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4.4 WETLAND AND STREAM CLASSIFICATIONS—CITY OF EVERETT <br /> Stream A: Type Ns, 50-foot buffer(with intact native vegetation) <br /> Wetland A: Category IV, habitat score = 5; 44-foot buffer. <br /> 5.0 ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS UNDER EMC <br /> In addition to standard critical area buffers, Everett Municipal Code contains the following <br /> requirements for protection: <br /> Pursuant to EMC 19.37.110(A)(2)(a), wetlands that score moderate or high for habitat must meet <br /> the following criteria: <br /> i. When feasible, a relatively undisturbed vegetated corridor at least one hundred feet wide must be protected <br /> between the wetland and any other priority habitats as defined by the Washington State Department of <br /> Fish and Wildlife ("relatively undisturbed" is defined in question H2.0 of the 2014 Washington State <br /> Wetland Rating System for Western Washington). Vegetated corridors have at least thirty percent cover of <br /> shrubs or forest. Priority habitats include: <br /> (A) Wetlands; <br /> (B) Riparian zones; <br /> (C) Marine/estuarine shorelines; <br /> (D) Urban natural open space. <br /> The corridor must be protected for the entire distance between the wetland and the priority habitat by some <br /> type of legal protection such as a conservation easement. <br /> The on-site wetland scores moderate for habitat. The wetland extends off-site to the west, <br /> north and south where it connects to a riparian zone associated with the off-site stream. <br /> The proposed development will not interrupt existing habitat connectivity. <br /> ii. Measures to minimize the impacts of different land uses on wetlands, such as the examples <br /> summarized in Table 37.1, are applied. <br /> Table 37.1: Mitigation Measures <br /> Examples of Activities and <br /> Disturbance Uses That Cause Examples of Measures to Minimize Impacts <br /> Disturbance <br /> Lights • Parking lots •Direct lights away from wetland <br /> •Warehouses <br /> • Manufacturing <br /> • Residential areas <br /> Noise • Manufacturing • Locate noise-generating activities away from the <br /> • Residential areas wetland to the extent feasible <br /> Polluted runoff` • Parking lots • Comply with the 2012 Stormwater Management Manual for <br /> View Ridge Community Church 5 Critical Area Report and Buffer <br /> WRI#16092 Averaging/Enhancement Plan <br /> November 21,2016 <br />