Abandonment

To cease operation for a period of 12 or more consecutive months.

Abate

To repair, replace, remove, destroy or otherwise remedy a condition which constitutes a Code Violation by such means, in such a manner, and to such an extent as the Director determines is necessary in the interest of the general health, safety and welfare of the community and the environment. (Ord. 406 § 1, 2006).

Abut

To physically touch or border upon; or to share a common property line but not overlap.

Access

A way or means of approach to provide vehicular or pedestrian physical entrance to a property.

Access Point

The location of the intersection of a highway or street or driveway with a street.

Access Tract

A piece of real property jointly owned by the fee owners or more than one lot which abuts the tract and which is intended to provide ingress, egress or utility access.

Accessory Structure

A structure detached from a principal building located on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.

Accessory Use

A use of land or building or portion thereof customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with the principal use.

Acre

A measure of land area containing 43,560 square feet.

Adult Cabaret

Any commercial premises, including any cabaret premises, to which any member of the public is invited or admitted and where an entertainer provides live adult entertainment to any member of the public.

Adult Entertainment

A.    Any exhibition, performance or dance of any type conducted in a premises where such exhibition, performance, or dance involves a person who is unclothed or in such costume, attire, or clothing as to expose any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, or wearing any device or covering exposed to view which simulates the appearance of any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered; or

B.    Any exhibition, performance or dance of any type conducted in a premises where such exhibition, performance or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on the depiction, description, simulation or relation to the following specified sexual activities:

1.    Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal,

2.    Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy, or

3.    Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks or female breasts; or

C.    Any exhibition, performance or dance which is intended to sexually stimulate any member of the public and which is conducted on a regular basis or as a substantial part of the activity on the premises. This includes, but is not limited to, any such exhibition, performance or dance performed for, arranged with, or engaged in with fewer than all members of the public on the premises at the time, and which is commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, lap dancing, private dancing and straddle dancing.

Adult Use Facility

An enterprise predominately involved in the selling, renting or presenting for commercial purposes of books, magazines, motion pictures, films, video cassettes, digital video discs (DVDs), goods, products, clothing, novelties, cable television, live entertainment, performance or activity distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on the depiction, simulation or relation to “specified sexual activities” as defined for observation or use by patrons therein or off-premises. Examples of such facilities include, but are not limited to, adult retail sales, book or video stores, and establishments offering panoramas, peep shows or topless or nude dancing.

Adverse Impact

A condition that creates, imposes, aggravates, or leads to inadequate, unsafe, or unhealthy conditions on a site proposed for development or on off-tract property or facilities.

Alley

A service roadway providing a primary or secondary means of automobile, service vehicle or emergency vehicle access to abutting property and not intended for primary traffic or pedestrian circulation.

Amenity

A natural or created feature that enhances the aesthetic quality, visual appeal, or makes more attractive or satisfying a particular property, place, or area.

American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

A 1990 Federal law designed to bring disabled Americans into the economic mainstream by providing them equal access to jobs, transportation, public facilities, and services.

Annexation

The incorporation of a land area into an existing community with a resulting change in the boundaries of that community.

Antenna

A device used to capture an incoming and/or to transmit an outgoing radio-frequency signal. Antennas include, but are not limited to, the following types: omni-directional (or “whip”), directional (or “panel”), parabolic (or “dish”), and ancillary antennas (antennas not directly used to provide wireless telecommunication services).

Appeal Authority

The hearing body that is authorized to conduct a hearing and issue a decision on an administrative appeal.

Appellant

A person, organization, association or other similar group who files a complete and timely appeal of a City decision.

Applicant

A person who is the owner of the subject property, or the authorized representative of the owner of the subject property, and who has applied for a permit.

Applicant Control Persons

All partners, corporate officers and directors and any other individuals in the applicant’s business organization who hold a significant interest in the panoram business, based on responsibility for management or control of the panoram business, regardless of whether such person’s name appears on corporate filings, license applications, or other official documents of the applicant.

Base Flood

The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. Also referred to as the “100-year flood.”

Base Flood Elevation

The water surface elevation of the base flood in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

Basement

Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.

Bed and Breakfast

Overnight accommodations and a morning meal in a dwelling unit provided to transients for compensation.

Beehive

A structure designed to contain one colony of honey bees (Apis mellifera).

Best Management Practices (BMPs)

A system of practices and management measures that minimize adverse impacts to an identified resource.

BMP Manual

(Repealed by Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Billboard

A sign, including both the supporting structural framework and attached billboard faces, used principally for advertising a business activity, use, product, or service unrelated to the primary use or activity of the property on which the billboard is located; excluding off-premises directional, or temporary real estate signs.

Binding Site Plan

A plan drawn to scale, which identifies and shows the areas and locations of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities, open spaces, critical areas, parking areas, landscaped areas, surveyed topography, water bodies and drainage features and building envelopes.

Biologist

A person who has earned at least a Bachelor of Science degree in the biological sciences from an accredited college or university or who has equivalent educational training and experience.

Bond

A surety bond, cash deposit, escrow account assignment of savings, irrevocable letter of credit or other means acceptable to, or required by, the Director to guarantee work is in compliance with all applicable requirements.

Buffer

A designated area contiguous to a steep slope or landslide hazard area intended to protect slope stability, attenuation of surface water flows and landslide hazards or a designated area contiguous to a stream or wetland intended to protect the stream or wetland and be an integral part of the stream or wetland ecosystem.

Buildable Area

The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and open space requirements of the Development Code have been met, not including critical areas and their buffers.

Building

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials of any kind.

Building Coverage

The ratio of the horizontal area measured from the exterior surface of the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot to the total lot area.

Building Scale

The relationship of a particular building, in terms of building mass, to other nearby and adjacent buildings.

Caliper

American Nursery and Landscape Association standard for measurement of the diameter of a tree trunk. Caliper of the trunk shall be measured six inches above the ground.

Camouflaged, Wireless Telecommunication Facility

A wireless telecommunication facility that is disguised, hidden, or integrated with an existing structure that is not a monopole, guyed, or lattice tower, or placed within an existing or proposed structure.

Card Room

(Repealed by Ord. 258 § 2, 2000).

Cattery

A place where adult cats are temporarily boarded for compensation, whether or not for training. An adult cat is of either sex, altered or unaltered, that has reached the age of six months.

Cemetery

Property used for the interring of the dead.

Certified Arborist

A person or firm with specialized knowledge of the horticultural requirements of trees, certified by the International Society of Arborculture or the National Arborist Association.

Church, Synagogue or Temple

A place where religious services are conducted, and including accessory uses in the primary or accessory buildings such as religious education, reading rooms, assembly rooms, and residences for nuns and clergy. This definition does not include facilities for training of religious orders.

City

City of Shoreline, Washington.

City Council

The City of Shoreline City Council.

Clearing

The limbing, pruning, trimming, topping, cutting or removal of vegetation or other organic plant matter by physical, mechanical, chemical or other means.

Clerk

The City of Shoreline employee or agent appointed by the Mayor as licensing official.

Coastal High Hazard Area

An area of special flood hazard extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast and any other area subject to high velocity wave action from storms or seismic sources. The area is designated on the FIRM as zone V1-V30, VE, or V.

Code Violation

An act or omission contrary to:

A.    Any ordinance of the City, or State or Federal laws that regulate or protect the public health or the use and development of land or water, whether or not such law or ordinance is codified; and/or

B.    The conditions of any permit, notice and order or stop work order issued pursuant to any such law or ordinance.

Co-location, Wireless Telecommunication Facility

The use of a single support structure and/or site by more than one wireless communications provider.

Community Residential Facility (CRF)

Living quarters meeting applicable Federal and State standards that function as a single housekeeping unit and provide supportive services, including but not limited to counseling, rehabilitation and medical supervision, excluding drug and alcohol detoxification which is classified as health services. CRFs are further classified as follows:

A.     CRF-I – Nine to 10 residents and staff;

B.     CRF-II – Eleven or more residents and staff.

If staffed by nonresident staff, each 24 staff hours per day equals one full-time residing staff member for purposes of subclassifying CRFs. CRFs shall not include Secure Community Transitional Facilities (SCTF). (Ord. 515 § 1, 2008).

Conditional Use

A use permitted in a particular zoning district upon showing that such use in a specified location will comply with all the conditions and standards for the location or operation of the use as specified in the Development Code and authorized by the approving agency.

Conditional Use Permit (CUP)

A permit by the approving agency stating that the conditional use meets all conditions set forth in local ordinances.

Condominium

A building, or group of buildings, in which dwelling units, offices, or floor area are owned individually, and the structure, common areas, and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis.

Conference Center

An establishment developed primarily as a meeting facility, including only facilities for recreation, overnight lodging, and related activities provided for conference participants.

Consultant, Qualified

A person who is licensed to practice in the professional field of the requested consultation or who has equivalent educational training and at least four years of professional experience.

Contiguous

Next to, abutting, or touching and having a boundary, or portion thereof, in common.

Contract Rezone

A concomitant agreement between the City and applicant, subject to development conditions, designed to achieve consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and to mitigate potential impacts of the rezone and resulting development.

Corridor, Transportation

A transportation corridor is a significant arterial or highway which is the primary route for inter-community travel in a metropolitan area or region. Transportation corridors typically accommodate a high percentage or regional commercial and mass transit use.

Corridor, Wildlife or Open Space

Wildlife or open space corridor are a series of undeveloped or minimally developed, interconnected public and private lands that supports the successful function of existing natural systems, provide opportunities for passive and active recreation (where appropriate), and enhances opportunities for wildlife mobility.

Corridor, Wireless Telecommunication Facility

A linear strip of land through the City, usually having a major street, road or other type of right-of-way running through its spine or center. A “communications corridor” represents a high-volume traffic facility (e.g., I-5) along which are found several personal wireless service facilities.

Cottage

(Repealed by Ord. 462 § 1, 2007).

Cottage Housing

(Repealed by Ord. 408 § 1, 2006).

Critical Areas

An area with one or more of the following environmental characteristics:

A.    Geologic hazard areas, included but not limited to:

1.    Landslide hazard areas,

2.    Seismic hazard areas, and

3.    Erosion hazard areas;

B.    Flood hazard areas;

C.    Stream areas;

D.    Aquifer recharge areas;

E.    Wetlands; and

F.    Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas. (Ord. 398 § 1, 2006; Ord. 352 § 1, 2004).

Critical Drainage Area

(Repealed by Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Crosswalkway

A right-of-way dedicated to public use, 10 feet or more in width, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.

Cul-de-sac

The bulb shaped turnaround at the end of a dead-end street.

Curb

A cement, concrete or other improved boundary designed to delineate the edge of the street and to separate the vehicular portion from that provided for pedestrians.

Daycare

An establishment for group care of nonresident adults or children.

A.    Daycare shall include adult daycare centers and the following:

1.    Adult daycare, such as adult day health centers or social daycare as defined by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services;

2.    Nursery schools for children under minimum age for education in public schools;

3.    Privately conducted kindergartens or pre-kindergartens when not a part of a public or parochial school; and

4.    Programs covering after-school care for school children.

B.    Daycare establishments are subclassified as follows:

1.    Daycare I – a maximum of 12 adults or children in any 24-hour period; and

2.    Daycare II – over 12 adults or children in any 24-hour period.

Decision Making Authority

The Director, City Council, or other entity created by the Council of the City to hear and decide applications as identified in the Development Code of the City.

Dedication

A conveyance of land by the owner of the land to some public use through a clause or covenant in a deed or some other instrument of conveyance or a duly filed plat.

Deed

A legal document conveying ownership of real property.

Density

The number of families, individuals, dwelling units, households, or housing structures per unit of land.

Density, Base

The base density is a number calculated by multiplying the site area (in acres) by the applicable number of dwelling units.

Department

Planning and Development Services Department.

Design

The appearance of a structure including such features as material, color, and shape.

Design Standards

A set of guidelines defining parameters to be followed in site and/or building design and development.

Developer

The person or entity who owns or holds purchase options or other development control over property for which development activity is proposed.

Development

The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure; any mining, clearing, or grading; changes to surface or ground waters; or any use, change of use, or extension of the use of land. (Ord. 324 § 1, 2003).

Deviation to the Engineering Standards

A mechanism to allow the City to grant an adjustment or exception to the application of engineering standards. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Diameter/Diameter-breast-height (d.b.h.)

The diameter of any tree trunk, measured at four and one-half feet above average grade. For species of trees whose normal growth habit is characterized by multiple stems (e.g., hazelnut, vine maple) diameter shall mean the average diameter of all stems of the tree, measured at a point six inches from the point where the stems digress from the main trunk. In no case shall a branch more than six inches above average grade be considered a stem. For the purposes of Code enforcement, if a tree has been removed and only the stump remains, the size of the tree shall be diameter of the top of the stump.

Director

Planning and Development Services Director. (Ord. 406 § 1, 2006).

Dripline

An area encircling the base of a tree, the minimum extent of which is delineated by a vertical line extending from the outer limit of a tree’s branch tips down to the ground.

Driveway

A privately maintained access to a single residential, commercial or industrial property.

Driveway, Shared

A jointly owned and maintained tract or easement serving two properties.

Dwelling, Apartment

A building containing three or more dwelling units that may be located one over the other in a multi-unit configuration.

Dwelling, Duplex

A house containing two individual single-family dwelling units that are separated from each other by one-hour fire wall or floor but not including approved accessory dwelling unit.

Dwelling, Multifamily

Multifamily dwellings include: townhouses, apartments, mixed use buildings, single-family attached, and two or more duplexes. (Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Dwelling, Single-Family Attached

A building containing three or more dwelling units attached by common vertical wall(s), such as townhouse(s). Single-family attached dwellings shall not have units located one over another. (Ord. 469 § 1, 2007).

Dwelling, Single-Family Detached

A house containing one dwelling unit that is not attached to any other dwelling, except approved accessory dwelling unit.

Dwelling, Townhouse

A one-family dwelling in a row of at least three such units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more vertical common fire-resistant walls. Townhomes may be located on a separate (fee simple) lot or several units may be located on a common parcel. Townhomes are considered single-family attached dwellings or multifamily dwellings.

Dwelling Unit

Residential living facility, used, intended or designed to provide physically segregated complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including living, sleeping, cooking and sanitation facilities. A dwelling unit is to be distinguished from lodging, such as hotel/motel or dormitory. (Ord. 391 § 4, 2005; Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Early Notice

The City’s response to an applicant stating whether it considers issuance of a determination of significance likely for the applicant’s proposal (mitigated determination of non significance (DNS) procedures).

Easement

A grant by the property owner of the use of a strip of land by the public, corporation or persons for specific purposes.

Egress

An exit.

Elevation

A.    A vertical distance above or below a fixed reference level;

B.    A fully dimensioned drawing of the front, rear, or side of a building showing features such as windows, doors, and relationship of grade to floor level.

Emergency

A situation which requires immediate action to prevent or eliminate an immediate threat to the health or safety of persons, property, or the environment.

Engineer

A professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of Washington.

Engineer, City

City Engineer having authorities specified in State law or authorized representative.

Enhancement

An action which increases the functions and values of a stream, wetland or other sensitive area or buffer.

Equipment Enclosure, Wireless Telecommunication Facility

A small structure, shelter, cabinet, or vault used to house and protect the electronic equipment necessary for processing wireless communications signals. Associated equipment may include air conditioning and emergency generators.

Erosion

The wearing away of the land surface by running water, wind, ice, or other geological agents, including such processes as gravitational creep. Also, detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Erosion Hazard Areas

Those areas in the City of Shoreline underlain by soils which are subject to severe erosion when disturbed. Such soils include, but are not limited to, those classified as having a severe to very severe erosion hazard according to the USDA Soil Conservation Service, the 1973 King County Soils Survey or any subsequent revisions or addition by or to these sources. These soils include, but are not limited to, any occurrence of River Wash (Rh) or Coastal Beaches (Cb) and the following when they occur on slopes 15 percent or steeper:

A.    The Alderwood gravely sandy loam (AgD);

B.    The Alderwood and Kitsap soils (AkF);

C.    The Beausite gravely sandy loam (BeD and BeF);

D.    The Kitsap silt loam (KpD);

E.    The Ovall gravely loam (OvD and OvF);

F.    The Ragnar fine sandy loam (RaD); and

G.    The Ragnar-Indianola Association (RdE).

Excessive Pruning

Pruning more than four years of branch growth, unless necessary to restore the vigor of the tree or to protect life and property.

Facade

The front or face of a building emphasized architecturally.

Family

An individual; two or more persons related by blood or marriage, a group of up to eight persons who may or may not be related, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group living arrangement where eight or fewer residents receive supportive services such as counseling, foster care, or medical supervision at the dwelling unit by resident or nonresident staff. For purposes of this definition, minors living with a parent shall not be counted as part of the maximum number of residents.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Floodway

The channel of the stream and that portion of the adjoining floodplain which is necessary to contain and discharge the base flood flow without increasing the base flood elevation more than one foot.

Fence

A barrier for the purpose of enclosing space or separating lots, composed of:

A.    Masonry or concrete walls, excluding retaining walls; or

B.    Wood, metal or concrete posts connected by boards, rails, panels, wire or mesh.

Flood

The temporary overflowing of water onto land that is usually devoid of surface water.

Flood Fringe

That portion of the floodplain outside of the zero-rise floodway which is covered by floodwaters during the base flood, generally associated with standing water rather than rapidly flowing water.

Flood Hazard Areas

Those areas in the City of Shoreline subject to inundation by the base flood including, but not limited to, streams, lakes, wetlands and closed depressions.

Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)

The official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated some areas of flood hazard.

Flood Insurance Study for King County

The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration which includes flood profiles and the flood insurance rate map.

Flood Protection Elevation

An elevation which is one foot above the base flood elevation.

Floodplain

The total area subject to inundation by the base flood.

Floodproofing

Adaptations which will make a structure that is below the flood protection elevation substantially impermeable to the passage of water and resistant to hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads including the impacts of buoyancy.

Floodway

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

Floodway, Zero-rise

The channel of a stream and that portion of the adjoining floodplain which is necessary to contain and discharge the base flood flow without any measurable increase in flood height. A measurable increase in base flood height means a calculated upward rise in the base flood elevation, equal to or greater than 0.01 foot, resulting from a comparison of existing conditions and changed conditions directly attributable to development in the floodplain. This definition is broader than the FEMA floodway, but always contains the FEMA floodway.

Floor Area Ratio (FAR)

The gross floor area of all buildings or structures on a lot divided by the total lot area.

Floor Area, Gross

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or structure from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a wall separating two buildings, but excluding any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.

Franchise

A contractual agreement, under the authority of State law, between a utility and the City setting forth the Terms and conditions under which the City grants the utility authority to install and maintain facilities in the public rights-of-way.

Gambling Use

One of those gambling activities regulated by the State which involve staking or risking something of value upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under the person’s control or influence, upon an agreement or understanding that the person or someone else will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome. Gambling Uses include those uses regulated by the Washington State Horse Racing Commission and the Washington State Gambling Commission with the following exceptions as these uses are defined in Chapter 9.46 RCW:

•    Punch boards and pull tabs

•    Bingo and joint bingo games operated by bona fide not-for-profit organizations

•    Commercial amusement games

•    Raffles

•    Fund raising events

•    Business promotional contests of chance

•    Sports pools and turkey shoots

•    Golfing and bowling sweepstakes

•    Dice or coin games for music, food, or beverages

•    Fishing derbies

•    Bona fide business transactions

•    Activities regulated by the State Lottery Commission (Ord. 258 § 1, 2000).

Garbage

(Repealed by Ord. 251 § 2(B), 2000).

Geologist

A person who has earned at least a Bachelor of Science degree in the geological sciences from an accredited college or university or who has equivalent educational training and at least four years of professional experience.

Geotechnical Engineer

A practicing geotechnical/civil engineer licensed as a professional civil engineer by the State of Washington who has at least four years of professional employment as a geotechnical engineer.

Grade

A.    The average elevation of the land around a building;

B.    The percent of rise or descent of a sloping surface.

C.    Leveling or clearing land, a land disturbing activity.

Grade, Existing

The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before construction, grading, filling, or excavation.

Grading

Any excavation, filling, removing the duff layer or any combination thereof.

Groundcover

Living plants designed to grow low to the ground (generally one foot or less) and intended to stabilize soils and protect against erosion.

Guyed Tower

A monopole or lattice tower that is tied to the ground or other surface by diagonal cables.

Hardscape

Any structure or other covering on or above the ground that includes materials commonly used in building construction such as wood, asphalt and concrete, and also includes, but is not limited to, all structures, decks and patios, paving including gravel, pervious or impervious concrete and asphalt. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Hardscape Area

The total area of a lot or parcel that is covered by hardscape features and surfaces. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Hazardous Substance

A substance as defined in RCW 70.105.010.

Height, Base

The height of a structure measured from the average existing grade to the highest point of the roof.

Helistop

An area on a roof or on the ground used for the takeoff and landing of helicopters for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or cargo but not including fueling service, hangars, maintenance or overhaul facilities.

High-use Site

High-use sites are those that typically generate high concentrations of oil due to high traffic turnover or the frequent transfer of oil. High-use sites include:

A.    An area of a commercial or industrial site subject to an expected average daily traffic (ADT) count equal to or greater than 100 vehicles per 1,000 square feet of gross building area;

B.    An area of a commercial or industrial site subject to petroleum storage and transfer in excess of 1,500 gallons per year, not including routinely delivered heating oil;

C.    An area of a commercial or industrial site subject to parking, storage or maintenance of 25 or more vehicles that are over 10 tons gross weight (trucks, buses, trains, heavy equipment, etc.); or

D.    A road intersection with a measured ADT count of 25,000 vehicles or more on the main roadway and 15,000 vehicles or more on any intersecting roadway, excluding projects proposing primarily pedestrian or bicycle use improvements. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Home Industry

A limited-scale sales, service or fabrication activity undertaken for financial gain, which occurs in a dwelling unit or residential accessory building, or in a barn or other resource accessory building and is subordinate to the primary use of the premises as a residence or farm.

Home Occupation

Any activity carried out for gain by a resident and conducted as a customary, incidental, and accessory use in the resident’s dwelling unit.

Household Pets

Small animals that are kept within a dwelling unit.

Impervious Surface

A hard surface area which either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil mantle as under natural conditions prior to development. A hard surface area which causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from the flow present under natural conditions prior to development. Common impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, roof tops, walkways, patios, driveways, parking lots or storage areas, concrete or asphalt paving, gravel roads, packed earthen materials, and oiled, macadam or other surfaces which similarly impede the natural infiltration of stormwater. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Infiltration Rate

(Repealed by Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Ingress

Access or entry.

Issued

The date a recommendation or decision is mailed to the parties of record.

Junk Vehicle

A vehicle certified under RCW 46.55.230 as meeting at least three of the following requirements:

A.    Is three years old or older;

B.    Is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: A broken window or windshield or missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission;

C.    Is apparently inoperable;

D.    Has an approximate fair market value equal only to the approximate value of the scrap in it.

Kennel

A place where adult dogs are temporarily boarded for compensation, whether or not for training. An adult dog is one of either sex, altered or unaltered, that has reached the age of six months.

Land Surveyor

See Surveyor.

Land Use Application

Any application for a land use action undertaken in accordance with the Development Code of the City of Shoreline.

Land Use Decision

A final determination by the City as defined in State law.

Landfill

A disposal site or part of a site at which refuse is deposited.

Landing

A road or driveway approach area to any public area or private road.

Landscape Architect

A person licensed by the State of Washington to engage in the practice of landscape architecture as defined by RCW 18.96.030.

Landscape Water Features

A pond, pool or fountain used as a decorative component of a development.

Landscaping

Live vegetative materials required for a development. Said materials provided along the boundaries of a development site is referred to as perimeter landscaping.

Landslide

Episodic downslide movement of a mass including, but not limited to, soil, rock or snow.

Landslide Hazard Areas

Those areas in the City of Shoreline subject to severe risks of landslides, including the following:

A.    Any area with a combination of:

1.    Slopes steeper than 15 percent;

2.    Impermeable soils, such as silt and clay, frequently interceded with granular soils, such as sand and gravel; and

3.     Springs or ground water seepage;

B.    Any area which has shown movement during the Holocene epoch, from 10,000 years ago to the present, or which is underlain by mass wastage debris from that epoch;

C.    Any area potentially unstable as a result of rapid stream incision, stream bank erosion or undercutting by wave action;

D.    Any area which shows evidence of or is at risk from snow avalanches; or

E.    Any area located on an alluvial fan, presently subject to or potentially subject to inundation by debris flows or deposition of stream-transported sediments.

Lattice Tower

A type of mount that is self-supporting with multiple legs and cross-bracing of structural metal.

Licensed Carrier

A company authorized by the FCC to build and operate a commercial mobile radio services system.

Livestock, Large

Cattle, horses, and other livestock generally weighing over 500 pounds.

Livestock, Small

Hogs, excluding pigs weighing under 120 pounds and standing 20 inches or less at the shoulder which are kept as household pets or small animals, sheep, goats, miniature horses, llamas, alpaca and other livestock generally weighing under 500 pounds.

Loading Space

A space for the temporary parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading cargo or passengers.

Loop

Road of limited length forming a loop, having no other intersecting road, and functioning mainly as direct access to abutting properties. A loop may be designated for one-way or two-way traffic.

Lot

A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by plat, subdivision, or as otherwise permitted by law, to be separately owned, used, developed, or built upon.

Lot Area

The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street rights-of-way.

Lot Coverage

That portion of the lot that is covered by buildings.

Lot Depth

The average distance measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line.

Lot Frontage

The length of the front lot line measured at the street right-of-way line.

Lot Line

A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.

Lot Line, Front

The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way, or as designated at the time of subdivision approval.

Lot Line, Rear

The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

Lot Line, Side

Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

Lot of Record

A lot that exists as shown or described on a plat or deed in the records of the local registry of deeds.

Lot Width

Lot width determined by lot width circle within the boundaries of the lot; provided, that no access easements are included within the circle.

Lot Width Circle

A circle scaled within a lot which establishes lot width and depth ratios.

Lot, Corner

A lot or parcel of land having frontage on two or more streets at their intersection or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.

Lot, Flag

A large lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the public road is by a narrow, private right-of-way or driveway.

Lot, Interior

A lot other than a corner lot.

Lot, Minimum Area Of

The smallest lot area established by the Code on which a use or structure may be located in a particular district.

Lot, Through

A lot that fronts upon two parallel streets or that fronts upon two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

A manual that sets forth the basic principles that govern the design and usage of traffic control devices published by the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation.

Manufactured Home

A factory assembled structure intended solely for human habitation installed on a permanent foundation with running gear removed and connected to utilities on an individual building lot.

Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision

A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

Master Development Plan

A plan that establishes site-specific development standards for an area designated campus zone or essential public facility as defined in the Comprehensive Plan. Master development plans incorporate proposed development, redevelopment and/or expansion of uses as authorized in this Code. (Ord. 507 § 4, 2008).

Mitigation

The use of any or all of the following actions listed in descending order of preference:

A.    Avoiding the impact by not taking a certain action;

B.    Minimizing the impact by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action by using appropriate technology or by taking affirmative steps to avoid or reduce the impact;

C.    Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating or restoring the affected sensitive area or buffer;

D.    Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation or maintenance operations during the life of the development proposal;

E.    Compensating for the impact by replacing, enhancing or providing substitute sensitive areas and environments; and

F.    Monitoring the impact and taking appropriate corrective measures.

Mobile Home

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term “mobile home” does not include a “recreational vehicle.”

Mobile Home Park or Subdivision

A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

Modification

The changing of any portion of a wireless telecommunication facility from its description in a previously approved CUP or SUP. Examples include, but are not limited to, changes in design or ownership.

Monitoring

Evaluating the impacts of development proposals on biologic, hydrologic and geologic systems and assessing the performance of required mitigation through the collection and analysis of data for the purpose of understanding and documenting changes in natural ecosystems, functions and features including, but not limited to, gathering baseline data.

Monopole

A self-supporting antenna, ground-mounted, consisting of a single shaft that is typically made of wood, steel, or concrete and provides a rack (or racks) for mounting antennas at its top.

Motor Vehicle and Boat Sales

An establishment engaged in the retail sale of new and/or used automobiles, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, and boats.

Mount

The structure or surface upon which wireless telecommunication facilities are mounted. There are three types of permanent mounts:

A.    Building-Mounted. A wireless telecommunication facility mount fixed to the roof or side of a building;

B.    Ground-Mounted. A wireless telecommunication facility mount fixed to the ground;

C.    Structure-Mounted. A wireless telecommunication facility fixed to a structure other than a building, such as light standards, water reservoirs, and bridges.

Native Growth Protection Area (NGPA)

A tract or easement recorded with a City-approved subdivision established for the purposes of protecting vegetation, providing open space, maintaining wildlife corridors, maintaining slope stability, controlling runoff and erosion, and/or any other purpose designated in the subdivision approval.

Native Vegetation, Native Plant(s)

A tree, shrub or groundcover plant of a species that is native to western Washington.

Nonconforming Lot

A lot, the area, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment of the Code but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

Nonconforming Structure or Building

A structure or building, the size, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment to the Code but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

Nonconforming Use

A use or activity that was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Code but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

Nonproject Action

A decision on policies, plans, or programs as defined in State law.

Noxious Weed

Any plant which is highly destructive, competitive or difficult to control by cultural or chemical practices, limited to those plants on the State noxious weed list contained in Chapter 16-750 WAC.

Nuisance Vegetation

Includes the following:

A.    Any trees, plants, shrubs, vegetation or parts thereof, which overhang any sidewalk or street or which are situated on the property or on the portion of the street or sidewalk abutting thereon, in such a manner as to obstruct or impair the free and full use of the sidewalk or street, including the interruption or interference with the clear vision of pedestrians or person operating vehicles thereon, or interfering with sidewalks, streets, poles, wires, pipes, fixtures or any other part of any public utility situated in the street.

B.    Shrubs, brush, vines, trees or other vegetation growing or which has grown and died, and organic debris, which constitutes a fire hazard, or provides a harborage for rats, rodents or horticultural pests.

Occupant

A person who is occupying, controlling or possessing real property, or his/her agent or representative.

Off-street Parking Space

An area accessible to vehicles, exclusive of roadways, sidewalks, and other pedestrian facilities, that is improved, maintained and used for the purpose of parking a motor vehicle.

Open Record Hearing

A hearing that creates the record through testimony and submission of evidence and information. An open record hearing may be either a predecision hearing or an appeal of a decision made without an open record hearing.

Open Space Ratio

Total area of open space divided by the total site area in which the open space is located.

Ordinance

The ordinance, resolution, or other procedure used by the City to adopt regulatory requirements.

Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM)

The mark found by examining the bed and banks of a stream, lake, or tidal water and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and long maintained in ordinary years as to mark upon the soil a vegetative character distinct from that of the abutting upland. In any area where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found, the line of mean high water shall substitute. In any area where neither can be found, the top of the channel bank shall substitute. In braided channels and alluvial fans, the ordinary high water mark or line of mean high water shall be measured so as to include the entire stream feature.

Outdoor Performance Center

An establishment for the performing arts with open air seating for audiences. Such establishments may include related services such as food and beverage sales and other concessions.

Owner

An individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest to seek development of land.

Owner of Record

The person or entity listed as the owner of the property in the records of the King County Auditor.

Ownership Interest

Having property rights as a fee owner, contract purchaser, mortgagee, or deed of trust beneficiary or grantor.

Panoram, “Preview”, “Picture Arcade” or “Peep Show”

Any device which, for payment of a fee, membership fee or other charge, is used to view, exhibit or display a film or videotape. All such devices are denominated by the terms “panoram” or “panoram device”. The terms “panoram” or “panoram device” do not include games which employ pictures, views or video displays, or gambling devices regulated by the State.

Panoram Premises

Any premises or portion of any premises on which any panoram device is located and to which members of the public are admitted. The term “panoram premises” does not include movie or motion picture theater auditoriums capable of seating more than five people.

Panoram Station

A portion of any panoram premises on which a panoram device is located and where a patron or customer would ordinarily be positioned while watching the panoram device.

Parking Area

Any public or private area, within, under or outside of a building or structure, designed and used for parking motor vehicles including parking lots, garages, private driveways, and legally designated areas of public streets.

Parking Lot Aisle

Portion of the off-street parking area used exclusively for the maneuvering and circulation of motor vehicles and in which parking is prohibited.

Parking Space

An area accessible to vehicles, improved, maintained and used for the sole purpose of parking a motor vehicle.

Parking Space Angle

The angle measured from a reference line, generally the property line or center line of an aisle, at which motor vehicles are to be parked.

Party of Record

A.    A person who testifies at a hearing;

B.    The applicant;

C.    Persons submitting written testimony about a matter pending before the decision making authority; or

D.    The appellant(s) and respondent(s) in an administrative appeal.

Pavement Width

Paved area on shoulder-type roads or paved surface between curb, thickened edge or gutter flow line on all other roads.

Permit

Written permission issued by the City, empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden by law but not allowed without such authorization.

Permitted Use

Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

Person

Includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, corporation, association, or organization.

Pervious Surface

Any material that permits full or partial absorption of stormwater into previously unimproved land.

Plat

A.    A map representing a tract of land showing the boundaries and location of individual properties and streets;

B.    A map of a subdivision or site plan.

Plat, Final

A map of all or a portion of a subdivision or site plan that is presented to the approving authority for final approval.

Plat, Preliminary

An accurate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, tracts, and other elements of a subdivision consistent with the requirements of the Code.

Plot

A.    A single unit parcel of land;

B.    A parcel of land that can be identified and referenced to a recorded plat or map.

Potable Water

Water suitable for human consumption.

Prime Wireless Location

A site, or area, designated by the City as suitable for location of wireless telecommunication facilities due to their potential for effective service provision to specific areas of the City.

Private Stormwater Management Facility

A surface water control structure installed by a project proponent to retain, detain or otherwise limit runoff from an individual or group of developed sites specifically served by such structure.

Professional Office

An office used as a place of business by licensed professionals, or persons in other generally recognized professions, which use training or knowledge of a technical, scientific or other academic discipline as opposed to manual skills, and which does not involve outside storage or fabrication, or on-site sale or transfer of commodity.

Protected Tree/Protected Vegetation

A tree or area of understory vegetation identified on an approved tree protection and replacement plan (or other plan determined to be acceptable by the Director) to be retained and protected during construction and/or permanently protected by easement, tract, or covenant restriction. A protected tree may be located outside or within a NGPA, sensitive area or sensitive area buffer.

Protection Measure

A practice or combination of practices (e.g., construction barriers, protective fencing, tree wells, etc.) used to control construction or development impacts to vegetation that is approved for protection.

Protective Fencing

A temporary fence or other structural barrier installed to prevent permitted clearing or construction activity from adversely affecting vegetation which is designated for retention.

Public Agency

Any agency, political subdivision or unit of local government of this State including, but not limited to, municipal corporations, special purpose districts and local service districts, any agency of the State of Washington, the United States or any state thereof or any Indian tribe recognized as such by the Federal government.

Public Agency or Utility Office

An office for the administration of any governmental or utility activity or program, with no outdoor storage and including, but not limited to:

A.    Executive, legislative, and general government, except finance;

B.    Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy;

C.    Administration of human resource programs;

D.    Administration of environmental quality and housing program;

E.    Administration of economic programs;

F.    International affairs;

G.    Legal counsel and prosecution; and

H.    Public order and safety.

Public Agency or Utility Yard

A facility for open or enclosed storage, repair, and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, or related materials, excluding document storage.

Qualified Professional

A person with experience, training and competence in the pertinent discipline. A qualified professional must be licensed to practice in the State of Washington in the related professional field, if such field is licensed. If not licensed, a qualified professional must have a national certification in the pertinent field. If national certification in the field does not exist, the minimum qualification should be a bachelor’s degree with 10 years of related professional work, or master’s degree in the field and three years of related professional work. (Ord. 324 § 1, 2003).

Reasonable Use

The minimum use to which a property owner is entitled under applicable State and Federal constitutional provision, including takings and substantive due process. (Ord. 398 § 1, 2006; Ord. 324 § 1, 2003).

Record

The oral testimony and written exhibits submitted at a hearing. The tape recording of the proceeding shall be included as part of the record.

Recreational Vehicle

A vehicle designed primarily for recreational camping, travel or seasonal use which has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle, including but not limited to:

A.    Travel trailer;

B.    Folding camping trailer;

C.    Park trailer;

D.    Truck camper;

E.    Motor home; and

F.    Multi-use vehicle.

Recyclable Material

A nontoxic, recoverable substance that can be reprocessed for the manufacture of new products.

Refuse

Includes, but is not limited to, all abandoned and disabled vehicles, all appliances or parts thereof, vehicle parts, broken or discarded furniture, mattresses, carpeting, all old iron or other scrap metal, glass, paper, wire, plastic, boxes, old lumber, old wood, and all other waste, garbage (as defined by SMC 13.14.010(15)) or discarded material. (Ord. 251 § 2(C), 2000).

Regional Stormwater Management Facility

A surface water control structure installed in or adjacent to a stream or wetland of a basin or sub-basin. Such facilities protect downstream areas identified by the City as having previously existing or predicted significant regional basin flooding or erosion problems. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Relocation Facilities

Housing units within the City of Shoreline that provide housing to persons who have been involuntarily displaced from other housing units within the City of Shoreline as a result of conversion of their housing unit to other land uses.

Remediation

To restore a site to a condition that compiles with sensitive area or other regulatory requirements as they existed when the violation occurred; or, for sites that have been degraded under prior ownerships, restore to a condition which does not pose a probable threat to the environment or to the public health, safety or welfare.

Responsible Official

A person or persons designated by the City’s SEPA procedures to undertake its procedural responsibility as lead agency.

Restoration

Returning a stream, wetland, other sensitive area or any associated buffer to a state in which its stability and functions approach its unaltered state as closely as possible.

Review Authority

The Planning Commission or other entity entitled to hold predecision open record hearings and make recommendations to the decision making body.

Right-of-Way

Property granted or reserved for, or dedicated to, public use for street purposes and utilities, together with property granted or reserved for, or dedicated to, public use for walkways, sidewalks, bikeways, and parking whether improved or unimproved, including the air rights, sub-surface rights and easements thereto. (Ord. 352 § 1, 2004).

Right-of-Way Permit

A class of permit issued by the City prior to any construction, use, or activity performed at a specific location in the City’s public right-of-way. Permits may include long-term installation of a facility or improvement in the absence of a franchise (right-of-way site permit) or standard maintenance operations by a franchise holder (right-of-way blanket permit). (Ord. 244 § 2, 2000).

Right-of-Way, Railroad

Property granted or reserved for, or dedicated to, railroad use, including all facilities accessory to and used directly for railroad operation. (Ord. 352 § 1, 2004).

Risk Potential Activity or Risk Potential Facility

In accordance with RCW 71.09.020, means an activity or facility that provides a higher incidence of risk to the public from persons conditionally released from the special commitment center. Risk potential activities and facilities include: public and private schools, school bus stops, licensed day care and licensed preschool facilities, public parks, publicly dedicated trails, sports fields, playgrounds, recreational and community centers, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, public libraries, and other activities and facilities identified by the State Department of Social and Health Services following the hearings on a potential site required in RCW 71.09.315. School bus stops do not include bus stops primarily used for public transit. (Ord. 309 § 1, 2002).

Road

A public or recorded private thoroughfare providing pedestrian and vehicular access through neighborhoods and communities and to abutting property.

Road, Private

A private vehicular access that serves multiple parcels.

Runoff

Water not absorbed by the soil in the landscape area to which it is applied.

Salmonid

A member of the fish family salmonidae, including:

A.    Chinook, coho, chum, sockeye and pink salmon;

B.    Rainbow, steelhead and cutthroat salmon;

C.    Brown trout;

D.    Brook and dolly varden char;

E.    Kokanee; and

F.    Whitefish.

Scale

A.    The relationship between distances on a map and actual ground distances;

B.    The proportioned relationship of the size of parts to one another.

Scale of Development

The relationship of a particular project or development, in terms of size, height, bulk, intensity, and aesthetics, to its surroundings.

School Bus Base

An establishment for the storage, dispatch, repair and maintenance of coaches and other vehicles of a school transit system.

Schools, Elementary, and Middle/Junior High

Institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the Education Code of the State of Washington in grades kindergarten through nine, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities.

Schools, Secondary or High School

Institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the Education Code of the State of Washington in grades nine through 12, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities.

Secure Community Transitional Facility (SCTF)

A residential facility for persons civilly committed and conditionally released to a less restrictive community-based alternative under Chapter 71.09 RCW operated by or under contract with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. A secure community transitional facility has supervision and security, and either provides or ensures the provision of sex offender treatment services. SCTFs shall not be considered Community Residential Facilities. (Ord. 515 § 1, 2008; Ord. 309 § 2, 2002).

Security Barrier

A wall, fence or berm that has the purpose of sealing an area from unauthorized entry or trespass.

Seismic Hazard Areas

Those areas in the City of Shoreline subject to severe risk of earthquake damage as a result of soil liquefaction in areas underlain by cohesionless soils of low density and usually in association with a shallow ground water table or of other seismically induced settlement.

Self-Service Storage Facility

An establishment containing separate storage spaces that are leased or rented as individual units.

Senior Citizen

A person aged 62 or older.

SEPA

State Environmental Policy Act.

SEPA Rules

Chapter 197-11 WAC adopted by the Department of Ecology.

SEPA Threshold Determination

The decision by the responsible official of the lead agency whether or not an environmental impact statement is required for a proposal that is not categorically exempt.

Setback

The distance between the building and any lot line.

Setback Line

That line that is the required minimum distance from any lot line and that establishes the area within which the principal structure must be erected or placed.

Setback, Aggregate Yard

Total yard setback area that equals the sum of the minimum front yard, rear yard, and side yard setbacks. (Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Setback, Front Yard

A space extending the full width of the lot between the front property line and the yard setback line which is measured perpendicular from the front lot line to the minimum yard setback line. (Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Setback, Rear Yard

A space extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the yard setback line which is measured perpendicular from the rear lot line to the minimum yard setback line. (Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Setback, Side Yard

A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the minimum yard setback line. (Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Shipping Containers

Steel or wooden containers used for shipping and storage of goods or materials. The typical dimensions for these containers are eight feet, six inches high, 20 to 40 feet long with a width of seven feet. (Ord. 299 § 1, 2002).

Shorelines Hearing Board

A quasi-judicial body established with the State Environmental Hearings Office under State law.

Short Subdivision, Final

A surveyed map of a short subdivision to be recorded with the County.

Short Subdivision, Preliminary

A subdivision which has been preliminarily found to successfully meet all requirements for approval but whose improvements have not yet been constructed, are under construction or are completed but not yet inspected and found to be in compliance with the conditions of approval.

Shoulder

The paved or unpaved portion of the roadway outside the traveled way that is available for emergency parking or nonmotorized use.

Sidewalk

All hard-surface walkways within public rights-of-way in the area between the street margin and the roadway, including driveways.

Site Development Permit

A permit, issued by the City, to develop, redevelop or partially develop a site exclusive of any required building or land use permit. A site development permit may include one or more of the following activities: paving, grading, clearing, tree removal, on-site utility installation, stormwater facilities, walkways, striping, wheelstops or curbing for parking and circulation, landscaping, or restoration. (Ord. 439 § 1, 2006; Ord. 352 § 1, 2004).

Site Plan

The development plan for one or more lots on which is shown the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including topography, vegetation, drainage, flood plains, wetlands, and waterways; landscaping and open spaces; walkways; means of ingress and egress; circulation; utility services; structures and buildings; signs and lighting; berms, buffers, and screening devices; surrounding development; and any other information that reasonably may be required in order that an informed decision can be made by the approving authority.

Special Drainage Areas

An area which has been formally determined by the City to require more restrictive regulation than City-wide standards afford in order to mitigate severe flooding, drainage, erosion or sedimentation problems which result from the cumulative impacts of development. (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Special Overlay District (SO)

A special overlay (SO) district applies supplemental regulations to a development of any site, which is in whole or in part located in a special overlay district.

Special Use Permit

A permit issued by the City that must be acquired before a special exception use can be constructed.

Specialized Instruction School

An establishment engaged in providing specialized instruction in a designated field of study, rather than a full range of courses in unrelated areas, including, but not limited to:

A.    Art;

B.    Dance;

C.    Music;

D.    Cooking;

E.    Driving; and

F.    Pet obedience training.

Sports Club

An establishment engaged in operating physical fitness facilities and sports and recreation clubs, including:

A.    Physical fitness facilities; and

B.    Membership sports and recreation clubs.

Standing

A showing that a party’s interests are arguably within the zone of interests protected by the land use review process, and that the decision may cause the party injury-in-fact.

State

The State of Washington.

Steep Slope Hazard Areas

Those areas in the City of Shoreline on slopes 40 percent or steeper within a vertical elevation change of at least 10 feet. A slope is delineated by establishing its toe and top and is measured by averaging the inclination over at least 10 feet of vertical relief. For the purpose of this definition:

A.    The toe of a slope is a distinct topographic break in slope which separates slopes inclined at less than 40 percent from slopes 40 percent or steeper. Where no distinct break exists, the toe of a steep slope is the lower most limit of the area where the ground surface drops 10 feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of 25 feet; and

B.    The top of a slope is a distinct, topographic break in slope which separates slopes inclined at less than 40 percent from slopes 40 percent or steeper. Where no distinct break exists, the top of a steep slope is the upper most limit of the area where the ground surface drops 10 feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of 25 feet.

Stormwater Manual

The most recent version of the Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington published by Washington Department of Ecology (“Stormwater Manual”). (Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Stream Functions

Natural processes performed by streams including functions which are important in facilitating food chain production, providing habitat for nesting, rearing and resting sites for aquatic, terrestrial and avian species, maintaining the availability and quality of water, such as purifying water, acting as recharge and discharge areas for ground water aquifers, moderating surface water and stormwater flows and maintaining the free flowing conveyance of water, sediments and other organic matter.

Streams

Those areas where surface waters produce a defined channel or bed, not including irrigation ditches, canals, storm or surface water runoff devices or other entirely artificial watercourses, unless they are used by salmonids or are used to convey streams naturally occurring prior to construction. A channel or bed need not contain water year-round; provided, that there is evidence of at least intermittent flow during years of normal rainfall. (Ord. 398 § 1, 2006).

Street

A public or recorded private thoroughfare providing pedestrian and vehicular access through neighborhoods and communities and to abutting property.

Structure

Anything permanently constructed in or on the ground, or over the water, excluding fences and signs less than six feet in height, decks less than 18 inches above grade, paved areas, and structural or nonstructural fill.

Subdivision

The division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions of land for sale, development, or lease.

Subdivision, Formal

A subdivision of five or more lots.

Subdivision, Short

A subdivision of four or fewer lots.

Submerged Land

Any land at or below the ordinary high water mark.

Substantial Development

Any extension, repair, reconstruction, or other improvement of a property, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the fair market value of a property either before the improvement is started or, if the property has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.

Substantial Improvement

Any maintenance, repair, structural modification, addition or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either before the maintenance, repair, modification or addition is started or before the damage occurred, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored.

Surveyor

A person licensed by the State of Washington to engage in the practice of land surveying, as defined by RCW 18.43.020.

Temporary Use

A use established for a limited duration with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of the time period.

Transfer Station

Staffed collection and transportation facility used by private individuals and route collection vehicles to deposit solid waste collected off-site into larger transfer vehicles for transport to permanent disposal sites, and may also include recycling facilities involving collection or processing for shipment.

Transit Base

An establishment for the storage, dispatch, repair and maintenance of coaches, light rail trains, and other vehicles of a public transit system.

Transit Park and Ride Lot

Vehicle parking specifically for the purpose of access to a public transit system.

Transitional Housing Facilities

Housing units within the City of Shoreline owned by public housing authorities, nonprofit organizations or other public interest groups that provide housing to persons on a temporary basis for a duration not to exceed 24 months in conjunction with job training, self sufficiency training, and human services counseling, the purpose of which is to help persons make the transition from homelessness to placement in permanent housing.

Transmission Equipment

Equipment, such as antennas and satellites, or point-to-point microwave dishes, that transmit or receive radio signals.

Transmission Line Booster Station

An establishment containing equipment designed to increase voltage of electrical power transported through transmission and/or distribution lines to compensate for power loss due to resistance.

Transmission Structure

A structure intended to support transmission equipment or function as an antenna for AM radio or an earth station satellite dish antenna. The term does not include brackets, platforms, or other apparatus which mount transmission equipment onto transmission structures, buildings or other structures.

Transmitter Building

A building used to contain communication transmission equipment.

Transportation System Management (TSM)

Low-cost projects that can be implemented in a short time frame designed to increase the efficiency of existing transportation facilities. This also includes transit and/or ride sharing measures to decrease single occupancy vehicle trips.

Tree

A self-supporting woody plant characterized by one main trunk or, for certain species, multiple trunks, with a potential at maturity for a trunk diameter of two inches and potential minimum height of 10 feet.

Tree and Vegetation Removal

Removal of a tree(s) or vegetation, through either direct or indirect actions including, but not limited to, clearing, cutting, causing irreversible damage to roots or trunks; poisoning; destroying the structural integrity; and/or any filling, excavation, grading, or trenching in the dripline area of a tree which has the potential to cause irreversible damage to the tree, or relocation of an existing tree to a new planting location.

Tree, Broad-leafed

Trees with flat leaves, not scaled or needle shaped, which usually lose their foliage at the end of the growing season. Examples include maples, alders, willows, and Pacific Madrone.

Tree Canopy

The total area of the tree or trees where the leaves and outermost branches extend, also known as the “dripline.”

Tree, Coniferous

Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees, such as pines, spruces, and firs.

Tree, Deciduous

Trees that shed or otherwise loose their foliage at the end of the growing season, such as maples, alders, oaks, and willows.

Tree, Evergreen

Trees that maintain the majority of their foliage each year when grown in the Shoreline area. Examples of evergreen trees include pines, firs, Douglas fir, and the Pacific Madrone.

Tree, Hazardous

A tree that is dead, or is so affected by a significant structural defect or disease that falling or failure appears imminent, or a tree that impedes safe vision or traffic flow, or that otherwise currently poses a threat to life or property.

Tree, Landmark

Any healthy tree over 30 inches in diameter at breast height or any tree that is particularly impressive or unusual due to its size, shape, age, historical significant or any other trait that epitomizes the character of the species, or that is an regional erratic.

Tree, Significant

Any healthy, windfirm, and nonhazardous tree eight inches or greater in diameter breast height if it is a conifer and 12 inches or greater in diameter at breast height if deciduous.

Tree, Stand or Cluster

A group of three or more trees of any size or species, whose driplines touch.

Understory Vegetation

Small trees, shrubs, and groundcover plants, growing beneath and shaded by a significant tree which affect and are affected by the soil and hydrology of the area surrounding the significant tree roots.

Unlicensed Wireless Services

Commercial mobile services that can operate on public domain frequencies and that therefore need no Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license.

Use

An activity or function carried out on an area of land, or in a building or structure located thereon. Any use subordinate or incidental to the primary use on a site is considered an accessory use.

Utility

Private or municipal corporations owning or operating, or proposing to own or operate facilities that comprise a system or systems for public service. Private utilities include only gas, electric, telecommunications, or water companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the State Utilities and Transportation Commission and that have not been classified as competitive by the commission. (Ord. 324 § 1, 2003).

Utility Facility

A facility for the distribution or transmission of services to an area, including, but not limited to:

A.    Telephone exchanges;

B.    Water pumping or treatment stations;

C.    Electrical substations;

D.    Water storage reservoirs or tanks;

E.    Municipal ground water well-fields;

F.    Regional stormwater management facilities;

G.    Natural gas gate stations and limiting stations;

H.    Propane, compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas storage tanks serving multiple lots or uses from which fuel is distributed directly to individual users;

I.    Sewer lift stations; and

J.    Pipes, electrical wires and associated structural supports.

Variance

Written permission to depart from the requirements of a Development Code.

Vegetation

Any and all plant life growing at, below or above the soil surface.

Vocational School

Establishments offering training in a skill or trade to be pursued as a career, including:

A.    Vocational schools; and

B.    Technical institutes.

Warehousing and Wholesale Trade

Establishments involved in the storage and/or sale of bulk goods for resale or assembly, excluding establishments offering the sale of bulk goods to the general public.

Wastewater Treatment Facility

A plant for collection, decontamination and disposal of sewage, including residential, industrial and agricultural liquid wastes, and including any physical improvement within the scope of the definition of “water pollution control facility” set forth in WAC 173-90-015(4) as amended.

Water Dependent Use

A land use which can only exist when the interface between wet meadows, grazed land and water provides the biological or physical conditions necessary for the use.

Wetland Edge

The line delineating the outer edge of a wetland established by using the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands, 1987, jointly published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.

Wetland Functions

Natural processes performed by wetlands including functions which are important in facilitating food chain production, providing habitat for nesting, rearing and resting sites for aquatic, terrestrial and avian species, maintaining the availability and quality of water, acting as recharge and discharge areas for ground water aquifers and moderating surface water and stormwater flows, as well as performing other functions.

Wetland, Forested

A wetland which is characterized by woody vegetation at least 20 feet tall.

Wetland, Isolated

A wetland which has a total size less than 2,500 square feet excluding buffers, which is hydrologically isolated from other wetlands or streams and which does not have permanent open water.

Wetlands

Those areas in Shoreline which are inundated or saturated by ground or surface water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.

Wetpond

(Repealed by Ord. 531 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2009).

Wildlife Shelter

A facility for the temporary housing of sick, wounded or displaced wildlife.

Wireless Telecommunication Facility (WTF)

An unstaffed facility for the transmission and reception of radio or microwave signals used for commercial communications. A WTF provides services which include cellular phone, personal communication services, other mobile radio services, and any other service provided by wireless common carriers licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). WTFs are composed of two or more of the following components:

A. Antenna;

B. Mount;

C. Equipment enclosure;

D. Security barrier. (Ord. 469 § 1, 2007).

Wireless Telecommunication Facility (WTF), Building Mounted

Wireless telecommunication facility mounted to the roof or the wall of a building. (Ord. 469 § 1, 2007).

Wireless Telecommunication Facility (WTF), Ground Mounted

Wireless telecommunication facility not attached to a structure or building and not exempted from regulation under SMC 20.40.600(A). Does not include co-location of a facility on an existing monopole, utility pole, light pole, or flag pole. (Ord. 469 § 1, 2007).

Wireless Telecommunication Facility (WTF), Structure Mounted

Wireless telecommunication facility located on structures other than buildings, such as light poles, utility poles, flag poles, transformers, existing monopoles, towers and/or tanks. (Ord. 469 § 1, 2007).

Work Release Facility

A facility which allows the opportunity for convicted persons to be employed outside of the facility, but requires confinement within the facility when not in the place of employment.

Yard

An open space that lies between the principal building or buildings and the nearest lot line. The minimum required yard as set forth in the ordinance is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except by vegetation and except as may be specifically provided in the Code.

Zero Lot Line

The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one or more of the building’s sides rest directly on a lot line.

Zone

A specifically delineated area or district in a municipality within which uniform regulations and requirements govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

Zoning

The delineation of districts and the establishment of regulations governing the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

Zoning Envelope

The three-dimensional space within which a structure is permitted to be built on a lot and that is defined by maximum height regulations, and minimum yard setbacks.

Zoning Map

The map or maps that are a part of the Code and delineate the boundaries of zone districts.