Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions | Zoning Districts
b. Wood, metal, or concrete posts connected by boards, rails, panels, wire or mesh. 133. Financial guarantee. A form of financial security posted to ensure timely and proper completion of improvements, to ensure compliance with the interim Sammamish development code, and/or to warranty materials, workmanship of improvements, and design. Financial guarantees include assignments of funds, cash deposit, and surety bonds, and or other forms of financial security acceptable to the director. For the purposes of this Chapter, the terms performance guarantee, maintenance guarantee, and defect guarantee are considered subcategories of financial guarantee. 134. Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas. Those areas that are essential for the preservation of critical habitat and species. All areas within the City of Sammamish meeting one or more of the following criteria are designated wildlife habitat conservation areas: a. Areas with which state or federally designated endangered, threatened, and sensitive species have a primary association. i. Federally designated endangered and threatened species are those fish and wildlife species identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service that are in danger of extinction or are threatened to become endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service should be consulted as necessary for current listing status;
ii. State-designated endangered, threatened, and sensitive species are those fish and wildlife species native to the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest identified by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, that are in danger of extinction, threatened to become endangered, vulnerable, or declining and are likely to become endangered or threatened in a significant portion of their range within the state without cooperative management or removal of threats. State-designated endangered, threatened, and sensitive species are periodically recorded in WAC 232-12-014 (state endangered species), and WAC 232-12-011 (state threatened and sensitive species). The State Department of Fish and Wildlife maintains the most current listing and should be consulted as necessary for current listing status;
b. Wetlands, streams, and lakes;
c. State natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas. Natural area preserves and natural resource conservation areas are defined, established, and managed by the State Department of Natural Resources; and d. Fish and wildlife habitat corridors as defined in SDC 21.04.040B.135. 135. Fish and wildlife habitat corridors. Those corridors set aside and protected for preserving connections between habitats on development proposal sites that contain Type F or Np streams and/or wetlands with a high habitat score greater than or equal to eight on the Washington State Wetland Rating System for Western Washington (Department of
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