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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GLOSSARY 140 The mathematical relationship of Floor Area Ratio to utilities). internal service funds. and trust and agency building coverage and height is expressed by the funds. following formula: I F=B/L General Obligation Debt: Local governments can raise revenues by selling tax-exempt municipal bonds and incurring debt. General obligation debt carries an I F: Floor Area Ratio, unconditional promise by the local government to levy B: Gross Building Area (i.e. square feet of total floor the taxes necessary to make the interest and principal area.) payments required to retire the debt. General obliga- 111 L: Land area of the building site (square feet) ed tion debt is distinguished from limited obligation debt (also known as councilmanic bonds), which does not Forecasted Traffic Volume: Travel forecasting require a vote of the people and is paid from general model output; the number of vehicles forecasted to operating revenues. I travel on all or part of the future year street and high- way network over a given period of time for a future Geographic Information Systems (GIS): A year. Estimated volume also refers to modeled traffic, computerized system to map and access geographic Ibut for the current year or a previous year. information which is accessible though a database. Formal Plat: A map of the design of a land subdivi- GIS: See Geographic Information Systems. sion containing ten or more units. I GMA: See Growth Management Act. Framework Policies: City policies intended to guide the preparation of Everett's Comprehensive Plan. Part Gov/Fire: A job category within an occupation classi- I of the public visioning process. (Everett Vision 2000 and Community Image Preference Report) fication system which includes government, financial, insurance,and real estate workers. ill Freeway: A divided arterial highway designed for Grade Separation: A vertical separation of travel safe non-impeded movement of large volumes of modes such as an underpass or overpass or roadbed traffic, with full control of access and grade separa- separation tions at intersections. I Greenspaces/Greenbelt: Areas either privately or Frequency: The number of transit vehicles in a given publicly owned which the City has designated or time period on the same route or route segment. targeted to be left in their natural state for protection, I includes undeveloped lands that are visually promi- nent,Classification: A technique for assigning nent, heavily wooded and vegetated areas, or other categories to transportation facilities based on a special environmental resource areas. These areas are I facility's role in the overall transportation system. intended to provide permanent buffers between incompatible land uses, prevent development of Functional Plans: City departments prepare planning environmentally sensitive areas and maintain areas of documents which establish long-range goals and natural vegetation for wildlife habitat. I objectives to guide their operations and capital development requests. These plans, referred to as Groin: A barrier-type structure extending from back- functional plans, typically represent the ideal goals for shore into the water across the beach. The purpose of I the department in providing urban services and facili- a groin is to interrupt sediment moment along the ties. shore. (SMP) General Fund: The general fund is used to account Gross Floor Area: The number of square feet of total I for all financial activities not reported in some other floor area bounded by the inside surface of the exterior type of fund. It is used principally to account for the wall of the structure as measured at floor line. current operations of a jurisdiction's general purpose Ili departments. Not included in the general fund are the Growth Induced Tax Revenues: This revenue activities included in capital projects funds, debt raising technique diverts some of the incremental tax service funds, enterprise funds (i.e., funds for public revenue generated by new growth into a capital fund I G-9 i