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<br />Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas do not include irrigation delivery systems, irrigation
<br />infrastructure, irrigation canals or drainage ditches within the boundaries or maintained by a
<br />port or irrigation district or company.
<br />“Frequently flooded areas” means those lands in the floodplain which have at least a one
<br />percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, or are within areas that flood due to
<br />high groundwater. These areas can include: streams, rivers, lakes, coastal areas, wetlands, and
<br />areas where high groundwater forms ponds on the ground surface.
<br />“Functions and values”. See “Ecosystem Functions” and “Ecosystem Values” or “functional
<br />values” means the beneficial roles served by critical areas including, but not limited to, water
<br />quality protection and enhancement, fish and wildlife habitat, food chain support, flood storage,
<br />conveyance and attenuation, ground water recharge and discharge, erosion control, wave
<br />attenuation, protection from hazards, recreation, educational opportunities, aesthetics, and
<br />slope and soil stabilization.
<br />“Geologically hazardous areas” means areas susceptible to erosion, landslide, seismically
<br />induced soil failure, or other geological events as defined in Chapter 36.70A RCW and this
<br />chapter that are not suited to the siting of commercial, residential, or industrial development
<br />consistent with public health or safety concerns.
<br />“Geologist” means a person who is licensed in the state of Washington under the provisions of
<br />Chapter 18.220 RCW and Chapter 308-15 WAC, and who has at least one year of practical
<br />experience in the Pacific Northwest.
<br />“Habitat assessment” means a written report based on a site investigation process to evaluate
<br />the potential presence or absence of a regulated fish or wildlife species or habitat potentially
<br />affected by a development proposal, and containing an assessment of the potential impacts of
<br />the proposal on any regulated species or habitat subject to these regulations.
<br />“Habitat management plan” means an activity proposed by a public agency or private entity,
<br />and approved by the planning director, within an area which may impact a fish and wildlife
<br />habitat conservation area to preserve, protect or enhance the fish and wildlife habitat
<br />conservation area.
<br />“Habitats of primary association” means a critical component(s) of the habitats of federally or
<br />state-listed endangered, threatened, candidate, sensitive, and priority wildlife or plant species
<br />which, if altered, may reduce the likelihood that the species will maintain and reproduce over
<br />the long term. Habitats of primary association include, but are not limited to, winter ranges,
<br />migration ranges, breeding sites, nesting sites, regular large concentrations, communal roosts,
<br />roosting sites, staging areas, and “priority habitats” listed by the Washington State Department
<br />of Fish and Wildlife.
<br />“Habitats and species of local importance” means those significant biological areas identified by
<br />the City; and priority habitats and species identified by the Washington State Department of
<br />Fish and Wildlife; and high quality ecological communities and systems and rare plants listed by
<br />the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
<br />“Habitats, priority” include:
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