal proceeding where, he suggested he had a list of
two full pages of uses which were not allowed but now it is allowed on a specific line item. He wanted
to know that could be done just by the stroke of a pen and/or keyboard. Mr. Kuhta explained this was
that formal process in which those changes are allowed. Mr. Anderson replied he thought this was fine;
however he did not find how the changes were noted. Ms. Mantz noted staff had kept track of the
changes made. Mr. Kuhta stated he understood Mr. Anderson's concern and staff would attempt to try
and figure out a way to highlight those changes.
Commissioner Neill asked about selling hemp items, rope, clothing, etc. Mr. Kuhta stated he would
have to look into it. He was not sure it was legal to own it,but if it was,it would just fall under a retail
shop.
Commissioner Stoy explained he had handed out a sheet of items he felt would make it easier to read.
He wondered the difference between a heliport and helistop. Mr.Anderson helped him by explaining a
heliport has facilities for the helicopter, a helistop just allows for a helicopter to land and take off.
Commissioner Stoy asked about the transfer of ownership in the definitions and wanted to strike some
language, however Planner Christina Janssen explained that the definition he was talking about was
actually related to a long list of definitions regarding the adult entertainment industry, and then Mr.
Stoy understood why the definition was written as such.
Commissioner Stoy asked about the definition of assembly, and wondered if it did not also apply to a
gathering of people as well as to assembly of materials in manufacturing. Ms. Mantz stated the specific
definition was to aid in the industrial definitions. Ms. Janssen further assisted by offering the assembly
of people is controlled by the Building Code. Mr. Anderson suggested to remove the words "and/or
metals" from the sentence,because it is a repeat of materials and redundant.
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Commissioner Stoy feels the definition of Bed and Breakfast should be modified to strike the words
"single family". Mr.Kuhta offered a couple of points;he stated staff did not alter any of the definitions
unless they were directly related to the changes of the proposed Matrix. Mr. Kuhta then went on to
discuss, as a side note,the basic definition of a Bed and Breakfast is in a single-family dwelling. As a
rule someone would not start a bed and breakfast in a duplex or a multifamily complex, so it would be
appropriate for it to say single family house. Mr. Anderson requested that only the definitions, which
were changing to be shown. Mr. Kuhta explained how the process worked and the entire document
needed to be presented in order to be able to keep items in context.
Mr. Kuhta explained only the items which are being proposed for a change should be reviewed.
Tonight would not be the night to wordsmith or propose any changes. Those items are best left to the
deliberations after the public hearing. A study session for understanding the upcoming topic, what the
proposed changes are to that topic, not for making changes. Mr. Stoy then decided to hold the rest of
his comments to after the public hearing.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Commissioner McCaslin wanted to congratulate Chair Stoy and Vice Chair Carlsen on their appointments
on the Commission. Mr. McCaslin stated he felt the Commissioners were a good group and he
appreciated all of the staff.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no other business the meeting was adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
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Date signed
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