A senior citizen is a person who occupies a dwelling unit where either the person or the person's spouse is sixty-two years of age or older at the commencement of any month.

A low income senior citizen shall be a senior whose income, combined with the income of the spouse, if any, for the calendar year preceding was fifteen thousand dollars or less.

A disabled person is a person who occupies a dwelling unit and who qualifies for special parking privileges under RCW 46.16.381(1)(a) through (f) or a blind person as defined in RCW 74.18.020(4) or developmentally disabled as defined in RCW 71A.10.020(2) or a mentally ill person as defined in RCW 71.05.020(1).

A low income disabled person shall be a disabled person whose income, combined with the income of the spouse, if any, for the calendar year preceding was fifteen thousand dollars or less.

Combined income shall be the income from all sources; provided, that only two-thirds of any social security benefits, two-thirds of any retirement pension and two-thirds of disablement benefits and the full amount of any other income shall be considered as income for the purpose of this section; and provided further, that the gain realized by any person from the sale, transfer, or upon being displaced from his or her residence shall not be considered as income for the purpose of this section, if reinvested in a replacement residence within eighteen months of its realization.

Determination of eligibility shall be made by the city clerk-treasurer based upon the annual statement of the low income senior citizen or disabled person or any other reasonable and verifiable means at the discretion of the city clerk-treasurer. (Ord. 2027, § 1, 2017; Ord. 1151, § 1, 1994.)