Ordinance 1838-91 - Laserfiche WebLink

• e. State natural area ' preserves and natural 'resource conservation areas; and f. those areas listed in the 1981 SEPA Resource Inventory as significant biological areas, which are: (1) Maulsby Swamp (2) Bomarc Bog ( 3 ) yew groves (4) Simpson Lee site (5) Narbeck Swamp (6) Jetty Island. Section 56: Section 4 .020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: "Significant surface water connection" means a surface water flow that is continuous for thirty days or more. Section 57: Section 4 .020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: "Stream channel bottom" means the submerged portion of the stream cross section which is totally an aquatic environment. The channel bottom may be seasonally dry. Section 58: Section 4.020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: "Swale" means a shallow drainage conveyance with relatively gentle side slopes, generally with flow depths less than one foot. Section 59: Section 4.020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: "Swamp" means an area permanently saturated or inundated by water, and occupied predominantly by either a scrub-shrub or forested wetland vegetation community. Section 60: Section 4 .020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: "Transfer of development rights" means the amount of development allowed to be transferred from a lot containing an environmentally sensitive area to another lot, as permitted in Section 5 of this Ordinance. Section 61: Section 4 .020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: Unavoidable, and necessary, impacts" means impacts to regulated environmentally sensitive areas after the applicant proposing to alter a regulated environmentally sensitive area has demonstrated that no practicable alternative exists for the proposed project. Section 62: Section 4.020.A of Ordinance 1671-89, is amended by the addition of the following: 4 (