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Exhibit B <br />ORDINANCE Exhibit A - Page 36 of 66 <br />guarantee shall not be released until the applicant’s qualified professional and the planning director <br />sign off that maintenance and monitoring have been completed per the plan, and the mitigation <br />meets performance goals. <br />9. Include provisions for the protection of the mitigation site. The wetland mitigation area and any <br />associated buffer shall be protected by a legal mechanism such as a critical area tract or critical area <br />covenant. The planning director may approve another legal and administrative mechanism if it is <br />determined to be adequate to protect the site.10. Scaled plan sheets shall contain, at a minimum: <br />a. Mapped, ground-verified edges of the existing wetlands and buffers, proposed areas of <br />wetland and/or buffer impacts, and location of proposed wetland and/or buffer compensation <br />areas. <br />b. Existing topography, ground-verified, at two-foot contour intervals in the zone of the <br />proposed compensation actions if any grading activity is proposed in the compensation area(s). <br />Also include existing cross-sections (estimated one-foot intervals) of wetland areas on the <br />development site that are proposed to be altered and of the proposed areas of wetland and <br />buffer compensation. <br />19.37.330 WETLANDS - BUFFER WIDTH REQUIREMENTS <br />A. Wetland Buffer Widths. <br />1. The following buffer widths listed in Tabes 37.2 and 37.3 apply to all wetlands within the city <br />of Everett. Buffer widths have been established in accordance with the best available science. <br />Buffers are based on the category of wetland and the habitat score as determined under EMC <br />19.37.310. Wetland buffers shall be measured perpendicular from the wetland boundary as <br />delineated and marked in the field. <br />2. Wetland buffers shall exclude functionally disconnected areas legally altered as described in <br />EMC 19.37.330(F). <br />2. To maintain the integrity of the buffer, all principal buildings, as well as other structures and <br />improvements shall maintain a setback from the buffer as specified in EMC 19.37.140. <br />3 The buffer widths required by this chapter presume the existence of a relatively intact native <br />vegetated community including native tree cover, shrub understory and ground cover. If the <br />existing buffer is unvegetated, sparsely vegetated, or vegetated with invasive species, the buffer <br />and habitat corridor vegetation may require enhancement or restoration per the following: <br />a. Applicability of Vegetative Buffer Standard. If the on-site buffer does not contain <br />include a relatively intact native vegetated vegetative community, the buffer shall be <br />enhanced or restored to contain a native vegetation community when either: <br />i. The total new net impervious area on the entire subject property exceeds <br />2,000 square feet; or <br />ii. The value of the new construction or alteration occurring within a two-year <br />period is equal to or greater than fifty percent of the assessed value of the <br />existing improvements; or