Ordinance 3666-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

Policy 2.136.163 Buffers. Because the buffers adjoining wetlands and streams performyal cable sources,and providing a barrier to encroachment and destruction,tThe City should require sufficient buffer width and functions to achieve no net loss of critical area functions and values. Policy 2.15.17 Emphasize the protection of those buffer functions of gr atest importance within the Urban Growth Area. Policy 2.136.148 Maintain a conservative approach which provides stringent buffer requirements for all streams that exhibit salmonid use. Policy 2.136.169 Protect riparian areas and buffers that have significant connections between other critical areas and/or large blocks of open space. Policy 2.135.163e Provide for buffers with non-linear edges that will increase wildlife functions when proposed development is adjacent to large blocks of existing open space or critical areas with a high function for wildlife. Policy 2.136.1 Recognize that buffers essential to provide wildlife habitat for large mammals do not currently exist except in the Snohomish River estuary,and are not feasible in Everett's urban environment. Provide adequate buffers for species that can adapt to the urban environment. Policy 2.136.2218 Compensation/Mitigation. _ .- . - . _ - - _ _ _ -- _. beneficial functions and it is difficult to recr ate these functions and values,tThe City should encourage the retention of streams and wetlands and their buffers in a natural state. Avoidance of adverse impacts is the best way to maintain existing critical area functions. When avoidance is not feasible, and streams or wetlands are permitted to be relocated or altered,the impacts caused by relocation or alteration should be compensated for by replacing the valuable functions each provides. The City shall maintain a policy and regulatory approach that mandates an overall no net loss in functions,values,or area for aquatic resource critical areas. The City's regulations should use the Washington State definition of mitigation including a mitigation sequencing approach: avoid, minimize, rectify, reduce over time,and compensate for unavoidable impacts. The City should continue a policy approach which provides the highest level of protection for the aquatic resource critical areas which have the highest functions and values. Policy 2.163.193 Provide for wetland mitigation banking and support efforts to establish mitigation banks that would result in an overall improvement of aquatic or wetland functions and values within a watershed. Policy 2.136.240 Restoration and Enhancement. Because urban development has degraded the natural condition of many of the wetlands and stream systems in-Everett and because new land developments or segments,tThe City should allow wetland or stream alteration when alteration results in restoration or enhancement of functions and values of altered or degraded wetlands and streams. The City should provide opportunities for restoration through watershed, basin,or subbasin mitigation strategies. Policy 2.136.216 Public Facilities. Because it is not always possible to avoid impacting water resources-with certain vital public service facilities,encroachment into water resource areas for public facilities such as public streets,utilities,and public safety services should be avoided except when no feasible alternative exists,and such encroachment should be accomplished in a manner that assures the maximum possible protection of the natural system,and assures the safety of persons and properties. Policies for Fish and Wildlife Conservation Areas Policy 2.136.262 Protect and restore proposed,threatened,or endangered species and their habitat. Require preparation of biological assessments to assess potential impacts of development on listed species,and require preparation of habitat management plans when development proposals would result in impacts to fish and LAND USE ELEMENT, 2019 Amendment 42 Exhibit 1 -Page 42