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For additional definitions, see Chapter 20.50 LUC. Except where specifically defined herein, all words used in this code shall carry their customary meanings. Words used in the present tense include the future, and the plural includes the singular; the word “shall” is always mandatory, whereas the word “may” denotes a use of discretion in making a decision. The following words and phrases, when used in this code, shall have the following meanings:

A. A Definitions.

“Activity centers” means locations such as schools, parks, retail areas and shopping centers, places of employment, or public service agencies that attract people.

“Approach” means the cement concrete or asphalt section between a public street and a residential driveway, commercial driveway, or private road that provides a transition from the street to the driveway or private road for vehicle ingress and egress and facilitates pedestrian traffic across the driveway or private road.

B. B Definitions.

“Bicycle facilities” means improvements that accommodate or encourage bicycling, including parking facilities, bike racks, bicycle route mapping, and bicycle route development.

“Bicycle lane” means a portion of a public street designated by striping, pavement markings, and signage for the preferential or exclusive use of bicyclists. Refer to the city’s pedestrian and bicycle transportation plan.

“Bicycle route” means any route specifically designated for bicycle travel, whether exclusive for bicyclists or to be shared with other transportation modes, as indicated in the Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Plan.

“Breakaway object” means any object, such as a street tree, having properties up to and including that of a four-inch by four-inch wooden post.

C. C Definitions.

“Commercial use” means any land use other than detached single-family dwelling.

“Curb ramp” means a ramp cut into a roadway curb to allow universal access to and from sidewalks and streets.

D. D Definitions.

“Dedication” means the transfer of land or interest in land by the owner of such land to the city for public uses, reserving no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the uses to which the property has been dedicated.

“Developer” means the property owner and his/her authorized agents or contractors responsible for a given project.

“Development” means all structures and other modifications of the natural landscape above and below ground or water, on a particular site.

“Director” means the director of the transportation department of the city of Bellevue, the director’s authorized representative, or such other persons authorized by the city manager.

“Driveway” means a private way of vehicular ingress and egress to site, extending into the site from a public street or private road.

“Driveway, residential joint use” means a driveway that provides access to two single-family residential lots.

E. E Definitions.

“Easement” means a grant of an interest in land by the property owner for a designated use by another person or entity or the public in general.

F. F Definitions.

“Fixed object” means any object, such as a fire hydrant or power pole, having properties greater than a four-inch by four-inch wooden post.

“Franchise utilities” means private electrical power, communications, natural gas, or liquid fuels providers or other such providers operating under contractual agreement with the city.

G. G Definitions (Reserved).

H. H Definitions.

“High occupancy vehicle (HOV)” means an automobile or vanpool with two or more occupants.

I. I Definitions.

“Infill” means the development or redevelopment of a lot that is entirely or substantially surrounded by developed lots.

J. J Definitions (Reserved)

K. K Definitions (Reserved)

L. L Definitions.

“Landing” means the flattened portion of a driveway or private road immediately past the approach that provides a transition, with the approach, from the traveled way to the driveway or road.

M. M Definitions.

“Mixed use development” means the development of a contiguous tract of land, a building or a structure with two or more different uses as identified on the Land Use Charts in the Land Use Code.

“Mode split” means the percentage of person trips made by different means of transportation, including transit, carpool and vanpool (High Occupancy Vehicle), driving alone (Single Occupancy Vehicle), bicycling, and walking.

N. N Definitions (Reserved)

O. O Definitions (Reserved)

P. P Definitions.

“PM peak period” means the two hours between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

“Proportionate share” means that portion of the cost of transportation improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of new development.

“Public utilities” means all drinking water, wastewater, and storm drainage facilities and their appurtenances thereto that are in the right-of-way or that have been dedicated and accepted by the city for ownership and operation, unless otherwise designated.

Q. Q Definitions (Reserved).

R. R Definitions.

“Residential” means a building, project, street, or area associated with single-family dwellings.

“Review engineer” means the director of the transportation department of the city of Bellevue or his/her authorized representative.

“Right-of-way” means all public streets and property dedicated to public use for streets together with public property reserved for public utilities, transmission lines and extensions, walkways, sidewalks, bicycle facilities, or equestrian trails.

“Road, private” means a way, located on private property, open to vehicular ingress and egress established as a separate tract or easement for the benefit of three to nine adjacent properties or dwelling units, or as otherwise allowed by BCC 14.60.130. This definition shall not apply to driveways.

S. S Definitions.

“Single-occupancy vehicle (SOV)” means an automobile transporting the driver only.

“Street, arterial” means a street that provides connections between neighborhoods, commercial activities, regional facilities, and other arterials as described in the transportation element of the city of Bellevue comprehensive plan.

“Street frontage” means any part of private or public property that borders a public street.

“Street, local” means a street that provides access to abutting land uses and serves to provide access to arterials, as described in the transportation element of the city of Bellevue comprehensive plan.

“Street, public” means publicly owned land for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians and providing for access to adjacent parcels, and also means land subject to an easement or dedication in favor of the public for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians and providing for access to adjacent parcels.

“Street tree” means a tree planted within the public right-of-way, or between a curb and a pedestrian facility.

T. T Definitions.

“Transit” means a rubber tire bus or light rail vehicle operated on a schedule and fixed route by a public transit agency.

“Transportation system impact mitigation” means a way by which to offset the burdens upon transportation facilities and programs created by new development through imposing a proportionate share of the cost of mitigating impacts on development projects.

U. U Definitions (Reserved)

V. V Definitions (Reserved)

W. W Definitions (Reserved)

X. X Definitions (Reserved)

Y. Y Definitions (Reserved)

Z. Z Definitions (Reserved) (Ord. 6667 § 3, 2022; Ord. 6181 § 2, 2014.)