Ordinance 2909-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

i. The wetland is not associated with a riparian corridor. ii. The wetland is not part of a wetland mosaic; and iii. The wetland does not contain habitat identified as essential for local populations of priority species identified by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. b. Category III and IV wetlands between 1,000 square feet and 4,000 square feet in area that meet all of the following criteria: i. The wetland is not associated with a riparian corridor. ii. The wetland is not part of a wetland mosaic; iii. The wetland does not contain habitat identified as essential for local populations of priority species identified by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and iv. The wetland scores less than 20 points for habitat in the 2004 Western Washington Wetland Rating System. Mitigation must be provided for any approved impacts per Section 12 (C) through (F) [37.120(C) through (F)] or payment of a mitigation fee to the City. Payment of a mitigation fee is allowed subject to the City establishing a program to mitigate cumulative impacts of wetland losses by acquiring wetlands, acquiring conservation easements which will protect wetlands, establishing wetland mitigation banks or purchasing mitigation credits in established wetland mitigation banks, or creating wetlands. The program must establish a mitigation fee schedule for exempt wetlands. Mitigation fees shall be paid to the City prior to the issuance of permits authorizing wetland alteration. 8. The following water, sewer, storm drainage, electric, natural gas, cable communications, and telephone utility related activities, and maintenance of public streets and public park facilities when the activity does not expand or encroach further into the critical area, does not significantly impact a fish or wildlife habitat conservation area, and when undertaken pursuant to best management practices to minimize impacts to critical areas and their buffers: a. Normal, routine, and emergency maintenance or repair of existing utility structures or right-of-way, including vegetation management. b. Installation, construction, or modification in improved street rights-of-way and replacement, operation or alteration of the following facilities: i. Natural gas, cable communications, telephone facilities, water and sewer lines, pipes, mains, equipment or appurtenances when required and/or approved by the planning director, using the review process described in EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures, ii. Electric facilities, lines, equipment or appurtenances, not including substations, with an associated voltage of fifty-five thousand volts or less, when required and/or approved by the planning director, using the review process described in EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures, c. Normal and routine maintenance or repair of public streets, state highways, and public park facilities, including vegetation management. Maintenance and repair does not include any modification that changes the character, scope, or size of the 7