17.10.045 Allowed low impact uses and activities.
Certain low impact uses and activities may be approved by the director consistent with this section. These uses must be mitigated for according to the applicable terms and conditions detailed in this chapter. The following are allowed low-impact uses and activities:
A. Conservation and restoration activities that intend to protect the soil, water, vegetation, or wildlife.
B. Passive recreation and educational facilities within stream buffers and wetland buffers, including permeable walkways, trails, and viewing platforms.
C. Educational and scientific research activities.
D. The harvesting of wild crops in a manner that is not injurious to natural reproduction of such crops and provided the harvesting does not require tilling of soil, planting of crops, chemical applications, or alteration of the wetland by changing existing topography, water conditions, or water sources.
E. Enhancement of a wetland buffer through the removal of nonnative invasive plant species, and planting beneficial native species. Removal of invasive plant species shall be restricted to hand removal. (Ord. 3193 § 2, 2016)