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Section 35. Section 4 of Ordinance 1671-89, as amended (Zoning, Zoning code definitions,specific, EMC 19.04.020), is amended as follows: 19.04.020 Zoning Code definitions,specific. This section defines specific terms used within this title in a context which may have a different meaning or connotation than ordinarily associated with such terms. • - - -, - •_ - --- • - • ' - - •. - - - - --; - -- •. •- . pesticides or any hazardous or toxic substance;discharging pollutants;grazing domestic animals; paving, human activity that impacts the existing vegetation, hydrology,wildlife or wildlife habitat.Alteration does not include walking, passive recreation, fishing or other similar activities. through 365 195 925. "Biologist" means a person who has earned a degree in biological sciences from a college or university, with practical experience that includes at least two years expertise in matters involving wetlands biology or stream ecology in the Pacific Northwest. that results from the acidic substrate. "Buffer" means an area which provides the margin of safety through protection of slope stability, attenuation of surface water flows and erosion controls necessary to minimize risk to the public from harmful intrusion necessary to protect the public from losses suffered when the functions and values of important aquatic resources are degraded. "Buffer management" means an activity proposed by a public agency, public utility, or private entity, 1. Reduce or eliminate a verified public safety hazard; 2. Maintain or enhance wildlife habitat diversity;or 3. Maintain or enhance the fishery or other functions of stream,wetland, or terrestrial ecosystems. equivalent in functions,values and size to those being altered or lost to development. "Compensation, in kind" means the replacement of wetlands with substitute wetlands whose characteristics closely approximate those destroyed or degraded by a regulated activity. EMC Title 19.37 (Critical Areas) Page 64