A.
Cemetery. Burial grounds for the interment of the dead. This classification includes columbarium and mausoleum but does not include crematory or mortuary.
B.
Club and Lodge. Meeting, recreational, or social facility of a private or nonprofit organization primarily for use by members or guests. This classification includes union hall, social club, youth center, and bingo hall as governed by Chapter 5.22 PMC.
C.
College, Public or Private. Institution of higher education providing curriculum of a general, religious, or professional nature and that typically grants recognized degrees.
D.
Convalescent Facility. An establishment providing care on a 24-hour basis for seven or more persons requiring regular medical attention, but excluding facilities providing surgical or emergency medical services.
E.
Cultural Institution. Nonprofit institution displaying or preserving objects of interest in the arts or sciences. This classification includes library, museum, and art gallery.
F.
Day Care, General. Nonresidential facility providing nonmedical care and protection for individuals on a less than 24-hour basis. This classification includes nursery school, preschool, and day care center for children or adults, but does not include large or small day care home.
G.
Detention Facility. Publicly owned and operated facility providing housing, care, and supervision for persons confined by law.
H.
Disposal Facility. A facility that involves any placement of waste (including without limitation hazardous waste as defined in PMC § 18.84.455) in or on the land. A sanitary landfill is a disposal facility.
I.
Emergency Shelter. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 50801(e), "emergency shelter" shall be defined as housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six or fewer months by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
J.
Government Office. Administrative, clerical, or public contact office of a federal, state or local government agency, including postal facilities, together with incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.
K.
Hazardous Waste Facility. All contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal or recycling of hazardous waste, and includes an expansion of a hazardous waste facility.
1.
Land Disposal Facility. Facility that involves any placement of hazardous waste in or on the land. (Health and Safety Code Section 25179.2(c).)
2.
On-Site Facility. Facility at which a hazardous waste is produced and which is owned by, leased to, or under the control of the producer of the waste. (Health and Safety Code Section 25117.12.)
3.
Residual Repository. Disposal facility that accepts only the solid residues resulting from the treatment of hazardous wastes in accordance with standards established pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 25179.6, or that accepts hazardous organic waste that is stabilized, solidified or encapsulated.
4.
Single-User Off-Site Facility. Off-site facility (see Health and Safety Code Section 25117.11) that serves only one producer. A single-user off-site facility may accept waste from more than one location, provided each location is owned by, leased to or under the control of the same producer.
5.
Specified Hazardous Waste Facility. Off-site facility (see Health and Safety Code Section 25117.11) that serves more than one producer of hazardous waste. (Health and Safety Code Section 25199.1(m).)
6.
Transfer Facility. Off-site facility that is related to the transportation of hazardous waste, including, but not limited to, loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation. (Health and Safety Code Section 25123.3(a)(3).)
L.
Heliport. Pad and related facilities for takeoffs and landings by helicopter.
M.
Hospital. Facility providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons, primarily on an inpatient basis. This classification includes incidental facilities for out-patient treatment, as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees.
N.
Maintenance and Service Facility. Facility providing maintenance and repair services for public and utility vehicles and equipment, and materials storage areas. This classification includes corporation yard, equipment service center, and similar facility.
O.
Military Installation. Facility for housing and maintaining federal or state military operations.
P.
Park and Recreation Facility. Playground, tot lot, linear park, bicycle or pedestrian path or trail, sports field, athletic court, public garden and similar areas available for use for recreational purposes, excluding a facility used for commercial recreation and entertainment.
Q.
Public Parking Facility. Off-street parking facility, including surface parking or parking structure, for the temporary parking of automobiles by the general public.
R.
Public Safety Facility. Facility for public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection and emergency ambulance service.
S.
Public Transit Terminal. Public or publicly regulated facility for passenger transit service and operations. This includes rapid transit station, passenger train depot, bus or ferry terminal, and park-and-ride lot.
T.
Religious Assembly. Facility for religious worship and incidental religious education, but not including private school.
U.
Residential Care, Protective. Twenty-four-hour nonmedical care for seven or more persons, including wards of the juvenile court, in need of personal services, supervision, protection or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living. This classification includes only those services and facilities licensed by the state.
V.
School, Public or Private. Education institution, attendance at which satisfies the compulsory education laws of the state.
W.
Utility, Major. Power generating plant, substation, refuse collection facility, water reservoir, water or wastewater treatment plant, or similar facility of a public agency or public utility, but not including any city facility. A structure that may have a significant effect on surrounding uses is regulated under this classification.
X.
Utility, Minor. Public utility that is necessary to support legally established uses and involves only minor facilities or structures such as drainage channel, aqueduct, small sewer or water pump station or substation, aboveground distribution or transmission lines including service for telephone or cable television, or underground water, sewer, drainage, gas, electricity, telephone, or related utility lines.
Y.
Wireless Telecommunications Facility. Facility that transmits or receives electromagnetic signals for cellular phone technology, personal communication services, enhanced specialized mobile services and paging systems. Such facilities include antennas and related equipment used in the transmission or receipt of communication signals, such as towers, poles or similar support structures, and equipment cabinets or buildings. This classification excludes radio towers and television towers.
Z.
Yacht Club. Private social club which may include a club house, private berthing for club members, tie-up visitor docking, on-site parking for automobiles and boat trailers, and dry storage for members' boats. This classification excludes facilities offering berthing or storage of boats for commercial purposes.
(Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 1026 §§ 3, 4, 1991; Ord. 05-1257 § 4, 2005; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. B), 2007; Ord. 12-1356 § 3, 2012)