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"Functions and values," or"functional values" means the beneficial roles served by critical ar as <br /> chain support, flood storage, conveyance and attenuation, ground water recharge and discharge, <br /> erosion control, wave attenuation, protection from hazards, recreation, educational opportunities, <br /> "Habitat management plan" means an activity proposed by a public agency or private entity, and <br /> approved by the planning director, within an arca which may impact a fish and wildlife habitat <br /> "Habitats of primary association" means a critical component(s)of the habitats of federally or state <br /> listed endangered, threatened, candidate, sensitive, and priority wildlife or plant species which, if <br /> altered, may reduce the likelihood that the species will maintain and reproduce over the long term. <br /> •- , _ ' , _ - - - -- - - '' - - -- , -- - • <br /> - <br /> "priority habitats" listed by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. <br /> "Hazard tree" means any tree that poses a threat to public safety,or poses an imminent risk of damage <br /> to private property. Hazard tree includes any tree that, under normal environmental conditions or in <br /> windstorms common to the Pacific Northwest, is likely to cause damage to a structure with frequent <br /> human use, including residential structures,a place of employment or public assembly, and other similar <br /> places, or damage to an approved public road or utility facility. <br /> "Hydric soil" means a soil that is saturated,flooded or ponded long enough during the growing season <br /> to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part.The presence of hydric soil shall be determined <br /> following the methods described in the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional <br /> Wetlands. <br /> . " •• - - -- -- • _. - _ -•-- - - ' . - - - - - . -- . •- <br /> "Landslide hazard areas" means those areas of the city subject to a risk of landslide based on a <br /> "Marsh" means an area permanently inundated by water less than six feet deep and occupied <br /> 1. Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action; <br /> 2. Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its implementation, by <br /> using appropriate technology, or by taking affirmative steps to avoid or reduce impacts; <br /> EMC Title 19.37 (Critical Areas) Page 66 <br />