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f. All site development plans should consider low impact stormwater management techniques <br /> where site conditions allow as described in the Low Impact Development Technical Guidance <br /> Manual for Puget Sound, January 2005. <br /> For Type Np and Ns streams and category II, III, and IV wetlands, the planning director may <br /> grant an exception to the outer twenty-five percent limitation when the applicant demonstrates <br /> that the project would significantly increase wetland or stream function and would not <br /> substantially alter stream or wetland hydrology. A significant increase in wetland function shall <br /> be defined as no reduction in any individual function as measured by the Western Washington <br /> Wetland Rating System, and at least a five-point overall increase in the combined function score <br /> as measured by the Western Washington Wetland Rating System. <br /> Is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Permitted uses and activities. <br /> A. Uses permitted on lots containing or adjoining critical areas shall be the same as those <br /> permitted in the use zone in which the lot is located. Each use shall be evaluated in accordance <br /> with the review process required for the proposed use in the use zone in conjunction with the <br /> requirements of this chapter and other city, state, and federal regulations. <br /> B. The following uses/activities are permitted in critical areas and their buffers: <br /> 1. Minor utility construction projects. Utility projects which have minor or short-duration <br /> impacts to critical areas, provided such projects are constructed using best management practices <br /> to avoid and minimize impacts to critical areas and required buffers, subject to the following <br /> criteria: <br /> a. The activity does not significantly impact a Type F stream or category 1 wetland, or a fish <br /> and wildlife habitat conservation area; and <br /> b. There is no reasonable alternative to the proposed activity with less impact on the critical <br /> area; and <br /> c. The activity involves the placement of a utility pole, street sign, anchor, vault, or other small <br /> component of a utility facility; and <br /> d. The activity results in disturbing less than one hundred square feet of critical area and buffer. <br /> 2. Buffer management when approved by the planning director and all agencies with <br /> jurisdiction. <br /> 3. Select vegetation removal activities. The following vegetation removal activities are <br /> peg uiitted: <br /> 7 <br />