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Kittitas County,WA <br /> § 17A.02.240 CRITICAL AREAS § 17A.02.300 <br /> designed to infiltrate individual home roof runoff in a subdivision. <br /> (Ord. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 17A.02.250. Ecological functions. <br /> "Ecological functions" means the work performed or role played by the physical, chemical, and biological <br /> processes that contribute to the maintenance of aquatic and terrestrial environments that constitute the <br /> natural ecosystem. <br /> (Ord. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 17A.02.260. Emergency activities. <br /> "Emergency activities" means activities necessary to prevent an immediate threat to public health, safety, <br /> or welfare-or an immediate risk of damage to private property-that require remedial or preventative action <br /> in a timeframe too short to allow for compliance with the requirements of this Title. <br /> (Ord. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 17A.02.270. Enhancement. <br /> "Enhancement" means actions performed within an existing degraded critical area and/or buffer to <br /> intentionally increase or augment one or more ecological functions or values of the existing area. <br /> Enhancement actions include,but are not limited to,increasing plant diversity and cover;increasing wildlife <br /> habitat and structural complexity (snags, woody debris); installing environmentally compatible erosion <br /> controls;removing non-indigenous plant or animal species; or removing human-made structures or fill that <br /> are degrading ecological functions or values. <br /> (Ord. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 17A.02.280. Erosion. <br /> "Erosion"means the process whereby wind,rain,water, and other natural agents mobilize and transport <br /> particles of soil or rock. <br /> (Ord. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 17A.02.290. Erosion hazard areas. <br /> "Erosion hazard areas" are areas likely to become unstable, such as bluffs, steep slopes, and areas with <br /> unconsolidated soils.These areas containing soils that may experience significant erosion,including any or <br /> all of the following: <br /> 1. Soil areas identified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service as having"severe" or"very <br /> severe" erosion hazard; or <br /> 2. Slopes forty percent(40%)or steeper with a vertical relief of ten(10) or more feet,except areas <br /> composed of consolidated rock; or <br /> 3. Concave slope forms equal to or greater than fifteen percent(15%)with a vertical relief of ten <br /> (10)or more feet, except areas composed of consolidated rock; or <br /> 4. Channel migration zones.] Ord. 2021-016, 2021; <br /> § 17A.02.300. Feasible. <br /> "Feasible" means, for the purpose of this Title,that an action, such as a development activity,mitigation, <br /> or preservation requirement,meets all of the following conditions: <br /> Downloaded from https:Hecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15 <br />