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c. The alteration is to allow a public park or public recreational use, or to provide <br /> public access to the shoreline within an area designated as an urban or <br /> conservancy/recreation environment by the shoreline master program, provided that there <br /> is no feasible and reasonable alternative to making the alteration and the alteration does <br /> not act to degrade the functions of the wetland, or the alteration proposed has a <br /> reasonable likelihood of being fully mitigated; <br /> d. Enhancement of wetlands is permitted where the wetlands being enhanced are in a <br /> degraded condition and the enhancement proposed is likely to provide substantial <br /> rehabilitation and improved functional values. <br /> SECTION 50: That Section 11 of Ordinance No. 1838-91 (EMC 19.37.110 B(2))which <br /> reads in part as follows: <br /> 2. Category II Wetlands. All category II wetlands shall be preserved except as <br /> provided in this chapter. The planning director, using Review Process II.C, may allow <br /> alteration of category II wetlands: <br /> a. Where alteration is allowed pursuant to Section 37.050; or <br /> b. The alteration is solely to provide access to deep water for a water-dependent use <br /> or to expand an existing water-dependent use in an area which is designated as an urban <br /> environment by the shoreline master program, and the alteration does not act to degrade <br /> the functions of the wetland, or the alteration proposed has a reasonable likelihood of <br /> being fully mitigated; or <br /> c. The alteration is to allow a public park or recreational use, or to provide public <br /> access to the shoreline within an area designated as an urban or conservancy/recreation <br /> environment by the shoreline master program,provided that there is no feasible and <br /> reasonable alternative to making the alteration and the alteration does not act to degrade <br /> the functions of the wetland, or the alteration proposed has a reasonable likelihood of <br /> being fully mitigated; or <br /> d. In areas which are not subject to the shoreline master program, alteration of <br /> category II wetlands may only occur under the following circumstances: <br /> i. Water-dependent activities may be approved where there are no practicable <br /> alternatives which would not involve a wetland or which would not have other significant <br /> adverse environmental impacts. <br /> ii. Non-water-dependent activities may be allowed to alter category II wetlands only <br /> upon demonstration that(a) reduction in the size, scope, configuration, or density of the <br /> project as proposed and all alternative designs of the project as proposed that would avoid <br /> or result in less adverse impact on a regulated wetland or its buffer, will not accomplish <br /> the basic purpose of the project; and(b) in cases where the applicant has rejected <br /> alternatives to the project as proposed, due to constraints such as zoning, deficiencies of <br /> infrastructure, or lot size, the applicant has made a reasonable attempt to remove or <br /> accommodate such constraints. <br /> e. Enhancement of wetlands is permitted where the wetlands being enhanced are in a <br /> degraded condition and the enhancement proposed is likely to provide substantial <br /> rehabilitation and improved functional values. <br /> BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: <br /> 41 <br />