Zoning Districts | Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions
Development regulation. The controls placed on development or land use activities by the City, including but not limited to zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline master program requirements, official controls, subdivision ordinances, and binding site plan ordinances, together with any amendments thereto. A development regulation does not include a decision to approve a project permit application, as defined in RCW 36.70B.020, even though the decision may be expressed in an ordinance by the City.
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public with loose loads and may also include containers for separated recyclables. 93. Drug store. An establishment engaged in the retail sale of prescription drugs, nonprescription medicines, cosmetics and related supplies, including only uses located in SIC Industry Group and Industry Nos.:
a. 591 – Drug stores and proprietary stores;
b. 5993 – Tobacco stores and stands; and
c. 5999 – Cosmetics stores.
88. Development right. An interest in and the right under current law to use and/or subdivide a lot for any and all residential, commercial, and industrial purposes. 89. Director. The director of the City of Sammamish department of community development or his/her designee. 90. Dormitory. A residential building that provides sleeping quarters, but not separate dwelling units, and may include common dining, cooking recreation, or bathing facilities. 91. Drip line. 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. 92. Drop box facility. A facility used for receiving solid waste and recyclable from off-site sources into detachable solid waste containers, including the adjacent areas necessary for entrance and exit roads, unloading and vehicle turnaround areas. Drop box facilities normally service the general
94. Dwelling unit. One or more rooms designed for occupancy by a person or family for living and sleeping purposes, containing kitchen facilities and rooms with internal accessibility, for use solely by the dwelling’s occupants; dwelling units include but are not limited to bachelor, efficiency and studio apartments, factory-built housing, and mobile homes. 95. Dwelling unit, attached accessory. A separate, complete dwelling unit attached to or contained within the structure of the primary dwelling. 96. Dwelling unit, detached accessory. A separate, complete dwelling unit contained within a separate structure that is accessory to the primary dwelling unit on the premises. 97. Dwelling unit, apartment. A dwelling unit contained in a building consisting of two or more dwelling units that may be stacked, or one or more dwellings with nonresidential uses.
224 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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