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EVERETT 2044 <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br /> <br />6/17/2025 <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br />Page 35 <br />2. Gross floor area shall not include: accessory water tanks and cooling towers, mechanical 1 <br />equipment rooms with headroom of less than seven feet, six inches ,or attic spaces with 2 <br />headroom of less than seven feet, six inches, exterior steps or stairs, terraces, breezeways, and 3 <br />open spaces. 4 <br />“Ground floor” means the floor of a building closest to the height of the adjacent front street sidewalk 5 <br />or, where no sidewalk exists, closest to the height of the grade at the front lot line. 6 <br />Height, Building. See Chapter 19.22 EMC for how heights are measured. 7 <br />“Line of sight” with respect to the sitfng of secure community transitfon facilitfes means the maximum 8 <br />unobstructed distance at which it is possible to reasonably visually distfnguish and recognize individuals. 9 <br />For the sitfng of secure community transitfon facilitfes, this distance is six hundred feet. However, a 10 <br />distance less than six hundred feet may be considered if the applicant demonstrates that visual barriers 11 <br />exist or can be created that would reduce the line of sight to a distance less than six hundred feet. 12 <br />“Lot area” means the total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any primary access easements or 13 <br />panhandles, and excluding any area dedicated for public right-of-way purposes. 14 <br />“Lot coverage by building” means the amount or percent of the ground area of a lot on which buildings 15 <br />are located. This amount/percent includes all areas which are partfally or totally enclosed and covered 16 <br />by a weathertfght roof, including any garages, carports, and cantflevered portfons of a building which are 17 <br />not above the ground floor of a building, and storage areas covered by a watertfght roof even if not fully 18 <br />enclosed. Building coverage does not include eaves, decks, and uncovered porches. Minor portfons of 19 <br />panhandle lots and primary access easements shall not be included in the lot area for purposes of 20 <br />calculatfng building coverage. 21 <br />“Lot depth” means the mean distance between the front lot line and rear lot line. 22 <br />“Lot frontage” means the length of the front lot line measured at the street right-of-way. 23 <br />“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot 24 <br />depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines. 25 <br />“Setback” means the required minimum distance between any lot line and any structure, building or use. 26 <br />“Setback, average” means calculatfng the average front setback of two adjacent propertfes. If the 27 <br />property is on the corner, the average setback is the front setback of the adjacent propertfes. If there are 28 <br />no adjacent propertfes, then there is no average setback unless otherwise allowed in this code. 29 <br />Setback, Front. “Front setback” means the required minimum distance between the front lot line and 30 <br />any structure, building or use. 31 <br />Setback, Rear. “Rear setback” means the required minimum distance between the rear lot line and any 32 <br />structure, building or use. 33 <br />Setback, Side (Interior). “Side (interior) setback” means the required minimum distance between the 34 <br />side lot line which does not abut a street and any structure, building or use. 35 <br />Setback, Side (Street). “Side (street) setback” means the required minimum distance between the side 36 <br />lot line abutting the street on a corner lot and any structure, building or use. 37