Ordinance 3676-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

"Functions and values," or"functional values" means the beneficial roles served by critical areas chain support,flood storage, conveyance and attenuation,ground water recharge and discharge, erosion control,wave attenuation, protection from hazards, recr ation, educational opportunities, aesthetics, and slope and soil stabilization. ..-. . approved by the planning director, within an arca which may impact a fish and wildlife habitat "Habitats of primary association" mgans a critical component(s) of the habitats of federally or state listed endangered,threatened, candidate, sensitive,and priority wildlife or plant species which, if altered, may reduce the likelihood that the species will maintain and reproduce over the long term. Habitats of primary association include, but are not limited to, winter ranges, migration ranges, breeding • _ , _ - , . - • _ . .. - - , 2""".• -- , -- - •- - - - , • - "priority habitats" listed by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. "Hazard tree" means any tree that poses a thr at to public safety,or poses an imminent risk of damage to private property. Hazard tree includes any tree that, under normal environmental conditions or in windstorms common to the Pacific Northwest, is likely to cause damage to a structure with frequent places, or damage to an approved public road or utility facility. "Hydric soil" means a soil that is saturated,flooded or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part.The presence of hydric soil shall be determined following the methods described in the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands. "Lake" means a natural or artificially created permanent body of water with an average depth of six feet or greater and an area larger than twenty acres, as measured at the ordinary high water mark. "Landslide" means episodic downslope movement of a mass of soil or rock that includes but is not "Marsh" means an ar a permanently inundated by water less than six feet deep and occupied "Mitigation" means :, e - - - - - -- -- - - -e- •- - - - any or all of the following actions: —Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action; 2. Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its implementation, by using appropriate technology, or by taking affirmative steps to avoid or reduce impacts; Planning Commission Resolution 19-_ Page 8 Title 19 March 19, 2019