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"Salmonid" means a member of the fish family Salmonidae. In the city these include chinook, coho, chum, sockeye and pink salmon; cutthroat, brook, brown, rainbow and steelhead trout; and Dolly Varden, kokanee and char. "Seismic hazard areas" means those areas of the city subject to severe risk of earthquake damage as a result of seismically induced ground shaking, settlement, or soil liquefaction.These conditions occur in areas underlain by cohesionless soils of low density sometimes in association with a shallow groundwater table. "Significant biological areas" means the following areas of the city: 1. Plant associations of infrequent occurrence; 2. Commercial and recreational shellfish areas; 3. Kelp and eelgrass beds; 4. Herring, sand lance, and smelt spawning areas; 5. State natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas; and 6. Those areas listed in the 1981 SEPA Resource Inventory as significant biological areas,which are: a. Maulsby Swamp, b. Kasch Park (Bomarc) Bog, c. Simpson Lee site Category I wetlands, d. Narbeck Swamp, e. Jetty Island. "Significant surface water connection" means a surface water flow that is continuous for thirty days or more during years of normal rainfall. "Steep slopes" means any ground that rises ten or more for every twenty-five feet of horizontal distance,thus having a grade of forty percent or steeper.A slope is delineated by establishing its toe and top: 1. "Toe" of a steep slope is the lower most limit of the area where the ground surface rises ten feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of twenty-five feet. 2. "Top"of a steep slope is a distinct, sharp break in slope which separates slopes inclined at less than forty percent from slopes equal to or greater than forty percent.Where no distinct break in slope exists, the top of the steep slope shall be the uppermost limit of the area where the ground surface drops ten feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of twenty-five feet. "Stream" means those areas where naturally occurring surface waters flow sufficiently to produce a defined channel or bed which demonstrates evidence of the passage of water including, but not limited to, bedrock channels,gravel beds, sand and silt beds and defined-channel swales.A defined channel or bed means a water course that is scoured by water or contains deposits of mineral alluvium.The Planning Commission Resolution 19-- Page 20 Title 19 March 19, 2019