Environmentally Critical Areas | Environment & Sustainability
T. Critical area tracts and designations on site plans
b. When buffer reductions are employed as part of a development proposal; c. When buffer averaging is employed as part of a development proposal; and d. At the director’s discretion to protect the values and functions of a critical area. Fencing installed in accordance with this section shall be designed to not interfere with fish and wildlife migration and shall be constructed in a manner that minimizes critical areas impacts.
1. Critical area tracts shall be used to delineate and protect those critical areas and buffers listed below in development proposals for subdivisions, short subdivisions, or binding site plans and shall be recorded on all documents of title of record for all affected lots: a. All landslide hazard areas and buffers that are one acre or greater in size;
b. All wetlands and buffers;
c. All streams and buffers; and
S. Notice on title
d. All fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas and buffers.
1. The owner of any property containing critical areas or buffers on which a development proposal is submitted or any property on which mitigation is established as a result of development, except a public right-of-way or the site of a permanent public facility, shall file a notice approved by the City with the records and elections division of King County. The required contents and form of the notice shall be determined by the director. The notice shall inform the public of the presence of critical areas, buffers or mitigation sites on the property, of the application of this chapter to the property and that limitations on actions in or affecting such critical areas or buffers may exist. The notice shall run with the land. 2. The applicant shall submit proof that the notice has been filed for public record before the City shall approve any development proposal for the property or, in the case of subdivisions, short subdivisions and binding site plans, at or before recording.
2. Any required critical area tract shall be held in an undivided interest by each owner of a building lot within the development with this ownership interest passing with the ownership of the lot or shall be held by an incorporated homeowners’ association or other legal entity which assures the ownership, maintenance, and protection of the tract, or dedicated to the City of Sammamish, at the City’s discretion. 3. Site plans submitted as part of development proposals for building permits, master plan developments, and clearing and grading permits shall include and delineate all flood hazard areas (if they have been mapped by FEMA or if a critical areas study is required), landslide hazard areas, streams and wetlands, buffers, and building setbacks. If only a part of the development site has been mapped pursuant to SDC 21.03.020K.2.c., the part of the site that has not
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 77
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