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Public Facilities -include streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting systems, traffic <br />signals, domestic water systems, storm and sanitary sewer systems, park and recreational facilities, and <br />schools. These physical structures are owned or operated by a government entity, which provides or <br />supports a public service. <br />Public Services -includes fire protection and suppression, law enforcement, public health, education, <br />environmental protection, and other services. <br />Regional Transportation Plan -the transportation plan for the regionally designated transportation <br />system, which is produced by the Regional Transportation Planning Organization. <br />Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) -the voluntary organization conforming to RCW <br />47.80.020, consisting of local governments within a region containing one or more communities which <br />have common transportation interests. <br />Resident Population -inhabitants counted in the same manner utilized by the US Bureau of the Census, in <br />the category of total population. Resident population does not include seasonal population or in some <br />cases students as qualified in the Census. <br />Resource Lands -those lands as designated by the county. <br />Right-of-way -land in which the state, a county, or municipality owns the fee simple title or has an <br />easement dedicated or required for a transportation or utility use. <br />Road Fund -that portion of the state gas tax and local property tax, which is dedicated to road construction <br />and maintenance. <br />Road Standards -refers to Title 12 of the Kittitas County Code, which describes the specifications for roads, <br />bridges and accesses, roadside features, and utility installations within the county road rights-of-way. <br />Rural Lands -those lands outside of cities, urban growth areas, and resource lands. <br />Sanitary Sewer Systems -all facilities, including on-site disposal facilities, used in the collection, <br />transmission, storage, treatment or discharge of any waterborne waste, whether domestic in origin or a <br />combination of domestic, commercial or industrial waste. <br />Self-Contained Communities -those mixed land use planned unit developments proposed for location <br />outside of the urban growth areas and which are fully self-contained with utilities, roads, and other <br />municipal services. <br />Shadow Platting -a planning tool where by initial low-density development of property is accomplished <br />according to a site plan which makes it easier to further subdivide and develop the property at urban <br />density levels. The shadow plat generally includes provisions for future roadways, water and sewer line <br />extensions, and other infrastructure associated with urban development. <br />Shall -a directive or requirement. <br />Should -an expectation . <br />Page 150