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Kittitas County, WA <br />s 17A.02.620 KITTITAS COUNTY CODE $ 174.02.680 <br />professional engineer or engineering geologist, licensed in the State of Washington. <br />4. A qualified professional for critical aquifer recharge areas must be a professional hydrogeologist <br />licensed in the State of Washington, who is trained and qualified to analyze geologic, hydrologic, <br />and groundwater flow systems. <br />(Ord.202l-016,2021) <br />S 17A.02.630. Rehabilitation. <br />"Rehabilitation" means a type of restoration action intended to repair natural or historic functions and <br />processes. Rehabilitation activities could involve breaching a dike to reconnect wetlands to a floodplain or <br />other activities that restore the natural water regime. <br />(Ord.202l-016,2021) <br />S 17A.02.640. Repair or maintenance. <br />"Repair or maintenance" means an activity that restores the character, scope, size, and design of a <br />serviceable area, structure, or land use to its previously authorized and undamaged condition. Activities that <br />change the character, size, or scope ofa project beyond the original design andlor which drain, dredge, fill, <br />flood, or otherwise alter critical areas are not included in this definition. <br />(Ord. 2021 -016,2021) <br />S 17A.02.650. Restore or restoration. <br />"Restore," "restoration" or "ecological restoration" means repairing environmental damage to a condition <br />equivalent to the pre-impact condition, or upgrading of impaired critical area processes or functions. <br />This may be accomplished through measures including, but not limited to, re-vegetation, removal of <br />intrusive stream bank structures, or removal ortreatment of toxic materials. Restoration does not imply a <br />requirement for returning the critical area to aboriginal or pre-European settlement conditions. <br />(Ord.2021-016,2021) <br />S 17A.02.660. Riparian. <br />"Riparian" areas are transitional between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and are distinguished by <br />gradients in biophysical conditions, ecological processes, and biota. They are areas through which surface <br />and subsurface hydrology connect waterbodies with their adjacent uplands. They include those portions of <br />terrestrial ecosystems that significantly influence exchanges of energy and matter with aquatic ecosystems <br />and the portion ofthe ecosystem characterized by moist soils and plants adapted to periodically saturated <br />soils. <br />(Ord.2021-016,2021) <br />$ 17A.02.665. Riparian management zone(s). <br />"Riparian management zone(s)" or "RMZ(s)" The extent of the riparian ecosystem is the area that provides <br />full ecological function for bank stability, shade, pollution removal, contributions of detrital nutrients, and <br />recruitment of large woody debris. For the purposes of management or regulatory protection, the RMZ <br />encompasses the riparian ecosystem, and - when present- the channel migration zone to account for lateral <br />movement of the riparian ecosystem over time. <br />(Ord.2021-016,2021) <br />$ 17A.02.670. Seismic hazard areas. <br />"Seismic hazatd areas" are areas subject to severe risk of damage as a result of earthquake induced ground <br />shaking, slope failure, settlement, soil liquefaction, lateral spreading, or surface faulting. <br />(Ord.2021-016,2021) <br />Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/Kl6857 on 2025-05- l5