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“Salmonid” means a member of the fish family Salmonidae, including, but not limited to:

(a) Chinook, coho, chum, sockeye and pink salmon;

(b) Rainbow, steelhead and cutthroat salmon, which are also known as trout;

(c) Brown trout;

(d) Brook, bull trout, which is also known as char, and Dolly Varden char;

(e) Kokanee; and

(f) Pygmy whitefish.

“Salmonid migration barrier” means an in-stream blockage that consists of a natural gradient drop (no human influence) with an uninterrupted slope greater than 100 percent (45-degree angle and height in excess of 11 vertical feet) with anadromous salmon-bearing waters or a height of three vertical feet within resident trout-only bearing waters. Culverts and weirs meet the definition, yet are subject to the Director’s determination of whether the barrier must be removed or may remain, based on factors including impacts to existing systems and significant expense.

“School bus base” means an establishment for the storage, dispatch, repairs and maintenance of coaches and other vehicles of a school transit system.

“School district” means the Kent School District.

“School district support facility” means uses (excluding schools and bus bases) that are required for the operation of a school district. This term includes school district administrative offices, centralized kitchens, and maintenance or storage facilities.

“Schools, compulsory” means institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the Education Code of the State of Washington, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities.

“Schools, elementary, and middle/junior high” means institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the Education Code of the State of Washington in grades kindergarten through nine, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities.

“Schools, higher education” means colleges, community colleges, and universities.

“Schools, secondary or high school” means institutions of learning offering instruction in the several branches of learning and study required by the Education Code of the State of Washington in grades nine through 12, including associated meeting rooms, auditoriums and athletic facilities.

“Scour” means the erosive action of running water in streams, which excavates and carries away material from the bed and banks. “Scour” includes earth and solid rock material.

“Seismic hazard areas” means those areas in City of Covington subject to severe risk of earthquake damage as a result of ground movement, ground displacement, or soil liquefaction in areas underlain by cohesionless soils of low density and usually in association with a shallow ground water table or of other seismically induced settlement.

“Self-service storage facility” means an establishment containing separate storage spaces that are leased or rented as individual units.

“Sending site” means land designated in Chapter 18.95 CMC as capable of providing a public benefit if permanently protected by virtue of having its zoned development potential transferred to another property.

“Senior citizen” means a person aged 62 or older.

“Senior citizen assisted housing” means housing in a building consisting of two or more dwelling units or sleeping units restricted to occupancy by at least one senior citizen per unit, and may include the following support services, as deemed necessary:

(a) Food preparation and dining areas;

(b) Group activity areas;

(c) Medical supervision; and

(d) Similar activities.

“Service area” means the incorporated areas of the City of Covington.

“Setback” means the minimum required distance between a structure and a specified line such as a lot, easement or buffer line that is required to remain free of structures.

“Shelter, animal” means a facility that is used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted animals and that is owned, operated, or maintained by a public body, an established humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization or person devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals.

“Shelters for temporary placement” means housing units within City of Covington that provide housing to persons on a temporary basis for a duration not to exceed four weeks.

“Shooting range” means a facility designed to provide a confined space for safe target practice with firearms, archery equipment, or other weapons whether open to the public, open only to private membership, open to organizational training such as law enforcement, or any combination thereof.

“Shoreline” means those lands defined as shorelines of the State in the Shorelines Management Act of 1971, Chapter 90.58 RCW, as amended or updated.

“Side channel” means a channel that is secondary to and carries water to or from the main channel of a stream or the main body of a lake, including a back-watered channel or area and oxbow channel that is still connected to a stream by one or more above-ground channel connections or by inundation at the base flood.

“Sign” means any device, structure, fixture, or placard that uses graphics, symbols, or written copy and is used or intended to be used to attract attention to the subject matter for advertising, identification or informative purposes.

“Significant tree” means an existing healthy tree that is not a hazard tree (i.e., a tree that does not have a high probability of imminently falling due to a debilitating disease or structural defect) and that when measured has a minimum diameter of six inches DBH or larger.

“Site” means a single lot, or two or more contiguous lots that are under common ownership or documented legal control, used as a single parcel for a development proposal in order to calculate compliance with the standards and regulations of this title.

“Site area” means the total horizontal area of a project site.

“Site cost per student” means the estimated cost of a site in the 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.

“Situs file” means information on an individual parcel of land, including its size, known extent of existing development, known environmental constraints, approval conditions and other site-specific information, contained in the computerized permitting and land parcel data base of the Department of Public Works or its successor agencies.

“Slope” means an inclined ground surface, the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of vertical distance to horizontal distance.

“Soil recycling facility” means an establishment engaged in the collection, storage and treatment of contaminated soils to remove and re-use organic contaminants.

“Source-separated organic material” means vegetative material, scrap lumber or wood, or other materials that provide a source for recycled or composted products. This does not include chemically treated wood products and/or toxic organic substances.

“Special use permit” means a permit granted by the City to locate a regional land use at a particular location, subject to conditions placed on the proposed use to ensure compatibility with adjacent land uses.

“Specialized instruction school” means establishments engaged in providing specialized instruction in a designated field of study, rather than a full range of courses in unrelated areas; including, but not limited to:

(a) Art;

(b) Dance;

(c) Music;

(d) Cooking;

(e) Driving; and

(f) Pet obedience training.

“Sporting goods store” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of sporting goods and equipment, including only uses located in SIC Industry Nos.:

(a) 5941 – Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops; and

(b) 5999 – Tent shops and trophy shops.

“Sports club” means an establishment engaged in operating physical fitness facilities and sports and recreation clubs, including only uses located in SIC Industry Nos.:

(a) 7991 – Physical fitness facilities; and

(b) 7997 – Membership sports and recreation clubs.

“Stable” means a structure or facility in which horses or other livestock are kept for:

(a) Boarding;

(b) Training;

(c) Riding lessons;

(d) Breeding;

(e) Rental; or

(f) Personal use.

“Standard of service, school districts” means the standard adopted by each school district which identifies the program year, the class size by grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs, the number of classrooms, the types of facilities the district believes will best serve its student population, and other factors as identified by the school district. The district’s standard of service shall not be adjusted for any portion of the classrooms housed in relocatable facilities which are used as transitional facilities or for any specialized facilities housed in relocatable facilities. Except as otherwise defined by the school board pursuant to a board resolution, transitional facilities shall mean those facilities that are used to cover the time required for the construction of permanent facilities; provided, that the “necessary financial commitments” as defined in Chapter 18.75 CMC are in place to complete the permanent facilities called for in the capital plan.

“Steep slope hazard area” means an area on a slope of 40 percent inclination or more within a vertical elevation change of at least 20 feet. For the purpose of this definition, a slope is delineated by establishing its toe and top and is measured by averaging the inclination over at least 10 feet of vertical relief. Also for the purpose of this definition:

(a) The “toe” of a slope means a distinct topographic break in slope that separates slopes inclined at less than 40 percent from slopes inclined at 40 percent or more. Where no distinct break exists, the “toe” of a slope is the lowermost limit of the area where the ground surface drops 10 feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of 25 feet; and

(b) The “top” of a slope is a distinct topographic break in slope that separates slopes inclined at less than 40 percent from slopes inclined at 40 percent or more. Where no distinct break exists, the “top” of a slope is the uppermost limit of the area where the ground surface drops 10 feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of 25 feet.

“Storefront” means a building, or part thereof, that meets the block-frontage standards of CMC 18.31.320.

“Stormwater” means runoff during and following precipitation and snowmelt events, including surface runoff and drainage.

“Stormwater management facility” means constructed facilities that collect, convey, treat, detain or retain stormwater runoff. Stormwater management facilities may include, but are not limited to, such elements as concrete gutters, catch basins, manholes, storm pipe, ditches, swales, low impact development best management practices, water quality and flow control structures, and other facilities as approved by the City’s stormwater management program.

“Stormwater manuals” means the manuals, regulations, and standards adopted in CMC Title 13.

“Story” means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the above floor or roof. It is measured as the vertical distance from top to top of two successive tiers of beams or finished floor surfaces and, for the topmost story, from the top of the floor finish to the top of the ceiling joists or, where there is not a ceiling, to the top of the roof rafters.

“Stream functions” means natural processes performed by streams including functions which are important in facilitating food chain production, providing habitat for nesting, rearing and resting sites for aquatic, terrestrial and avian species, maintaining the availability and quality of water, such as purifying water, acting as recharge and discharge areas for ground water aquifers, moderating surface and stormwater flows and maintaining the free flowing conveyance of water, sediments and other organic matter.

“Stream” means an aquatic area where surface water produces a channel, not including a wholly artificial channel, unless it is:

(a) Used by salmonids;

(b) Used to convey a stream that occurred naturally before construction of the artificial channel; or

(c) A route that conveys surface water that can be classified as a Type S, F, Np or Ns in the Washington State water typing system in accordance with Chapter 222-16 WAC.

“Street” means a public or recorded private thoroughfare providing pedestrian and vehicular access through neighborhoods and communities and to abutting property.

“Streetscape” means the space between buildings on either side of a street. The elements that contribute to the quality and character of streetscape are building façades and awnings, sidewalks, paving materials, signs, lighting, trees and landscaping, and street furniture and fixtures.

“Street frontage” means any portion of a lot or combination of lots which directly abut a public right-of-way.

“Street type” means a classification of downtown street regulated by the design standards in CMC 18.31.240.

“Structure” means anything permanently constructed in or on the ground, or over the water; excluding fences six feet or less in height, decks less than 18 inches above grade, paved areas, and structural or nonstructural fill.

“Structure, electrical transmission” means any facility (including a pole or a tower) owned by an electric utility that supports electrical lines that carry a voltage of at least 115kV.

“Structured parking” means providing parking within a structure below, at or above grade in a manner such that vehicles are not visible from the public street.

“Student factor” means the number derived by a school district to describe how many students of each grade span are expected to be generated by a dwelling unit. Student factors shall be based on district records of average actual student generated rates for new developments constructed over a period of not more than five years prior to the date of the fee calculation; if such information is not available in the district, data from adjacent districts, districts with similar demographics, or County-wide averages must be used. Student factors must be separately determined for single-family and multifamily dwelling units, and for grade spans.

“Submerged land” means any land at or below the ordinary high water mark of an aquatic area.

“Substantial improvement” means:

(a) 

(i) Any maintenance, repair, structural modification, addition or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either:

(A) Before the improvement or repair is started; or

(B) If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.

(ii) For purposes of this definition, the cost of any improvement is considered to begin when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building begins, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure; and

(b) Does not include either:

(i) Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of State or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications that have been identified by the local code enforcement official and that are the minimum necessary to ensure safe living conditions; or

(ii) Any alteration of a structure listed on the State or local inventory of historic resources.

“Surface water” means all water naturally open to the atmosphere (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, streams, impoundments, seas, estuaries, etc.) and all springs, wells, or other collectors which are directly influenced by surface water.

“Surface water discharge” means the flow of surface water into receiving water or another discharge point.

“System improvements” means public facilities that are included in the City’s capital facilities plan and are designed to provide service to service areas within the City, in contrast to project improvements. (Ord. 08-21 § 4 (Exh. C); Ord. 03-19; Ord. 08-18; Ord. 08-18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 10-17 § 6 (Exh. D); Ord. 06-17 § 5 (Exh. C); Ord. 26-16 §§ 24, 25, 26, 27, 29; Ord. 16-16 § 7; Ord. 05-15 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 09-12 § 2 (Exh. B); Ord. 01-12 § 1 (Exh. 1); Ord. 10-10; Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Amended at request of department 2/08; Ord. 14-05 §§ 2, 3; Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.06.1015, 21A.06.1020, 21A.06.1025, 21A.06.1030, 21A.06.1035, 21A.06.1040, 21A.06.1045, 21A.06.1050, 21A.06.1055, 21A.06.1060, 21A.06.1062, 21A.06.1065, 21A.06.1070, 21A.06.1075, 21A.06.1080, 21A.06.1085, 21A.06.1090, 21A.06.1095, 21A.06.1100, 21A.06.1105, 21A.06.1110, 21A.06.1115, 21A.06.1120, 21A.06.1125, 21A.06.1130, 21A.06.1135, 21A.06.1140, 21A.06.1145, 21A.06.1150, 21A.06.1155, 21A.06.1160, 21A.06.1165, 21A.06.1167, 21A.06.1170, 21A.06.117, 21A.06.1175, 21A.06.1177, 21A.06.1185, 21A.06.1190, 21A.06.1195, 21A.06.1200, 21A.06.1210, 21A.06.1215, 21A.06.1220, 21A.06.1225, 21A.06.1230, 21A.06.1235, 21A.06.1240, 21A.06.1245, 21A.06.1250, 21A.06.1255, 21A.06.1260, 21A.06.1265, 21A.06.1270). Formerly 18.20.1015 – 18.20.1268.5)