Zoning Districts | Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions
47. Catastrophic collapse. The collapse of the ground surface by overburden caving into underground voids created by mining. Catastrophic collapse does not include the effects from trough subsidence. 48. 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. 49. Cemetery, columbarium or mausoleum. Land or structures used for interment of the dead or their remains. For purposes of the code, pet cemeteries are considered a subclassification of this use. 50. Certified Arborist. An individual that has successfully passed the Certified Arborist examination administered by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and possesses a minimum of three years’ full-time experience working in the professional tree care industry. 51. Channel relocation and stream meander areas. Those areas subject to risk due to stream bank destabilization, rapid stream incision, stream bank erosion, and shifts in the location of stream channels. 52. Charging levels. The standardized indicators of electrical force or voltage at which an electric vehicle’s battery is recharged. Levels 1, 2, and 3 are the most common EV charging levels, and include the following specifications:
53. Church, synagogue, or temple. A place where religious services are conducted, including those uses located in SIC Industry No. 866 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. 54. Classrooms, school. Educational facilities of the district required to house students for its basic educational program. The classrooms are those facilities the district determines are necessary to best serve its student population. Specialized facilities as identified by the district, including but not limited to gymnasiums, cafeterias, libraries, administrative offices, and child care centers, shall not be counted as classrooms. 55. Clearing. The limbing, pruning, trimming, topping, cutting or removal of vegetation or other organic plant matter by physical, mechanical, chemical or other means. 56. Code interpretation. A formal statement regarding the meaning or requirements of a particular provision in the City of Sammamish’s development regulations. 57. Cogeneration. The sequential generation of energy and useful heat from the same primary source or fuel for industrial, commercial, or residential heating or cooling purposes. 58. Collective garden. Any area or location where qualifying patients engage in the production, processing, transporting, and delivery of marijuana for medical use.
a. Level 1 is considered slow charging.
b. Level 2 is considered medium charging.
c. Level 3 is considered fast or rapid charging.
220 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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