Ordinance 3676-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

described in EMC Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures,authorize a modification to the standards in this chapter as follows: 1. An applicant must submit a critical arca study by a qualified professional that documents that the this chapter.The study must address best available science as it relates to the critical arca functions. 2. The study must be circulated to appropriate state and federal resource agencies for review and 3. The development design/standards may include, but arc not necessarily limited to, measures addresses critical areas protection consistent with this section. E. The proposed design/standards must not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in the vicinity and zone in which the subject property is located. Section 5. Section 6 of Ordinance 2909-06, as amended, (Zoning Code, Critical Areas, EMC 19.37.060), is hereby amended as follows: 19.37.060 Permitted uses and activities. A. Uses permitted on lots containing or adjoining critical areas shall be the same as those permitted in the use zone in which the lot is located. Each use shall be evaluated in accordance with the review process required for the proposed use in the use zone in conjunction with the requirements of this chapter and other city, state, and federal regulations. B. The following uses/activities are permitted in critical areas and their buffers: 1. Minor utility construction projects. Utility projects which have minor or short-duration impacts to critical areas, provided such projects are constructed using best management practices to avoid and minimize impacts to critical areas and required buffers, subject to the following criteria: a. The activity does not significantly impact a Type F streams aef Category 1 wetland, or a fish and wildlife habitat conservation area,and complies with other provisions of this chapter; and b. There is no reasonable alternative to the proposed activity with less impact on the critical area; and c. The activity involves the placement of a utility pole, street sign, anchor,vault, or other small component of a utility facility; and d. The activity results in disturbing less than one hundred square feet of critical area and buffer. 2. Buffer management,as defined in this title,when approved by the planning director and all agencies with jurisdiction. 3. Select vegetation removal activities.The following vegetation removal activities are permitted: a. Pruning. Pruning is limited to trimming, limbing,thinning,windowing, and skirting in a manner consistent with this subsection. (1) A permit is required to prune trees in critical areas. Prior to pruning,trimming, limbing, thinning, windowing, and/or skirting: (A) The applicant shall submit a pruning report by a certified arborist and have all work be performed under the direction of a certified arborist. (B) The applicant, in lieu of the above and an application fee as determined by the planning director, shall: EMC Title 19.37 (Critical Areas) Page 12