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“Rapid charging station” means an industrial grade electrical outlet that allows for faster recharging of electric vehicle batteries through higher power levels and that meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.

“Reasonable use” means a legal concept articulated by Federal and State courts in regulatory taking cases.

“Receiving site” means land for which allowable residential density is increased over the base density permitted by the underlying zone, by virtue of permanently securing and dedicating to the City of Covington, or another qualifying agency, the development potential of an associated sending site.

“Reclamation” means the final grading and restoration of a site to reestablish the vegetative cover, soil stability and surface water conditions to accommodate and sustain all permitted uses of the site and to prevent and mitigate future environmental degradation.

“Recreational vehicle (RV)” means a motorized vehicle designed primarily for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use which has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle, including but not limited to:

(a) Travel trailers;

(b) Camping trailers;

(c) Tent trailers;

(d) Truck campers;

(e) Camper vans;

(f) Motor homes; and

(g) Multi-use vehicles.

“Recreational vehicle parks” means the use of land upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites, including hook up facilities, are located for occupancy by the general public of recreational vehicles as temporary living quarters for recreation or vacation purposes.

“Recreation, indoor” means a large-scale indoor recreational use such as, but not limited to: skating rinks, bowling alleys, health clubs and fitness centers providing a wide variety of sport and fitness services, multi-court gymnasiums not accessory to an educational institution, multi-court racket clubs, sports arenas, large pools and similar uses. “Recreation, indoor” does not include shooting ranges.

“Recreation, outdoor” means golf courses, tennis courts, athletic fields, pools, skate parks, and similar uses. “Recreation, outdoor” does not include shooting ranges.

“Recyclable material” means a nontoxic, recoverable substance that can be reprocessed for the manufacture of new products.

“Regional road maintenance guidelines” means the National Marine Fisheries Service-published Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act Program Guidelines.

“Regional utility corridor” means a right-of-way tract or easement other than a street right-of-way which contains transmission lines or pipelines for utility companies. Right-of-way tracts or easements containing lines serving individual lots or developments are not regional utility corridors.

“Religious facility” means any building used for nonprofit purposes by an established religious organization holding either tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or under the State property tax law, where such building is primarily intended to be used as a place of worship. This definition does not include facilities for training of religious orders.

“Relocatable facilities cost per student” means the estimated cost of purchasing and siting a relocatable facility in a school district for the grade span of school to be provided, as a function of the district’s facilities standard per grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs.

“Relocatable facility” means any factory-built structure, transportable in one or more sections, that is designed to be used as an education space and is needed to prevent the overbuilding of school facilities, to meet the needs of service areas within a district or to cover the gap between the time that families move into new residential developments and the date that construction is completed on permanent school facilities.

“Relocation facilities” means housing units within City of Covington that provide housing to persons who have been involuntarily displaced from other housing units within City of Covington as a result of conversion of their housing unit to other land uses.

“Repair” means to fix or restore to sound condition after damage. “Repair” does not include replacement of structures or systems.

“Replace” means to take or fill the place of a structure, fence, deck or paved surface with an equivalent or substitute structure, fence, deck or paved surface that serves the same purpose. “Replacement” may or may not involve an expansion.

“Reseller” means one who buys fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, honey, dairy products, eggs, poultry, mushrooms, meats, fish, flowers, nursery stock, and plants directly from the farmer that grew, produced, caught, or gathered the item, transports it to a market, and resells it directly to the consumer.

“Residence” means a building designed and/or used to house a single family. The definition of “residence” shall include trailers on an individual lot and multifamily and condominium units.

“Restoration” means, for purposes of critical areas regulation, an action that reestablishes the structure and functions of a critical area or any associated buffer that has been altered.

“Retail, comparison” provides for the sale of comparison goods and services and is centrally located in the community or region.

“Retail, convenience” provides for daily living goods, is easy to access and use and is close to residential neighborhoods.

“Retail trade and services” means any use that provides for the sale of goods and services for both local and regional markets.

“Retaining wall” means any wall used to resist the lateral displacement of any material.

“Road amenities” means transfer of development credits (TDC) amenities financed by road CIP or operating funds that shall provide transportation improvements or programs.

“Roadway” means the maintained areas cleared and graded within a road right-of-way or railroad prism. For a road right-of-way, “roadway” includes all maintained and traveled areas, shoulders, pathways, sidewalks, ditches and cut and fill slopes. For a railroad prism, “roadway” includes the maintained railbed, shoulders, and cut and fill slopes. “Roadway” is equivalent to the “existing, maintained, improved road right-of-way or railroad prism” as defined in the regional road maintenance guidelines.

“Roofline” means the highest edge of the roof or the top of a parapet, whichever establishes the top line of the structure when viewed in a horizontal plane.

“Runoff” means that portion of water originating from rainfall and other precipitation that flows over the surface or just below the surface from where it fell and is found in drainage facilities, rivers, streams, springs, seeps, ponds, lakes and wetlands as well as shallow ground water. (Ord. 08-21 § 4 (Exh. C); Ord. 06-19 § 1; Ord. 06-17; Ord. 26-16; Ord. 26-16 §§ 22, 23; Ord. 05-16 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 09-12; Ord. 01-12 § 1 (Exh. 1); Ord. 19-11 § 1 (Exh. 1); Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Ord. 09-09 § 3; Ord. 14-05 §§ 2, 3; Ord. 42-02 §§ 2 (21A.06.945, 21A.06.950, 21A.06.955, 21A.06.960, 21A.06.965, 21A.06.970, 21A.06.972, 21A.06.975, 21A.06.980, 21A.06.985, 21A.06.990, 21A.06.995, 21A.06.1000, 21A.06.1005, 21A.06.1010, 21A.06.1011, 21A.06.1011A, 21A.06.1012). Formerly 18.20.945 – 18.20.1013)