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A. Arcade” means a covered walk with shops along one side and a line of arches or columns on the other side.

B. Architectural features” means a prominent or significant part or element of a building, structure, or site.

C. Blank wall” means a wall that meets the following criteria: a ground floor street wall or building wall or segment of a wall which is within fifty feet of the public right-of-way and which is longer than fifteen horizontal feet without having a ground level window door, or building facade modulation at least one foot in depth, or other architectural feature lying wholly or in part within that fifteen feet length.

D. Buffer” means a land area used to visibly separate one use from another or to shield or block noise, lights, or other nuisances.

E. Building prominence” includes the size, scale and bulk of a building or similar features.

F. City” means city of Lacey, Washington.

G. Compatibility” means harmony in the appearance of two or more external design features in the same vicinity.

H. Continuity” means unity of composition between design elements or a building or a group of buildings and the landscape development.

I. Development” means the erection, alteration, enlargement, demolition, maintenance, or use of any structure or the alteration or use of any land above, at or below ground or water level, and all acts authorized by a city of Lacey regulation.

J. Director” or “director of community and economic development” means the director of community and economic development or designee.

K. Duplex” means a structure on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or an unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units.

L. Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household.

M. Harmony” means a quality that represents an appropriate and congruent arrangement of parts, as in an arrangement of varied architectural and landscape elements.

N. Human scale or pedestrian scale” means the relationship between dimensions of the human body and the proportion of the spaces which people use. This relationship is underscored by surface texture, activity patterns, colors, materials and details. Places which respect pedestrian/human scale offer walks through visually interesting streets and spaces with opportunity for positive interaction and comfort. Respect is given to normal walking distances, spatial perception in placement of buildings and the physical layout of individual sites and the entire community. The relationship of building height to street width, the placement of buildings with comfortable, protected access and interaction respecting human scale are crucial to a successful pedestrian environment.

O. Key multimodal intersections” means key intersections of roads and pedestrian systems that serve as a focus for pedestrians, bike and transit opportunities. Map designations for key multimodal intersections emphasize such opportunities showing conceptual pedestrian links with key components of each neighborhood. Such intersections are to be placed at strategic junctures along the multimodal corridors where they can be the most advantageous to the function and purpose of promoting multimodal activities. Designated intersections are intended to provide guidance or location of pedestrian and other multimodal improvements which may include such things as street furniture, transit improvements, bike racks, drinking fountains, street merchant pads and other similar amenities to improve and enhance pedestrian and multimodal activities. The exact location of such intersections is based upon guidance provided on the zoning map and site specific analysis at the time of development applications.

P. Mixed Use Zones” means zoning designations which allow both commercial and residential uses.

Q. Multi-family” means three or more living units under the same ownership where land use has not been divided, i.e., triplex, quadraplex, condominiums, housing cooperatives and apartment units.

R. Natural features” means vegetation indigenous to the site.

S. Open space” means any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved or improved with recreational facilities and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment, or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space.

T. Performance guarantee” means any security that may be accepted by a municipality as a security that improvements required as part of an application for development are satisfactorily completed.

U. Proportion” means balanced relationship of parts of a building, landscape, structures, or buildings to each other and the whole.

V. Single-family” means a dwelling unit which is designed for and occupied by not more than one family and under separate ownership. “Single-family detached” means a dwelling unit which is designed for and occupied by not more than one family and surrounded by yards, which is not attached to any other dwelling unit.

W. Site plan review committee” means the director of public works, director of community and economic development, and the city manager or designee.

X. Street wall” means a building wall that faces or is parallel to the street frontage.

Y. Transition areas” shall be that portion of property used to mitigate adverse impacts of proposed development on adjacent, existing developments with incompatible uses. Within the transition area, heights shall be restricted to those compatible with adjacent uses. This height restriction shall apply to that property adjacent to the required landscaping buffer. Beyond this, heights may increase up to the maximum height and density permitted in the underlying zone.

Such impacts may employ the following techniques: buffers, clustering, height limitations, landscaping, landscaping berms and fences.

Z. Tree protection professional” is a licensed professional with academic and/or field experience that makes him or her a recognized expert in tree preservation and management. The tree protection professional shall be a member of the Society of American Foresters, the Association of Consulting Foresters, and shall have specific experience with tree management in the state of Washington. Additionally the tree protection professional shall have the necessary training and experience to use and apply the International Society of Arboriculture’s guide to evaluation and management of trees, and to successfully provide the necessary expertise relating to management of trees specified in this chapter.

AA. Visually integrated” means the use of elements which connect a development to existing environments.

BB. Visual linkage” means the usage of building and landscape elements which interconnect with existing single- or multi-family developments.

CC. Visual relief” is the act of providing building or landscaping variations that add interest to a site.

DD. Zones with pedestrian emphasis” means zoning designations based upon Comprehensive Plan language with expressed intent of emphasizing pedestrian-friendly development. This includes all CBD zones, the mixed use corridor zones, the Hawks Prairie Business District, the neighborhood and community commercial zones, and the moderate and high density residential zones. (Ord. 1539 §5, 2019; Ord. 1124 §1, 2000; Ord. 1024 §2, 1995; Ord. 944 §1 (part), 1992).