Definitions — "P"
Seattle Mun. Code § 23.60A.932
in effect"Parking and moorage" is a transportation facility use and includes the following uses: Boat moorage; and Dry boat storage. "Parks and open space, general" means land and/or water area predominantly undeveloped that is set aside to provide park and recreational opportunities, conserve natural resources, or structure urban development and form. "Parks and open space, shoreline" means land and/or water area with its surface open to the sky or predominantly undeveloped that is set aside to provide park and recreational opportunities, conserve natural resources, or structure urban development and form and is limited to natural athletic fields with no lighting, bath houses, bicycle and pedestrian paths, concession stands without permanent structures, fishing piers, hand-carried boat launches, interpretive displays, motorized boat launch areas, non-motorized boat landing areas, pavilions, seating, viewpoints, swimming beaches, swimming floats, and underwater diving areas. "Pier" means a structure resting on columns or piles extending from shore into a body of water for use as a place to secure vessels, or as a promenade, or to protect or form a harbor. If a pier is accessory to a single-family residential structure, "pier" means a structure for swimming or for landing and open wet moorage of watercraft accessory to a single-family use. "Pier, finger or spur" means a minor extension from a primary pier. "Pier, fixed" means a pier with the deck attached to the pilings in a manner that does not permit changes in the height of the deck. "Pier, floating" means a pier with the deck is attached to the pilings in a manner that allows the deck to float at the level of the water. "Practical" means an effective and tested action or a realistic approach to the particular circumstance based on site conditions and the intended use of a site. "Portage Bay" means the water area from the I-5 Bridge to the Montlake Bridge. "Priority species" means species requiring protective measures and/or management guidelines to ensure their persistence at genetically viable population levels. Priority species are those that meet any of the criteria listed below. 1. Criterion 1. State-listed or state proposed species. State-listed species are those native fish and wildlife species legally designated as endangered (WAC 232-12-014), threatened (WAC 232-12-011), or sensitive (WAC 232-12-011). State proposed species are those fish and wildlife species that will be reviewed by WDFW (POL-M-6001) for possible listing as endangered, threatened, or sensitive according to the process and criteria defined in WAC 232-12-297. 2. Criterion 2. Vulnerable aggregations. Vulnerable aggregations include those species or groups of animals susceptible to significant population declines, within a specific area or statewide, by virtue of their inclination to congregate. Examples include heron colonies, seabird concentrations, and marine mammal congregations. 3. Criterion 3. Species of recreational, commercial, and/or tribal importance. Native and nonnative fish, shellfish, and wildlife species of recreational or commercial importance and recognized species used for tribal ceremonial and subsistence purposes that are vulnerable to habitat loss or degradation. 4. Criterion 4. Species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act as either proposed, threatened, or endangered. "Projection" means a finger, ell, or spur piers, angled extensions, floating pier extensions, platforms, and platform-style or closed-bottom-style boat and jet ski lifts. "Provisions" means policies, regulations, standards, guideline criteria or shoreline environment designations. "Puget Sound, North" means the geographic area between the north boundary of Elliott Bay and the northern City limit. "Puget Sound South" means the geographic area between the south boundary of Elliott Bay and the southern City limit. "Public access facility" means an area that provides public access to the shoreline by a public agency. "Public Access Plan" means a plan that serves as a portion of the public access planning for access to shorelines on public property if the plan meets the provisions of WAC 173-26-221(4) and if developed through an open public process as provided in WAC 173-26-201(3)(b)(i) and is approved under subsection 23.60A.164.K. "Public access, regulated " means providing a viewpoint and/or physical approach to public waters, through walkways, corridors, parks, transient moorage or other areas, by a property owner, as regulated by this Chapter 23.60A . "Public agency" means a unit of general or special purpose government. "Public facility" means a facility owned, operated or franchised by a unit of general or special purpose government for public purposes and includes a shoreline parks and open space use provided by a public agency. "Public Improvement Plan" means a plan that provides standards for allowing public facility uses that are not water-dependent or water-related. When determining the required standards WAC 173-26-241(3)(d) and 173-26-241(3)(f) shall be met, as appropriate for the type of public facility proposed and improved open space and waterfront connections, aesthetic quality and/or safety for the public shall be included. A "Public Improvement Plan" is not a "Port Improvement Plan". "Public open space" see "public facility." "Puget Sound" means the shoreline area within the City limits except the Shilshole area, Elliott Bay, the Harborfront and the Duwamish Waterways. (Ord. 124105 , § 3, 2013.)
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