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Walk – Walkway – Sidewalk. A paved or improved surface designated or reserved for use by pedestrians.

Walks, Major. Major walks are those which provide for a main pedestrian traffic route through a block or to a high pedestrian traffic-generating use or to between-block crosswalks.

Walks, Minor. Minor walks are those which provide an alternate route or a branch connection to a major walk or perimeter street sidewalk.

Walkway or Sidewalk, Internal. A walkway or sidewalk which is located within the block, and which complies with the provisions of LUC 20.20.590.K.8. (Ord. 3747, 1-20-87, § 26)

Walkway or Sidewalk, Perimeter. A walkway which functions as the public sidewalk fronting on a public street. (Ord. 2945, 2-2-81, § 26)

Watercraft. Any vessel which is used for water travel sport or pleasure, which is greater than 12 feet in length, but does not exceed 40 feet in length or 12 feet in height as measured at the highest point when mounted on a trailer. (Ord. 6670, 7-18-22, § 46; Ord. 5475, 10-20-03, § 31; Ord. 3985, 2-21-89, § 10)

Watershed. A drainage basin defined by topographic divides from which precipitation and irrigation water flows to a stream or river. (Ord. 5683, 6-26-06, § 53)

Wetland Mitigation. The following mitigation techniques comprise Wetland Mitigation:

Restoration. The manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of returning natural or historic functions to a former or degraded wetland. Restoration is divided into:

Re-establishment. The manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of returning natural or historic functions to a former wetland. Re-establishment results in a gain in wetland acres (and functions). Activities could include removing fill material, plugging ditches, or breaking drain tiles.

Rehabilitation. The manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of repairing natural or historic functions of a degraded wetland. Rehabilitation results in a gain in wetland function but does not result in a gain in wetland acres. Activities could involve breaching a dike to reconnect wetlands to a floodplain.

Creation (Establishment). The manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics present to develop a wetland on an upland where a wetland did not previously exist. Establishment results in a gain in wetland acres. Activities typically involve excavation of upland soils to elevations that will produce a wetland hydroperiod, create hydric soils, and support the growth of hydrophytic plant species.

Enhancement. The manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a wetland site to heighten, intensify, or improve specific function(s) or to change the growth stage or composition of the vegetation present. Enhancement is undertaken for specified purposes such as water quality improvement, flood water retention, or wildlife habitat. Enhancement results in a change in some wetland functions and can lead to a decline in other wetland functions, but does not result in a gain in wetland acres. Activities typically consist of planting vegetation, controlling nonnative or invasive species, modifying site elevations or the proportion of open water to influence hydroperiods, or some combination of these activities. (Ord. 5683, 6-26-06, § 53)

Wireless Communication Facility (WCF). A WCF is any unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of wireless communications services, usually consisting of, but not limited to, an antenna array, transmission cables, equipment, an equipment housing structure, and a support structure used to achieve the necessary elevation. This definition shall include Small Wireless Facilities as defined in LUC 20.20.195.B. (Ord. 6759, 10-23-23, § 11; Ord. 5460, 8-4-03, § 10; Ord. 5086, 8-3-98, § 14)

Wireless Communication Facility Antenna Array. A WCF antenna array is one or more rods, panels, discs, or similar devices, together with any accompanying device which attaches the antenna array to an existing building or structure or WCF support structure, used for the transmission or reception of radio frequency signals, which may include but is not limited to omni-directional antenna (whip), directional antenna (panel) and parabolic antenna (disc). The antenna array does not include the WCF support structure. (Ord. 5086, 8-3-98, § 14)

Wireless Communication Facility, Co-located. A co-located WCF exists when more than one wireless communications provider mounts equipment on a single building or support structure. (Ord. 5086, 8-3-98, § 14)

Wireless Communication Facility Equipment. WCF equipment consists of the power, radio and other mechanical and technical equipment ancillary to a WCF and the cabinet or vault in which the equipment is contained. (Ord. 5460, 8-4-03, § 12)

Wireless Communication Facility Equipment Housing Structure. A WCF equipment housing structure is any structure or building used to contain WCF equipment. (Ord. 5460, 8-4-03, § 13; Ord. 5086, 8-3-98, § 14)

Wireless Communication Facility Support Structure. A WCF support structure is a freestanding structure, other than a building, specifically designed and constructed to support a WCF antenna array. A WCF support structure is also the replacement of an existing utility support structure with a replacement support structure that is more than 21 feet taller than the original support structure, or located more than 10 feet away from the location of the original support structure. The structures may include a monopole, self-supporting (lattice) tower, guy-wire support tower and other similar structures. Any device that is used to attach the antenna array to the support structure is included in the definition of the antenna array and is excluded from the definition of and regulations applicable to communications towers with freestanding support structures. (Ord. 5460, 8-4-03, § 14; Ord. 5086, 8-3-98, § 14)

Wireless Signal, Fixed. A fixed wireless signal means any commercial nonbroadcast communications signal transmitted via wireless technology to and/or from a fixed customer location. Fixed wireless signals do not include, among other things, AM radio, FM radio, amateur (“HAM”) radio, Citizen’s Band (CB) radio, and Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS) signals. (Ord. 5460, 8-4-03, § 12)

Work of Art. Any form of original creation of visual art. (Ord. 2945, 2-2-81, § 26)