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• <br /> Sign height means the vertical distance from grade to the highest <br /> point of a freestanding sign or any vertical projection thereof, <br /> including its supporting columns. Grade shall be determined by <br /> taking the average elevation at finished grade for the midpoints of <br /> the four sides of the smallest rectangle that will enclose all area <br /> which is within a five (5) foot horizontal radius of the sign and its <br /> supporting structure. <br /> Significant Biological Areas means the following areas of the City: <br /> a. plant associations of infrequent occurrence; <br /> b. commercial and recreational shellfish areas; <br /> c. kelp and eelgrass beds; <br /> d. herring and smelt spawning areas; <br /> e. State natural area preserves and natural resource conservation <br /> areas; and <br /> f. those areas listed in the 1981 SEPA Resource Inventory as <br /> significant biological areas, which are: <br /> (1) Maulsby Swamp <br /> (2) Bomarc Bog <br /> ( 3) yew groves <br /> (4) Simpson Lee site <br /> (5) Narbeck Swamp <br /> (6) Jetty Island. <br /> Significant surface water connection means a surface water flow that <br /> is continuous for thirty days or more. <br /> Specified anatomical areas means: <br /> a. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic <br /> region, buttock and female breast below a point immediately above <br /> the top of the areola; and <br /> b. Human male genitals in a discernible turgid state, even if <br /> completely and opaquely covered. <br /> Special Property Use means a use of property which is permitted only <br /> if approved by the City following public notification and/or public <br /> hearing, as provided in Section 41 of this Ordinance. <br /> Specified sexual activities means: <br /> a. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; <br /> b. Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy; <br /> c. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic <br /> region, buttock or female breast. <br /> Steep Slopes means any ground that rises ten or more for every <br /> twenty-five feet of horizontal distance, thus having a grade of 40% or <br /> steeper. A slope is delineated by establishing its toe and top: <br /> a. Toe of a steep slope is the lower most limit of the area where <br /> the ground surface rises ten feet or more vertically within a <br /> horizontal distance of twenty-five feet. <br /> 25 <br />