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This section defines specific terms used within this title in a context which may have a different meaning <br /> or connotation than ordinarily associated with such terms. <br /> "Alteration" means any human induced action which impacts the existing condition of a critical area. <br /> pesticides or any hazardous or toxic substance; discharging pollutants; grazing domestic animals; paving, <br /> construction, application of gravel; modifying for surface water management purposes; or any other <br /> human activity that impacts the existing vegetation, hydrology, wildlife or wildlife habitat. Alteration <br /> or restore critical areas,that is derived from a valid scientific process as defined by WAC 365 195 900 <br /> through 365 195 925. <br /> "Biologist" means a person who has earned a degree in biological sciences from a college or university, <br /> with practical experience that includes at least two years expertise in matters involving wetlands biology <br /> or stream ecology in the Pacific Northwest. <br /> that results from the acidic substrate. <br /> "Buffer" means an area which provides the margin of safety through protection of slope stability, <br /> attenuation of surface water flows and erosion controls necessary to minimize risk to the public from <br /> loss of life or well being or property damage resulting from natural disasters, or an area which is an <br /> sediments, room for variation in stream or wetland boundaries, habitat for wildlife and protection from <br /> harmful intrusion necessary to protect the public from losses suffered when the functions and values of <br /> important aquatic resources are degraded. <br /> and approved by the planning director,within a buffer required by this title, that is proposed to: <br /> 1. Reduce or eliminate a verified public safety hazard; <br /> 2. Maintain or enhance wildlife habitat diversity; or <br /> 3. Maintain or enhance the fishery or other functions of stream, wetland, or terrestrial ecosystems. <br /> "Compensation" means the replacement,enhancement, or creation of an undevelopable critical ar <br /> equivalent in functions, values and size to those being altered or lost to development. <br /> "Compensation, in kind" means the replacement of wetlands with substitute wetlands whose <br /> characteristics closely approximate those destroyed or degraded by a regulated activity. <br /> "Compensation, o • -" •' • .- - - ----- _ ,. . . - . - _ • • - - _ <br /> wetland has been impacted. <br /> Planning Commission Resolution 19-_ Page 6 <br /> Title 19 March 19, 2019 <br />