17.30.020 DEFINITIONS

A. Graphics The graphics, tables, and text utilized throughout this code are regulatory. In case of a conflict, text shall control over tables and graphics and tables shall control graphics. B. Defined Terms For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: APPLICANT: The owner of a subject property or the authorized representative of the owner on which a land development application is being made. BLOCK: The aggregate of lots, passages, lanes, and alleys bounded on all sides by streets. BLOCK ENDS: The lots located on the end of a block; these lots are often larger than the lots in the interior of the block or those at the opposite end of the block and can be located on a more intense street type. They are typically more suitable for more intensive development, such as multiple family or mixed use development. BLOCK LENGTH: A block measurement that is the horizontal distance along the front property lines of the lots comprising the block. BUILDING TYPE: A structure defined by the combination of configuration, form, and function. COURTYARD: An outdoor area enclosed by a building on at least two sides and is open to the sky. CRITICAL ROOT ZONE: Also referred to as drip line. The area of soil and roots within the radius beneath the tree’s canopy, within the drip line, or within a circular area of soil and roots with a radius out from the trunk a distance of 1.5 feet for every inch of the tree’s width (measured at 4.5 feet above the mean grade of the tree’s trunk, noted as diameter breast height or DBH throughout this code). EASEMENT: A legal interest in land, granted by the owner to another person or entity, which allows for the use of all or a portion of the owner’s land for such purposes as access or placement of utilities. EAVE: The edge of a pitched roof; it typically overhangs beyond the side of a building. ENTRANCE TYPE: The permitted treatment types of the ground floor Facade of a Building Type. EXPRESSION LINE: An architectural feature. A decorative, three dimensional, linear element, horizontal or vertical, protruding or indented at least two inches from the exterior facade or a building typically utilized to delineate floors or stories of a building. FACADE: The exterior face of a building, including but not limited to the wall, windows, window sills, doorways, and design elements such as expression lines. The front facade is any building face adjacent to the front property line. FOOTCANDLE (fc): The basic unit of illuminance (the amount of light falling on a surface). Footcandle measurement is taken with a hand held light meter. One footcandle is equivalent to the illuminance produced on one square foot of surface area by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot. Horizontal footcandles measure the illumination striking a horizontal plane. Footcandle values can be measured directly with certain hand held incident light meters. GRADE: The average level of the finished surface of the ground story adjacent to the exterior walls of a building. IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: Also referred to as impervious material. Any hard surface, man-made area that does not absorb water, including building roofs, sidewalks, parking, driveways, and other paved surfaces. LANDSCAPE AREA: Area on a lot not dedicated to a structure, parking or loading facility, frontage buffer, side and rear buffer, or interior parking lot landscaping. LOT: Also referred to as parcel. A plot of land intended to be separately owned, developed, or otherwise used as a unit. LUMEN: A unit used to measure the actual amount of light that is produced by a bulb. The lumen quantifies the amount of light energy produced by a lamp at the lamp, not by the energy input, which is indicated by the “wattage”. For example, a 75-watt incandescent lamp can produce 1000 lumens while a 70-watt high-pressure sodium lamp produces 6000 lumens. CORNER LOT: A parcel of land abutting at least two vehicular rights-of-way, excluding an alley, at their intersection. FLAG LOT: A parcel of land having its only access to the adjacent vehicular right-of-way, excluding an alley, through a narrow strip of land. INTERIOR LOT: A parcel of land abutting a vehicular right-of-way, excluding an alley, along one (1) property line; surrounded by lots along the remaining property lines. THROUGH LOT: Also referred to as a double frontage lot. An having frontage on two approximately parallel vehicular rights-of-way, excluding an alley. LOT AREA: The computed area contained within the property lines; it is typically denoted in square feet or acres. LOT DEPTH: The smallest horizontal distance between the front and rear property lines measured approximately parallel to the corner and/or side property line. LOT FRONTAGE: The horizontal distance between the side property lines, measured at the front property lines. NONCONFORMANCE: A structure, use, lot, or site characteristic that was legally constructed or operated prior to the effective date of or amendment to this code, but that cannot be constructed, platted, or operated after the effective date of or amendment to this code. OCCUPIED SPACE: Interior building space regularly occupied by the building users. It does not include storage areas, utility space, or parking. OWNER: The legal or beneficial title-holder of land or holder of a written option or contract to purchase the land. PERVIOUS SURFACE: Also referred to as pervious material. A material or surface that allows for the absorption of water into the ground or plant material, such as permeable pavers or a vegetated roof. PLAT: A map or chart of a division and/or combination of lots. PRIMARY STREET: A street designated on the zoning map that receives priority over other streets in terms of setting front property lines and locating building entrances. PROPERTY LINE: Also referred to as lot line. A boundary line of a parcel of land or lot. PROPERTY LINE, CORNER: A boundary of a lot that is approximately perpendicular to the front property line and is directly adjacent to a public right-of-way, other than an alley or railroad. PROPERTY LINE, FRONT: The boundary abutting a right-of-way, other than an alley, from which the required setback or build-to zone is measured, with the following exceptions. a. Corner and through lots that abut a primary street shall have the front property line on that primary street. b. Corner and through lots that abut two primary streets or do not abut a primary street shall utilize the orientation of the two directly adjacent lots, or shall have the front property line determined by the zoning administrator. PROPERTY LINE, REAR: The boundary of a lot that is approximately parallel to the front property line; this line separates lots from one another or separates a lot from an alley. PROPERTY LINE, SIDE: The boundary of a lot that is approximately perpendicular to the front and rear property lines; it is not adjacent to the public right-of-way. RIGHT-OF-WAY: Land dedicated or utilized for a street type, trail, pedestrian way, utility, railroad, or other similar purpose. ROOF TYPE: The detail at the top of a building that finishes a facade, including a pitch roof with various permitted slopes and a parapet. SCALE: The relative size of a building, street, sign, or other element of the built environment. SEMI-PERVIOUS SURFACE: Also referred to as semi-pervious material. A material that allows for at least 40% absorption of water into the ground or plant material, such as pervious pavers, permeable asphalt and concrete, or gravel. SETBACK: The horizontal distance from a property line inward, beyond which a structure may be placed. Structures or other impervious surfaces are not permitted within a setback, unless specifically permitted in this code.