Salmon and Steelhead Habitat. Submerged areas that provide significant habitat or critical habitat components for salmon and steelhead at various life cycle stages, including gravel-bottomed streams and rivers used for spawning; streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and side channels used for rearing or feeding, and refuge from predators and high waters; and shallow areas along lakeshores used for rearing, feeding, and refuge. Salmon and steelhead habitat is mapped on the Stream Map in the Shoreline Master Program. (SMP)

Salmonid. A species of the family Salmonidae: the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes. (SMP)

Satellite Dish Antenna(s). A type of antenna(s) and supporting structure consisting of a solid, open mesh, or bar configured reflective surface used to receive and/or transmit radio frequency communication signals. Such an apparatus is typically in the shape of a shallow dish or cone.

Secondary Containment. Containment designed to hold an unauthorized release external to a primary container.

Secondary Room. See Primary Room, Secondary Room.

Secure Community Transition Facility. A residential facility for persons civilly committed and conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative under RCW Chapter 71.09. A secure community transition facility has supervision and security, and either provides or ensures the provision of sex offender treatment services. Secure community transition facilities include, but are not limited to, the facilities established pursuant to RCW 71.09.250 and any community-based facilities established under RCW Chapter 71.09, and operated by or under contract with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

Security Lighting. Lighting designed and used to discourage crime and undesirable activity.

Security Lighting, Basic. A lighting level allowed for most developments in order to provide a reasonable level of illumination for the security of persons or property.

Security Lighting, Enhanced. A lighting level reserved for areas where personal security is an issue, such as where an area is open to the public during all hours of the night, where special security needs exist, or where vandalism or crime is likely without the increased level of illumination.

Sediment. Material that originates from weathering and erosion of rocks or unconsolidated deposits, and is transported by, suspended in, or deposited by water.

Sedimentation. The deposit or accumulation of sediment.

Seismic Hazard Areas. Lands or areas subject to severe risk of damage as a result of earthquake-induced ground shaking, slope failure, settlement, or soil liquefaction.

Sending Areas. Properties designated to transfer their development rights.

SEPA Rules. WAC Chapter 197-11 adopted by the Department of Ecology.

Service Area. Any area devoted to garbage or refuse containers, incinerators, the shipping or receiving of commodities, or the parking of trucks or other large vehicles used in the operation of an enterprise.

Services to Buildings or Dwellings. The provision of services, such as extermination and pest control, janitorial services, landscaping maintenance, and carpet and upholstery cleaning. This definition does not include packing, crating, and convention and trade show services, which are separately defined and regulated. This definition does include vending machine operators.

Setback. The distance between a property line and the corresponding parallel setback line.

Setback Line. A line beyond which, toward a property line, no structure greater than 30 inches above finished grade may extend or be placed except as permitted by the regulations of this title.

Sexually Oriented Materials. Any books, magazines, periodicals or other printed materials, or any photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other visual representations, that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas. The term “sexually oriented materials” includes any instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with any specified sexual activities.

Shall. Means a mandate; the action must be taken. (SMP)

Shop or Store Building with Drive-Through Facility. A retail commercial building with a drive-through window to serve customers in motor vehicles.

Shorelands or Shoreland Areas. Those lands extending landward for 200 feet in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark; floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward 200 feet from such floodways; and all wetlands and river deltas associated with the streams, lakes, and tidal waters which are subject to the provisions of the Shoreline Management Act; the same to be designated as to location by the Department of Ecology. That portion of a 100-year floodplain may be included as long as such portion includes, as a minimum, the floodway and adjacent land extending landward 200 feet there from. (SMP)

Shoreline Modification. Those actions that modify the physical configuration or qualities of the shoreline area, usually through the construction of a physical element, such as a dike, breakwater, pier, dredged basin, fill, bulkhead, or other shoreline structure. They can include other actions, such as clearing, grading, or application of chemicals. (SMP)

Shoreline Stabilization. Means for protecting shoreline upland areas and shoreline uses from the effects of shoreline wave action, flooding or erosion. Shoreline stabilization includes structural and nonstructural methods, riprap, bulkheads, gabions, jetties, dikes and levees, flood control weirs, and bioengineered walls or embankments. (SMP)

Shorelines. All of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except:

Shorelines of Statewide Significance. Those lakes, whether natural, artificial, or a combination thereof, with a surface acreage of 1,000 acres or more measured at the ordinary high water mark, and those natural rivers or segments thereof where the mean annual flow is measured at 1,000 cubic feet per second or more. Definition is limited to freshwater areas in Western Washington. (SMP)

Short Plat. The map or representation of a short subdivision.

Short Subdivision. The division or redivision of land into nine or fewer lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.

Should. Means that the particular action is required unless there is a demonstrated, compelling reason, based on policy of the Shoreline Management Act and the Shoreline Rules, against taking the action. (SMP)

Sign. A communication device, structure, or fixture which incorporates graphics, symbols, or written copy that is intended to promote the sale of a product, commodity or service, or provide direction or identification for a premises or facility.

Sign Area. The total area of a single face of a sign, including the framing structure surrounding the face, measured as follows:

Sign, Directional. A permanent sign not exceeding six square feet in area, without commercial message, that guides pedestrian or vehicular traffic with directional messages, such as “one way,” or “exit only”; guides the public to specific on-site locations, such as an entrance, exit, parking, or service area, or to a particular aspect of a business or establishment such as a cocktail entrance; or that contains noncommercial information or directions provided by a public agency, such as safety warnings or user rules and regulations. (SMP)

Sign Height. The vertical distance from the grade below the sign to the uppermost module, cabinet, or character.

Sign, Informational. A sign not exceeding six square feet in area commonly associated with, but not limited to, information and directions necessary or convenient for visitors coming on the property, including signs marking entrances and exits, parking areas, circulation direction, rest rooms, and pickup and delivery areas. (SMP)

Sign, Interpretive. A permanent sign not exceeding six square feet in area, without commercial message, located on a publicly accessible site, that provides public educational and interpretive information related to the site on which the sign is located, such as information on natural processes, habitat restoration programs, or cultural history, or that is associated with an adopt-a-stream, adopt-a-park, or similar agency-sponsored program. (SMP)

Significant Ecological Impact. An effect or consequence of a human-caused action if any of the following apply:

Significant Feature. Any architectural detail, distinctive stylistic feature of a historic landmark structure, or distinctive feature of a historic landmark site that is identified on the designation report as contributing to its designation as a historic landmark. In the case where a designation report was not prepared in advance of designation, the Administrator determines what features are significant based on review by experts in historic preservation.

Significant Tree. Any healthy tree six inches in diameter at breast height (d.b.h.), or any tree four inches in diameter at breast height (d.b.h.) that, after considering its age, height, value, or function, the tree or tree stand is determined to be significant. (SMP). This term also applies Citywide.

Single-Room Occupancy Units (SROs). A structure containing single-room living units with small cooking units (independent or common) and other amenities not ordinarily associated with a hotel.

Site. Any lot or parcel or any combination of contiguous lots or parcels on which a single, integrated development is proposed.

Six-Year Program. A term of reference that includes the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Capital Investment Program (CIP). The TIP and CIP are the six-year funded list of transportation improvements, including facilities, programs, projects, and services adopted by the City, which serves to implement the adopted Transportation Facilities Plan (TFP) and thus maintain the City’s adopted transportation Level of Service (LOS) standard.

Slope. A degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, measured as a numerical ratio, percentage, or in degrees. Expressed as a ratio, the first number is the horizontal distance (run) and the second is the vertical distance (rise), as 2:1. Expressed as a percentage, the vertical distance (rise) is divided by the horizontal distance (run) and is then multiplied by 100. A 2:1 slope is a 50 percent slope. Expressed in degrees, the slope is the angle from the horizontal plane, with a 90-degree slope being vertical and 45 degrees being a 1:1, or 100 percent slope.

Small Satellite Dish. Any satellite dish antenna(s) that has a diameter less than or equal to one meter located in Urban Recreation, Semirural, Residential zones or Shoreline areas of the City or two meters within any other zone. [See Satellite Dish Antenna(s).]

Small Wireless Facilities or small cell(s). Are facilities that meet each of the following conditions:

Snag. An upright stump or trunk of a tree that provides habitat for a broad range of wildlife, from beetle larvae (and the birds such as woodpeckers that feed upon them) to dens for raccoons. (SMP)

Soften. To mitigate, diminish, or reduce impacts. When used in connection with softening the transition between existing and new dwellings, soften means to reduce the impacts to the existing dwelling(s) as a result of a change from the previous conditions to the new residential development.

Soil. The natural or processed, unconsolidated mineral and organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that does or is suitable to serve as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.

Solid Waste. All putrescible and non-putrescible solid and semisolid wastes as defined in WAC Chapter 173-304, Minimum Functional Standards for Solid Waste Handling.

Solid Waste. Unwanted or discarded material, including waste material with insufficient liquid content to be free flowing. (SMP)

Sound Level. See RMC Chapter 6.36, Noise Standards.

Sound Level Meter. See RMC Chapter 6.36, Noise Standards.

Species of Concern. Those species listed as state endangered, state threatened, state sensitive, or state candidate, as well as species listed or proposed for listing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Species of Local Importance. Species identified by the City of Redmond, including those that possess unusual or unique habitat warranting protection because of qualitative species diversity or habitat system health indicators. It may also include species which are culturally important to the City. Species of local importance are designated through the development guide amendment process.

Specified Anatomical Areas. Any of the following: 

Specified Sexual Activities. Any of the following:

Sports Team or Club Venue. An arena, field, or stadium for a professional or semiprofessional sports team or club that participates in live sporting events, such as baseball, football, hockey, or soccer.

State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). Contained in RCW Chapter 43.21C, this Washington state law is intended to minimize environmental damage. SEPA requires that state agencies and local governments consider environmental factors when making decisions on activities, such as development proposals over a certain size and comprehensive plans. As part of this process, environmental checklists are prepared to disclose impacts and propose mitigation. This process also provides an opportunity for public comment.

Stealth Technology. Technology that camouflages, conceals, or otherwise makes the antenna array, antenna support structure, base station, and feed lines not readily identifiable as such, and which is designed to be aesthetically similar to existing and proposed buildings, vegetation, and uses on a site. Examples of stealth technology include, but are not limited to, painting antennas, antenna support structures, feed lines, and base stations to match the color of an existing building or structure or the color of the sky or vegetation, providing a background for the facility, concealing the antenna support structure, feed lines, and base station through the use of faux windows, dormers or other architectural features that blend with an existing building or structure, or concealing antenna support structures, feeder lines, and base stations within another structure that has a secondary function, such as a church steeple, windmill, bell tower, clock tower, cupola, light standard, utility pole, flagpole, or tree.

Steep Slopes. Slopes of 40 percent gradient or steeper.

Storage, Shipping, or Moving Container. A reusable container that was originally constructed or was originally manufactured to be used for transport, moving and storage. These units are typically constructed or assembled of, but not limited to, canvas, corrugated and weathering steel, or aluminum, and come in varying lengths and heights. They are transported by container ships, trucks, or trains. This definition is not intended to include garbage and/or recycling containers.

Stormwater Facilities. Constructed or natural systems that are designed to provide stormwater management.

Stormwater Management. The collecting, conveyance, channeling, holding, retaining, detaining, infiltrating, diverting, treating, or filtering of surface water, ground water, and/or runoff together with applicable managerial (nonstructural) measures.

Strategy. An approach or method that, when used for transportation purposes, incorporates the use of transportation facilities, projects, programs and services to provide mobility for people and goods, and thus maintain the City’s adopted transportation Level-of-Service (LOS) standard.

Stream. Those areas where surface waters produce a defined channel or bed. A defined channel or bed is an area which demonstrates clear evidence of the passage of water and includes, but is not limited to, bedrock, channels, gravel beds, sand and silt beds, and defined-channel swales. The channel or bed need not contain water year-round. This definition is not meant to include artificially created irrigation ditches, canals, storm, or surface water runoff devices or other entirely artificial watercourses unless they are used by salmonid or created for the purposes of stream mitigation.

Stream Reconnaissance Report. A report prepared by an applicant’s qualified consultant to describe a stream and to characterize its conditions, wildlife, habitat values, and water quality.

Street. Any thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties, access corridors, or driveways, which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.

Streetscape. The visual elements of a street, including the roadway, sidewalks, adjoining buildings, street furniture, trees, and open spaces that combine to form the street’s character.

Street Frontage. The length along a public or private right-of-way upon which a structure, business, or lot directly abuts.

Structural Diversity. The relative degree of diversity or complexity of vegetation in a wildlife habitat area as indicated by the stratification or layering of different plant communities (e.g., ground cover, shrub layer and tree canopy), the variety of plant species, and the spacing or pattern of vegetation.

Structure, Detached. A structure which has no common or party wall with another structure.

Subdivision. The division or redivision of land into 10 or more lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or divisions for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership.

Substantial Change. A modification substantially changes the physical dimensions of an eligible support structure if it meets any of the following criteria:

Substantial Improvement. Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either (1) before the improvement or repair is started, or (2) if damaged, the value of the structure to be restored prior to being damaged.

Substitute Material. Any material that replaces the original material. If replacement is necessitated by the deterioration of the original, any material made of a different substance than the original material or any material that does not match the original material in its appearance.

Substrate. The soil, sediment, decomposing organic matter, or combination of those materials located on the bottom surface of the wetland.

Supergraphic. An artistic graphic wall design theme.

Surveyor. A person licensed by the State of Washington to engage in the practice of land surveying, as defined by RCW 18.43.020.

Sustainability. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Sustained Yield. A level of harvest of a renewable resource per year (or other time period) that can be continued without jeopardizing the ability of the ecosystem to be fully renewed, and thus to continue to provide an undiminished level of harvest each year long into the future. (SMP)

System Improvements, Transportation. For purposes of administering RZC 21.52, Transportation Standards, system improvements are those facilities, programs, projects, and services that are included in the Transportation Facilities Plan (TFP), are designed to maintain mobility, and meet the Transportation Level-of-Service (LOS) Standard established in Redmond Comprehensive Plan Transportation Policy TR-4. Costs for these facilities, programs, projects, and services may include funding for Transportation Demand Management (TDM), transportation planning, preliminary engineering, engineering design studies, land surveys, right-of-way acquisition, engineering, permitting, and construction of all the necessary features for any transportation construction project. System improvements include, but are not limited to:

System Protective of Groundwater. A system at a facility that serves to protect groundwater quality, including but not limited to stormwater systems, wheel wash systems, and secondary containment systems associated with hazardous materials.