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• <br /> 4. Environmentally sensitive areas <br /> a. All development shall be subject to a detailed site plan <br /> review in compliance with the City's SEPA Ordinance. The <br /> extent of the site plan review of environmentally sensitive <br /> areas shall be determined by: <br /> 1) An environmental checklist pursuant to the State <br /> Environmental Policy Act; <br /> 2) A comparison and evaluation of the proposed <br /> development against all relevant plans and City <br /> ordinances; <br /> 3) A review and evaluation of all development located <br /> within the designated areas of the City's Shoreline <br /> Plan and Snohomish County Shoreline Master Program. <br /> b. The development of environmentally sensitive areas shall be <br /> discouraged. The development potential of such sensitive <br /> areas may be transferred to the developable portion of the <br /> site subject to density limitations of the entire parcel. <br /> 5. Public access to shoreline <br /> a. All proposed substantial development located within <br /> Shoreline Plan Master Program designated areas shall be <br /> subject to a detailed analysis of public shoreline needs <br /> and long range plans. <br /> b. Public access to the shoreline shall be provided in <br /> compliance with the City's Open Space, Park and Recreation <br /> Plan, and the City's Shoreline Plan Master Program. <br /> 6. View preservation <br /> All sites shall be developed to preserve important view corridors <br /> to the extent feasible. Site plan proposals shall incorporate <br /> existing topographic features, variable heights and location of <br /> buildings, and architectural design principles to achieve this <br /> goal. <br /> 7. Signs and lighting <br /> a. All signs and displays shall be in compliance with the <br /> regulations of the City's Sign Code, Chapter 16.16 E.M.C. <br /> and the regulations of this Ordinance. <br /> b. Free-standing signs shall be limited to one (1) per <br /> development and shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in <br /> height and forty (40) square feet in surface area. <br /> c. Billboards, flashing or rotating signs, roof signs, and <br /> signs painted on fences or building facades shall be <br /> prohibited. <br /> d. Flush-mounted building signs shall not extend above the <br /> eave or parapet of any exterior wall and shall not exceed <br /> in size five (5) percent of the wall on which it is <br /> placed. However, no sign shall exceed a total of eighty <br /> (80) square feet in surface area. <br /> e. All signs and displays shall be designed as an integral <br /> part of the total development and landscape. <br /> f. Directional signs such as "enter", "visitors", "shipping", <br /> etc. are permitted on site but shall not exceed four (4) <br /> feet in height or a total of ten (10) square feet in <br /> surface area. <br /> g. Area lighting shall provide operational efficiency, improve <br /> security, and in general enhance the aesthetics of the <br /> development. <br /> h. All light sources shall be shielded from adjacent property <br /> and be scaled in size and intensity to match the magnitude <br /> of the area to be lit in compliance with City Sign Code <br /> Chapter 16.16. <br /> i. In the event of a conflict between this Ordinance and the <br /> City's Sign Code, the provisions of this Ordinance shall <br /> govern and supersede. <br /> -5- <br />