30.62A.150 Mitigation plan requirements.
Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, project permit applicants must provide a mitigation plan to address impacts to affected wetland, fish and wildlife habitat conservation area, or buffer functions and values as identified in the critical area study required pursuant to SCC 30.62A.140, provided that mitigation for the primary association area of critical species shall also comply with the requirements of Part 400.
(1) All mitigation plans shall:
(a) Include a report that describes and evaluates the existing functions and values, the functions and values that will be impacted, and the functions and values after mitigation;
(b) Specify how functions and values lost as a result of the activity will be replaced;
(c) Include performance standards;
(d) Specify when mitigation will occur relative to project construction and to the requirements of permits required by other jurisdictional entities;
(e) Include provisions for monitoring and maintenance of the mitigation area on a long-term basis to determine whether the mitigation was successful and that the mitigation measures in the approved plan will be sustainable after the monitoring period has expired;
(f) Include provisions for performance and maintenance security pursuant to chapter 30.84 SCC to ensure that work is completed in accordance with approved plans; and
(g) Include provisions on a form approved by the department for right of entry to the county for the purpose of inspection for the length of the monitoring and maintenance period.
(2) For development activities that require approval by the hearing examiner or those that receive phased administrative, conditional or preliminary approvals, the director may allow mitigation plans to be submitted in two phases: a conceptual phase and a detailed plan phase. (Added by Amended Ord. 06-061, Aug. 1, 2007, Eff date Oct. 1, 2007; Amended by Amended Ord. 15-034, Sept. 2, 2015, Eff date Nov. 1, 2015).