Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions | Zoning Districts
is likely to result in an impact to existent vegetation, hydrology, fish or wildlife, or fish or wildlife habitat. Alterations do not include walking, fishing, or any other passive recreation or other similar activities. 13. Alternative water sources. Stored rainwater or treated or recycled wastewater of a quality suitable for uses such as landscape irrigation. Such water is not considered potable. 14. Amusement arcades. A building or part of a building in which five or more pinball machines, video games, or other such player-operated amusement devices (excluding juke boxes or gambling-related machines) are operated. 15. Anadromous fish. Those that live part or the majority of their lives in saltwater, but return to freshwater to spawn. 16. Ancillary structure. For the purposes of this chapter, any form of development associated with a wireless communications facility, including but not limited to: foundations, concrete slabs on grade, guy anchors, generators, and feed lines; however, specifically excluding base stations. 17. Animal, small. Any animal other than livestock or animals considered to be predatory or wild that are kept outside a dwelling unit all or part of the time. Animals considered predatory or wild, excluding those in zoo animal breeding facilities, shall be considered small animals when they are taken into captivity for the purposes of breeding, domestication, training, hunting, or exhibition.
easement pursuant to RCW 8.12.090, or any person or entity designated or named in writing by the property or easement owner to be the applicant, in an application for a development proposal, permit or approval. 19. Application rate. The depth of water applied to an area expressed in inches per hour. 20. Artist studio. An establishment providing a place solely for the practice or rehearsal of various performing or creative arts, including, but not limited to, acting, dancing, singing, drawing, painting, and sculpting. 21. Auction house. An establishment where the property of others is sold by a broker or auctioneer to persons who attend scheduled sales periods or events. 22. Barn. A large agricultural building for storage of agricultural products and sheltering livestock. 23. Base flood. A flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, often referred to as the “100-year flood.” 24. Base flood elevation. The water surface elevation of the base flood in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. 25. Battery charging station. An electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meets or exceeds applicable state and federal standards. 26. Battery electric vehicle (BEV). Any vehicle that operates exclusively on electrical energy from an off-board source that is stored in the vehicle’s batteries, and produces zero
Applicant. A property owner or a public agency or public or private utility that owns a right-of-way or other easement or has been adjudicated the right to such an
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