17.20.050 “D” definitions.
Daycare Facility. The following definitions shall apply to the various daycare facilities allowed in the different zoning districts:
(1) “Family daycare home” means a residence used for the care of children under the age of 12 or seniors located in the family dwelling of the person or persons under whose direct care the child or children are placed, accommodating 12 or fewer, such numbers to include those members of the resident family who are under the age of 12 years old. This definition shall apply regardless of whether the care is provided for compensation.
(2) “Mini daycare facility” means a structure used for the full- or part-time care of children under the age of 12 or seniors located in a facility other than a family dwelling, which accommodates 12 or fewer children who are under the age of 12 years of age, regardless of whether said services are provided for compensation.
(3) “Daycare center” means a structure used for the care of children under the age of 12 or seniors located in a facility other than a family dwelling of those individuals under whose direct care the child or children are placed, which accommodates 13 or more children regardless of whether such services are provided for compensation.
“Decision” means written notification to an applicant that his or her permit application has been approved or denied.
“Declaration of short subdivision” means a document signed by all persons having any real interest in the land being subdivided and acknowledged before a notary that they signed the same as their free act and deed. The declaration shall, as a minimum, contain the following elements:
(1) A legal description of the tract being divided and all parcels contained therein;
(2) A survey map;
(3) If applicable, the restrictive covenants;
(4) A statement by the signatory that he or she is, in fact, the owner of the property being subdivided;
(5) An agreement by the signatory to indemnify the city for all costs or damages, including attorney’s fees, incurred by or charged against the city as a result of the signatory not being the owner of the property being subdivided;
(6) A statement by the owner that the short subdivision is made with his or her free consent; and
(7) A title report or plat certificate.
“Dedication” means the deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for the general and public uses, reserving to himself or herself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by the owner by the presentment for filing of a final plat or short plat showing the dedication thereon, and the acceptance by the public shall be evidenced by approval of such plat for filing by the city.
“Deed” means a written instrument under seal by which an estate in real property is conveyed by the grantor to the grantee.
“Density” means the number of permitted dwelling units allowed on each acre of land or fraction thereof.
Density, Gross. See “Gross density.”
Density, Net. See “Net density.”
“Design storm” means a prescribed hyetograph and total precipitation amount (for a specific duration recurrence frequency) used to estimate runoff for a hypothetical storm of interest or concern for the purposes of analyzing existing drainage, designing new drainage facilities or assessing other impacts of a proposed project on the flow of surface water. (A hyetograph is a graph of percentages of total precipitation for a series of time steps representing the total time during which the precipitation occurs.)
“Detached dwelling” means a dwelling that is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
“Detention facility” means an above- or below-ground facility, such as a pond or tank, that temporarily stores stormwater runoff and subsequently releases it at a slower rate than it is collected by the drainage facility system.
“Determination” means written notification by the issuing authority and to all appropriate interested parties of a decision.
“Developer” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind, engaged in any type of manmade change of improved or unimproved land.
Development.
(1) For the purposes of Chapter 17.120 SMC, Critical Areas – Frequently Flooded Areas – Specific Standards, “development” means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials located within the area of special flood hazard.
(2) For the purposes of Chapter 17.150 SMC, Shoreline Management, “development” means a use consisting of the construction or exterior alteration of structures; dredging; drilling; dumping; filling; removal of any sand, gravel, or minerals; bulkheading; driving or piling; placing of obstructions; or any project of a permanent or temporary nature which interferes with the normal public use of the surface of the waters overlying lands subject to the Act at any stage of water level. Development does not include dismantling or removing structures if there is no other associated development or redevelopment. In addition, a forest practice that only involves timber cutting is not a development under the Washington State Shoreline Management Act (the “Act”) and does not require a shoreline substantial development permit or a shoreline exemption. A forest practice that includes activities other than timber cutting may be a development under the Act and may require a substantial development permit as required by WAC 222-50-020.
(3) Except for purposes of Chapter 17.120 SMC, Critical Areas – Frequently Flooded Areas – Specific Standards, and Chapter 17.150 SMC, Shoreline Management, “development” means the placement or erection of any fill, solid material, or structure on land, in or under the water; or the construction, reconstruction, or alteration of the size of any structure; development shall not be defined or interpreted to include improvement made in the interior of any structure.
“Development right” means a legal claim to convert a tract of land to a specific purpose by construction, installation, or alteration of a building or other structure.
District, Zoning. See “Zoning district.”
“Dog daycare” means an establishment providing daytime training, supervision, and recreation for dogs.
“Dog grooming” means an establishment providing dog clipping services including hygienic care and cleaning.
“Domestic animal” means an animal normally kept incidental to a residential dwelling. Included are dogs and cats; excluded are wild or exotic animals, horses and cows, chickens, goats, or other similar animals.
Domestic Septage. See “Septage.”
“Drainage” means the removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading, or other means. Drainage includes the control of runoff to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after development and includes the means necessary for water supply preservation, prevention, or alleviation of flooding.
“Drainage basin” means a geographic and hydrologic subunit of a watershed.
“Drainage channel” means a large natural or constructed waterway, ordinarily lined to speed, control, and conduct the flow of stormwater runoff.
“Dredging” (SMP) means the removal of earth, sand, gravel, silt, or debris from below the OHWM of any river, stream, pond, lake or other water body and beneath the area of seasonal saturation of any wetland.
“Drive-in establishment” means a business establishment so developed that its principal retail or service character is dependent on providing a driveway approach or parking spaces for motor vehicles so as to either serve patrons while in the motor vehicle, or intended to permit consumption in the motor vehicle of food or beverages obtained by a patron of said business establishment (restaurants, cleaners, banks, etc.).
“Drive-in or drive-through facility” means an establishment that, by design, physical facilities, service, or by packaging procedures, encourages or permits customers to receive services or obtain goods while remaining in their motor vehicles.
“Driveway” means that space specifically designated and reserved on the site for the movement of vehicles from one site to another or from a site to a public street.
“Driving range (golf)” means an unconfined recreational facility (i.e., without netting overhead or alongside the facility) situated on a plot of land at least 400 yards in length and a minimum of 300 feet wide. A golf driving range may be built with overhead netting, as well as netting (or other confining material) along the sides and the rear of the facility. In such cases, the land requirements shall be at least 100 yards in length and a minimum of 150 feet wide. The purpose of such facility is to allow golfers an opportunity to practice their golf shots.
“Dry cleaner” means an establishment providing cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a chemical solvent rather than water.
“Duplex dwelling” means a detached building, designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
“Dwelling” means a building or portion thereof, occupied or intended to be occupied exclusively for residential purposes, but not including hotels. (See also “dwelling, multiple-family” and “family.”)
Dwelling, Accessory. See “Accessory dwelling.”
Dwelling, Attached. See “Attached dwelling.”
Dwelling, Cottage. See “Cottage housing.”
Dwelling, Multiple-Family. See “Multiple-family dwelling.”
Dwelling, Single-Family. See “Single-family dwelling.”
Dwelling, Townhouse. See “Townhouse or rowhouse.”
“Dwelling unit” means any room or group of rooms located within a residential building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities that are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, and cooking. (Ord. 1475 § 1 (Att. A), 2019; Ord. 1449 § 1, 2017; Ord. 1398 § 12, 2015; Ord. 1373 § 6, 2014; Ord. 1294 § 5, 2011; Ord. 1250 § 2, 2009; Ord. 1164 § 4, 2004; Ord. 1133 § 2, 2003; Ord. 1110 § 3, 2002; Ord. 929 Ch. 5, 1995).