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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I GLOSSARY Culvert: A drain, ditch or conduit, not incorporated 10 in a closed system, that carries drainage water under a Net Site Density: Units per net residential. driveway, roadway, railroad, pedestrian walk, or commercial or industrial development site area. public way. Gross Density:..Units per gross site area before Cumulative Reserve Fund: Historically, this has dedication, covenants or designation of a portion of been the City's principal reserve fund for capital the site as unbuildable or open space projects. It was restructured as of January 1993 to include two sub funds: the Revenue Stabilization Design Review: A process by which projects are Subfund and the Capital Projects Subfund. reviewed by compliance with specific design criteria and/or standards to insure a high quality design and Cut and Fill: Construction technique in which a compatibility with the surrounding area. trench (channel or hole) is dug and later covered over to create a tunnel. This construction method is distinct Detached Single Family House: A residential , from tunneling where all activities occur below the building containing not more than one dwelling unit undisturbed surface. entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot. Debt Management: Borrowing enables a jurisdiction Detention: The process of collecting and holding to free itself from the constraints of current revenues, back storm water for delayed release to receiving raise large sums of money, and obligate future citizens waters. to repay the debt. To insure that the power to borrow is used prudently, it is carefully regulated and Development Standards: In respect to any develop- managed by a set of policies and procedures known as ment, fixed requirements or standards imposed by debt management. regulation or ordinance under land use and environ- mental planning legislations. Dedication: Conveyance of right-of-way or a facility to the county, city or state by clause or covenant or Direct Service Area: Those customers receiving4141 some other instrument of conveyance, or by dedication water for end uses directly from the distribution system on a duly filed and recorded plat. through a meter installed by the PUD which is classed as direct service or retail for billing purposes. Demand-Response Service: Transportation service designed to carry passengers from their origins to Distribution: The act or process of distributing specific destinations (such as curb-to-curb or door-to- electric energy, water, natural gas, etc. from conven- door) on an immediate demand or advance (e.g., ient points on the transmission system to the 24-hour)reservation basis. customers. Also a functional classification describing that portion of the utility facilities or plant used for the Density Bonuses: Incentives provided to a developer purpose of delivery. in order to encourage the construction of affordable housing units. The developer is allowed to build a Downtown Housing Bonus: This program allows certain amount (usually a percentage) more than developers of low-income housing to sell bonus-credits normal in exchange for the provision of a certain to commercial projects. Each credit purchased adds a I number of affordable units. This technique is most square foot of floor area to the commercial project. attractive when the zoning allows less floor space than Proceeds from the sale of the bonus credits are used for demand warrants. construction or rehabilitation of low-income housing. Density Measure: Any numerical means of determin- Downzoning: A change in the zoning classification of ing the number of housing units occupying a specified land to a classification which requires less intensive area of land. development, such as a change from multi-family to single family or from commercial to residential. A Density: The number of families, persons or housing change which allows more intensive development is units per unit of land usually expressed as "per acre." upzoning. There are several different ways of measuring density, IP including: I G-6