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2. "Top" of a steep slope is a distinct, sharp break in slope which separates slopes inclined at less than <br /> forty percent from slopes equal to or greater than forty percent. Where no distinct break in slope exists, <br /> feet or more vertically within a horizontal distance of twenty five feet. <br /> "Stream" means a year round or intermittent water course or route,formed by nature or modified by <br /> human activities and generally consisting of a defined channel with a bed, banks or sides for a <br /> substantial portion of its length, along which surface waters naturally and normally flow from higher to <br /> lower lands. Streams include natural swales.Wetlands and entirely artificial watercourses such as <br /> irrigation and drainage ditches,grass lined swales, canals and stormwater runoff devices shall not be <br /> humans. Streams which have been channelized or culverted shall continue to be considered streams for <br /> the purpose of this title. <br /> "Stream channel bottom" means the submerged portion of the stream cross section which is totally an <br /> aquatic environment.The channel bottom may be seasonally dry. <br /> either a scrub shrub or forested wetland vegetation community. <br /> "Transfer of development rights" means, in general,the process for transferring development rights <br /> from a sending site to a receiving site. the amount of development allowed to be transferred from a lot <br /> containing a critical ar a to another lot, as permitted in Chapter 19.37 of this title. <br /> proposing to alter a regulated critical area has demonstrated that no reasonable alternative exists for <br /> the proposed project. <br /> "Undevelopable area" means: <br /> 1. Regulated wetlands; <br /> 2. Geologically hazardous areas which are determined by supporting studies to be unsuitable for <br /> development; <br /> 3. Streams; <br /> 1. Habitats of primary association; <br /> 5. Plant associations of infrequent occurrence. <br /> "Unstable soils" means soils which by their physical nature are not suitable to support buildings, roads, <br /> utilities or other manmade development related improvements, or which have the potential for slope <br /> failure, erosion, or subsidence. Unstable soils include, but arc not limited to,those ar as defined as <br /> determined by the public works director or the building official to be unsuitable for building foundations <br /> or structural support. <br /> EMC Title 19.37 (Critical Areas) Page 69 <br />