10326 19TH PL W 2022-01-21 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is proposing to construct a garage in the southwest corner of the property. This area is currently comprised of maintained lawn and garden beds. This area is separated from the buffer of Swamp Creek by a six-foot tall, solid board fence. Because the garage is proposed to be built in a place that is currently maintained lawn and is isolated from the buffer of Swamp Creek by an existing fence, the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts resultant from this project will be negligible. An existing shed located west of the planned garage is proposed to be removed and the area planted with native vegetation. The proposed area for the construction of the garage is located outside of the 100-foot standard stream buffer. No impacts to this off-site stream or its buffer are proposed as part of this project. HABITAT ASSESSMENT Everett Municipal Code section 19.37.180(E)(1) requires a Habitat Assessment for developments occurring within two hundred feet of Type F streams. This tributary of Swamp Creek is satisfies the criteria of Everett Municipal Code (EMC) 19.37.160 (a width of two feet or greater at the ordinary high water mark and a gradient of sixteen percent or less) to be considered a Type-F. Under these conditions, this stream is presumed habitat for salmonids. While it is likely that this tributary of Swamp Creek supports some species of fish seasonally, no listed species are known to occur in this area. No bald eagle nests or anadromous fish presence near the project site was observed in the field or found in publicly available information such as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Priority Habitat and Species online map. The on-site portion of the 100-foot buffer associated with Swamp Creek is largely vegetated with native species, including a large Douglas fir in the southwestern corner of the property. No development is proposed to occur within this area. An existing shed lying partially within the buffer is proposed to be removed when the garage is constructed, and the area replanted with native vegetation. The proposed garage construction is located entirely within areas that are currently maintained lawn and landscaping. The project will have no negative impact on existing fish and wildlife habitat, and will likely provide a small benefit with the removal of the existing shed. CONCLUSION Based on the lack of field indicators, there are no wetlands on or within the subject site. One Type F Stream is located approximately 60 feet west of the parcel. Based on existing conditions and buffer distances, the protective buffer associated with the nearby stream does not extend to the portion of the site that the construction will occur in. Wetland Resources,Inc. 3 Gray—19th P1 W August 18,2017 WRI#17212