Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions | Zoning Districts
59. Community identification sign. A sign identifying the location of a community or geographic area such as unincorporated activity centers or rural towns designated by the comprehensive plan or communities recognized and delineated by a recognized unincorporated area council. 60. 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 in SDC 21.04.040F. as health services. CRFs are further classified as follows: a. CRF-I – Seven to 10 residents and staff (Note: Single family is defined as six or fewer residents);
63. Conditional use permit. A permit granted by the City to locate a permitted use on a particular property subject to conditions placed on the permitted use to ensure compatibility with nearby land uses. 64. Conference center. An establishment developed primarily as a meeting facility, including only facilities for recreation, overnight lodging, and related activities provided for conference participants. 65. Conservation easement. A legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its nondevelopment values. It allows the landowner to continue to own and use the land, to sell it, or to pass it on to heirs. A conservation easement is placed on a sending site at the time development rights are sold from the property. The conservation easement typically prohibits any further development of the property but allows resource uses, such as farming and forestry, to continue. 66. Construction and trades. Establishments that provide services related to construction of buildings and infrastructure, and other improvements to property. Such establishments include SIC Major Group Nos. 15 – 17, and SIC Industry Group No. 078, Landscape and horticultural services. 67. Construction cost per student, school. The estimated cost of construction of a permanent school facility in the district for the grade span of school to be provided, as a function of the district’s facilities standard per grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs.
b. CRF-II – 11 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. 61. Commuter parking lot. Vehicle parking specifically for the purpose of access to a public transit system or for users of carpools or vanpools. 62. Compensatory storage. New, excavated storage volume equivalent to any flood storage which is eliminated by building filling or grading within the floodplain. For the purpose of this definition, equivalent flood storage capacity is that which is replaced by equal volume between corresponding one-foot contour intervals that are hydraulically connected to the floodway through their entire depth.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 221
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