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1 Adequate public facilities: Facilities which have the capacity to serve development without decreasing levels of service below locally established minimums. (WAC 365- Adopt a comprehensive land use plan: Enact a new comprehensive land use plan or to update an existing comprehensive land use plan. (WAC ) Affordable housing: Residential housing that is rented or owned by a person or household whose monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, do not exceed thirty percent of the household s monthly income. (WAC 365- Agricultural land: Land primarily devoted to the commercial production of horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, dairy, apiary, vegetable, or animal products or of berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, Christmas trees not subject to the excise tax imposed by RCW through , or livestock and that has long-term commercial significance for agricultural production. (WAC ) Available public facilities: Facilities or services are in place or that a financial commitment is in place to provide the facilities or services within a specified time. In the case of transportation, the specified time is six years from the time of development. (WAC 365- Capital Facilities: As a general definition, structures, improvements, pieces of equipment or other major assets, including land, that have a useful life of at least 10 years. Capital facilities are provided by and for public purposes and services. For the purposes of the Capital Facilities Chapter, capital facilities are water facilities, sewer facilities, fire and rescue facilities, government offices, law enforcement facilities, parks, open space, recreational facilities, libraries, and public schools. Capital Facility Plan: See Financial Plan. Capital Improvement Program (CIP): A six-year plan for future capital expenditures which identifies each capital project, including anticipated start and completion dates, and allocates existing funds and known revenue sources. The CIP is updated and adopted annually as part of the City budget. Comprehensive Land Use Plan: A generalized coordinated land use policy statement of the governing body of a county or city that is adopted. (WAC ) Concurrency: Adequate public facilities are available when the impacts of development occur. This definition includes the two concepts of adequate public facilities and of available public facilities as defined in WAC Conditional Use/Conditional Use Permit: A use that requires approval by the Planning Commission which may have conditions attached to the approval in order to mitigate impacts to the surrounding area. All conditional uses require a conditional use permit (CUP). Consistency: No feature of a plan or regulation is incompatible with any other feature of a plan or regulation. Consistency is indicative of a capacity for orderly integration or operation with other elements in a system. (WAC 365- Coordination: Consultation and cooperation among jurisdictions. (WAC 365- Contiguous development: Development of areas September 11,

2 immediately adjacent to one another. (WAC 365- Critical areas: Include the following areas and ecosystems 1) Wetlands; 2) Areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water; 3) Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas; 4) Frequently flooded areas; and 5) Geologically hazardous areas. (WAC ) Density: The number of families, persons, housing units, jobs or buildings per unit of land usually expressed as per acre. Development regulations: Controls place on development or land use activities by a county or city, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, subdivision ordinances and binding site plan ordinances. (WAC ) Essential public facilities: Those facilities that are typically difficult to site, such as airports, state education facilities, and state or regional transportation facilities, state and local correctional facilities, solid waste handling facilities, and in-patient facilities including substance abuse facilities, mental health facilities, and group homes. [RCW 36.70A.200(1)] Essential public services: See Public services. Financial Commitment: Sources of public or private funds or combination thereof have been identified which will be sufficient to finance public facilities necessary to support development and that there is reasonable assurance that funds will be timely put to that end. (WAC 365- Financial Plan: A general plan that identifies and balances capital expenditures and revenues in order to demonstrate the viability of the land use plan. The Financial Plan represents the City s 20 year Capital Facility Plan and is part of the Capital Facilities Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan.. Geologically hazardous areas: Areas that because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events, are not suited to the siting of commercial, residential, or industrial development consistent with public health or safety concerns. GMA: See Growth Management Act Growth Management Act (GMA): Refers to the 1990 State Growth Management Act (ESHB 2929) as amended, requiring urban counties and the cities within them to develop comprehensive plans to deal with growth in Washington State over the next 20 years. The GMA is codified at RCW 36.70A and other chapters. (WAC 365- Impact Fee: A payment of money imposed upon development as a condition of development approval to pay for public facilities needed to serve new growth and development, and that is reasonably related to the new development that creates additional demand and need for public facilities, that is a proportionate share of the cost of the public facilities, and that is used for facilities that reasonably benefit the new development. Impact Fee does not include a reasonable permit or application fee. [RCW (3)] Infill development: Development consisting of either (1) construction on one or more lots in an area which is mostly developed, or (2) new construction between two existing structures. Level of Service: An established minimum capacity of public facilities or services that must be 11-2

3 provided per unit of demand or other appropriate measure of need. (WAC ) MLMC: Refers to the Moses Lake Municipal Code. The Municipal Code contains laws established at the local level. Plan level concurrency: The demonstrated financial capacity to provide adequate capital facilities in support of the adopted Land Use Plan. The Financial Plan represents the City s Capital Facility Plan. Provision of Urban Governmental Services: See Urban Governmental Services. Public Facilities: Streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting systems, traffic signals, domestic water systems, storm and sanitary sewer systems, parks and recreational facilities, and schools.[rcw 36.70A.030(12)] Public Services: Services typically provided by local government which include fire protection and suppression, law enforcement, public health, education, recreation, environmental protection, and other governmental services. [36.70A.030(13)] Public Service Obligations: Obligations imposed by law on utilities to furnish facilities and supply service to all who may apply for and be reasonably entitled to service. (WAC 365- Regional transportation plan: The transportation plan for the regionally designated transportation system which is produced by the regional transportation planning organization. (WAC 365- Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO): The voluntary organization conforming to RCW , consisting of local governments within a region containing one or more counties which have common transportation interests. (WAC 365- RCW: Refers to the Revised Code of Washington. The Revised Code of Washington contains laws established at the State level. Riparian: The area relating to the bank of a watercourse (as a river, stream or sometimes a lake). Frequently refers to habitat location or type as it lives or is located on the bank of a watercourse. Sanitary sewer systems: All facilities, including approved on-site disposal facilities, used in the collection, transmission, storage, treatment, or discharge of any water-borne waste, whether domestic in origin or a combination or domestic, commercial, or industrial waste. (WAC 365- Sensitive Areas: Areas which in clude the following areas and ecosystems: (1) wetlands; (2) areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water; (3) fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas; (4) frequently flooded areas; and (5) geologically hazardous areas. (RCW 36.70A.30) SEPA(State Environmental Policy Act: Chapter 43.21C RCW. The state law passed in 1971 requiring State and local agencies to consider environmental impacts in the decision-making process. A determination of environmental significance must be make for all non-exempt projects or actions which require a permit, license or decision from a government agency. If the action does not have significant adverse environmental impacts, a Declaration of Non-significance (DNS) is issued. IF the action or project could have major impacts, an Environmental Impact September 11,

4 Statement (EIS) is required. Service Area: A geographic area defined by a county, city, town or intergovernmental agreement in which a defined set of public facilities provide service to development within the area. Service areas shall be designated on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles. [RCW (8)] Shoreline Management Act (SMA): Chapter RCW and Chapter WAC (1)). Transportation Facilities: Capital facilities related to air, water, or land transportation. (WAC 365- Transportation Facility Plan: A general plan that identifies and balances transportation capital expenditures and revenues for 20 years and demonstrates the viability of the land use plan. The Transportation Facility Plan is part of the Transportation Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A six-year funded program of transportation improvements. The TIP is updated and adopted annually. Transportation level of service standards: A measure which describes the operational condition of the travel stream and acceptable adequacy requirements. Such standards may be expressed in terms such as speed and travel time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, comfort, convenience, geographic accessibility, and safety. (WAC 365- Urban growth: Growth that makes intensive use of land for the location of buildings, structures, and impermeable, surfaces to such a degree as to be incompatible with the primary use of such land for the production of food, other agricultural products, or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources. When allowed to spread over wide areas, urban growth typically requires urban governmental services. Characterized by urban growth refers to land having urban growth located on it, or to land located in relationship to an area with urban growth on it as to be appropriate for urban growth. [RCW 36.70A.0309(14)] Urban governmental services: Governmental services historically and typically delivered by cities, and include storm and sanitary sewer systems, domestic water systems, street cleaning services, fire and police protection services, public transit services, and other public utilities associated with urban areas and normally not associated with nonurban areas. [RCW 36.70A.030(16)] Utilities: Enterprises or facilities serving the public by means of an integrated system of collection, transmission, distribution, and processing facilities through more or less permanent physical connections between the plant of the serving entity and the premises of the customer. Included are systems for the delivery of natural gas, electricity, telecommunications services, and water, and for the disposal of sewage. (WAC ) Visioning: A process of citizen involvement to determine values and ideals for the future of a community and to transform those values and ideals into manageable and feasible community goals. (WAC 365- Wetland or wetlands: Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically 11-4

5 adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities. However, wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversion of wetlands, if permitted by the county or city. (WAC ) September 11,