“Screened” means concealed or cut off from visual access.

“Secure community transition facility” means a facility, as defined in RCW 71.09.020, for the housing of sexually violent predators.

“Self-serve storage facility” means a building or buildings containing separate storage spaces leased or rented on an individual basis, which does not include warehouses or loading docks.

“Senior housing” refers to housing stock, whether rental or occupant-owned, that specifically caters to residents aged fifty-five years and older. This definition shall include, at a minimum, all facilities that qualify as housing for older persons under the Federal Fair Housing Act and amendments thereto.

“Setback” means the minimum distance required by this title for buildings to be set back from property lines, rights-of-way, private lanes, and shared driveways.

“Shell building” means a nonresidential building that is capable of being divided into multiple leasable units or spaces with different uses but has had no use or uses identified as part of a land use permit application.

“Sign” means any commercial communications device, structure, or fixture which is visible from any public right-of-way intended to aid the business establishment in question in promoting the sale of a product, goods or service using graphics, symbols or written copy. For the purpose of this chapter, a sign shall not be considered to be building or structural design. It shall be restricted solely to graphics, symbols or written copy that is meant to be used in the aforementioned.

“Sign area” means:

Sign, Portable. “Portable sign” means any sign made of any material, including paper, cardboard, wood or metal, which is capable of being moved easily and is not permanently affixed to the ground, structure or building. (Also includes sidewalk or sandwich board signs, except those worn by a person.)

Sign, Projecting. “Projecting sign” means a sign, other than a wall sign, which is attached to and projects from a structure or building face. A marquee sign will not be considered a projecting sign.

Sign, Revolving. “Revolving sign” means any sign which rotates or turns in motion by electrical or mechanical means in a circular pattern.

Sign, Roof. “Roof sign” means a sign erected upon or above a roof or parapet of a building or structure. Mansard roof signs shall not be included.

“Social service facility” means a facility housing a public or nonprofit agency that provides counseling, therapy or other social or human services to persons needing such services. This definition does not include schools, hospitals, clinics, day care, or residential uses.

“Solid waste transfer station” means a solid waste handling facility where nonhazardous solid waste is delivered by public agencies, businesses or individuals and transferred and/or sorted into other containers to be transported to another location for ultimate disposal. A solid waste transfer station may include provisions for extraction of recyclable or reusable materials, as well as collection facilities for recyclable materials.

“Story” means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it. If there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it shall be considered a story.

“Street” means a thoroughfare including an alley which has been dedicated to the public and designated for public use as a street.

“Street grade and right-of-way” means the officially established street grade or right-of-way lines upon which a lot fronts. If no official grade or right-of-way has been established, the grade or right-of-way shall be established by the city engineer or the existing grade or right-of-way shall be used.

“Structural alteration” means any change to the supporting members of a structure, such as bearing walls, columns or beams, or changes in the interior dimensions of the building structure, or increase in floor space.

“Structure” means anything constructed or erected above or below ground, affixed to the ground, or attached to something fixed to the ground.

“Substandard lot” means a lot or parcel of land which has less than the required minimum area or width as established by the zone in which it is located; and provided, that such lot or parcel was of record as a legally created lot on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title.

“Substantial change” means modification of the scope, use, or other attribute of a pending land use action that results in, or may result in, significant differences in the type or degree of impact(s), as determined by the public works director.

“Supergraphics” means any design or graphic which is superior in size, quality, quantity or degree over that which is allowed unconditionally by this code, and creates an overall artistic image utilizing the building on which it is displayed as background. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021).