2017-2037 Comp Plan Update Enabling Ordinance with Exhibit A

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Appendix 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS KITTITAS COUNTY Page 147 Comprehensive Plan Essential Public Facilities – include those facilities that are typically difficult to site, such as airports, state education facilities, and state or regional transportation facilities, state and local correctional facilities, solid waste handling and disposal facilities, and in-patient facilities including substance abuse facilities, mental health facilities, group homes, hospitals and other health facilities. Fair Share Distribution – means all jurisdictions shall serve in the responsibility of providing locations for regional and essential public facilities. Financial Commitment – that sources of public or private funds or combinations thereof have been identified which will be sufficient to finance capital facilities necessary to support development and that there is assurance that such funds will be timely put to that end. Forest Land – land primarily useful for growing trees, including Christmas tress subject to the excise tax imposed under RCW 84.33.100 through 84.22.140, for commercial purposes, and that has long-term commercial significance for growing trees commercially. Fully Contained Communities – a new fully contained community is a development proposed for location outside of the initially designated urban growth areas which is characterized by urban densities, uses and services, and meets the criteria of RCW 36.70A.350. Goal – the long-term end toward which programs or activities are ultimately directed. Growth Management – a method to guide development in order to minimize adverse environmental and fiscal impacts and maximize the health, safety, and welfare benefits to residents to the community. Historic Resources – those properties which are listed in or eligible for listing in the Washington State register of historic places (RCW 27.34.220) or the national register of historic places or the National Register of Historic Places as defined in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1996 (Title 1, Sec. 101, Public Law 89-665; 80 Stat. 915; 16 U.S.C. Sec. 470) as now or hereafter amended. Household – a household includes all the persons who occupy a group of rooms or a single room, which constitutes a housing unit. Impact Fee – a fee levied by a local government on new development so that the development pays its proportionate share of the cost of new or expanded facilities required to service that development. Industrial Uses – the activities predominately connected with the manufacturing, assembly, processing, or storage of products. Infrastructure – those man-made structures which serve the common needs of the population, such as: sewage disposal systems, potable water wells serving a system, solid waste disposal sites or retention areas, stormwater systems, utilities, bridges, sidewalks and roadways. Intensity – a measure of land use activity based on density, use, mass, size and impact. Interlocal Agreements – shall mean any binding agreements, contracts or other stipulations between two or more governing entities, which implement the provisions of the County-wide Planning Policies.