Ordinance 2538-01 - Laserfiche WebLink

BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 10. The city may allow wetland mitigation banking in lieu of other forms of wetland impact mitigation when the mitigation site being used for the credit allowed pursuant to this section is either a wetland created from a site which was previously nonwetland or a wetland of lesser size or functional value than the wetland being altered. Under the wetland mitigation banking process, alteration of a wetland on the development site shall occur only when the created or enhanced wetland is successfully functioning in accordance with an approved wetland mitigation plan. The created or enhanced wetland shall have greater functional value than that being altered. In evaluating a wetland mitigation banking proposal, the planning director shall determine the amount of credit given for mitigation banking using the ratios described in subsection C5 of this section as a guide. The amount of credit will be dependent upon the functional value of the wetland being altered and the wetland being used for mitigation banking. The city, using the review process described in the City's Local Project Review Procedures Ordinance, may allow wetland mitigation banking under the following circumstances: a. When alteration is allowed pursuant to the"reasonable use" exception as provided in subsection 37.050B; b. When alteration is allowed for a water-dependent or water-related use; c. When on-site or off-site mitigation is not practicable; d. When the wetland being altered is of a lower quality and has lesser functional values than the wetland which is being used for the mitigation banking. SECTION 53: That Ordinance No. 1671-89 as amended by Section 14 of Ordinance No. 1838-91 as amended by Section 2 of Ordinance 2332-98 (EMC 19.37.140 D) which reads in part as follows: D. Standard Stream Buffer Width Reduction. The planning director may, using Review Process II.C, reduce the standard stream buffer width only when there has previously been substantial legal alteration of the stream 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 stream and buffer enhancement plan that improves the functional values of the buffer and the stream. An enhanced buffer shall not result in more than a fifty percent reduction in 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: D. Standard Stream Buffer Width Reduction. The planning director may, using the review process as described in the City's Local Project Review Procedures Ordinance, reduce the standard stream buffer width only when there has previously been substantial legal alteration of the stream 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 stream and buffer enhancement plan that 44