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(6) "Developer" shall mean the owning individual(s) or corporation(s) or their representative <br /> applying for the permits or approvals described in Section 3(1)of this ordinance. <br /> (7) "Drainage Area" shall mean the watershed contributing water runoff to and including the <br /> subject property. <br /> (8) "Effective Impervious Surface" means those impervious surfaces that are connected via <br /> sheet flow or discrete conveyance to a drainage system. <br /> (9) `Environmentally Sensitive Areas" (as defined in the City Zoning Code)- means any of those <br /> areas of the City which are subject to natural hazards or those landform features which carry, <br /> hold, or purify water and/or support unique, fragile or valuable natural resources including <br /> fish, wildlife, and other organisms and their habitat. Sensitive areas include the following <br /> features: geologically hazardous areas; wetlands; streams; flood hazard areas; fish and <br /> wildlife conservation areas; and ground water discharge areas (EMC 37.040). <br /> (10) "Impervious Surface" — means a hard surface area that either prevents or retards the entry <br /> of water into the soil mantle as under natural conditions prior to development and causes <br /> water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from the <br /> flow present under natural conditions prior to development. Common impervious surfaces <br /> include, but are not limited to, roof tops, walkways, patios, driveways, parking lots or <br /> storage areas, concrete or asphalt paving, or other surfaces which similarly prevent the <br /> natural infiltration of stormwater. <br /> (11) "Native Vegetation" shall mean vegetation comprised of plant species, other than noxious <br /> weeds, that are indigenous to the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest and which <br /> reasonably could have been expected to naturally occur on the site. <br /> (12) "New Development" — means the following activities: land disturbing activities, including <br /> Class IV general forest practices that are conversions from timber land to other uses <br /> structural development, including construction, installation or expansion of a building or <br /> 4 <br />