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"Marine terminal" means a water-dependent transportation facility furnishing services incidental to barge, marine shipping and other marine vessels. "Railyard" means a complex series of railroad tracks for the assembly,storing,sorting,maintenance,or loading and unloading,of railroad cars and locomotives. Railyards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline,so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic. "Storage yard" means the use of land to store material,equipment,or vehicles,and any structures associated with the outdoor storage.This use includes bulk fuel,vehicle impound lot,bulk materials, large equipment and cargo shipping containers. "Warehouse" means a building used to store merchandise, materials or commodities. 19.04.080 Use Definitions,Public-Institutional-Quasi-Public. This section defines Uses set forth in Table 5-4 in EMC 19.05.110. "Above ground utility and communications facility,major" means a structure or improvement built or installed above ground for the purpose of providing utility services or communications services to more than one lot. Included in this definition for purposes of this title are electrical substations;water storage reservoirs or tanks or pumping stations;telephone exchanges; manmade regional drainage detention or retention facilities;natural gas regulating facilities greater than four feet in height;sewer lift stations;wireless communications facilities including personal wireless service facilities;television or radio transmission or reception towers,antennas;and other ancillary or similar facilities or structures housing utility or communications equipment or improvements as determined by the planning director.This term shall not apply to equipment and vehicle storage yards,offices and buildings used to support the operations of utility or communication service providers. "Above ground utility and communications facility,minor"means fire hydrants;amateur radio antennas or towers and television reception dishes or antennas for private residential use regulated by Section 19.39.040 of this title;utility poles carrying electrical transmission lines with fifty-five thousand volts or less of electrical power; pad-mounted switches and transformers;telephone or television cables; utility structures less than four feet in height above grade, minor above ground equipment associated with underground utility facilities,or other such similar facilities as determined by the planning director.This term shall not apply to equipment and vehicle storage yards,offices and buildings used to support the operations of utility or communication service providers. "Bicycle facilities"means improvements and provisions made to accommodate or encourage bicycling,including parking facilities(bike racks)and bikeways. "Cemetery"means land or structures dedicated for the interment of human or animal remains. "Community garden"means a site where food,ornamental crops,or trees are grown for small-scale cultivation, generally to residents of apartments and other dwelling types without private gardens. "Correctional facilities" means public or private facilities providing for the confinement of juvenile offenders,for the incarceration,confinement or detention of individuals arrested for or convicted of a crime,or for the punishment,correction and/or rehabilitation of individuals convicted of crimes whose freedom is restricted.The term "jails and correctional facilities"includes those group-care homes,Class II(as defined in this section,including subclassifications II-A II-B,and II-C)which are exempt from the provisions of the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988 and the Washington Housing Policy Act(RCW 35.63.220). "Food bank" is a place where stocks of food,typically basic provisions,are supplied free of charge to people in need, by a nonprofit or charitable organization. "Government administrative offices" means offices for federal,state,county,city or other governmental,public utility,school district,or quasi-public agencies where staff of such agencies are employed in the administration of Ch.19.04 Definitions 17 City Council Action(11/04/2020)