22.08.016 D definitions.
“Day care center” means any type of group day care programs, for children or adults, including nursery schools for children under minimum age for education in public schools, parent cooperative nursery schools, play groups for preschool children, covering after-school care for school children, and programs which provide organized learning and education experiences, provided such establishments are licensed by the state and conducted in accordance with state requirements. For the purpose of this title the below definitions shall apply. “Home-based day care” is defined separately.
1. “Small day care center” means a place, other than the home of the provider, which provides regular custodial care for one to twelve children, for periods of less than twenty-four hours.
2. “Large day care center” means a place, other than the home of the provider, which provides regular custodial care for more than twelve children, for periods of less than twenty-four hours.
3. “Preschool/nursery school” means a place, other than the home of the provider, which provides regular custodial care and/or organized learning and educational experiences for children.
“Date of decision” means the date the final decision or determination is rendered or issued, unless specified otherwise by law.
“Density” means the number of units within a specified area calculated by dividing the total number of square feet of the area by the number of dwelling units in the area. See AMC 22.84.010 for density calculation details.
“Development agreement” means a written agreement between the city and a person having ownership or control of real property, setting forth the development standards and other provisions that will govern the development and use of said property, and which is processed, approved and executed in accordance with Chapter 22.80 AMC and RCW 36.70B.170 et seq.
“Dog day care” means a facility where dogs may be groomed, trained, exercised and socialized, but not kept or bred, sold, or let for hire.
“Drainage facility” means the system of collecting, conveying, and storing surface and storm water runoff. Drainage facilities shall include but not be limited to all surface and storm water runoff conveyance and containment facilities including streams, pipelines, channels, ditches, wetlands, closed depressions, infiltration facilities, retention/detention facilities, erosion/sedimentation control facilities, and other drainage structures and appurtenances, both natural and manmade.
“Duplex” means a detached residential building designed for occupancy by two self-contained attached dwelling units living independently of each other.
“Dwelling” means a building designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings, but not including hotels or motel units having no kitchens. Factory-built housing and mobile homes are dwellings when they meet state requirements under Chapter 43.22 RCW and are so certified by the state.
Dwelling, Multiple-Family. “Multiple-family dwelling” means a building or portion thereof designed for occupancy by three or more families living separately from each other and containing three or more dwelling units. This definition includes triplexes, fourplexes, or other multi-unit configurations, but it does not include courtyard apartments.
Dwelling, Single-Family. “Single-family dwelling” means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family.
“Dwelling unit” means a building or portion thereof providing separate cooking, eating, sleeping and living facilities for one family. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021).