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Amended by ORD 4835
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE N0. 4538
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
SUBSECTION 4-32-3 .C.1 OF CHAPTER 32, WETLANDS MANAGEMENT,
OF TITLE IV (BUILDING REGULATIONS) , OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 i
ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF i
RENTON; WASHINGTON" BY ADOPTING THE 1987 U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS WETLANDS DELINEATION MANUAL.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 4-32-3 .C. 1 of Chapter 32, Wetlands
Management, of Title IV (Building Regulations) , of Ordinance No.
4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton,
Washington" is hereby amended to read as follows :
4-32-3.C.1: Wetlands are those lands transitional between
terrestrial and aquatic systems that are inundated or saturated by
ground or surface water at a frequency and duration sufficient to
support and, under normal circumstances, do support a prevalence of
vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions .
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For the purpose of regulation, the exact location of the wetland
edge shall be determined by the wetlands specialist hired at the
expense of the applicant through the performance of a field
investigation using the procedures provided in the following
manuals:
Federal Interagency Committee for Wetland Delineation,
1987, Federal Manual for ldentifying and Delineating Jurisdictional
Wetlands, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Environmental
� Protection Agency, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S.D.A. Soil
ORDINANCE NO. 4538
Conservation Service. Washin ton D.C. Coo erative Technical
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Publication. 76 pages plus appendices .
' Wetlands created or restored as a part of a mitigation
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project are regulated wetlands . Wetlands intentionally created for ;
purposes other than wetland mitigation, including, but not .limited �
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to, stormwater management, wastewater treatment or landscape ,
amenities are not considered regulated wetlands . �
SECTION II . This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and thirty (30) days after its publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 26th day of June , 1995 .
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Marily etersen, City Clerk �
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 26th day of June , 1995 .
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Earl. Clymer, Mayo
Approve s to form• .
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney �
Date of Publication: Jurie 30 , 1995 -
ORD.469 :5/23/95 :as .
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