18.20.016 D definitions.
“Daily care” means medical procedures, monitoring and attention that are necessarily provided at the residence of the patient by the primary provider of daily care on a 24-hour basis.
“Day care” means an establishment for group care of nonresident adults or children.
(a) Day care shall include only SIC Industry No. 835 – Child day care services, SIC Industry No. 8322 – Adult day care centers, and the following:
(i) Adult day care, such as adult day health centers or social day care as defined by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services;
(ii) Nursery schools for children under minimum age for education in public schools;
(iii) Privately conducted kindergartens or prekindergartens when not a part of a public or parochial school; and
(iv) Programs covering after-school care for school children.
(b) Day care establishments are subclassified as follows:
(i) Day care I – a maximum of 12 adults or children in any 24-hour period; and
(ii) Day care II – over 12 adults or children in any 24-hour period.
“Deciduous” means a plant species with foliage that is shed annually.
“Density credit, transfer (TDC)” means the ability to transfer potentially buildable dwelling units from an eligible sending site to an eligible receiving site as provided in this code.
“Department” means the City of Covington Department of Community Development, Public Works or its successor agency.
“Department and variety store” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of a variety of lines of merchandise, such as dry goods, apparel and accessories, home furnishings, housewares, including only uses located in SIC Major Group and Industry Nos.:
(a) 53 – General merchandise;
(b) 5947 – Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops; and
(c) 5948 – Luggage and leather goods stores.
“Destination resort” means an establishment for resource-based recreation and intended to utilize outdoor recreational opportunities, including related services, such as food, overnight lodging, equipment rentals, entertainment and other conveniences for guests of the resort.
“Developer” or “applicant” means the person or entity who owns or holds purchase options or other development control over property for which development activity is proposed.
“Development” means any land use, activity, or project regulated by CMC Titles 14 through 18, including but not limited to building permits, subdivisions, binding site plans, rezones, conditional use permits, shoreline permits, short plats, or variances.
“Development activity” means any residential construction or expansion of a building, structure or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any change in the use of land that creates additional demand on public infrastructure.
“Development agreement” means a recorded agreement between an applicant and City of Covington which incorporates the site plans, development standards, and/or other features of a development proposal.
“Development proposal” means any activities requiring a permit or other approval from the City of Covington relative to the use or development of land.
“Development proposal site” means the legal boundaries of the parcel or parcels of land for which an applicant has or should have applied for authority from City of Covington to carry out a development proposal.
“Direct traffic impact” means any increase in vehicle traffic generated by a proposed development, which results in additional daily vehicle trips on any roadway or intersection.
“Director” means the Director of City of Covington Department of Community Development, or his or her designee.
“Ditch” means an artificial open channel used or constructed for the purpose of conveying water.
“Dormer” means a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.
“Dormitory” means a residential building that provides sleeping quarters, but not separate dwelling units, and may include common dining, cooking and recreation or bathing facilities.
“Drainage basin” means a drainage area that drains to the Green River or other drainage area that drains directly to Puget Sound.
“Drainage facility” means a feature, constructed or engineered for the primary purpose of providing drainage, that collects, conveys, stores or treats surface water. A drainage facility may include, but is not limited to, a stream, pipeline, channel, ditch, gutter, lake, wetland, closed depression, flow control or water quality treatment facility and erosion and sediment control facility.
“Drainage sub-basin” means a drainage area identified as a drainage sub-basin in a City-approved basin plan or, if not identified, a drainage area that drains to a body of water that is named and mapped and contained within a drainage basin.
“Drive-through” means any use that provides goods and services using a window or microphone while customers remain in their vehicle.
“Drop box facility” means a facility used for receiving solid waste and recyclables from off-site sources into detachable solid waste containers, including the adjacent areas necessary for entrance and exit roads, unloading and vehicle turnaround areas. Drop box facilities normally service the general public with loose loads and may also include containers for separated recyclables.
“Drug store” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of prescription drugs, nonprescription medicines, cosmetics and related supplies, including only uses located in SIC Industry Group and Industry Nos.:
(a) 591 – Drug stores and proprietary stores;
(b) 5993 – Tobacco stores and stands; and
(c) 5999 – Cosmetics stores.
“Duplex” means a building containing two separate units with a common wall.
“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms designed for occupancy by a person or family for living and sleeping purposes, containing kitchen facilities and rooms with internal accessibility, for use solely by the dwelling’s occupants; dwelling units include but are not limited to bachelor, efficiency and studio apartments, factory-built housing and mobile homes.
“Dwelling unit, accessory” means a separate, complete dwelling unit attached to or contained within the structure of the primary dwelling, or contained within a separate structure that is accessory to the primary dwelling unit on the premises.
“Dwelling unit, multifamily” means a dwelling unit contained in a building consisting of three or more dwelling units, or one or more dwellings included in a structure with nonresidential uses. This definition does not include hotels and motels.
Dwelling Unit, Single-Family Attached. See “dwelling unit, townhouse” and “duplex.”
“Dwelling unit, single-family detached” means a detached building containing one dwelling unit.
Dwelling Unit, Townhouse. “Townhouse” means a single-family dwelling unit in a group of two or more attached units in which each unit extends from foundation to roof and with a yard or exterior access on at least two sides. Each townhouse shall be on a separate lot. (Ord. 08-21 § 4 (Exh. C); Ord. 02-20 § 2 (Att. A); Ord. 06-17 § 5 (Exh. C); Ord. 26-16 §§ 13, 14; Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Amended at request of department 2/08; Ord. 14-05 §§ 2, 3; Ord. 42-02 §§ 2 (21A.06.262, 21A.06.265, 21A.06.270, 21A.06.275, 21A.06.280, 21A.06.285, 21A.06.290, 21A.06.295, 21A.06.300, 21A.06.305, 21A.06.310, 21A.06.315, 21A.06.320, 21A.06.325, 21A.06.330, 21A.06.335, 21A.06.340, 21A.06.345, 21A.06.350, 21A.06.355, 21A.06.365, 21A.06.370). Formerly 18.20.262 – 18.20.370)