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Table 37.3: Reduced Wetland Buffers When General Mitigation Measures Are Applied <br /> WETLAND HABITAT FUNCTION SCORES <br /> CATEGORY WETLAND TYPE 3-5 6-7 8-9 <br /> BUFFER WIDTHS(in feet) <br /> All including Forested except those 75 110 225 <br /> listed below <br /> Bogs 190 225 <br /> II All except Estuarine 75 110 225 <br /> II Estuarine 110 <br /> 1II 60 110 225 <br /> IV 40 <br /> 2. The standard buffer widths required by this chapter presume the existence of a relatively intact native <br /> vegetated community including native tree cover, shrub understory and ground cover. If the existing buffer <br /> is unvegetated,sparsely vegetated, or vegetated with invasive species,the buffer vegetation shall be <br /> enhanced or restored to the width required by this section.The vegetation shall include native plant <br /> communities that are appropriate for the Puget Lowland ecoregion or with a plant community that <br /> provides similar functions. <br /> Table 37 1. Mitigation Measures <br /> Activities and Uses <br /> Examples-of That Cause <br /> Disturbance Distu rba ce - - _ _ - _ ,•. .. - <br /> tights - Parking lots - Dircct lights away from wetland <br /> - Warehouses <br /> - Manufacturing <br /> - Residential areas <br /> Ne4se - Manufacturing - Locate noise generating activities away from the wetland to <br /> -•-Presicl-e-atia-l-a-reas the extent feasible <br /> Polluted runoff* - Parking lots _ . ..• - •- e-e. .•-- _ ' _ •• . . - <br /> - Roads Management Manual for Western Washington (2005) <br /> - Manufacturing <br /> - Residential areas <br /> - Application of <br /> agricultural <br /> pesticides <br /> - Landscaping <br /> Stormwater - Parking lots - • •- P-:. ••-• - - c:.' - •• - - <br /> runoff - Roads Management Manual for Western Washington (2005) <br /> - Manufacturing <br /> Planning Commission Resolution 19-04 Page 34 <br /> Critical Areas March 19, 2019 <br />