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Kittitas County,WA <br /> § 17A.02.620 KITTITAS COUNTY CODE § 17A.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. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 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. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 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 of a project beyond the original design and/or which drain,dredge, fill, <br /> flood, or otherwise alter critical areas are not included in this definition. <br /> (Ord. 2021-016,2021) <br /> § 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 or treatment 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 /> § 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 of the 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 hazard 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:Hecode360.com/KI6857 on 2025-05-15 <br />