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"School" means a structure and accessory facilities in which prescribed courses are taught. This definition includes elementary, intermediate, junior high and high schools, but does not include vocational schools.

School, Vocational. "Vocational school" means the commercial use of a structure or land for teaching the arts, crafts, or trades.

"Second hand store" means a retail business that primarily sells used goods such as clothing, household items, books, furniture, appliances and other merchandise not generally considered to be antiques. Also see "antique store."

"Service station with mini-mart" means a facility which combines elements of a convenience store and a gas station. Convenience food items are sold in addition to gasoline and other car products; gas pumps are primarily or completely self-service; does not include minor repair services.

"Service station without mini-mart" means a facility to supply motor fuel and other petroleum products to motor vehicles, including lubrication, and may provide minor repair service and incidental sales of motor vehicle accessories.

"Setback" means the minimum horizontal distance required from the property line to the wall line of a building or structure, except where otherwise specified by this title.

"Sight screen" means a continuous wall, fence, or hedge or combination thereof which obscures vision through eighty percent or more of the screened area.

Sign. See specific sign definitions in Chapter 10.38.

"Sign manufacturing and assembly" means the design, manufacturing, and assembly of metal-cased, thermo-formed, wooden, stone, neon, internally lit, or electronic signs.

"Social card room" means a commercial facility, or a portion thereof, open to the general public, in which house-banked social card games are played, as that term is defined by RCW 9.46.0282 (or as the same may be subsequently amended hereafter), or in which other activities occur that constitute gambling and are authorized by the Washington State Gambling Commission under RCW 9.46.070 (or as the same may be subsequently amended hereafter), to the extent that said activities include any gambling activity engaging in the use of, or associated with, slot machines (whether mechanical or electronic) or any gambling activity engaging in the use of, or associated with, any other electronic mechanism including video terminals.

"Solid waste drop box site" means a location for the placement of a drop box facility for disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials.

"Solid waste transfer station" means a permanent, fixed location for the disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials for transport to a waste handling facility.

Storage Facilities, Bulk. "Bulk storage facilities" means either enclosed or outdoor areas designed for the storage of either large quantities of materials or materials of large size. Includes the storage of vehicles when such storage is not incidental and subordinate to another land use and is not vehicle parking or storage, automotive wrecking/dismantling yards, vehicle sales lots, or agriculturally related industry.

Storage Facilities, Commercial. "Commercial storage facilities" means enclosed storage areas designated as support facilities for commercial activities and used for the storage of retail materials.

Storage Facilities, Self-Service. "Self-service storage facilities" means a commercial facility containing compartmentalized stalls, lockers, or screened outside area designed or used exclusively for storing personal property and/or recreational vehicles with no commercial storage authorized.

Story, Building. "Building 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 such floor and the ceiling next above it shall be considered a story.

"Street" means a public or private right-of-way which affords principal means of access to abutting property.

"Structural alterations" means any change in the supporting members of a building such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, floor or roof joints, girders or rafters, or changes in the roof or exterior lines or configuration of a structure if such change results in the enlargement of the structure.

"Structure" means anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, but not including fences or walls used as fences six feet or less in height. (Ord. 2065, § 2 (Exh. A), 2019; Ord. 2046, § 2 (Exh. A), 2018; Ord. 1634, § 209, 2004.)