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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GLOSSARY le I GLOSSARY I Accessibility: According to the United States Archi- tal plane over the ground surface of land used. Air tectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance right is part of a property right. Board, accessibility means a building,facility, or mode of transportation which can be approached, entered Alternative Fuels: Nonstandard fuels such as I and used independently by all people. It means methanol,ethanol,and natural gas. common design features like ramps, easy to use door handles and sink hardware, curb ramps, lowered water Amortization: (1) The process of abating a noncon- I fountains and light switches, restrooms with maneu- forming use or structure while allowing the property vering space and wider stalls, doors which require owner to recoup their investment in the nonconform- little pressure to open, accessible elevator control ing use or structure. Usually a specified period of time I panels with raised letters and buttons, visual fire is established for cessation of use or removal of alarms and telecommunications devices(TDD). structure after allowing the owner to recoup the cost of establishing such use of structure. (2)Periodic interest Accessory Dwelling Unit: A second dwelling and principal payments made to retire debt. For Iconstructed within an existing single-family home, example, the annual payments a local governmentusually for use as a rental unit. An "accessory unit" is makes to retire the debt on municipal bonds. a separate dwelling, including kitchen, sleeping, and I bathroom facilities. Also known as "in-law AMW: see Average Megawatt. apartment." Annexation: The act of incorporating an area into the P Action Strategy: The actions necessary to implement domain of a city. the community vision. This includes new transporta- tion facilities and services to be provided and funding Aquifers: Water-bearing strata of rock, gravel, or sources. sand. These may vary in size from ground water I ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 resources of small quantity to enormous underground resources. The quantity of an aquifer is normally measured by well yields or by the water table height. I Adaptive Reuse: The utilization of an older building which is no longer suited for its original purpose, but Aquifer Recharge Area: Point of intercharge may be modified and reused for a different purpose between ground water and the surface. Recharge such as housing. A common example is the conver- refers to the addition of water to the zone of saturation I sion of older public school buildings to rental or (aquifer recharge areas are also known as ground condominium apartments. water recharge areas) I Adequate Facilities Ordinance: An ordinance that Arterial, Minor: Aright-of--way which serves as a requires a determination that there will be adequate distributor of traffic from a principal arterial to less public facilities available to support a development important streets, directly to secondary traffic genera- before the development is approved. tors such as community shopping areas and high ' schools, and serves trips between neighborhoods Affordable Housing: Affordable housing is generally within a community. Minor streets are more intensive defined as housing where the occupant is paying no than collectors, but less intensive than principal I more than 30 percent of gross income for housing arterial. costs, including utilities, and meets the needs of moderate or low-income households. Arterial Principal: A right-of-way which connects 11110 regional arterial to major activity areas and directly to Air Right: The ownership or control of all land, property,and the area of space at and above a horizon- traffic destinations. Principal arterials are the most intensive arterial classification, serve major traffic rgenerators such as the Central Business District, major G-1 I