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Agenda 09/25/2003 SPOKANE ALLEY PLANNING OMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers - City Hall 11707 E. Sprague.Avenue 6;30 pm.-9:30 p.m. * * September 25, 2003 * Amor, Nmia I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES • September 11, 2003 Draft VI. PUBLIC COMMENT VII. COMMISSION REPORTS VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XI, COMMISSION BUSINESS A. OLD BUSINESS 1, Discussion of meeting schedule for November& December 2003 B. NEW BUSINESS— 1. Critical Areas/Shorelines Presentation 2. Open Meetings Act Discussion 3, Definitions Section—Unified Development Code Discussion X. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER XI, ADJOURNMENT COMMISSIONERS CITY STAFF Fred Beaulac Marina Sukup,AICP Robert Blum Greg McCormick,AICP John G. Carroll Scott Kuhte,AICP David Crosby Debi Alley Vdilliam Gcthmerm, Chair Gail Kagle Ian Robertson, Vice-Chair www,spokenevalley,org S1o1 ' 1k jUalley So1ine Management Act of ii 971 Community Development Department September 25, 2003 SMA - Guidelines • Preserve natural character of shoreline • Long term over short term benefit • Protect resources and ecology of shoreline • Increase public access to publicly owned areas of shoreline • Increase recreation opportunities for public along shoreline oss o co oguca and !Q_ as a result of shoreline use, SMA - Definitions • Shorelines — all water areas in the state where • Mean annual flow is 20 cfs for streams; and • Lakes of 20 acres or larger. • Exceptions are shorelines of statewide significance • Shorelines of Statewide significance • Lakes either natural, artificial or combination in excess of 1 ,000 acres; and • Rivers with an annual flow of 200 cfs or greater. 4r Shorelines of the State — all "shorelines" and "shorelines of statewide significance. Adoption Procedure COMMUNITY INPUT o .a .eJPJ I?pJ ! li 4,00Valley Adoption/Amendment Procedures • Draft Shoreline Master Program (SMP) to DOE • DOE provides 30 day (minimum) comment period • DOE may hold public hearing on SMP • DOE requests city to review and respond to issues identified during public comment/hearing period • DOE provides city with findings and conclusions • If DOE recommends changes, city may agree or propose alternative • DOE approves all SMP's Proposed Master Program Elements • Economic development for .." developments particularly dependent on location on or use of shorelines"; • Public access element; • Recreational element for preservation/enlargement of recreational opportunities; • Location of existing/proposed thoroughfares, terminals, and other public utilities/facilities; • Shoreline land use element; • Conservation of natural resources, scenic vistas, aesthetics, and wildlife protection; • Historic, cultural, scientific, and educational element ; • Prevention and minimization of flood damages; and • Other appropriate or necessary element. i _Ai,,......A Comp. ISI an R W 36 TOA_4.80 �r•- niakes SMP pe rcies _ --.e "Shoreline Elni-n nt'- sk of the Comp_ Ptan. / SISIP 1 i Policia R4:'-Vv 1 - SIV1A requires an 36.7OA.O4O(5)( l identifiable SMP GMA requires I nc rnbining policies consistency_ ' Mildregulations. I Ir 1 l SNIP l I Regs. 1 Davalopmant Rags. limimiganiilhaimil S Preferences • Protecting/restoring ecological functions • Water dependent uses • Water- enjoyment • Single-family Residential Development • Limit other uses Shoreline Classifications CURRENT PROPOSED • Urban Area • High-intensity • Rural Area • Shoreline Residential • on ervanc Area • Urban Conservancy • Pastoral Area • Rural Conservancy • Natural Area • Natural • Aquatic City of Spokane Valley Shoreline Designations Spokane River I7'Iz'afil r _. ` JI' t•—ki — —• i { liliwood - _ i r---_,-'•-•,"_„.}--1 flit -- - ;,. [i i" —.r • Legend ; - — G�r-1 r r PASTORAL .t.._ ; l I g _ I: _ .ro . I�� •� r1 i RURAL ,k• X "----- �� _ 1 ` �1 i} I + ue. rr%,�r;;`I r. .--' E!.` —177k=1— I ILII �,' OPEN WATER + Shelly Lake Urban Shorelines • Intended to accommodate compatible water dependent uses; and • Water-oriented uses in shoreline areas I : 1 ,, _ 78".""m"*"diguimm2iimummiwomminmin:_., ... .. ._ fi,air, __ ., . Rural Shorelines rcq, Used for agriculture, t:a recreational, or low density development; , y • and/or ` 4�r a"'' t � • Potential of becoming prime farmland IV Of rr: . . Conservancy Shorelines 0 Maintain existing shoreline character Provide for non- intensive uses l .f 1 Pastoral Shorelines • Protect/maintain shorelines subject to limited human interference • Preserved natural quality/wildlife habitat and natural y beauty a �` wP�.. kgc Natural Shorelines • Preserve, maintain or restore systems ;. ,I. relatively free from 4. human activity • Natural characteristics -1114r- intolerant of human use � ` k F`1 �r �, k h � r 4 • • ;eF •i Historical or cultural � � � ; ;� '�� °��+ '1 ,,, significance . .d ;. r• j , i". F " ` Proposed Rules • Distinguish Shoreline Modification from Shoreline Uses • Vegetation Control • Bank Stabilization • Construction • Compatible uses and setbacks • Structural vs. Non-structural • Cumulative Effects Analysis Next Steps . . . . • Comment period on the proposed rules will end on September 15, 2003 • Proposed classification system appears to be more in line with City needs • County not REQUIRED to update its classification until 2013, but will conduct a shoreline inventory in 2003 or early 2004 • City would need reassess inventory under current rules • Spokane County has applied for a grant to update the inventory and has requested City support to strengthen the application aria ex � t, Spokane ..000 Vatat ic Corn pr ensii Plan:: I Areas Community Development Department September 2, 2003 Critical Areas • Wetlands • Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas • Frequently Flooded Areas • Geologically Hazardous Areas • Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas Growth Management Act • Requires City to identify/protect Critical Areas • City adopted County's Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) as interim ordinance • City will adopt new CAO as part of overall Comp Plan/Development Regulation process • Must use "Best Available Science" to develop regulations einit _ Wetlands Map - T -. _ v---- . ,. , , i ‘ Areas that are inundated or _ A�4n saturated by surface or 1 groundwater that support 1 e vegetation that grows in _ s ``=� saturated soil __,,p_v. i.t.- :C':i 1 Z c._,,),. 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Cw ,d4 r s t r" - r 1.---r 11 ---.4%"'t' '',.. ortt9-1- ,,,...15c,,,„..' _, i,--- Fish and Wildlife j w g-.---^7, tet. r I'' 1 Map ®�^ _ - o Hy_+ : , - p... , .4i Areas that provide critical 1 i ,_-1- 4 v--, -1/4„, .,..7 7 I i,, EITX.1.77A4 a..-. -":".":- •'• ..21 i fish and wildlife habitat a •- .„ � f ” ; —lL__",�,_ .en,tali 411‘111W1 rWi. , _,, } ' Tot�uofl�iillr�;,4 ' ., *, . ~ - , iTti'�1 S} 3iT�4 . yrs a=¢ r^ in 0 -� . , / r . if 1 _ ap m ___ NR Stream L. l• .u• RIr_VT r' TW.•S r. y. ' ..f A'F .;- S1vP ® T ryM.au Types Map Department of Natural 4 . � _ - 1. Resources (DNR) Stream11 ■� to Classification used to .• r determine buffer widths for ‘7R ' ` r protection of riparian 1 • } r s wildlife habitat, Type 1 Stream = 250' buffer x. 1 ! 1?:. • !4°^44A`fI 't � a Type 2 Stream = 100' buffer � Fe Type ; ke Ty; :::: : 100' buffer 75' buffer ! AI icid-so Type 5 Stream = 25' buffer dillifir *064 ir- Net Steps . . . Spokane County has done a good job of identifying and developing regulations for Critical Areas t eiC5ic 5 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A DEFINITIONS •AASHTO -American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. • Abandoned -knowing relinquishment by the owner, of right or claim to the subject property or structure on that property, without any intention of transferring rights to the property or structure to another owner, tenant, or lessee, or of resuming the owner's use of the property. "Abandoned" shall include but not be limited to circumstances involving tax forfeiture, bankruptcy, or mortgage foreclosure. • Accessory dwelling unit(ADU) -a freestanding detached structure or an attached part of a structure that is subordinate and incidental to the main or primary dwelling unit located on the same property, providing complete, independent living facilities exclusively for a single housekeeping unit, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, and sanitation. •Accessory Use - a use, activity of structure customarily incidental, appropriate and subordinate to the principal use and located on the same lot therewith. •ADA -Americans with Disabilities Act. • Administrative Exception - an exception to the strict enforcement of height, area or other development regulations authorized by this Code. • Adult Entertainment - a nightclub or restaurant or similar commercial establishment which regularly features nude persons, sexually explicit live performances, or firms, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides of other photographic reproductions. • Adult Day-Care Facility -a licensed or accredited facility that provides counseling, recreation, food, or any or all of these services to elderly or handicapped persons for a period of less than twenty-four hours a day, • Adult Family Home- a residential home in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room, and board to more than one but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services. • Adult Retail Use - a business establishment which sells, exhibits, or offers for sale or rental sexually explicit books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, slides, other visual representations; or instruments, devices or paraphernalia. • Aged person --a person of the age 65 years or more, or a person of less than 65 years who by reason of infirmity requires domiciliary care, as defined by ROW 18.20.020(1). •Agricultural Use -any activity related to the cultivation of the sod, the production of crops for human food, animal feed or planting seed or for the production of fibers; floriculture, viticulture or horticulture; the raising or keeping of livestock; the planting of cover crops or the leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any governmental program or recognized, normal crop rotation or livestock rotation procedure. A residential unit and related outbuildings located wholly on a tract of land used solely for one or more of the purposes described in the preceding sentence shall be deemed an accessory agricultural use. •Airport -An area improved for the landing or take-off of aircraft k Air installation compatible use zone -areas upon which limited control is required with respect to land uses that may obstruct airspace because found generally incompatible with airport operations, posing no health or safety hazard for aircraft operations. SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A -Airport Elevation -the highest point airport usable landing area measured in feet above mean sea level. •Airport Obstruction - any structure or object of natural growth or use of land which would exceed the federal obstruction standards established in 14 CFR sections 77,21, 77,23, 77.25 and 77.2B, or which obstructs the airspace required for flight of aircraft in landing or take-off, or is otherwise hazardous to airport operations. •Airspace Height-the maximum height limits to be measured in feet above mean sea level. -Airport Hazard - any structure or object of natural growth located in the vicinity of the airport which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft or airport operations. • Alley —a public right-of-way providing secondary access along side or rear property lines. •Alter or Alteration - any change, addition, or modification in construction, use or occupancy, or any change in the size, shape, outline, or type of sign. •Amenity Center—private recreation facilities which may include swimming pools, meeting rooms, open space, or other amenities maintained by a Homeowner's Association for the benefit of neighborhood residents. •Amusement, Commercial (Indoor)—a facility offering indoor entertainment such as a bowling alley, video arcade or billiard parlor_ •Amusement, Commercial (outdoor)— a facility offering outdoor entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge such as a golf driving range, archery range, or miniature golf course. • Animal, Livestock —horses, donkeys, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, bison, camel, swine or similar domesticated barnyard animal. • Animal, Household Pet—domesticated dogs, cats, canaries, parrots, guinea pigs, hamsters or similar animals customarily housed within a residence. • Animal, Poultry—chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese or similar domesticated fowl. • Animal, Wild — deer, antelope, moose, elk, raccoon, skunk, fox, chinchilla, nutria, beaver or similar undomesticated animal. • Animal, Exotic—mammals, birds and reptiles not native to North America. -Antique Shop - an establishment offering for sale glass, china, objects d'art, furniture or similar furnishings and decorations which have value and significance as a result of age, design and sentiment. 'Apartment a buildingeaF-a-portion of a buila:.,g omnge.d. or,esi t apied by five-or rnoreefaceili livinindependently of e.sr In rsgaika • Aquifer-- Spokane ValleyfRathdrum Prairie Aquifer. • Aquifer Sensitive Area (ASA) —Aquifer and aquifer recharge area identified in the Spokane County Wastewater Plan, July 1981. -Arterial - existing or proposed street identified as such on the adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Spokane Valley. -Assisted Living Center— a facility that provides routine protective oversight or assistance for independent living to mentally and physically limited persons in a 2 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A residential setting. Services include, but are not limited to transportation, food service, pharmacy and medical clinics. An Assisted Living Center may be included as a part of a nursing home or convalescent center complex. • Attached — structurally dependent • Auction Yard—an area or structure where merchandise is stored or displayed for sale at auction. •Automotive Repairs, Major -the repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of engines, air conditioning systems and transmissions for motor vehicles, wrecker service, collision services, including body, frame or fender straightening or repair, customizing, painting, vehicle steam cleaning, undercoating and rust-proofing and any use listed under Automotive Repairs, Minor. • Automotive Repairs, Minor — Minor repair or replacement of parts, tires, tubes, and batteries; diagnostic services, minor motor services such as grease, oil, spark plug, and filter changing; tune-ups; emergency road service, replacement of starters, alternators, hoses, brake parts, automobile washing arid polishing; performing state inspections and making minor repairs necessary to pass said inspection; normal servicing of air- conditioning systems, and other similar minor services for motor vehicles except heavy load vehicles, but not including any operation named under"Automotive Repair, Major" or any similar use. ▪Automotive sales and service -the sale, rental, or display and service of passenger cars and light trucks, including Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and trucks with a manufacturers Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (G\ANR) of one (1) ton or fess, • Automotive Rental an area for the display, storage and service of rental vehicles. • Automobile service station -a use which provides for the servicing of passenger automobiles and trucks not exceeding one and one-half tons capacity and operations incidental thereto, but not including body repair, painting, or automobile wrecking. ▪ Automobile wrecking - any dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts • Average building elevation - a reference datum on �_ the surface topography of a property from which t building height is measured. The reference datum shall 30` j ; be a point no higher than five feet above the lowest elevation taken at any exterior wall of the structure either prior to any development activity or at finished i . — -- existing, grade whichever is lower, provided the reference cede datum is equal to or lower than the highest elevation at Pc+rkt cA any exterior wall of the structure prior to development Looms& Measurer e i Elevei,oq activity. • Awning -A roof-like cover that is temporary in nature and that projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window from the elements. • Beekeeping, Commercial — an area used to maintain twenty-five or more bee hives. • Beekeeping, Hobby - an area used to maintain less than twenty-five bee hives 3 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Basement—the portion of a building at least four feet (4'-O") below grade for more than 50% of the perimeter but not more than eight feet (8'-0") below grade at any pointof the structure • Bed and Breakfast- a single-family dwelling which provides accommodations for one or more paying guests on a reservation basis. Berm -a narrow ledge or shelf of land generally consisting of earth material that may be natural or artificial. • Bicycle —A vehicle having two tandem wheels, either of which is more than 18" in diameter or having three wheels in contact wit the ground any of which is more than 16" propelled solely by human power, upon which any persons or person may ride_ - Bicycle Path —A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and either within the highway right of way or within an independent right of way. • Bicycle Route—A segment of a system of bikeways designated with appropriate directional and informational markers with or without specific bicycle route number. • Bikeway—Any road, path, or way, which in some manner is specifically designated and which may legally be used by bicycles regardless of whether such facilities are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or are to be shared with other transportation modes. ■ Block- a parcel of land surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad rights-of-way, public walks, parks, or green strips, rural land, drainage channels, or a combination thereof. • Boarding or Rooming house- a dwelling other than a hotel where meals and lodging are provided for compensation for three or more unrelated persons on a monthly or weekly basis, and where no cooking or dining facilities are provided in the individual rooms aeardi sg 1=+o Any home a •ir stitutiefr, eve—roamed ^,►"f,oh-i advertised; arIFEGURged7-cx-mairiitaincd for the express-or implied-purpose-of pr +di -beac4•and demiciliory-c-are-to even-orrnoFe ed pees s-„et ater# y--bl -ar-r ffiage to the operator-, • Build -to erect, convert, enlarge, reconstruct, or alter a building or structure. • Buildable Area -the area of the building site not including land located within the 100- year floodplain, easements, or required yards_ - Buildable Width -The width of a lot not included within the required side yard setbacks. - Building -Any structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind. When subdivided in a manner sufficient to prevent the spread of fire, each portion so subdivided may be deemed a separate building. • Building, Assembly a building or portion of a building used for the gathering of 50 or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, education, instruction, worship, entertainment, amusement, drinking or dining, or awaiting transportation. • Building Codes-the adopted Uniform Building Code, the Uniform Plumbing Code, the International Mechanical Code and National Electric Code, as amended, and such other building code as may be adapted by the City to govern buildings and structures. 4 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Building Setback Line - A line established by zoning regulations, generally parallel to and measured from the lot line, defining the limits of a yard in which no building or structure may be located, except as otherwise provided. See definition of"Yard." • Building Materials Sales-facilities for the wholesale or retail sale of building materials, tools and hardware customarily used in the construction of buildings and other structures. • Building Official - The Administrative Official charged with the responsibility of issuing permits and enforcing building codes. -Build � g-� pplieatior} li a{ tsar lernilte t0-tie-Chief Bu+lcii-°gig-- Por t ia- � st stieFi-asel-semeeleting,inc-1Uding any-exfnrior-rremedeling hieh-ins ses-the exieries-limen lees-ef°a structure;-Ba a+cteincluelh eep+a nt-e€-a-t-%-e♦-acre of Insea istti -ref--tie-constr+ et re$f-a--m ryevalLor ff nae`exese€i +rty-ir hes suFFed-f r +ater ?l-g de he enclosure of an ti -eanepy;-eaFpeerporte- oorcrc, -#eie-eonst I grade. - Building Site - a tract of land located within a single block which, at time of filing for a building permit, is designed to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit. - Bulk Handling -the transferring of flammable or combustible liquids from tanks or drums into smaller containers for distribution. ▪ Camping Units-a structure, shelter or vehicle designed and intended for temporary occupancy by persons less than 400 square feet. Caretaker or Guard Residence -Accessory dwellings located on a premises occupied by a permitted principal use occupied only by guards or caretakers employed on the premises. • Carport - a structure open on a minimum of three (3) sides designed or used to shelter vehicles. • Carnival or Circus -temporary entertainment facilities providing rides, exhibits, games, musical productions, food and drink, and items for sale as part of a private commercial venture, • Carwash -a facility for the washing of automobiles and light trucks. • Catering -an establishment that serves and supplies food to be consumed off premises: a service providing meals andfor refreshments for public or private entertainment for a fee; provides food and incidental service for a social affair or for a private dwelling, but does not use commercial vehicles that are equipped in any manner far purposes of transporting food to be sold directly from such vehicles. • Cellar- See Basement. • Cemetery- land used or intended to be used for the burial of the human or animal dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery_ - Certificate of Occupancy - an official certificate issued by the City through the Chief Building Official that indicates conformance with building requirements and zoning regulations and authorizes legal use of the premises for which it is issued. • Certificate of title - a letter, report, opinion, statement, policy, or certificate prepared and executed by a title describing all encumbrances of record which affect the property, together with all recorded deeds, including any pad of the property included in the plat. 5 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Change of use - a change in the general character of a use, activity or operation. • Church, Temple, Mosque, Rectory -a place of worship and religious training of recognized religions including the on-site housing of clergy. • City -The City of Spokane Valley, Washington. • City Council -The governing body of the City, • City Engineer-the engineer employed by the City, or the engineer retained as consultants to the City, or their duly authorized representative(s). = City Manager-the Chief Executive Officer of the City. • Clinic, Medical - a group of offices for three or more licensed physicians, dentists or other medical professionals to treat the sick or injured on an out-patient basis. See also Medical Office. • College or University - An academic institution of higher learning accredited or recognized by the State offering a program or series of programs of academic study. • Commercial condominium -that portion of a commercial, institutional or office structure under individual ownership, sharing a common lot with ownership and management of common areas held by an organization or association of property owners. • Commission -the Planning Commission of the City. • Community Center -A building and grounds owned and operated by a governmental body, homeowner's association, or nor-profit organization for the social, recreational, health or welfare of the community served. • Community Residential Facility—a licensed residential facility for children or adults with physical, developmental er mental disabilities, children or elderly persons in need of supervision, but does not include Halfway House, Crisis Residential Center or Secure Residential treatment Facility. • Community Treatment Facility— a licensed residential facility for the care and treatment of individuals suffering mental disability, alcoholism or drug abuse. but does not include detoxification centers halfway house, and crisis residential center or seour residential treatment facile . Mai include alcohol and/or dru* abuse treat e t facili ies and adult tr-atment facilities. • Comprehensive Plan - the plan adopted by the Council to guide the future development of the city pursuant to Chapter 36.70 RCVV which includes but is not limited to elements describing land uses, housing, transportation, utilities, parks, schools and other community facilities. • Concrete or Asphalt Batching Plant (Temporary) -A temporary manufacturing facility for the production of concrete or asphalt during construction of a project, and to be removed when the project is completed. • Concrete or Asphalt Batching Plant -A permanent manufacturing facility for the production of concrete or asphalt. • Conditional Use—a use authorized subject to conditions and performance standards established by the Examiner. • Condominium. - a building, or group of buildings, in which units are owned individually, and the structure, common areas, and facilities, are owned by all the owners on a 6 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A proportional, undivided basis pursuant to the Horizontal Property Regimes Act, Chapter 6432 ROW. See also Commercial Condominium and Dwelling, Condominium. • Congregate Residence - any building or portion thereof that contains Facilities for living, sleeping and sanitation, and may include facilities for eating and cooking, for occupancy by other than a family, including but not limited to shelters, convents, monasteries, dormitories, sorority and fraternity houses. Congregate Residence does not include jails, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels or lodging houses. - Construction Work Hours —those hours between 7:00 a.m. and 8100 p.m. • Contractor's Yard —a building, part of a building or land area used for the storage of materials, implements, or machinery related to construction activity. • Convalescent Home—a facility used or occupied by persons recovering from illness or suffering fromthe infirmities of age. - Convenience Store—a retail store of less than 10,000 square feet in size engaged in the sale of personal cr household merchandise, packaged foods and beverages. • Council -the City Council of Spokane Valley, Washington. • County— Spokane County, Washington. • Country Club—a land area and buildings which may include a golf course, clubhouse, dining room, swimming pool, tennis courts and similar recreational or service uses available only to members and their guests. • Court- an open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court has one side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanent space. a Coverage-the area of a lot or tract covered by the roof or first floor of a building expressed as a percentage of lot area. Roof eaves extending three (3) feet or less From the walls of a building are excluded from coverage computations. ▪ Crisis Residential Center—a residential facility proving secure or semi-secure temporary shelter for children under the age of eighteen. ■ Critical material—any substance whose release in sufficient quantity would impair uses dependent on the quality of water in the aquifer. . Dairy-- any premises where three (3) or more cows or three (3) or more goats, or any cornbination thereof are maintained and milked for a period exceeding sixty (60) days. • Day Care Facility - a licensed commercial facility which may be titled a Nursery School, Kindergarten, Child Development Center, Day Care Center, Private School, etc., providing care for less than 24 hours a day for more than 13 children under age 14. • Department-the Department of Planning and Community Development.. • Density - the number of residential units permitted on a specific tract of land usually expressed in a total number of units per gross or net acre. . Developer- the person, business, partnership, corporation, or association responsible for the development of the subdivision or addition. • Director-the Director of the Department of Community Development, or designee. • District—an approved zoning district to which regulations concerning land use, occupancy, development, height and area, and other restrictions apply. 7 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Drive thru - a building element that allows a customer to obtain goods and services through a building opening, other than a door, while seated in an automobile • Driveway stacking -the distance between the street right-of-way line and the near side of the first intersecting interior aisle or parking stall designed to allow queuing of traffic. • Dwelling Unit- any building or portion thereof that contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation for not more than one family, or a congregate residence for 10 or less persons, but not including hotels or motels • Dwelling, Single-Family detached -a dwelling unit contained in a free-standing structure designed for occupancy by a single family ▪ Dwelling, Two-Family - a single structure containing two dwelling units. _ i `, • Dwelling, Multi-Family - a single structure containing three or more dwelling units. ▪ Easement-the right of use over the property of another, • Electronic Manufacturing and Assembly—the manufacture and assembly of electronic components such as circuit boards, chips, cables, computer components_ • Entry turnaround— an esplanade opening or other accommodation provided at the entrance to a private street development in order to allow vehicles denied access to re- enter the public street with a forward motion without unduly disturbing other vehicles at the entrance. • Essential public facility- any facility or conveyance which is difficult to site as a result of unusual site requirements and/or significant public opposition; is .i necessary component of a system, network or program which provides a public service or good; and is owned or operated by a unit of local or state government, private or nonprofit organization under contract with or receiving government funding, cr private firms subject to a public service obligation. • Essential Services -infrastructure for provision of services by public and private utilities but not including buildings. • Extraterritorial jurisdiction -the unincorporated territory extending beyond the City limits subject to joint planning between the City and County. • Facilities Agreement—a contract for reimbursement of cost based upon a distribution of use or service. • Family - a number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than five (5) individuals are unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption or one or more disabled persons protected by the Fair Housing Amendments Act (42 U_S.C. Section 3601 et seq.) living together, ▪ Family Day Care - a child day care provider who regularly provides child day care for not more than 12 children in the provider's home in the family living quarters. • Family Home - a home that regularly provides care in the caretaker's own residence for not more than six children under 14 years of age, excluding the caretaker's own children, and that provides care after school hours for not more than six additional elementary school Riiikini3n, but where the total number of children, including the caretaker's own, does not exceed 12 at any time. 13 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Fence- an artificially constructed barrier enclosing all or part of a tract of land intended to prevent escape or intrusion, or to establish a boundary, - Filing date -the date on which a complete application for plat approval is presented to the Department. • Fire Lane — an easement allowing the access for emergency vehicles. ■ Flea Market- en enclosed or unenclosed marketplace where second--hand, crafts, antiques or other goods are regularly offered for sale by two or more merchants. Fund- raising events sponsored by religious, charitable, education, social or political organizations are not a flea market. • Floodplain —an area of land subject to inundation by a 100-year frequency flood as determined using standard engineering practices and generally shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the City of Spokane Valley • Floodway -the channel of a stream, plus any adjacent floodplain areas. • Floodway Fringe-the area between the floodway and 100-year floodplain boundaries. • Floor area, gross-the total area of a structure measured by taking the outside dimensions of the building at each floor level intended for occupancy or storage, but excluding carports or garages. • Floor area, net -the gross floor area of a structure less stairs, washrooms, WriElit elevator shafts, and other common areas open to public or semi-public use. • Floor Area Ratio (FAR) -the ratio between the gross floor area in a structure and the total square feet of land in the tract on which the structure is located. ▪ Food Service —the institutional or retail preparation, packaging, exporting or private labeling of fresh, frozen, or refrigerated food products • Foster-family home - an agency which regularly provides care on a 24-hour basis to one or more children, expectant mothers, or persons with developmental disabilities in the family abode of the person or persons under whose direct care and supervision the child, expectant mother, or person with a developmental disability is placed. • Fraternal Organization, Lodge or Civic Club -A society or association having a restricted membership and organized for the pursuit of some common objective. - Frontage- the portion of any tract which abuts a public street right-of-way affording primary access to the tract. • Fueling station - any building or premises used for the dispensing, sale, or offering for sate at retail of automobile fuel, oils, lubricants and automobile accessories. • Garage, Private - an accessory building enclosed on three sides designed or used for the storage of motor vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory. • Garage, Public - a building or portion thereof, other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for storing motor vehicles for a fee. • Garage Sale - Occasional sales on residential premises. • General Development Plan a map or plat designed to illustrate the general design features and street layout of a proposed subdivision to be developed and platted in sections or phases_ 9 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Greenway—A greenway is a linear, landscape corridor of significant length accommodating multiple uses. - Golf Course - a regulation golf course constructed by a private individual or group and operated as a commercial enterprise other than a driving range, miniature golf or similar golf oriented commercial amusement. • Grade(Adjacent Ground Elevation) -the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line or, when the property line is more than 5 feet from the building, between the building an a line five feet from the building. • Firearms Sales and Repair- An establishment that is primarily engaged in the sale and repair of firearms and accessories. • Functional disability- a chronic physical or mental condition or disease substantially limiting one or more major life activities, but excluding a condition resulting from the current and illegal use of a controlled substance. • Group-care facility-an agency, other than a foster-family home, which is maintained and operated for the care of a group of children on a 24-hour basis. • Gymnastics Training Center- A Gymnastics Training Center provides training and exercise in the proper conditioning and preparation for the sport of gymnastics. •Hazardous substance - any liquid, solid, gas, or sludge, including any material, substance, product, commodity, or waste, regardless of quantity, that exhibits any of the characteristics or criteria of hazardous waste as described by Chapter 70.105 RCW, WAC 173-303-090 or 173-303-100. • Hazardous waste - any dangerous and extremely hazardous waste, as those terms are defined by RCW 70.105.00(5) and (0), respectively, including substances composed of radioactive and hazardous components. A moderate risk waste as described by RCW 70.105.010(17) is not a hazardous waste. • Hazardous waste generator - any person or site whose act first causes a dangerous waste to become subject to regulation under the Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC. •Hazardous waste storage - the holding of dangerous waste for a temporary period Accumulation of dangerous waste by the generator on the site of generation is not storage as long as the generator complies with the applicable requirements of WAC 173-303-200 and 173-303-201. •Hazardous waste treatment - the physical, chemical, or biological processing of dangerous waste to make such wastes nondangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. *Heavy industrial - an industrial land use such as chemical processing or machinery manufacturing which has environmental impacts which may require regulation (i.e., heavy truck traffic, noise, vibration, light, glare, and odors). 10 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Height -The vertical distance of a structure measured frorr the average established grade at the street line or from the average natural front yard ground level, whichever is higher, to (1) the highest point of the roofs surface if a flat surface, (2) to the deck line of mansard roofs, or(3)to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for hip and gable roofs and, in any event, excluding chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, mechanical equipment, standpipes, telecommunication towers, ornamental cupolas, domes and spires, and parapet walls not exceeding ten (10)feet in height. • Heliport- a landing facility for rotary wing aircraft subject to regularly scheduled use and may include fueling or servicing facilities for such craft. • Helistop- a landing pad for occasional and infrequent use by rotary wing aircraft. No on-site servicing of or fueling and not for regularly scheduled stops. • Helistop, temporary- A landing pad where the use is not to exceed three (3) days, with no more than three (3) stops per day. • Home Occupation - an occupation or activity that is incidental and secondary to the primary use of the premises as a residence, • Homeowners' association - a group of persons organized as an association, corporation or other entity which represents homeowners residing in a subdivision or other development entity. • Hospice -- a facility dedicated to providing emotional, social and spiritual support to the terminally ill and their families in a residential setting. * Hospital - an institution in which there are complete facilities far diagnosis, treatment, surgery, laboratory, x-ray, and the prolonged care of bed patients. Medical clinics may have some but not all of these facilities. • Hotel A building offering overnight or temporary lodging accommodations for travelers or guestrooms for compensation on a daily rate to the general public and providing additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, maid service and recreational facilities. • Improvement - the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal, conversion, or demolition of a building or structure. • Laboratories (Dental) -Any place where a person would perform the duties of a Dental Technician as defined in Article 455.1.f Section 1 of the Washington Dental Practice Act, • Laboratories (BIO Safety Level 2, OSHA Standards) - a facility in which work is done with the broad spectrum of indigenous moderate-risk agents present in the community and associated with human disease of varying severity. • Laboratories (B10 Safety Level 3, OSHA Standards) - a facility in which work is done with indigenous or exotic agents where the potential for infection by aerosols is real and the disease may have serious or lethal consequences. • Laboratories, Scientific (B10 Safety Level 4, OSHA Standards) - a facility in which work is done with dangerous and exotic agents which pose a high individual risk of life- threatening disease • Laundry/Cleaning Plant, Oommerciat--a facility of 5,500 square feet or more equipped for commercial laundry and dry cleaning operations and storing solvents and cleaning compounds on the premises. 11 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A ▪ Laundry/Cleaning Plant, Retail with Pick-up Facilities - a facility of less than 5,500 square feet in gross floor area offering retail services to the public, equipped for commercial laundry and dry cleaning operations, and storing solvents and cleaning compounds on the premises ▪ Laundry/Dry Cleaning - Pick-Up Only - a facility used far picking up individual consumer's laundry and/or dry cleaning without dry cleaning equipment located on the premises. • Laundry, self-service - an unattended facility with coin-operated washing machines and/or dryers available for the use of the general public. This does not include laundry facilities provided as an accessory use for the benefit of the residents ortenants of multi- family development projects. ▪ Lawn Equipment Sales and Repair-An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and repair of new and used merchandise, including mowers, blowers, lawn tractors, edgers or other lawn equipment. • Livestock Auction - barns, pens and sheds for the temporary holding and sale of livestock. • Loading Space- a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks, together with access and maneuvering areas provided on the same building lest as the principal use for which the loading space is intended.. • Location Map- a vicinity map indicating the location of a specific site with reference to established physical landmarks, including streets, rivers, railroad rights-of-way, and highways. • Local Utility Line - facilities provided by a municipality or a franchised utility company for the distribution or collection of gas, water, surface drainage water, electric power or communication service. • Lot- an undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public street and designated as a distinct tract, • Lot Area -the area of a horizontal plane intercepted by the vertical projections of the front, side, and rear lot lines of a building lot. • Lot Area per Dwelling Unit- is the lot area required for each dwelling unit located en a building lot. • Lot, Corner- a building lot situated at the intersection of two streets. • Lot Coverage -The percentage of the total area of a lot occupied by the base {first story or floor) of buildings located on the lot or the area determined as the maximum cross sectional area of a building, • Lot Depth -the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a building lot measured at the respective mid-points of the front lot line and rear lot line within the lot boundary. • Lot, Flag - a lot of irregular shape with reduced frontage on a public or private street with dimensions which are otherwise adequate at the building line, • Lot, Reverse Flag - a lot of irregular shape with reduced access to a rear alley, amenity or natural feature. 12 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Lot, Interior- a lot within a subdivision that is not located at the intersection of any adjacent public or private street. - Lot Line- a boundary of a building lot_ • Lot Line, Front-the boundary of a building lot that is the line of an existing or dedicated street. Upon corner lots either street Line may be selected as the front lot line providing a front and rear yard are provided adjacent and opposite, respectively, to the front lot line. • Lot Line, Side - is that boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line, • Lot Line, sear- is that boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is, or is most nearly, parallel to the front lot line, • Lot of Record -an area of land designated as a lot on a plat of a residential subdivision recorded or registered pursuant to statutes of the State of Washington, with the Auditor of Spokane County. • Lot, radial- lots adjacent to curved streets or circular cul-de-sacs with side lot lines running roughly perpendicular to the street right-of-way • Lot Width -The width of a lot at the front building line. Measurements on irregularly- shaped lots to be taken in a straight line from a point where the front building line crosses the side property lines • Main Building — a building or buildings on a lot occupied by the primary use. - Maintenance and Storage Facilities - land, buildings and structures devoted primarily to the maintenance and storage of construction equipment and material, - Manufactured Housing Unit a pre-assembled self-contained dwelling unit designed to be transported in one or more parts which is not to be installed on a permanent foundation. Modular housing units, recreational vehicles and campers are not manufactured housing units. ▪ Manufactured Housing Unit Space - an area of land within a Manufactured Housing Park dedicated for the placement of a dwelling unit, - Manufactured Housing Unit Pad -a level and graded area to which the manufactured housing unit will be secured. - Manufactured Housing Park- a tract of land under single ownership and control that consists of two or more spaces leased for manufactured housing units, • Manufactured or Mobile Home Subdivision - a tract of land subdivided into lots which are designed as permanent sites for mobile or manufactured homes and which are served by separate utilities, dedicated street access on a legally filed plat and, are capable of being conveyed as separate lots. - Manufacturing (Light) -the manufacturing, fabrication, transformation, or assembly of products that do not involve the generation of objectionable noise, odor, vibration, and dust or hazard. • Manufacturing (Heavy) - establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the manufacturing of products, and the blending of materials such as lubricating oils, plastics and resins. Manufacturing production usually is carried on for the wholesale market rather than for direct sales. 13 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Masonry- construction composed of stone, brick, concrete, gypsum, hollow clay tile, concrete block or tile, glass block or similar building materials laid up unit by unit and set in mortar. Synthetic stucco (such as Exterior Finish and Insulation System (E.F.I.S) is not masonry. • Massage Therapy —the service of physical therapy performed by a licensed massage therapist. ▪ Microbrewery — an establishment where beer: ale, etc. is brewed and served in conjunction with food service. • Mobile Home, Travel Trailer and Farm Implement Sales -the sale or rental of new and used mobile homes, travel trailers or farm implements, but excluding repair work, except incidental warranty repair of same, to be displayed and sold on the premises. • Motorcycle Sales and Repair, Including Personal Watercraft - an establishment primarily engaged in the sale, repair and service of new and used motorcycles, motorized bicycles, jet skis, or similar merchandise. • Museum, Library or Art Gallery (Public) - an institution for the collection, display and distribution of books, objects of art or science, and which is sponsored by a public or quasi-public agency and which facilities are open to the general public. - MUTCD —Washington Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. - Nonconforming Use—a building, structure, use or occupancy which was lawful on the effective date of zoning regulations or amendments thereto, or which was in effect when annexed into the City but which does not conform to the use regulations of the zoning district in which it is situated. • Nursery, Plant Materials, wholesale - land, buildings-structures or combinations thereof for the storage, cultivation, transplanting of live trees, shrubs or plants offered on the premises and including products used for gardening or landscaping. • Nursing Home -an extended, tong-term, or intermediate care facility licensed or approved to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. See Convalescent Home. ▪ Noxious Matter- a material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects upon the physical or economic well-being or comfort of humans. - Occupancy -the use or intended use of the land or buildings by proprietors or tenants. • Office use - administrative, executive, professional, managerial premises not a part of retail, wholesale or manufacturing operation. • Off-street Parking - Off-street parking located on the lot or tract occupied by the matin use. - Office-Showroom/Warehouse - an establishment with a minimum of 75% of its total floor area devoted to storage and warehousing but not accessible to the general public. The remaining area may include retail and wholesale sales areas, sales offices, and display areas for products sold and distributed from the storage and warehousing areas. Open Area - "'Open Area" is that part of a building lot, including courts or yards, which: 1A SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A (a) Is open and unobstructed from its lowest level to the sky; and (b) Is accessible to all residents upon a building lot; and (c) Is not part of the roof of that portion of the building containing dwelling units. * Open Space - an area accessible to and permanently reserved for the common use and enjoyment of the residents for landscaping, leisure and recreational purposes. Open Space does not include area devoted to parking, accessory uses, fence row easements, landscaping required pursuant to this code, 100-year flood plain areas, drainage easements, natural drainage areas, creeks or building separation required under adopted building codes. • Open Storage -the storage of any equipment, machinery, commodities, raw, semi- finished materials, and building materials, not accessory to a residential use, which is visible from any point on the building lot line when viewed from ground level to six feet above ground level. • Outdoor Produce Market - a business which sells fresh fruit, vegetables, small plants, flowers, and related perishable food products_ • Park or Playground (Public) -An open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency such as the City of Spokane Valley or a School District and available to the general public. • Parking Lot or Structure (Commercial) - an area or structure devoted to the parking or storage of automobiles for a fee. May include, in the case of a parking structure only, a facility for servicing of automobiles provided such facility is primarily an internal function for use only by automobiles occupying the structure and creates no special problems of ingress or egress. See also Garage. • Parking Lot, Truck- any area, used for the parking or storage of trucks or trailers larger than one ton (manufacturer's Gross Vehicle Weight), • Parking Space- an enclosed or unenclosed all-weather surfaced area of not less than one hundred sixty-two {'162) square feet (measuring approximately 9 feet by 18 feet) not on a public street or alley, together with an all-weather surfaced driveway connecting the area with a street or alley permitting free ingress and egress without encroachment on the street or alley. • Paving Width —the width of the driving surface that is commonly used by vehicular traffic, including any associated curbs. This is normally the width of the paved driving surface as measured from edge of pavement to edge of pavement. • Pawnbroker—any person engaged in the business of lending money on the security of pledged goods, or engaged in the business of purchasing tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time, ▪ Pawnshop—an establishment where money is loaned on the security of personal property pledged in the keeping of the owner or proprietor. Also includes the retail sales of used items. • Performance Standards - standards or criteria by which qualitative and quantitative measures are derived for the regulation of uses and activities. The following definitions are applicable to Performance Standards: 15 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A •Atmosphere -the air that envelops or surrounds the earth. Where air contaminants are emitted into a building not designed specifically as air pollution control equipment, such emission into the building shall be considered emission into the atmosphere. Atmospheric Pollution -the discharging from stacks, open storage, chimneys, exhausts, vents, ducts, openings, or open fires of such air contaminants as visible emissions, sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, hydrocarbons,fumes or similar material or gases. - Combustion -the rapid exothermic reaction of any material with oxygen. • Emission - the act of passing into the atmosphere en air contaminant or a gas stream that contains or may contain an air contaminant or the material so passed into the atmosphere. • Emission Point - the location (place in horizontal plane and vertical elevation) at which an emission enters the atmosphere. • Exhaust Gas Volume -the total volume of gas emitted from an emission point. • Frequency - the number of times per second a vibration or sound wave oscillates. • Noise —any sound which annoys or disturbs humans or which causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological effect on humans. •A-Weighted Sound Level--the sound pressure level in decibels as measured on a sound level meter using the A-weighting network. The level read is designated as dB(A) or dBA. • Background Noise— noise from all sources other than that under specific consideration including traffic, established by measuring the noise over an eight- minute period of time. • Bounding Lot Line the far side of any street, alley, stream or other permanently dedicated open space from the stationary source when such open space exists between the lot line of the stationary source and adjacent property. When no such open space exists, the common line between two pieces of property shall be interpreted as the bounding lot line. • Daytime —.the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 8.00 p.m. • Decibel (dB)— a unit for measuring the volume of sound, equal to 20 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the pressure of sound measured to the reference pressure of 20 micropascals (20 Micronewtons per square meter). • Sound -the weighted sound pressure level obtained by the use of a sound level meter and frequency weighting network as specified in the American National Standards Institute specifications for sound level meters (ANSI SI 4-1971 or the latest revision thereto). • Sound Level Meter—an instrument which includes a microphone amplifier, RMS detector, integrator or time averager, output meter and weighting networks used to measure sound pressure levels. • Sound Pressure—the instantaneous difference between the actual pressure and the average or barometric pressure at a given point in space, as produced by sound energy. 16 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Sound Pressure Level —20 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the RMS sound pressure to the reference pressure of 20 micropascals (20*t4' i tt r pn� aper ct 1ard rh r). The sound pressure level is denoted Lp or SPL and is expressed in decibels, • Time Weighted—an established period of time during which the sound pressure levels are averaged. • Odor Threshold -the concentration of odorous matter in the atmosphere necessary to be perceptible to the olfactory nerve of a normal person. Determination of the Odor Threshold is prescribed by A.S.T_M_a_ 1391-57, Standard Method for Measuring Odor in Atmosphere. • Operation - any physical action resulting in a change in the location, form of physical properties of a material, or any chemical action resulting in a change in the chemical composition or chemical or physical properties of a material, including but not limited to heat transfer, calcination, double decomposition fermentation, pyrolysis, electrolysis, cornbustion material handling, evaporation mixing, absorption, filtration, fluidization, screening, crushing, grinding, demolishing, shoveling, bagging, etc.. • Particulate Matter- any material, except uncombined water, which exists in a finely divided form as a liquid or solid at standard conditions when released into the atmosphere. • Person or Operation - any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, company, contractor, supplier, installer, user, or owner or any state or local governmental agency or public district or any officer or employee thereof. it includes the owner, lessor, lessee, tenant, licensee, manager and operator, or any of such, of any emission point or any source operation which may constitute a source of atmospheric pollution related thereto, or any interest in such emission point or operation source. • Smoke - a visible discharge of particulate matter from a chimney, vent, exhaust or combustion process. • Toxic and Noxious Matter- any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter which is present in sufficient quantities to endanger health, safety and comfort of persons in the vicinity or which may cause injury or damage to property. • Vibration - a periodic displacement of the earth measured in inches. • Personal Service--service involving thecare of a person, including barber shop, beauty shop, tailor, dressmaker, shoe shop, or similar shop offering custom service. - Pest Control Service —a commercial enterprise licensed by the state engage in the eradication of insects and vermin, • Plat—a map or drawing depicting a tract of land showing lots, blocks, streets and alleys, or other divisions and dedications. • Plat, amending —an approved recorded plat resubmitted to correct dimensional or notational errors and omissions, or to relocate lot lines. - Plat, final subdivision -the map or drawing of a proposed subdivision prepared in a manner suitable for recording in the appropriate county records and prepared in conformance with the conditions of preliminary plat approval. 17 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Plat, preliminary subdivision -the map or drawing of a proposed subdivision illustrating the features of development. • Plat, Short—the map or representation of a short subdivision. - Plat, street dedication - a map OF drawing illustrating only the location of a public street within a specific tract of land. • Playfeld or Stadium- an athletic field or stadium owned and operated for the general public including a baseball field, golf course, football field or stadium, • Public Service Facility -the erection, construction, alteration, operation, or maintenance of buildings, power plants or substations, water treatment plants or pumping stations, sewage disposal or pumping plants and other similar public service structures by a public utility, by a railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or by a municipal or other governmental agency, including the furnishing of electrical, gas, rail transport, communications, public water and sewage services, and the storage and maintenance of related equipment and materials. • Radio, Television or Microwave Towers - structures supporting antennae for transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum, but excluding noncommercial SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Right-of-Way -the land area provided by dedication for public use for streets, utilities, walks, and other uses, also providing access to adjoining properties, * Roadway—The portion of the highway, including shoulders for vehicular use. • School, Business and Trade - a secondary or higher education facility primarily teaching usable skills that prepare students for jobs in a trade and meeting any State requirements as a vocational facility. - School, Public or Denominational -a school under the sponsorship of a public or reiigious agency having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary schools, but not including trade or commercial schools. - Security Station —the facility controlling vehicular access to private street developments which may be a mechanism or a manned structure_ ▪ Self-storage, Industrial —a facility providing for the storage of commercial goods, including outdoor storage of vehicles and equipment on a rental basis. ▪ Self-storage, Neighborhood --a facility designed to provide for storage of goods on a rental basis to residential neighborhoods, - Servant's Quarters—an accessory building located on the same lot as the principal residential building, occupied only by such persons and their families as are employed full time by the occupants of the principal residence. - Service Station -a service station is any building or premises used for the dispensing, sale, or offering for sale at retail of any automobile fuels or oils. See also Fueling Station. • Sewers, On-Site - a septic tank or other individual sewage disposal system on an individual lot which has the approval of health and sanitation officials having jurisdiction, • Shared Roadway—Any roadway upon which a bicycle lane is not designated and which may legally be used by bicycles regardless of whether such facility is specifically designated as a bikeway. • Shoulder BikewayJWalku ay—Shared roadway designed for bicycle and pedestrian usage. • Sidewalk - That portion of the street right-of-way outside the vehicle travel way which is for the use of pedestrian traffic. • Sign - any medium, including its structure and component parts, either a name, identification, description, display, andfor illustration which is affixed to, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or piece of land which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, institution, or business without regard to the message content or lack thereof. • Site Plan, Binding—the representation of commercial or industrial developments drawn to scale which (a) identifies and shows the areas and locations of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities; open spaces, and any other matters specified herein, and (b) contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth limitations and conditions, and (c) contains provisions making the development in conformity with the site plan. - Specialty Food Store—any store that carries health foods, whole foods, natural foods, ethnic groceries or other specialty items, • Specific Use Permit (SUP) -a zoning designation for uses that may be allowed in specified districts. SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Stable- a commercial enterprise engaged in housing, boarding horses or providing horses for hire. - Story-the part of a building, other than a basement, between the surface of a floor and the ceiling immediately above, or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. - Story, Half- a space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level and in which space not more than two-thirds ( /3) of the floor area is finished out for use. * Street, Thoroughfare or Road— a right-of-way providing access to adjacent properties with a part thereof to be used for vehicular traffic. • Street, Access - any public street within a subdivision or along the boundaries of a subdivision which would serve any properties outside the plat boundaries or provide a connection directly with a collector street. • Street, Alley - a minor street used primarily for vehicular access to the back or side of properties abutting on another street. • Street, Arterial - a general term denoting a highway primarily for through traffic carrying heavy loads and large volume of traffic, usually on a continuous route. • Street, Collector-a thoroughfare, whether within a residential, industrial, commercial or other type of development, which primarily carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance and circulation routes within residential subdivision. • Street, Cul-de-sae - a local street of relatively short length with one end open to traffic. • Street, Dead-End -a street temporarily having one outlet for vehicular traffic and intended to be extended or continued in the future. • Street, interior - a street located within a subdivision designed to serve only those properties within the boundaries of the subdivision in which it is established_ • Street, Local - a street providing access to residential or other abutting property - • Street, Loop -a local street, each end of which terminates at an intersection with the same adjacent street, and whose principal radius points of 180 degree system of turns are not more than 1,000 feet from said adjacent street, and normally more than 600 feet from each other_ - Street, private—a platted street or alley providing limited local traffic circulation among adjacent lots which is privately owned and maintained, contained within a private street lot, and constructed in accordance with the requirements of this policy. • Street, stub- a public street not terminated by a permanent circular turnaround, ending adjacent to undeveloped property or acreage. ▪ Structure- any construction, including a building or any portion thereof, erected for the purposes of support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind, including swimming pools, decks in excess of thirty (30) inches in height, and roof overhangs exceeding three (3) feet. A wooden fence of less than eight feet (&'-0") shall not be considered a structure for purposes of this chapter, nor a masonry, brick, concrete, or cinder block wall of less than twenty-four inches in height. 20 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A ▪ Structure, Principal --a structure in which the principal use of the lot, on which it is located, is conducted. All residential uses, except bona fide servants' quarters, are principal uses. ■ Structure, Accessory (Residential) — a subordinate structure detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the principal residential use. • Structure, Accessory (Non--Residential) —a subordinate structure detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the principal use. • Structure. Permanent—a structure with a foundation, poured-in-place footings, and underground plumbing, intended not to be temporary. • Structure, Temporary —a structure without a permanent foundation or poured-in-place footings, capable of being moved without disassembling or damage, secured by tie- downs or other means; to be removed when the designated time period, activity, or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased. • Subdivision a division of land into t or mare pads to lay out a subdivision of the tract, including an addition to the municipality, or to lay out suburban, building or other lots, and or to lay out streets, alleys, squares, parks or other parts of the tract intended to be dedicated to public use or for the sale, lease or transfer of ownership. • Subdivision, Short—the division or re-division of land into nine (9) or fewer lots, tracts, parcels, sites or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease or transfer. - Swim or Tennis Club - a private recreational club with restricted membership, usually of less area than a Country Club but including a clubhouse and a swimming pool, tennis courts and similar recreational facilities none of which are available to the general public. • Target Range - any indoor facility open to the public and occupying all or a portion of a building where firearms are discharged for testing or recreation purposes. - Tattoo Studio— premises used for the business of rnarkinor coloring the skin I-iMMTi tet lU' with dyes or inks ,1:11 i_ "} Tattooing for medical purposes (e.g. plastic surgery or reconstructive surgery) and for cosmetic purposes (e.g. permanent eye liner)that are accessory to other uses are not included in this definition, All tattoo studios must be licensed by the Washington Department of Health. •Teen Club - a retail amusement establishment focused on the 13-19 year-old market group providing entertainment through music, food and nonalcoholic beverage service, dancing, coin-operated machines, and the like. •Telecommunications- the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of audio and/or visual information kirtilWaii of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. •Alternative Mounting Structure -a water tower, man made tree, clock tower, church steeple, bell tower, utility pole, light standard, free standing sign, flagpole, or similar structure, designed to support and camouflage or conceal the presence of telecommunications antennas. •Antenna - a structure or device used to collect or radiate radio, television, or microwave electromagnetic waves, including directional antennas, such as panels, wireless cable and satellite dishes, and ornni-directional antennas, such as whips, but not including satellite earth stations or noncommercial antennae installations for home use of radio or television. 21 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A ▪Array - an arrangement of antennas and their supporting structure.. • Dish -a parabolic or bowl shaped device that receives andfor transmits signals in a specific directional pattern. • Panel - an antenna which receives andlor transmits signals in a directional pattern. • Stealth - a telecommunications antenna that is effectively camouflaged or- concealed rconcealed from view. i Telecommunications ' tt - an antenna used to provide a telecommunications service. This excludes lightning rods, private mobile radio systems, amateur radio antennas less than 35 feet in height in residential districts and 50 feet in height in non-residential districts, and whip antennas less than 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter and less than 13 feet in height. • Whip-an omni-directional dipole antenna of cylindrical shape which is no more than 6 inches in diameter. • _;,a - a single telecommunications tower and/or site used by more than one telecommunications service provider. • EIA-222- Electronics Industries Association Standard 222, "Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antennas Support Structures." • Service -the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public. or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. •Tower- a self-supporting or guyed structure more than twenty feet in height, built primarily to support one or more telecommunications antennae. • Electric Transmission - a self-supporting structure in excess of 50 feet in height designed to support high voltage electric lines. This does not include local utility or distribution pales (with or without transformers) designed to provide electric service to individual customers. • Guyed -any telecommunications tower supported in whole or in part by cables anchored to the ground. • Height -the distance measured from grade to the highest point of any and all components of the structure, including antennas, hazard lighting, and other appurtenances, if any. • Monopole - a self-supporting telecommunications tower, which consists of a single vertical pole, fixed into the ground and/or attached to a foundation. • Self-supporting Lattice -a telecommunications tower thatconsists of an open network of metal braces, usually triangular or square in cross-section. -Theater-a structure providing for live or taped entertainment with fixed seating. • Thoroughfare- See Streets. •Townhouse -a single-family residence joined to another dwelling on one or mare sides by a party wall with three (3) or more units with each unit located on an individual lot. • Townhouse condominium - an attached residential unit with three (3) or more units attached with individual ownership only in the living unit. Ownership and management of 22 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A common areas is entrusted to a duly organized association of owners of property as provided in the Washington Condominium Act. • Trailer- a vehicle without motor power, designed or used for carrying property wholly or its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. =. Tree Caliper- The diameter of existing trees is measured in caliper inches four feet above the soil grade_ If the Tree is on a slope, measure from the high side of the slope. Trees must be measured above any unusual swells in the trunk. For a multi-trunk Tree, all trunks are measured. The total caliper inches of the largest trunk and one-half of the caliper inches of each additional trunk represent the caliper inches of the tree. The diameter of new or Replacement trees are measured in conformance with the American Association of Nurserymen Standards for Nursery Stock six inches above the ground for trees up to and including 4-inch caliper, and twelve inches above the ground for trees of more than 4-inch caliper_ All measurements must be rounded to the nearest one-half inch. • Tree Cover-the perimeter of the combined drip line of one or more trees containing calipers greater than 6". „ .r .ds. --pp-44,p- 1 : I �'-:P rl c'V:Pi"':°P ri,J.: Y4+. , Its ' -`. • Tree Survey - a survey of existing trees prepared by a licensed arborist showing the approximate location, size (caliper and height), condition [healthy or unhealthy] and common name of each existing tree including a table listing of each tree showing the common name, size (caliper and height). • Tree, Replacement- a tree or trees planted for the purpose of replacing trees lost as a result of development. — 'Frees of --Trees- lance • Tree Mitigation Plan—a plan for replacing trees to be removed_ • Wind Turbine Support Tower -A structure not enclosed with exterior walls that exceeds the height requirement for the zoning district in which it is located, used for the production of energy such as a wind turbine tower. (Public utility towers used for the distribution or transmission of electricity and Wireless Communication Support Towers are not included in this definition. •WSDOT—Washington Department of Transportation. • Use -the occupancy, purpose or activity for which the land, or building thereon, is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, • Use, principal - is the main use or occupancy of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use. • Use, Accessory- a use incidental or subordinate to the principal use. 23 SPOKANE VALLEY UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE Appendix A • Variance - an adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of zoning regulations to a particular parcel of property, which, because of special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the particular parcel and not the result of applicant actions, would result in unnecessary and undue hardship •Veterinary Hospital or Clinic- a place for the care, grooming, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm or injured animals which may include boarding of animals Is incidental to the principal use. *Warehouse - a building in which more than fifty percent of the ground floor area is utilized for the storage of products, which is not the office or showroom area of the building. •Wholesale business -those businesses which sell, broker, transfer, receive or otherwise handle volume commodities for fabrication, resale or internal commercial or industrial consumption. •Wide Outside Lane Wider outside vehicle larges (greater than 12') are created to accommodate parallel travel of vehicles and bicycles on the outside edge of the lane. In the absence of bicyclists, vehicles may use the extra width. • Wrecking, Junk or Auto Salvage Yard - a yard Of building where automobiles or machinery are stored, dismantled and/or offered for sale as whole units, as salvaged parts or as processed metal. • Yard -the area between the property line and the building setback line in which no structure may be located • Yard, Front- An open, unoccupied space on a lot facing a street extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines and from the main building to the front lot or street line with the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the main building line as specified for the district in which it is located. • Yard, Rear -An open, unoccupied space, except for accessory buildings as herein permitted, extending across the rear of a lot measured between the side lot lines and having a depth between the building and the rear lot line as specified in the district in which the lot is situated • Yard, Side -An open, unoccupied space or spaces on one side or two sides of a main building and an the same lot with the building, situated between the building and a side line of the lot and extending through from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line, not the rear line or a front line, shall be deemed a side line. • Zoning District Map -The official certified map depicting the boundaries of zoning districts. • Zoning Administrator- Director of Community Development. 24