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3. The proposed method of construction will reduce erosion potential, landslide and seismic hazard potential, and will improve or not adversely affect the stability of slopes; 4. The proposal uses construction techniques which minimize disruption of existing topography and natural vegetation; 5. The proposal is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter; 6. The proposal mitigates all impacts identified in the geotechnical report; and 7. All utilities and access roads or driveways to and within the site are located so as to require the minimum amount of modification to slopes, vegetation or geologically hazardous areas. BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: C. Permitted Alterations. Unless associated with another environmentally sensitive area, the planning director, using the review process described in the City's Local Project Review Procedures Ordinance,may allow alteration of an area identified as a geologically hazardous area or the standard buffers listed in subsection B of this section if he/she approves a geotechnical report which demonstrates that: 1. The proposed development will not create a hazard to the subject property, surrounding properties or rights-of-way, erosion or sedimentation to off-site properties or bodies of water; 2. The proposal addresses the existing geological constraints of the site, including an assessment of soils and hydrology; 3. The proposed method of construction will reduce erosion potential, landslide and seismic hazard potential, and will improve or not adversely affect the stability of slopes; 4. The proposal uses construction techniques which minimize disruption of existing topography and natural vegetation; 5. The proposal is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter; 6. The proposal mitigates all impacts identified in the geotechnical report; and 7. All utilities and access roads or driveways to and within the site are located so as to require the minimum amount of modification to slopes, vegetation or geologically hazardous areas. SECTION 48: That Section 10 of Ordinance No. 1838-91 as amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2332-98 (EMC 19.37.100 E) which reads in part as follows: E. Standard Wetland Buffer Width Reduction. The planning director may, using Review Process II.C, reduce the standard wetland buffer width only when there has previously been substantial legal alteration of the wetland and/or buffer on the subject lot or adjoining lots. The planning director shall require buffer width averaging rather than allowing a buffer width reduction except when the proposal includes a wetland and buffer enhancement plan that improves the functional values of the buffer and the wetland. An enhanced buffer shall not result in more than a fifty percent reduction in the standard buffer width, and the reduced buffer shall not be less than the minimum dimension allowed by buffer width averaging. BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 39