“Warehouse operations” means the storage of goods and materials. Warehouse operations may also include office and maintenance areas as accessory functions.

“Water body” means surface waters including rivers, streams, lakes, marine waters, estuaries, and wetlands.

“Water dependent” (for the purpose of Chapter 17.120 SMC, Critical Areas – Frequently Flooded Areas – Specific Standards) means a structure for commerce or industry that cannot exist in any other location and is dependent on the water by reason of the intrinsic nature of its operations.

“Water-dependent use” (SMP) means a use or portion of a use which cannot exist in a location that is not adjacent to the water and which is dependent on the water by reason of the intrinsic nature of its operations.

“Water, drainage or sewage infrastructure” means pipes, installations and other infrastructure that are part of a system used for the purpose of water, drainage or sewage.

“Water-enjoyment use” (SMP) means a recreational use or other use that facilitates public access to the shoreline as a primary characteristic of the use; or a use that provides for aesthetic enjoyment or recreational use of the shoreline for a substantial number of people as a general characteristic of the use and which through location, design, and operation ensures the public’s ability to enjoy the aesthetic and physical qualities of the shoreline. In order to qualify as a water-enjoyment use, the use must be open to the general public and the shoreline-oriented space within the project must be devoted to the specific aspects of the use that foster shoreline enjoyment.

“Water-oriented use” (SMP) means a use that is water-dependent, water-related, or water-enjoyment, or a combination of such uses.

“Water park” means a commercial recreational facility that contains a variety of water-oriented activities such as, but not limited to, water slides and swimming pools. Such facilities may be found in association with a larger recreational activity.

“Water-related use” (SMP) means a use or portion of a use which is not intrinsically dependent on a waterfront location, but whose economic viability is dependent upon a waterfront location because:

“Water surface elevation” means the height, in relation to the vertical datum, utilized in the applicable flood insurance study of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.

“Water table” means the surface between the vadose zone and the groundwater, that is the surface of a body of unconfined groundwater at which the pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere.

“Water well and pump station” means infrastructure used to move water from a ground water source and convey water within a utility system.

“Watercourse” means a channel, natural or manmade, through which water flows either continuously or intermittently.

“Watershed” means a geographic region within which water drains into a particular river, stream, or body of water as identified and numbered by the state of Washington water resource inventory areas (WRIAs) as defined in Chapter 173-500 WAC.

“Wetland, associated jurisdictional” (SMP) means those wetlands that are in proximity to and either influence or are influenced by tidal waters or a lake or stream subject to the Shoreline Management Act.

“Wetland class” means any of the wetland class designations described in Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin, et al. 1979). Cowardin’s deep water and wetland classes include: rock bottom, unconsolidated bottom, aquatic bed, reef, rocky shore, unconsolidated shore, emergent wetland, scrub-shrub wetland, forested wetland, stream-bed and moss-lichen wetland.

“Wetlands” means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas to mitigate the conversion of wetlands. For identifying and delineating a regulated wetland, local government shall use the Washington State Wetland Identification and Delineation Manual.

“Wetlands” or “wetland areas” (SMP) means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas to mitigate the conversion of wetlands. For identifying and delineating a regulated wetland, the currently approved federal manual and regional supplements shall be utilized.

“Wholesale operation” means an establishment that includes large storage and distribution areas for receiving goods (such as produce) and shipping these goods to places such as grocery stores and restaurants or large facilities to provide items for sale to the public at wholesale prices. This definition excludes retail sales or clubs that sell wholesale goods to members as a retail transaction.

“Wholesale (trade)” means the sale of goods or commodities usually in bulk or large quantities and usually at a lower cost to a retailer for resale. Such sales activity takes place in establishments or places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.

“Wireless communication facility” means an unstaffed facility for the transmission and reception of low-power radio signals usually consisting of an equipment shelter or cabinet, a support structure, antennas (e.g., omni-directional, panel/directional or parabolic) and related equipment, generally contained within a compound. They can include antennas, support structures and equipment shelters, whether separately or in combination. For additional definitions, see SMC 17.200.010.

Working Days. The term “working days” is used as the unit of measure by which either the applicant/developer or a city of Stanwood agency must complete a specified action. “Working days” refer to all days of the week, except Saturday, Sunday, and all official city of Stanwood holidays.

“Wrecking” means the dismantling or wrecking of one or more motor vehicles or trailers; and/or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts. (Ord. 1486 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 1475 § 1 (Att. A), 2019; Ord. 1373 § 18, 2014; Ord. 1294 §§ 5, 6, 2011; Ord. 1164 § 4, 2004; Ord. 929 Ch. 5, 1995).