Ordinance 3666-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

wildlife habitat conservation areas. See Planning Director Interpretations No.2000 2 and 2011 1 for development .. . -• - -- - - , -- - - • - , - - - - - --- - - - - - - --- - - - Policy 2.139.237 Prohibit creating new fish passage barriers and provide incentives to remove existing artificial barriers where feasible. . . . . _. - .. - . - --• -. . _• - ... d and designated as Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area. Policy 2.135.29k Protect riparian areas and riparian ecosystems to help reduce water temperatures by increasing shading, improving soil stability, and increasing terrestrial insect production for fish resources. Policy 2.135453e Maintain existing continuous high quality riparian areas and buffers which provide continuity of riparian areas and reestablish linkages where feasible to minimize habitat fragmentation,especially along existing linkages and patches of native riparian habitat. Policy 2.139.3126 Provide incentives for restoring riparian areas along streams in areas that lack vegetation or are dominated by invasive species to increase the diversity and complexity of native vegetative cover(a mix of native evergreen and deciduous trees, understory shrubs,groundcover). Policy 2.139.322 Implement programs to control nonnative invasive plants and noxious weeds through critical area regulations,education and outreach,and other tools. Policy 2.139.3328 Provide incentives for opening piped stream segments during redevelopment where scientific analysis demonstrates that substantial habitat function can be restored. Flood Hazard Area Policies Policy 2.139.2934 Use the most current FEMA flood hazard modeling and maps as a basis for the City's flood control regulations. Policy 2.139.3932 Prohibit the construction of new permanent structures in the floodway that unduly affect the capacity of the floodway. Policy 2.139.316 Support continued dredging of the settling basin in the Snohomish River to remove accumulated sediment. Policy 2.139.372 Provide for breaching of dikes where flood hazards will not result,and when appropriate and feasible for habitat restoration projects. provide incentives to reestablish vegetated ar as in conjunction with redevelopment adjacent to these areas where feasible. Policy 2.193.393 Require land use actions in flood hazard areas to comply with the provisions of the City's Critical Areas Regulations and Shoreline Master Program, and Drainage Basin Plans,when applicable.The City shall continue to use and update Sections 3o and 37 of the zoning code and the South Everett Drainage Basin Plans to control flooding problems. 2.16k Air Quality and Other Environmental Issues Policies Air Quality... All new development will impact air quality and public health to some extent. However,the Comprehensive Plan direction that guides growth to urban and industrial centers featuring mixed land uses and -resultant air pollution over that which would otherwise occur. Additional measures can be taken to further reduce the impacts on air quality. LAND USE ELEMENT, 2019 Amendment 43 Exhibit 1 -Page 43