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F. All new development and redevelopment adjacent to streams and riparian areas should <br />consider low impact stormwater management techniques where site conditions allow as <br />described in the Low Impact Development Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound, <br />January 2005. <br />G. Protective Covenants and Tracts. Streams and their buffers on development sites shall be <br />placed within a critical area protective covenant or tract as required by Section 22 (37.220) <br />of this chapter. <br />H. Fencing and Other Protection Mechanisms. Except for utility and road projects, the city <br />shall require that any development proposed on a lot which contains or adjoins a stream <br />provide a fence or other structural protection along the upland side of the stream and its <br />buffer to minimize encroachment into and disturbance of the stream and buffer area. <br />Fencing shall be split rail or an alternative approved by the planning director. Fencing <br />must be installed in a manner that allows continuous wildlife habitat corridors along <br />critical fish and wildlife areas. <br />(This section shall be codified as EMC 19.37.180.) <br />Section 19: Additional Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas Requirements <br />A. Definitions. <br />Habitats of Primary Association. "Habitats of primary association" means a critical <br />component(s) of the habitats of federally or state -listed endangered, threatened, <br />candidate, sensitive, and priority, wildlife or plant species which, if altered, may reduce <br />the likelihood that the species will maintain and reproduce over the long term. Habitats <br />of primary association include, but are not limited to: winter ranges, migration ranges, <br />breeding sites, nesting sites, regular large concentrations, communal roosts, roosting <br />sites, staging areas, and "priority habitats" listed by the Washington State Department <br />of Fish and Wildlife. <br />2. "Continuous Vegetative Corridors Linking Watersheds" means areas that link larger <br />habitat blocks. The corridors can provide wildlife habitat and allow for relatively free <br />movement of animals among larger habitat blocks that would otherwise be isolated. <br />This allows use of habitat patches that are not themselves large enough to support <br />sustainable breeding populations. The corridors also allow wildlife to move from a <br />habitat area used for one activity, such as feeding, to a habitat area used for another <br />activity, such as nesting. <br />3. "Significant biological areas" means the following areas of the city: <br />a. Plant associations of infrequent occurrence; <br />b. Commercial and recreational shellfish areas; <br />c. Kelp and eelgrass beds; <br />d. Herring, sand lance, and smelt spawning areas; <br />e. State natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas; and <br />