Unauthorized Release. Any intentional or unintentional spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of any hazardous material or other deleterious substance into groundwater, surface water, surface soils, or subsurface soils not permitted under federal, state, or local law.

Under Marquee Sign. A sign which is suspended from a marquee or canopy but does not extend beyond the horizontal limits of the marquee or canopy.

Understory Vegetation. Small trees, shrubs, and groundcover plants, growing beneath and shaded by a significant tree, which affect and are affected by the soil and hydrology of the area surrounding the significant tree roots.

Unit Lot Subdivision. A division or redivision of land in which one or more boundaries of the individual lots coincide with the interior walls of a structure which separate individual attached single-family dwelling units.

Upland. Generally described as the dry land area above and landward of the ordinary high water mark. (SMP)

Utilities. Services, facilities, and infrastructure that produce, transmit, carry, store, process, or dispose of electric power, gas, water, sewage, communications, oil, storm water, and the like. (SMP)

Utilities, Regional. Utilities that are provided by a public agency, utility, or franchise which convey essential services throughout the area beyond but including Redmond. These facilities include, but are not limited to, regional water storage tanks and lines, reservoirs and booster stations, waste water interceptors, sewage pump stations and treatment facilities, electrical transmission substations and high-tension power lines, regional natural gas pipelines and gate stations. Regional utilities also include regional telecommunications facilities, including but not limited to cellular communications towers provided by a public or private entity. (SMP)