Agency
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A contract between an agent and a principal.
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Agent
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One who is authorized to represent and act on behalf of a principal.
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Bed & Breakfast
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"Bed and Breakfast" means a single-family residential unit which provides transient lodging, for compensation, by the renting of up to five (5) rooms within the primary residence, with or without the serving of meals.
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Building Area
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The total allowable ground coverage of a building or structure, which provides shelter.
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Building Frontage
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The length of the building wall which is parallel to an abutting street or the length of projection of the wall of a building facing obliquely toward an abutting street when such projection is made perpendicular to the centerline of the street.
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Building Height
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Building Height: The vertical distance from the average ground level of the site to the highest point of the structure.
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Client
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A party to the transaction that the agent represents as a principal and can be the seller, buyer, tenant or landlord.
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Conditional Use
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See "Use - Conditional".
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Condominium
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A form of ownership of real property in which some portions of the real property are owned in common while other portions are privately owned.
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Cooperating Broker
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The broker NOT affiliated with the listing broker who brings an offer on behalf of the buyer.
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Customer
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A party to the transaction that the agent does NOT represent.
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Density
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The intensity of activity occurring per unit of land area, ordinarily expressed as the number of families per acre.
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Dwelling
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A building designed exclusively for residential purpose including one-family, mobile/manufactured home, and multiple-family dwelling but not including hotels, motels, recreational vehicles and other forms of transient housing.
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Fiduciary
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A person entrusted to manage, hold, or control or make decisions for another.
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Flood
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A temporary rise in stream, lake, or tidal water level that results in inundation of areas not ordinarily covered by water.
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FSBO
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"For Sale By Owner".
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General Agent
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Agent authorized to anything that can be legally delegated to a representative, such as real estate agents acting as general agents for the broker.
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Listing Broker
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The broker of the listing salesperson.
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Listing Salesperson
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The salesperson that lists the home.
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Livestock
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Livestock: Horses, bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, reindeer, donkeys, or mules.
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Lot
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Land held as a unit regardless of whether platted or unplatted, and regardless of whether described on plats or in documents of title.
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Lot Frontage
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The front of a lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest the street. . . ./
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Lot Line
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Front: In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street. In the case of a corner lot and reverse corner lot, the lot front line shall be the line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street. In the case of corner lots or reverse corner lots having equal street frontage, that property line the prolongation of which creates the front property line for the greatest number of interior lots in the same block, shall be considered as the lot front line of such corner or reverse corner lot.
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Mobile / Manufactured Home
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"Mobile/Manufactured Housing" means a dwelling intended for permanent occupancy and constructed in accordance with the requirements prescribed under RCW 43.22.340, . . . and is designed to be permanently connected to approved water and sewer facilities.
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Owner
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The party or parties having the fee interest in land, except that where land is subject to real estate contract "owner" shall mean the contract vendee.
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Power of Attorney
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The right to act on behalf of another person such as signing legal papers.
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Principal
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A buyer or seller in the transaction that is being represented by an agent.
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Recreational Vehicle (RV)
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"Recreational Vehicle" (RV) means a vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled, or driven . . . for recreational, camping and travel use . . ./
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Residential Landfill
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Dirt, rock, and/or sand fill used in connection with residential building included driveways as drainfields.
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Selling Broker
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The broker of the selling salesperson.
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Selling Salesperson
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The salesperson brings an offer on behalf of a buyer.
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Setback
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Distance that buildings or uses must be removed from their lot lines, except . . . /
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Sewer, Public
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Municipally owned and operated sewage collection and treatment facility.
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Tide
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Highest Annual: Extreme High Tide: for the purpose of this . . . highest annual tide defines that area that is described by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service as characterized by undiked ocosta silty flay loam, undiked Rennie silty clay loam and tidal flats.
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Variance
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Variance: A modification of the regulations where . . .'
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