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recreation — Athletic or leisure activity undertaken either in an
organized or informal capacity.

recreation center — A building that is designed to accommodate
indoor recreation.

recreation facility — A structure built, equipment installed, or
space designed indoors or outdoors to accommodate one or
more recreational activities.
secondary multi-use trail — Secondary Multi-Use Trails are off-
street corridors that primarily serve a recreation purpose. They
are paved and should be a minimum of 8 feet wide. Secondary
Multi-Use Trails may connect neighborhoods, other trails, public
spaces, or loops, providing recreational circuits within one public
space. They should include seating areas and signage. Lighting
could be considered based on the facilities it is connecting (i.e.
lighted park facilities or a school). The user base of Secondary
Multi-Use Trails is broad, including a wide variety of pedestrian,
bicycle and non-motorized uses and users of different skill
levels, ages, and abilities. Typical daily usage of Secondary
Multi-Use Trails is usually several hundred persons and will vary
by season and day of the week.

side path — Side paths represent unique tools to provide safe
pedestrian and bicycle access in areas where gaps in trail
connectivity exist, as they are located alongside a street right-
of-way and are physically separated from vehicular traffic. Side
paths should be paved, a minimum of 10 feet wide and provide
for both significant pedestrian and bicycle traffic. They typically
include lighting.

sports complex — A facility or group of indoor and outdoor
facilities that is designed to accommodate specific team or
individual athletic activities, including tournaments.

streetscape — The urban element that establishes a major
part of the public realm. The streetscape is composed of
thoroughfares (travel lanes for vehicles and bicycles, parking
lanes for cars), public frontage (sidewalks, shy zones) as well
as the visible private frontages (building facades and elevations,
yards, fences, awnings, etc.), and the amenities of the public
frontages (street trees and plantings, benches, streetlights, etc.).
(Crystal City Sector Plan)

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