Ordinance 1847-92 - Laserfiche WebLink

• Bed and breakfast house means an owner occupied dwelling which 'is used to provide overnight guest lodging in not more than five guest rooms and which usually provides a morning meal as part of the room rate structure. Benchmark means a fixed reference point or object, more or less permanent in character, the elevation of which is known, or to which a nominal elevation can be assigned. Billboard means an outdoor advertising sign or poster panel which advertises products, businesses, and/or services not connected with the site on which the sign is located, and which sign is a substantial permanent structure with display services of a type which are customarily leased for commercial purposes. Biologist means a person who has earned a degree in biological sciences from a college or university, with practical experience that includes at least two years expertise in matters involving wetlands biology or stream ecology in the Pacific Northwest. Board of Adjustment means the Board of Adjustment for the City of Everett. Boarding means the provision of a room for lodging purposes and meals in return for payment of rent. Boardinghouse means a principal building other than a hotel where lodging which complies with the City Housing Code, with one or more daily meals, is provided for compensation on other than a day-to-day basis and which is not open to transient guests. Bog means wetlands with extensive living sphagnum moss or sphagnum peat and a distinctive flora that results from the acidic substrate. Buffer means an area which provides the margin of safety through protection of slope stability, attenuation of surface water flows and erosion controls necessary to minimize risk to the public from loss of life or well-being or property damage resulting from natural disasters, or an area which is an integral part of the natural system and which provides shading, input of organic debris and coarse sediments room for variation in stream or wetland boundaries, habitat for wildlife and protection from harmful intrusion necessary to protect the public from losses suffered when the functions and values of important aquatic resources are degraded. Buffer Management means an activity proposed by a public agency, public utility, or private entity, and approved by the Planning Director, within a buffer required by this Ordinance, that is proposed to: a. reduce or eliminate a verified public safety hazard; or b. maintain or enhance wildlife habitat diversity; or c. maintain or enhance the fishery or other aspects of stream, wetland, or terrestrial ecosystems. Buildable Area means the "lot area" minus "undevelopable areas. " S