7.24.020 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter 7.24:
"Department" means the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections or its successor.
"Domestic violence" has the meaning defined in RCW 26.50.010 as amended.
"Director" means the Director of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections
or the Director's designee.
"Family or household members" has the meaning defined in RCW 26.50.010 as amended.
"Hearing Examiner" means the official appointed by the Council and designated as the
Hearing Examiner, or that person's designee (Deputy Hearing Examiner, Hearing Examiner
Pro Tem, etc.).
"Housing costs" means rent as defined by chapter 59.18 RCW.
"Immediate family" means spouses, domestic partners, former spouses, former domestic
partners, adult persons related by marriage, siblings, persons 16 years of age or
older who are presently residing together or who have resided together in the past
and who have or have had a dating relationship, and persons who have a parent-child
relationship, including parents, stepparents, grandparents, adoptive parents, guardians,
foster parents, or custodians of minors. For purposes of this definition, "dating
relationship" means a social relationship of a romantic nature. Factors a court may
consider in determining the existence of a dating relationship include: (a) the length
of time the relationship has existed; (b) the nature of the relationship; and (c)
the frequency of interaction between the parties.
"Intimate partner" has the meaning defined in RCW 26.50.010 as amended. For purposes
of this definition, "dating relationship" has the meaning defined in RCW 26.50.010
as amended.