Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions | Zoning Districts
i. Type S streams are all streams inventoried as “shorelines of the state” under the City’s shoreline master program. No Type S streams have been identified in the City as of September 1, 2005. ii. Type F streams are those streams that are used by salmonids, have the potential to support salmonid uses, or that have been identified as being of special significance. Streams of special significance are those perennial reaches designated by the City based on historic fish presence and/or the probability of restoration of the following:
iv. Type Ns streams which are seasonal or ephemeral during a year of normal rainfall and do not have the potential to be used by salmonids. b. For the purposes of this definition, “used by salmonids” and “potential to support salmonid uses” is presumed for: i. Streams where naturally reoccurring use by salmonid populations has been documented by a government agency; ii. Streams that are fish passable by salmonid populations from Lake Sammamish, as determined by a qualified professional based on review of stream flow, gradient and barriers and criteria for fish passability established by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and iii. Streams that are planned for restoration in a six-year capital improvement plan adopted by a government agency that will result in a fish passable connection to Lake Sammamish. 353. Street. A public or recorded private thoroughfare providing pedestrian and vehicular access through neighborhoods and communities and to abutting property. 354. Street, Primary. A primary street is the street with a higher street classification such as an arterial or collector street. Lots with two frontages on streets of the same classification may choose either street as the primary street frontage. 355. Street frontage. Any portion of a lot or combination of lots that directly abuts a public right-of-way.
a) George Davis Creek;
b) Ebright Creek;
c) Pine Lake Creek; and
d) Laughing Jacobs Creek, below Laughing Jacobs Lake. iii. Type Np streams which are perennial during a year of normal rainfall and do not have the potential to be used by salmonids. Type Np streams include the intermittent dry portions of the perennial channel below the uppermost point of perennial flow. If the uppermost point of perennial flow cannot be identified with simple, nontechnical observations, then the point of perennial flow should be determined using the best professional judgment of a qualified professional.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 253
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