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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2015-07-23 Item 6 - Public Hearing: General Comprehensive Plan Updates - Attachment A: Draft Glossary TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary GLOSSARY Not all of the terms and names used in the Comprehensive Plan may be familiar to all readers. Some of the more important ones are defined here. Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU): A separate, complete dwelling unit attached to or contained within the structure of the primary dwelling, or conta structure that is accessory to the primary dwelling unit on the Affordable Housing: Housing that costs less than 30 percent of gross household income . for households that earn less than 80percent of the county-wide median income. Best Available Science: Scientific information applicable to the sensitive area that is prepared by appropriate local, state, or federal agencies, a qua qualified scientists and will be consistent with the criteria es 195 - 900 through WAC 365-195-925. Characteristics of a valid scienti considered to determine whether information received during the is reliable scientific information. A valid scientific process following characteristics: 1. Peer reviewed research or background information. 2. Study methods clearly stat ed. 3. Conclusions based on logical assumptions. 4. Quantitative analysis. 5. Proper context is established. 6. References are included that cite relevant, credible literatu information. Community Development Block Grant Program : Federal funds that provide communities with resources to address a wide range of housing an development needs. Funds are distributed annually to local gove County participating in the CDBG Consortium. The primary object set forth by Congress is suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities persons of low and moderate income. Received by the county, distributed yearly t o entitlement cities such as Tukwila on the basis of a percentage income population. December 2008 1 55 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Capital Facility: Includes structures, streets, land, parks, major equipment and o infrastructure necessary for both general government and enterpr amortized over a long period of time. Capital Improvement Plan (CIP): A timetable or schedule of all future capital improvements proposed to be carried out during a specific period priority, together with cost estimates and the anticipated means project. Certified Local Government : (for historic preservation) A local government that has been certified by the State Historic Preservation Officer as hav historic preservation commission and a program meeting federal a historic preservation. Communities- in -Schools Program: A non-profit organization dedicated to dropout prevention through a variety of programs, such as counseling ser and community projects, and mentoring and tutoring programs, tha participation of businesses, local governments, non-profit agenc members of the community in bringing community resources into lo Commute Trip Reduction Program: Passed by Washington State in 1991 and reduce traffic congestion, and decrease petroleum fuel consumption. Affected employers are required to implement programs encouraging employe number of single-occupancy-vehicle (SOV) commutes as well as veh (VMT) per employee. Concurrency: Concurrency requires means that utility plans, along with other capital facilitiesstreets, sewer, water and surface water facilities, be improvements , or the funds required for the improvements, standards are in place at the time they are needed. Councilmanic Bond: Bonds issued by the City Council without a vote of the people. valuation. Countywide Planning Policies: The Growth Management Act requires that counties prepare planning policies that set a countywide framework from w comprehensive plans are developed and adopted to ensure that the with each other . The serve as a blueprint for how King County and its cities should grow over the next 20 establish employment and housing growth targets for each of its planning period . Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design : M ulti - disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design . CPTED principles of design affect elements of the built environment ranging from the small- shrubbery and other vegetation) to the overarching, including th entire neighborhood and the amount of opportunity for "eyes on t December 2008 2 56 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Critical Areas: Critical areas include the following areas and ecosystems: (a) (b) areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for wildlife habitat conservation areas; (d) frequently flooded area hazardous areas. Cultural Access: Public involvement in shoreline history and ecology, including historical or environmental interpretation, educational programs stewardship programs, public art installations and other program vicinity of the river or in the community, that are provided for the community's awareness of the river's historical, cultural an significance. Defensible Space: Physical space organized in a manner that discourages criminal activity and promotes personal safety through a variety of desig appropriate lighting, visibility, and the clear definition of pr spaces encourage users to take ownership and feel responsibility there. Ecological/Ecosystem Functions (or shoreline functions): The work performed or role played by the physical, chemical and biological processes t ma natural ecosystem. Enterprise Funds: Funds supported by revenues generated by fees and charges, and supplemented by contributions from grants and developers. These only for the particular utility that is the source of the revenu , in Tukwila these are water, sewer, storm and surface water, and the Foster Golf Course. Environment Designation: The term used to describe the character of the shoreline in Tukwila based upon the recommended classification system establi 26 -211 and as further refined by Tukwila Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): A statement on the effect of development proposals and other major actions which may significantly affect usually consisting of an inventory of existing environmental con description, an assessment of the probable impacts of the projec to minimize impacts, and alternatives. Essential Public Facility: A facility which provides basic public services provided in one of the following manners: directly by a government agency, substantially funded or contracted for by a government agency, o provided by a private entity subject to public service obligations (e.g., a private ut franchise or other legal obligation to provide service within a Expanded Level of Service (LOS): LOS grade A to F is expanded with additional gradations through I recognizing increased congestion levels. L intersection delay exceeding 60 seconds; delays of two and three now so the expanded LOS provides differentiation between an inte minute and a half delay and two and a half minutes of delay. December 2008 3 57 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Fair-Share Costs: The breakdown of transportation improvement costs anticipated a planned over the next 20 years to maintain level- of -service standards and proportionately allocate costs by development-generated vehicle FAR: Acronym for Floor Area Ratio. Feasible: For the purposes of the Shoreline Master Program, means an actio as a development project, mitigation, or preservation requiremen following conditions: 1. The action can be accomplished with technologies and methods t used in the past in similar circumstances, or studies or tests h in similar circumstances that such approaches are currently avai to achieve the intended results; 2. The action provides a reasonable likelihood of achieving its in and 3. legal use. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): See National Flood Insurance Program. Financial Planning Model: A forecast of revenues and expenditures for a six-year planning period. It includes all general government expenditure funds. This model is the basis for the annual budget process an Improvement Plan. Flood Elevation, 100 year: The elevation of the 100-year flood flow or 100-year storm event (5 inches of rain in a 24 hour period), which delineates t Flood Hazard Areas: Areas of deep and fast flowing water, large debris or rapid ban erosion and channel migration. Flood Hazard Areas, Lesser: Areas of shallow, slow moving water. Flood Insurance Rate Maps: Maps produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that delineate the 100-year floodplain elevation f assessing flood hazard and establishing flood insurance rates fo development. These FEMA maps are on file at City of Tukwila Dep Works. Floodplain: The area susceptible to inundation with a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (synonymous with one hundr The limit of this area shall be based upon flood ordinance regul reasonable method which meets the objectives of the Shoreline Ma subject to inundation by the 100-year flood flow, which is the f chance of occurring in any given year, or on average, occurring December 2008 4 58 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary years. The location and extent of the floodplain is affected by mapping agency uses. A 100-year floodplain based on future cond floodplain based on existing storm and surface water conditions. floodplain is mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Insurance Rate Maps, in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engin Floodplain Maps: See Flood Insurance Rate Maps. Floodway: The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent lan must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cu the water surface elevation more than one foot. portion of the 100-year floodplain that includes the river chann floodplain immediately adjacent to it, and that comprises the de part of a flood. Floodway, Zero Rise: A term used in the King County Comprehensive Flood Hazard Reduction Plan to describe a requirement that new floodplain dev existing floodway elevation, so as not to cause water to back up depths upstream. Floor Area Ratio (FAR): A ratio that expresses the relationship between the amount of gross floor area in a structure and to the area of the lot on which the structure is located The total floor area of a building(s) on a site, exclusive of any specific excep site area . Functional Street Classification System: The grouping of highways, streets and roads into distinct classes. It defines the primary role a rout existing or future highway transportation network. Future Buildout, 100-year: The development scenario that can be expected to occur within 100 years from the present, assuming that land will devel land use plans. Gateway: An important and definable point of entrance into Tukwila or on neighborhoods. General Government Funds: Funds for all general government needs, derived primarily from sales and property tax revenues, and supplemented proceeds, developer agreements, and local improvement districts. Geometric Capacity: Geometric capacity improvements to streets include increasing radiuses, widening lanes, adding lanes, reducing grades, and oth measures. GMA: The commonly used acronym for the Growth Management Act. December 2008 5 59 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Gross Acre: The total horizontal acreage of a particular analysis area. At wide planning level, gross acre refers to the total horizontal a subdistrict including, but not limited to all individual parcels of -ways, and utility easements. At the site development level, this is the t Growth Management Act (GMA) : Passed by the State Legislature in 1990 and amended in 1991, this act guides county and city governments in owth, among other things mandating that each city prepare a 20-y comprehensive plan. Growth Management Planning Council: The Council (a King County entity) A group consisting of elected officials from King County, Seattle, Belle in King County, special purpose districts, and the Port of Seatt that establishes the Countywide planning policies that serve as the consistent framew and county comprehensive plans are developed. Infill: Development or redevelopment on properties or groups of properti existing built-up areas. Infrastructure: The basic installations and facilities on which the continuance growth of a community depend, such as roads, public buildings, s transportation, electrical power, water, sewer, surface water and communication systems. King County Comprehensive Flood Hazard Reduction Plan: 1993 2013 policies and standards adopted by King County and administered by King County Management for the purpose of reducing flood hazards and floodin ea ffects of shoreline uses and activities along six major rivers and their t The Plan includes floodplain land use policies; recommendations capital improvement projects, and planning programs; and recomme Land Use Map : The official land use map for the Comprehensive Plan that des the general location and extent of the uses of land for housing, open space and other land uses as required by the Growth Managem Levee: A broad embankment of earth built parallel with the river channe within the channel and prevent flooding from a designated design An embankment built parallel to a river or stream in order to confi located close to the low-flow stream channel, thereby reducing f flow conveyance, and often constructed with a steep, rock armore Levee, Minimum Profile: Where there is room, the minimum levee profile for any new 2.5:1 overall slope with 15 foot mid-slope bench for maintenance access and native v Where there is insufficient room for a levee backslope due to th nonconforming structures existing at the time of the adoption of may be substituted. The figure below illustrates the minimum le December 2008 6 60 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial Typical Shoreline Buffer in Leveed Areas-Width Will Vary Reconfigured Levee Vegetated Bench 18' Willows 10' 2 2* Existing Levee 1.5 1 1 1 Maintenance Easement Ordinary High Water Mark 2* 15' OHWM 1 * Reconfigured Slope averages 2.5:1 with bench Not To Scale Level- of -Service (LOS): This defines an established minimum capacity of public facilities or services that must be provided per unit of demand measured need. In transportation capacity, a grading system fro based on the average vehicle delay. LOS A is best (no more than and LOS F is worst (greater than one minute delay). Local Improvement District (LID): Voted debt by property owners for a special benefit to their property, including streets, water, and sewer facilitie such as sidewalks. The City usually participates by providing p The value of the benefit must be at least as much as the cost pe LOS: The commonly used acronym for level- of -service. Manufactured Home or Mobile Home : A detached residential dwelling unit fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility for installation or assemb bearing an insignia issued by the State of Washington certifying compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction an for manufactured homes. Manufacturing/Industrial Center (MIC) : A land use designation established in the King County countywide planning policies for areas characterized by a manufacturing or other industrial employment, that differ from o in that a land base is an essential element of their operation. MIC: An acronym used in this Plan for the Manufacturing/Industrial Ce Mitigation Payment System: A system for determining impacts and measures to lessen the impacts. It includes calculation of mitigation measu cost per unit of impact. Tukwila uses this type of system for c impacts on streets and intersections. Mixed Use: A development with combined commercial and residential uses, eit the same building or adjacent buildings. December 2008 7 61 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Mobile Home: A mobile home is a factory-built home that is 1) built before Ju See Manufactured Home 1976, and 2) not built to a uniform construction code. . Mode (or modal) Split Goals: Transportation planning goals for the separation of particular modes of travel, usually expressed as a ratio to tota private auto, 10% bus, and 5% pedestrian. Modular Home: A single-family dwelling which is factory-built, transportable i more sections, and meets the UniformInternational Building Code. Multimodal Center: A facility serving more than one type of transit service, accessible to motorized and nonmotorized transportation modes. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP): A federal government program established in 1968 as a strategy to limit future development in thereby reduce flood damages. The NFIP is administered by the F Management Agency (FEMA) and provides federal flood insurance to communities that adopt minimum floodplain regulations, and provi assistance to public agencies. Multi-family dwelling : A building containing two or more complete dwelling units , including units that are located one over the other. Multi-fami duplexes, townhomes, garden apartments, mid- and high-rise apart Single family homes with a ccessory dwelling units are not considered multi-family housing. Native Vegetation: Vegetation with a genetic origin of Western Washington, Northern Oregon and southern British Columbia, not including cultivars. Neighborhood Gathering Spots . Neighborhood gathering spots are community facilities such as parks, schools, libraries, or neighborhood co residents meet and form social links. These links are the basis community. Neighborhood gathering spots are also landmarks which neighborhood identity. Net Acre: A measure of horizontal area for calculating development potenti gross acre less the estimated area to be area-wide planning level, net acre refers to the transferred (e.g. sale, dedication or donation) to public ownership from individual parcels. Net acreage is typically 67-75 percent of gross acreage on the amount of road right- of -way. Net acre also excludes area for parks and schools. total acreage of a parcel less the area At the site development level, this is the transferred to public ownership . The remaining net acreage is the basis for determining development density and potential. Net acre typically includes No Net Loss: A standard intended to ensure that shoreline development or uses whether permitted or exempt, are located and designed to avoid l shoreline ecological functions that are necessary to sustain sho Node: A point where several branches or subsidiary parts originate or December 2008 8 62 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM): The mark that will be found by examining the bed and banks of a stream and ascertaining where the presence an are so common and usual and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland, that condition exists on June 1, 1971, as it may naturally chang ch ange thereafter in accordance with permits issued by a local gov Department of Ecology. In any area where the ordinary high wate found, the ordinary high water mark adjoining salt water shall b high tide and the ordinary high water mark adjoining fresh water mean high water. as to distinctly mark the soil from that of the abutting upland to vegetation. Open Space Network: A network of lands, connected, where possible, with other such regional networks, that includes and connects Tukwila's recreati historical sites, water resources and other natural resources an significant bands of vegetation that contrast with the built env Personal Rapid Transit System: A proposed system of separate guideway vehicles carrying up to three persons. Physical Access: Non-motorized public use of the shoreline area through such features as trails along the river, pocket parks, handcraft boat areas accessible to the public for nature study, fishing piers, and other facilities that provide access along the length of bot points along the river, or direct contact with the water. Planned Residential Development (PRD): A form of residential development characterized by a unified site design for a number of dwelling common open space, and a mix of building types. The PRD is an o superimposed over the underlying zone district as an exception t regulations. Priority Habitat: A habitat type with unique or significant value to many species listed as a priority habitat. An area classified and mapped as one or more of the following attributes: comparatively high fish and wildlife density comparatively high fish and wildlife species diversity important fish and wildlife breeding habitat important fish and wildlife seasonal ranges important fish and wildlife movement corridors limited availability high vulnerability to habitat alteration unique or dependent species December 2008 9 63 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary A priority habitat may be described by a unique vegetation type by a dominant plant species that is of primary importance to fis habitat may also be described by a successional stage (e.g. old forests). Alternatively, a priority habitat may consist of a sp talus, slopes, caves, snags) that is of key value to fish and wi may contain priority and/or non-priority fish and wildlife speci Private Natural Area: An area adjacent to the ordinary high water mark that is not developed and has no structures for human use, but where vegetat the primary purpose of wildlife habitat. Native vegetation predo plantings that enhance habitat are allowed. Public Access: T edge, to travel on the waters of the state, and to view the wate adjacent locations. Public access may be provided by an owner b covenant, or similar legal agreement of substantial walkways, co areas serving as a means of view and/or physical approach to pub Director may approve limiting public access as to hours of avail (see permitted, location and area. Physical access by the public to the shoreline Physical Access) . Public Amenities Plan: Coordination of various physical improvements in public streets and trails, into a mutually reinforcing non-motorized sy Center. The key characteristic of this system is to enhance and Urban Center activity nodes. Elements of this system could incl sidewalks, street trees, and special pedestrian lighting to link the Southcenter Mall/Tukwila Pond node with the Sounder StationExhibition Center/Hotel nodes ; special pavers for key intersections, and a system of markers denoting t development. Puget Sound Regional Council: An association of local governments in the central Puget Sound region that serves as the Metropolitan Planning Orga responsible by state and federal law for conducting and supporti federal planning, compliance, and certification programs, enabli to obtain state and federal funding. It also acts as a forum fo making decisions about important regional growth. The PSRC prepares Multi-county Planning Policies for the four-county region, including King Cou Rails- to -Trails: A program for converting abandoned or about- to - be -abandoned railroad corridors to public trails, through the cooperative eff property owners, citizenresident s groups, and public agencies. Residential Revitalization: A strategy to improve residential neighborhoods. Rideshare Program: A program that encourages alternatives to single-occupancy- vehicle trips, such as vanpools and carpools; it can include mat providing vehicles. December 2008 10 64 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary River: The Green/Duwamish River. Sensitive Areas: Wetlands, watercourses, areas of potential geologic instability than Class I areas, abandoned coal mine areas, and important geo archaeological sites. Sensitive Areas Ordinance (SAO): TMC 18.45, or as amended hereafter, which establishes standards for land development on lots with sensitiv slopes, wetlands, watercourses, fish and wildlife habitat areas etc.) . SEPA: The commonly used acronym for the State Environmental Policy Ac 1971, which governs all activities with potential environmental Service Streets: A public or private road which provides secondary/alley access t abutting properties. Width would generally be 20 feet and its u toward support vehicles and to allow circulation between develop Shoreline Master Program: Management Act (adopted in 1974), containing goals, policies, an actions Shoreline Multiple Uses: Uses that fall into the categories of uses and activities specified for shoreline master programs by the Washington State Management Act (WAC 173.16.040); specifically, the categories of development, public access, circulation, recreational (e.g., boat launches), shoreline land use, conservation, and historical/cultural uses. Single-family Dwelling: A detached residential dwelling unit other than a mobile or manufactured home, designed for and occupied by one family only , which includes modular homes which are factory-built, transportable in one or m the Washington StateUniform Building Code. Specimen Tree: A tree that exemplifies the shape, branch pattern, color, and g behavior of a specific type of tree. State Environmental Protection Act: Paralleling and complementing the federal Environmental Protection Act, this act governs all activities in environmental impacts. Transportation Demand Management Program: The art of modifying travel behavior through policies, programs, and actions, implemented to decrease occupancy vehicles and encourage public transit, carpool, or van walking; and telecommuting and other technical alternatives to c Tukwila Tomorrow Committee: A 17-member committee of citizenresident s and business people from the five Vision Tukwila neighborhoods, who December 2008 11 65 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Urban Center: A land use designation established in the King County countywid planning policies that applies to a maximum of 1.5 square miles zoning for a minimum of 15,000 jobs within one-half-mile of a tr minimum, an average of 50 employees per gross acre; and at minim 15 households per gross acre. Utility District: Utility districts in this plan include water districts, and sewer districts which provide water and sewer services to portions of the City o districts operate in the City under a franchise agreement. Vision Tukwila: A 1992 citizen participation process developed to solicit publi two key areas: the identification and resolution of immediate an and issues, and the integration of the issues of five distinct n wide strategic plan for the future. Visual Access: Non-physical public use of the shoreline, including views of the and riverbanks from indoors or out of doors, and visual cues to such as significant groves of trees, bridges or fishing piers, t benefit of pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and occupants of Washington State Shoreline Management Act: The Washington law (passed in 1971) that requires local governments to plan for appropriate design, management of shoreline uses. Water-Dependent Use: A use or portion of a use which cannot exist in a location that is not adjacent to the water and which is dependent on the water by nature of its operations. Examples of water-dependent uses incl loading areas, marinas, ship building and dry docking, float pla outfalls, and shoreline ecological restoration projects. that requires direct contact with the water and cannot exist at a non-water location, such as ship aquaculture, boating services or marinas, and storm or sewer out Water Enjoyment Use: A recreational or other use that facilitat e s ing public access to the shoreline as a primary characteristic of the use . The use must be open to the general public and the shoreline-oriented space within the proje the specific aspects of the use that fosters shoreline enjoyment enjoyment uses include parks, piers, museums, restaurants, educa reserves, resorts and mixed use projects. ; or a use that provides for recreational or aesthetic enjoyment of the shoreline for a substantial number of character of the use and which through location, design, and ope as a water enjoyment use, the use must be open to the public or space within the project must be devoted to the specific aspects shoreline enjoyment. Examples include meeting rooms, parks, boa museums, restaurants, educational and scientific reserves, resor projects. December 2008 12 66 TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Glossary Water-Related Use: A use in which operations or production of goods or services cannot occur economically without a riverfront location, such as and equipment, transport of goods by barge, or seafood processin Water Re-use: The recycling of previously-consumed water supplies for new use such as the use of treated water from sewage treatment plants fo purposes. December 2008 13 67