Environment & Sustainability | Environmentally Critical Areas
uses compatible with preserving and enhancing the wildlife habitat value of the tract or tracts. The management plan shall be reviewed and approved by the department. The approved management plan for a subdivision shall be contained within and recorded with the covenants, conditions and restrictions (CCRs). If the wildlife corridor is contained in a conservation easement, a management plan is not required, but may be submitted to the department for review and approval, and recorded with the conservation easement. f. Clearing within the wildlife corridor contained in a tract or tracts shall be limited to that allowed by the management plan or as otherwise allowed by this chapter. No clearing, including the removal of woody debris, shall be allowed within a wildlife corridor contained within a conservation easement on individual lots, unless the property owner has an approved management plan. g. Where feasible, a homeowners’ association or other entity capable of long-term maintenance and operation shall be established to monitor and assure compliance with the management plan. The association shall provide homeowners with information on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s backyard wildlife sanctuary program. h. Wildlife corridors set aside in tracts or conservation easements shall meet the provisions in SDC 21.03.070L. i. The permanent open space tract containing the wildlife corridor may be credited toward the other applicable requirements such as surface water management and
the recreation space requirement of SDC 21.02.030I., provided the proposed uses within the tract are compatible with preserving and enhancing the wildlife habitat value. Restrictions on other uses within the wildlife corridor tract shall be clearly identified in the management plan. j. Low impact uses and activities which are consistent with the purpose and function of the habitat corridor and do not detract from its integrity may be permitted within the corridor depending on the sensitivity of the habitat area. Examples of uses and activities which may be permitted in appropriate cases include trails that are pervious, viewing platforms, storm water management facilities such as grass-lined swales, utility easements and other similar uses, or activities otherwise described and approved by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; provided, that any impacts to the corridor resulting from such permitted facilities shall be fully mitigated. k. At the discretion of the director, these standards may be waived or reduced for public facilities such as schools, fire stations, parks, and public road projects.
AA. Waterbodies
1. Streams – Development standards
A development proposal on a parcel or parcels containing a stream or associated buffer of a stream located on site or off site shall meet the following requirements: a. 1. The following standard buffers shall be established from the ordinary high water mark or from the top of
112 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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