Chapter 18.25
ATTACHMENTS
Sections:
18.25.010 Attachments.
18.25.010 Attachments.
The purpose of the attachments is to provide supporting documentation to assist in the implementation of Chapters 18.01 through 18.20 POMC:
(1) Attachment A – Washington State Wetlands Rating System Categories.
(2) Attachment B – Washington State DNR Stream Rating System.
(3) Attachment C – Kitsap County’s GIS Database of Critical Areas Information.
(4) Attachment D – Site Development Figures.
(5) Attachment E – Port Orchard Critical Area and Buffer Notice.
(6) Attachment F – Kitsap County Shallow Principal Aquifer Listing.
Attachment A – Washington State Wetlands Rating System Categories
This system utilizes a four-tier process. The following text includes an additional categorization system for wetlands:
(1) Category I Wetlands.
(a) Habitat for endangered or threatened fish or animal species or for potentially eradicated plant species recognized by state or federal agencies;
(b) 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 in the Natural Heritage Information System; or
(c) Wetlands of exceptional local significance. The criteria for determining exceptional local significance shall include, but not be limited to, the following factors: rarity; high aquifer recharge function; a significant habitat or unique educational site, including but not limited to unusual nesting or resting sites such as heron rookeries or raptor nesting trees; or consideration of other specific functional values.
(2) Category II Wetlands. These wetlands satisfy no Category I criteria and are:
(a) Wetlands with significant habitat value of 22 or more points from the state rating system; or
(b) Habitats for sensitive plant, fish or animal species recognized by federal or state agencies; or
(c) Rare wetland communities listed in subsection (1)(b) of this section (under Category I) which are not high quality; or
(d) Wetland types with significant functions, which cannot be adequately replicated through creation or restoration. These are demonstrated by the following characteristics:
(i) Significant peat systems;
(ii) Forested wetlands that have three canopy layers, excluding single species stands of red alder averaging eight inches in diameter at breast height or less; or
(iii) Significant spring-fed systems; or
(e) Wetlands with significant habitat value based on diversity and size; or
(f) Wetlands five acres or greater in size, and containing open water at any time during a normal year, and two or more subclasses of vegetation in a dispersed pattern; or
(g) Wetlands contiguous with salmonid fish-bearing water, including streams where flow is intermittent; or
(h) Wetlands with significant use by fish and wildlife.
(3) Category III Wetlands. Wetlands that do not contain features outlined in Category I or II, but have one or more of the following features:
(a) Wetlands with a habitat value of 21 points or less from the state rating system; or
(b) Wetlands that are contiguous with a stream, river, pond, lake or marine water; or
(c) Isolated wetlands larger than one acre; or
(d) Wetlands (isolated or contiguous) that provide a critical aquifer recharge function; or
(e) Wetlands more than one-half acre that have less than 80 percent cover of hardhack, soft rush or alder at least 20 years of age; or
(f) Wetlands more than one-half acre that have less than 80 percent cover of nonnative species, including, but not limited to, reed canary grass and common pasture grasses.
(4) Category IV Wetlands. Wetlands which do not meet the criteria of a Category I, II or III wetland; and
(a) Isolated wetlands that are less than or equal to one acre in size, are hydrologically isolated, have only one wetland class, and have only one dominant plant species (greater than 80 percent area cover of monotypic vegetation); or
(b) Isolated wetlands that are less than or equal to two acres in size, are hydrologically isolated, have only one wetland class and a predominance of exotic species (greater than 90 percent area cover).
(5) Additional Categorization Standards. Portions of a Category I or II wetland may be classified as a Category II or III wetland based upon its functional characteristics if it meets the following criteria:
(a) The portion of the wetland subject to Category III distinction meets the minimum threshold of 2,500 square feet required for regulatory purposes;
(b) The portion of the wetland subject to Category II or III distinction meets the technical criteria required for a Category II or III wetland, as determined in the wetland rating system;
(c) The portion of the wetland rated lower in category that functions as a buffer for the portion of the wetland rated higher in category;
(d) The portion of the wetland rated lower in category which has a width of at least twice the required buffer width of that portion of the wetland immediately within 200 feet to it that is rated higher in category.
Attachment B – Washington State Department of Natural Resources Stream Typing System
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Water Type Conversion Table |
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Permanent Water Typing |
Previous Water Typing |
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Type S |
Type 1 |
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Type F |
Type 2 and 3 |
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Type Np |
Type 4 |
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Type Ns |
Type 5 |
(1) “Type S streams” are those surface waters which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC 222-16-030(1) 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 Chapter 90.58 RCW. Type S waters contain salmonid fish habitat.
(2) “Type F streams” are those surface waters which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC 222-16-030(2) as now or hereafter amended, as Type F water. Type F streams contain habitat for salmonid fish, game fish and other anadromous fish.
(3) “Type Np streams” are those surface waters which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC 222-16-030(3) as now or hereafter amended, as Type Np water. Type Np waters do not contain fish habitat.
(4) “Type Ns streams” are those surface waters which meet the criteria of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, WAC 222-16-030(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.
Attachment C – Kitsap County GIS Database of Critical Areas Information
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KITSAP COUNTY’S GIS DATABASE OF CRITICAL AREAS INFORMATION |
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CRITICAL AREA* |
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Wetlands |
National Wetlands Inventory |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Hydric Soils, Soil Survey of Kitsap County Area, Washington |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service |
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Aquifers |
Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas |
Kitsap PUD #1 |
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Aquifer Recharge Areas of Concern |
Kitsap PUD #1 |
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Principal Aquifers |
Kitsap PUD #1 |
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Permeable Soils, Soil Survey of Kitsap County Area, Washington |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service |
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Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas |
National Wetlands Inventory |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Non-Game and Priority Habitat and Species Database |
State Department of Fish and Wildlife |
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State Department of Fish and Wildlife |
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Commercial and Recreational Shellfish Area Inventory |
State Department of Health |
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Waters of the State |
State Department of Natural Resources |
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Coastal Zone Atlas of Washington, Vol. Ten |
State Department of Ecology |
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Frequently Flooded Areas |
Flood Insurance Rate Map |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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Geologically Hazardous Areas |
Coastal Zone Atlas of Washington, Vol. Ten |
State Department of Ecology |
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Jerald Deeter, 1979 |
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Quaternary Geology and Stratigraphy of Kitsap County |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service |
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Soil Survey of Kitsap County Area, Washington |
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Attachment D – Site Development Figures
Attachment E – City of Port Orchard Critical Area and Buffer Notice
Return Address:
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CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
CRITICAL AREA AND BUFFER NOTICE
Legal Description Sec: _____ TWN: _____ RGE: _____
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Present Owner (Please Print): _________________________
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Tax Account #: _____________________________________
NOTICE: The subject property contains a critical area and/or its buffer as defined by the City of Port Orchard as Critical Area Ordinance. The property was the subject of a development proposal for ___________________________________, filed on ____________________.
(type of permit) (application)
Restrictions on use or alteration of the critical area and/or its buffer may exist due to natural conditions of the property and resulting regulations. Review of such application has provided information on the location of the critical area and/or its buffer and restrictions on their use through setback areas. A copy of the plan showing such setback areas is included in the above-referenced permit file. Any alterations to the critical area and/or its buffer shall be subject to further review for compliance with the City of Port Orchard Critical Areas Ordinance.
EXECUTED this ____ day of ____________________________, _______.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF KITSAP )
On this day personally appeared before me ____________________, to me known to be the individual(s) described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that they signed the same as their free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
GIVEN under my hand and official seal the _____ day of ________________, _____.
NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington,
RESIDING AT _____________________________
Notary Seal
Attachment F – Kitsap County Shallow Principal Aquifer Listing
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KITSAP COUNTY |
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The following is a list of shallow principal aquifers that have been designated by an overlay as “Aquifer Recharge Areas of Concern.” |
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Approximate Elevations |
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Og1a |
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Hansville |
+250 |
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Gorst |
+50 |
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North Lake (McCormick Woods) |
+350 |
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Port Gamble |
+100 |
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Og2 |
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Island Lake (upper) |
+150 |
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Port Gamble South |
-50 |
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Wilson Creek |
+150 |
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Og3 |
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Banger (upper) |
+100 |
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Clam Bay |
0 |
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Edgewater |
+130 |
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Island Lake |
+150 |
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Kinston (upper) |
-25 |
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Poulsbo |
+225 |
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Manette-Bremerton North |
0 |
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Seabeck |
+100 |
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Squamish-Miller Bay |
0 |
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Yukon |
0 |
(Ord. 030-09 § 3 (Exh. A)).