1716 SILVER LAKE RD 2016-01-01 MF Import

. ( � PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERII�NATION Review Process I A�99-017 June 4, 1999 The City of Everett Planning Director grants approval of a request by Ron and Nancy Migas to reduce the standard 100 foot wide wetland buffer from t6e shoreline edge of Silver I,ake to 50 feet on a vacant site, Lot S, between 1710 & 1720 Silver I.eke Road with the following conditions: 1. Enhance the remaining 50 feet of buffer as required by ihe City of Everett's biologist. The required planting list is attached. 2. Provide an assurance device worth 3009b of the cost of planting the buffer prior to issuance of the building permit application. 3. Provide a recorded Environmentally Sensitive Area Protective Covenant protecting the buffer. 4. Provide the City of Everett Planning Departrnent a five yeaz assurance device worth 90% of the cost of planting the buffer once the buffer planting is completed.. Subsection 37.100.D of the City of Everett Zoning Code gives the Planning D'uector the authority to reduce the 100 foot buffer from a Category I wetland (Silver Lake) by up to 509b when there has been substantial legal alteration of the wedand's buffer and the remaining buffer is enhanced sufficiently to unprove the functional values of the buffer. The Planning Director approved the reduced buffer based upon the following: 1. The buffer was cleared prior to 1990. The buffer consists primazily of grass, a few shrubs, and some bamboo. 2. The enhancement plan will improve the functional values of the buffer. The proposal includes removing nonnative, invasive plants and revegetating the remaining buffer with native vegetation. The Planning Director's determination may be appealed. Any such appeal must be filed within fourteen calendar days of the date specified below. Appeal forms aze available from the Planning Department and must be submitted along wit6 the required filing fee. For more information, contact Steve Ingalsbe of the Planning Departrnent at 257-8940. ��• `� Paul A. Roberts, Director PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT