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

A stormwater best management practices manual that presents BMPs and procedures for existing facilities and activities and for new development activities not covered by the City Surface Water Design Manual.

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.

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

An area which has been formally determined by the department as designated by the City Manager 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 and urbanization.

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).

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 process by which soil particles are mobilized and transported by natural agents such as wind, rainsplash, frost action or surface water flow.

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.

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

A commercial or industrial site that:

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

B.    Is subject to petroleum storage or transfer in excess of 1,500 gallons per year, not including delivered heating oil; or

C.     Is subject to use storage, or maintenance of a fleet of 25 or more diesel vehicles that are over 10 tons net weight (trucks, buses, trains, heavy equipment, etc.). Also included is any road intersection with a measured ADT count of 25,000 vehicles or more on the main roadway and 1,000 vehicles or more on any intersecting roadway, excluding projects proposing primarily pedestrian or bicycle use improvements. (1998 King County Surface Water Design Manual)

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

Any material that prevents absorption of stormwater into the ground.

Infiltration Rate

The rate of water entry into the soil expressed in inches per hour.

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.

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.