HomeMy WebLinkAboutDefinitions from Renton City Code.docDefinitions from Renton City Code:
INDUSTRIAL USE: A type of land use characterized by production, manufacturing, distribution or fabrication activities.
INDUSTRIAL USE, HEAVY: A type of land use including manufacturing processes using raw materials, extractive land uses or any industrial uses which typically are incompatible with other
uses due to noise, odor, toxic chemicals, or other activities posing a hazard to public health and safety.
INDUSTRIAL USE, LIGHT: A type of land use including small scale or less intensive production manufacturing, distribution or fabricating activities. May also include office and supporting
convenience retail activities.
ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK: On lakes and streams, that mark found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so
long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland, in respect to vegetation as that condition exists on June 1, 1971,
as it may naturally change thereafter, or as it may change in accordance with permits issued by the City or State. The following criteria clarify this mark on lakes and streams:
A. Lakes: Where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found, it shall be the line of mean high water.
B. Streams: Where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found, it shall be the line of mean high water. For braided streams, the ordinary high water mark is found on the banks forming
the outer limits of the depression within which the braiding occurs.
STREAM ALTERATION: The relocation or change in the flow of surface water runoff flowing in a natural or modified channel.
STREAM/LAKE CLASS: The stream and lake waters in the City are defined by class as follows:
1. Class 1: Class 1 waters are perennial salmonid-bearing waters which are classified by the City and State as Shorelines of the State.
2. Class 2: Class 2 waters are perennial or intermittent salmonid-bearing waters which meet one or more of the following criteria:
a. Mapped on Figure 4-3-050Q4, Renton Water Class Map, as Class 2; and/or
b. Historically and/or currently known to support salmonids, including resident trout, at any stage in the species lifecycle; and/or
c. Is a water body (e.g., pond, lake) between one half (0.5) acre and twenty (20) acres in size.
3. Class 3: Class 3 waters are non-salmonid-bearing perennial waters during years of normal rainfall, and/or mapped on Figure 4-3-050Q4, Renton Water Class Map, as Class 3.
4. Class 4: Class 4 waters are non-salmonid-bearing intermittent waters during years of normal rainfall, and/or mapped on Figure 4-3-050Q4, Renton Water Class Map, as Class 4.
5. Class 5: Class 5 waters are non-regulated non-salmonid-bearing waters which meet one or more of the following criteria:
a. Flow within an artificially constructed channel where no naturally defined channel had previously existed; and/or
b. Are a surficially isolated water body less than one half (0.5) acre (e.g., pond) not meeting the criteria for a wetland as defined in RMC 4-3-050M.