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Date of issuance

In the case of decisions that may be appealed administratively, the date on which the decision is mailed to all parties of record and from which the appeal period is calculated. In the case of decisions that may be appealed only to the superior court, the date prescribed by the Land Use Petition Act, Chapter 36.70B RCW.

Day care services

Any type of group day care program licensed by the state of Washington for the care of adults and/or children during part of a twenty-four-hour day.

Day care services, adult

Establishments engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance services to improve the quality of life for the elderly, persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or persons with disabilities. These establishments provide for the welfare of these individuals in such areas as day care, nonmedical home care or homemaker services, social activities, group support, and companionship. Includes land uses specified in NAICS Industry Group No. 624120.

Day care services, childcare center

Any type of group childcare facility other than an occupied dwelling unit which receives children for day care or an occupied dwelling unit which receives thirteen or more children for day care.

Day care services, family

An occupied dwelling unit in which the full-time occupant provides daily care for children other than his/her own family. Such care in a family day care home is limited to twelve or fewer children including children living in the home.

Day care services, home day care

A day care center for six or fewer children including the children of the occupant. The home day care center shall be operated by an occupant of the home.

De minimis development

A proposed development relating to land use of such a low intensity as to have a de minimis effect, if any, upon the level of service standards set forth in the comprehensive plan; such development shall be exempt from concurrency review. Development approvals for single-family dwellings shall be deemed de minimis. Any development generating less than thirty-eight average daily trips shall be deemed de minimis for purposes of assessing transportation levels of service.

Death care services

Land and associated buildings and structures used for burial, crematory, embalming, or funerary uses for human and animal remains. Examples include cemeteries, columbaria, mausoleums, funeral parlors, and mortuaries.

Decision

The written report of findings and conclusions issued by the hearing body or the director of community development and forwarded to all parties of record.

Dedication

The appropriation of land by its owner for general or public use, who reserves no special rights to himself.

Department store

A large retail store arranged into departments for the sale of a variety of consumer goods. A department store has a gross floor area no smaller than thirty thousand square feet.

Design standards

A regulatory document used in implementing the community’s design-related goals and objectives.

Developable area

Areas outside of any critical areas and their required setbacks or buffers.

Developer

The proponent of a development activity, such as any person or entity who owns or holds purchase options or other development control over property for which development activity is proposed within the city.

Development

Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials. Development also means subdivision of a parcel or parcels into one or more lots.

Development action

An action of the city, such as a land use amendment to the comprehensive plan or a rezoning.

Development approval

Any written authorization from the city which authorizes the commencement of a development activity, including but not limited to building permits and subdivision approval.

Development code

MMC Title 22.

Development permit

Any permit issued by the city of Monroe, or other authorized agency, for construction, land use, or the alteration of land.

Development regulations

The controls placed on development or land use activities by a county or city, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline master programs, official controls, planned unit development ordinances, subdivision ordinances, and binding site plan ordinances together with any amendments thereto.

Diagnostic imaging centers

Establishments engaged in producing images of a patient on referral from a health practitioner. Example establishments include computer tomography centers, medical radiological laboratories, dental or medical X-ray laboratories, ultrasound imaging centers, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) centers. Includes land uses specified in NAICS Industry Group No. 621512.

Director

“The director” refers to the community development director or their designee.

Dripline boundary

The circle that can be drawn on the ground below a tree directly under its outermost branch tips.

Drive-in business establishment

A business establishment where customers are permitted or encouraged, either by the design of physical facilities or by service and/or parking area accessory to the building, to remain seated in their motor vehicles while conducting business.

Drive-thru

A type of service provided by a business that allows customers to purchase products without leaving their cars.

Driveway

A private road giving access from a public way to a building or abutting grounds.

Drug store or pharmacy

An establishment engaged in the retail sale of prescription drugs, nonprescription medicines, and miscellaneous health, beauty, household and similar articles.

Dwelling unit

A single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Dwelling unit type

Categories of residential structures, including: (A) single-family dwelling units; (B) multifamily dwelling units; and (C) duplex dwelling units.

Dwelling unit, accessory

A separate living unit attached to or contained within the structure of the primary dwelling unit or detached from the primary dwelling unit, but located on the same lot, and which includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Dwelling unit, attached

Any residential building structurally connected by any structural members or wall, excluding decks, patios, fences, arbors and similar features; and containing three or more attached units that may include triplexes, fourplexes, apartments, townhouses, condominiums, and the like.

Dwelling unit, detached

A detached residential structure having a permanent foundation, containing one dwelling unit.

Dwelling unit, duplex

A structure containing not more than two attached dwelling units. The units must share a common wall with the adjacent unit that extends from foundation to roof, or a common floor/ceiling. This definition does not include single-family dwellings within an approved accessory dwelling unit.

(Ord. 033/2022 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 013/2019 § 2)