Zoning Districts | Technical Terms and Land Use Definitions
and avian species, maintaining the availability and quality of water, acting as recharge and discharge areas for groundwater aquifers and moderating surface and storm water flows, as well as performing other functions including, but not limited to, those set forth in 33 CFR 320.4b.2., 1988. 398. Wetland, isolated. A wetland that is hydrologically isolated from other aquatic resources. Isolated wetlands may perform important functions and are protected by state law (Chapter 90.48 RCW), whether or not they are protected by federal law. The term “isolated wetland” shall not apply within the City’s shoreline jurisdiction as set forth in Chapter 25.05 SMC. 399. Wetlands. Those areas in the City of Sammamish designated in accordance with the federal 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual (Environmental Laboratory, 1987) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Interim Regional Supplement for Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region (USACE, 2010), or such other manuals adopted by the Department of Ecology pursuant to RCW 90.58.380 and WAC 173-22-035, as amended. Wetlands are areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and
landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas to mitigate the conversion of wetlands. 400. Wetlands of local significance. The wetland identified in the King County Council Wetlands Inventory (1990) as the East Lake Sammamish No. 21 wetland (North Beaver Lake Bog), and others as designated by the City council. Wetlands of local significance shall be subject to greater protection and environmental education efforts where possible. 401. Wetpond. An artificial water body constructed as a part of a surface water management system. 402. Wildlife shelter. A facility for the temporary housing of sick, wounded, or displaced wildlife. 403. Work release facility. A facility that allows the opportunity for convicted persons to be employed outside of the facility, but requires confinement within the facility when not in the place of employment. 404. Wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle. A motor vehicle or the remains or remnant parts of a motor vehicle that is mechanically inoperative and cannot be made operative without the addition of vital parts or mechanisms or the application of a substantial amount of labor, and meets at least three of the following requirements:
a. Is three years old or older;
258 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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