“Warehousing and wholesale trade” means establishments involved in the storage and/or sale of bulk goods for resale or assembly, excluding establishments offering the sale of bulk goods to the general public which is classified as a retail use in CMC 18.25.070. These establishments shall include only SIC Major Group Nos. 50 and 51 and SIC Industry Group Nos. 422 and 423.

“Wastewater treatment facility” means a plant for collection, decontamination and disposal of sewage, including residential, industrial and agricultural liquid wastes, and including any physical improvement within the scope of the definition of “water pollution control facility” set forth in WAC 173-90-015(4) as amended.

“Water dependent use” means a land use which can only exist when the interface between wet meadows, grazed land and water provides the biological or physical conditions necessary for the use.

“Weather protection” means a permanent horizontal structure above pedestrian areas, such as sidewalks and building entries, that protects pedestrians from inclement weather.

“Wellhead protection area” (WHPA) means the portion of a well’s, wellfield’s, or spring’s zone of contribution defined using WHPA criteria established by the Washington Department of Health.

“Wetland” means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically 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 construction of a road, street or highway. “Wetlands” may include those artificial wetlands, intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversions of wetlands.

“Wetland creation” means, for purposes of wetland mitigation, the manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics present to develop a wetland on an upland or deepwater site, where a wetland did not previously exist. Wetland creation results in a gain in wetland acres. Activities to create a wetland typically involve excavation of upland soils to elevations that will produce a wetland hydroperiod, create hydric soils and support the growth of hydrophytic plant species.

“Wetland delineation” means identifying the line delineating the outer edge of a wetland, in accordance with the approved Federal wetland delineation manual and applicable regional supplement.

“Wetland enhancement” means the manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a wetland site to heighten, intensify or improve specific functions or to change the growth state or composition of the vegetation present. Wetland enhancement results in a change in some wetland functions and may lead to a decline in other wetland functions, but does not result in a gain in wetland acres. Enhancement is undertaken for specified purposes such as water quality improvement, flood water retention or wildlife habitat. Wetland enhancement activities typically consist of planting vegetation, controlling nonnative or invasive species, modifying site elevations or the proportion of open water to influence hydroperiods or some combination of these.

“Wetland, forested” means a wetland that is dominated by mature woody vegetation or a wetland vegetation class that is characterized by woody vegetation at least 20 feet tall.

“Wetland functions” means natural processes performed by wetlands including functions which are important in facilitating food chain production, providing habitat for nesting, rearing and resting sites for aquatic, terrestrial and avian species, maintaining the availability and quality of water, acting as recharge and discharge areas for ground water aquifers and moderating surface and stormwater flows, as well as performing other functions including, but not limited to, those set forth in 33 CFR 320.4(b)(2), 1988.

“Wetland, isolated” means a wetland which is hydrologically isolated from other aquatic resources, as determined by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Isolated wetlands may perform important functions and are protected by State law (Chapter 90.48 RCW) whether or not they are protected by Federal law.

“Wetland of high conservation value” means a wetland that has been identified by scientists from the Washington Natural Heritage Program (WNHP) as an important ecosystem for maintaining plant diversity in Washington State.

“Wetland reestablishment” means, for purposes of wetland mitigation, the manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of returning natural or historic functions to a former wetland. Reestablishment results in rebuilding a former wetland and results in a gain in wetland acres and functions. Activities could include removing fill, plugging ditches, or breaking drain tiles.

“Wetland rehabilitation” means, for purposes of wetland mitigation, the manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of repairing natural or historic functions (and processes) of a degraded wetland. Wetland rehabilitation results in a gain in wetland function but does not result in a gain in wetland acres. Activities to rehabilitate a wetland could include breaching a dike to reconnect wetlands to a floodplain or return tidal influence to a wetland.

“Wetland vegetation class” means a wetland community classified by its vegetation including aquatic bed, emergent, forested and shrub-scrub. To constitute a separate wetland vegetation class, the vegetation must be at least partially rooted within the wetland and must occupy the uppermost stratum of a contiguous area or comprise at least 30 percent areal coverage of the entire wetland.

“Wetpond” means an artificial water body constructed as a part of a surface water management system.

“Wildlife” means birds, fish and animals that are not domesticated and are considered to be wild.

“Wildlife habitat conservation area” means an area designated by the City to protect habitat of wildlife species proposed or listed by the Federal government or the State of Washington as endangered, threatened, sensitive, or a priority.

“Wildlife habitat network” means a designated wildlife habitat network defined and mapped by King County or as designated by the City that links wildlife habitat with critical areas, critical area buffers, priority habitats, trails, parks, open space and other areas to provide for wildlife movement and alleviate habitat fragmentation.

“Wireless communication facility” means any tower, antenna, ancillary structure or facility, or related equipment or component thereof, that is used for the transmission of radio frequency signals through electromagnetic energy for the purpose of providing phone, internet, video, information services, specialized mobile radio, enhanced specialized mobile radio, paging, wireless digital data transmission, broadband, unlicensed spectrum services utilizing part 15 devices, or other similar services that currently exist or that may in the future be developed.

“Wireless communication facility, building-mounted” means a wireless communication facility that is attached to an existing commercial, industrial, residential, or institutional building.

“Wireless communication facility, concealed facility” means a wireless communication facility that is not readily identifiable as such and is designed to be aesthetically and architecturally compatible with the existing building(s) on a site; or a wireless communication facility disguised, hidden, or integrated with an existing structure that is not a monopole or tower; or a wireless communication facility that is placed within an existing or proposed structure or tower or mounted within trees, so as to be significantly screened from view or camouflaged to appear as a nonantenna structure or tower (i.e., tree, light pole, clock tower, flagpole with flag, church steeple).

“Wireless communication facility equipment enclosure” means any structure above or below ground, including without limitation, cabinets, shelters, pedestals and other devices or structures, that is used exclusively to contain radio or other equipment necessary for the transmission and/or reception of wireless communication signals including, without limitation, air conditioning units and generators.

“Wireless communication facility equipment compound” means an outdoor fenced area occupied by all the towers, antennas, ancillary structure(s), ancillary facilities, and equipment enclosures, but excluding parking and access ways.

“Wireless communication facility, feed lines or coaxial cables” means cables used as the interconnection media between the transmission/receiving base station and the antenna.

“Wireless telecommunication carrier” means any person or entity that directly or indirectly owns, controls, operates, or manages any plant, equipment, structure, or property within the City for the purpose of offering wireless telecommunication service within the City.

“Work release facility” means a facility which allows the opportunity for convicted persons to be employed outside of the facility, but requires confinement within the facility when not in the place of employment.

“Wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle” means a motor vehicle or the remains or remnant parts of a motor vehicle which is mechanically inoperative and cannot be made operative without the addition of vital parts or mechanisms or the application of a substantial amount of labor and is certified by the Department of Community Development as meeting at least three of the following requirements: