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original design and alter a regulated environmentally sensitive area are not included in <br />this definition. <br />is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />"Repair or maintenance" means an activity that restores the character, scope, size, and <br />design of a serviceable area, structure, or land use to its previously authorized undamaged <br />condition. Activities that change the character, size, or scope of a project beyond the <br />original design and alter a regulated critical area are not included in this definition. <br />Section 53: Definition. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1847-92, as amended, (EMC 19.4.020), <br />definition of "Seismic hazard area," which currently reads as follows: <br />"Seismic hazard areas" means those areas of the city subject to severe risk of earthquake <br />damage as a result of seismically induced settlement, or soil liquefaction. These <br />conditions occur in areas underlain by cohesionless soils of low density usually in <br />association with a shallow groundwater table. <br />is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />"Seismic hazard areas" means those areas of the city subject to severe risk of earthquake <br />damage as a result of seismically induced ground shaking, settlement, or soil liquefaction. <br />These conditions occur in areas underlain by cohesionless soils of low density sometimes <br />in association with a shallow groundwater table. <br />Section 54: Definition. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1847-92, as amended, (EMC 19.4.020), <br />definition of "Significant biological areas," which currently reads as follows: <br />"Significant biological areas" means the following areas of the city: <br />1. Plant associations of infrequent occurrence; <br />2. Commercial and recreational shellfish areas; <br />3. Kelp and eelgrass beds; <br />4. Herring and smelt spawning areas; <br />5. State natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas; and <br />6. Those areas listed in the 1981 SEPA Resource Inventory as significant biological <br />areas, which are: <br />a. Maulsby Swamp, <br />b. Bomarc Bog, <br />c. Yew groves, <br />d. Simpson Lee site, <br />e. Narbeck Swamp, <br />f. Jetty Island. <br />is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />M, <br />