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"Redevelopment" means the process to rebuild, restore or develop an area or property that has previously been developed for a specific use or purpose. "Repair or maintenance"means an activity that restores the character,scope,size,and design of a serviceable area,structure,or land use to its previously authorized undamaged condition.Activities that change the character, size,or scope of a project beyond the original design and alter a regulated critical area are not included in this definition. "Retention/detention facility" means a type of drainage facility designed either to hold water for a considerable length of time and then release it by evaporation, plant transpiration,and/or infiltration into the ground;or to hold runoff for a short period of time and then release it to the surface and storm water management system. "Review authority" means the individual or the board,council or commission with authority to review,make recommendations concerning, or approve development permits. "Review process"means the procedure listed in Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures, by which a specific use shall be evaluated before a determination is made concerning the issuance of an approval,a license or permit. "Right-of-way" means the actual property which is publicly dedicated or reserved for street and alley access and for other public purposes such as public utilities, bicycle paths,and pedestrian walkways. "Sensitive land uses" means those land uses which are particularly sensitive to the secondary effects of adult use businesses.Sensitive land uses include the following: 4. Single-family and multiple-family residential zones; 5. Churches,or other religious facilities or institutions; 6. Public and private schools,training facilities and technical schools which have twenty-five percent or more of their students under the age of eighteen; 7. Public parks and playgrounds; 8. Community development block grant designated neighborhoods. "SEPA" means the current edition of the State Environmental Policy Act and the city ordinance implementing the State Act. "Street" means a public or private thoroughfare which provides the principal means of access to abutting properties. "Traffic engineer" means the traffic engineer for the city. "Transfer of development rights"means,in general,the process for transferring development rights from a sending site to a receiving site. "Use"means the activity or function carried out on an area of land, or in a building located thereon. "Vacate" means to move out;to make vacant or empty;to leave. "Water-dependent" has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 8 of the Everett Shoreline Master Program. "Water-dependent use" has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 8 of the Everett Shoreline Master Program. "Water-related uses"has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 8 of the Everett Shoreline Master Program. "Zone" means a specifically delineated area within the city,which is indicated on the zoning map,within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use,location and size of buildings and land. "Zoning map" means the map adopted by the city showing the geographic location of zones within the municipal boundaries. Ch.19.04 Definitions 6 City Council Action(11/04/2020)