Ordinance 3676-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

A habitat assessment means a written report based anis a site investigation process to evaluate the potential presence or absence of a regulated fish or wildlife species or habitat potentially affected by a development proposal,and containing an assessment of the potential impacts of the proposal on any regulated species or habitat subject to these regulations. "Habitat management plan" means an activity proposed by a public agency or private entity,and approved by the planning director,within an area which may impact a fish and wildlife habitat conservation area to preserve, protect or enhance the fish and wildlife habitat conservation area. "Habitats of primary association" means 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 sites, nesting sites, regular large concentrations, communal roosts, roosting sites,staging areas, and "priority habitats" listed by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. "Habitats, priority" include: (A) Wetlands; (B) Riparian zones; u Marine/estuarine shorelines; (D) Urban natural open space.This includes areas that are not critical areas, but may include parks and other deeded open space areas that are actively managed to protect native plants and animals. "Hazard tree" means any tree that poses a threat 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 human use, including residential structures, a place of employment or public assembly, and other similar places,or damage to an approved public road or utility facility. "Hillsides" means geological features on the landscape having slopes of fifteen percent or greater. "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. "In-Lieu Fee Mitigation". In-lieu fee(ILF) mitigation means is a program involving the restoration, establishment,enhancement,and/or preservation of aquatic resources through funds paid to a program sponsor to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for unavoidable impacts to wetlands and other aquatic resources. Per federal rule, sponsorship of ILF programs is limited to governmental,tribal, or nonprofit natural resource management entities.Similar to a wetland mitigation bank, an ILF program sells credits to permittees whose unavoidable impacts occur within a specified geographic area (service area).When credits are purchased from the ILF program,the permittee's obligation to provide compensatory mitigation is then transferred to the ILF program sponsor.The sponsor is then required to implement mitigation within a specified timeframe,working with regulatory agencies to make sure impacts are fully mitigated. ILF programs are approved by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and the Washington State Department of Ecology. EMC Title 19.37 (Critical Areas) Page 75