12.32.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
A. “Address” means a combination of a number, a street name and, when necessary, a unit number that is assigned to a parcel, structure or unit within a structure, and is unique to it, to indicate its location.
B. “Adjoining” means having a common boundary for at least twenty-five feet.
C. “Alley” means a public vehicle way, named or unnamed, providing secondary access to the rear of property that faces a street.
D. “Building” means any structure used or intended for sheltering or supporting any use or occupancy.
E. Building, principal. “Principal building” means a building that’s large enough or used in such a way that, in the community development department’s judgment, it requires a separate address. Mobile homes are principal buildings.
F. “Division of land” means the division of any real property into two or more parcels.
G. “Driveway” means a vehicle way that provides access, primarily for the occupants, from a street into a lot and that:
1. Has a ramp for its entrance from the street; or
2. Is small enough or of such a character that addresses along it would be clearer if they used the name of the street from which the way provides access.
H. “Lot” means a parcel of real property.
I. “Property owner” means the person, firm, corporation or partnership that the latest county tax assessment roll shows as the owner or long-term lessee of a particular lot.
J. “Street” means a right-of-way providing vehicular access to abutting property.
K. Street, city. “City street” means a street that has been accepted by the council for public purposes. A public street.
L. Street, continuous. “Continuous street” means a street along which there are no major changes in general direction, no barriers that block all through traffic, no intersections where the street appears to end, and no radical changes in the street’s character.
M. Street, private. “Private street” means any street that is not owned by the city.
N. “Street segment” means a linear portion of a street, sometimes including the whole street.
O. “Structure” means anything assembled or constructed on the ground, or attached to anything with a foundation on the ground. This includes mobile homes and manufactured housing regardless of their method of attachment. (Ord. 919 § 1 (part), 1982: prior code § 9963)