06-20-2005 Planning Commission Packet

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Page 3 of 4 the ordinary high water level of the public waters enumeratec� in section 78-1217. Grading, filling or excavating of ten cubic yards or less shall require city staff review and permit and be subject to other � pertinent sections of this chapter. (c) Public and private roads, driveways,parking areas, anci public or private watercraft access ramps shall not be consti•ucted within 75 feet of the ordinary high water level of the public waters enumeratecl in section 78-1217. If no alternatives exist, such improvements shall be subject to the standard zoning variance review proceclure, and such i•eview shall take into account the following considerations: (1) Such improveinents shall be desigued to take advantage of natural vegetation and topography to achieve maximum screening from view from public waters. (2) All roads and parking areas shall be designed and constructeci to minimize and control erosion to public waters consistent with the requirements of all agencies with jurisdiction. (d) Except for those projects requiring permits foi•construction of structures, sewage treatment systems ancl driveways, a lancl alteration permit will be required as follows: (1) For movement of one tlu•ough 500 cubic yards of material anywhere within the shoreland overlay district, a staff-issued land alteration permit shall be required. (2) For movemeilt of more than 500 cubic yards of material within the shoreland overlay district, conditional use permit approval by the city council is required in addition to the required land alteration permit. (e) The following considerations and conditions must be adhered to during the issuance of construction permits, grading and filling permits, conditional use permits, variances and subdivision approvals: (1) Grading or filling in any type 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 wetland must be evaluated to determine how extensively the proposed activity would affect the following functional qualities of the wetland: a. Sediment and pollutant trapping and retention; b. Storage of surface runoff to prevent or reduce flood dainage; c. Fish and wildlife habitat; d. Recreational use; e. Shoreline or bank stabilization; and £ Noteworthiness, including special qualities, such as historic significance, critical habitat for endangered plants and aninials, or others. This evahiation must also include a deternlination of whether the wetland alteration being proposed requires permits, reviews or approvals by other local state or federal agencies including but not limited to watershed districts, state department of natural resources, or the Uiuted States Army Corps of Engineers. (2) Alterations must be designed and conducted in a mamler that ensures only the smallest amotult of bare ground is exposed for the shortest time possible. (3) Mulches or sirnilar materials niust be used, where necessary, for temporary bare soil coverage, and a permanent vegetation cover must be established as soon as possible. (4) Methods to minimize soil erosion and to trap sediments before they reach any surface water feariire must be used. (5) Altered areas must be stabilized to acceptable erosion control standards consistent with the field office tecluiical �uides of the local soil and water conservation districts and tl�e United States Soil Conservation Service. (6) Fill or eacavated material must not be placed in a maruler that creates an unstable slope. (7) Plans to place fill or excavated nlaterial on steep slopes must be reviewed by the city engineer for continued slope stlbility and must not create finished slopes of 30 percent or greater. (8) Fill or excavated material must not be placed in b1uFf impact zones. (9) Any alterations below the ordinary high water level of public waters must first be 6/14/2005