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Exhibit B <br />ORDINANCE Exhibit A - Page 26 of 66 <br />D. Restoration shall also include installation and maintenance of interim and emergency erosion <br />control measures until such time as the restored ground cover and vegetation reach sufficient <br />maturation to function in compliance with the performance standards adopted by the city. <br />E. The city shall stop work on any existing permits and halt the issuance of any or all future permits or <br />approvals for any activity which violates the provisions of this chapter until the property is fully restored <br />in compliance with this chapter and all penalties are paid. <br />F. Notwithstanding the other provisions provided in this chapter, anything done contrary to the <br />provisions of this chapter or the failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter is declared to be a <br />public nuisance. <br />ARTICLE II. GEOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS AREAS <br />19.37.200 GEOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS AREAS – DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE <br />A. In accordance with WAC 365-190-120, geologically hazardous areas include areas susceptible to <br />erosion, sliding, earthquake, tsunami, or other geological events. They pose a threat to the health and <br />safety of citizens when incompatible commercial, residential, or industrial development is sited in areas <br />of significant hazard. <br />B. The purposes of geologic hazard area regulations is to avoid and minimize potential impacts to life <br />and property from geologic hazards, conserve soil resources, avoid and minimize impacts of erosion and <br />landslide hazards on wetlands and important wildlife habitats and species not caused by natural <br />geologic processes, and minimize damage to property and structures due to landslides, seismic hazards, <br />or other naturally occurring events. This purpose shall be accomplished through appropriate levels of <br />study and analysis, application of sound engineering principles, and regulation or limitation of land uses, <br />including maintenance of existing vegetation, regulation of clearing and grading activities, and control of <br />stormwater. Elimination of all risk from geologically hazardous areas is not feasible to achieve, but the <br />purpose of this article is to reduce this risk to acceptable levels. <br />19.37.210 GEOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS AREAS – DESIGNATION AND MAPPING <br />A. Designation. The following geologically hazardous areas shall not be altered except as otherwise <br />provided by this chapter: <br />1. Landslide hazard areas: <br />a. Those areas defined as high and very high/severe risk of landslide hazard in the <br />Dames and Moore Methodology for the Inventory, Classification and Designation of <br />Geologically Hazardous Areas, City of Everett, Washington: July 1, 1991, or as revised <br />through best available science: <br />(1) Very high/severe: slopes greater than fifteen percent in the Qtb, Qw, and <br />Qls geologic units; and slopes greater than fifteen percent with uncontrolled fill. <br />(2) High: slopes greater than forty percent in all other geologic units (not Qtb, <br />Qw, and Qls or uncontrolled fill).