Chapter 21.55
“L” TERMS

Sections:

21.55.005    Repealed.

21.55.007    Local public facilities.

21.55.010    Lot.

21.55.020    Lot area.

21.55.030    Lot depth.

21.55.040    Lot line.

21.55.050    Lot width.

21.55.060    Landslide hazard area and earth subsidence.

21.55.005 Lattice tower.

Repealed by Ord. 3845. [Ord. 3099 § 8, 1996].

21.55.007 Local public facilities.

Local public facilities mean any community facilities operated by a unit of local, state or federal government (or by a third party on behalf of a unit of local, state or federal government) primarily sited, designed, constructed, and operated for the purpose of providing public health, safety and welfare services to the immediate area or neighborhood in which the facilities are sited. Local public facilities include, but are not limited to: police stations, fire stations, branch libraries, bus-stop shelters, electrical substations, water pump stations, community clubhouses, parks and recreation special use areas, branch administrative offices of a governmental entity, and associated storage and maintenance buildings and yards. [Ord. 3723 § 1, 2009; Ord. 3679 § 2, 2008; Ord. 3353 § 16, 2001].

21.55.010 Lot.

Lot means a single tract of land legally created as a separate building site with frontage on a street or access easement. For purposes of this code, adjoining lots under common ownership, which were created without subdivision or short subdivision approval from applicable city or county governments, shall be considered as one lot and subject to the regulations contained herein. The terms of this section shall apply regardless of whether the individual adjoining lots meet current zoning requirements. (See also, Corner Lot, Flag Lot, Interior Lot, and Irregular Lot.)

21.55.020 Lot area.

Lot area means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot. Lot area shall normally exclude any street rights-of-way and access easements. If additional right-of-way has been required in accordance with the provisions of ECDC 18.80.010, note 4, as the same exists or is hereafter amended, lot area shall be calculated to include the additional right-of-way required over and above the standard established by that section. [Ord. 2713, 1989].

21.55.030 Lot depth.

Lot depth means the depth of the lot measured on a line approximately perpendicular to the fronting street and midway between the sidelines of the lot.

21.55.040 Lot line.

Lot line means any line enclosing the lot area. (See also, Rear Lot Line, Side Lot Line, and Street Lot Line.)

21.55.050 Lot width.

Lot width identifies the minimum diameter of a lot width circle that must fit within a lot. This circle establishes that at least some portion of a lot must be at least as wide as the minimum lot width. The lot width circle shall not include Type 1 streams, Type 2 streams, Class 1 wetlands, and/or Class 2 wetlands. Examples showing the application of lot width circles are illustrated below.

[Ord. 3346 § 1, 2001].

21.55.060 Landslide hazard area and earth subsidence.

Those areas identified in the Roger Lowe Associates, Inc. report as on file with the city clerk and the accompanying landslide hazard map as having a greater than zero percent probability of landslide or subsidence hazard. [Ord. 2445 § 2, 1984].