5900 36TH AVE W SEPA 015 - 034 - SOUNDVIEW BUSINESS CAMPUS - VERITAS Land Use Decision Documents 2025-04-22

clearing limit is the edge of a geologically hazardous area or its buffer, the clearing limit shall be fenced during construction with a chain link or solid wooden fence a minimum of 4 feet high. 9. Removal of native vegetation within the building setback and buffer areas must be avoided when possible. 10.Project proponents should try to retain topsoil on sites to the maximum extent feasible. Section 4: SURFACE/GROUNDWATER, PLANTS AND ANIMALS 1. All mitigation plans shall include the provision of adequate topsoils in areas where plantings will occur. 2. Temporary(2-year minimum) irrigation systems are required for all plantings in buffers, unless waived by the Planning Director. (SEPA Water, Plant and Animal and Land and Shoreline Use Policies) 3. Wildlife Corridors Because the area is generally built out, few opportunities exist to establish east- west wildlife corridors between basins in the residential areas to the north of the Subarea. Thus the remaining corridors are important for wildlife movement. Several wildlife corridors were required on the Boeing property. In addition, the City owns a parcel between Narbeck Creek and Merrill and Ring Creek that will function as a wildlife corridor. The City shall designate the buffers between industrial developments and the residential areas and buffers separating residential areas (see Figure 3.4-40 in the EIS) as wildlife corridors as well as buffers. Additional plantings shall be required in these corridors/buffers in conjunction with issuance of permits on these sites when the Planning Director determines that the corridor can be enhanced. An enhancement plan must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Department prior to the issuance of any permits. The City encourages enhancement in all corridors. Enhancement should provide additional cover and food sources for wildlife, as well as coniferous vegetation. (SEPA Plant and Animal and Land and Shoreline Use Policies) 4. No removal of vegetation is permitted in environmentally sensitive areas and their buffers, including wildlife corridors, except as approved by the Planning Director to eliminate hazardous trees, allow construction and maintenance of utilities, and/or provide access to properties. Any cleared areas shall be replanted with native vegetation. In wildlife corridors, the intent of plantings shall be to establish coniferous forest where feasible, except that utility corridors shall be established with native shrubs and groundcover. 5. Where development occurs adjacent to environmentally sensitive areas, an analysis of hazardous trees in the environmentally sensitive area must be completed by a professional arborist. Any trees that are hazardous (i.e., are diseased, damaged or leaning and are likely to fall on development) must be removed prior to issuance of occupancy permits, and preferably, prior to construction of structures on the site. Where they would not create a hazard, the trunks of these trees must be left for snags. For each tree cut, three coniferous trees must be planted unless the Planning Director determines that sufficient natural coniferous revegetation is occurring in the area. However, for each tree left as a snag, one coniferous tree must be planted. The arborist must submit a tree removal and replacement plan to the Planning Department and mark in the field all trees to be removed. The Planning Department must approve the tree removal and replacement plan prior to any activity in the environmentally sensitive area. Large woody debris should be retained where it would not create a hazard, such as causing flooding due to alteration of the natural hydrology of a stream system. 6. A variety of native species can be planted to increase local diversity and provide attractive wildlife habitat while countering erosion. The use of native plants can also improve water quality by minimizing the use of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Water use efficiency is another advantage of landscaping with native plants. Reduced irrig tion means reduced likelihood of erosion, / /�