700 52ND ST SE 2016-01-01 MF Import

INTRODUCTION ThE subject property is located at 700 — 52nd Street in the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington (S6, T28N, R5E). The subject parcel is approximately 6 acres. The subjed property is partially developed with two single-family residences located in the northeast comer of the site. Vegetation on the site is forested. The proFerty owner is proposing to selectively harvest timber on the site to alleviate tha threat of potential damage due to hazardous trees on site. Fnvironmentally sensitive areas have been identified on the site, therefare, an enviroementally sensitiv;+ areas study is required as part uf the clearing permit. The City of Everett recently adopted Ordinance 2909-06, amending portions of the critical areas code. The amended code requires that hazardous tree removal within critical areas and their buf�ers requires evaluation by a cert�ed arborist. Therefore, tree harvest will be limited to those areas ou!;ide critical areas and their buffers. Typically defined, wetlands are "those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a fiequency and duration su�cient to s!ipport, and under normal ciroumstances do support, a prevalence of aegetation typically adapted /or life in saturated soil conditions. Wet/ands generally indude swamps, marshes, bogs, wet meadows and similar areas" (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1987). Also included as wetlands are artificial °�vetlands intentionally created from non- wetland areas for mitigation or wetland banking purposes. b1/etlands do not normally include those art�cial wetlands intentionally created from nora-wetlar.d sites, includiny but not limited to irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined or bio-filtration swales, car;als, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, fartn ponds and landscaping amenities. Streams are those areas where naturally occurring surtace waters flow su�ciently to produce a defined channel or bed which demonstrates clear evidence of the pasaage of water including, but not lircsited tn, bedrock channels, gravel beds, sand and silt beds and defined-channel swales. The channel or bed need not contain water during the entire year. This definition does not include water courses which were created entirely by artficial means, such as irrigation ditches, canals, roadside ditches or stortn or surface water run-off features, unless the art�cially crea!ed water course contains salmonids or conveys a stream that was naturally occ,urring prior to the construdion of the artificially created water �ourse. Under the requirements of the City of Everett Municipal Code Title 19, the City of Everett reviews wetland, stream and buffer conditions and requirements, performs a site-verification, and reviews mitigation proposals. Due to the location and site conditions of the subject property, combined with local and federal jurisdictional requirements, there is a need to de4ermine the presence or absence of environmentally sensitive �reas and their extent. An environmentally sensitive areas study was undertaken to characterize the wetlands, assess their functions and values, and classify streams and wetlands per the City of Everett Municipal Code. PURPOSE The purpose of this study is ta determine the presence of environmentally sen�itive areas (we�tlands and streams) and delineate their boundaries within the area of land use on the subiect property. This study, after being verified by the appropriate agencies, may also be used to determine the peTnit requirements associated with development plans. Gribble Environmental Consui;+ng Compaiay (GECCO) is not responsible for obtaining any of the local, state or federal permits ihai may bE required for this project. Examples of possible pern�it requirements are listed below.