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Exhibit B <br />ORDINANCE Exhibit A - Page 39 of 66 <br />d. The measures in Table 37.4 are implemented, as applicable, to minimize <br />impacts of the adjacent land uses. <br />B. Increased Wetland Buffer Width. Buffer widths stated in subsection A of this section shall be <br />increased: <br />1. When the minimum buffer for a wetland extends into an area with a slope of greater than <br />twenty-five percent, the buffer shall be the greater of: <br />a. The minimum buffer for that particular wetland; or <br />b. Twenty-five feet beyond the point where the slope becomes twenty-five percent or <br />less for at least a horizontal distance of ten feet; <br />2. When the wetland is used by a state or federally listed plant or animal species under WAC <br />220-610-010, 50 CFR 17-11, 50 CFR 17-12, or other state or federal regulations; or has critical or <br />outstanding potential habitat for those species or has unusual nesting or resting sites such as <br />heron nesting colonies or raptor nesting trees, and the increased buffer is necessary to protect <br />such habitat; <br />3. When a habitat assessment or habitat management plan is required by EMC 19.37. 110 and <br />an increased buffer is necessary to protect critical habitat or affected species, the buffer shall be <br />the buffer in the approved habitat assessment or habitat management plan; <br />4. When the adjacent land is classified as a geologically hazardous area, the buffer shall be the <br />greater of the standard wetland buffer or the setback buffer required by EMC 19.37. 230; <br />5. When the wetland buffer has minimal or degraded vegetative cover that cannot be <br />improved through enhancement; or <br />6. When the city finds, based upon a site-specific critical area analysis, that impacts to a <br />wetland or other critical area from a proposed development can only be mitigated by a greater <br />buffer width. <br />C. Impact Minimization Measures. <br />Developments that produce the listed disturbances and are requesting reduced wetland buffers per <br />Table 37.3 are required to address the disturbance through the use of applicable minimization <br />measures. This is not a complete list of measures, nor is every example measure required. Though not <br />every measure is required, all effort should be made to implement as many measures as possible. <br />Regulatory staff should determine, in coordination with the applicant, which measures are applicable <br />and practicable. The critical areas report shall address how each impact minimization measure is being <br />provided. <br />Table 37.4 – Impact Minimization Measures <br />Example of <br />Disturbance <br />Activities and Uses that Cause <br />Disturbances <br />Examples of Impact Minimization Measures <br />Light • Parking lots <br />• Commercial/Industrial uses <br />• Residential uses <br />• Direct lights away from wetlands and <br />buffers