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KK. RIGHT-OF-WAY - Land, property, or property interest, usually in a strip, acquired for or <br />devoted to transportation purposes. <br />LL. ROAD OR STREET - A general term denoting a public or private way for purposes of <br />vehicular travel and utilities, including the entire area within the right-of-way (includes <br />alleyways). <br />MM. SHALL - A mandatory condition. Where certain requirements in the design or <br />application use the word "shall", it is mandatory that these requirements be met. <br />NN.SHOULD - Where the word "should" is used, it is considered to be advisable usage, <br />recommended but not mandatory. <br />00. SPECIAL DISTRICT - Any recognized district within Kittitas County that may have <br />some level of jurisdiction over some aspect of a development. A special district may <br />include, but is not limited to, Irrigation Districts, Water Districts, and Fire Districts. <br />PP. STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE - The distance required to safely stop a vehicle traveling at <br />design speed. It is measured from the driver's eye, 3.5 feet above the pavement to the <br />top of an object 2.0 feet high on the pavement anywhere on the road as defined in <br />AASHTO. <br />QQ. STREET OR ROAD WIDTH - The distance measured from curbface to curbface across <br />a street or edge of traveled way. <br />RR. TRAVELED WAY — That part of the roadway made for vehicular traffic excluding <br />shoulders and auxiliary lanes. <br />SS. UTILITY - A company or individual providing public service such as gas, electric power, <br />irrigation, telephone, Internet, water, sewer or cable television, whether or not such <br />company is privately owned or owned by a governmental entity. <br />TT. WORKING DAYS — Days on which the Department of Public Works is open for business, <br />typically including Monday thru Friday, not including holidays. <br />(Ord. 2015-010, 2015) <br />12.02.040 Terrain Classification. <br />For the purposes of this manual, the terrain in Kittitas County is divided into three categories: <br />A. FLAT - highway sight distances, as governed by both horizontal and vertical restrictions, <br />are generally long or can be made to be so without construction difficulty or major <br />expense. The slope of existing terrain is from 0% to and including 5%. <br />B. ROLLING TERRAIN - natural slopes consistently rise above and fall below the road or <br />street grade, and occasional steep slopes offer some restriction to normal horizontal <br />and vertical roadway alignment. The slope of the existing terrain is from 5% to and <br />including 10%. <br />C. MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN - longitudinal and transverse changes in the elevation of the <br />ground with respect to the road or street are abrupt, and benching and side hill <br />excavation is frequently needed to obtain acceptable horizontal and vertical alignment. <br />The slope of the existing terrain exceeds 10%. <br />Terrain classification pertains to the general character of the specific route corridor. Roads in valleys <br />or passes of mountainous areas that have all the characteristics of roads traversing flat or rolling <br />terrain should be classified as flat or rolling. In rolling terrain, trucks reduce their speeds below those <br />of passenger cars on some sections of roadway. Mountainous terrain is responsible for some truck <br />