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Exhibit B <br />ORDINANCE Exhibit A - Page 55 of 66 <br />evaluation by the city, state and federal agencies. The HMP must address activities that can be taken to <br />preserve, protect, or enhance the affected fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas. The HMP shall be <br />based upon sound habitat management practices and be designed to achieve specific habitat objectives. <br />If the habitat assessment finds that the proposed development could result in substantial elimination of <br />or significant reduction in riparian corridors, existing connections between critical areas, or continuous <br />vegetated corridors linking watersheds, the HMP must analyze alternatives and measures to maximize <br />the maintenance of existing corridors. The city shall ask the appropriate resource agencies to review and <br />comment on the development impacts and the provisions of the HMP. <br />1. Distance for Habitats of Primary Association. <br />a. Salmonids and Steelhead. When development is proposed within the distances <br />specified below, a habitat assessment shall be required. <br />(1) Within two hundred fifty feet of the Snohomish River or its estuary; <br />(2) Within two hundred feet of a Type S or Type F stream or water including <br />but not limited to North Creek or Swamp Creek together with tributaries with <br />direct confluence to those streams and the associated wetlands, and marine <br />shorelines; <br />(3) Within one hundred fifty feet of Lake Chaplain; <br />(4) Within two hundred twenty-five feet of a Type Np or Ns stream with <br />unstable slopes within the special flood hazard area; <br />(5) Within one hundred fifty feet of a Type Np or Ns stream without unstable <br />slopes within the special flood hazard area; or <br />(6) Within the special flood hazard area. <br />b. Other Species. If habitats of primary association are identified for other species, the <br />director, after consulting with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall determine the <br />appropriate distance from a designated fish and wildlife habitat conservation area which <br />will require a habitat assessment or HMP. <br />c. Continuous Vegetative Corridors Linking Watersheds and Significant Biological Areas. <br />If a development is proposed within an area that provides a continuous vegetative <br />corridor linking watersheds or a significant biological area, a habitat assessment is <br />required. <br /> B. Habitat Assessment. <br />1. A habitat assessment may be integrated into another critical area study or provided as a <br />separate report, provided the requirements of this subsection are met. <br />2. The habitat assessment shall be completed by a qualified professional with expertise and <br />experience in preparing fish and wildlife critical area reports or biological assessments.