Critical Areas Ordinance

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1 Public Review Draft //7 Public Review Draft // Kitsap County Code Title 9 Critical Areas Ordinance Underline / Strike out Version Appendices

2 Public Review Draft //7 4 Chapter APPENDICES The purpose of the appendices is to provide supporting documentation to assist in the implementation of the ordinance codified in this title Contents: Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Washington State Wetlands Rating System Categories. Washington State DNR Stream Typing System. Kitsap County GIS Database of Critical Areas Information. Site Development Figures. Kitsap County Critical Area and Buffer Notice to Title. Critical Area Decision Types. Checklist and Sample Outline for a Delineation Report Kitsap County Department of Community Development Wetland Buffer Alteration General Authorization Form. Mitigation Plan Checklist 6 Appendix A Washington State Wetlands Rating System Categories (See Section ) 7 8 This system utilizes a four-tier process. The following text includes an additional categorization system for wetlands. 9 A. Category I Wetlands are: Wetlands that ) represent a unique or rare wetland type; or ) are more sensitive to disturbance than most wetlands; or ) are relatively undisturbed and contain ecological attributes that are impossible to replace within a human lifetime; or 4) provide a high level of functions.. Wetlands with high quality native or regionally rare wetland communities with irreplaceable ecological functions including, but not limited to, sphagnum bogs and fens, estuarine wetlands, mature forested wetlands, or wetlands which qualify for inclusion as a Wetland of High Conservation Value. in the Natural Heritage Information System.. Wetlands scoring 70 points or more (out of 700) on the questions related to functions in the Washington State Wetland Rating System for Western Washington, Revised 004, or as hereafter amended.

3 Public Review Draft //7 B. Category II Wetlands are: 4. Wetlands that are difficult, though not impossible, to replace, and provide high levels of some functions.. Wetlands which are disturbed and may be estuarine and interdunal greater than acre Wetlands scoring between points (out of 700) on the questions related to functions in the Washington State Wetland Rating System for Western Washington, Revised 004, or as hereafter amended. C. Category III Wetlands are: Wetlands that are ) wetlands with a moderate level of functions (scores between points) and ) interdunal wetlands between 0. and acre in size.. Wetlands scoring between points and have generally been disturbed in some ways, and are often less diverse or more isolated from other natural resources in the landscape than Category II wetlands. D. Category IV Wetlands are: Wetland with the lowest levels of function (scores less than 60 points) and are often heavily disturbed.. Wetlands that may provide some important functions and have a high probability for successful replacement and/or improvement. 9 0 Appendix B Washington State Department of Natural Resources Stream Typing System Water Type Conversion Table Permanent Water Typing Previous Water Typing Stype S Type Type F type and Type Np Type 4

4 Public Review Draft //7 Type Ns Type A. Type S Streams are those surface waters which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC -6-00() as now or hereafter amended, as a Type S Water and are inventoried as Shorelines of the State under the Shoreline Management Master Program for Kitsap County, pursuant to RCW Chapter Type S waters contain salmonid fish habitat. B. Type F Streams are those surface waters, which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC -6-00() as now or hereafter amended, as Type F Water. Type F streams contain habitat for fish salmonid fish, game fish and other anadromous fish. C. Type Np Streams are those surface waters, which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC -6-00() as now or hereafter amended, as Type Np Water. Type Np waters do not contain fish habitat. D. Type Ns Streams are those surface waters, which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC -6-00(4) as now or hereafter amended, as a Type Ns Water. These streams are areas of perennial or intermittent seepage, ponds, and drainage ways having short periods of spring or storm runoff. Type Ns waters do not contain fish. 5 (Ord. 5 (005) 6 (part), 005) 6 7 Appendix C Kitsap County s GIS Database of Critical Areas Information CRITICAL AREA GIS DATA INFORMATION SOURCE Wetlands Fish And Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas National Wetlands Inventory Soil Survey of Kitsap County National Wetlands Inventory Non-game & Priority Species Habitat Database Washington Rivers Information System Database Waters of Washington State Washington Coastal Zone Atlas U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service WA. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife WA. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife WA. Dept. of Natural Resources WA Dept. of Ecology Wild Fish Conservancy 4

5 Public Review Draft //7 Stream Typing of Select WRIA 5 Watersheds Frequently Flooded Areas Flood Insurance Rate Map Federal Emergency Management Agency Geologically Hazardous Areas Aquifers Washington Coastal Zone Atlas Soil Survey of Kitsap County Quaternary Geology and Stratigraphy of Kitsap County Light Distancing and Radar (LiDAR) Mapping Geologically Hazardous Areas Map Update Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas Aquifer Recharge Areas of Concern Principal Aquifers Soil Survey of Kitsap County WA Dept. of Ecology U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Jerald Deeter, 979 Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium Kitsap County (GRI Consulting) Kitsap Public Utilities District (PUD) # Kitsap PUD # Kitsap PUD # U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service 5

6 Public Review Draft //7 Appendix D Site Development Figures 6

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8 Public Review Draft //7 Appendix E Kitsap County Critical Area and Buffer Notice 8

9 Public Review Draft //7 4 Appendix F Critical Area Decision Types 5 6 Below are the decisions and their respective decision-making bodies included in Title 9 of the Kitsap County Code. CRITICAL AREA DECISION TYPES Type I Type II Type III Written Notice (To Interested Parties and Neighbors Within 400 feet of Project) No Yes Yes Decision Making Body Director Director Hearing Examiner (Public WETLANDS Hearing) Uses within Wetlands and Buffers Mitigation Plans/Requirements Buffer Averaging (<5%) Administrative Buffer Reduction (<5%) Variance (>5%) Appeals STREAMS AND SHORELINES Buffer Averaging Administrative Buffer Reduction (<5%) Administrative Buffer Reduction (5-50%) Variance (>50%) Appeals WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREAS 9

10 Public Review Draft //7 Habitat Management Plan Approval Appeals GEOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS AREAS (STEEP SLOPES) Buffer/Setback Reduction (with Geotechnical Report Approval) Appeals CRITICAL AQUIFERS RECHARGE AREAS Hydrological Report Approval Appeals

11 Public Review Draft //7 APPENDI G Checklist and Sample Outline for a Delineation Report

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13 Public Review Draft //7 APPENDI HG Mitigation Plan Checklist

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17 Public Review Draft //7 Items with asterisk (*) are required for more complex projects. If an item is not required for a draft mitigation plan, it is indicated in parenthesis (final plan only). 7

18 Public Review Draft //7 Kitsap County Department of Community Development Wetland Buffer Alteration General Authorization Form. 4 8

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