Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall mean:
"Access"means the right to cross between public and private property, allowing pedestrians and vehicles to enter and leave the property.
"Alley"means a public right-of-way primarily designed to serve as a secondary means of access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.
"Arterial"means a highway connecting centers and facilities within the city and providing some access to abutting properties. Mobility and circulation needs are stressed over providing specific access to properties.
"Arterial, principal"means a highway connecting major community centers and facilities, often constructed with partial limitations on access through intersections and common driveways. Principal arterials generally carry the highest volume of traffic and provide the best mobility in the roadway network.
"As-built drawings or plans"means revised construction plans in accordance with all approved field changes reflecting the improvements on the site as they actually exist.
"Binding site plan"as defined in RCW
58.17.020 means a drawing to a scale specified by local ordinance which: (a) identifies and shows the areas and location of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities, open spaces, and any other matters specified by local regulations; (b) contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth such appropriate limitations and conditions for the use of the land as are established by the Clarkston city council; (c) contains provisions making any development be in conformity with the site plan. For the purposes of this chapter, a "binding site plan" also means a survey together with a developer agreement which, when approved and recorded as required by this chapter, provides a method of land division for the purpose of sale or lease of property including condominiums.
means a group of lots, tracts, or parcels within well-defined and fixed boundaries.
"Boundary line adjustment"means modification of the size or alignment of adjacent parcels through relocation of their common boundary where an additional lot is not created, and where the existing parcel, which is being reduced in size, is not reduced below the minimum lot size established by the zone that applies to the property.
"City"means the city of Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington.
"City engineer"means the public works director employed by the city and/or an engineering firm hired by the city.
"Comprehensive plan"means the city of Clarkston Comprehensive Plan Update adopted on June 28, 1999, together with all future amendments and supplements hereafter adopted by the Clarkston city council.
"Condominium"means a building or group of buildings, in which dwelling units are owned individually, and common areas and facilities are owned in common as provided by state statute.
"Contiguous land"means two or more parcels or units of land under a single ownership that are not separated by an intervening parcel of land under separate ownership, including limited access right-of-way which would deny access between two parcels under single ownership.
"Covenant"means a clause in a contract; a promise; an agreement contained in a deed for the performance or nonperformance of certain acts or the use or non-use of property.
"Cul-de-sac"means a street closed at one end by a circular area of sufficient size for convenient reversal of traffic movement.
"Dedication"means the deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for any general and public use, reserving to himself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by the owner by the presentment for filing of a short plat or final plat showing the dedication thereon; and the acceptance of such plat for filing by the city council. "Dedication" means the appropriation of land by its owner for public use which has been accepted for such use by authorized officials on behalf of the public.
"Division of land"means a transaction or action, not otherwise exempt or provided for under the provisions of this chapter, which alters or affects the size, shape or legal description of any part of a parcel as defined in this chapter.
"Easement"is a grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner for use by the public, a corporation, or another person, government agency, public utility company or other entity.
"Easement, access"is any private easement for the purpose of ingress and egress (pedestrian or vehicular access) that is not dedicated to the public and is owned by the underlying owner of land over which it crosses. Access easements shall be limited to providing access to a street from no more than three existing or potential lots.
"Final plat"is a precise final drawing of a subdivision and dedications which conforms to the approved preliminary plat, meets all conditions of the preliminary approval and meets the requirements of the Asotin County auditor for recording.
"Improvements"means street grading or graveling, permanent street and corner monuments, street pavement, curbs and sidewalks, pedestrian ways, water mains, storm and sanitary sewers, and other required or necessary facilities.
"Lot"means a fractional part of divided lands having fixed boundaries, being of sufficient area and dimension to meet minimum zoning requirements for width and area. The term shall also include tracts or parcels.
"Lot area"means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot, excluding any street right-of-way or access easement.
"Lot, corner"means a lot situated at the intersection of two streets, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding 135 degrees.
"Lot coverage"means that portion of the lot that is covered by structures, and all other impervious surfaces on that parcel.
"Lot depth"means the mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
"Lot, exterior"means any lot located outside the boundaries of a proposed plat or short plat.
"Lot, flag"means lots or parcels that the city has approved with less frontage on a public street then is required by ordinance. The panhandle is an access corridor to lots or parcels located behind lots or parcels with normally required street frontage. Flag lots are only allowed as a means of encouraging infill development, preserving natural areas, or to allow the development of land-locked areas.
"Lot line"means any line enclosing the lot area and dividing one lot from another lot or from a street or alley.
"Lot line, front"is, on an interior lot, the lot line abutting a street; or, on a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a street; or, on a through lot, the lot line abutting the street providing the primary access to the lot; or, on a flag lot, the interior lot line most parallel to and nearest the street from which the access is obtained.
"Lot line, rear"means a lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and, in the case of a triangular or odd-shaped lot, a line at least 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.
"Lot line, side"means any lot boundary line which is not a front or rear lot line.
"Lot of record"means an area or parcel of land as shown on an officially recorded plat or subdivision; or an area or parcel of land to which a deed or contract is officially recorded as a unit of property; or which is described by metes and bounds as a fraction of a section.
"Lot, through"means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. Also known as double frontage lot.
"Lot width"is the distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the line establishing the lot depth at a point midway between the front lot line and the rear lot line. Any area used as an access easement shall be excluded from the computation of the lot width.
"Manufactured home"means a single-family dwelling built in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Construction Safety Standards Act, which is a national preemptive building code. They are also built on a permanent chassis, and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities.
"Mobile home"is a factory-built dwelling built prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the HUD code, and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or introduction of the home into the state. Mobile homes have not been built since introduction of the HUD Manufactured Homes Construction and Safety Standards Act.
"Modular home"is a prefabricated building that is not a "mobile home" under state law. It must be certified as meeting state building code standards (receiving a "gold seal"). Any factory built housing bearing the proper state insignia is deemed to comply with any local construction standards.
"Monument"means an object used to permanently mark a surveyed location. The size, shape and design of the monument are to be in accordance with standards specified in Chapter
58.09 RCW.
means that portion of a site which is left in its natural state or specifically designated to be used for recreation, resource protection, agriculture, greenbelt or amenity. Open space does not include land occupied by structures, roads, road rights-of-way or parking areas. Open space does not include the yards or lots of residential units. Open space recreational uses may contain impervious surfaces.
"Pavement width"means the actual paved surface as measured between faces of curbs of streets or between the edges of other public highway, street, alley, or roadway surfaces.
"Person"means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company association, syndicate, or any other legal entity, including a trustee, receiver, assignee, or representative thereof.
"Plat"means a map or representation of a subdivision or short subdivision showing thereon the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions and dedications.
"Preliminary plat"means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision or short subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks, and other elements of a subdivision, which shall be the basis for the approval, or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision.
"Prior division of land"means a division of land having defined boundaries and not shown on an officially recorded short plat or final plat, and is limited to the following: (a) a division of land defined in a legally executed deed prior to the effective date of this chapter; (b) a division of land created by sale, lease, or option contract legally executed prior to the effective date of Chapter
58.17 RCW which presently remains a binding and enforceable commitment as between parties thereto, their successors and assigns; (c) the remaining division of land created as a result of actions defined above; or (d) a taxation parcel which was created prior to the effective date of Chapter
58.17 RCW for the purpose of creating a division of land which was exempt from platting requirements. Taxation parcels which were administratively created by the Asotin County assessor's office solely for tax purposes include: senior citizen segregations; special district segregations; deed of trust or mortgage segregations; and segregations for tax exemption purposes.
means a strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, alley, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees, or other special use. The usage of the term "right-of-way" for land platting purposes shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way and not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. Rights-of-way intended for streets, alleys, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, shade trees, or any other use involving maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to public use by the maker of the plat on which such right-of-way is established.
"Short plat"means the map of representation of a short subdivision, which conforms to the requirements of this chapter.
"Solar access"means an unobstructed exposure to available solar radiation during daytime hours for the purpose of allowing solar radiation to be used to meet a portion of a building's energy requirements.
"Street"means a public or private thoroughfare providing a principal means of access to abutting property.
"Street, arterial"means a street primarily for fast through and heavy traffic, minimizing intersecting streets and direct access to abutting properties and primarily for the purpose of accommodating general traffic circulation of the community. See "Arterial" and "Arterial, principal" for more specific classifications.
"Street, collector"means a highway connecting two or more neighborhoods as well as carrying traffic within neighborhoods. Collectors also channel traffic onto minor and principal arterials. They carry moderate traffic volumes, have relatively shorter trips than arterials, and carry very little through traffic.
"Street, half"means a portion of the width of a street, usually along the edge or boundary of a development, where the remaining portion of the street is to be provided by the development of adjacent property.
"Street, local access"means all roadways and streets not otherwise classified. Local access streets provide direct access to abutting properties, sometimes at the expense of traffic movement. Traffic generally moves slowly on these streets and delays are caused by turning vehicles. A residential street would be considered to be a local access street.
"Street, side"means a street which bounds a corner lot and which extends in the same general direction of the line determining the depth of the lot.
"Subdivider"means any person, firm or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be either a subdivision or short subdivision as herein defined.
"Subdivision"means the division or redivision of land into five or more lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purposes of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.
"Subdivision, short"means the division or redivision of land into four or fewer lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.
"Title certificate"means a title report issued by a title insurance company certifying the ownership, deed restrictions, covenants, etc., of the land being subdivided.
"Turnaround"is the circular area of a cul-de-sac having sufficient size for convenient reversal of traffic movement.