Zoning Districts | Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions
such factors as temperature, humidity, wind and turbulence, dew, frost, heat balance, evaporation, the nature of the soil and vegetation, the local topography, latitude, elevation, and season. Weather and climate are sometimes influenced by microclimatic conditions, especially by variations in surface characteristics. 228. Microwave. Electromagnetic waves with a frequency range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz). 229. Mitigation bank. A property that has been protected in perpetuity, and approved by appropriate City, state, and federal agencies expressly for the purpose of providing compensatory mitigation in advance of authorized impacts through restoration, creation, and/or enhancement of wetlands and, in exceptional circumstances, preservation of adjacent wetlands, wetland buffers, and/or other aquatic resources. 230. Mitigation banking. A system for providing compensatory mitigation in advance of authorized wetland impacts of development in the City in which credits are generated through restoration, creation, and/or enhancement of wetlands and, in exceptional circumstances, preservation of adjacent wetlands, wetland buffers, and/or other aquatic resources. 231. Mobile home. A structure transportable in one or more sections; that in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 32 body feet or more in length; or when erected on site is 320 square feet or more in area; built on a permanent chassis; designed to be used as a dwelling unit, with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities; which contains plumbing, heating,
air-conditioning and electrical systems; and shall include any structure that meets all the requirements of this section, or of Chapter 296-150B WAC, except the size requirements for which the manufacturer voluntarily complies with the standards and files the certification required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 232. Mobile home park. A development with two or more improved pads or spaces designed to accommodate mobile homes. 233. 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. 234. Monuments, tombstones, and gravestones sales. The retail sale of custom stonework products including only uses located in SIC Industry No. 5599, Monuments, finished to custom order, tombstones and gravestones finished. 235. Motor vehicle, boat, and mobile home dealer. An establishment engaged in the retail sale of new and/or used automobiles, motor homes, motorcycles, trailers, boats, or mobile homes, including only uses located in SIC Major Group and Industry Group Nos.: a. 55 – Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations, except:
i. 553 – Auto and home supply stores;
240 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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