A. Building coverage shall mean that portion of a lot that is occupied by the principal building and its accessory buildings, including all projections except eaves. Decks are exempted from the building coverage provisions. Building coverage shall be expressed as a percentage of the total lot area.

B. Hard surface coverage shall mean the ground areas of the entire development site covered by any impervious surface, permeable pavement, or vegetated roof, determined by extending a vertical projection to the ground from the widest points of any hard surface, and expressed as a percentage of total lot area. Permeable pavement and vegetated roofs shall count only 50 percent of their site area as hard surface for the purposes calculating coverage in the Development Standards Tables in BMC 12.14.030 and 12.14.040. (Ord. 2200 § 2 (Exh. B), 2016; Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1629 § 1, 1996. Formerly 12.14.150).