Chapter 19.04
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
19.04.010 Definitions.
1. “Alley” means a public thoroughfare or way having a width of not more than 30 feet, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
2. “Block” means a group of lots, tracts, or parcels within a well defined and fixed boundary.
3. “City council” means the city council of the city of Pacific, Washington.
4. “City engineer” means a licensed engineer or an authorized member of a licensed consulting firm or organization retained by the city for consultation, design, and construction engineering of specific public works projects and subdivisions.
5. “Common open space” means a parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination of land and water within the site designated for a subdivision and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a subdivision. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of the subdivision and/or the city.
6. “Comprehensive plan” means the plans, maps, and reports which comprise the official development plan as adopted by the city council in accordance with Chapter 35.63 RCW.
7. “County auditor” means as defined in Chapter 36.22 RCW or the office of the person assigned such duties under the King County or Pierce County charter.
8. “Cul-de-sac” means a short street having one end open to traffic and being terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
9. “Dedication” means a deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any general and public uses, 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 of filing of a final plat or short plat showing the dedication thereon; and, the acceptance by the public shall be evidenced by the approval of such plat for filing by the city of Pacific.
10. “Developer” means the person, party, firm or corporation proposing to make, or having made, a subdivision; subdivider.
11. “Director” means the appointed community development director.
12. “Final approval” means the final official action taken by the city council on the proposed plat, subdivision, dedication or portion thereof that has previously received preliminary approval.
13. “Final plat” means the final drawing of the subdivision and dedication drawn to scale not smaller than one inch equals 100 feet unless approval of another scale is given by the city engineer, prepared for filing for record with the appropriate county auditor or recorder and containing all elements and requirements set forth in this title and in state law.
14. “First-class shorelands” means public lands, once or still belonging to the state, bordering on the shores of a navigable lake or river, not subject to tidal flow, between the line of ordinary high water and the line of navigability, or inner harbor line, if established, and within or in front of the corporate limits of any city or town, or within two miles thereof upon either side.
15. “Improvement” means any thing or structure constructed for the benefit of all or some residents of the subdivision or the general public such as but not limited to roads, alleys, parks and recreation facilities, storm drainage systems and ditches, sanitary sewer pipes or main lines, storm drainage containment facilities, and water mains. Improvements shall be constructed consistent with the public works standards which are applicable at the time the building or other permit required for construction of the improvement is issued.
16. “Large lot subdivision” means a subdivision into divisions, lots or tracts of one acre or more in size with an arrangement of divisions, lots or tracts and roads such as to permit a later re-subdivision in conformance with zoning, access, division, lot or tract standards or requirements of the city.
17. “Lot” means a fractional part of subdivided lands having fixed boundaries, being of sufficient area and dimension to meet minimum zoning requirements for width and area. The term shall include tracts or parcels.
18. Lot, Corner. “Corner lot” means a lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees within the lot lines.
19. “Official plans” means those official maps or map, or portion thereof, adopted by ordinance by the city council as provided in RCW 35.63.110.
20. “Planning commission” means the city of Pacific planning commission.
21. “Plat” means a map or representation of a subdivision, showing thereon the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets, and alleys or other divisions and dedications.
22. “Public works standards” means the applicable standard(s) adopted by the city for public improvements, including but not limited to: streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, storm drainage, sewer, water, parks, etc. “Public works standards” are also referred to as “public works design standards,” or “standards and specifications.”
23. “Preliminary approval” means the official favorable action taken on the preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision, metes and bounds description, or dedication, by the city council following a duly advertised public hearing.
24. “Preliminary plat” means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks, and other elements of a plat or subdivision consistent with the requirements of this title. The preliminary plat shall be the basis for the approval or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision.
25. “Private road” means that easement or parcel created to provide access from a city street to short platted lots, the maintenance of which is to be the responsibility of the lot owners.
26. “Roadway” means that portion of a street intended for the accommodation of vehicular traffic, generally within curb lines.
27. “Short plat” means an area, which has been divided into four or less lots, plots, tracts, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate, or future, of transfer of ownership, sale, or lease.
28. “Street” means an officially approved public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated, deeded or condemned, which has been accepted by the city for use as such, other than an alley, which affords the principal means of public access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and other thoroughfare, except as excluded in this title. The word “street” includes all arterial highways, freeways, traffic collector streets, and local streets.
29. “Subdivision” or “plat” means an area, which has been divided into five or more lots, plots, tracts or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate, or future, of transfer of ownership, sale, or lease.
30. “Traffic calming device” means a speed bump, island, or other structure designed to slow traffic and make the street quieter and safer for pedestrians. (Ord. 2056 § 2, 2022; Ord. 1505 § 10, 2001; Ord. 951, 1984).