Chapter 21.15
“C” TERMS
Sections:
21.15.010 Car (or auto or automobile) wrecking.
21.15.015 Church.
21.15.020 City.
21.15.030 City council (or council).
21.15.032 Closed record appeal.
21.15.035 Co-location.
21.15.040 Commercial parking lot.
21.15.050 Commercial garage.
21.15.060 Commercial kennel.
21.15.070 Commercial use.
21.15.071 Community facilities.
21.15.073 Community park.
21.15.075 Commuter parking lots.
21.15.080 Completely enclosed building.
21.15.090 Conditional use.
21.15.092 Convenience store.
21.15.095 Congregate care facility.
21.15.100 Corner lot.
21.15.110 Coverage.
21.15.010 Car (or auto or automobile) wrecking.
Car wrecking means the collecting, dismantling, storage, salvaging, or sale of parts of machinery or vehicles not in running condition.
21.15.015 Church.
Church means any community facility used or dedicated for the legitimate exercise of recognized federal and state constitutional rights for religious free worship. A neighborhood church is a church of 22,000 square feet or less of gross floor area. A community church is a church of greater than 22,000 square feet of gross floor area. Determination of gross floor area shall be consistent with state building code calculations. [Ord. 3353 § 13, 2001].
21.15.020 City.
City means the city of Edmonds in the state of Washington.
21.15.030 City council (or council).
City council (or council) means the city council of the city of Edmonds.
21.15.032 Closed record appeal.
Closed record appeal for purposes of the ECDC means an administrative appeal on the record to a decisionmaking body, including the city council, following an open record hearing on a project permit application when the appeal is on the record with no or limited new evidence or information allowed to be submitted and only appeal argument allowed. [Ord. 3112 § 35, 1996].
21.15.035 Co-location.
Co-location exists when more than one wireless communications provider mounts equipment on a single support structure (i.e., building, monopole, lattice tower). [Ord. 3099 § 5, 1996].
21.15.040 Commercial parking lot.
Commercial parking lot means a site where parking spaces are rented or leased to persons other than those who live or work on the same site. (See also, Off-Street Parking and Private Parking.)
21.15.050 Commercial garage.
Commercial garage means a building used for storage, repair, or servicing of motor vehicles as a commercial use.
21.15.060 Commercial kennel.
Commercial kennel means a building in which four or more domestic animals at least four months of age are kept commercially for board or breeding. [Ord. 2759 § 2, 1990].
21.15.070 Commercial use.
Commercial use means an activity with goods, merchandise, or services for sale or rent.
21.15.071 Community facilities.
A. Community facilities mean any use, structure, building, or development that:
1. Is primarily used or dedicated for use by members of the general public for educational, religious, informational, recreational, artistic, or social purposes; or
2. Serves members of the general public by providing for utility, transportation, police, fire, and parking services; or
3. Is primarily used or dedicated for use by local, state, regional, or federal governments for the purpose of providing governmental services.
B. Community facilities consist of churches, local public facilities, parks, and regional public facilities.
C. Community facilities do not include animal hospitals, boarding houses, congregate care facilities, day care facilities, fraternities, foster homes, halfway houses, home occupations, hospitals, rooming houses, retirement homes, sororities, or similar medical, hospice, or care uses. [Ord. 3353 § 14, 2001].
21.15.073 Community park.
Community park means a public recreation facility primarily designed and located to provide active and structured recreation opportunities for young people and adults in the immediate community. The service area is at least a one- to two-mile radius. In general, community park facilities are designed for organized activities and sports, although individual and family activities are also encouraged. Community parks may provide indoor facilities to meet a wider range of recreation interests. Community parks serve a larger area than neighborhood parks and offer more facilities such as parking, restrooms, covered play areas, etc. Community parks usually exceed 20 acres in size and often have sport fields, water bodies, gardens, nature trails or similar facilities as the central focus of the park. [Ord. 3353 § 15, 2001].
21.15.075 Commuter parking lots.
Commuter parking lot means a parking lot or portion of a parking lot composed of new or existing parking spaces that are designated for use by persons who travel to or from Edmonds as part of a commute that includes a form of transportation other than single occupant vehicle, such as nonmotorized transportation for distances of more than a quarter of a mile, carpooling or transit. In determining the number of parking spaces in a commuter parking lot, all parking spaces within a lot as defined by ECDC 21.55.010 shall be construed as part of the same commuter parking lot as well as any spaces within 300 feet of each other. [Ord. 3090 § 6, 1996].
21.15.080 Completely enclosed building.
Completely enclosed building means one designed and constructed with all exterior walls of the structure solid from the ground to the roof line, and containing no openings except for windows and doors which are designed to be closed.
21.15.090 Conditional use.
Conditional use means a use allowed in one or more zones as defined by the zoning code but which, because of characteristics peculiar to such use, because of size, hours of operation, technical processes or equipment, or because of the exact location with reference to surroundings and existing improvements or demands upon public facilities, requires a special permit in order to provide a particular degree of control to make such uses consistent with and compatible with other existing or permissible uses in the same zone or zones.
Multiple uses or any combination of uses, any of which require a conditional use permit, shall be allowed on a single lot only upon the grant of a conditional use permit. [Ord. 2660 § 7, 1988].
21.15.092 Convenience store.
A convenience store shall mean a small retail commercial establishment which sells and/or rents a limited selection and variety of perishable and nonperishable food items and grocery related items, video cassettes and sundries which by their nature are geared toward rapid customer turnover. [Ord. 2660 § 6, 1988].
21.15.095 Congregate care facility.
A congregate care facility shall be given the same definition as a retirement home. [Ord. 2818 § 4, 1991].
21.15.100 Corner lot.
Corner lot means a lot which has frontage on two or more streets where the streets meet.
21.15.110 Coverage.
Coverage means the total ground coverage of all buildings or structures on a site measured from the outside of external walls or supporting members or from a point two and one-half feet in from the outside edge of a cantilevered roof, whichever covers the greatest area.