“Major public community drinking water supply” means those public water systems that are permitted to withdraw an average daily amount of at least 100,000 gallons of groundwater.

Manicurist. See “Barber shop” or “beauty shop.”

Manufactured/Mobile Home.

“Manufactured home park or subdivision” means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

“Manufactured/mobile home space” means that portion of land in a manufactured/mobile home park allotted or designed for accommodation of one mobile home.

“Manufacturing, heavy” means a use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominantly from extracted or raw materials, or a use engaged in the storage of, or manufacturing processes that potentially involve, hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.

“Manufacturing, light” means a use engaged in the manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including process, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

“Marijuana” means all parts of the cannabis plant whether growing or not.

“Marijuana processor” means the definition as set forth in RCW 69.50.101.

“Marijuana producer” means the definition as set forth in RCW 69.50.101.

“Marijuana retailer” means the definition as set forth in RCW 69.50.101.

“Marijuana use” includes a store, agency, organization, dispensary, cooperative, network consultation, operation, or other business entity, group or person, no matter how described or defined, including any associated premises and equipment which has for its purpose or which is used to grow, select, measure, process, package, label, deliver, dispense, sell or otherwise transfer for consideration, or otherwise, marijuana in any form.

“Marijuana-infused products” means the definition as set forth in RCW 69.50.101.

“Marina” (SMP) means any commercial or private facility consisting of docks or piers serving five or more vessels.

Marquee. See “Canopy.”

“Massage” means the manipulation of the superficial tissue of the human body with the hand, foot, arm, or elbow, whether or not such manipulation is aided by hydrotherapy or thermal therapy, or any electrical or mechanical device, or the application to the human body of a chemical or herbal preparation, and is not intended to be sexually arousing.

“Massage clinic or center” means a business establishment offering massage, steam baths, etc., to relieve tension, make muscles or joints supple, or stimulate circulation. An establishment that refers to itself as a “massage parlor” and fits the definition of an adult entertainment facility (see SMC 17.20.020) shall not, for the purpose of this code, be considered to be a massage clinic or center.

“Master program” means the comprehensive shoreline plan for the city and the use regulations, together with maps, diagrams, charts or other descriptive material and text, developed in accordance with the policies set forth in this code and RCW 90.58.020 (Section 2 of the Shoreline Management Act of 1971).

“Mean high water” means the average height of the high waters over a 19-year period, or for shorter periods of observation, the average height of the high water after corrections are applied to eliminate known variations and to produce the result of the equivalent of a mean 19-year value. Alternatively, mean high water may be defined as the average height of the high waters as established and accepted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“Mean high water line” means the intersection of the tidal plane of mean high water with the shoreline.

“Mean low water” means the average height of the low waters over a 19-year period, or for shorter periods of observation, the average height of the low waters after corrections are applied to eliminate known variations and to produce the result of the equivalent of a mean 19-year value. Alternatively, mean low water may be defined as the average height of the low waters as established and accepted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“Mean low water line” means the intersection of the tidal plane of mean low water with the shoreline.

“Mean sea level” means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the vertical datum to which base flood elevations shown on a community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.

“Medical equipment” means equipment that is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.

“Medical marijuana collective garden” means any place, area or garden where qualifying patients share responsibility and engage in the production, processing, and delivery of marijuana for medical use as set forth in Chapter 69.514 RCW and subject to the limitations therein.

“Meeting hall” means a place of assembly that is used on a temporary but recurring basis for a variety of public or private events including meetings, live entertainment, celebrations, exhibits or similar activities.

“Mezzanine” means a floor level between two main floors of a building, usually immediately above the ground floor.

“Middle school” means any school, public or private, intended for the education of children from the sixth through eighth grade.

“Minimum living area” means the area within the outside perimeter of the exterior walls with no deduction for corridors, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features, exclusive of areas open and unobstructed to the sky, and not to include garages, carports, open porches, open breezeways, store rooms, screened-in porches, or basements.

“Mining” (SMP) means the removal of sand, gravel, soil, minerals, and other earth materials for commercial and other uses.

“Ministorage or miniwarehouse” means a building or group of buildings consisting of individual storage units not exceeding 400 square feet per storage unit that are leased or owned for the storage of business and household goods or contractor’s supplies. These facilities shall not be used for any wholesale or retail operations.

“Mitigation” means an action or actions taken to lessen or to compensate for unavoidable adverse effects on public facilities, environmentally sensitive areas, or historic properties. Compensatory mitigation for replacing project-induced wetland losses or impacts includes, but is not limited to, the following:

“Mixed use” means a land use combination of residential and commercial uses within a single building or development that may occur either within one story as a horizontal mix, in one structure with multiple stories as a vertical mix, or in more than one detached structure. Mixed use may occur where the underlying zoning allows “mixed use” or all uses proposed as “permitted.” Unit types allowed within “mixed use” may include one or two apartments, an apartment house of three or more units, or townhouses.

“Mixed use, vertical” means a residential and commercial use in which residential units are provided on the second or third story over commercial or office uses when the underlying zoning is a single use commercial or residential designation and a mixed use overlay allows the additional use. An example of such a type of development could have commercial uses or parking on the ground floor, offices or residences above, and residential units above the offices.

“Modular home” means a dwelling unit constructed in a factory in accordance with the Uniform Building Code and bearing the appropriate insignia indicating such compliance, and transported to the building site for final assembly and permanent foundation. This definition includes “prefabricated,” “panelized,” and “factory-built” units.

“Monitoring” means evaluating the impacts of development proposals on the biological, hydrological, and geological elements of such systems and assessing the performance of required mitigation measures throughout the collection and analysis of data by various methods for the purpose of understanding and documenting changes in natural ecosystems and features, and includes gathering baseline data.

“Motel” means a building or group of buildings containing guest rooms or apartments designed or used primarily by automobile transients, including, but not limited to, auto courts, motor inns, tourist courts, and motor lodges.

“Motion picture industry” means an industry consisting of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film personnel.

“Moving van and storage facility” means an establishment providing trucking to move household or business furniture and both short-term or long-term storage facilities.

“Mulch” means nonliving, organic and synthetic materials customarily used in landscape design to retard erosion and retain moisture.

“Multiple-family dwelling” means a building or portion thereof, used or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other and each with facilities that are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, and cooking in said building. This definition includes apartment houses but does not include hotels, trailers, or mobile/manufactured homes.

“Multiple use” (SMP) within an area subject to the jurisdiction of the Shoreline Management Act means a combination of compatible uses within one development, in which water-oriented and non-water-oriented uses are included.

“Museum” means a nonprofit, noncommercial establishment operated as a repository or a collection of natural, historic, scientific, or literary curiosities, or objects of interest or works of art. Restaurants and gift shops may be included as part of any museum, so long as the square footage for these activities constitutes not more than 25 percent of the total floor area of the museum building. (Ord. 1486 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 1376 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1373 § 12, 2014; Ord. 1344 § 3, 2013; Ord. 1332 § 4, 2012; Ord. 1294 §§ 5, 6, 2011; Ord. 1267 § 6, 2010; Ord. 1250 § 4, 2009; Ord. 1164 § 4, 2004; Ord. 1110 § 3, 2002; Ord. 929 Ch. 5, 1995).