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“Urban growth” means growth that makes intensive use of land for the location of buildings, structures and impermeable surfaces to such a degree as to be incompatible with the primary use of such land for the production of food, other agricultural products, or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources.

“Urban growth areas” means those areas designated by a county pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110.

“Use” or “land use” means an activity occurring on an area of land.

“Use, accessory” means a use incidental and subordinate to the principal use and located on the same lot or in the same building as the principal use.

“Use, conditional” means a use requiring approval by a permit under the criteria in Chapter 12.28 BMC.

“Use, essential” means that use for the preservation or promotion of which the use zone was created, and to which all other permitted uses are subordinate.

“Use, nonconforming.” See “Nonconforming use.”

“Use, permitted” means any use authorized or permitted alone or in conjunction with another use in a specified zone and subject to the limitations of the regulations of such zone.

“Use, primary or principal” means the use for which a lot, structure or building, or the major portion thereof, is designed or actually employed.

“Use, secondary, incidental or accessory” means a minor or secondary use for which a lot, structure or building is designed or employed in conjunction with, but subordinate to its primary use.

“Utilities” means electrical, natural gas, potable water, storm water, waste water and telecommunications conveyance, collection and distribution systems. (Ord. 1946 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1691 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1628 § 1, 1996).