Ordinance 3457-15 - Laserfiche WebLink

(A) Wetlands; (B) Riparian zones; (C) Marine/estuarine shorelines; (D) Urban natural open space. The corridor must be protected for the entire distance between the wetland and the priority habitat by some type of legal protection such as a conservation easement. ii. Measures to minimize the impacts of different land uses on wetlands, such as the examples summarized in Table 37.1, are applied. b. For wetlands that score less than twenty points for habitat, measures to minimize the impacts of different land uses on wetlands, such as the examples summarized in Table 37.1, must be applied. Table 37.1: Mitigation Measures Activities and Uses Examples of That Cause Disturbance Disturbance Examples of Measures to Minimize Impacts Lights • Parking lots • Direct lights away from wetland • Warehouses • Manufacturing • Residential areas Noise • Manufacturing • Locate noise -generating activities away from the wetland to the • Residential areas extent feasible Polluted runoff* • Parking lots • Comply with the Department of Ecology's Stormwater • Roads Management Manual for Western Washington (2005) • Manufacturing • Residential areas • Application of agricultural pesticides • Landscaping Stormwater • Parking lots • Comply with the Department of Ecology's Stormwater runoff • Roads Management Manual for Western Washington (2005) • Manufacturing • Residential areas • Commercial • Landscaping Change in water • Impermeable • Comply with the Department of Ecology's Stormwater regime surfaces Management Manual for Western Washington (2005) • Lawns • Tilling Pets and human • Residential areas • Use fencing; plant dense vegetation to delineate buffer edge and disturbance to discourage disturbance using vegetation appropriate for the Puget Lowland ecoregion; place wetland and its buffer in a separate tract Dust • Tilled fields • Use best management practices to control dust *Additional mitigation to minimize polluted runoff may be necessary if threatened or endangered species