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Attachment Proposed Sustainability-Related Zoning Code Changes 137 UPDATED DEFINITIONS RELEVANT TO THE SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT 138 LOT WIDTH.The minimum distance between: 139 A. Side lot lines measured at the midpoint of the building line; and 140 B. Side lot lines at the ordinary high water level, if applicable (see Figure 4). Otherwise, side 141 lot lines at the rear yard building setback line. 142 Figure 4. Lot Width 143 144 ORDINARY HIGH WATER LEVEL: The point on the bank or shore up to which the presence 145 and action of surface water is so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark such as by erosion, 146 destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other 147 easily recognized characteristic. 148 ORDINARY HIGH WATER LEVEL. The boundary of public waters and wetlands, and shall be 149 an elevation delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period 150 of time to leave evidence upon the landscape, commonly that point where the natural vegetation 151 changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. For watercourses, the ordinary 152 high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the channel. For reservoirs and 153 flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of the normal summer pool. 154 STRUCTURE: A structure is anything constructed or erected, including paved surfaces, the use 155 of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground, or attached to something 156 having permanent location on the ground, and in the case of floodplain areas, in the stream bed 157 or lake bed. Structures include, but are not limited to, decks, driveways, and at- grade patios. 158 Structures do not include aerial or underground utility lines such as sewer, electric, telephone, 159 gas lines, towers, poles, and other supporting structures. 5