“Day care” means the provision of human services including but not limited to meals, recreation, education and socialization to children and/or adults for a part of the day.

“Dedication” means the deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for any general and public uses, reserving to the owner no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted. The owner shall demonstrate intention to dedicate by presenting a final plat, short plat or deed for filing, which shows all dedication(s) thereon; and the acceptance by the public shall be evidenced by the approval of such plat or deed by the filing and recording by the city.

“Development” means any human-caused 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.

“Development regulations” means the controls placed on development or land use activities by the 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. A development regulation does not include a decision to approve a project permit application, as defined in RCW 36.70B.020, even though the decision may be expressed in a resolution or ordinance of the legislative body of the city.

“Director” means the community development director or the public works director, as specified in the applicable regulation.

“Disabled” means possessing a handicap, as defined in the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988 or as amended.

“Dripline” means a circle which could be drawn on the soil around a tree directly under the tips of its outermost branches.

“DSHS” means the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

“Dwelling unit” means 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, accessory” means an additional room or set of rooms secondary to a single-family structure and designed, arranged, occupied or intended to be occupied by not more than one household as living accommodations independent from any other household. An accessory dwelling unit may be within or detached from a primary single-family dwelling.

“Dwelling unit, one unit per structure, detached” means a dwelling unit surrounded on all sides by open space. “Dwelling unit, one unit per structure, detached” means the same thing as “single-family dwelling unit” and “single-family residence.”

“Dwelling unit, three or more units per structure” means a dwelling unit located in a structure containing three or more dwelling units. “Dwelling unit, three or more units per structure” means the same thing as “multifamily dwelling unit,” “multifamily residence” and “apartment.”

“Dwelling unit, two units per structure” means a dwelling unit located in a structure containing two dwelling units. “Dwelling unit, two units per structure” means the same thing as “duplex.” A single-family dwelling containing an accessory dwelling unit shall not be interpreted as a duplex. (Ord. 2171 § 3 (Exh. C), 2015; Ord. 2043 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010; Ord. 1946 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1691 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1628 § 1, 1996).